Creating A Hit: 8 Hour Challenge

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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/lig...

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/LCAacap...

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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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[PassionataSalsa]

more cowbell needed!

[enticed2zeitgeist]

Lol, I love the comments. Especially all of the people who love the song and the audio engineers who are giving them tips on how to make soulless music. I don't think most of you understood what they are trying to do here.

[ElectricBluePresents]

Ha, nice video man! Really grasped the whole pop ethos :P

We just did a similar challenge, only ours was to complete a song in 1 hour, so it was a lot more frantic! Will be uploading the video soon...we shall post it as video response if thats okay? :)

[numberonealcove]

Before he lost his hearing, Beethoven wrote while sitting at the piano.

[cameronjkaylor]

This should go on spotify

[EditorsFortune]

What program was used to make the beats?

[Nancy Cummings]

Truly, I hate to agree with you but have to. I have seen some young composers use electronics to create orchestra music. Show me the pen and staff paper. Then let me see it hand written with out the aid of listening to something. There is no real genius anymore!

[Nancy Cummings]

Love it! It is not vulgar, pleasant, and the work was completed in 8 hours (I hope they were telling the truth)

[JusticeRetroHunter]

LOL 4:08

[Alfie Davis]

lol



[RezoAcken]

Haha and that's why I dont care about pop edited music.

[Kevin Smith]

The "music" industry should just pump out 14 track CD's by the week.