There Ain't No Way

Henry Clarke recently posted a terrific RnB song, commenting there wasn't a lot of up tempo or medium tempo RnB on the boards. This is a mid tempo RnB song we wrote and recorded way back in 2011 using BIAB 11.5. I no longer have the tracks as all that was in a file I lost in a major computer blow-up that destroyed the info on more than 20 songs we'd written over a 2-year period. I was hoping to get something similar to a Lew Rawls sound.

This is the 2nd or 3rd song we ever created using BIAB. So the mix probably needs a lot of attention. But, without the original tracks, no can do. It'll have to live as it is. The biggest issue, other than my mediocre vocal, is that the sax should have been more centered in the mix and a little more forward. Also, my mic control could have been a little better ... needed to back off a little on some of the higher pitch notes. We were total rookies with mixing at the time ... probably not a lot better these days!

I think we posted this back in 2012 but some of the newer folks have asked us to repost some of our earlier submissions. Since I don't have a lot of time for "music making" these days, I thought this might be a good time to do a repost. Any comments welcome and thanks in advance. Will get back to replying to any comments you might care to leave as quickly as I can.


I'm not sure, but I think this is the Style and RTs we used:

Key=Eb

Style is NITELIFE.STY (Nite Life - Pop Rock St.8)
Style MIDI Instruments are : Electric Piano (5), Strings (49),
RealTracks in song: 1569:Bass, Electric, Soul60sA-B Ev 110
RealTracks in song: ~1435:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm JazzFunkGroovinChords Ev16 110
RealTracks in song: ~906:Piano, Electric, Rhythm SmoothCool Sw16 100
RealTracks in song: ~1441:Sax, Alto, Soloist JazzFunkGroovin Ev16 110
RealDrums in Song: NashvilleSouthern^08-a:Snare, OpenHiHat , b:Snare, Ride


There Ain’t No Way
© 2011 Alan D. David, BMI / Diana Bowers, BMI – All Rights Reserved

(v1)
You never ask, but I know you have to wonder
If you’ll always be my heart’s only hunger
Well, don’t you worry, you’ll never have to grieve
You’re everything that I could ever need
When I’m feeling down, you’re my inspiration
When all is lost, you’re love is my salvation
I’ll never leave you, girl, there ain’t no way

(v2)
We both know, sometimes my eyes are lookin’
It’s nothing more, there ain’t nothing cookin’
Baby I know where my bread is buttered
My heart is locked, shackled up and shuttered
You’ll never have, to wonder bout me Baby
My love is real, ain’t no place for maybe
Girl I’ll never be untrue, there ain’t no way

CHORUS

Don’t you worry Honey, I’ll always be your man
If nothin’ else, I hope you understand
I ain’t goin’ nowhere, ain’t gonna play
No, there ain’t no way

INSTRUMENTAL

(v3)
Our love is Heaven, and you’re a perfect angel
Girl you’re so lovely, I wouldn’t want to change you
There’s not a thing, I need that you can’t give me
The love we share, is real not fake or glitzy
Oh it’s for real, no lies or pretensions
You always prove, the best of your intentions
So if you ever ask, there ain’t no way

REPEAT CHORUS

Last edited by Al-David; 08/19/20 06:41 AM.
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