May 25, 2026  -  User Showcase Song: For A Love Like That

My wife loves Broadway musicals. (season tickets to the Straz in Tampa)
So I get dragged to them all the time.
Last season absolutely Sucked.
This season was surprisingly good. I actually enjoyed several of them. That is unusual for me.
I did not expect much from "The Outsiders" - based on a 60's-best-seller-made-into-an-80's-movie.
Turned out to be the best we've ever seen (and we've seen all the biggies through the years).

The songs in "The Outsiders" sound "more like what I would write" than the usual Broadway musical.
That got me thinking...

I thought that This I-Love-Tammy Tattoo might work as a central idea or catalyst. (I had just recently posted it).
So I gathered 16 of my songs and created a story idea weaved through them.
I explained this to my wife and told her she had to write the "book" (the term used to label the manuscript for a musical).
She jumped at the idea. Had it finished in a couple of weeks.

In the story, Tammy is so shocked by "Billy" getting an I-Love-Tammy tattoo, she leaves.
She ends up tending bar in Ybor City.
When her new bartending friend "Lina" asked what her story is, Tammy explains the tattoo thing.
Lina lets Tammy know she's crazy to give up something like that.
I did not have a song for that situation.
So I had to write this one new song to complete the list...

I wrote the song, created BIAB tracks, took the tracks to Studio One and sang it.
I uploaded the vocal to Audimee to have it turned into a female vocal (it's a girl song).
Basically, it (Audimee) gives you the exact vocal (the way I sang it) in a different voice.
(done this for several of the songs that are sung by female characters.
I would normally ask Janice to be my "girl singer", but this was a little too much to ask, I thought...)
I then regened the BIAB tracks in the new key and remixed.

The BIAB stuff:

Style is _ROKAMER.STY (Pop American Guitar)

RealTracks in style: ~388:Bass, Electric, Metal Ev 120
RealTracks in style: 629:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopAmericanDirty Ev 120
RealTracks in style: 632:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopAmericanMuted Ev 120
RealTracks in style: ~405:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 120
RealTracks in song: 3438:Guitar, Electric, Soloist BritPsycPopBallad Ev 065
RealDrums in style:NashvilleEven8^6-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, HiHat Open

Harmonies created using Melodyne.

♫ FOR A LOVE LIKE THAT

Lyrics on web page.

Do your thing.

fj

Posted on May 25, 2026 03:16 PM