Mat Demaz- Hood Life

[mdemaz]

Building up a climax to the last track which is the title track.
Average performance by me personally but the mastering turned out pretty decent.


Lyrics:

Yeah
hood life
everyday struggles
death pain fear and anger

another day another death we loved each other and then we left
growing up in suburbia is brutal it's a bugger of a mess
people who you think are your friends are thieving thieves
backstabbers everywhere I can't trust even me
if I could go back to live somewhere else I would
then again would It really be wise or any good
seeing how intelligent I am now
I know it sounds twisted but maybe suffering helped me out
my life was always fucked up now I'm realizing the truth
that I lived a lie that's why I'm in this booth
music has been my drug and how I release agony
everything that's happened to me is just a freaking tragedy
fuck this shit like giving anal to turds
there's no one I can blame all but it's all my fault for my work
making these songs as a venting tool
demaz phantom is the demon wondering where I sent this fool

(Chorus)
hood life suburbia is nowhere
hood life you don't believe me then go there 2x

sometimes life makes me wanna roll over and die
like I got a pair of dice gambling with life
take a look at these snake eyes they cry
too much pain in my life to win anything I'm insane and I dunno why
the fabric of my sanity churns see everyone as the enemy
rationale ain't an option my past is where the sanity be
I can't even stare at my own father in the face anymore
he knows what's up I'm just coming to terms with the pain is all
I never gave a fuck about anything since day 1
people still never understand and pain to come
the white guy was supposed to rise from the rest
the suburban hero pfft yeah right I'm a mess
I see it now there is no hope for the middle class
we are like rats in a cage taking a piddle out our arse
and the government just takes advantage of us like we are dumb
we're all stupid for falling victim to the fucken scum

(Chorus) 2x

you know like when you think everything will be perfect
something just comes back and kicks you in the balls
you know what I'm sayin' everything just wants to screw up
your life becomes pointless and you just hate everything
you keep holding onto the past and you can't move on
every second that goes by is agonizing it drives you insane
you live in a shithole your parents split up
you sit you sit by yourself in as room making music hoping someone will hear you
every since you left high school you've been in limbo no direction
you tried getting a job but you just enter the void
the void of nothingness the void that separates losers from winners
you wanna be a winner
but people tell you to keep on yourse...yourself on the grind
you wanna make music but everyone around you has no dream
you know what I'm sayin'
you miss her you know what I'm sayin'

(Chorus) 2x

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[Ticalrecords]

i had a hard time understanding what you were saying (thank god you posted ur lyrics), and i don't think its a good idea to double your vocals- its taking away from the message and emotion (like when you rhym truth and booth it sounds like your just rhyming it to make sure it rhymes) . the rhymes themselves weren't bad at all. the flow was... it was average. not bad but definetely could use some work and same goes for the delivery. try not to slur your words.
anyways, help me out i got a few songs up im tryna get feedback for - Keep Runnin, Impossible Is Nothing, Disturbingly Vivid Fantasy. check em out.

[Chet Starr]

Delivery, Delivery, Delivery!!!!!

Nobody wants to hear a rapper that sounds uncertain or scared. Build that voice up, sound strong and confident, and grab your fucking balls. You want to have a voice that would convince men to fight in war.

Work on the voice man, it's the triforce of rapping.

[Eedee]

Yo man. Some of the vocals were shallow sounding, like the volume was great on them. The chorus had a drowning effect that I didn't particularly like, but it didn't make the chorus terrible technically.

The lyrics were good overall, like someone said earlier, your flow needs to be calmer and more smooth, you rush your punchlines and bars and it doesn't sound too nice. Pick your words carefully and just flow over the beat and bars.

I put up Final Curtain by the way, man. Check it out.

[mdemaz]

Thanks for all the feed guys, you may not think it helps, but it does.

[Vettori]

When i read it, I enjoyed it. Flowed well. You need to work on your delivery and quality more.
It was hard to understand what you were saying.
Not much else i have for feedback.

[mdemaz]

Can anyone explain to me what layering vocals is?
I thought doubling was what that meant, lmfao...
I should probably Google it, thanks to everyone that listened...
Real talk man, from the heart.

[Eedee]

Can anyone explain to me what layering vocals is?
I thought doubling was what that meant, lmfao...
I should probably Google it, thanks to everyone that listened...
Real talk man, from the heart.

What I do, from advice given on here, is rap it, then put that on the beat. Then layer the same rap vocal on top of the vocals I just did, put lower the volume and pan it to the left. I also rap it again in a lower, softer voice and it gives it that White America type feel, ya know?

Thanks for feeding back too, you guys. This was just a flip-shit track, nothing too serious

[Eedee]

Can anyone explain to me what layering vocals is?
I thought doubling was what that meant, lmfao...
I should probably Google it, thanks to everyone that listened...
Real talk man, from the heart.

What I do, from advice given on here, is rap it, then put that on the beat. Then layer the same rap vocal on top of the vocals I just did, put lower the volume and pan it to the left about 20-30%. I also rap it again in a lower, softer voice and it gives it that White America type feel, ya know?

Thanks for feeding back too, you guys. This was just a flip-shit track, nothing too serious

[mdemaz]

Can anyone explain to me what layering vocals is?
I thought doubling was what that meant, lmfao...
I should probably Google it, thanks to everyone that listened...
Real talk man, from the heart.

What I do, from advice given on here, is rap it, then put that on the beat. Then layer the same rap vocal on top of the vocals I just did, put lower the volume and pan it to the left. I also rap it again in a lower, softer voice and it gives it that White America type feel, ya know?

Thanks for feeding back too, you guys. This was just a flip-shit track, nothing too serious

Yeah I know that..I was thinking layering and left and right panning on a beat that complex would be pointless..It was limited pretty hard..
Same with adding adlibs...The song was too serious for sound effects and shit..

[Eedee]

Shit instead of editing I quoted myself. *facepalm*

But layering the same vocals and panning does make a difference. Gives the vocals more depth and "wetness".

[mdemaz]

Shit instead of editing I quoted myself. *facepalm*

But layering the same vocals and panning does make a difference. Gives the vocals more depth and "wetness".

I saw that, roflroflrofl!

Yo, I had tons of songs even from '06 that have stereo vocals and shit..But the Em on Recovery, he barely did that shit..I sorta wanted to jump into that and just have raw vocals, nawmsayin'?

I could of done some sorta chanting during the song...Like a hookish adlib..
On both channels or panning the doubled punched vocal mix left and right...
Play around with punching in/out and shit..

[Eedee]

Yeah I gotta get to school, so I'll message you after I'm out. Later man.