The first song on the list - Let’s Rock It, was initially recorded and produced Feb 20th, 2015. It was studio produced by Louis-Jay. I composed the song sometime in 2013. The idea behind the song was to compose something different from my usual, something relaxing, exciting, neutral, and something simple - not complexly worded. However, the remake was slightly different from the original because, the producer (Efe-Keeyz) who did the finishing added little and subtracted little!
The second song on the list - Dreams, was initially home produced by Odion Ohio (https://soundcloud.com/ohio-odion) in 2014. The song was composed for a beat made by Odion. I composed the lyrics following his beat (in 2014). I think the beat’s title was Dream. When I listened to it, I did hear dreams; so, I wrote about dreams. Then, when I was to remake all other songs on the list, I studio recorded it using Odion’s beat still. However, the producer (Efe-Keeyz) who did the finishing, added extra accompaniment to it - Odion was okay with it.
The third song on the list - I Can Achieve Great Feat, was initially recorded and produced in July, 2013. It was studio produced by Efe-Keeyz. The song was composed in 2012 (between April - July, 2012). The idea behind the composition was to do a fast beat. The bridge of the song was added by the producer; he said it was necessary and I felt it was okay. At the point of recording, I wasn’t sure of the genre, all I knew was it was composed to be fast; the producer said it sounded like dancehall. So, it was produced as dancehall.
The fourth song on the list - This Land of Magic, was initially recorded and produced on the 19th November, 2012. The song was composed in 2012 (between April - July, 2012). It was studio produced by Efe-Keeyz. It was composed as a ballad; slow tempo love song. The idea behind the composition was cartoon! I love cartoon ballads. However, at the point of production, I couldn’t hold it well and the producer felt I should just make it a dance song; so it became Techno. The bridge was reconstructed by the producer; because he was not satisfied with my own arrangement. And
a line was removed from the verse.
The last song on the list - He Got Me Mad, was initially named Two Wrongs. The title was changed during the remake; I felt it should be this since it’s not poetry. The song was first recorded and produced 16th November, 2012. It was studio produced by Efe-Keeyz. It was composed in 2012 (between April - July, 2012), among some other songs I composed then; and it wasn’t the first song composed in the set but just happened to be the first I chose to produce. There was no idea to this composition. I just found myself humming a rhythm, and then I seemed to hear the line He got me mad, so I decided to analyze it. How would someone get another mad or vexed? I racked my brain over it, and the subject matter of Two Wrongs clicked. Now, I did thought of many possibilities to that question but, I believe I settled for Two Wrongs because “My songs focus majorly on change…” (http://rebekahflora.com/2015/08/my-songs.html).
The song My Friend was initially added to this list (because it was remade too). But I later removed it and added it to Butterfly EP. So each EP has five songs in it.
The entire remake was produced by Louis-Jay and Efe-Keeyz. Louis-Jay handled the re-voicing in N’trance studio, while Efe-Keeyz did the final engineering (mixing and mastering) in his own studio.
Cheers
