My (very short) MC promo

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Originally posted by Meathead:
"Breakdowwn" lol, top accent.

I'm just gonna be awkward and disagree with Fingaz. I liked the faster parts, but i hate it when MC's just talk bollocks over the mic like "yeh" and "crew" and all that. sorry mate, it's not just you, that goes for all MC's. I don't really see the need for MC's personally (sorry again), but you're not that bad ;)

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Originally posted by Torpex:
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One tip you might find useful is this: try to "let through" the critical parts/hooks of the tune. Obviously there's this vague rule of not talking over vocals, but even if the tune has no vocals, it still has parts and sounds which identify it. In this case, you have the punchy "THIS IS THE TRIP TO TWILIGHT ZONE!" sample. By talking over it, you obscure the key moment and I think it's a mistake. Try to work your lyrics around this key hook. The simple way would be to shut up for 4 beats (duration of the sample), the more difficult one - to try and work "this is the trip to twilight zone" logically into your lyrics. Example:

this is the badger that shagged your mom
this is the anal traffic cone
this is the place I'm coming from (here you shut up and let the actual tune do the rest!)
THIS IS THE TRIP TO TWILIGHT ZONE

If you do it well and people actually understand, I'm sure you'll get some "wow!"s for this. Well ok, this is horrible, but you get the idea. ;)

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Originally posted by Torpex:
Not bad at all. You don't babble nonsense and I think it's ok to drop a few shouts on the breakdowns in non-vocal, raw tunes like Twilight Zone. :)

The general problem with this demo is that it's home recorded, so there's no "party emotion" in your voice at all. Obviously it's hard to just let yourself go (family, neighbours etc.), but maybe you can find a garage or some other place where you can shout and express yourself like you would at a real event? It would make your demo 100% better by default.

One tip you might find useful is this: try to "let through" the critical parts/hooks of the tune. Obviously there's this vague rule of not talking over vocals, but even if the tune has no vocals, it still has parts and sounds which identify it. In this case, you have the punchy "THIS IS THE TRIP TO TWILIGHT ZONE!" sample. By talking over it, you obscure the key moment and I think it's a mistake. Try to work your lyrics around this key hook. The simple way would be to shut up for 4 beats (duration of the sample), the more difficult one - to try and work "this is the trip to twilight zone" logically into your lyrics. Example:

this is the badger that shagged your mom
this is the anal traffic cone
this is the place I'm coming from (here you shut up and let the actual tune do the rest!)
THIS IS THE TRIP TO TWILIGHT ZONE

If you do it well and people actually understand, I'm sure you'll get some "wow!"s for this. Well ok, this is horrible, but you get the idea. ;)

Oh and btw, this demo aside, it sure is a bad idea to talk OVER vocals, but you can use the above approach to work nicely around and in between the vocals. A prime example is "Pacific Sun", with long pauses after each verse just begging to be abused by the MC.

So yeah, I think you have potential, you have a good voice, your lyrics are in time, you (mostly) know when to shut up. ;) Keep it up and I hope you'll find some of that advice useful.

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Originally posted by FingazMc:

Very quickly recorded example lol :P
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=U0ACMEQ0

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Originally posted by redwingz:

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Originally posted by FingazMc:

Very quickly recorded example lol :P
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=U0ACMEQ0

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Thats good that mate, i reckon its about time you get a mix on here haha

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Originally posted by FingazMc:
Very quickly recorded example lol :P
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=U0ACMEQ0

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