tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74035536594099743482024-02-19T07:04:49.854-08:00Root Tone Music1)Root Tone -designating or of the lowest, or root, tone of a chord or the prime/main tone of a harmonic series 2)Root -the part of a plant below the ground that holds the plant in position, draws water and nourishment from the soil, & stores food 3)Tone -a vocal or musical sound 4)Music -the art & science of combining vocal or instrumental sounds or tones in varying melody, harmony, rhythm, & timbre, esp. so as to form structurally complete and emotionally expressive compositionsRoot Tone Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14008450715529577058noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403553659409974348.post-86147783280956828752011-08-25T09:10:00.000-07:002011-08-25T09:10:04.946-07:00Matty Melks - Thruth Through Fiction Well, it's been since October since I posted anything, and that's about the time Forgotten Science as a band started getting serious, so that's where I've been, playing bass. Anyways, since that time we were forced to move (evicted really) cause we were paying the rent but apperently the landlord wasn't paying the mortgage and so the bank told us to take a hike but wrote us a check to get out, so whatever. The result of us being kicked out of the old place means the loss of the Wizard's Cave, so I'm back to making beats in my bedroom and having to rent a practice room with the band.<br />
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So blah blah blah, I killed another computer and thought I had lost this mixtape I had been working on for about 10 months. I found a folder with the ruff mix, I had been hoping to polish it up a bit more but I'll take what I can get - anyways, long store short, here's Truth Through Fiction - a collection of beats that range from all vinyl samples to all instrumentation to a mix of both elements (the irony of being a bass player that like to sample, I play bass all over this, but there are bass samples as well)<br />
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<br />Root Tone Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14008450715529577058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403553659409974348.post-85385488400727083822010-10-31T10:59:00.000-07:002010-10-31T10:59:57.029-07:00Night Of The Living FunkWhat can I say, I was in the Halloween mood this year. Me playing a bunch of crap and then doing a video remix of Night Of The Living Dead to the finished beat.<br />
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Here it is - the first official Root Tone Music compilation, and I decided to go with one of my favorite genres, instrumental hip hop. The idea behind this compilation is that, in my opinion, some of the best beatmakers tend to be hermits and might not get the amount of attention that groups or MCs might, even though the craft of making beats is a fundamental cornerstone of hip hop. Based on that idea, I wanted to bring together some of these fantastic musicians I know into one collection. There are over 25 beatmakers from all over the globe getting down on this, and it is absolutely full of heat. Most of these talented beatsmiths hang on the <a href="http://www.cratekings.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Crate Kings</span></a> forum (personally, my favorite website) and the styles range from janky electronica to your classic boom bap instrumental - instead of trying to describe it any more than that, I'll make it simple; just download and listen to it for free right <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?4tximewjrzm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">HERE</span></a>. NUFF SAID. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?4tximewjrzm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">DOWNLOAD</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span>AND BUMP.<br />
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artwork by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Justin Soria</span></span></span><br />
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Presented by Root Tone Music<br />
Compiled by Matty Melks (aka the Crate Worm)<br />
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1 Dolla Box - Dancing Eyes Watching The Sunrise Shadow<br />
2 Flippa - May<br />
3 Grimeshine - Its A Jungle<br />
4 IV the Polymath - Head 2 Toe<br />
5 Jay P - Turn it up<br />
6 Rafferty Funksmith - Everybody Likes Strawberries<br />
7 Sean Tre - Compinstrobee<br />
8 BDolla - Tighten Up 1<br />
9 Yabba - Lost.<br />
10 Astaic - Say It Again<br />
11 Spinobi - Immortality<br />
12 Aims One - Master Plan<br />
13 Matty Melks - Escape From Cloud City<br />
14 Sinuous - Don't Play<br />
15 ArchDuke Zeb - Naughty Injun Strut<br />
16 Ace Fadal - Sway Me<br />
17 Astaic - Shoulda Been<br />
18 Parry Illest - Random<br />
19 The Closed Shop - Kalahari<br />
20 Forgotten Science - The Robots Are Among Us<br />
21 UHH - A beat for cannibals to chase down and eat a business man to<br />
22 FILIBLUNT - Life Studies<br />
23 Figment - We Will<br />
24 Bonita Basics12 - Misperceptions<br />
25 WHP - On a Spit<br />
26 Formula - Life Life Tear U Up<br />
27 QURZ - Watership Down<br />
28 Parry Illest - Reflections<br />
29 UHH - Extracurricula<br />
30 Spinobi - General Practices<br />
31 IV the Polymath - I'm Sayin'<br />
32 Grimeshine - Deadly Combo<br />
33 R.K. Cerman - You Are My Starship<br />
34 BDolla - Goodbye<br />
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****Root Tone Music DOES NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY SONGS (with the exception of Escape From Cloud City by Matty Melks and The Robots Are Among Us by Forgotten Science - all rights reserved, Root Tone Music) ALL OTHER TRACKS ARE OWNED BY ARTIST - THIS WAS A COLLECTIVE COMPILATION OF BEATMAKERS -<br />
www.myspace.com/roottonemusic <br />
roottonemusic@gmail.com<br />
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?dnz0jdtjxnz"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The Muddy Mudskippers</span></a> was a concept album; the concept being "stay muddy". What was meant by that is this - in a time when virtually any musician can own professional studio grade equipment, sometimes people get too caught up with having flawless sound quality and forget about cutting loose and rocking out. The Muddy Mudskippers is a sonic journey into the mud, the dirt, grimy vinyl and 8 bit samples, dusty thrift store crate digs and old movie dialog. The Mudskippers is almost punk rock in it's approach. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?dnz0jdtjxnz"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Download here</span></a><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?dnz0jdtjxnz"> </a>and bump for free, and please, STAY MUDDY!!!!!<br />
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