9/12/2023 0 Comments Chamber of reflection albumThis leaves room for the main sampled melodic synth to be prominent and the main feature of the track. Once DeMarcos track gained popularity, it was then sampled by Wiz Khalifa on “ Smoke Chambers” in 2014. Another element of the track, although it’s not the “star”, I believe helps create the ambient and relaxed vibe of the track is the heavy reverb of DeMarco’s voice throughout the piece, as it adds to the ambient and reverbed chordal synth. The sample is evident throughout the track, and DeMarco has seemed to edit the sample into a heavier synth sound. This is also the most interesting part of the track, as it is actually a sample of a 70’s pop track by Shigeo Sekito “ The Word II“. ![]() ![]() This leads me to believe the heavy emphasis on synth layers and creating an ambient kind of vibe make the lead synth the “star of the plate”. The instrumentation is also minimal, compared to the multiple guitar layers he has on many other tracks of Salad Days. As seen below, there are many bridges where the vocals are not present, and synth layers are focused on. The structure is also heavily synth-based, allowing large gaps between the vocals for the synths to be heard. The chords for the song are quite unusual, and looking at these chords and listening to similar songs, I decided on D#m, C#, G#, and B as the main chord progression for my project 1 piece. The bpm I found online and checked via Abletons Tap to Tempo feature, and the chords were checked by playing them on guitar with the song. ![]() The bpm of “Chamber of Reflection” is 131, the chords throughout the piece are quiet unusual, consisting of A7m, B7m, Cmaj7, A7m, B7m, Em, and E7m (UltimateGuitar, 2015). The track was released in 2014 as track number nine off his album “Salad Days”, and although wasn’t the most popular track off the album, it sparked my interest the most and heavily influenced the genre of music I started listening to, and in turn influenced the style of music I enjoy making. My first case study, obviously from the title, will be of Mac DeMarco’s “Chamber of Reflection”.
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