Manipulate by Wes Lowe

Author:Wes Lowe [Lowe, Wes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BGMP
Published: 2020-06-24T22:00:00+00:00

26

Make it Sing

As the gofers positioned Abby and had Olivia comfortably settled at the piano, Tim said, “When I heard your demo last night, I knew I had to do something. Powwowed with Queenie, brainstormed for hours.”

Queenie nodded. “We got to work. Tim with the arrangements and me on the phone. One thing we knew for sure was that this was not an electronic kind of thing. Had to get some real musicians.”

“Yeah. Got the best,” said Tim as he pointed to the musicians. “Hey, guys, these lovely ladies are Abby and Olivia, the creators of the tune we’re gonna record.” He turned to the girls. “And these scoundrels are Matt, the drummer; Pug, the bass player; and Stevie, our guitarist.”

Tim handed out some music sheets to Abby and Olivia. “I know this looks different than your typical lead sheet. And I know you wrote the tune but we’re gonna change it from a song to a story. Got it?”

Even Noah and JJ nodded with Abby and Olivia, totally engaged with the producer.

With dreamy eyes, Tim clicked his tongue in thoughtful attention. “You’ve just spent the last half hour in bed with the hottest guy you’ve ever met. But that’s not what you’re thinking about. You’re thinking about who you’re going to be lying with in twenty years, when you’re more experienced and living life is more than just hot, out-of-your-mind sex for fifteen minutes. He may not be Tom Cruise, he may not be a super stud, but he’s been there with you through all the shit that is life…and you wouldn’t trade him for anything. He’s your man and will be forever. And that’s what you’re singing about. ‘Forever I Will Love You’ is your upbeat anthem of love.”

Noah, Olivia, Abby and JJ were all thinking the same thing. That’s what I want.

Tim grinned. “I’ll bet you didn’t know that about your song, did you?”

Speechless, Abby and Olivia shook their heads.

“You had the basics, you hit all the notes, phrased it correctly but it fell short. Hey, check the two studs beside you. Noah and JJ, right?”

The two men nodded.

Tim turned back to Olivia and Abby. “This song is from you to them. Forever. Forever. Forever. Me and all the band? We’ll drive the bus but you gotta bring us there, emotionally, musically… Okay. Let’s do it.”

“Um, Noah’s an ex,” said Olivia.

“And JJ is a never was,” added Abby. “We just met.”

Fire was in Tim’s rolling eyes. “So what? You’re not writing a legal document. You are storytellers. Capiche?”

Abby and Olivia nodded sheepishly.

Tim motioned for Queenie, Noah and JJ to follow him to the control room. He sat in the producer’s chair at the console while Noah, Queenie and JJ sat on the sofa in front of the window to the studio where they had a great view of the musicians rehearsing .

“So, Queenie, I’m going retro for this tune. Using analogue tape instead of the computer and we’ll master on tape, too. There’s a warmth this tune needs that a bunch of digital zeroes and ones just ain’t gonna do.

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