Case study · Artist collaboration
A Mr. Rogers-style flip, without the sample.
Drummer Terence F. Clark was revealing his auxiliary drum kit for an upcoming tour. A big fan of TV personality, the late Fred Rogers, he wanted the music to mimic his legendary broadcast, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, just with a modern flip.
The brief
Nostalgic, timeless,
and completely original.
A sample of the real thing would've been a licensing nightmare, so that was off the table. But still, the music needed the warmth of that gentle, familiar piano, the feel of a classic hip-hop flip, and room for Terence's drumming to be the star.
"It should sound like a Mr. Rogers sample flip."
How we built it
Write the sample. Then flip it.
Instead of sampling a record, we wrote and recorded our own, then treated it like a found piece of vinyl.
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01 · Compose
A custom piano piece
Pianist John Arndt composed and recorded an original piece inspired by Mr. Rogers' gentle, conversational playing.
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02 · Flip
Chopped like a record
We chopped John's take and rebuilt it into a laid-back, head-nodding beat, the way a producer flips a crate find.
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03 · Score
Terence takes the backbeat
In one section, Terence's own drums take over, then hand off seamlessly back to the flip. The whole song is arranged around the cut.
John's raw piano take, exactly as recorded. This is the original 'sample'.
The final track
Listen through, or jump to the handoff.
What we delivered
Two tracks, cut to picture.
- Main track, arranged to the video editComposition
- Instrumental for the drum hero shotComposition
- Mix and master for online videoPost
Credits
- Original piano composition
- John Arndt
- Production & arrangement
- Analog Supply Studio
- Piano performance
- John Arndt
- Drums & Storytelling
- Terence F. Clark