Inside the Song: Back to Jakku

2021-09-07

Roy breaks down writing, recording, and remixing the song “Back to Jakku.” You’ll hear the vocals, guitars, and drums isolated from the mix in this part by part walk-through. On this episode: what ideas were inspired by All-American Rejects, Blink 182, Steve Aoki, Walk the Moon, Asia, and more how Auto-Tune can actually make remix vocals sound MORE realistic how to choose the perfect clips for remixing the arranging and production tricks used to make the song “pop” Roy’s favorite parts of the song …and much more RGL trivia...

Roy breaks down writing, recording, and remixing the song “Back to Jakku.” You’ll hear the vocals, guitars, and drums isolated from the mix in this part by part walk-through.

On this episode:

what ideas were inspired by All-American Rejects, Blink 182, Steve Aoki, Walk the Moon, Asia, and more
how Auto-Tune can actually make remix vocals sound MORE realistic
how to choose the perfect clips for remixing
the arranging and production tricks used to make the song “pop”
Roy’s favorite parts of the song
…and much more RGL trivia!

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Inside the Song (Spotify playlist) ►► https://spoti.fi/3fL4uZ0

00:00 Intro -- Song background, style/theme, & Roy version
07:40 Part by part walk-through
09:05 Verse 1 -- it's like a regular song! xD
10:41 Chorus 1 -- building anticipation with drums & synths
13:36 Post Chorus 1 -- remix vocals, vowels, and vibrato
17:07 Verse 2 -- picking the perfect clips to remix
20:26 Chorus 2 & Post Chorus 2 -- harmonies & more synths
22:57 Bridge -- chilling out with Maz Kanata & the Roy version
27:03 Last Chorus & Outro -- dance party breakdown

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