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Aaliyah - One in a Million (Ahmed Sirour remix) - ROUGH draft!

Ahmed Sirour on August 27, 2011 05:35

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    This is about as basic a remix as I've ever done, and one which initially was supposed to be in time to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of one of R&B's most brightest and beautiful stars who was just coming into her own but was taken too early. As the title suggests, she is truly "one in a million", and although I didn't put very much time into this one, I hope its simplicity is appreciated just the same. It's not one of my best examples of my work, but it wasn't so bad that I wouldn't post it, and it (more importantly) gives room to highlight the brilliance of Aaliyah's beautiful vocals that made her stand above many, artistically. Anyway, enough disclaimers...just press "play".

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    • RLIN
    • DJ Chiron
      DJ Chiron at 2.29 on January 16, 2012 23:42

      Rough mix or not, this is a very beautiful and moving tribute!

    • __jazzy
      __jazzy on November 29, 2011 06:08

      please make a tutorial & post it up on youtube please ! this sounds beautiful <3

    • Nongoma
      Nongoma at 1.14 on November 15, 2011 10:38

      this makes me miss Aaliyah even more!this is amazing

    • Misterdje
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    • Ahmed Sirour
      Ahmed Sirour on October 13, 2011 17:33

      Thank you, again, for the recent comments. What I really enjoyed about making this remix is that I really got to hear just how good Aaliyah was, without all the beats and bass from the original and know that she was truly talented. I could only imagine how great she would have been at this point if she were still alive.

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    • DJ DAC
      DJ DAC at 1.33 on September 23, 2011 15:03

      Genius yo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Ahmed Sirour
      Ahmed Sirour on September 03, 2011 05:40

      Thank you all for the kind comments, and I know some asked for a download but it's not yet to my standard for an actual release, though it's decent for a rough draft post (sorry, didn't mean to tease). There are some production issues that are very obvious to me that need to be addressed before I release it (if you have strong sub-bass in your systems, you'll discover as I did after the fact that the latent bass from the original leaked into her vocals from the recording that I don't know if I can remove as yet. Plus, I can do a better string piano arrangement towards the end ;) If it ain't right, it just ain't right till it is lol

    • jsunmaze
      jsunmaze at 1.46 on September 02, 2011 19:55

      Ahmed Sirour.. Smooth Touches too beautiful track.. Stripped down version without a beat.....best,, keep on keeping on..

    • Micah-AKA-G7
      Micah-AKA-G7 at 0.15 on August 30, 2011 17:20

      Excellent. Great idea. So mellow...

    • Ahmed Sirour
      Ahmed Sirour on August 29, 2011 01:15

      Glad you all like it, and yeah, I love the original, too, but I felt in consideration of her passing, a softer, more reflective approach might be fitting :)

    • Project 36
      Project 36 at 3.35 on August 28, 2011 15:43

      I really like the original, but I love how you turned it into a softer more beautiful version. Really nice work on this one!

    • THE VIBE COLLECTIVE
      THE VIBE COLLECTIVE on August 28, 2011 11:13

      Keep the vibes flowing Ahmed!

    • Rasjr
      Rasjr at 0.52 on August 27, 2011 23:16

      Ahmed, this is beeeeeeeeeeeeeautiful. Pure Excelence. Is it possible to put an 125BPM beat behind it? :D

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    • mrnugget
      mrnugget on August 27, 2011 05:58

      Lovely melodic keys, great work Ahmed.

      Errr I wanna download it though? :-)

      dont be stingy bruv

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