Lots of real life to keep me busy these last few weeks but managed to update this one from 2012.
Written by myself and Jackie Richter.
All suggestion welcome.

Vic

Bass 520
Drums Nashville Outlaw
Guitars 1120, 4034, 412

https://soundcloud.com/vic-arnold/big-dreams-and-cold-beer?si=e7c8a03f9a10406caef2d0bb8b0ecf61&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Big Dreams and Cold Beer
© 2012 Jackie Richter & Vic Arnold

It was Karaoke night at the old Tin Can.
In swaggered a worn out cowboy man.
He said I'm giving up my singing career
and get me a job where the pay is clear.
I smiled, said, "Son we don't serve that here.
Just Big Dreams and Cold Beer."
Chorus
I said, "Big Dreams and Cold Beer.
The sky's the limit if you believe in it.
You believe in yourself you can get it all here.
Big Dreams and Cold Beer."

He said, "tell me bartender what am I doing wrong?
I'm just a country boy singing my songs.
I'm never gonna be a big country star
if I spend my life working smokey bars.
I wanna see my name up in lights one day."
Well, I just passed another cold beer his way.
Ch.
Inst.
When that cowboy stepped onto the stage
we heard nothing better from a guy that age.
The crowd went wild as he lived his dream.
All the men whooped and the women all screamed.
Pretty lady at the bar who looked real sad
said, "I'll have whatever that cowboy had."
I smiled, said, "Momma you can get that here.
Big Dreams and Cold Beer."
Ch.

You had me at the title ... Great Country song. Excellent Backing Real Tracks, great lyrics, overall excellent job.

Well, we loved the Waylon vibe from the gitgo!

The fun lyric had us clearly seeing the smoky bar and the folks in it.

Good one, Vic!

J&B

Hi Vircan,

Very lively composition with very pleasant orchestration. The mix is ​​well done. Well done. I appreciated.

Jani

Thanks Elliott.
I hoped it was dreams and beer in equal balance.

Vic

Thanks J&B.
I've become an expert in those smoky bars.

Vic

Vic, I loved this one! My kind of music. Loved the instruments you used, I hope you post them. That guitar gave it a good ol Waylon sound, and I'm a big Waylon music fan. You done good son!

Brad

Vic, this has Waylon written all over it and that is a compliment.
Country at its absolute finest.
Super vocal and mix.
Loved it!

Hi, Vic.

Nice country tune that bops right along. It makes my ears happy.

No suggestions, other than keep writing these!

Wonderrful bouncy tune, Vic. Cool title. Sometimes it's the cold beer that brings the biggest dreams. Lyrics flow so well, and I like how you had the guitar responses. Good harmony.

And I appreciated your comments, Jani.
Thank you.

Vic

Vic, a fun and funny tune! The band sounds great, especially the picked rhythm guitar. My only suggestion would be the vocals relative to the rest of the mix. Sometimes the end of a phrase drops down and gets overrun by the band. I'd pull your vocals slightly forward in the mix, or use gain staging on select phrases, etc. Or change nothing, and it's still a great tune!

If you're using a BiaB instrument for the picked rhythm guitar, it SOUNDS like you're using holds and shots to great effect. I do that a lot with BiaB, but it's hard to get it to sound this good all the time. If it's a "real" guitar, then it STILL sounds great.

Yeah this is country!!



Loved it.

Are there lyrics you can post? Would love to read it.

Nice, upbeat country song that gets my feet moving and my toes tapping.
Good work!

Hi Vic,

I'm hearing the Waylon vibe happening on this one as well, great groove, great vocal. Good one!

Ask and you shall receive, David.
It slipped my mind to post them but that wrong is righted now.
Thank you.
Big Dreams and Cold Beer
© 2012 Jackie Richter & Vic Arnold

It was Karaoke night at the old Tin Can.
In swaggered a worn out cowboy man.
He said I'm giving up my singing career
and get me a job where the pay is clear.
I smiled, said, "Son we don't serve that here.
Just Big Dreams and Cold Beer."
Chorus
I said, "Big Dreams and Cold Beer.
The sky's the limit if you believe in it.
You believe in yourself you can get it all here.
Big Dreams and Cold Beer."

He said, "tell me bartender what am I doing wrong?
I'm just a country boy singing my songs.
I'm never gonna be a big country star
if I spend my life working smokey bars.
I wanna see my name up in lights one day."
Well, I just passed another cold beer his way.
Ch.
Inst.
When that cowboy stepped onto the stage
we heard nothing better from a guy that age.
The crowd went wild as he lived his dream.
All the men whooped and the women all screamed.
Pretty lady at the bar who looked real sad
said, "I'll have whatever that cowboy had."
I smiled, said, "Momma you can get that here.
Big Dreams and Cold Beer."
Ch.

Thank you Brad.
I appreciate Waylon too.
I posted the BIAB tracks up now.

Vic

Thank you Mario.
Waylon for president!

Vic

Hi David.
Thanks for your appreciation.

Vic

Hey Vic...first off the track is perfect for the lyric...a very pro sounding country band...it's got a classic country sound and up-tempo bounce to it...the lyric is clever and uses that rhythm and the well thought out pauses to emphasize the hook...very cool song!

Thanks Marty.
Yes, beer cold or hot ought to do it.
Plenty of it will make you dream but the singing part suffers.

Vic

I smiled, said, "Son we don't serve that here.
Just Big Dreams and Cold Beer."

'Bout as Country as it gets.

Good Band, good mix.
Nice.

fj

Thanks DC.
I have adjusted a tad. Hope you can hear it better.
Re the holds: They are a pain to get right sometimes. They can sound like a piano underwater.
Vic

Thank you B.D.
Keep tapping.

Vic

Thanks Dave, and Waylon.

Vic

Thanks Dan.
Your comments are well thought out too.

Vic

Thank you Floyd.

Vic

Excellent lyrical hook in that chorus. A fine entertaining song all. I'll have some what they're serving!

Thank you sir.
I'll join you in that.

Vic

An upbeat song to made me smile even on a snowy day, from the tasty title to the catchy rhythm and melody. Perfectly country, very lively images, I can feel I'm there on the bar stool enjoying the show and asking the same the cowboy had. Great vocals and mix. Big dreams are served well, the only thing that is missing is a real cold beer on my computer desk

Janne

I really enjoyed this.

Hi Janne.
Thank you sir but we don't serve that here.

Vic

Man what a song, I believe someone beat me to it, but I heard a lot of Waylon in there, and that's a good thing. I was that person at one time, playing in the smoky old bars...

Thanks for that nice comment Gayle.

Vic

Thanks Ronnie.
I still do occasionally although smoking is banned in them now.

Vic

Vic,

Excellent country song - you do these so well. Much enjoyed.

Bob

Hi Vic,

Indeed a real country song! I do like that, but your song has the right tension and lyrics!
Your vocals are always great and in this song the lead guitar is second best to that.
I can quote Bob Dean by saying you really made an excellent song with this one.

Hans

Vic,
Catchy tune, well performed. Mix is good, but I think vocals can be slightly more on top.
Thank you for sharing.
Misha.

Nice one...good band too.
Cowboy man did seem a little odd but it's small beans in the narrative. Enjoyed it.

Hi Robert.
Thank you for your appreciation. Good to know I can get away with this.

Vic

Thanks Misha.
I do agonise over vocal volume.

Vic

Cheers Hans.
The original back in 2012 had me playing lead on an acoustic.
But I think BIAB was better.

Vic

Thanks Ray.
It did seem odd to me but I assumed it was a coloquialism for her area.
I've heard worse.
Vic

My first post seems to have disappeared so will try again. Loved this song. Really cool groove. Love the tangy tele fills. Super vocal and lyric. Well done