First off the title, Be The Fish came from my buddy getting skunked on a fishing trip and another friend saying "Be The Fish", which is a take off of the Caddy Shack phrase spoken by Chevy Chase, "Be the Ball".

So my songwriting path can go in various directions and have various starts. This one started on the guitar and I recorded a guitar duet. Then I found this great BIAB jazz waltz groove that fit like a glove and made another recording. And years later and most recently I made a third recording with my sometimes collaborator Keith Forrest.

I'd suggest listening to all three videos to hear the tunes evolution and how BIAB played a part. If you want to save time, just listen to a small piece of the first two videos and then the last video.

And the educational value of BIAB, I often will learn bits and pieces from the real tracks on my own instruments, especially bass guitar. I think on this one I did grab onto the RT bass groove for my own bass lines.


Guitar duet:




BIAB version:
****** Song Summary *************
Title: Be the Fish
File:Be the Fish.SGU
Key=A , Tempo 165, Length (m:s)=3:19
8 bar intro, 54 bar chorus, from bar 9 to bar 62. Repeat x3 choruses, tag ending, after bar 62
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Style is _JWALTZP.STY (Medium Jazz Waltz w/ Piano)

RealTracks in style: ~546:Bass, Acoustic, Jazz Waltz Sw 140
RealTracks in style: ~552:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm Jazz Waltz Sw 140
RealDrums [in style:JazzBrushesWaltz: a: Brushes b: Snare, Ride

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Final collab version:

The piano RT is in this final version, EZdrummer for drums, and we played the rest (including Keith playing vibraphone patch on his keyboard).




Last edited by Frankp; 08/30/20 07:20 AM.
Frank

Some tunes from me and my collaborator: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvGqM6ktMW5ltTnyit1KWPg/videos


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