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Singled Out: A Darker Color Bright's Missing You

07/20/2016
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A Darker Color Bright

Mixed media star A Darker Color Bright from tells us the story behind the song "Missing You" from the recently released "ADCBEP1" EP. Here is the story:

So, I guess it all started when I was tossing around drum sounds in the studio. I came across a knocking type kick that I really wanted to use for something "synthy." After having no luck with what I was tone chasing, I decided to close the session, and focus on something else. I brought up a session from about a week prior. I did some recording for a friend doing some choir type stuff and I thought I would do some editing just for busy work. While rendering the audio from that, the computer glitched and created a digital feed back loop. This is the "ahhhhohhh" which became the foundation for Missing You. After that I added a way over gained saw synth for bass and poof! I had a platform for something I knew I would eventually use. However, that instrumental was not touched again for months.

Cut to a few months later, I was in a similar scenario as before and I closed out of something I was working on and reopened that instrumental. I started playing with the bell sound but could not find anything that I liked. I took a break, watched some NBA highlights and went back to the studio. When I returned, I started playing with the idea of making the bell cadence similar to a dribbling basket ball, and it just worked. This time I titled the track "Beef Stew" (that's what I ate during the break) and again put it aside.

I usually put all my instrumentals in my car. I like to critically listen, critique, and plot ideas while I'm driving. So one day I'm driving through the snow, on a sad gloomy, downer type of day. I just hung up the phone with someone that I missed very much. Very, very much, as in painful amount. Right after I hit end call on the phone, "Beef Stew" came on in the car and I just started singing. "Missing You just came out all at once, no going back and revise or edit the words, none of that. That one just poured right out. So I documented it. Drove straight to the studio and recorded the vocals that night.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the EP right here!

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