Studying Sasaki Kissa Denpa 2

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Denpa: 80's - 90's Japanese electro wave (fast 80s retro sounds).

Today I am studying Sasaki Kissa again. Returning to learning "Denpa", I completed a composition for my future plans of building a more playful side for a certain music artist. Today I used a project I had saved when mimicking the style of a Japanese advertisement song. I was able to build around it and make something unique and stylish.

The keyboard piano doing the main chords in the chorus is on "Xpand2", which is a plugin I very recently purchased and started making hyperpop and rock songs with for beatstars and for my own releases. Some time ago when I pulled apart one of Pinky Pop Hepburn's songs, I saw that below all the drums and samples and melodies and fills was also a continuous keyboard. In order to make it sit behind easier without being too distracting, I added a kickstart sidechain.

Lead melodies in Denpa music feels certainly more warm when they have the "Chinese" sound. So I tried it for the chorus. The chorus sounds great even without a lead but I felt like I should add it to not miss any elements that could be making the song's genre more obvious. I've studied scales before but only the surface, and I didn't bother to let it sink deeply back when I was younger, but after a while a composer can easily recognise the sound of the Pentatonic scale as a "Chinese" Guzheng sound. Today's chorus' lead instrument stack is a little janky because I didn't want to wait for the right lead or overthink the sound design. The stack is inclusive of one Xpand2 Bell turned almost fully mono, a Serum lead from a "Future Core" pack on Reddit and an 80's electronic Pluck from Purity that I turned down the release on.

Orchestra hits make up a big part of identifying Denpa. I want to try and include more orchestra hit samples next time to be a little more serious about it. Aside from that, I'd also like to add more 80s drums, but this takes a little longer to do so I decided I'd just carry on with mixing the rest of the elements and be a little lazy.

When comparing today's study to the first attempt I made, "Studying Sasaki Kissa Denpa 1", I noticed that my recent self-discoveries have also assisted in the smooth production of today's composition. When I was producing for a Brazilian-influenced session with Strepto, I struggled a lot, thinking I should be able to get over the creative block wall if I just keep trying to add more rhythm elements. After trying and failing for some time, I came back to the project and added a recent midi I wrote and saved. After that, I came to the realisation some producers have certain preferences that they should always use when adapting to a new genre. In my case, my whole creative momentum in a music producing session revolves around how "nice" the chords sound. I'm attracted to RnB melodies, which is what originally brought me to things like Jpop, Kawaii Future, and Kpop in my High School years. After re-engaging with this "strong suit", I was able to produce with a lot more intention and passion. The lesson here is that if it doesn't feel natural come back at a different approach that feels more "you".