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Surfing my Life Away #337192 02/18/16 02:56 PM User Showcase
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 326 Will Rockwell OP Journeyman
OP Will Rockwell Journeyman Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 326	I may be the first one to record a song using the new BIB Surf Style. I was inspired by watching the Mavericks competition, and loaded the song with all the surf lingo it would stand. I listened to the great 60's surf instrumentals for inspiration, particularly Apache and Pipeline. I noticed that there is a fine line between Apache and the spaghetti western themes of Georgio Moroder. Overdubs are a couple of surf guitars and percussion. Lead vocal was done on a Panasonic tape recorder mic from the 1960's, heavily compressed through a Boss CS-3. https://soundcloud.com/willrockwell/surfing-my-life-away Surfing my Life Away CFG(4) CAmFGC (2) intro CF Well I ain't no titan, just an average Joe CG when the swell is rising I got to go CAm Take my big gun out and put on a show FGC surfing my life away CF I get around, yeh I've seen it all CG inside the barrel, over the falls, CAm I'll be there when the ocean calls FGC surfing my life away Am I've seen all the breaks around the world CG I've got my woodie and my surfer girl EmDm I got no dough, but even so FG I always find a way FDm Hanging five I come alive CG when you're crankin you hear no jive CAm The noise all stops when you make that drop FGC Surfing my life away CFCG CAmFCG solo CFG(4) CF I'm a junkyard dog on dawn patrol CG when the grems get worked, I'm in control CAm I was ten when I sold my soul FGC surfing my life away CF I'm still a barney on dry land CG it never breaks the way I planned CAm give me a set I can understand FGC surfing my life away CAmFGC(2) CF a cleanup set is all I need CG the ocean's mine, the waves are free CAm that'll be enough for me FGC surfing my life away CFG(4) **** Song Summary *********** Title: Surfing my Life Away File:surf.SGU Key=C , Tempo 140, Length (m:s)=3:59 16 bar intro, 121 bar chorus, from bar 17 to bar 137. Repeat x1 chorus No Melody No Soloist track. Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0, Style is RIDERS.STY (Riders - Fast Rock style) RealTracks in song: 2576:Bass, Electric, SurfRockSyncVintage Ev 165 RealTracks in song: 2574:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm SurfRockBrent Ev 165 RealTracks in song: 2422:Guitar, Baritone Electric, Rhythm BoomChickaRootFiveBrent Ev16 100 RealTracks in song: 2575:Guitar, Electric, BackgroundSoloist SurfRock16thsBrent Ev 165 RealTracks in song: 2575:Guitar, Electric, BackgroundSoloist SurfRock16thsBrent Ev 165 MIDI Drums :1 Standard Drum Kit (1) Last edited by Will Rockwell; 02/19/16 04:08 AM. ProTools 12, Faderport 8, Melodyne, JBL monitors, Novation UltraNova, Yamaha MX49, Stratocaster, Telecaster, Rickenbacker 12, Ovation 12, Vox VT20X amp

Re: Surfing my Life Away Will Rockwell #337196 02/18/16 03:53 PM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 8,971 Northeastern USA rsdean Veteran
rsdean Veteran Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 8,971 Northeastern USA	LOL! Now that was fun! Some classic lines in there... Cool arrangement and vocal. Great job on this Will. Bob Robert S. Dean - SoundCloud Song Channel

Re: Surfing my Life Away Will Rockwell #337208 02/18/16 08:47 PM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 7,052 Davis, CA G Greg Johnson Veteran
Greg Johnson Veteran G Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 7,052 Davis, CA	Cool stuff Will!! I particularly liked these lyrics: CF I'm still a barney on dry land CG it never breaks the way I planned CAm give me a set I can understand FGC surfing my life away You had a little of the "Surfer Joe" vibe in this one. I grew up about 15 miles from Mavericks. Interestingly, I never heard of it until the 90's. It cannot be viewed from the coast highway-it's behind a large hill. I did a lot of body surfing/body boarding at the adjacent beach (where the waves are quite small but often tasty). Good stuff!! Take care. Greg

Re: Surfing my Life Away Will Rockwell #337226 02/19/16 03:08 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,865 South Carolina C Charlie Fogle Veteran
Charlie Fogle Veteran C Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,865 South Carolina	Nice job Will. This made me think back to the 60's beach music and movies of Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon.. BIAB 2026:RB 2026, Latest builds: Dell Optiplex 7040 Desktop; Windows-10-64 bit, Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz CPU and 16 GB Ram Memory.

Re: Surfing my Life Away Greg Johnson #337287 02/19/16 12:21 PM User Showcase
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 326 Will Rockwell OP Journeyman
OP Will Rockwell Journeyman Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 326	Originally Posted By: Greg Johnson Cool stuff Will!! You had a little of the "Surfer Joe" vibe in this one. I grew up about 15 miles from Mavericks. Interestingly, I never heard of it until the 90's. It cannot be viewed from the coast highway-it's behind a large hill. I did a lot of body surfing/body boarding at the adjacent beach (where the waves are quite small but often tasty). Good stuff!! Take care. Greg I had forgotten about Surfer Joe, though the Joe mentioned in this song is a real surfer. I was at Mavericks last month, and watched the entire competition last week. I heard phrases like "barrel" and "over the falls" that inspired this song, assisted by a Google search for "surfing terms". It pretty much has every lyric and musical surfing cliche included. The guitar overdubs were played through my new Vox Valvetronix VT20X, a great new emulation amp with tubes. ProTools 12, Faderport 8, Melodyne, JBL monitors, Novation UltraNova, Yamaha MX49, Stratocaster, Telecaster, Rickenbacker 12, Ovation 12, Vox VT20X amp

Re: Surfing my Life Away Will Rockwell #337297 02/19/16 01:29 PM User Showcase
Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 4,497 Kyrkslätt, Finland dani48 Veteran
dani48 Veteran Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 4,497 Kyrkslätt, Finland	Hi, Will ! I love everything about this production ! Just great ! Cheers Dani

Re: Surfing my Life Away Will Rockwell #337429 02/20/16 10:50 AM User Showcase
Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 1,679 Cremona-Italy Sergio Guarneri Expert
Sergio Guarneri Expert Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 1,679 Cremona-Italy	Nice song well producted. I like the guitar tone in it. Sergio Sergio

Re: Surfing my Life Away Will Rockwell #337438 02/20/16 11:26 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 16,129 GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran
Janice & Bud Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 16,129 GA USA	"a cleanup set is all I need he ocean's mine, the waves are free that'll be enough for me surfing my life away" That's a great summation of the times. You nailed the vibe. I listened to a ton of that music in high school -- early sixties. Even did a little surfing -- and on the Gulf it was a little surfing for sure. Lot of memories listening to this. Thank you for them. Cool period song!! J&B Our albums and singles are on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Pandora and more. If interested search on Janice Merritt. Thanks! Our Videos

Re: Surfing my Life Away Will Rockwell #337469 02/20/16 04:55 PM User Showcase
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 8,196 Sacramento, California dcuny Veteran
dcuny Veteran Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 8,196 Sacramento, California	Glad to see commitment to classic microphone technology. As Bob said, fun listen! -- David Cuny My virtual singer development blog Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing? BiaB 2025 \| Windows 11 \| Reaper \| Way too many VSTis.

Re: Surfing my Life Away Will Rockwell #337574 02/21/16 04:04 PM User Showcase
Joined: May 2015 Posts: 3,213 Aichi, Japan animarorecords Veteran
animarorecords Veteran Joined: May 2015 Posts: 3,213 Aichi, Japan	Hello, Will Beach Boys, Chantys, Surfaris, Ventures, Astronauts, tube Amp, spring reverb and tremolo gliss. Oldies but Goodies. It’s much fun. I remember my childfood. Above Groupes are famous also in Japan. Enjoyed the listen! Shigeki Adachi

Re: Surfing my Life Away Will Rockwell #337622 02/22/16 04:33 AM User Showcase
Joined: May 2015 Posts: 532 Chattanooga, TN SRP Journeyman
SRP Journeyman Joined: May 2015 Posts: 532 Chattanooga, TN	Hi Will, to this day I have not taken a surf board and hit the waves but I have done a lot of it in my mind. I grew up listening to the Beach Boys, Jan & Dean and the rest of the surfing music during the 60's. I'm glad that BIAB came out with this style and I am working on a song myself. You did a great job of capturing that sound (Pipeline) in the intro and your vocals and lyrics put me back to that time. I enjoyed what you did. Sonny

Re: Surfing my Life Away Will Rockwell #337820 02/23/16 08:20 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina David Snyder Veteran
David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina	This is totally gnarly brohemus. I'm gonna go grab my board shorts and meet you at Barney's Beanery man! I tell you brohescapade, this reminds me of college when my friends Jeff and Barry and me went surfing in a hurricane at Wrightville Beach and I cracked my long board when we landed on the rocks man. I tell you, there was ABSOLUTELY NO BEER INVOLVED. No way man. Awesome tune!! David Snyder Songwriter/Renaissance Man Studio + Fingers https://davidsnydersongs.com/ https://spoti.fi/359Gigs www.davidsnydermusic.com/ www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder www.soundcloud.com/david-snyder-gigs4 https://www.songtradr.com/user/profile/david.snyder

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