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This Means War Mario_Mario and David #363723 09/03/16 07:08 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina David Snyder OP Veteran
OP David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina	Ok, Mario and I just couldn't resist this, taking full advantage of the Xtra Styles. Mario D, Right Channel Guitar Duel. Listen for shout outs to BIAB Forum at End. Sorry Frank Zappa, but you started it man. Style is _TARPIT.STY Genre is: CRAZY https://soundcloud.com/david-snyder-gigs2/this-means-war-mario This Means War, Mario By David Snyder with Mario D, Guitar (right channel) Apologies to Frank Zappa V1 There’s a guy with an axe named Mario Played the blues both fast and slow He posted his Songs in Band in a Box Made a Fool of Me by the way he rocks One minute he’s playing the Grateful Dead Then the whipping post in the old woodshed Next thing I know comes Stevie Ray Make a fool of me by the way he play Ch: This is means war, Mario I’m calling out to the devil below Calling my friend Adrien Belew This means war and I’m coming for you Coming for you Coming for you Coming for you Take This Mario Wait! Mario D, has just entered the studio Ok, then! It’s your turn Mario [Guitar Instrumental duel to the death] Bridge: Wait a minute, I have a thought Why should we be fighting Why can't we just play beautiful music Together, in harmony and complement one another Mario I think I see the light Go for it Mario I’ll follow your lead! That’s what I’m talking about! That’s what I’m talking about! Outro: Thank you ladies and gentlemen!! This has been the ghost of Frank Zappa Adrian Belew Tommy Mars Peter Wolf Patrick O'Hearn Terry Bozzio Ed Mann Special Thanks to: PG Alyssa PG Kent PG Kallum PG Callie Dr. Peter Gannon Floyd Jane Janice And Bud Herb Hartley Charlie Fogle Robert Dean John Ford RNam Josie Janice and Bud Paddy and Matcham Noel and Sergio Tommy and Tommy Peter and Kenny Robert and Fred Pradon and Dani Trygve Larsen Space Dog, GruveRider 90 DB, Aleck Rand, Pat Marr Jannesan, Joanna, Greg Johnson And all the Other Wonderful People on the Band in a Box Forum This is the ghost of Frank Zappa, thank you Good night! All music and lyrics copyright 2016 by David Snyder Solo Guitar duel to the death by David Snyder (left channel) and Mario D (right channel) **** Song Summary *********** Title: This Means War Mario File:This Means War Mario_Zappa3.SGU Key=A , Tempo 60, Length (m:s)=6:28 Style is _TARPIT.STY David Snyder, Guitar Left Mario D. Guitar Right RealTracks in style: 995:Bass, Electric, HardRockLA Ev 120 RealTracks in style: ~~688:Organ, B3, Background Pop Ev 065 RealTracks in style: 996:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm HardRockLACrispA-B Ev 120 RealTracks in style: 999:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm HardRockLAFuzzyA-B Ev 120 RealTracks in style: 2604:Guitar, Electric, Soloist JazzRock8thsJon Ev 120 RealDrums in style: RockHardLA^1-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, Loose HiHat 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

Re: This Means War Mario_Mario and David David Snyder #363743 09/03/16 08:12 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 3,357 Robertkc Veteran
Robertkc Veteran Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 3,357	David & Mario, Finally we have the musical equivalent of my son`s Xbox battles! There`s lots of gore left by the guitar here... and maybe even a little Apocalpse Now in that vocal, David. Somehow there`s also a sweet message of support from compadres here... gratefully received & returned! Robert

Re: This Means War Mario_Mario and David David Snyder #363744 09/03/16 08:14 AM 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	WOW, What does one say to that?? I thought somebody spiked my orange juice with acid! Definitely a trip, and definitely a lot of FUN! A cool sonic experience. Thanks for the flashback!! Take care. Greg

Re: This Means War Mario_Mario and David David Snyder #363770 09/03/16 09:42 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,867 South Carolina C Charlie Fogle Veteran
Charlie Fogle Veteran C Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,867 South Carolina	If ever a song screamed for a Pat Marr animation this is it. Great guitars by you and MarioD. Fun listen... Charlie 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: This Means War Mario_Mario and David Charlie Fogle #363771 09/03/16 09:46 AM User Showcase
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 20,587 Australia Noel96 Veteran
Noel96 Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 20,587 Australia	Originally Posted By: Charlie Fogle If ever a song screamed for a Pat Marr animation this is it. Great guitars by you and MarioD. Fun listen... Charlie Yep... I'm 100% behind Charlie on this one. Lots of talent on show here in the guitars! Definitely a collaboration with a difference. Regards, Noel MY SONGS... Audiophile BIAB 2026 audios on Soundcloud

Re: This Means War Mario_Mario and David David Snyder #363835 09/03/16 07:03 PM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,079 wales gibson Veteran
gibson Veteran Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,079 wales	David and Mario, Well what can I say? An interesting idea for a Collab! and I certainly see the "more weird Zappa" influence. In my mind it would have been great to have had "more structure" to the solos and maybe ending with some harmony playing like in Thin Lizzie and Wishbone Ash You are certainly a songwriting machine, David Alyn My showcase songs My story

Re: This Means War Mario_Mario and David David Snyder #363870 09/04/16 03:24 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,870 Middlesex, NC Guitarhacker Veteran
Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,870 Middlesex, NC	I listened.... but I'm not gonna touch that with a ten foot pole. You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.

Re: This Means War Mario_Mario and David David Snyder #363897 09/04/16 07:08 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 8,981 Northeastern USA rsdean Veteran
rsdean Veteran Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 8,981 Northeastern USA	David / Mario, YIKES! I need to sit down after that one... Just great! Bob Robert S. Dean - SoundCloud Song Channel

Re: This Means War Mario_Mario and David David Snyder #363991 09/05/16 04:30 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina David Snyder OP Veteran
OP David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina	Hey thanks everybody and we appreciate your patience! For a little clarification, this entire thing was intentionally designed to be a spoof, on a guy who built an entire career doing spoofs, and I wanted it to be somewhat chaotic and incoherent just for fun. I find incoherence to be extremely liberating after a morning's spin with the front page news. Somehow, being utterly illogical brings me peace in the face of an illogical world. I thought Mario's soloing was great, but I was attempting to be utterly ridiculous on my side of the fence and hopefully I was successful. Now I will return to my more serious composition of a 5 part Bach invention for church organ and bagpipe. I will never joke again! I promise! Really! No, I'm not kidding! This was my last joke! In case anyone wants to cover this song at their next social event, here is the chord chart. Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) Mario.png (46.36 KB, 79 downloads) 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

Re: This Means War Mario_Mario and David David Snyder #364145 09/06/16 05:00 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 8,330 Edmonton, Ab, Canada Scott C Veteran
Scott C Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 8,330 Edmonton, Ab, Canada	Very cool collaboration. Awesome guitar and vocal. Heard a little Ziggy Stardust there Scott Collingwood https://soundcloud.com/scottt709 https://soundcloud.com/spiritlevel-ca https://www.youtube.com/@SpiritLevel-ge3hm/

Re: This Means War Mario_Mario and David David Snyder #364206 09/06/16 10:08 AM User Showcase
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 867 Alyssa - PG Music PG Music Staff
Alyssa - PG Music PG Music Staff Joined: May 2009 Posts: 867	Yes!!! Great battle round gentlemen. "Take this Mario" LOL. Loved it Alyssa - PG Music

Re: This Means War Mario_Mario and David Scott C #364210 09/06/16 10:14 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina David Snyder OP Veteran
OP David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina	Thanks Scott. I promise we were not doing the same stuff the band was doing when they recorded Ziggy. Scouts honor. Just like Zappa, it was nothing but coffee man. Nothing but coffee. 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

Re: This Means War Mario_Mario and David Alyssa - PG Music #364214 09/06/16 10:19 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina David Snyder OP Veteran
OP David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina	Thanks Alyssa! I guess we now know that CRAZY.STY is an acceptable genre at BIAB. Ok, this gives me a few more ideas. Just wait!!!! I feel validated!! "I may not know Karate, but I do know crazy." --James Brown 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

Re: This Means War Mario_Mario and David David Snyder #364305 09/07/16 05:06 AM User Showcase
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,312 Victoria, BC Callie - PG Music PG Music Staff
Callie - PG Music PG Music Staff Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,312 Victoria, BC	Ha - LOVE IT! I couldn't resist... This song is now the "Hot Forum Topic" for today! -Callie

Re: This Means War Mario_Mario and David Callie - PG Music #364334 09/07/16 08:29 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina David Snyder OP Veteran
OP David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina	Thanks Callie!!! Mario and I consider that part of our "normal genre." But since you guys apparently like crazy, we will now send you something truly crazy. Something a little less conservative. I was just sticking my toe in. Now I know how you roll, be prepared!! 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

Re: This Means War Mario_Mario and David David Snyder #364371 09/07/16 02:05 PM User Showcase
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 4,067 The Netherlands RnAM Veteran
RnAM Veteran Joined: May 2014 Posts: 4,067 The Netherlands	LOL!! A true guitar war. No need to apologize to Frank Zappa (we think....) But yes, this definitely is asking for a Pat Marr animation ;-) Rob & Anne-Marie We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1gsdNLE7_Gy8qavoOplQow/videos http://rnam.net/

Re: This Means War Mario_Mario and David David Snyder #365051 09/12/16 05:44 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 16,136 GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran
Janice & Bud Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 16,136 GA USA	Originally Posted By: David Snyder Thanks Scott. I promise we were not doing the same stuff the band was doing when they recorded Ziggy. Scouts honor. Just like Zappa, it was nothing but coffee man. Nothing but coffee. Coffee and IPA's for me... Scout's honor too. But man did I ever go through a Zappa phase with The Mother's Of Invention 1.0 We enjoyed the ghost and everything that went into producing it and thanks for the shout-out! Gotta send this to some friends of the 1969 ilk 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: This Means War Mario_Mario and David Janice & Bud #365078 09/12/16 07:37 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina David Snyder OP Veteran
OP David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina	You mean like this?? Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) Zappa.jpg (660.35 KB, 7 downloads) 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

Re: This Means War Mario_Mario and David David Snyder #365090 09/12/16 09:11 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 16,136 GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran
Janice & Bud Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 16,136 GA USA	Yup. Still have his first three buried somewhere in the basement vinyl pile. FWIW, a great musician I worked with in the 60's (we booked and recorded bands) later played bass with Zappa. 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

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