Pineapples And Coconuts


I'm trying like heck to visit ya'll's fabulous music as often as I can. Free time is a rarer treat for me these days.

I recently threw this together. It's pretty much a mash-up of Traditional Island sounds, Ska, Rumba, Reggae, and Samba. It took a while to piece all that together {off and on for four days - a fairly long time for me). The song has what I like to call an indigenous "relaxed energy". I tried to capture the exotic culture of the islands, the carefree ambience, plus the excitement of the numerous fiestas and carnivals. The three different drums tracks, used in various combinations at various times, and the organ were my main tools in that effort. The nylon acoustic's track drops back a little bit in a few places - not exceptionally uncommon for this track. I compressed it as much as I could in Audacity without diminishing the quality of the track.

I kept the basics of the style but changed out the original drums and added a lead guitar. I wrote a new chord progression and played around with it from that point.




File:Pineapples And Coconuts.SGU

Key=F, Tempo 105, Length (m:s)=3:57

Style is _CHILLAX.STY (Chillax Island Songwriter Folk)

RealTracks in style: 916:Bass, Acoustic, Rumba Ev 110
RealTracks in style: 1155:Organ, B3, Rhythm Reggae Ev16 100
RealTracks in style: 2928:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm RnBPop8thsJoe Ev 110
RealTracks in style: 2932:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking SongwriterAlternating8thsQuinn Ev 110
RealTracks in song: 3840:Guitar, Nylon, Soloist Samba Ev 190 (16ths@95)
RealDrums in Song: Island16thsWes^1-HatKck,BellRide
RealDrums in Song: Bongos8thsBeguine[single]
RealDrums in style:Ska Drums and Maracas [Multi]

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