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Party On The Porky Island

Summer is coming, or has already arrived somewhere, so it is time to open the barbecue season. Hopefully you can find the right mood with this reggae song smile BIAB provides excellent realtracks also for reggae.

This is yet another collaboration with Miira, we have written the lyrics together. Music and arrangement is by me and Miira is taking care of the vocals.

And to whet your appetite, there is also a video available.

This is actually the second part of our Till Meat Do Us Part trilogy, the first song was the title track.

RealDrums: Reggae sidestick
Loop: gangsta_beat_95b_drum_ev16
RealTracks:
Electric Bass #1191
Acoustic Piano #1160
Electric Piano #907
Acoustic Guitar #2515, #2678
Electric Guitar #1158
Sax Tenor #1062
Ukulele (double time) #1142

Vocals: Miira

Mixed in Adobe Audition 2017

Lyrics:

Party On The Porky Island

Sun, the friendly host
shining on the giant roast
chicken drumstick in your hand
enjoy the beat of the band
party on the porky island.

Gushing plate for lunch
oozing grease from the grill
glass is full of punch
belly asking for refill
I'm in trance
I'm in love with this meaty romance
at the party on the porky island.

Waves, the foamy dream
cherries on the ice cream
people joining in this fat feast
they loosen their belts, lusts released
party on the porky island.

[Chorus]

Join the party, celebrate
it doesn't matter how much you have overweight
barbecue, roast and stew
come, come, have some rum
drink, eat, have fun, and shake your bum.

Sea, the salty taste
sweat drops on the growing waist
pancakes on the frying pan
now eat as much as you can
party on the porky island.

[Chorus]

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Lovely vocal. Hint of the girls from Abba there. Well done


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We watched the video and really enjoyed it! We agree with Scott about the vocal having hints of ABBA. This very nicely done. Good lyric, vocal performance and mixing. Sweet!

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Nice song. Excellent vocals and I enjoyed the video too.


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Hi jannesan, Very cool tune! Really enjoyed the Reggae rhythms and vocals. Very calming. Well done! smile


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Originally Posted By: Scott C
Lovely vocal. Hint of the girls from Abba there. Well done


Thanks Scott for your kind comment smile Interesting reference to Abba, not a bad thing I think wink

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Originally Posted By: Al-David
We watched the video and really enjoyed it! We agree with Scott about the vocal having hints of ABBA. This very nicely done. Good lyric, vocal performance and mixing. Sweet!

Alan & Di


Thanks Alan & Di, I'm really glad you enjoyed the song and also the video smile And thanks for sharing your nice music on this forum smile

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Originally Posted By: Charlie Fogle
Nice song. Excellent vocals and I enjoyed the video too.
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Thanks Charlie for your nice comment, I'm glad you liked especially the vocals smile

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Originally Posted By: Joe -PG Music
Hi jannesan, Very cool tune! Really enjoyed the Reggae rhythms and vocals. Very calming. Well done! smile


Thanks Joe very much for your comment smile I'm glad you liked our calming reggae.

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Janne,

I like this a lot - extremely cool rhythm and vibe. Very well done.

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great groove, the reggae works well

well done, nice arrangement and vocals


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Excellent song and production.
A great Miira performance.

Good set of real tracks.

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Nice upbeat feelgood song!! Someone fire up the BBQ and pour me a beer! Nice vocal, crisp mix. Love the sax. Very enjoyable song to celebrate the arrival of Summer!! Take care. Greg

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Originally Posted By: Greg Johnson
Nice upbeat feelgood song!! Someone fire up the BBQ and pour me a beer! Nice vocal, crisp mix. Love the sax. Very enjoyable song to celebrate the arrival of Summer!! Take care. Greg


I totally agree!

A carefree happy toe tapping masterpiece.


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Originally Posted By: rsdean
I like this a lot - extremely cool rhythm and vibe. Very well done.

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Thanks Bob for your comment, I'm glad you liked the vibe smile

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Originally Posted By: 44kfl
great groove, the reggae works well

well done, nice arrangement and vocals


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Thanks Kenny for your kind words about arrangement and vocals smile And the great groove is of course provided by BIAB smile

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Originally Posted By: Sergio Guarneri


Excellent song and production.
A great Miira performance.

Good set of real tracks.

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Thanks Sergio for liking our song, I surely agree with you about Miira's performance smile

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Originally Posted By: Greg Johnson
Nice upbeat feelgood song!! Someone fire up the BBQ and pour me a beer! Nice vocal, crisp mix. Love the sax. Very enjoyable song to celebrate the arrival of Summer!! Take care. Greg


Thanks Greg for your positive words about vocals and mix smile I'm glad you reached the right mood. I hope you'll get to the BBQ and get a beer or two laugh

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Originally Posted By: MarioD
Originally Posted By: Greg Johnson
Nice upbeat feelgood song!! Someone fire up the BBQ and pour me a beer! Nice vocal, crisp mix. Love the sax. Very enjoyable song to celebrate the arrival of Summer!! Take care. Greg


I totally agree!

A carefree happy toe tapping masterpiece.


Thanks Mario for your kind words, especially 'masterpiece' smile Your words warm now when it's cold here in Finland right now, even snowed today in the north.

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Hi Janne,

A very refreshing summer song!
But... Rob didn't like the video all that much, being a very convinced vegetarian cry
But all in all... very nicely done.

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