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Creating A Hit: 8 Hour Challenge

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Uploaded by on Dec 29, 2010

A challenge that I proposed to friend and fellow musician Dan Bennett (known to most as Transit). The idea was to document the creation of a "Top 40" style song from conception to completion.... all in 8 hours.

The final product is at 6:05 and is available for download by right clicking the link below and clicking "save link as": http://www.innovateimageworks.com/lightscameraaction.mp3

Also! If you want to take a crack at remixing this song, here's a link to the acapella. The BPM is 130. Send me what you make and I'll make it a video response :)
http://innovateimageworks.com/LCAacapella.mp3

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Here's a link to Dan's page: www.youtube.com/transithiphop

If anyone is curious, here are the lyrics:

She said you be Ross and I'll be Rachel,
Love on display people trying to do what we do,
My life's red carpet every day is an award show,
She wanna spend my money, that's what its there for!

My girl eat dinner, and your girl just eating supper,
We get paid to go to bars and you pay cover,
Cruise in Denalis rock Cavilli we designer,
My lifes a movie and you're just a one liner

This club's a movie set, and you got a decision
So are you ready yet, girl this is your audition
I've got my lens on you, waiting for a reaction
I'm the director girl, lights camera action

Up (x24)

Haters run they mouths cuz they wanna be us,
They wanna be a millionaire but I ain't Regis, (PHILBIN!)
We flyin high in the sky like a G6,
We on a boat rockin shows and you're just sea sick,
She down like hella (hella), We drinkin stella (stella),
Owe make it rain better grab your umbrella (ella),
They say act your age, forget that I'm paid,
Make a mill for breakfast and spend half today


This club's a movie set, and you got a decision
So are you ready yet, girl this is your audition
I've got my lens on you, waiting for a reaction
I'm the director girl, lights camera action

Up (x24)

Now the set is heating up
All the extras wanna take your spot
But my lens is fogging up for you babe
It's time to show the others you a star
You gotta be the Jamie Lee Curtis of the dancefloor
Link up with my like Avatar
It's time
For us
To go
Up

This club's a movie set, and you got a decision
So are you ready yet, girl this is your audition
I've got my lens on you, waiting for a reaction
I'm the director girl, lights camera action

Up (x24)

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  • So very true. Really says something about the music industry and its pathetic 'Top 40'. Simple, catchy beat. Melodic (autotuned) pre-chorus. Repeated word/phrase in chorus so the idiotic fans can sing along. Pathetic.

  • This sucks the chorus wasn't repeated enough.

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  • awesome!!!!

  • Awsome music

  • Suprisingly good, i think you autotuned a bit too mcuh though

  • saw him live he also came to our school pretty dope except the turn out, honesty this is my fav song but alot of "hip artist" or rappers forget how they became to do, what they do with the original shit gotta keep it classy -one love

  • ive got a track with transit ahah gene simmons tried to sign him after this but you know he had to keep it boom bap @transithiphop

  • no there isn't. check out the song and video i made in about 5 hours.. and i was stoned as shit. trent backstone - eye of the porcupine. making funny music is easy... it takes balls to get serious and take the time. news flash - anybody can do this.. technology today is different for music than it was even 5 years ago. just watch my video.. I'm just not bragging about it for publicity. trent backstone - eye of the porcupine. 5 hour production.

  • @Nickydisko no this didn't blow compared to the radio, there isn't a huge difference considering they took this as a joke

  • @spaid012 I'm a music producer... And you are...?

  • @samplingrate dude, who are you?? Go away...

  • You need to quit your day job and start making pop music.

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