got a million and one things to do but....

[_streethop101]

Lol the site froze when I tried to play it, wtf. Which one is you?

I will listen to it later, I promise.

 

[Casey]

/\ worked fine for everyone else lol. use the download link instead if the stream ain't working for you. in that picture, white bandana is me.

 

[Bender]

great song casey. the chord progression of the background melody sounds just like abba's song gimme gimme gimme, or madonna's hung up. not a sample obviously, but the turnaround definitely sounds very similar, i like it

 

[Casey]

i don't think anybody would guess in a million years what music inspired the chord progression of this song. all i'll say is.........johnny depp.

 

[Bender]

the chord progression in this song is the same as any other 12 bar blues, 3 chords over 12 bars, including a seventh

 

[masta247]

It's probably my favorite Swami song. Really cool. I can picture hearing this on the radio.

 

[Jokerman]

It should have been in Slumdog Millionaire.

 

[Stred]

catchy

 

[Farzin]

Where is my thanks?

 

[Casey]

straight to #1 in BBC Asian Network Friction chart

BBC - Asian Network - Friction

 

[Bender]

^ congrats casey, i knew this was a good hit when i heard it, break it down man

 

[Casey]

BBC - Radio 1 - Bobby And Nihal

Listen live here at half past midnight (UK time) to hear my cousin talk about the new track.

 

[Rukas]

Hey man, I really like this track well done on all the success. I look forward to hearing you featured more predominately on songs in the future though.

 

[The.Menace]

Too much techno and not enough S-endz on it in my opinion.

 

[Shadows]

^I think the techno is just right.

But you're right, needs more s-ends and maybe a lil louder on the drums every now and then.

It's great the way it is though.

 

[Casey]

On our 2005 release 'so who am I' released on sony bmg (get it on itunes) I have 2 or more verses on every song....many of the songs have 3 long verses from me.

Dominating a tune vocally isn't important to me as long as I'm writing other peoples parts as well. Songwriting in different styles is as important to me as being a vocalist. Obviously, to someone hearing the song they don't know that I've written what other people are singing, but when I get my royalty cheques.......I know. LOL

If you guys want to hear a song with me dominating the vocals, go to itunes and cop 'Don't Hold Back', 'Hooked and Addicted' and 'Bust Da Mic'. On Bust Da Mic I'm the only vocalist on the whole track. All those are from the album called So Who Am I.

Shadows and others interested, the article regarding the making of the track is now up on Bhangraw.com

I would copy the article, but I'm sitting in my hotel room in Toronto right now getting ready for a show!

 

[Shadows]

Thanks Casey, good read.


For the lazy ones:

How did the song come about? Who wrote it? Who thought of the concept?

The song came about purely because we wanted to do a couple of new songs to go on the ‘53431′ compilation so that it would truly represent the journey so far of Swami, starting with Desi Nu Skool Beatz all the way to present day.

Diamond of course produced the song and he also came up with the title. The lyrics and melodies were written by Diamond, myself and Liana. Where ‘She’s Mine’ marked the first release where I wrote male pop vocals and melodies, ‘Sugarless’ marks our first release where I’ve written female pop vocals sang by Liana. All three of us contributed lyrical and vocal ideas and just jammed, finetuned and worked on them in the studio until they were right! There is also live percussion on the track from Bobby P.

What inspired the music to the song? I feel like it has an 80’s vibe.

You could say that the music to the track was inspired by Johnny Depp! That’s all I’m gonna say, but if any clever individual figures out how, we’ll send them a free album or something! Haha! The music is a reflection of Diamonds mind, and I would say that it is new territory for us musically whilst still retaining the classic ‘Swami sound’ that our fans know and love. We’re incredibly happy with the response the song is getting so far! As for an 80’s vibe, the sound of the 80’s is something that Diamond and I both love and we’re always sitting around talking about artists like Zapp & Roger, Cameo and Prince. There is a cycle in music whereby certain era’s and their sounds come back around and I think Diamond hit the nail on the head with his production here because while it evokes an 80’s vibe, it also sounds ultra-modern!