Distance (Doctrus mix)

https://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/pensados-place-mixing-competition-regret-the-hour-distance/submissions/80538e12-1a2f-11e6-822a-0e96eb01b4a7

Had a go at the Pensado’s Place competition on Indaba Music. This is a very tricky mix, that need a fair amount of work on getting the percussion and guitars balanced through the stereo field. I thought I would go for a warm and live sound with this mix. Enjoy 🙂

Super fried potato (Doctrus remash feat Mantis Evar on bass guitar)

https://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/dr-macklins-potatoes-inc-original-song-contest/submissions/1e107bf4-fdb8-11e5-b9f4-0e6cafa4d0bd

This is one fun and crazy competition from Indaba Music had a few laughs making this original. Was very pleased to find some stems on the Converse Rubber Tracks Converse of Mantis Evar playing on the bass. This is all meant to be a bit of fun, need to know more? Just visit the Indaba community to ask why potatoes!!!

My music is mainly influenced by potatoes, this song is all about fired potatoes, and features Mantis Evar on Bass Guitar! No potatoes were harmed during the making of this song. Some might of been eaten…

Mississippi (Doctrus remix) – Popular vote winner

Really loved remixing this track, fantastic vocals! Thought I would go for a classic sound that was sympathetic to the lead vocals. I essentially brought the vocals out and gave it a strong classic R&B feel with some Electronic lightly added. Hope you like it!

Sadly Indaba is no longer with us to quote Indaba: ‘The Indaba Music community is made of 1.2 million music producers – from emerging artists to Grammy Award winners. We are committed to giving musicians the tools, resources, and opportunties they need to create music in the 21st cenutry.’

Take one (Doctrus original)

https://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/indaba-podcast-theme-song-contest/submissions/15c960fa-f525-11e5-8a5b-0e8b89ba5cff

Funky and fun with some synths thrown in. Written in sections for presenter breaks. Welcome to Indaba Music….

Your Love feat. J-Rican (Doctrus orignal)

https://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/future-beats-challenge-jrican/submissions/0cbe3db4-8bcb-11e5-897a-0e71cabc7a3b

Great vocals from J-Rican​, so had to have a go at this Indaba competition! What are my Influences? I like many genres, tend towards Electronica, Synth Pop, R&B, Funk and everything else! I put a considerable amount of time into this song, and was so pleased it turned out to be a very Funky R&B number with a warm classic retro feel! Hope Future Beats Records​ enjoy it as much as I did writing it.

Spoooooky Samples (Doctrus original) – Popular vote winner (Chosen by Indabamusic)

Sadly Indaba is no longer with us to quote Indaba: ‘The Indaba Music community is made of 1.2 million music producers – from emerging artists to Grammy Award winners. We are committed to giving musicians the tools, resources, and opportunties they need to create music in the 21st cenutry.’

Had great fun making these!  Won popular vote for these creepy sounds! I produced some introduction sounds, that were a short run showcasing the samples, creepy noises. Followed by 3 x beat loops (using those samples). Then, recreated all the samples wet (haunting effects reverbs to increase the fear), followed by all the samples dry. Hope you like them!

Subaqueous (Doctrus original) Popular vote winner

Sadly Indaba is no longer with us to quote Indaba: ‘The Indaba Music community is made of 1.2 million music producers – from emerging artists to Grammy Award winners. We are committed to giving musicians the tools, resources, and opportunties they need to create music in the 21st cenutry.’

This track was inspired from samples provided by Astro Nautico (Converse Rubber Tracks Sample Library). My music writing tends to be very organic and abstract, influenced by many genres, but outputs are often Electronica in nature. Really like how this merged into a watery theme with sonar like sounds and ripping guitars. This came out as a popular vote winning original track from me… Enjoy!