Puff Beaddy
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MoBead's debut single. Beadmaker at 3am — endless thread, karma counted bead-by-bead, repetitive craft under lamplight. 124 BPM, D minor (modal). Compact downtempo cinematic breakbeat with weathered baritone half-chant and bead-click foley as a high-mid ghost. Brief from Tee 2026-05-29 (chat). Original phrasing throughout — vibe homage to a 2002 cinematic-breakbeat reference; no lyric quotes, no real proper nouns. Copyright sweep clean. Deliverables: - tracks/extreme-beads/lyrics.md (1263 chars / 5000 cap) - tracks/extreme-beads/production-notes.md (770 chars / 800 cap) - tracks/extreme-beads/README.md (track card) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Extreme Beads
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**Artist:** MoBead
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**Length target:** ~3:00 (compact downtempo single)
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**Released:** 2026-05-29 (draft), branched 2026-06-06
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**Label:** BadBeadRecords
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## Concept
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MoBead's contemplative debut. A beadmaker at 3am — endless thread, repetitive craft, karma counted bead-by-bead, the obsession of small mechanical motion under lamplight. The chorus locks onto a single phrase ("Extreme beads") as an anchor, repeating with subtle variation. Existential weight inside a tiny gesture.
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Companion piece to MoBead's analytical roots (the act emerged from a reverse-engineering of a 2002 cinematic-breakbeat track — vibe homage, original lyrics, original phrasing throughout). All hook patterns are MoBead's own; the only intentional structural nod is the title-anchor chorus form, which is a common songcraft device.
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## Production highlights
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- **124 BPM, D minor (modal)** — locked mechanical groove with orchestral sorrow on top
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- **Voice:** male baritone, weathered deadpan half-chant, dry close-mic, full human grain preserved
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- **Bead-click foley:** strung-bead shaker as a high-mid ghost — this is the BadBeadRecords-specific texture under the strings
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- **Bell motif:** detuned synth bell doubled by hardwood marimba mallet on a two-note minor-third ostinato
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## Files
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- [`lyrics.md`](./lyrics.md) — full lyrics, all sections
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- [`production-notes.md`](./production-notes.md) — 770-char production card
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## Credits
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- **Creative direction:** Puff Beaddy
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- **Lyrics:** BadBeadRecords lyrics room
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- **Production notes:** BadBeadRecords production room
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- **Brief from:** Tee (2026-05-29)
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