Recently I started playing around with one of Mozart's chord progressions and, as a result, this song grew. I had no previous song-ideas that I wanted to develop, so I simply entered the chord progression into BIAB, selected the style _DREARY.STY and just kept playing the progression over and over until the opening phrase "Give me happy, give me hope" sprang to mind and settled into place. I chose _DREARY.STY because it is a 12/8 style and Mozart's chord progression was in 6/8, and the 12/8 style sat comfortably with it. Coincidentally, the name of the style also influenced the lyrics for the bridge since the word "dreary" led my lyrics to a place that was in direct contrast to the ideas of happiness and hope smile

Here is where Mozart, BIAB, the thought "Give me happy, give me hope," and the word "dreary" took me...



I hope you enjoy the journey!
--Noel

P.S. I'll cover Mozart's chord progression more thoroughly in the next post.


BIAB Band
Guitar: RT 827 Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Country Waltz Sw 110
Guitar: RT 2054 Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking CountryWaltzBrent Sw 110
Baritone Guitar: RT 3719 Guitar, Baritone Acoustic, Rhythm AmericanaSwingWaltz Sw 120
Mandolin: RT 3369 Mandolin, Rhythm OldTimeyWaltzAndy Sw 090
Mandolin: RT 3379 Mandolin, BackgroundSoloist OldTimeyWaltzAndy Sw 090
Bass: RT 1122 Bass, Acoustic, CountryWaltz Sw 110
Drums: RealDrums NashClassicWaltzSw^1


Production Info
Vocals: Synthesizer V with the "Liam" voice, processed with iZotope Nectar 4
Final output: iZotope Ozone 11

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