I've been listing to AABA style compositions lately. I really love the simple format. Here is my first attempt into the genre. The song features the Magothy River, which is between Baltimore and Annapolis, Maryland. After WWII many residents of Baltimore spent the summer in beach houses they built on the shores of the rivers south of the city, including the Magothy. Today, all those small beach "cottages" or "shore shacks" have either been torn down and replaced by million dollar homes or they've been converted into expensive real estate.

Song references: "Gibson Island" is an exclusive, gated island, of expensive mansions, at the mouth of the Magothy River, on the Chesapeake Bay. "the Bay" is the Chesapeake Bay, which the Magothy River empties into.

The particulars:

BIAB 2012 (still clearing out old projects before moving on to BIAB 2020)

J!Mancni Jazz-Mancni-Slow pop sw.bal.

110 BPM
Key G

33 Acoustic String Bass
1 Acoustic Piano
1 Standard Drum Kit
50 Slow Strings

Yamaha PSRE403 (I play the high octave piano on the track)

I recorded the vocals on my LG smartphone in my car. I put padding around me to absorb the sound waves. I then transferred the recording to my PC.

Everything mixed in Mixcraft 5.

Thank you for any listens and comments:

Moonlight on the Magothy River

Here is the Youtube version:



Moonlight on the Magothy River

Moonlight on the Magothy River tonight
Sailing away with you, our future looks bright

Moonlight on the Magothy River is fine
Passing Gibson Island, I know you are mine

I remember lonely days in Baltimore
I couldn't find my way back down to the shore

Moonlight on the Magothy River is bliss
By the time we reach the Bay, you give me a kiss

I remember lonely days in Baltimore
I couldn't find my way back down to the shore

Moonlight on the Magothy River tonight
Sailing away with you, our future looks bright


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