For anyone curious what’s going on with Ridin’, it’s basically a culmination of all my studies and theorizing as a musician, a lot of which longtime followers will have already heard from me.
To summarize: My theory of music is that we identify good music as that which balances between meeting our expectations and defying them. Music which combines blandness with outlandishness. Because everyone’s musical experiences are different, so too are their expectations, and so too is their taste in music.
Ridin’ is a train wreck of stupidly simple and catchy components (simple tuneful melody, octave bassline, uncomplicated synth patches) combined with ridiculous things most people wouldn’t consider familiar musical tools (bass-boosted lead synth, the track completely falling apart at a certain point until it hits the catchy refrain again, sparsely arranged verses with frankly mediocre synth work). In other words, it’s hand-crafted to be amazing.
Of course, it’s never that simple in a craft with as many moving parts as music. Even things as simple as whether you’re more or less acquainted with these particular drum sounds than I am can impact whether you like my music, because I’m using them as a moderately familiar tool - if they’re new to you or you’re already tired of them, they may not fit the role I wanted them to play in the track. The same goes for every other component of the song, really. But this is a proof of concept, and I’m proud of it. I hope you all like it <3
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