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The lineup logic, the song notes, and the things I want you to hear, saved one session at a time.

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Dusky slow burn lane / mirrorball shadowPlaylist noteJul 29, 20262:36 AMOpen set

In The Navy is the thesis, and Lovely Rita is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Lovely Rita by The Beatles off Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Lovely Rita is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
In The Navy
Village People
Sounds Of The Seventies - The Late '70s · 1993 · Rock
Programming
Open set

Mr Rassy is shaping the next turn from the records already on the deck.

Lovely Rita · full
Lineup note
In The Navy into Lovely Rita

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Lovely Rita by The Beatles off Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Sounds Of The Seventies - The Late '70s · 1993

Hearing it against Sounds Of The Seventies - The Late '70s matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. In The Navy by Village People off Sounds Of The Seventies - The Late '70s (1993) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Village People, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Lovely Rita by The Beatles off Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) instead of crowding the next move.

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Session map
3 stored song notes
01now
In The Navy
Village People
Why it fits

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Lovely Rita by The Beatles off Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Sounds Of The Seventies - The Late '70s matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. In The Navy by Village People off Sounds Of The Seventies - The Late '70s (1993) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Village People, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Lovely Rita by The Beatles off Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) instead of crowding the next move.

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Lovely Rita
The Beatles
Full play
Why it fits

Lovely Rita by The Beatles off Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) stays related to In The Navy by Village People off Sounds Of The Seventies - The Late '70s (1993) through rock, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Ms. Jackson by Outkast off Stankonia (20th Anniversary Edition) [Deluxe] (2020) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Beatles, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Ms. Jackson by Outkast off Stankonia (20th Anniversary Edition) [Deluxe] (2020) instead of crowding the next move.

03later
Ms. Jackson
Outkast
Why it fits

Ms. Jackson by Outkast off Stankonia (20th Anniversary Edition) [Deluxe] (2020) stays related to Lovely Rita by The Beatles off Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) through rap, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the pressure needs to come from the pocket and the cadence rather than from a giant arrangement swing.

Track context

Hearing it against Stankonia (20th Anniversary Edition) [Deluxe] matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Jackson by Outkast off Stankonia (20th Anniversary Edition) [Deluxe] (2020) keeps the pressure in the pocket and the phrasing, which makes it a control move as much as a crowd move. On Stankonia (20th Anniversary Edition) [Deluxe] (2020), it reads as part of a larger album world instead of a stray file in the crate. Listen for how the cadence and the low end keep re-framing the center of the track without resorting to big obvious turns.

Listen for

Listen for how the cadence and the low end keep re-framing the center of the track without resorting to big obvious turns.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up Lovely Rita by The Beatles off Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Lovely Rita by The Beatles off Sgt. The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. The request line is whispering "I need a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end tonight.".

Dusky slow burn lane / fresh currentPlaylist noteJul 28, 202612:01 PMOpen set

Honey Pie is the thesis, and Fresh Tendrils (Demo Version) is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Fresh Tendrils (Demo Version) by Soundgarden off Superunknown (Deluxe Edition - 4CD) (1994) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Fresh Tendrils (Demo Version) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Honey Pie
The Beatles
The Beatles · 1968 · Rock
Programming
Open set

Mr Rassy is shaping the next turn from the records already on the deck.

Fresh Tendrils (Demo Version) · fullSymphony No.3 in E flat, Op.55 -"Eroica": 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) · full
Lineup note
Honey Pie into Fresh Tendrils (Demo Version)

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Fresh Tendrils (Demo Version) by Soundgarden off Superunknown (Deluxe Edition - 4CD) (1994) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
The Beatles · 1968

Hearing it against The Beatles matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Honey Pie by The Beatles off The Beatles (1968) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Beatles, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Fresh Tendrils (Demo Version) by Soundgarden off Superunknown (Deluxe Edition - 4CD) (1994) instead of crowding the next move.

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Session map
3 stored song notes
01now
Honey Pie
The Beatles
Why it fits

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Fresh Tendrils (Demo Version) by Soundgarden off Superunknown (Deluxe Edition - 4CD) (1994) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against The Beatles matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Honey Pie by The Beatles off The Beatles (1968) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Beatles, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Fresh Tendrils (Demo Version) by Soundgarden off Superunknown (Deluxe Edition - 4CD) (1994) instead of crowding the next move.

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Fresh Tendrils (Demo Version)
Soundgarden
Full play
Why it fits

Fresh Tendrils (Demo Version) by Soundgarden off Superunknown (Deluxe Edition - 4CD) (1994) lifts the pressure after Honey Pie by The Beatles off The Beatles (1968) without snapping the thread. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Speak Softly, Love (Love Theme From The Godfather) (Live In Las Vegas, Thomas & Mack Center - January 25, 1992) by Guns N' Roses off Use Your Illusion (Super Deluxe) (2022) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Superunknown (Deluxe Edition - 4CD) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Fresh Tendrils (Demo Version) by Soundgarden off Superunknown (Deluxe Edition - 4CD) (1994) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Soundgarden, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Speak Softly, Love (Love Theme From The Godfather) (Live In Las Vegas, Thomas & Mack Center - January 25, 1992) by Guns N' Roses off Use Your Illusion (Super Deluxe) (2022) instead of crowding the next move.

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Speak Softly, Love (Love Theme From The Godfather) (Live In Las Vegas, Thomas & Mack Center - January 25, 1992)
Guns N' Roses
Why it fits

Speak Softly, Love (Love Theme From The Godfather) (Live In Las Vegas, Thomas & Mack Center - January 25, 1992) by Guns N' Roses off Use Your Illusion (Super Deluxe) (2022) stays related to Fresh Tendrils (Demo Version) by Soundgarden off Superunknown (Deluxe Edition - 4CD) (1994) through hard rock, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars.

Track context

Hearing it against Use Your Illusion (Super Deluxe) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Speak Softly, Love (Love Theme From The Godfather) (Live In Las Vegas, Thomas & Mack Center - January 25, 1992) by Guns N' Roses off Use Your Illusion (Super Deluxe) (2022) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Guns N' Roses, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up Fresh Tendrils (Demo Version) by Soundgarden off Superunknown (Deluxe Edition - 4CD) (1994). Hearing it against Superunknown (Deluxe Edition - 4CD) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Fresh Tendrils (Demo Version) by Soundgarden off Superunknown (Deluxe Edition - 4CD) (1994) lifts the pressure after Honey Pie by The Beatles off The Beatles (1968) without snapping the thread. The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. The request line is whispering "I need a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end tonight.".