DEVELOPMENT Written in response to a lyric rhyming challenge, the song idea first emerged purely about a person that likes using bullet (dot) points - I am one of those people. Then a few days later, I thought 'What if that man met a woman who didn't think in bullet points, but in free-flowing speech and text?' as sung in the chorus. The idea for the second chorus then emerged with both the bullet point verses sitting alongside the free-flowing chorus, illustrating a couple that are different but respect and cherish those differences. Given the chord progressions for the A verses and the choruses are different, I was pleasantly surprised that the verse melody fitted nicely in the chorus.
I had the section for a solo sitting there for a couple of weeks, then wondered about two bass guitars ‘duelling’ in a solo. I had heard that before and thought it would be something different. I initially mapped out the bass parts using midi bass in Reaper, then tabbed it. When recording the bass parts, I recorded in separate bar lengths: some four bars, some two, and a single bar section – not because I couldn’t play it but because I’m impatient and couldn’t remember the whole thing as one – which is interesting practical aside to the theme of the lyrics. The bass parts weren’t distinct enough (didn’t have enough ‘attack’) so I ended up blending the midi bass with my recorded bass to improve it.
RECORDING SUMMARY Style is _EARLY.STY (Early Morning Folk Rock Push) RealTracks in style: ~683:Bass, Electric, PopHalfNotesPush Ev 120 RealTracks in style: 3580:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm PalmMuteRockPushFast Ev 130 RealTracks in song: 4519:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking IndieFolkAlt158 Ev 100 (Chorus only) RealTracks in song: 4818:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm SteadyPushMuted ev 110 RealDrums in style:PopRock8ths^04-a:Closed Hat, Sidestick , b:Closed Hat, Snare Midi in song: Instrument 12 Vibes (used for the bullet point sounds) Me: Main vocal – doubled BV ooos x 2 Harmony vocal – Chorus Bass x 2 Bass VSTi SI-Bass (Cakewalk) x 2
LYRICS (Chord sheet attached) VERSE 1
My mind works in bullet points
Also numbered, it anoints my thinking by making it more succinct
Lists are easier than flowing text
Merging one thought into the next sounds harder than each being distinct
VERSE 1B
Sometimes I use dashes instead
What comes from my head can just be recorded
One after the other on the sheet
Asterisks can seem high tech
But they’re just a prostitution of what should be best, despite them
Looking arty and neat
VERSE 2A
Sometimes boxes - small and square
When done, I tick it there, and not left like an orphan
A checked list that’s complete
Makes my mind replete with a tiny yet significant squirt of endorphin
VERSE 2B
A bullet point provides a zone
A point required to stand alone but
Make sense as a collection
Was I born this way, scrawling lists on the side of my bassinette?
I doubt it I had not mastered speech yet
CHORUS 1 Then one day I met a girl who showed her world and it was beauty and passion and sadness and heartache but she wore it so well and with a resolute joy that I forgot all my bullets I was under her spell ‘cos I needed to change and I wanted to love and give her ev’ry thing she needed and wanted and more because she loved me and cherished me and she made me come alive as I hope I did her when I was by her side
BASS SOLO
VERSE 3B
It gave a sense of sequence and order
Like everything’s under control like it oughta now
Words are going out on parole
She came along and challenged my ways, now my
Routines are changed for the rest of my days, I’d do
Anything to be by her side
CHORUS 2 Then one day I met a girl who showed her world and it was
(My mind works in bullet points)
beauty and passion and sadness and heartache but she
(Also numbered, it anoints my thinking)
wore it so well and with a resolute joy that I
(by making it more succinct)
forgot all my bullets I was under her spell ‘cos I
(Lists are easier than flowing text)
needed to change and I wanted to love and give her
(Merging one thought into the next)
ev’ry thing she needed and wanted and more because she
(Sounds harder than each being distinct)
Loved me and cherished me and she made me come alive as I
A fun and clever song. Great vocal as always. I also really like the tracks selections here along with the excellent mix. And some very cool bass lines.
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