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Come on (move you little fingers)
This was a song in response to a challenge to write a song containing a foreign language phrase - albeit I slightly misunderstood the assignment. (I meet with two mates every 4 - 6 weeks and we take turns setting a songwriting challenge, and it is pure delight to hear what each of us has written when we meet back together for the 'reveal'.) The song theme arose out of my challenge with arthritis in my fingers, something as a guitarist is in front of mind for me. Mid-way through writing, I took delivery of a keyboard controller and was reminded of the struggles from my younger years when learning guitar and the frustration that my fingers would not move quick enough to make a chord changes on the keys without losing time. For the lyrics, I translated 'move you little fingers now' to French as it contained a similar number of syllables to fit into the existing meter - apologies to any French or Canadian listeners.

When making the video for the song, this theme was added to with the plethora of online tutorials that make claims about 'this one thing' as a silver bullet solution.

Musically, I played all instruments other than drums, including my elementary keyboard skills.

BIAB origins
I use BIAB to assist me when developing a song idea, and usually, the style of the BIAB song becomes the basis of the Cakewalk recording. After importing the individual wav file tracks out from BIAB into Cakewalk, I begin adding my own tracks, often using the BIAB tracks as a guide or inspiration. You can see some of the Cakewalk stems in the video. Here's some data from BIAB Song Memo:
Key=A , Tempo 115, Length (m:s)=3:05
8 bar intro, 77 bar chorus, from bar 9 to bar 85. Repeat x1 chorus
Melody has 212 notes, Melody harmony is < no harmony >(0) - I use this as my vocal guide when recording vocals
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Style is _OUTLOOK.STY (Positive Outlook Poppy Folk Rock)

RealTracks in style: ~683:Bass, Electric, PopHalfNotesPush Ev 120 - replaced in the recording with my own bass
RealTracks in style: 1275:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm PopUpliftHeld Ev16 120 - replaced by my own keyboard work, as poor as it is
RealTracks in style: 3580:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm PalmMuteRockPushFast Ev 130 - replaced by my acoustic
RealTracks in style: 691:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming AcRockBright Ev 120 - replaced by my acoustic
RealDrums in style:RockSyncKick^01-a:Closed Hat, Snare , b:Open Hat, Snare - these were kept and remain the backbone of the rhythm section in the recording,

Song Lyrics
COME ON
(c) Andrew Davies 2024
INTRO
VERSE 1
They said ‘Give it a try, look it in the eye, you’ve got nothin’ to lose’
‘If you give, you can take, don’t underestimate your power to choose’

VERSE 2
They said ‘Put in the hours, you’ll increase your powers, you’ll be pickin’ along’
So through practice and tears over many years, my fingers grew strong

CHORUS
Come on, come on, come on move you little fingers now
Come on, come on, come on bougez maintenant, petits doigts
Come on, come on, come on move you little fingers now
Come on, come on, come on bougez maintenant, petits doigts

SOLO

CHORUS
Come on, come on, come on move you little fingers now
Come on, come on, come on bougez maintenant, petits doigts
Come on, come on, come on move you little fingers now
Come on, come on, come on come on come on come on come on

OUTRO