The St. Louis Blues - A Blues-Rock Original by Domi7 and Boris1565

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So, BLIM fellow @Boris1565 and me wanted to apply some things we learned in BLIM while making our own song…

Longer Story

So I asked my BLIM fellow Boris if he was up for a collaboration on a blues song - and he was! :slight_smile:

12 bar blues in A - Easy thing?
Well at least, it sets chord progression and sort of frame for the song structure.

So we wanted to use a bass 6, another guitar playing chords, like that shuffle riff for example and of course some soloing that is a major subject in BLIM.

Boris came up with nice Bass 6, then I suggested rhythm guitars and drums which we chose along our way adding further tracks one after another. From the Blues start, the song became more “rocky”. A bass guitar was added (just recently bought one and still have to take some online lessons one day soon, but as it’s like the lower four strings of the guitar - just one octave lower, you can easily have some start with it)

Boris uploaded the bass 6 only ten days ago.
Even if I was a bit overmotivated and and sent stuff his way often a bit too quickly, I hope Boris didn’t feel so much under pressure and Boris’ family will ever forgive me :slight_smile:

Along our journey I remembered a lyrics idea I had a few weeks ago for a Blues song I wanted to create and recorded some vocals just to try. As we both liked it, we then formed the structure as to embed the story and vocals and hopefully we left enough room for soloing! And while I have to learn and improve that lead guitar stuff… Boris did it all!

Boris:

  • Bass 6 (This was the seed for the song)
  • Middle solo
  • Long outro solo, idea for the ending
  • Lead guitar fills between vocals

Dominique:

  • Short intro
  • Rhythm guitar - the shuffle riff
  • Electric Bass
  • Drum track
  • Lyrics and vocals
Lyrics

Imtro

Verse 1
So I went to St. Louis
people said don’t go alone
when I left for St. Louis
my friends said Charly, better stay home
I didn’t know nobody there
so I was bound to roam

Verse 2
I barely knew the city
Jammed into a bar and had a drink or two
Then I saw those dressed up ladies - wow!
Blue dress, blue hair, blue lips, blue shoes
“Mister, I’m Annie and this is Betty”
“Nice to meet you, Annie and Betty Blue!”

Solo

Verse 3
We had a great time together
they showed me the best places they knew
Then they led me to buy new clothes
where they told me what to choose
So - there we were together,
Annie and Betty and Charly Blue

Verse 4
Now on the wall above my bed
there’s this image of us three in blue
And I think back of St. Louis
every time I wear my blue suede shoes
I’ll always remember Annie and Betty
and when we were the St. Louis Blues

Outro

Now - thank you Boris for that really easy and nice cooperation. It was your first and you did great!

PS. forgot to say: If there’s any critique you have to offer, we’re really glad to hear it!

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Dominique

An excellent performance of a wonderful song.

Brian

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I love it. That was really fun sounding.

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Very cool guys. Well done.
Nice, laid back groove, the fills here and there, the cruisy vocals; sounded great.

Cheers, Shane

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That was great. It had my head bobbing the whole song.

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Really nice guys! Great stuff! You work well together.

I especially enjoyed the fills in the verses :+1:t2:

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You need to tag me in the main post next time you post, I almost missed it. :stuck_out_tongue:
It was a great experience and I had so much fun. Never worked on a song before and this provided tone of fun, learning and motivation. Thank you for inviting me!
I did most of my work early morning while my family slept, so no issues at all. It was just me waking up early. :grinning_face:

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@beejay56 @Ontime @sclay @frito @Jenndye429
Thank you very much guys! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Great job guys - Wonderful to see that BLIM work paying off!.

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Great work, guys, and I mean it. I like all the components: guitar, bass, drum track, vocals and lyrics. A pro performance, imho. Certainly one of my favourites in the collaborations subsection. Congrats!

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Really nicely done guys, @domi7 you are getting right into this Collab thing aren’t you :+1: :laughing:

Nice sound nice vocal and a bit of fun to make I’m sure.

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Excellent guys - music, vocals, composition, technicalities all really good - I wouldn’t even know where to start on something like this.

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Incredible guys. Really well thought out and beautifully spaced.

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Sorry, forgot the @ sign in front of your name! :blush: Fixed now.

But those tags in the titles - like our user names - I think only mods can do it? @Richard_close2u
I looked for this option to put a tag to attach to this thread, namely our user names, but couldn’t find this.

It’s great to hear that it was a positive experience for you!
And I’m so glad I asked you and finally really happy how this turned out!

Thank you very much , Brian! :slight_smile:
While a big part of the song is there thanks to Boris!
And I think that a song on my own would have turned out differently … AND … probably wouldn’t be finished in quite some time, haha.
Honestly, I am better in a coop than by myself, I think!

Thanks for listening, Jason! And for your always very nice comments! :slight_smile:

We’re so happy to hear this! :slight_smile: Thank you very much, Shane!

Haha, that’s a good sign I guess! :slight_smile:

Me too, love the fills and wouldn’t have thought of it.
It was a breeze to work with Boris!
While there was certainly some work included, to me it felt much more like @Alykat told me when we started our first coop : “These songs are writing themselves” :slight_smile:

Thank you, Paul! And BLIM - while I only could digest some smaller part of the whole thing yet, I already learned quite a lot and there’s material for many moths to come to keep me learning and practicing. :guitar:

Thank you for listening and your so high rating! :blush:
And thanks for your open ear before! :slight_smile:

Oh man - I felt like I’m addicted, haha :grinning_face:
And fun - yes definitely!
I just put myself a bit under pressure to do a good mixing job so I feel I’ll have to learn this better and get an even more straightforward procedure so I won’t have to fiddle around and back and forth in the end.

Haha, thanks a lot, Jon! :slight_smile:

To me it doesn’t feel so well thought out, but I’m really glad to hear it! :grinning_face:

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All done :slight_smile:

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Domi & Boris do Dirty & Bluesy.
:smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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What a great collab, guys! Congratulations :grinning_face:
And quite appropriate timewise too. Not a great fan of the blues, but I’m going to have to do one in Copenhagen, so grabbed my guitar and strummed along to the ol’ ADE :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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Terrific guys! Only sorry when it ended, I could have listened for 10mins more. BLIM triumphs again :rofl:

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Very cool song & sounds sooo good!
I love the lyrics.
Someone else said its very authentic & I couldn’t agree more.
Great job you 2 & congrats Boris on your first collab!!!

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Haha, nice wording! And thanks a lot for listening and leaving a comment, Richard! :slight_smile:

Thanks a lot, Brian! :slight_smile:
Yes, for me that’s a very strong point of the Blues, like simply being able to play along with others without having studied some specific song before! AH, by the way… Copenhagen - I think that was the reunion you’d invited me to if I remember correctly! :laughing:

Haha, thank you, Phil! :slight_smile:

That makes my day! :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:
I’m feeling weak at lyric writing, but I’m sure working on it will slowly improve it in the longer run.

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