Hey, thanks!!

Here was the workflow for the first hour or so.

1.) I read Herb's column about the "rotting songs" that never made it out of the studio and burst out laughing and said "Gotta write that song." Lyrics came in two stages, with a heavy edit, in about 10 minutes. I posted my scribbled notes written on a scrap of paper as a joke in the songwriting app discussion on songwriting forum.

2.) I knew I wanted to get a Beatles/Mitch Easter sound reminiscent of "Rain" so I picked the simplest backing tracks possible and used mostly open chords, or near chords, in the Key of G/D because that is what they did in Rain. A lot of open notes and very few "closed" chords.

3.) I wanted the bridge to be all out Beatles so I created a C section in BIAB with mostly strings but kept 2 guitars--one was a user track I made especially for that song with a repetitive G6 riff. I changed the key from G to A though but put in a bunch of accidentals.

I am at about 1 hour 15 minutes now.

4. Load the thing up in Real Band and do the vocals.

5. Export all files to Sonar, add in a couple of synths, and add a lot of effects to the vocals, drums, bass etc.

That was about it. I think maybe 2 and 1/2 hours with another 45 minutes to mix it.

Glad you liked it. Just goofing around.

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