How do you play daylight by Matt and kim?

Answer 1

The intro is played with a piano. These cords are repeated throughout the entire song

The next instruments that come in seem to be electronic samples a bass, and what sounds like some sampled brass instruments. The brass has a slight delay/echo/reverb.

As for the drum beat, instead of using a hi-hat, Kim plays on the rim of her snare to keep time. I think the kick is also an electronic sample because it only hits whenever the bass plays.

There is also some layering and a little bit of call & answer going on with the vocals by way of a 'big room' echo filter on some of the lyrics.

If you wanted to play this song live, you would need:

1. Snare drum with cowbell and ride cymbal (and a drummer, of course... good luck finding anyone nearly as hot as Kim is!) [edit: there is no cowbell nor ride, coming from a drummer it is rimming on the kick drum along with the snare. it is a crash cymbal. kim does not have a ride or a cowbell..]

2. Keyboard/synth set to voice the brass instruments

3. A way to loop the piano chords from the intro through the whole song (your keyboard or mixer might be able to do this...otherwise you'll need a second keyboard and very bored 2nd keyboard player)

4. The bass line could be played by the main keyboard player, or you could assign the duties to a bass player. Your choice.

5. Two singers to match the layering and call & answer in the vocals.

I'd say a 4 piece band at a minimum, unless you pre-record some of the instrumental sections.