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Almost Forgot Her Name

This is a demo of two ideas.

First, BiaB CAN do pushes (despite my last song post), they're just not the pushes I normally hear in my head. So for this song I grabbed our latest lyrics and wrote a song using the type of held pushes that BiaB often does quite well. Have posted the BiaB chord sheet below.

Second, I used one of the new 2025 multistyles, and I like it a lot. There are six(!) guitars (five acoustic) in a perky acoustic rock style. Although this is a multistyle, I only used the A and B substyles, arranged the guitars in pairs (different pairs than the multistyle) and arrayed these pairs around the stereo field to create a pleasing (I think) soundscape. Have posted the Studio One track and console views below.

The production used a few fun techniques including a rear bus blended with the mix bus, vocal FX ducking, and bass EQ to cut mud and increase presence. Most of these can be seen in the pics. (THANKS RayC, David Snyder, and others)

Going for a gradual build to a big sound here...

Thanks in advance for any listens/input.

ANYWAY...

R.W. Davis: Lyrics
Me: Music, arrangement, mix, master, guitar fills on chorus, vocals(!)
AI: None

****** Song Summary *************
Title: Almost Forgot Her Name
File:Almost Forgot Her Name.SGU
Key=Am , Tempo 110, Length (m:s)=3:09
4 bar intro, 79 bar chorus, from bar 5 to bar 83. Repeat x1 chorus
Style is _STEELY.STY (Steely Layered Acoustic Rock)

RealTracks in style: ~683:Bass, Electric, PopHalfNotesPush Ev 120
RealTracks in style: 698:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ElecRockDirty Ev 120 (A:muted)
RealTracks in style: 4700:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm AcRock8thsSteadySync ev 120
RealTracks in style: 4701:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm AcRock8thsSteadyLow ev 120
RealTracks in style: 4702:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm AcRock8thsHiArpPicking ev 120
RealTracks in style: 4830:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm AcRock8thsHiSteady ev 120
RealTracks in style: 4831:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm AcRock8thsHiStrum ev 120
RealDrums in style:FunkRock^01-a:Closed Hat , b:Open Hat
PRS SE Zach Myers guitar into Spider V 30 amp

I still have that picture
Her back to the camera
The smokes in her pocket
Standing like a Samurai

Her blonde hair hit the light
Shining off the canopy
I can almost hear her
Singing like Calliope

I would play my guitar
She would make up the lyrics
She’d get lost in the beat
Using pencils as drum sticks

The last time I saw her
She was getting on a bus
And she turned and smiled
And waved at all of us
She was going to the city
To seek fortune and fame
But we never heard anything
Almost forgot her name

I still have a feeling
That she’s somewhere on the road
Maybe riding a train
On some haunted old railroad

Perhaps she’s by herself
Reading some Henry Thoreau
Lost out by Walden Pond
Under the washed-out rainbow

I can hear her humming
If I close my eyes real tight
And I’ll lay there smiling
When I dream of her tonight
The last time I saw her
She was getting on a bus
And she turned and smiled
And waved at all of us
She was going to the city
To seek fortune and fame
But we never heard anything
Almost forgot her name

I don’t remember why we used to call her Ralph
I just remember that it used to make her laugh
And as she dragged on her Camel cigarette
I couldn’t help but laugh about it myself

The last time I saw her….