Love & Colors: Part 1

What’s up world! It’s been a while since I have blogged, but I’m really trying my best to change that.

At 8pm on 12/5/11, Lauren Lanzaretta and I released the first single off our joint album the Color of Love. Ironically, the name of the song is also titled the “Color of Love”. This is the song that really kicked our project into high gear.

I remember recording this song at Ante Up Audio in Cleveland. Our engineer Jim Stewart actually beat me to the studio (I can’t stand tardiness, but he is always on time). I was so eager to jump in the booth and start rapping! As Jim was setting the microphone up, I must’ve rehearsed the lyrics 20 times. I thought about all of the songs that I recorded in that particular studio suite, and I had a feeling this would be different.

Once I put the headphones on…It was on! An energy erupted from my body, and seemed to increase as the song went on. My excitement was through the roof, and Lauren hadn’t even recorded her verse. Actually, Lauren wasn’t even scheduled to be at the studio that day.

The week before, Lauren and I met to discuss the song and its format. I fell in LOVE with Lauren’s cunning chorus. I was so in love with it, I had her record it on my phone (Droid! ).

With that said, even though Lauren wouldn’t come to the studio until the following day, I wanted to hear her voice on the song! Jim was able to plug my phone into the rig, and extract the vocals of Lauren singing the hook, and place it into the song. Bootleg – Yes…but I didn’t care! Technology is awesome…

I also need to mention Dan Spencer, the drummer on the song. Jim and I were starting to get concerned when he hadn’t arrived at the studio at his scheduled time. Jim was able to take my mind off things while we waited with his iPad. I played some ridiculously entertaining game of cutting ropes until Dan walked in with his bandmate Lou Harris.

Dan listened to the song a few times and didn’t say too much. He walked in the recording space, sat down at the drums, and began to work his magic. It was simple; I couldn’t wait for Lauren to record the next day…

— DJ $crilla

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