Thursday, October 21, 2010

You Make the Rain Fall - Kevin Rudolf ft. Flo Rida

To start off saying this song has a good dancing beat, and it is easy to remember. The quick, up beat song puts you in a good mood. The beat paints a picture of you being in a club having a good time. The lyrics on the other hand tell a story of a person (a guy in this case) liking a girl that he is unable to get. Most people are able to relate to this at one point in their lives, it doesn't matter if you are male or female. The lyrics telling this story gives the listener something to connect to the song also making them want to listen to it.

While listening to this song you will realize that nothing in this song is real. What I mean by 'real' is it has not been altered to fit the song. Not many pop songs these days are the original sound, they are all refurbished with a synthesizer. From listening to the song several times and analyzing each bit I would say that there is around three music layers and two vocal layers. The first layer you hear is hard to describe, but i found it sounded like a space sound, which is clearly created using a synthesizer. The next part the comes into the song is Kevin Rudolf's vocals which are changed to be high and perfect. Third is the what I believe to be a guitar originally, but it has also been changed to be softer and to suit the song. The fourth layer that really stood out was the bass beat. This beat indicated to the listeners that this is a fast dance song, or a song to listen to in you car with you windows down pumping out the music, this is a clear beat that keeps the rhythm of the song. Lastly is Flo Rida's vocals, the sound like every other Flo Rida song but they are added to make people want to listen to the song because they know that Flo Rida produces good music. Also when you see the song title and you see the it is featuring Flo Rida it is a draw into the song.

The song "you make the rain fall" was Kevin's second single from the album To The Sky, The single was released on September 14 2010. This song is already on New Pop First Radio Station, and Much Music. Also the song "you make the rain fall" has hit the Canadian Hot 100 at 94 and then later climbed up to 59

The creator of this song Kevin Rudolf, is currently signed on with Cash Money Records and Universal Republic. Kevin played in teenage bands and began recording after he bought a computer and a key board, which explains the synthesized music in all of his songs.

The Kevin rudolf look is the classic pop look. Kevin wears his not to baggy pants low and the high top basketball / skater shoes. He also has the classic t-shirt with the occasional hoodie, he tops off his look with the striagh brimmed baseball cap. This is the "in"  look for guys, many boys have copied this look so this a way kevin connects to his audience, by sharing the same look. This look is also desired by most girls, by this I mean that many girls are "into" the guys with the popular look, who wants a guy with the pocket protector? So not only does the music sell the song but also the look of the artist