{"id":8287,"date":"2013-10-09T22:17:22","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T22:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=8287"},"modified":"2013-10-09T22:26:04","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T22:26:04","slug":"a-new-song-the-ballad-of-sasquatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=8287","title":{"rendered":"A New Song &#8211; The Ballad Of Sasquatch!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"A%20New%20Song%20-%20The%20Ballad%20Of%20Sasquatch%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>It&#8217;s my first new whole song I&#8217;ve written in a while&#8230; Not counting the two I&#8217;ve had on the back burner since January.<\/p>\n<p>This is as much about songwriting as it is about getting more comfortable using the Presonus recording software Studio on. I&#8217;ve owned it for about two year, but haven&#8217;t really taken the time to learn how to use it properly. I&#8217;ve been dying to start<\/p>\n<p>About the song. It started out with an email I got from the Home recording forum I&#8217;m a member of, announcing a new songwriting contest, where the prize for the winning entry is a nice packet of free software!. The rules are you have to write a song using the words &#8220;Sasquatch&#8221;, &#8220;Kick&#8221;, and &#8220;Machine&#8221;. Yeah&#8230; The name of the software in question is indeed &#8220;Sasquatch Kick Machine&#8221;! Well, what started out as just a simple little semi-throw away ditty soon evolved into a complete song! I was musing on the concept of what it must be like to be a sasquatch. Because they are reported to be rather solitary creatures, this line promptly popped into my head:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>Tall and awkward<br \/>\nHe rarely does come round these parts no more<br \/>\nIf you see him<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s probably here to settle some old score.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s for sure.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The second line immediately led to the concept that the main character is not the creature itself, but rather a guy who is disfigured and misunderstood and has become a hermit. I named him &#8220;Herbert&#8221; because&#8230;. Well&#8230;. It&#8217;s just kind of an odd name for a misunderstood guy!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the lyrics:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>(verse)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>His name \u2013 was Herbert<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> A wicker-basket baby with no sin<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> The note \u2013 So sweet and lovely<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> But it wasn&#8217;t hard to see why mom abandoned him<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Kids \u2013 They are so cruel<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> They teased him till around his teenage years<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> His name \u2013 his name was Herbert<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> But the names they called him brought only rage and tears<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>One taunt \u2013 they&#8217;ve gone too far<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Anger long suppressed exploded on that day<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Then he &#8211; well he retreated<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Vowed revenge but then he stayed away<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(chorus)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Tall and awkward<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> He rarely does come round these parts no more<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> If you see him<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> He&#8217;s probably here to settle some old score.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> That&#8217;s for sure.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(verse)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A recluse \u2013 You&#8217;ll never know him<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> But the rumor mills they&#8217;ve filled in all the blanks<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> To them &#8211; He&#8217;s a heartless monster<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Sub human with no conscience or regrets<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A freak &#8211; A Machine of menace<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Catches cats and skins them when he can<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> They say &#8211; one hiker found him<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> That person well he&#8217;s not been seen again<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(chorus)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>His frame is twisted<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Experiment gone wrong or he&#8217;s inbred<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> That&#8217;s what they said<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Don&#8217;t call him Sasquatch<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> You stare too long he&#8217;ll kick you in the head<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Then you&#8217;re dead&#8230;. That&#8217;s what they said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(bridge)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It&#8217;s such a cruel world<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> He&#8217;s innocent and no one cares or knows<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> A soul with a kind heart<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> But the truth won&#8217;t get revealed when bad blood flows&#8230;. Bad blood flows&#8230;&#8230;. Bad blood flows&#8230;&#8230;.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It feels too long for my taste. I&#8217;ll probably edit it down a bit. Had a bitch of a time getting my mandolin playing in sync with the click track when recording. It still isn&#8217;t perfect, but I managed to play both the left and right mando tracks all the way through with no patches. There are many imperfections. But, for the moment, I&#8217;m happy with it. Now I have to decide what other instruments to tack on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F114598109\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And yes. This will be on the solo album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"A%20New%20Song%20-%20The%20Ballad%20Of%20Sasquatch%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>It&#8217;s my first new whole song I&#8217;ve written in a while&#8230; Not counting the two I&#8217;ve had on the back burner since January. This is as much about songwriting as it is about getting more comfortable using the Presonus recording software Studio on. I&#8217;ve owned it for about two year, but haven&#8217;t really taken the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[65,70,15,71],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8287"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8292,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8287\/revisions\/8292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}