Hi all,

December: cold, rainy, stormy. And Delta and Omikron lurking behind every single corner... Wanna go out? To Bud’s bar? Or the racetrack? Nah... How about that instead:

Let's Stay Home (website with lyrics and German translation)
Let's Stay Home (Soundcloud with lyrics)

This one is quite different from my other songs and it was a bit complicated to put together, because I started with the bass and the drums (both MIDI) and sought for appropriate RealTracks later. Which means that I did not take into account what BIAB can do and what it can’t. Maybe you will notice that there are some triplet pushes in the song - although it seems to be able to do the most wondrous things that’s something BIAB doesn’t support (yet), I think (please correct me, if I’m wrong!).

So I had to literally cut out small parts of the guitar and organ tracks to make them fit which luckily worked out better than I had feared.

Maybe you will notice that the whole thing doesn’t sound as good as my former tunes - no wonder: Maha is still ‘out of office’ and I had to do the whole sound thing almost all on my own. And I admit that I’m a complete mixidiot (and I'm afraid I cannot blame my tinnitus alone). When

I played the result to Maha, she advised me to slightly tweak the voice and bass EQ. What the heck - I tried my best and all I can do (for a million reasons) is hope so much that Maha will be on board again soon !!!

There's no video yet and to be honest: I don't know if there will ever be one.

I'd be glad if you enjoyed the listen - take care everybody - stay sage and safe,

Stefan

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This is the band:

Gene Rabbal, B3 org (RT 671)
Mark Lettieri, g (R T3251)
Miichale Thompson, g (RT 1435)

The wonderful solos were played by

Mike LeDonne, org (RT 1493)
Ian McDougall tb (RT 1334)
Eric Marienthal,ts (RT 1776)

Additiona MIDI

Drums: MTPowerDrums 2
Bass: Native Instruments Factory Selection
Horns (tb, tp): Big Fish Vintage Horns

Me: vocals

I used BIAB, Reaper and the BIAB VST plug-in (great stuff !), Neutron 3, Nectar 3, Ozone 9 advanced and Tonal Balance.

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These are the lyrics, but you’ll also find them everywhere where you can listen to the song.

LET’S STAY HOME

Ooh, my baby, she looks swell tonight,
that new skirt really looks good on her.
Her brown hair, that white shirt, what a gorgeous sight,
The mere sight of her makes me purr.

She says, ’Honey, let’s go down to Bud’s bar,
meet our Friends Jack, Sue, Anna and Fred.’
I said, ‘Baby, you know how I can't stand that Fred,
But I think I’ve got a better plan instead:

Let’s stay home
Let’s stay home
Let’s stay home
And see what the evening will bring...

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Sports car racing, that’s my kind of stuff
Bought two tickets for tonight's big show.
Put my Vette (*) t-shirt on and got beer enough
With my girl by my side, who could ask for more?

Hurry up, girl, can’t you hear the engines roar?
We’re late, the race has already begun.
She said, ‘Too loud, too smelly, don’t dig racings anymore.
But how about some good old home-grown fun?’

Let’s stay home
Let’s stay home
Let’s stay home,
Lei’s get closer, the nigh is still young...

Let’s stay home
Let’s stay home
Let’s stay home,
And let love be our guide through the night.

Let’s stay home
Let’s stay home
Let’s stay home,
And listen to the beating of our hearts.

Note: Vette = coll. for Chevrolette Corvette)

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