Caesar Has No Shirt!

This song is about..., well, I've changed the name, because his name is not worth mentioning, but you might guess... Melodically not interesting, but dance pop usually is quite repetitious. I wanted to showcase that BIAB is an excellent tool to create arrangement also in that genre. The bridge melody is based on a work by a 19th century composer, can you recognize it?

I had the original backing track mixed in Adobe Audition years ago, and now when I tried to add latest plugins, it started to crawl. Hopefully the mix sounds decent enough.

RealDrums: ModernDancePop
RealTracks:
#604 Electric Bass
#1738 Synth Bass
#658 Electric guitar
#641, #642 Electric guitar Thrash
#1746 Synth Chords
#1750 Synth RaveSync
#1933 Synth StackedHits
#428 Fiddle
#2023 Acoustic Piano

Mixed in Adobe Audition 2022

Vocals: Synthesizer V Kevin & Solaria

Lyrics:

Caesar has no shirt
riding on a horse
everybody knows
it's not a tour de force.
Face-lift of the worst kind
how could he think it's cool?
The reins of racing Teslas
are laughing at the fool.

Caesar Caesar without a shirt
Too often without a shirt
Caesar has no shirt
a shriveled spud
Caesar has no shirt
a sour Scud
Caesar has no shirt
pitiful in the coldest blood.

Caesar has no shirt
posing with a fish
everybody sees
two carp breams on a dish.
He looks like really needy
he should have eaten more
quite sure his low blood sugar
has made him start a war.

Caesar Caesar without a shirt...

Caesar has no shirt
a rifle in his hand
we see a psychopath
from the hinterland.
He dreams to be The Great
we will know him as The Small
his fathers built his realm
he's the father of its fall.

Caesar Caesar without a shirt...
---------------
Janne

Interesting tune Janne!! Yeah, I think the band style worked very well for the subject! Well done!!! Take care. Greg

A fun song! The topic...not so funny...

Anyway, what immediately piqued my interest was Solaria! Only to find that she was doing the backing vocs

I think she's the greatest synth voice to date. May I request a power ballad featuring her on the lead vocal and Kevin as the backing vocal?

Rob

Hi Janne.
This is satirical pop if there is such a genre. There is now though.
Cleverly put together.

Vic

Hello Janne
really cool job
You are really good with synth voices
This is really very interesting
Well done
Many greetings
Andi ;-)

Janne,

I couldn’t help but click on a tune called “Caesar Has No Shirt” . . . I was not disappointed. From a production standpoint . . . MAN, you’ve done an incredible job using the vocaloids. I’d be hard pressed to discern a difference from a “live” vocalist. Great mix and feel. Killer dance pop number (and love that guitar solo around 2:30).

All my best,

Deej

this is a very unique song.

i gotta check out those synth vocals.
solaria ?
nice use of biab.

i really like the 'paceing' of the song.

sorry if you disagree but i feel this a very good 'party song'.

well done and catchy. lots of clever thinking you put into this imho.

happiness.

om

Janne, you are a master of synth vocals! They sound real!
Super groove, funny lyrics, and an outstanding mix.

Excellent song!

Excellent job, brilliant jab. The shirtless Caesar reminds me of that classic tale by Hans Christian Anderson.

Thanks Greg for your kind feedback

Janne

Thanks Rob for your nice comment I fully agree, Solaria is definitely the greatest synth voice at the moment. But Kevin is also very good and the latest updates make them even more real sounding. Hmm I'm currently working on a new ballad, I think I might use Solaria as the lead vocalist, thanks for the request

Janne

Janne,

Love the satire in this song. Really great production and love the vocals.

Bob

Wow, Janne! I'm in. What a cool song. You're right, BiaB has so many choices and you made some excellent ones with this. The lyrics are so good. I'd like to hear what the synths would have thought about them. hehe Is it easy working with them? I definitely need a replacement for my songs. I tried and tried, but couldn't get the 191th Century composer. I'm better with the 17th. Anyway, back to this song. I really enjoy your mind and how it spills over your creative craft.

"we see a psychopath from the hinterland" . . . brilliant lyric and overall great job !

This would be a perfect song for a Mel Brooks satirical movie. I kept picturing him and Harvey Korman doing scenes.

Kevin and Solaria sound good together again.

“He dreams to be The Great
we will know him as The Small”

We couldn’t agree more.

Very creative!

Outstanding work with the synths.

J&B

PS Thanks for not mentioning his name!

Janne

Really well done, excellent driving backing and very nicely programmed vocals.
Excellent.
Peter

Really good work Janne! The breakdown in the chorus! Excellent job with vocals and harmonies! Loved the piano you used! T

Thanks Vic for your kind comment Satirical pop sounds really fine to me, thanks for the new definition

Janne

Brilliant song. Not my style, I must say; but that only goes to show how good it is, in that it pulled me in and I listened, entranced, despite any stylistic differences. The synth works perfectly, too - great harmonies :-)

Who's the 19th century composer? You've got me stumped, haha.

Well done.

Thanks Andi for your kind comment

Janne

Thanks Deej for your very positive feedback Glad you clicked the tune There's actually not much work needed with the synth voices, just give melody, enter the notes and let AI take care of the rest - maybe just some fine-tuning, at least with this kind of a straightforward song.

Janne

Thanks om for your pleasant positive words I don't disagree, you can freely party to it, with or without a shirt

Janne

Excellent tune Janne. Boy was that vocal good. Really well done. Loved the groove. Super backtrack. Excellent mix and production

Thanks Mario for your kind comment I agree that those synth vocals sound real, too bad that now I'm tempted to use them all the time, because they sound much better than me, which couldn't be said about previous vocaloids.

Janne

Thanks for the positive feedback I didn't remember that classic tale, thanks for reminding, I could have used it as inspiration, my satire is quite lame compared to that...

Janne

Janne,
Satire with a killer beat-love this- the conception, write and production are creative and classy.
Those synth voices are astonishing... hard to believe its as easy as you say to work with them.
A very cool song!

Robert

Ooooo Ooooo, I know who you're singing about....

Cool tune.... I think this would be a hit in the rooskie dance halls.....

Vlad prolly don't gonna like it though.

Thanks Bob for your nice feedback Glad to hear the satire was not too heavy.

Janne

Hi Janne ...

What an interesting song. And, great production. You sure know how to showcase the near-infinite capabilities of BIAB to match almost any musical project.

Very creative lyric - particularly for someone is not a native English speaker. Your talent mazes me every time I click onto one of your songs. Excellent!

Alan

Thanks Marty for your pleasant comment

Mainly it is very easy to work with those synth voices, well there are always some glitches with certain phoneme combinations etc., but as a software programmer I'm used to solve such difficulties

Well, the composer is Alexander Borodin, and the melody is variation of Polovtsian Dances, with much faster tempo. I've heard it in a cartoon (Ren & Stimpy I think), that's why it got stuck in my head.

Janne

Thanks Mr. Thumper, I appreciate your very positive comment

Janne

Thanks Janice and Bud for your sympathetic comment Mel Brooks, yeah, I would also like to see such a movie, Blazing Saddles is one of my favorites

Janne

Thanks Peter for your kind words

Janne

Thanks Torrey, I appreciate your very positive feedback

Janne

Thanks for your nice comment Glad you listened despite your musical taste As I mentioned to Marty, the composer is Alexander Borodin, but I won't blame you not knowing him, I had never heard of him until I found out who composed the melody I had heard on TV.

Janne

This is one cool song. I'm bopping in my chair as I listen.

The AI voices sound great. Excellent song and production about he who will not be named.

Cool song, Janne! Good writing and arrangement, and man, those synth vocals are starting to sound very good indeed!

Very creative as usual, enjoyed.

Thanks Scott for your positive feedback Glad you liked the synth vocals also.

Janne

Thanks Robert, I appreciate your heartwarming words I'll try to use synth voices more to learn to use their full potential, so hopefully even better is yet to come...

Janne

Thanks Herb for your kind comment Well I hope Vlad doesn't understand a word and is dancing to it right now

Janne

Thanks Alan, always pleasure to read your encouraging positive feedback Glad you liked the lyrical content. Near-infinite capabilities, you are right... I have yet to showcase a thrash metal song created with BIAB, maybe some day

Janne

Thanks Ezekiel's Storm for your kind words

Janne

Thanks Dave for your positive comment

Janne

A political parody in disco style featuring humanoid voices! That's quite a lot for one forum post. You did a fine job. I wish I could learn to work with synth voices, but I'm the opposite of a programming type. Dave C has gotten good results with synth voices, but isn't he a programmer or IT guy? I'd hate to spend the money for naught. It's worked out very well for you. Again, nice work!

Thanks for your rewarding feedback I've been a programmer too, but I wouldn't call the work with synth voices programming, although there are similar problem solving tasks like circumventing a software bug. But that is usually a rare case, the most of the work involves just modifying things like vibrato, pitch curve and timing, if you really want to get into details.

Janne

Hi jannesan,

Few biab musicians dare to risk electro, especially with biba's realtracks, which are not very suited to this style. You have managed to achieve a pleasant composition to listen to in this style. I appreciated.

Best regard
Derochette
alias janijackFlash

Thanks Derochette for your nice review I agree that it is not always easy to build a decent song with only BIAB electro RTs, but combining them with other instruments leads to pleasant results many times.

Janne

Janne,
Fun (and sad) track. Good job in training your robo singers. Feel of the track reminded me vibe of the band 2Unlimited. Neat composition. I didn't cheat, so truthfully not sure of 19th c. composer that influenced bridge. Will look after finish typing. Good mix and listens very well Thank you for sharing.

Misha.

Thanks Misha for your positive review The verse melody reminds me of some song, but haven't figured out what it could be. I checked out 2 Unlimited, but it wasn't that, anyhow, thanks for mentioning them.

Janne