Hi Forum Friends. I present my third BIAB song.

https://soundcloud.com/divinemetime/strange-alchemy

Going by your comments to previous songs, I tried to fill things out more, play around more with harmonies and also include a good solo which I struggled with in the first two songs. I wrote this song over 20 years ago (time flies) and performed it with a band called Mystery School. I'm so happy to be able to bring it back to life!

_DREAMUP - Dream Up Retro Pop Piano Ballad
RealTracks in style: 2702:Bass, Synth, CloudRapSub Ev16 075
RealTracks in style: 891:Piano, Acoustic, Solo-Accompaniment PopLiverpool Ev 065
RealTracks in style: 870:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernRnBRockWarmQuarters Ev 065
RealTracks in style: 871:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernRnBRockWarmStrum Ev 065
Custom MIDI Style: 49 Strings (ork448.STY [AB] Strings track)
RealDrums in style:RetroPop^01-a:Bass, HiHat , b:Bass, Snare
LoopAcousticDrumFullKit\Rock-biter_130_intro_sticks4even8
LoopAcousticDrumFullKit\Metal-gl_tomtoms100a ev16.wav
Piano Pop Promise Ev16 100

The song memo isn't quite right because I added 2 more instruments...a synth pad and a guitar which are only labeled as StrangeAlchemyRB Utility#1 and StrangeAlchemyRBPiano. I treated my Ah's with an echo and the lead vocals with dynamics and reverb.

he knew I’d call
it wouldn’t surprise me
he’s seen the way I walk through hell
he holds me in his heart
waits for the veil to part
turning the dust of my heart to gold

right before I give it away
poised in a self-designed power play
strange alchemy
he gives it all back to me
strange alchemy

you’ve looked outside
and tried to find
what you could only find within

what we push away
when we are afraid
is always bound to return someday

it wasn’t about him
he wasn’t the source
he was just the answer to a prayer
I’d merely forgotten
I’d merely denied
I breathe and the breath of God breathes me

Thanks for listening!

Last edited by BYOBand; 09/11/24 03:48 AM.