Bored - Super Love

Produced, composed, and directed artists in the recording of “Bored,” a song that embodies the boredom that was thick in the air as everyone was stuck indoors in Summer 2020.

GOAL

  • Make a hit song with both Rock and Pop appeal 

  • Work with a team of musicians to record a song to fit the mood of the lyrics provided

CONCEPTUAL APPROACH 

  • Create a composition for a Rock band that would provide appeal to a Pop audience as well. To do this, I utilized rock instruments but structured “Bored” like a pop song.

  • To emphasize the lyrical message and title of the song, I employed the same chord progression throughout every section. This repetitiveness put weight on the melody and lyrics, I employed some classic pop elements in order to accomplish this while holding the listeners interest.

  • After the intro, the chorus appears before the first verse. The track has a lengthy three verses and two choruses at the end. To keep the energy alive, a classic retro key change is used. The choruses after the bridge are modulated a half step higher, finishing with a break down.

ROLE

  • Music Producer

  • Composer

  • Instrumentalist

  • Sound Mixing and Mastering

TEAM

  • Vocalist

  • Lyricist

  • Session Drummer

  • Vocal and Musical Consultants

TECHNOLOGIES USED

  • Logic Pro X

  • Antares Autotune Pro

  • Apogee Duet interface

  • AKG C414 with an SE Reflexion Filter

  • Akai MPK 261

NOTABLE INSTRUMENTS USED

  • Korg 88 piano

  • Fender jazz V elite bass

  • Fender Stratocaster, American

PROCESS

  • The vocalist sang approximately one inch from the AKG nested in the filter’s baffling all in a non-studio room. 

  • I added my own developed preset for chamber reverb using Logic’s chromaverb effect. 

  • I sweetened the vocals with Autotune’s Graph Mode, and then ran the tuned vocals through the auto mode for perfection. 

  • The Fender Jazz Bass and Stratocaster guitar were recorded using Logic’s amp modeling. 

  • I EQ’d each channel and mixed the whole track in Logic and monitored the audio using both studio and real world speakers using JBL 306p mkII monitors, Sony MDR-7506 headphone monitors, Apple Airpods, and various car systems.

Results

  • 249k+ yearly streams 

  • 27+ playlists

“ A funk-brandishing feat of alt-pop”

— AMELIA VANDERGAST, A&R FACTORY