This song is called ‘I like the way’ and I have written it in the

key of C# minor and in a 4/4-time signature, the bpm for the

track is 108. The song starts with a synth and follows into a
verse, the structure of the song goes like verse- chorus- verse –
outro so the chorus only comes once in the whole song and the
structure is a bit unusual. For the percussion I’ve used kicks,
snares, hi – hats. To enhance the chorus, I have put a different
reverb on it that the rest of the song with stereo imaging, the
vocals for the rest of the song have a reverb and for the
background vocals I have panned them left and right at the
chorus, I also cut the low end on them so they sound less
muddy. The song fades in and fades out at the starting and the
ending. While I was editing the vocals I deessed them and put a
room reverb on it with 561 MS, the HP frequency is at 200.9 Hz,
these alterations helped give the vocals a boost and since my
vocals are powerful, I compressed them. I also eq’d the vocals
and the beat. For the beat there is a delay reverb on the snaps
and the snares are panned left to right. The harmonies are
panned too on the left and right at the chorus. The chord
progression for the song goes as C sharp minor, b major, g
sharp minor to g#m/d#. The song is a blend of soul and rnb
music. The term "rhythm and blues," often called "R&B,"
originated in the 1940s when it replaced "race music" as a
general marketing term for all African American music, though it
usually referred only to secular, not religious music. The term first
 appeared in commercial recording in 1948, when RCA Victor
records began using "blues and rhythm" music as a descriptor for
African American secular songs. The migration of African
Americans to urban centers in the Northeast and Midwest during
the early twentieth century helped to bring various regional styles
of African American music together to influence each other. The
migration also created new markets for these types of music.
Earlier, the term "rhythm and blues" was used for boogie woogie,
African American swing, jazz, and blues. All of those styles
influenced the musicality of what is called rhythm and blues
today. The lyrics of the song talk about a perpetrator who doesn't
like to reveal his real identity. In the song, I had gone through
phases where I suffered to seek out his real name and details
and never really got it because he’s the one who didn’t share it
with anyone he knew. The line “can I see the real you” depicts
exactly that emotion of mine. I try tell him that no one likes what
he does and it would be better if he stops doing what he does
but he doesn’t listen to me and messes his life up, i try to tell
him that what he’s doing is totally unacceptable and even his
best mates don’t like it, he’s also the type of person who could
get me into trouble so it’s true that good people do not need
laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a
way around the laws. One of my influences for this track was the
songstress Alicia Keys, her sound is a blend of rnb and classical
music and a key track from her catalogue would be ‘fallin’ where
she incorporates the rnb sound with soul music, she has been of
my biggest inspirations since I started making music and her
sound has helped me envision the sound I want. When I started
writing this song, I started by making the beat and then I started
to add the chords, when I started to sing with the song, the
melody just flowed, this one came out right from the soul. I
believe there are many songs out there which have a crime
scene or robbery as their main theme and a song like that would
be ‘no body, no crime’ which tells the tale of murder. With my
song in mind, I wanted it to evoke a darker emotion in the
listener’s mind. Every artist should be able to tell a story that
makes the listener go “wait, what was that?”, there are many
songs that leave me that way. Sometimes, the artist decides to
start the lyrics of the song with a word that’s unexpected and
that makes the listener stay hooked until the end of the song.
For my song, I had a very similar idea and wanted to incorporate
that skill beautifully. I’ve also done automation on the vocals to
add more vibrancy to it, I also EQ’d the vocals and removed
some unwanted frequencies to give it a clean and crisp sound.
I’ve also used a hall reverb on the background vocals and also
doubled the lead vocals at the chorus so they sound thicker.
When I played back my song, mixing it to a demo standard was
my ultimate goal and before mixing, I had a vision of how I
wanted my mix to sound like, I referred to CDs to get examples
of what I am trying to achieve, for my creative purposes, it
provided me guidance on where I wanted to take my mix
sonically and musically.