Fourth Grade Gladiators

Revision3.com asked me to write the audio package for Social Brew. After firing up the Casios and plugging in a few esoteric guitar pedals these sounds were born.

from Rev3:Social Brew is the show that takes you inside the world of social networking services. From Linked-in to Facebook, Myspace, Twitter - just to name a few - we’ve got you covered.

http://revision3.com/socialbrew/

Motion Design by Eden Soto
Music/Sound Design by Lawrence Scaduto/Fourth Grade Gladiators

Why remix Peggy Lee? First because she’s awesome. But most importantly the challenge of remixing a song originally performed in 3/4 into what is essentially a 4/4 dance beat intrigued me.

Here is the original song:

Peggy Lee - Happy Holiday

Once Again a fantastic opening by Eden Soto. Music by me Lawrence Scaduto/Fourth grade Gladiators

Notes on how it was recorded: The bass is a Fender Korean Squire P-Bass recorded using a lil’ bit of compression and Waves Maxx Bass. It’s by far the cleanest and deepest dub I’ve gotten this bass to sound. I was all set to use amp modeling software when I stumbled upon this happy combination. The horns were taken from various sources of samples. The drums were a random not-so-in-time loop found deep in my collection. The vibe I was going for was a sort of an ESG thing. If you don’t know ESG check out this video (the song is sped up quite a bit): http://youtube.com/watch?v=TUoGuRp–tE

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Music by Fourth Grade Gladiators/Lawrence Scaduto

Video by Eden Soto (edensoto.com)