We decided to go with a power trio format for this song. Pulling off a three piece band requires an excellent bass player, and of course Marty nailed it.

For the video I grabbed some footage from a couple of older songs showing Marty and I playing to use during the solo, kinda fun and mostly works even though we are playing a different song wink


Video clips from pixabay.com. Marty created the cool song graphic, and he used AI to animate it.

Audio only link: Deja Vu

The Band:

This song started out in BIAB like all of our songs. The style I used was _BIGNITE.STY (Big Night Texas Blues Rock). I used the BIAB file as a bed to record my guitar track. I then built a new drum track using EZDrummer3, and sent the bed off to Marty so he could add his bass track.

The song was mixed in Reaper using native plugins and also plugins from Waves and iZotope. I used Ozone 11 to master.

Deja Vu (2025 Dave Bell and Marty Straub)

Sitting here alone, feeling kinda blue
Thinking 'bout me and thinking 'bout you
The other night we left things unsaid
Left me wondering what lies ahead
It's starting to feel like I've been here before
A sense of deja vu as you walked on out the door

Do you remember the first time we met?
Spinning some tunes in your blue corvette
We drove to the lake to discuss how we feel
We walked and we talked, keeping it real
Something about you, made me want for more.
You've got that special something that i just could not ignore

Walking through the night wishing for more time
Thinking 'bout you and I'm hoping we're fine.
When you came back you had much to say.
Left me wondering if you will stay.
It's starting to feel like this is what you do.
Conjuring desire and you stir up deja vu.

All comments welcome!

Last edited by BlueAttitude; 10/28/25 03:08 AM. Reason: added audio link
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