Factory Yoyo Presents: "Sit Tight/Growing Up", a journey through life in the Key of Funk

LOL............... Where do you come up with this stuff?
Really great stuff YoYo... 

Do you have to rub it in like this? I mean really! Asked my son when it started if he liked it and he said he liked it, but the voice was funny :-) But he was dancing along by the end of the song? And saying SIT TIGHT!

Hey James
I really enjoyed everything about this tune.  How did you get MARVIN the MARTIAN in your studio. 
 
This video is so your style . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpypXPe1XHo&feature=related


KUDOS!
Kev

Great story.  Life's circle.  Well produced, as usual, but the story is the prize in this song.  You presented it in a nice musical case and I enjoyed the heck out of it.

This is so cool.

"listen to the organ".

I did.
And more.

OWW!!!

Thanks for the great comments, guys.


This one got started before Christmas  but didn't really come together until real late...just wrote the words last week before I took off to Vegas for a conference, and the guitars at the coda were just added yesterday morning, which is cool cuz it went to a totally different ending than I had previously considered.

Out of all my tunes, I think this mix might be closest to what I envisioned when I started: there are a ton of layers and they can all be heard rather well (except the keyboards at the coda; those swirly Rhodes are impossible at times to fit into a dense mix). Add to that there are 46 tracks and a lot going on pretty much the entire song and it was a real trick to mix. A lot of compromises, but better finished than perfect...

Kev:
Are you implying my Bootsy impression is ranging into CARTOON characterizations? ;)

Robby:

Yeah, whenever you have a great tune like Just A Lie and get too big headed, I like to throw out the big guns! ;)

Cian:

I admit that "Parents Just Don't Understand" did indeed come into mind at the end of writing the lyrics.

Warren:

The lyrics are meant to be both kinda poignant and funny, which is kinda how I am in real life. Glad you got the circle of life turnaround at the breakdown.

All I can say well done!!!, I line the lyrics and sound is fat.

Good Job

Ben

Ed, Ben, James:

Thanks!

Phil:
Good to see you round these parts again. Your review was fantastic! 

Boffo!  Just drop dead cool.  Love the vox/lyrics.  Killer production.  Great vocal work.

Daryl

Hi James,

Too cool! Amazing production and arrangement. Love the vocal and vocal arrangement. Really well done.

Frank, Bob, Daryl, Fary:

Thanks fellas.

Jamesg:

Too loud, huh? Maybe....

First rate James ! I love the crunchy clap snare sound, to me this is what puts it in 'pro production' level. How did you track / process your backbeat sound on this track?

Garry Kiosk

Ian:

Thanks...good to see you round these parts again.

Gary:

The drums are all sampled loops, and there five different loops going on at various times. I do parallel processing on most of the major elements, where there is some Master output directly from the track (usually with some compression) and then also sent to a buss where I really slam it. Gives you at least some dynamics with a floor to rest on.

Mark:

I wish I knew where it comes from...I would bottle it and save it for the times I am struggling!

James, Very cool arrangement, lyrics, and performance.  Fun song!  I hear what Paulo was talking about it and thought the same myself.  The delivery is good and there is nothing "wrong" with it but you get a sense that this person doesn't naturally sing this way.     Maybe try a version sang more natural to your own style?   It's great either way though.  Nice job on this.  Thank you!