I wrote this song for a granddaughter just turning two, but I also wanted to improve my knowledge of BIAB. I studied David Snyder's Drobbox pdf about using periods after chords, and then studied a bit about changing bar settings, and I also used the idea from the forum (Tobias and jford, but they use an oboe and an oboe isn't low enough for me) of not just singing to the BIAB music, but to sing to the melody played along from a Casio CTK-2400 keyboard piano sound (not on a track, just live playing it) to avoid being flat as much as I could. I compressed the vocal, and I hope on my next song to be better about it and maybe do some EQ.
The style is Trinkets, starting with the demo song but changing some by using Ballin The Jack and When I'm 64 and then some other I forget what. It's kind of a novelty tune, or maybe upgrade that to a cabaret song.
Title: _TRINKET Demo - Trinket Bouncy Jazz w Clarinet
File:Kira2Years2Ballin.SGU
Key=C , Tempo 110, Length (m:s)=3:03
8 bar intro, 72 bar chorus, from bar 9 to bar 80. Repeat x1 chorus
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Song is saved with bar changes for Volume Changes,
Style is _TRINKET.STY (Trinket Bouncy Jazz w Clarinet).
RealTracks in style: ~1843:Bass, Electric, CountryBoogieRootFive Sw 110
RealTracks in style: 2649:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm JazzClassicJohn Sw 110
RealTracks in style: ~938:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm JazzFreddie Sw 110
RealTracks in style: ~1964:Clarinet, BackgroundSoloist DixielandMedium Sw 110
RealDrums in style: JazzBrushes#1: a: JazzBrushes#1b: JazzBrushes#1
Title: _TRINKET Demo - Trinket Bouncy Jazz w Clarinet
File:Kira2Years2Ballin.SGU
Key=C , Tempo 110, Length (m:s)=3:03
8 bar intro, 72 bar chorus, from bar 9 to bar 80. Repeat x1 chorus
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Song is saved with bar changes for Volume Changes,
Style is _TRINKET.STY (Trinket Bouncy Jazz w Clarinet)
RealTracks in style: ~1843:Bass, Electric, CountryBoogieRootFive Sw 110
RealTracks in style: 2649:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm JazzClassicJohn Sw 110
RealTracks in style: ~938:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm JazzFreddie Sw 110
RealTracks in style: ~1964:Clarinet, BackgroundSoloist DixielandMedium Sw 110
RealDrums in style: JazzBrushes#1: a: JazzBrushes#1b: JazzBrushes#1
Mixed and mastered (ha! meaning I don't know) in Audacity. Excelvan BM-800 mic, Focusrite Scarlett Solo audio interface. Windows 10, I5, 10GB.
Two Years Old Have you heard a whistling bird?
Have you seen the grass so green?
Have you felt a furry pelt?
That’s not much of a shock.
Did you smell trees of Noel?
Did you taste tomato paste?
Been around the block.
These are the senses, one to five,
They help you live and jive,
It’s on the board in chalk.
Now one more, it’s your sixth,
It’s why you’re not inbetwixt,
Helps you round the clock.
You’ll tweet Twitter, that’s for sure,
Read postmodern litterature,
Or maybe you’ll be a jock.
Watching movies fashionably dress,
Play a game of tournament chess,
Listen to Mozart or Bach.
Play piano in a jazzy set,
Make a fancy vinaigrette,
Analyze John Locke.
In New Jersey on the East Coast,
Minnesota family you can boast,
Came from Brooklyn, just a bambino,
Your new home is Cupertino!
This is where…you’ll… rock!