Hello Folks,
I recently finished a new song with a couple of collaborators - one in Wales and another in the US.
I decided, in early December 17, to build the song's structure, style and so forth with BIAB as a compositional tool I suppose as I'd not done that previously.
I had the chord progressions, an intro, some arrangement thoughts etc and the proposed structure in my head so selected a style and built the song from those ideas & was able to yay/nay as I went thanks to BIAB.
I used a pop rock base then added Texas boogie guitars.
Here's that bedrock...
BIAB Building
I only exported the drums to Reaper and set my self to record the rhythm guitars and bass.
I then found a guitarist collaborator who recorded and supplied a solo & some noodling which traversed the Indian Ocean.
Finally a singer decided to join the party. I had the lyrics and he did a little editing to make the words fit his mouth and created a melody which he recorded and sent across the Pacific.
A bit of mixing, some too & fro commentary between the collaborators and here we have it...
The Completed Song
(Leave the Bed) Untried
Andrulonis/cochrane
I‘m not going to ride
This train wreck anymore
I'll step away when fried
Yet wake up on the floor
I can’t rinse the past away
Nor erase where inclined
I’ll take comfort from mundane things
At least those I find.

Just coffee and old memories
For the bad old days aren’t gone
I’ll drink a toast to those who boast
Of sex lives almost [*****]
It's a long, cold time until sunrise
Lies wasted on the lawn
I'll not believe another lie
My heart’s already torn.

When the mood arrives
I walk around my room
I'll make my eyes dilate
And gaze into the gloom
Well I know that I’m quite mad
Lost now and long ago
When you and I were one
So far as I could know.

Just coffee and old memories
For the bad old days aren’t gone
I’ll drink a toast to those who boast
Success in Babylon
It's a long, cold time until moonrise
Lies cold upon the lawn
I'll not believe the tears I cry
My heart’s already torn.

When I have nightmares
I can’t see through anymore
I’ll light a fire inside
And open every door
I will throw my words away
Invite darkness in to stay
I lay me down but I cannot sleep
No matter what you say.

SOLO

I‘m not going to ride
This train wreck anymore
I'll leave the bed untried
And wake up by the door
I will eat my heart alive
Now that I’m inclined
Comforted by mundane things
At least those I can find.

Just coffee and old memories
For the bad old days I’ve read
I’ll drink a toast to those who boast
Survival thought they’re dead
It's a long, long way from sanity
So prepare for the ride
As of now I will not sleep
Not ever, by your side x 2

Last edited by rayc; 03/30/18 11:54 PM.

Cheers
rayc
"What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe