This is the film clip to my new single ‘Man Outta Me’. It’s a collaboration between myself as ‘Smile on Impact’ and a band called ‘Captains’. I contacted Captains in 2009 and we decided to work on a track together. At the time they’d just been recording their new album in the U.S. They initially sent me the preliminary mixes of about 8 tracks and we concluded that the song ‘Man out of Me’ was probably going to translate as the strongest club track. They sent me the vocal parts, the keys, the guitar and the bass parts as 320mp3's via email. I established the key and tempo by ear in Ableton Live. The recordings were done in real time, with a click track or similar metronome, which meant that the tempo did not fluctuate and it was simple to time shift the parts to suit a club track. I made a full length club mix and a radio edit along with an electro and a breaks remix. I gave the parts to my friends ‘What Now’, ‘Science of Night’ and ‘Fabian Gray’ to create alternative club mixes. They came up with some crackers! The single will be out on my label in March 2010 and one or more of the mixes will appear on Captains new album as a bonus track. Considering we’ve never met, this collaboration is something that both parties are excited about. Our promotion will be wider and stronger because with both know our markets. If we were both rock bands, or both club music producers we wouldn’t have the same scope. So as a model for collaboration I think it works well.
I hope you dig this tune and are inspired to contact other artists for collaboration.