In music, you never quite know where your inspiration is going to come from.
Sometimes you get a particular lyric or melody stuck in your head. Sometimes you’re in a particular mood and want to turn that vibe into music. And sometimes you watch a comedy sketch on YouTube and decide to turn part of it into a club banger, haha 😁
Click to listen to ‘Stars Gone Bad’ by CommsBreakdown featuring Emily Kristopher
Turning a comedy song into a club classic
Crackermilk is a comedy sketch group from Brisbane, Australia, with a growing following on YouTube. I happened to be watching their YouTube sketch ‘Disney Channel Stars the moment their contract ends’ a few weeks back. It’s a very funny parody on how Disney Channel actors (like Miley Cyrus) go full on wild and crazy the second they don’t have to stick to Disney’s rules.
Crackermilk actor/influencer/comedian/singer Emily Kristopher sings a pastiche ‘bad girl’ dance track in the sketch, but with no musical backing – just a great acapella performance of this crazy (and rather racy) club song. So, I thought, why not take Emily’s singing and actually turn it into a real massive club tune…as you do!
How Stars Gone Bad was made
This is how ‘Stars Gone Bad’ came into existence.
You can listen to the full track here.
I recorded Emily’s vocals straight off the YouTube video and into my laptop, then chopped up each section in Logic Pro (my digital audio workstation, or DAW) so I could play selected phrases of the vocal across the MIDI keyboard.
Then I programmed a club-style four-to-the-floor drumbeat in Logic, layered several layers of drums and percussion, and added a bassline and other synth parts in the right key to make this sound like a genuine club track.
Amazingly, it all fitted together perfectly and the track was born.
More music from CommsBreakdown
If you enjoyed Stars Gone Bad, there’s more music from me, CommsBreakdown, on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and all the major streaming platforms.
If you’re into uptempo club tracks, you might enjoy J’Adore Les Croissants, my homage to 90s French house. Or Beat The System, a minimal techno workout.
Go watch and enjoy the Crackermilk crew on YouTube.
And follow Crackermilk on Instagram here and Emily Kristopher here.
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