Tested, Tried and True

So Riot Breed (minus one), aka SYS, aka Salute Your Schwartz, has once again been busy in the studio. But the product might be far from what those close to us might expect. There's no guitars. No live drums or bass. It's an expirimental album using the Autotune software that has been growing in popularity as of late. It can be heard on albums by artists such as Kanye West, Akon, and T-Pain. We aren't sure if we should celebrate about the results we've found, or be depressed that technology has made it so easy to produce a number one hit on the radio. I assure you that the first song we've created, "Tested, Tried and True" (completed in just over 12 hours), would be able to perfectly nestle in with the rest of top 40 radio right now.

The art of writing with auto-tune comes with the importance of creating unforgetable hooks that are complemented by the robotic voice sound that is created. The result has been a rewarding one for us. We've created a song we are truly proud of. One in which each of our opinions converged to create a song all three of us could enjoy. Sure it is a copy cat album of sorts, our influences lying heavily in Akon and Kanye's "808s and Heartbreaks", but it certainly has its own unique,white-boy, Riot Breed sound. 

Schwartz created a perfect beat with the help of Hardesty and myself; it's a soft piano hook containing multiple parts, with a heavy underlying kick drum that you feel in you're stomach, all of which is complimented by a very '80s sounding snare. 

A full demo of the song has been completed, and I hope to post the real songs on here once they're done. We do however plan on taking a break until after Christmas, so if you are actually interested in looking for those posts, it will most likely take until this weekend to post it.