Vincent dePaul – Blaxploitation

Sep 24, 2009 Audio, Critical Mass, Vincent dePaul, Voice Over

Sometime in 2008, the very personable Djay Cas came to me and said “You’re good with words, do a voice over introducing our new rapper, Verbatim.”  So I gets to writing the most outrageous Black Nationalist agitprop (pre-Obama) I could muster.  After the first recording, he said the voice it wasn’t black enough.  So, unlike a few of my previous clients, I went back into the booth and pressed the Extra Black button (not it’s Craigslist equivalent) and out came this fun little gem.  Enjoy!

Tags: agitprop, black preacher, blaxploitation, i love africa, marxism, racist, scare white people, so racist

Vincent dePaul – Gradient Rage

Sep 23, 2009 Audio, Critical Mass, Rock, Soundtrack, Vincent dePaul

It was 2007 and I had just been paid an egregious amount of money for doing voice work for Scion.  I was collecting my check from a 24-hour straight session of mixing and mastering an entire country album days before it was submitted to the record label.  For the first time in a long time, my audio career was taking off financially.

So I quit my studio job and took a six month vacation from the world.  Vertical movement be damned!

I added the finishing touches of a long overdue equipment upgrade to the studio and proceeded to go full retard.  Six months of isolation (henceforth known as the Great Shut-In of 2007) interspersed with the occasional visit from the lovely and talented David B. Mitchell.  His tremendous knowledge of Progressive Rock eventually rubbed off on me and, as a result, this semi-epic piece was spawned.  Balls-out horn blasts from Sonik Synth 2 pleasantly startle the nebulousness of the Minimoog.  One day, perhaps a real guitarist will do the lead line.

Tags: angry, epic, guitar, horns, minimoog, powerful, sonik synth 2, synth

Vincent dePaul – Survival of the Fittest

Sep 23, 2009 Audio, Critical Mass, Rock, Urban, Vincent dePaul

After I had purchased my Avalon 737sp for a hell of a deal, (Thank you, Ryan of Guitar Center!) I decided to test it out.  One of my favorite songs of all time is “Survival of the Fittest” by Mobb Deep.  So I did a cover of it and added my patented “Hatred-In-A-Box (Just add excuse)”™ to it and, voilà!

I had absolutely no idea that I could sound like Zach de la Rocha.  I might use that to my advantage.

Tags: mobb deep, rage against the machine, rock cover