Yesterday I found a progression at my fingertips, worked on it, found the tempo in BIAB, entered the chords n structure. I went for whatever style picker offered that encompassed It's Only Rock N Roll by the Rolling Stones. That gave me a pretty nifty drum track, (still tackling a clicky kick though).
This morning I added three guitars and bass then had BIAB build a solo to help map out the structure more clearly.
No ideas about narrative or, shudder, melody BUT it was fun hammering away at the guitar.
Sounds a bit Crazy Horse to my ears.
JUNE
NEXT MIX
I swapped a different cymbal pattern into the B (chorus) sections as I THINK the original was too splashy. Does the change work?
TWEAKS
LATEST MIX
I've replaced the RealTrack Wah solo with mu own awful one and put in a scratch/sketch vocal that's only semi solid in the chorus and is low in the mix in the verses as it's VERY sketchy.
TWEAKED some more

Slightly reworked lyrics and retracked vocal...a little stronger...
Incremental progress


Draft Lyric

Instead of Fireworks

V1
Just a spoon full of honey makes the acid less sour
He’d lose the ego the light in his soul would devour
He felt the beginning as Karma took power.

C1
The Eclipsed Celebrity Death Club Czar
Wondered if he’d left the doors ajar
Wrote “…one hundred micrograms intra muscular”


V2
Swami complained he’d broken the doors of perception
He looked outward focusing on introspection
Alice’s script was another Disney deception

C2
The Eclipsed Celebrity Death Club Czar
Hadn’t noted the date on his calendar
Wrote “…one hundred micrograms intra muscular”
Solo

V3
The point as always was counter point
And he ignored young Bess’s offer to anoint
He knew from the first this brave new world would disappoint

Last edited by rayc; 06/15/20 12:27 PM.
Cheers
rayc
"What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe