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I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:08 pm
by Eight Bit Alien
For like 5 months now my brain has been playing a song it MADE UP BY ITSELF. It's a nowadays trap-type rap song with autotuned vocals and repetitive lyrics.
There's a robot rap gui voice that goes like this. The 'we been takin' part is a 3-note melody, and the 'pills' part is the same note hit over and over again (probably the tonic) -
We been takin
pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills
We been takin
pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills
We been takin
pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills
We been takin
pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills pills

then there's a key change and the same voice goes

We been shootin
guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns
We been shootin
guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns guns

then, not a key change, but the note moves down to the 3rd chord position -

We been pushin
Weight Weight Weight Weight Weight Weight Weight Weight Weight Weight Weight Weight Weight Weight
I been on my
Grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind Grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind

Then a short bridge goes, with a different lead-in note which will lead back to the 'pills' part:

With money on my
Mind Mind Mind Mind Mind Mind Mind Mind Mind Mind Mind Mind Mind Mind

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:09 pm
by Eight Bit Alien
I'm pretty sure the repeated word in every section hits 14 times, so the 'we been takin' must move a little faster, probably broken into thirds. It's fucking inevitable that I actually try to record this

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:11 pm
by Eight Bit Alien
I think the instrumentation are those ubiquitous fast high-hats, but every time the 'pills' part starts, the bass underneath is just one endlessly long sine tone, like if you had a regular deep 808 kick but used paulstretch or something

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:16 pm
by Eight Bit Alien
Then there's another one which I didn't intend to be racist (although it definitely is unfortunately) called Big Dick Swag, which goes like
My dick big
My dick big
My dick big
My dick big

My dick swing
My dick swing
My dick swing
My dick swing

My dick swing like a bell (bell sound)
My dick - my dick big
My dick swing like a bell (bell sound)
My dick - my dick big

Big dick swag
Big dick swag
Big dick swag
Big dick swag

Big dick swag
Big dick swag
Big dick swag
Big dick swag
I don't know what the fuck it means that you dick swings like a bell.

I can't sing any of these to anyone because it just sounds like I've been reading Stormfront, which isn't the case, I'm just genuinely this fucking stupid

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:22 pm
by Glub
I am glad you exist.
If you're ever asked to change, please refuse to do so.

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 2:51 pm
by Eight Bit Alien
Glub wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:22 pm I am glad you exist.
If you're ever asked to change, please refuse to do so.
Thanks homie! Ive never known anyone as retarded as me to reform themselves, so i don't think you have to worry.

I'm the cool hand luke of being a magic ice cream retard

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 2:58 pm
by cxwx
Can you repost the link to the “Archibald Crumberbumb” or what ever it was you recorded while frying or is that long gone.

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 3:22 pm
by featherboa
that song rules

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 3:31 pm
by featherboa
let's all make the song

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 4:34 pm
by cxwx
featherboa wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 3:31 pm let's all make the song
I have a shitty old Zoom drum machine and this thing:


Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2021 10:39 am
by riley-o
featherboa wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 3:31 pm let's all make the song
Dude I was reading the thread and thinking all of us recording a version of this would be a great sequel to our board covers threads

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 6:59 pm
by Hunter
I will 100% record a version (or collab on it if someone wants to do the vox, so I don't have to use a modulator)

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:55 pm
by cxwx
Hunter wrote: Mon Apr 26, 2021 6:59 pm I will 100% record a version (or collab on it if someone wants to do the vox, so I don't have to use a modulator)

I can send you some but they will totally suck

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 12:51 pm
by Eight Bit Alien



Alright so here's a quick sketch I did a few months ago... the repetitive beeping melody is roughly how I imagined the vocals would go. So in a 'real' version of the song, the keyboard melody would be doing something different, with autotuned vocals saying 'pills pills pills pills' in place of this version's lead melody.

1. This didn't come out sounding right. It's not the way it sounds in my head. It's just a demonstration of how it COULD sound
2. The melody isn't really what I wanted - I don't think it should sound so pentatonic. Nowadays trap stuff has melodies that sound a lot more 'positive' to me, like they're genetically related to cellphone jingles... something that sounds happy even though the lyrics are about stealing your moms cancer medication
3. The rhythm isn't quite right, I think it would be better if the 'pills pills pills' melody was slower, with the hats and drums being a bit faster (I dont fucking know)

One thing that did turn out good here is that it's unbelievably fatiguing to listen to and look at.

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 10:17 pm
by Necrometer
YES

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 8:38 am
by featherboa
been listening to the song in my head a bunch
sometimes "we been taking" is pitch shifted really low

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 10:16 am
by Hunter
Thanks for providing that sketch, it's definitely helpful. I started working on it and have the framework in place as well as an idea for approaching the melody, but that needs to be fleshed out. I'm having to take some artistic liberties because I'm not very good at executing other people's ideas musically unless I'm collaborating in the same room or something.

cxwx - feel free to record some vocals and send my way. I'm keeping the same bpm and framework as the sketch for the most part.

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 11:12 am
by Eight Bit Alien
featherboa wrote: Wed Apr 28, 2021 8:38 am been listening to the song in my head a bunch
sometimes "we been taking" is pitch shifted really low
now I'm trying that out when I listen in my head, too :pizza:
Hunter wrote: Wed Apr 28, 2021 10:16 am Thanks for providing that sketch, it's definitely helpful. I started working on it and have the framework in place as well as an idea for approaching the melody, but that needs to be fleshed out. I'm having to take some artistic liberties because I'm not very good at executing other people's ideas musically unless I'm collaborating in the same room or something.

cxwx - feel free to record some vocals and send my way. I'm keeping the same bpm and framework as the sketch for the most part.
Do whatever you want bro, obviously. I almost didnt post that because I don't really want it to influence whoever might try to record a version of the song.

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 12:26 pm
by godofdeadlydeath
If you ever want a generic 80s thrash riff to go along with anything you come up with, i'd be happy to collaborate

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 12:30 pm
by godofdeadlydeath
Also these are not stupid, they're incredible

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 11:14 am
by FVBTVS


someone make a song out of this

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 11:31 am
by Honky Kong 64
I AM A PRODUCTION GOD...HOLD UP LET ME USE THIS CRACK LIGHTER REAL QUICK

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 11:31 am
by Honky Kong 64
They should send him an expensive lighter.

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 11:55 am
by Glub
godofdeadlydeath wrote: Wed Apr 28, 2021 12:30 pm Also these are not stupid, they're incredible
I'll second that.

Re: I make up these stupid fucking songs in my head

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 12:13 pm
by Geeheeb
Can you upload a midi file of that?