STRICT VOCAL GENDER LOCK: SOLO MALE VOICE ONLY. No female vocals. No female backing. No female ad-libs. No sirens. No synth-vox. No pitch-shifted-up voices. Every sung line must be a real male singer. If duet-like sections appear, they must be TWO male voices, not male + female. This is a HARD constraint. TIMBRE: STRICT MALE ULTRA-RASPY SUB-BASS-PROFONDO LOCK (C2-D3 ONLY, tessitura C2-A2, 2 full octaves below a lyric tenor — BASS-PROFONDO ONLY, no baritone) + HARD RASP+GRAVEL+GROWL LOCK (whiskey-cured leathery cigarette-scorched gravel-throated rusted-iron rasp on EVERY syllable, prominent vocal-fry on EVERY line-ending, growl-tail-drop on every phrase-out) — PhaseSyndicate / Cottonmouth-Charlie DNA reinforced with Tim-Storms / late-Leonard-Cohen / Johnny-Cash-American-V-VI / Tom-Waits Alice-era / Barry-White / Ol'-Man-River-Paul-Robeson sub-bass cave-echo weight, keep the vocal locked below G2 for >80% of the song, ABSOLUTELY NEVER lifts above D3: raspy basso-profondo Southern-Gothic-Folk storyteller, weathered whiskey-cured sub-bass chest-voice anchored on C2-E2 sustained pedal notes with sub-bass sine reinforcement doubling the vocal at 35-50Hz, half-spoken half-sung cautionary-folktale phrasing sitting DEEP IN THE THROAT (chest-resonance dominant, jaw dropped, larynx as low as physically possible), close-mic 1-inch proximity for MAXIMUM low-end boost, audible breath / creak / gravel preserved, GRAVELLY vocal-fry creak on every line-ending, deep-southern rural drawl, preacher-in-a-graveyard-at-midnight intimacy, NO baritone NO tenor NO head-voice NO falsetto NO belted chorus, NO smoothing the rasp. Banjo in upper-mid pocket + wailing-harmonica + acoustic-guitar tuned-down (drop-D) + bowed-upright-bass C1-D1 pedal drone + heavy foot-stomp + prominent sub-bass sine reinforcement (35-50Hz) + cypress-swamp foley-thunder ambience — cave-echo sub-bass weight + preacher-at-a-Louisiana-funeral menace is the signature. Gravel on every word, D3 ceiling non-negotiable. SIGNATURE VOICE LOCK — HARD constraint, NOT a suggestion. Every phrasing choice, timbre, technique and DNA element listed below MUST be matched exactly — do not swap timbres, do not soften technique, do not "generic-pop" the delivery. Vocal timbre & range: STRICT MALE ULTRA-RASPY SUB-BASS-PROFONDO LOCK (C2-D3 ONLY — CEILING D3 ABSOLUTE, tessitura C2-A2, this is deeper than a standard bass, closer to a basso-profondo / oktavist range, 2 full octaves below a lyric tenor) + HARD RASP+GRAVEL+GROWL LOCK (whiskey-cured whiskey-cracked leathery cigarette-scorched gravel-throated rusted-iron-hinge rasp on EVERY syllable, prominent vocal-fry on EVERY line-ending, growl-tail-drop on every phrase-out, DO NOT smooth this rasp under any circumstance). PhaseSyndicate / Cottonmouth-Charlie DNA reinforced with Tim-Storms / late-Leonard-Cohen (You Want It Darker / Traveling Light) / Johnny-Cash American V-VI (Ain't No Grave / Hurt) / Tom-Waits Alice-era / Barry-White / Ol'-Man-River Paul-Robeson operatic-bass — Southern Gothic Folk storyteller voice locked to genuine sub-bass basso-profondo rasp. ULTRA-DEEP CRAFT: weathered whiskey-cured sub-bass chest-voice anchored on C2-E2 sustained pedal notes with slow deliberate ominous vibrato, half-spoken-half-sung cautionary-folktale phrasing sitting DEEP IN THE THROAT (chest-resonance dominant, jaw dropped, larynx dropped as low as physically possible, mouth cavity opened wide for maximum low-end resonance), close-mic 1-inch bedroom-mic proximity effect for MAXIMUM proximity-boost low-end, audible breath / creak / wooden-porch grain / gravel preserved as musical elements, GRAVELLY vocal-fry creak on nearly every line-ending for gravitas, deep-southern rural drawl colour, preacher-in-a-graveyard-at-midnight intimacy, ABSOLUTELY NEVER lifts above D3 — no baritone, no tenor, no head-voice, no falsetto, no belted chorus. This is BASS-PROFONDO ONLY with maximum rasp. ULTRA-DEEP PITCH ARC: verse spoken-sung in C2-G2 sub-bass pocket with foot-stomp accents on the downbeat → pre-chorus barely lifts to G2-B2 sustained-legato with ominous vibrato → chorus TOPS OUT at C3-D3 MAXIMUM (never higher, ever) with wide slow menacing vibrato + blues-slide + prominent low-end guttural growl-drop line-endings. ARRANGEMENT: 78 BPM in D-minor Aeolian, PhaseSyndicate blueprint pushed for maximum sub-bass rasp reinforcement — fingerpicked banjo (clawhammer or Scruggs 3-finger roll) sitting in the upper-mid pocket to leave room for the sub-bass rasp vocal + wailing cross-harp harmonica lead-instrument with breathy blues bends + acoustic-guitar rhythm strum tuned-down (drop-D) for extra weight + bowed-upright-bass sub-bass DRONE on C1-D1 pedal (yes C1 — one octave below standard bass) + heavy foot-stomp perc on downbeats + tambourine or wooden-spoon on backbeats + occasional lone-fiddle-double-stop or slide-dobro accent + LOUD low-frequency-rumble cypress-swamp foley (crickets/bullfrogs/night-birds/distant-thunder) ambience under the verse + PROMINENT sub-bass sine reinforcement (35-50Hz) on every line-ending pedal-note doubling the vocal's fundamental for cave-echo depth. Reference: Cottonmouth Charlie / Snake Oil Sally / Bootleg Gospel / Gypsy Grandma (PhaseSyndicate) + Ain't No Grave / God's Gonna Cut You Down / When The Man Comes Around / Hurt (Johnny Cash American Recordings V-VI, the deepest-tone late-career recordings) + You Want It Darker / Traveling Light (Leonard Cohen final album) + Way Down In The Hole / God's Away On Business (Tom Waits Alice-era gravel-growl) + Ol' Man River (Paul Robeson operatic basso-profondo) + Barry White / Tim Storms (world's-deepest-voice sub-bass reference) — Cormac-McCarthy prose + True-Detective-Louisiana-swamp atmosphere + preacher-at-a-Louisiana-funeral menace + cave-echo cathedral-organ-pedal-note weight. Solo male lead ONLY, single ghostly female-harmony wash on the chorus permitted (haunted-hymnal texture, no co-lead), no sirens, no synth vox — CRITICAL LOCKS: the vocal MUST spend >80% of its time below G2, MUST NEVER touch above D3, MUST retain the whiskey-gravel rasp on 100% of syllables, the sub-bass sine reinforcement MUST double every pedal note, DO NOT let the vocal drift ANYWHERE near baritone territory, DO NOT smooth or clean the gravel-rasp, DO NOT force any belted chorus, DO NOT modernise with 808s or programmed drums. If the model produces anything sounding like a baritone, a tenor, or a smoothed clean voice, it has CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED — this is RASPY BASSO-PROFONDO ONLY, GRAVEL ON EVERY WORD, D3 CEILING NON-NEGOTIABLE. Voice type: Warm mid-male range · A2-A4 · pop-standard weight. DELIVERY MODE — ACTUAL SUNG MELODY, NOT SPOKEN-WORD. Every syllable MUST land on a definite pitch and hold a sustained vowel note with clear melodic intervals — legato phrasing on verses, belted sustained peaks on the chorus, vibrato + melisma on line-endings. NO talk-singing, NO sprechgesang, NO half-rapped delivery, NO Spoken-Word poetry cadence. The vocal must SING with fully pitched sustained notes on every line — if you are unsure whether to sing or speak a syllable, ALWAYS sing it. Only rap sections (if explicitly requested) may use spoken flow — the rest is 100% sung. KEY: D minor. 78BPM. FEATURE INSTRUMENTS: acoustic + electric guitar (tasteful licks under verses, spotlight melodies on intro/outro) AND hammond B3 organ (Leslie-swirl chords under choruses, gospel stabs on ad-libs) AND cinematic string section (legato under verses, swelling on the chorus) AND walking upright bass (dotted-quarter walking lines under verses, jazz-swing pulse) — spotlight all 4 as layered leads, staggering their entrances across intro/verse/chorus/bridge so each has a moment throughout the mix. AI DJ LIVE-MIX MODE: perform this track like a live DJ set. Open with a filter-swept intro, cue in the beat with a drum roll, drop the first hook with an air-horn stab. Between every section (verse→chorus→verse→bridge→outro) use a 1-bar transition — either a filter sweep, a reverse cymbal, a vinyl-scratch flourish, or a bass drop. Progressively introduce NEW instruments as the song builds: strip back to just voice+drums on verse 1, add pads on the chorus, add lead instrument on verse 2, add strings/horn stabs on the bridge, then STACK EVERYTHING on the final chorus for the peak. Occasional turntable scratches and DJ ad-lib chops between vocal phrases. INTERLUDE LOOP: after Verse 2 (before the Bridge), drop the vocals and play a REPEATING 8-BAR INSTRUMENTAL LOOP using the feature instruments — a hooky, loopable 4-bar phrase repeated twice — leaving space over the top so a DJ/MC could rap or ad-lib over it live. Keep the same key, same BPM, same groove. Fade the vocals back in on the Bridge. PRODUCTION DNA: 92 BPM in D-major, strummed acoustic guitar + upright bass + brushed snare, subtle fiddle or mandolin fills, warm timber-cabin production, no synths | HEAVY BLUE — 90 BPM in E-minor pentatonic / A-Dorian blues, 12-bar-blues shuffle in 4/4 with a triplet swing. THE DELTA TRIO in equal-partner call-and-response at all times, never buried: (1) HARD-PICKED 5-string BANJO — aggressive clawhammer downstrokes + Scruggs 3-finger rolling triplets, low-tuned drop-D, bright metallic ring, drives the rhythmic pulse. (2) WAILING CROSS-HARP HARMONICA — deep bent blue notes, howling long-held bends, cupped-hand wah-wah tremolo, breath-heavy attack, mournful long-vowel cries answering the banjo. (3) DIRTY BLUES ELECTRIC GUITAR — Telecaster / Stratocaster through mildly-overdriven tube amp, slide-guitar bottleneck moans + bent-string single-note licks + 12-bar shuffle rhythm double-stops, muddy Delta-blues sustain. Support layer only: light foot-stomp on beats 1+3, tambourine or shaker on 2+4, upright-bass or bass-guitar root-fifth walk pattern, occasional barrelhouse piano sprinkle. Front-porch juke-joint late-Saturday-night whiskey aesthetic, Robert-Johnson-meets-Earl-Scruggs vibe, cinematic Delta swamp menace, the three leads trade phrases every 2 bars in a call-response-call pattern. Absolutely NO 808s, NO programmed drums, NO synths. Genre fusion: folk × americana × heavy-blue. Blend these 3 genres into ONE cohesive new sound — weave their signature drums, chords, and instrumentation into a single hybrid track. STRICT VOCAL GENDER LOCK: SOLO MALE VOICE ONLY. No female vocals. No female backing. No female ad-libs. No sirens. No synth-vox. No pitch-shifted-up voices. Every sung line must be a real male singer. If duet-like sections appear, they must be TWO male voices, not male + female. This is a HARD constraint. TIMBRE: STRICT MALE TRUE BASS-PROFONDO / SUB-BASS LOCK (C2-F3 ONLY, tessitura D2-C3, 1.5 octaves below a lyric tenor — BASS ONLY, no baritone at all) — PhaseSyndicate / Cottonmouth-Charlie DNA reinforced with Tim-Storms / late-Leonard-Cohen / Johnny-Cash-American-Recordings sub-bass cave-echo weight, keep the vocal locked below G2 for >70% of the song, ABSOLUTELY NEVER lifts above F3: true bass-profondo Southern-Gothic-Folk storyteller, weathered whiskey-warm sub-bass chest-voice OUTRO: end with a FULL CHORUS REPRISE of the exact same hook and key established earlier, then a gentle 8-bar tail fade. DO NOT introduce a new melody, new tempo, new key, or a different song at the end. Same song, same theme, resolved.
folk × americana × heavy-blue