Steve Chill - Original notes & drafts

2022 radio-ready acoustic EDM / trip-hop / R&B-funk folk-blues alt-pop, E Major with bluesy flat thirds and sevenths, 90 BPM, 4/4, Dry, close-mic, organic, hook-first, Single steel-string acoustic guitar remains the core: alternating thumb bass, syncopated high-string melodies, short repetitive motifs, hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, string snap, and wooden body resonance, Brief pauses keep the instructional/practice-room intimacy, but the phrases are shaped like memorable pop hooks, No heavy drums; groove comes from thumb pulse and percussive string attack, Tiny dub-delay flickers, faint sub support, soft shimmer shadows, Male lead optional: intimate, soulful, understated

2022 radio-ready acoustic EDM / trip-hop / R&B-funk folk-blues alt-pop, 105 BPM, 4/4, Bright, close-mic, organic, hook-first, Single acoustic guitar is the engine: syncopated thumb bass, bluesy fingerpicked riffs, chordal strums, percussive body slaps, string noise, muted chops, rhythmic breaks, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides, Groove feels improvised but still song-ready, Percussion comes mostly from the guitar body; no heavy drum kit, Add only subtle polish: faint sub support, tiny dub-delay flickers, soft shimmer pad shadows, Occasional whistling and short Finnish spoken interjections between phrases, Male lead optional: intimate, soulful, dry, human

2022 radio-ready acoustic EDM / trip-hop / R&B-funk folk-guitar alt-pop, G Major, 110 BPM, 4/4, Bright, close-mic, organic, hook-first, Single steel-string acoustic guitar drives everything: steady alternating thumb bass, syncopated melodic finger lines, open-string folk riff, hammer-ons, slides, muted chops, and percussive body slaps on beats 2 and 4, Groove feels human and acoustic, but arranged with pop discipline, No heavy drum kit; rhythm comes from guitar body and thumb pulse, Tiny dub-delay flickers, faint sub support, soft shimmer pad shadows, Male lead optional: intimate, soulful, dry, quietly catchy

Acoustic folk instrumental, Two acoustic guitars perform a complex fingerstyle arrangement, One guitar provides a steady alternating bass line in quarter notes while the other plays syncopated melodic lines and hammer-on ornaments, The piece features percussive body taps on the guitar soundboard, The tempo is 110 BPM in 4/4 time, The arrangement uses open-string drones and frequent slides between chords, The production is dry with minimal reverb, emphasizing the natural resonance of the acoustic instruments

2022 radio-ready acoustic EDM / trip-hop / R&B-funk jazz-piano ballad, 75 BPM feel, 4/4, Intimate, close-mic, organic, hook-first, Solo acoustic piano is the core: syncopated jazz-inflected chords, major sevenths, ninths, suspended voicings, melodic fragments, rubato pauses, expressive dynamics, and soft reharmonized turns, Key noise, pedal movement, and room reflections stay audible, No heavy drums; pulse is implied through phrasing, not beat, Tiny dub-delay flickers, faint sub warmth, soft shimmer shadows, Male lead optional: close, soulful, understated, late-night and quietly radio-ready

2022 radio-ready acoustic EDM / trip-hop / R&B-funk jazz-piano solo, 120 BPM feel, 4/4, Intimate grand piano at the core, natural room ambience, minimal processing, Improvised jazz language: syncopated phrasing, rubato pushes and pulls, rhythmic displacement, walking left-hand bass, stride-style jumps, block chords, and sudden pauses, Right hand moves from delicate single-note melodies to bebop runs, blues ornaments, rapid chromatic lines, dense dissonant clusters, 9ths, 13ths, altered dominants, No heavy drums; groove is implied by piano touch, Tiny dub-delay flickers, faint sub warmth, soft shimmer shadows kept barely audible, Virtuosic, late-night, human, quietly radio-ready