I've been following a few of the different Steemit Music League contests for the past couple of weeks [my favourite two would be the Beat Battle League and Kill The Pad] and finally feel up to entering one of them! The real draw for me was the theme for this week being Sounds of Summer. I find typically around April or May in Canada we will get a few days that feel close to summer which gets me really excited for the upcoming nice weather. This of course is a great source of inspiration to make some summer vibe music! Being that it is May I have been cooking up a few summer vibe beats lately and after narrowing it down to my favourite four I choose this one. **Take Me Back** could be interpreted in many ways but for the context of this contest it is about being taken back to a good party/time in the summer! Honestly the hook I had wrote to it was about taking me back to good summer parties haha. I have a few huge influences on my production style, mostly all Hip Hop producers, one of which would be Timbaland. He always did a great job of focusing on percussion in his beats and so I have tried to get better and better at that over the years. For this beat I picked some tropical percussion to fit the mood and go along with the marimba and breezy saxophone. One of the big parts of this contest is getting feedback and I would love to hear some if you give this song a listen! Big shout out to @chiefmappster, @beatseb, and @derekmiller for putting together the #beatbattle !
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