Proton Cannon

Nik Furious: Proton Cannon: Roll the Dice

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

This is one of my more recent beats, something that I'd been working on and had abandoned before returning to it. At that point, the loops didn't need any work... but the structure sure did.

I liked this track so much that I actually went back in and recreated the sample about a year ago, but this is the older version including the original loop.

Nik Furious: Proton Cannon: Rawk

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

I feel kind of embarrassed that I don't know the name of the drum fill/roll I used in this song. I wanted to talk about how I thought that particular high-to-low tom roll made the song, but I don't even know what to call it!

Well, whatever. It rocks.

Nik Furious: Proton Cannon: Proton Cannon

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

And thus we reach this mixtape's self-titled track. Now just because it's the self-titled track doesn't mean I think it's the best! In fact, I think it's pretty damn repetitive.

But it's still got charm to me. It captures the energy of the original sample while adding some more dance-ready drums to it. And, believe it or not, part of the percussion is inspired the drums from the theme to COPS. Seriously.