When We Dance Again

I have been a square dancer for 20 years and a square dance caller for 10 years. When the pandemic hit it shut down square dancing all over the world. I wrote this song and made the video to give a little comfort to the square dancers around the world. Most dancers are 65 years or older and square dancing is one of the few physical activities they participate in to get exercise and meet with friends and family. Although this song is about my activity, I think we all have some activity we are anxious to get back to when this is finally over.

Some of you may notice that all of my music is in MONO. I lost hearing in one ear 20 years ago so the stereo option went away for me. Since I use some of my music in my square dance calling it works pretty well because the songs are played through a PA system and stereo doesn’t matter.

I built the song in BIAB and finished the tracks in Studio One. Other than the vocals, BIAB RealTracks provided all of the music. I usually keep generating a track until one of the instruments I am using provides a workable intro, break, or ending. I’ll save the individual wave files as Intro 1, Intro 2, etc. Then I bring them up in Studio One and sort out the best parts. I am hoping with the new utility tracks I can do more regenerating portions of a track and not have to make so many individual waves to find a part I like. If I can’t find a good intro or break I will just play the part myself on guitar or keyboard.

The style I used for this song was _MELWALZ.STY. I used the following RealTracks:
Bass=1122 Piano=2049 Drums=NashClassicWaltzSW Guitar 1=829 Guitar 2=827 Guitar 3=826 Pedal Steel=1127

Below is the link to my song When We Dance Again:
https://youtu.be/XnKQN9XBVYk
Thanks for listening!
Barry