Time To Get Business Straight by Overdrive published on 2024-02-23T17:02:46Z TIME TO GET BUSINESS STRAIGHT Original song by Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators Rock'n roll reinterpretation by Overdrive Syncopated vocals have become something of a rarity these days. Most singers prefer to create melodic lines that fit perfectly into the tempo of the song -- because it's much simpler, the vocals can be created in one go, on the same day, without too much effort. But every now and then a talented singer comes along who decides to break the tempo of their vocals in an absolutely original way. This is the case of soul singer Nicole Willis in the song "Time To Get Business Straight". The first time I heard this song, I was absolutely fascinated by the broken rhythm of her vocals. And the way the second part of the song repeated the first part made it clear that those vocals were far from improvised -- on the contrary, each intricate part was designed to be there, as if it were a mathematical structure. Check out the original version: https://youtu.be/5fYKRt6ZtJk I extracted the vocals using Ultimate Vocal Remover and realized that the melodic line fit very well into rock songs. In fact, they were even the provisional vocals for the song "Rocket", before the amazing singer Sumi took over the microphone and did a brilliant job. But the idea of using Nicole's vocals remained and after the good response to the cyberpunk reinterpretation of "I'm Bored", I thought it would be interesting to attempt a rock'n roll reinterpretation of "Time to Get Business Straight". Of course, I tried to get in touch with Nicole Willis during the process of creating the song and after the track was posted on Soundcloud. She currently lives in Finland and is still active as a singer in her sixties. Here's one of her most recent performances: https://youtu.be/Q9AAF-QRQ5o Her social networks, on the other hand, seem to be rarely accessed and I've had no success in contacting her. Damn, it would have been an unforgettable collab, I'm sure of it. π Hope you enjoy my rock'n roll version of this soul music classic. Genre Rock Comment by They Call Me Droid This is fire....snowboard video playing in my head 2024-05-10T13:25:36Z Comment by Spectrum EDM cool πͺ 2024-05-10T10:22:53Z Comment by Featherstone Massacre This is the business π 2024-05-03T19:14:54Z Comment by The Eyelash really cool guitar tone and instrumental 2024-04-20T11:59:06Z Comment by Ed Viber really nice π₯ 2024-04-20T06:24:28Z Comment by S. Francis Hector π 2024-04-16T02:41:54Z Comment by Destiny Vara Star Love it! 2024-04-15T22:32:30Z Comment by Sad Beautiful synth and drums 2024-04-13T08:09:01Z Comment by Hernon π 2024-04-12T01:05:07Z Comment by Myckael Marcovic π 2024-04-11T05:17:32Z Comment by Cool O.G πkeep rocking rockstar , love how you grind keep pushin huh 2024-04-10T14:59:01Z Comment by El Γuki π 2024-04-07T20:28:12Z Comment by Annie Dieu-Le-Veut Great track! 2024-04-07T13:35:20Z Comment by Steve Hillier Cool ! Nice vocal! Unique guitar solo! Excellent mix 2024-04-06T15:51:52Z Comment by Felipe Cesar cool 2024-04-06T02:38:35Z Comment by Granados muy buenos sintetizadores, me agrada este beat 2024-03-21T16:17:27Z Comment by MRMT π€ 2024-03-20T12:42:54Z Comment by Klaas Versteeg π₯ 2024-03-12T14:47:01Z Comment by Alain de Maximy I like the song, good intro, good rif and good voice 2024-03-12T13:58:15Z Comment by TheYxngin this goes hard keep snappin i like it 2024-03-10T00:59:06Z Comment by Voice of No-One tune π 2024-03-09T18:19:59Z Comment by Juan Fco. Bueno π 2024-03-08T10:07:11Z Comment by Karl Heinz - Heimgartner Very fantastic your rock song. I like your lead guitar and vocals. π₯π₯π₯ 2024-03-07T23:00:38Z Comment by Midisound Awesome version 2024-03-07T00:05:19Z Comment by Nick Liberty Best thing I heard today. 2024-03-06T19:05:18Z Comment by ALL2 RECORDS Braba viu l, lanΓ§a mais dessa aΓ 2024-03-06T15:33:09Z Comment by Christian Fuego!! 2024-03-05T21:36:32Z Comment by Phil McWalter Nice voice, cool vocal! 2024-03-05T16:53:07Z Comment by Reedy Super solid rock song here. Great vocals as well. Nice work. 2024-03-05T12:36:41Z Comment by big richhh The way you do this thing is out of this world 2024-03-02T10:31:00Z