* Calypso Bay *

Thought I'd post the featured tune for that Calypso-themed game I was working on... you might remember that the budget got slashed on this project, so it went from writing for live musicians, to coming up with everything on a bionic shoestring (in other words, for free). So I'm playing everything on the track, but the bass guitar and rhythm guitar are the only "real" instruments -- the steel drums, timbales, and drumset are triggered samples, and most of the percussion toys are time-altered loops. The basic Calypso beat has a strong downbeat on "one" and a strong "pickup-to-three", so it's got a real forward-leaning, lope-y quality to it. With all the layers of percussion loops, this was a very tweaky track to keep groovin'.

Enjoy!