Just realized that I've been neglecting the blog for a while. Guess that happens when you let Twitter and Facebook take over your life. So just to bring things up to speed, in case you somehow missed them....
January:
All Tomorrow's Parties
February:
Apparently I was dead that month, nothing really happened.
March:
It's Jacobo
Finals Week
And now it's April, sometime before the month is up I'll post another track and hopefully if all goes well, I shall have a tangible product ready for consumption.
Sincerely, Jacobo
Friday, April 8, 2011
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Random Thoughts....My Next Album
I know...it's pretty ballsy to even talk about a next album when the first one isn't even out. The numerous delays surrounding it have definitely been beyond my control, but as a result, it's changed my outlook on the next project. I'm almost positive I'll be less dependent on outside resources to help bring things to a finish.
Anyways, I'd love to sit here and explain what's going on with "My Mom Thinks I'm Cool" but despite the delays, I'd say we're still pretty much on schedule. So all I can say is, if things aren't entirely sorted out by January, then what IS ready to be presented, will be. So stay tuned.
As far as the next album, I haven't really had a chance to talk things over with my engineer but I'm already coming up with ideas as far as the mix goes. I've been listening to A LOT of songs from the late 60's to mid 70's and diggin the mixing techniques used. It really spices things up and the number one thing I hate about songs today is how clean they sound, there's no real warmth, spacing or technique to what's happening. It's all pretty much squash this, eq that, limit this, and so on. So yea. Next album, if it ever happens. Dope ass throwback mixing.
Examples for your listening pleasure...
Anyways, I'd love to sit here and explain what's going on with "My Mom Thinks I'm Cool" but despite the delays, I'd say we're still pretty much on schedule. So all I can say is, if things aren't entirely sorted out by January, then what IS ready to be presented, will be. So stay tuned.
As far as the next album, I haven't really had a chance to talk things over with my engineer but I'm already coming up with ideas as far as the mix goes. I've been listening to A LOT of songs from the late 60's to mid 70's and diggin the mixing techniques used. It really spices things up and the number one thing I hate about songs today is how clean they sound, there's no real warmth, spacing or technique to what's happening. It's all pretty much squash this, eq that, limit this, and so on. So yea. Next album, if it ever happens. Dope ass throwback mixing.
Examples for your listening pleasure...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Some Insight On "Our Year" and "My Mom Thinks I'm Cool"
So it's been about a week now since I posted the first song off the album. If somehow you managed to miss it, (maybe you were in a coma or something and missed the numerous postings) here it is.
http://www.itsjacobo.com/track/our-year
With the first "songle"(I'm diggin that term) in place, I suppose this would be the time to finally speak on the concept around the track and even more importantly the entire the concept that will essentially envelop the whole album. So, with that said, let's dive into Our Year....
This is a pretty straight forward story telling track, or at least I'd like to think so. It's a simple love story with a twist, that's 2 parts truth and 1 part fiction. From the beginning of the recording process, this was, from start to finish, my favorite track. Upon it's completion it was already in the running as the lead "songle" for the album. The moment I came up with the beat/backing track, all the way down to writing the lyrics and the numerous takes it took to get the flow just right, this was just a fun track to do. As far as the concept, the basic framework for the hook actually came to me, from a conversation me and the love interest had, in a dream. The first 2 verses are straight autobiographical and you are essentially listening to exactly what happened the first time I met her. This is where the concept for the album comes into play.....
My Mom Thinks I'm Cool, starts off with Our Year, which takes place at the end of May at a friend's graduation party. From there the album takes the listener through a 4 month period in my life that is essentially tied together and built on the relationship of the tracks Our Year, Blacked Out & Wake Up Call. Those 3 songs touch on the themes of love, friendship and self-control, meanwhile the rest of the album encompasses the general idea of who I am as a person. I'm single, broke, unemployed, and I still live at home with my parents. Yet, despite whatever the listener's perception of me, may be at the end of the record, it doesn't really matter because, My Mom Thinks I'm Cool.
http://www.itsjacobo.com/track/our-year
With the first "songle"(I'm diggin that term) in place, I suppose this would be the time to finally speak on the concept around the track and even more importantly the entire the concept that will essentially envelop the whole album. So, with that said, let's dive into Our Year....
This is a pretty straight forward story telling track, or at least I'd like to think so. It's a simple love story with a twist, that's 2 parts truth and 1 part fiction. From the beginning of the recording process, this was, from start to finish, my favorite track. Upon it's completion it was already in the running as the lead "songle" for the album. The moment I came up with the beat/backing track, all the way down to writing the lyrics and the numerous takes it took to get the flow just right, this was just a fun track to do. As far as the concept, the basic framework for the hook actually came to me, from a conversation me and the love interest had, in a dream. The first 2 verses are straight autobiographical and you are essentially listening to exactly what happened the first time I met her. This is where the concept for the album comes into play.....
My Mom Thinks I'm Cool, starts off with Our Year, which takes place at the end of May at a friend's graduation party. From there the album takes the listener through a 4 month period in my life that is essentially tied together and built on the relationship of the tracks Our Year, Blacked Out & Wake Up Call. Those 3 songs touch on the themes of love, friendship and self-control, meanwhile the rest of the album encompasses the general idea of who I am as a person. I'm single, broke, unemployed, and I still live at home with my parents. Yet, despite whatever the listener's perception of me, may be at the end of the record, it doesn't really matter because, My Mom Thinks I'm Cool.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Random Thoughts...On "No Homo"
It’s saturday morning, I’m in a thinking mood… People who say “no homo” I don’t get it. If it was really “no homo”, then why would you try and bring attention to the statement by saying “no homo”? In essence aren’t you basically saying, “hey! look at this statement I just made. It’s pretty gay, in the most literal way possible!” It’s just like when people say “no pun intended”, if the pun wasn’t intended, then don’t bring attention to it… So from now on, if you wanna say “no homo”, just say “yes homo” cause it’s the same thing. Thank you.
Monday, September 13, 2010
It's Been A While...Random Thought...
The hardest part about being an independent artist? All your friends become fans and all your fans become friends. The lines get blurred along the way and you’re not sure how to treat who or where to draw the line…
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Random Thoughts On The "Mixing Process"
So we officially have half the album done and mixed. The last half is waiting on a few final touches on the production before it gets sent off to be mixed as well. Since it’s gonna be a while before it drops, I figured I’d take this time though to speak a bit on the mixing process….
This is the first time I’ve ever had one of my projects mixed by someone else other than me. So the hardest part about getting this record mixed was mainly letting go of my death clutch on the album. I really can’t do it all by myself and so being able to finally understand and admit it, is definitely helping this album out as far as the finished product goes.
The other thing I never realized is how long in “musician time” it takes to get a record properly mixed. If you’re a hands-on musician, producer, rapper, singer, whatever… It’s practically impossible for the Engineer to get it right the first time, if you’re not in the room with them. So it might take a few mixes and hours or even days to get it the way you want. The important thing is to understand that you and the Engineer are always gonna have a different interpretation of what the record should sound like. So the first thing to do is definitely check your ego at the door, be polite as fuck and let the engineer know what you’re going for without being a dick. This person is responsible for how your record sounds in the end, piss them off and there goes the album.
Anyways, basically I just wanted to say that the Engineer is important as fuck. I produced the shit out of my album, wrote all the songs and had a big part in guiding how the songs that I didn’t write parts for (“Wake Up Call” & “Hype-er” come to mind) came out as well. With all that said, the Engineer has taken those tracks to another level and they all sound incredibly clean. So when this album drops, no regrets baby, cause everything you’ll hear is exactly how I planned and I’m letting it all hang out.
My Mom Thinks I’m Cool!
This is the first time I’ve ever had one of my projects mixed by someone else other than me. So the hardest part about getting this record mixed was mainly letting go of my death clutch on the album. I really can’t do it all by myself and so being able to finally understand and admit it, is definitely helping this album out as far as the finished product goes.
The other thing I never realized is how long in “musician time” it takes to get a record properly mixed. If you’re a hands-on musician, producer, rapper, singer, whatever… It’s practically impossible for the Engineer to get it right the first time, if you’re not in the room with them. So it might take a few mixes and hours or even days to get it the way you want. The important thing is to understand that you and the Engineer are always gonna have a different interpretation of what the record should sound like. So the first thing to do is definitely check your ego at the door, be polite as fuck and let the engineer know what you’re going for without being a dick. This person is responsible for how your record sounds in the end, piss them off and there goes the album.
Anyways, basically I just wanted to say that the Engineer is important as fuck. I produced the shit out of my album, wrote all the songs and had a big part in guiding how the songs that I didn’t write parts for (“Wake Up Call” & “Hype-er” come to mind) came out as well. With all that said, the Engineer has taken those tracks to another level and they all sound incredibly clean. So when this album drops, no regrets baby, cause everything you’ll hear is exactly how I planned and I’m letting it all hang out.
My Mom Thinks I’m Cool!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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