That Feeling

In light of it being Christmas and all, I figured I'd bless everyone with a li'l treat.

So here's: "That Feeling" fresh off the Ross Macintosh printing press--or something like that?


It was originally just a little vamp I came up with on the rhodes; real laid back, interesting harmony, yet still soulful. So I started messing around with vocals over the vamp late one night, and I started to bring things together.

On this track I check out a lot of vocoder and auto-tune sounds. Its funny, cause when I first heard T-Pain and Kanye's new shit I was not a fan at all... but I try not to be resistant to new technology and techniques, so I figured I'd check the sounds out a bit. Turns out that auto-tune and the vocoder really help people that can't sing--sing. AND it also helps people that can sing--sing. So with this in mind, I really tried to push the boundaries as far as my vocal range goes. Thissss ended up kinda comical in some spots.

I feel like this song was initially really serious and about a serious topic, but just ended up being kind of satiric? Eh, I think its cause I wrote it in one of those moods late at night... Then I woke up the next morning and was like... nah screw that sissy stuff: I'll T-Pain the shit outta this. (By the way, I am feeling "One More Drink" these days... innocent pleasure?)

Okay... I know... the jazz/scat breakdown??? Okay... well... see... All I wanted was a coked out Bobby McFerrin on some T-Pain grizz... deal with it. And yes, the electronic drum-programming took me at least an hour to make it sound as real as possible. (how 'bout those fills? woOoOoOo--drummerman's killin it!)

P.S. I am aware the ending is probably the most blatant cop-out in songwriting history. But nahhhh, I'm cool with it.