Documentation of the creative process:
song creation, experiments, recordings, arrangements,
artwork moments and final album decisions.
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## Notes
- **Unknown ID** = track could not be identified
- **?** = uncertain identification
- Times are based on the stream timeline
- Comments are observations while reviewing the stream
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00:00:00 - 10:00:00
## 00:00:00 - 00:05:30
### Warm-up phase
Random songs are played.
Everyone is dancing, having fun and settling in.
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## 00:05:40
### Unknown ID
First unknown beat.
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## 00:06:50
### Unknown ID - Rumba-style beat
Playing with drums, arranging and adding sounds.
Speed increased around 11:50.
Vocals added around 18:00.
This idea continues until around 30:00,
when **Piensas En Mi** is played for the first time.
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## 00:30:50
### Piensas En Mi
Fred starts finding the main keyboard sound
and experimenting with it.
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## 01:50:00
### Piensas En Mi
Still working on the track.
Adding breath sounds and experimenting with details.
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## 02:01:40
### Unknown ID - "Plastilina?!"
Possible phonetic identification.
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## 02:06:50 - 02:26:00
### Unknown ID - "Plastilina?!"
Recording reverb with a microphone near the speaker,
adding vocals and experimenting with the sound.
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## 02:26:20 - 02:47:15
### Unknown ID - Hip-hop style beat
Working on another unknown idea.
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## 02:47:20
### Quiereme
Listening LOUD.
Long intro section,
adding vocals and rearranging parts.
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## 03:43:10
### Halo
Still working on Halo.
Milton falls off his chair while singing
and continues singing from the floor.
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## 03:52:00 - 04:22:00
### Halo
Slowed-down version.
Adding more vocals and experimenting
with the arrangement.
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## 04:23:00
### Break
Random music playing.
Everyone takes a break and eats something.
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## 04:30:00
### Harp experiments
Testing harp sounds and playing around
with different ideas.
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## 04:56:15
### Harp session
Fred gets the cameraman to sing
over the harp sounds.
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## 04:58:25 - 05:06:20
### Unknown Beat
Fred playing around with the idea.
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## 05:06:45
### Piensas En Mi
Re-listening and assembling
recorded keyboard parts.
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## 05:11:30
### Piensas En Mi
Adding and recording more vocals
and lyrics to experiment with.
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## 05:53:30
### Mabe
Re-listening and playing with the beat.
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## 06:10:00
### Mabe
Playing "the original one".
Possibly a slower version without
the female vocals.
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## 06:26:30 - 06:53:30
### Mabe
Continuous work on the track.
Adding vocals and rearranging parts.
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## 06:53:30 - 06:57:40
### Unknown ID
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## 06:58:15 - 07:08:30
### KatzPascale
Playing harp and cello.
Lots of talking and experimenting.
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## 07:12:40
### KatzPascale
Jemma Pascale playing with the harp.
A lot of talking and creative experimenting.
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## 07:27:00
### Creative break
Starting to paint the artwork wall.
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## 07:30:00
### Cmon
Preparation for the track starts here.
Quietly playing ideas,
trying lyrics and discussing chopped vocals.
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## 07:32:10 - 07:51:00
### Cmon
Recording vocal chops, lyrics
and experimenting with vocal ideas.
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## 07:56:10
### Cmon
Building up towards the music video idea.
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## 07:59:55 - 08:30:00
### Cmon
Camera testing,
more build-up and ongoing takes.
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## 08:45:00
### Unknown ID
Benji on keyboard,
Fred on drums,
random singing.
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## 08:47:00
### Cmon
More build-up and ongoing takes.
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## 08:58:30 - 09:02:15
### Cmon
More build-up and ongoing takes.
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## 09:06:00
### Random piano music
Everyone relaxing and chilling.
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## 09:29:00
### Thunderstorm
Thunderstorm starts.
Recording rain and lightning.
Calm atmosphere with Fred's C-drone sounds
playing underneath the rain recordings.
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## 09:37:30
### PAL PAL
The dropped / abandoned Indian-style song.
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## 09:51:16 - 09:55:05
### Cmon
Actual music video recording.
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## 09:55:05
### Open Eye Signal (under the fabric)
Original song by Jon Hopkins.
Reworked / remixed for the album by Fred.
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## 10:07:00
### benjy chord
Working on the track.
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## 10:27:00
### benjy chord
Still working on it.
Adding vocals and doing
micro-arrangements.
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## 10:41:00
### Artwork wall
Painting over the "Live date reveal" text.
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## 10:45:30
### Piensas En Mi
Back to Piensas En Mi.
Mikey rearranging and experimenting
with the track while the artwork wall
is painted in the background.
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## 11:23:00
### Piensas En Mi
Still working on the track.
Milton adding vocals.
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## 11:33:00
### Piensas En Mi
Editing the intro.
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## 11:50:00 - 12:16:00
### Break
Actual pause.
Random music playing.
12:16:00 - 20:50:00
## 12:16:00 - 13:20:05
### Piensas En Mi
Re-listening and continuing work on the track.
Benji is still cooking.
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## 13:18:55 - 13:57:45
### Unknown ID
Mikey presents a new beat.
Benji is playing around with it
and experimenting.
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## 14:00:00 - 14:22:00
### Unknown ID - "Escutcho Ma"
Phonetic identification only.
Recording vocal lines,
adding vocals and experimenting.
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## 14:22:00 - 14:28:00
### Unknown ID - "Escutcho Ma"
Still working on the idea.
Adding vocals and playing around
with the track before the first night.
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# FIRST NIGHT
## 14:28:00 - 20:50:00
Everyone is sleeping...
or doomscrolling.
No major musical activity documented.
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21:01:10 - 30:00:00
## 21:01:10
### Fred's return
Fred enters the room.
No major musical moment yet.
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## 21:13:00 - 22:00:00
### Fred working quietly
Fred is re-listening to things.
Random music is playing.
Microphones are closed, so the stream does not capture
what he is actually working on.
People slowly wake up and greet him.
Fred sits with sunglasses on, headphones on,
working on his laptop while calm music plays.
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## 22:00:00
### PAL PAL
Milton wakes up and joins Fred.
They listen to PAL PAL together.
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## 22:17:00
### PAL PAL
Milton adding vocals.
Fred rearranging the track.
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## 22:28:00
### Breakfast break
Everyone having breakfast together.
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## 22:42:00 - 23:03:00
### I Wish It Wasn't
Re-listening to the track.
Fred starts adding vocals around 22:43.
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## 23:04:10
### casino143
Re-listening.
Talking about sample chops
and adding vocals.
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## 23:08:00
### I Wish It Wasn't
Additional listening / discussion.
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## 23:28:20
### PAL PAL
Benji listening.
Talking about lyrics.
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## 23:47:00
### PAL PAL
Benji listening.
Trying synth sounds over the track.
Slowed-down version of the song.
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## 23:51:00
### Halo
Benji playing with the beat.
Comparing it with PAL PAL.
Adding lyrics.
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## 24:03:00
### Halo
Still working on the track.
Milton adding vocals
and background singing.
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## 24:20:00
### Workout / stretching moment
Milton doing some kind of workout.
A chaotic moment where someone chokes him
while joking around.
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## 24:23:10 - 24:27:00
### Unknown ID - Drum session
It's friggin' drums time now.
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## 24:36:30
### Unknown ID
Adding guitar to the drum session.
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## 25:01:20
### Unknown ID
Mikey re-listening to the unknown drums/guitar track.
Added synths and harmonics.
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## 25:03:30 - 25:26:00
### Piensas En Mi
Returning to the track again.
Playing with drums.
Rearrangement by Mikey and Fred.
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## 25:27:00
### Unknown ID
Fred showing something to Benji.
(Exact context unclear.)
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## 25:28:10 - 25:31:00
### Unknown drums/guitar track
Camera shows the full tracklist
on the whiteboard for an extended time.
The unknown drums/guitar track plays,
now with additional synths.
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## 25:31:50
### PAL PAL
Fred listening to what Benji changed.
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## 25:36:10
### Bonita
Long intro / rough vocal version.
Fred spends a long time working on effects
for the main bass synth.
Camera zooms into Fred's eye
while the effect work happens.
Exact moment:
25:41:00
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## 25:44:50
### Bonita
Fred adds "angel voice" elements
and screaming parts.
Heavy distortion experiments
for around four minutes.
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## 26:40:00
### Mabe
Re-listening.
Adding synths.
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## 26:50:00
### Mabe
Still working on the track.
Fred continues rearranging.
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## 26:55:00
### I Wish It Wasn't
Re-listening.
Talking with Benji about the song.
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## 27:01:00
### Random music
People dancing and hanging out.
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## 27:03:40
### casino143
Re-listening.
Very rough version.
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## 27:07:40
### Piensas En Mi
Back to Piensas En Mi again.
Experimenting with unusual synth sounds.
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## 27:09:40
### casino143
Working on the track.
Milton stands on the table like a stage
for the fans gathered outside in the pedal boats.
Mikey works on the main synth.
Benji edits vocals in slow motion.
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## 27:28:10
### casino143
More slow-motion vocal editing.
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## 27:35:00
### Artwork wall
Adding random photos as printed pieces
to the artwork wall.
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## 27:44:30
### casino143
Benji recording Milton's voice.
Still using slow-motion experiments.
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## 27:55:00
### Piensas En Mi
Back to the track again.
Long intro section.
Everyone dancing to it.
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## 28:04:00
### Mabe
Fred plays Mabe loudly.
He goes outside to greet the fans
waiting in pedal boats.
Thanks them for being there.
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## 28:08:00
### Mabe
Still playing around with the track.
Fred and Milton experiment with harp sounds.
Everyone is still vibing with the fans outside.
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## 28:10:00
### Piensas En Mi
Playing loudly again.
Everyone vibing.
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## 28:12:50
### Unknown drums & guitar song
Fred playing with the track again.
Air-drumming moment.
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## 28:16:50
### Quiereme
Playing loudly.
Everyone dancing and vibing.
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## 28:22:00
### Fan interaction
Milton and Emilio talk with fans outside
for a few minutes.
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## 28:44:00
### Quiereme
Fred doing his thing.
Rearranging.
Emilio adding vocal lines.
Mixing.
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## 28:55:00
### Artwork wall
Still working on the printed selfies wall
in the background.
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30:00:00 - 40:48:00
## 30:43:20
### Halo
Editing the drop-in of Lil Yachty's voice.
Playing the track LOUD.
Emilio recording vocal lines around 30:37:10.
Slow-motion playback,
recording voices and ongoing editing.
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## 31:23:00
### Merchandise / Artwork moment
Milton uses a hand printer to print
the white merch shirts "on the fly"
on Loose's back.
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## 31:26:40
### Artwork wall
Showing the printed grid papers
with the venue picture.
The prints are lying on the floor.
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## 31:41:00
### Halo
Still editing.
Fred is now working on the bass line
and editing synths.
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## 31:57:00
### Artwork wall
Putting up the large grid paper print
of the venue picture.
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## 31:57:00 - 32:00:00
### Halo
Halo continues in the background
while artwork work is happening.
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## 32:00:00 - 32:33:00
### Artwork wall
People continue attaching pictures
to the wall.
Relaxed background music playing.
Benji sits outside editing something
with headphones on.
The stream cannot hear what he is working on.
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## 32:32:00
### Piensas En Mi
Starts slightly earlier.
Fred editing and re-listening.
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## 32:47:30
### PAL PAL
Re-listening.
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## 32:51:00
### Alvafro
Listening LOUD.
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## 33:16:00 - 33:44:50
### Halo
Recording saxophone and cello.
KatzPascale involved in the recording.
Deep bass cello highlight around 33:32:10.
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## 33:45:30
### Halo
Re-listening to recorded sax and cello parts.
Layering and mixing.
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## 33:45:50
### Shepard tone
Fred explains:
"What's that Shepard tone?"
Playing it and explaining the effect.
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## 33:52:00
### Food break
Food delivery arrives.
Break.
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## 34:03:00
### KatzPascale / Benji
Discussion:
"A cheap bow and an expensive bow.
Which one's which?"
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## 34:15:30
### Alvafro
Re-listening LOUD.
Official video clip playing.
Benji singing along loudly.
Highlight:
34:17:12
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## 34:21:15
### Alvafro
Trying KatzPascale vocals
as background vocals.
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## 34:26:40
### Alvafro
Adding more and more cello
to the song.
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## 34:28:50
### Alvafro
Recording more cello and saxophone.
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## 34:34:10
### Alvafro
These are the parts that eventually
make it into the final version.
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## 34:44:50
### Alvafro
Fred is "in it" again.
Cameraman zooms in again.
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## 35:02:35
### Fred leaves
Fred leaves to get some sleep.
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## 35:19:00
### Quiereme
Benji re-listening.
Micro-managing vocals.
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## 35:46:05
### casino143
Benji re-listening LOUD.
Playing around with it.
Creating the intro.
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## 36:00:00
### Artwork wall
Everyone working on the artwork wall.
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## 36:42:30
### Bonita
Fred playing it loudly.
Re-listening.
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## 36:45:00
### Artwork / random music
Random music playing.
Chatter.
Tracklist whiteboard shown.
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## 36:48:00
### Tracklist
Track order changes.
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## 37:32:00
### Artwork cover shot preparation
Getting the right angle and mood.
Changing the cloth on the wall.
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## 37:46:00
### Artwork cover shot
Emilio and Milton behind the camera.
Finding the right angle.
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## 37:51:00
### Artwork wall
One of the nicest overhead shots
of the artwork wall and sleeping area.
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## 38:00:00
### Actual artwork cover shot
Possible final cover shooting moment.
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## 38:19:00
### Random music
Milton and the Latin Mafia guys
playing random music.
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## 39:40:00
### Stream muted
Milton on drums.
Still random music.
Nothing major documented.
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## 40:08:20
### Tattoo moment
Milton tattoos himself.
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## 40:48:00
### SECOND NIGHT
Everyone sleeping...
or doomscrolling.
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46:07:10 - 50:25:40
## 46:07:10
### Fred returns
Fred is back.
He plays full tracks loudly.
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## 46:11:30
### Tattoos
Emilio shows his new tattoos.
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## 46:21:00 - 46:35:00
### Film Scene Soundtrack
Fred starts playing with the idea.
Showing Benji his approach.
Working with synth sounds
that Benji recorded for the track.
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## 46:35:00 - 48:01:00
### Film Scene Soundtrack
They continue developing the track.
Fred plays keyboard chords
over the slowed-down video.
The Latin Mafia guys randomly sing over it...
and somehow nail it.
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## 48:17:00
### Quiereme
Working on vocals.
Changing lyrics.
Rearranging parts together
with Milton, Benji and Fred.
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## 48:35:00
### Quiereme
Slowed-down version.
Recording Emilio's voice.
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## 48:54:00
### Quiereme
Still working on the track.
Fred adds keyboard sounds.
Playing a kind of acapella version.
Fred micro-managing details.
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## 48:59:00
### Quiereme
Fred continues adding piano sounds
and editing.
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## 49:13:00
### Final album listening preparation
Benji and Loose are at the tracklist whiteboard.
Benji laughing:
"We need to listen to it once..."
Everyone gets headphones.
Microphone positions are arranged
to record the room's reaction.
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## 49:17:00
### Album pre-listening
Everyone gets comfortable
for listening through the whole album.
Goal:
"Let's record the vibe of the room
while listening to it."
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## 49:33:30
### Cmon
Fred doing something with the electric guitar
while the pre-listening session continues.
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## 49:38:35
### Cmon
Fred recording:
"dud dud dud dud"
voice idea during the pre-listening session.
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## 49:41:00
### Quiereme
Very "maniac" happy Fred moment.
Fred is watching the breakdown
during the pre-listening session.
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## 49:53:50
### Halo
Still during the pre-listening event.
Fred:
"Shit, I wanna fix it..."
He notices something missing,
possibly a snare or hi-hat.
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## 50:03:45
### Final tracklist decision
Fred decides to switch:
Mabe ↔ benjy chord
for the final tracklist arrangement.
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## 50:06:30
### Merchandise moment
Emilio uses the hand printer
to print the merch shirt texts
onto his mattress.
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## 50:10:40
### Final album decision summary
Fred explains the final decisions.
Mabe and benjy chord switch places.
PAL PAL does not fit the album
because it is:
"in another universe."
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## 50:12:50
### Final transition editing
Checking the new transition:
Open Eye Signal → Piensas En Mi
Fred micro-managing the transition.
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## 50:14:05
### Final transition editing
Micro-managing the transition:
Te Estoy Correteando → Mabe
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## 50:18:16
### Alvafro
Final arrangement changes.
Changing the ending of the song.
Editing in the cellos.
Possibly the final mix version.
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## 50:20:00
### Quiereme
Adding final mix vocals
to the breakdown section.
Shortening the breakdown.
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## 50:25:40
### Anime Fighter Scene Ending
The stream ends.
Everyone gets killed.
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