Hi. Here's my newest composition. I hope you enjoy it. It's a love song with a Latin feel, from a singer who is not very confident about himself.

https://soundcloud.com/sam-buttrey/as-it-happens

Style: Jazsalsa.sty
RealDrums: BossaBrushes#1
Bass, Guitar, Pianos are MIDI from Jazsalsa.
Vocal, vibes, trumpet and flute are mine.

I mixed this in the Reaper DAW, using some reverb from one of their VSTs.

As It Happens: copyright 2017, Sam Buttrey:

When I'm with you, it makes me want to try to dance,
You make me feel like I can fly through the air,
But as it happens I can't dance at all,
I look ridiculous, but I don't care.

When I'm with you, it makes me want to sing out loud,
You make me want to raise my voice to the sky,
But as it happens I can't sing a note,
And when I start, it makes the children cry.

In my dreams I hold on to you with heart and hands,
But if you see or hear me when I sing or dance,
There's no chance.

What can I do to make you start to notice me?
Perhaps some poetry would do the trick.
But as it happens I can't rhyme at all,
Except for several bawdy limericks.

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I'd paint a picture like the ones DaVinci made,
So future generations honor your name.
But as it happens I can't draw at all,
I still have trouble with that "Hangman" game.

I'd cook a meal for all your senses to enjoy,
The kind to bring an epicure to his knees,
But as it happens I can't cook a lot,
Just macaroni and that powdered cheese.

All these things that I want to do to make you mine,
Let me be the man you thought you'd never find --
Never mind.

What can I do to make you start to notice me?
Perhaps a new Ferrari, something like that.
But as it happens I just bike to work,
In orange vest and stupid plastic hat.

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When I'm with you, it makes me want to try to dance,
You make me feel like I can fly through the air,
But as it happens I can't dance at all,
I look ridiculous, but I don't care --
I look ridiculous, but I don't care.

Last edited by Buttrey; 02/16/17 02:46 PM.