Link: Once Upon A Time In Life

This song is loosely inspired by the life and death of Amy Winehouse.
Outstanding singer, tragic life.

It started out as a ballad that I played on my old acoustic, but soon developed into
something that seems appropriate to call "a monster".
Arranging and mixing nightmare.

For a change, I decided to use internal rhymes wherever possible.
That didn't exactly make my work any easier, but I really love this rhyme scheme.

At six and a half minutes long, this is my personal kinda Bohemian Rhapsody that no one will ever listen to because:
  • far too long to ever be played on the radio
  • too complex to sing along to
  • over 1 minute until the first chorus
  • goes against all current trends


The video is simple and just serves to keep you from getting bored during the song.
After mixing all these tracks, I was a bit exhausted and didn't feel like investing a lot of time in a video.
After all, I'm a musician (well, sort of) and not a director.

Since there are only three BIAB tracks, I didn't really want to post it here, but Marty convinced me that I should.
Blame him smile

But my question to you is: Do you think it's okay when songs started with BIAB,
but most of the tracks were replaced by AI during development?
Floyd made a good point somewhere that we should present songs here where BIAB was the primary tool of choice,
whatever primary means, to show people why it's cool to buy BIAB.

I know it's okay if BIAB is (almost) replaced by your own playing (I did it, David did it,
many others did it), but I know that AI is a sensitive topic at the moment and I am aware
that you can't really compare both cases.

So I figured I just ask you guys.
I've always been transparent about what I use for my songs, and so I am now.

Both possible answers are fine with me, so you don't have to be nice to avoid upsetting me.
I have a lot more pure (by whatever definition) BIAB productions in the pipeline than stuff where
AI is involved, so I would just stop posting the latter here.

Whaddayathink?

Feedback (the good, the bad and the ugly, I'm here to learn) is, as always, highly appreciated.

The usual technical information:

Lyrical and ethical advisor and a shoulder to lean on when life isn't going so well: Marty

Style: DROP.STY (I told you it started as a ballad)

The band:
Drums: Suno, me
Bass: Suno, me
Guitars: 650, 1000, 4213, Suno, me
Orchestral stuff and synthesizers/piano: Suno, me
Vocals: Suno

You can find the lyrics in the next post.

Goldmania Bella
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