What you gonna do?

I wrote this song after going to an Incognito gig in Canary Wharf with my friend Rakhi.

Let’s start by saying I really don’t like this recording. It’s muddy and the timing is all over the place. That having been said, if you can see past the inadequacies of the recording itself, I like the idea of the song. It was written in October 2013, based around the following guitar chords: C♯7 F♯7 E A Am.

It’s up-tempo, dance music with a brass section and some obvious, but well-placed, harmonies. It has percussion, bass, electric piano, brass section, synths, electric and acoustic guitars, main and backing vocals. I think that the backing vocals add a positive dimension to the track, and the cajon complements the drums. The electric guitar sounds are very telecaster, and the breaks in the accompanying instrumentation at the end of each chorus give the song some effective highlights. I also quite like the little electric piano solo, as well as the vocal effects (phaser and chorus) during the middle-8, though the mix doesn’t work there. In fact the mix is dreadful. However I actually quite like the mastering on this track.