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ALL SYSTEMS DOWN
by DICARLO Featuring ANTHONY BAGGETTE
EVER HAD A DAY WHEN EVERYTHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG, WENT WRONG?
THAT´S WHAT THIS SONG IS ABOUT.
DICARLO; COMPOSER, ALL INSTRUMENTS, PROGRAMMING, PIANO & PIANO SOLO.
NOTE; CONGAS & SAX SAMPLES.
ANTHONY BAGGETTE; STORY LYRICS, SPOKEN WORD.
TERRY LOVIQ; ALL SUNG VOCALS
ARRANGED & PRODUCED BY DICARLO FOR DICARLO PRODUCTIONS
MIXED & MASTERED BY DICARLO FOR ONLINE MIXING AND MASTERING
Uploaded: December 04, 2007
Duration: 6m 46s
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OH YES, STILL LOVIN' THIS PIECE!!!!!!! 
by Cathie Fredrickson
on Jun 17 at 11:15 AM EDT
Anointed Poet,
Thank you for your great comment. Very much appreciated. I enjoyed your work as well, and have joined your friends, fans, and left you a comment on your page.
And yes, "All Systems Down" is one of the most unique, and original Spoken Word tracks I´ve ever heard. Not because I wrote it, but because it combines Spoken Word with Electronic/Dance, Jazz, R&B, and Soul elements together with a story about "A brother having a bad day in normal life, and just saying "I feel much better when I got my friends around". No deep, or revolutionary, or depressing, or love story message in this, just looking at your average bad day, where everything goes wrong, mixed with a positive vibe and a sense of humor.
Thanks again for understanding all of that.
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DICARLO
Added; This track has been VERY successful here, reaching #2 in the Semi Finals in August, almost winning the channel, and now again in the Top 20 Quarter Finals. I´m extremely happy about that, and want to thank everyone that has supported it. It´s on 21 favorite lists. But as I write in over 30 genres, I´m not dependent on just being successful in Spoken Word, so I think I´m going to retire "All Systems Down", and give other deserving talented Spoken Word artists a chance.
But, it´s been fun hanging out with ya´ll in Spoken Word.
Good luck to ALL of you.
Thank you for your great comment. Very much appreciated. I enjoyed your work as well, and have joined your friends, fans, and left you a comment on your page.
And yes, "All Systems Down" is one of the most unique, and original Spoken Word tracks I´ve ever heard. Not because I wrote it, but because it combines Spoken Word with Electronic/Dance, Jazz, R&B, and Soul elements together with a story about "A brother having a bad day in normal life, and just saying "I feel much better when I got my friends around". No deep, or revolutionary, or depressing, or love story message in this, just looking at your average bad day, where everything goes wrong, mixed with a positive vibe and a sense of humor.
Thanks again for understanding all of that.
1
DICARLO
Added; This track has been VERY successful here, reaching #2 in the Semi Finals in August, almost winning the channel, and now again in the Top 20 Quarter Finals. I´m extremely happy about that, and want to thank everyone that has supported it. It´s on 21 favorite lists.
But as I write in over 30 genres, I´m not dependent on just being successful in Spoken Word, so I think I´m going to retire "All Systems Down", and give other deserving talented Spoken Word artists a chance.But, it´s been fun hanging out with ya´ll in Spoken Word.
Good luck to ALL of you.
This is very original. A great work! I love the vibe when the pace picks up. Just sounds like a brotha talkin about life. I love it!!
Anointed Poet
Anointed Poet
Thanks for your comments. It means a lot, because I have a great deal of respect for both of you. I write in All Genres, but this is the only Spoken Word track I´ve done so far.
This started out as a Trip Hop/Dance track with strong Jazz influences, especially with the piano chords through out, and my attempt to creaze a Mc Coy Tyner style piano solo in the bridge section. lol That idea came to me at 4 am, while working on the track, and though I know several very talented jazz piano players, it was too late to call them over to the studio.
I just couldn´t wait, I had to hear it, so I ended up playing it myself. It worked some how, and gave me what I wanted in the tune so I left it. I played the tune for my friend Anthony Baggette, and he said he had a poem that might work with it called "I Feel Much Better, When I Got My Friends Around". I had already written the vocal chorus hook, and asked my friend Terry Loviq to come over and sing the choruses, and give me some ad-libs to play with and put where ever I wanted in the song. I then added the telephone ring, and the sax solo and conga samples to add to the story line, and that was it. We all had a lot of fun doing this, and it´s done well in the clubs here in Berlin, as well as on iTunes, and several other sites. It made it to #2 in Spoken Word in the August Semi Finals, so who knows?!
Anyway, thanks again for your comments.
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DICARLO
This started out as a Trip Hop/Dance track with strong Jazz influences, especially with the piano chords through out, and my attempt to creaze a Mc Coy Tyner style piano solo in the bridge section.
lol That idea came to me at 4 am, while working on the track, and though I know several very talented jazz piano players, it was too late to call them over to the studio. I just couldn´t wait, I had to hear it, so I ended up playing it myself.
It worked some how, and gave me what I wanted in the tune so I left it. I played the tune for my friend Anthony Baggette, and he said he had a poem that might work with it called "I Feel Much Better, When I Got My Friends Around". I had already written the vocal chorus hook, and asked my friend Terry Loviq to come over and sing the choruses, and give me some ad-libs to play with and put where ever I wanted in the song. I then added the telephone ring, and the sax solo and conga samples to add to the story line, and that was it. We all had a lot of fun doing this, and it´s done well in the clubs here in Berlin, as well as on iTunes, and several other sites. It made it to #2 in Spoken Word in the August Semi Finals, so who knows?! Anyway, thanks again for your comments.
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DICARLO
I enjoyed it last month, I'm enjoying it again this month. This is fun to listen to, man...
I'm getting to know this piece real well. Peace & poetry bro. It's nice to hear a poem that just is. No major issues or deep ingrained message. Just something to vibe to. The production is well done and compliments the vocal delivery just right.
Peace
Max
Peace
Max
