This is what I love about BIAB - almost instant gratification! Yesterday morning I heard SRV's "Pride & Joy" on the car radio on the way to work, and on the way home from work, the line "she loves me, I know that she does, but my baby won't say so" popped into my head. Indirectly inspired by SRV, I was singing the line in a bluesy style. I remembered that I have some Texas blues-rock RealTracks, so I decided to try to write and record a quick blues/rock song with that tag line (blues sub-genre: delusional male ). So today instead of doing things I SHOULD be doing, I finished the lyrics, added a bridge, and did a quick demo with BIAB and Sonar X2. Here's my first cut:

http://soundcloud.com/flyingsinger/my-baby-wont-say-so-v1-lp64-mm

RealTracks Style: _TBLZSHT TexBlzRockShufwSoloMedley (RD BluesRockShuffle^2, 1583 Bass, 1584 Rh. guitar, 1585 solo guitar, 1590 solo medley, with 1591 John Jarvis rocking piano added).

Comments and suggestions welcome!

Thanks,
Bruce

LOVED IT!

Great hook, super backing tracks and a very strong vocal!

Who says that you shouldn’t be doing this? They are wrong!

Bruce,

It is terrific. I really like it. Great rock lyric. Your voice is nicely suited for the style - not many people can pull that off. Great use of the SRV-style tracks.

Since you did asked for suggestions... I have 2 (and this is one of those IMO kinds of things). For this type of song, (I think) the drums should be much more up front. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would say they are currently about 4-5. Put them at 8.5-9 and this thing would REALLY ROCK! They should almost be featured along with the guitar.

The other is... since this is a short-ish song (which I like), you should let that guitar guy let loose at the end - for a long lead guitar fade-out.

Great job!! Keep it up.

It's got drive. Everything fits together.
Guenter

Amazing that this was all at home. The home recording revolution is well underway. And, with tools like BIAB, things will never be the same.

Great recording.

Thanks to all for the feedback on my first cut. I tweaked the lyrics a bit, now he's "dying" to hear the girl's words instead of "hoping." I redid the vocal with a little more confidence in what the melody actually is, and I trimmed one of the refrains at the end so now it's even shorter (2:40). Maybe I should extend the fade with some more soloing - NEXT version.

But I did re-mix it to put the drums much more out-front, and it does rock more now. Very good suggestion - thanks Floyd! Speaking of rocking more, has anyone heard the Stones' new single "Gloom and Doom"? It's classic Stones! Best in many years I think. Mick, Keith, & company are no spring chickens but they can still bring it when there's a new greatest hits collection to spice up.

I replaced the file on SoundCloud so the link is the same as the original post.

Thanks again,
Bruce

Bruce,

Yes, Band in a Box is an awesome tool for us writers! It is really great to be able to put together an idea in such a short amount of time, and have it sound so good. Good job!

Steve

Bruce,
Great song. Excellent vocals too.
SD

Hi Bruce,

Very impressive!

All the best,
Noel

Any song influenced by Stevie Ray works for me! Good job!

lyrics are very marketable.

I'd LOVE to solo with you on that, live. Trouble is I wouldnt sound that good.
Excellent live feel to the vocals

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Yup, BIAB can be a real trouble maker stopping us doing the boring things of life!

Alyn