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S2E2 - Lady Marmalade - Labelle - Music Production Analysis
Instrument List:
-Lead vocals + background vocals
-RMI electra piano (main counter)
Left panned slightly, mid to high range, mostly chords off beat and counter motif
-Percussion-
Cowbell (panned right straight beat)
Congos (panned left beat underneath faster pace with fills)
-Drums-
Kick, snare, crash, closed hats, open hat, ride/ cymbals, toms
-Hammond organ-
Left panned more than the RMI but similar range.
-Bass guitar-
Middle, main motif, sustained motifs during the builds, running bass in the builds, bass slides.
-Guitar-
Right panned, fills and motif doubling octave higher
-Piano-
Right panned, off beat hits, straight hits, and fills
-Alto sax x 2, tenor sax, baritone sax- slightly left panned
Used as fills as well as crescendo pad swells builds for the pre chorus build
Solo section
-Trumpet, trombone- panned left slightly more than saxes
Used mainly as counter motifs in the chorus
As well as crescendo holds
Key Notes:
1- The track starts on the offbeat before the 1.
2- Core rhythmic highlighters:
in the piano, emphasising the off beats of the bass line, in a mid level during the intro.
-in the electric piano, emphasising the off beats with the bass line, plus with a top line counter motif to the vocal in the second half of phrases which emphasises the rhythm while bass is missing.
3- Bass line creates a vacuum because it does the riff, then stops leaving just the drum beat into the open hat. Less kicks on the vacuum too.
4- Counter rhythms micro-
More off beat style core rhythm, so the counter rhythms in this are more straight. (Cowbell)
5- Different rhythms macro-
Follows core rhythm, but on pre chorus builds, ends of the chorus punchline space, plus the ends of chorus turnaround.
(Turnaround/ pre chorus combination happens during the solo, repurposing those rhythms to build suspense.)
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By Jon WillS2E2 - Lady Marmalade - Labelle - Music Production Analysis
Instrument List:
-Lead vocals + background vocals
-RMI electra piano (main counter)
Left panned slightly, mid to high range, mostly chords off beat and counter motif
-Percussion-
Cowbell (panned right straight beat)
Congos (panned left beat underneath faster pace with fills)
-Drums-
Kick, snare, crash, closed hats, open hat, ride/ cymbals, toms
-Hammond organ-
Left panned more than the RMI but similar range.
-Bass guitar-
Middle, main motif, sustained motifs during the builds, running bass in the builds, bass slides.
-Guitar-
Right panned, fills and motif doubling octave higher
-Piano-
Right panned, off beat hits, straight hits, and fills
-Alto sax x 2, tenor sax, baritone sax- slightly left panned
Used as fills as well as crescendo pad swells builds for the pre chorus build
Solo section
-Trumpet, trombone- panned left slightly more than saxes
Used mainly as counter motifs in the chorus
As well as crescendo holds
Key Notes:
1- The track starts on the offbeat before the 1.
2- Core rhythmic highlighters:
in the piano, emphasising the off beats of the bass line, in a mid level during the intro.
-in the electric piano, emphasising the off beats with the bass line, plus with a top line counter motif to the vocal in the second half of phrases which emphasises the rhythm while bass is missing.
3- Bass line creates a vacuum because it does the riff, then stops leaving just the drum beat into the open hat. Less kicks on the vacuum too.
4- Counter rhythms micro-
More off beat style core rhythm, so the counter rhythms in this are more straight. (Cowbell)
5- Different rhythms macro-
Follows core rhythm, but on pre chorus builds, ends of the chorus punchline space, plus the ends of chorus turnaround.
(Turnaround/ pre chorus combination happens during the solo, repurposing those rhythms to build suspense.)