DUNNO

FROM THE ALBUM SWEETS 2 BY ALY [FKA LACKHONEY]

SONG 7 OF 12

Chapter ii: Georgia

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Created by Xcelencia on Sound. Leave a comment on the song at https://www.sound.xyz/xcelencia

Xcelencia

For my genesis Sound drop it was important to stay true to the essence. I couldve gone with another style of music but it was key for me to make history by sticking to the roots. When I first got into crypto in 2017, I noticed that the majority of the artists involved were in electronic music, a culture I was also a part of but I knew it would be an uphill battle to get Reggaeton recognition in the space. Fast-forward a few years and I accomplished everything I set out too in crypto/web3. (so far)

I made this song late 2021, I was on a hot streak knocking down about 3 records a night and SOLTERA was born. I needed a dope Reggaeton for the INFINXTE album and this was the one. The track is produced by two of my closest friends, Los Hitmen, a grammy-nominated production duo that have worked with heavyweights like J Balvin, Jay Wheeler, and De La Ghetto. I remember as soon as I sent the track I got a call back right away like WTF DID YOU DO HERE?! I knew right then we had a hit. 

The original artwork was crafted by one of my favorite artists from Spain, Diego (Paranoidme). I think one of the most exciting parts of my album is the diversity in collaborators, its completely organic and features artists from more than ten countries. Reggaeton was rejected in the mainstream for years and now its the voice of the youth all over Latin America, the Caribbean and people all over the world. Reggaeton pushes culture forward and I want to push it forward into web3.

Soltera #17

Lackhoney

executive produced by sunny b aka bizzle bizz

this song is so insane to me, and the best part is how its creation was such a journey

pt. 1 conception (5.18.22)

mood swings started may 18, 2022 when i had an in-person session with rohan (roho), we had already made two or three songs together virtually but had never met in person and wow he is very tall. also one of the kindest, easiest to get along with, and most effortlessly talented people i"ve worked with. we started the session the same way all my favorite sessions start, with about 2.5 hours of talking. i think this was before eth went down such sweet and innocent times.

eventually, we started working and the first thing that rohan played was the piano chords, we went through a few versions before we landed on the ones you hear (first time they come in is when i start rapping). he plays all his drums by hand on a keyboard, which is why they feel so human. i"ve seen very very very few people do it in person, and nobody as well as he does. he talks and makes jokes while he comes up with the craziest shit its insane. there are like 3-4 different drum patterns throughout this song its insane.

as the instrumental started to take shape i started having ideas for raps. i wrote a very long verse (cut it down by about 12 bars in the final version) and felt like i was truly in the "flow" for the first time in months. i had been struggling with feeling a lot of self-judgement whenever i created for a while but working with rohan unlocked a playfullness and free-spiritedness that i hadn"t tapped into for a while. kind of a similar feeling i get from yelling on twitter honestly.

i recorded my verse in one take as well as a hook idea that was very different from what this song ended up being. we left the session with a verse and a hook recorded and a super rough layout of the instrumental.

from there i took it home and worked on it that night, adding the distortion to the bass and developed out the arrangement and my vocal mix a little more. i was in my studio at my house with a couple friends who were gassing me up.

pt.2 may-july 
(forgot about the song)

it didn"t fit on the new album i"m working on so i just put it to the side and didn"t think i"d come back to it. i would listen to it from time to time and play it for people and the reactions were always super positive but i didn"t know where to "put" it in my discography.

pt.3 july 2022
i traveled 6 times from june 19th - july 26th and the song was finished while i was still living out of my suitcases

at this point jon and i had been talking about working for a couple of months, and i had sent him a different song i wanted him to get on. i think i had already sent this song to another artist and showed it to jon on a whim. but he connected with this one instantly and said he was writing to it.

a week or two passed and he sent me his vocals. i started working on them in miami and finished them in san antonio in sunny"s apartment. after i mixed his voice i spent a day or two changing the production around his verse to fit what he was saying. i recorded some vocals / adlibs over his verse to add to it and added that skit between hook2/verse2 while sunny was studying at her table.

at this point sunny b"s executive production really kicked in. she told me i needed a new hook, and made a few changes in production to jon"s verse and later mine. very key addition of the tire screeching sound in jon"s verse by bizzle. 

i bounced a version of the song with the hook taken out just so i could imagine new ideas in its place. sunny"s in medical school and is doing clinical rotations now so i dropped her off every morning at 5:55am. on the way back one morning i started playing "Mood Swings v.8 [no hook]". I wasn"t trying to write to it, but when the hook came around i started singing the melody for the new hook and i got really excited.

if u are reading this tweet "mood swiiingiiiinnggggg" and tag me or jon on twitter and one of us will send u a customized selfie response it"ll be great. this is to reward u for really reading this long-ass thing.

it came about really effortlessly after that. i wrote the hook parked in her car, playing the music too loud at 6am and spent the next hour or so figuring out how to record it, and deciding that the intro needed to just be the hook with the distorted bass.

a couple days later sunny mentioned how my verse felt too long and helped me pick out 8-12 bars that needed to get cut out. the pitched up swearing ending of the verse was always there with the beeps but it didn"t have context so i added in the "talk show" skit and that was pretty much the song.

boom shakalaka
-aly

MOOD SWINGS [W/ JON WALTZ & ROHO] #10

Created by Clear eyes on Sound. Leave a comment on the song at https://www.sound.xyz/cleareyes/my-weakness-with-reo-cragun

MY WEAKNESS (with Reo Cragun)

This is song 3 from CACOPHONY, a new project from Reo Cragun and myself. CACOPHONY is a beautiful explosion. Deafeningly loud and chaotic and intimate at the same time. 

MY WEAKNESS is a sonic bedrock of this project - it started with a beat I made specifically with Reo in mind and underwent many, many revisions. New tempos, new production ideas, at least 4 iterations of the chorus, additional guitar stems from my friend Bobby Lord, all taking place over at least a year of back and forth.

MY WEAKNESS crashes into being and is loud without remit but at the heart of it is a simple love song. About a love so powerful that it takes you over.  And your whole world, your whole being, coalesces around your goals with one person. Reo and I are both lucky enough to have people like that in our lives. This is a tribute to them.

MY WEAKNESS (with Reo Cragun) #15

the park

The Park is a group of friends, musicians, artists, producers, collaborators, instigators, and dance floor starters from the country of California.

Here to speak artist to artist and help revalue music together. 

Change takes time, The Park is here for you, URL in the discords, IRL on the road from Madison Square garden to that seedy dive bar, in the coffee shop, talking to friends, doing work together on the daily. 

Talking about change, Tess Henley shares: Rainwater is about regeneration and renewing ones self through lifes challenges. Everyone goes through change. For an artist or creative, regeneration almost seems to be in the DNA. Its exciting that this song is part of a community of people who are thinking about this need and putting it into action. Web3 + Music NFTs are that action for The Park and fellow artists creating new realities together on chain. We thank you for listening

Josh Lippi - Bass, guitar 
Ben Schwier - keys, piano, synths
Tess Henley- Vocals, Keys, programming 
Derek Taylor - drums, percussion, organelle 
Tim Anderson - guitar, Juno 6, mix, master, vocoder 

RAINWATER
I am green 
I am a fragile being
I am grown in grace 
Bare the scars on my face 

Who you wish to see
Wont always be
What makes me 
Unapologetically free 

Anyone to be
But I need you more

Take a minute to see
What I love you for 

They call her 
Rainwater
They call her
Rainwater
Washed over and over anew
In everything true
They call her 
Rainwater
They call her
Rainwater
Washed over and over anew
In everything true
Rainwater 
Rainwater
Washed over and over anew
In everything true

Rainwater #10

FREE .01

FREE.01

Clear eyes and Reo made this beat yesterday. Now it"s yours.

Everyone who collects this drop will be eligible to submit their own song or remix using this beat. Stems will be made available upon request. 

The LNRZ team will select one remix to mint via LNRZ on Sound. 

FREE .01 #19

UNFAITHFUL

A special one from the vault - one of the earliest tracks I made for the BRUX project but never released.


[DEMO] Unfaithful #7

Your portal into the RHKI world, coming soon...

RHKI Genesis Key

RHKI Genesis Key 77/100

Happy

The intro for INFINXTE. 7/10

Can"t believe how far we"ve come already. 

Spread happiness and collect for a special drop coming soon. 

artist: Xcelencia
music: Shine
Heart #6503

Happy #2

Dos Commas Club

Dos Commas Club is a limited accredited investor list verified by LexDAO for KaliCos

Created by RHKI on Sound. Leave a comment on the song at https://www.sound.xyz/rohki/reflection

Reflection

Reflection is the sixth and final Episode in RHKI Season 1.

Take a trip through time.

A glimpse into the mind of the eternal.

What do you see when you look at your reflection?

Who is staring back?

It"d be nice if it never went away.

But its ok - change is the only constant.

Reflection #557

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NAIVE

FROM THE ALBUM SWEETS 2 BY ALY [FKA LACKHONEY]

SONG 2 OF 12

Chapter i: florida

NAIVE #22

GRATEFUL

ROAD TO SWEETS 2 - DROP 4

woke up this morning and had a huge ball of gratitude in my chest

for y"all, for life, for it all.

everything i prayed for"s starting to come my way.

[produced by me and max vossberg]