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Protis - Belly Shirts In Winter

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Protis
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Published on 22 Mar 2021 / In Pop / 2010s

This is an original song, written about one of my great friends from BandHub. The idea for this came about after I made a comment on a Meg Myers collab (of all things!). Suzi Uzi saw this and replied "that sounds like my theme song". From there, the seeds were sown for this catchy number and the song was completed some four months after that first exchange. I initially played some chords on the piano, not knowing what the song would be about. I liked the progression so much that I rushed to my computer to record it into FL Studio. Everything kind of fell into place from there, and results in what you're hearing right now.

LYRICS

VERSE 1
She's born and raised in Chicago
She may have stayed at Trivago
She'll tell the world that she loves you
Her surname backwards is Izu

She doesn't care for Thanksgiving
She's too busy making a living
Doing things that she does best
She carries ink under her chest

CHORUS
She'll Start a religion, calling it MASE
Singing Sublime while stoned off your face
Throwing those bull horns all over the place
She's so cool because she wears belly shirts in winter

She wears belly shirts in winter
She wears belly shirts in winter
She wears belly shirts in winter

VERSE 2
Perhaps she should've been a chef
She cares more for a treble clef
With bass and drums and lead guitar
She's on her way to being a star

Black Road's the band that she has formed
With great friends from an old school dorm
They gig their way all over the state
Even when a band member shows up late

CHORUS

She wears belly shirts in winter

VERSE 3
We first met on BandHub, became very close
Our convos initially were rather verbose
Until we got busy and life intervened
She, like my brother, wears skin-tight jeans

She's also bilingual, and so por favor
I wish I could say to her ¡Eres el mejor!
She is the duck's nuts, yeah she's the best
She may not agree, but then I digress

CHORUS

She wears belly shirts in winter
She wears belly shirts in winter

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brijamcam
brijamcam 4 years ago

Protis New track posted to replace previous one. Syncs at 00:00.062

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Protis
Protis 4 years ago

I love the new track Brian! Thanks so much!

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brijamcam
brijamcam 4 years ago

@Protis: No problem buddy

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brijamcam
brijamcam 4 years ago

Hi Alan - I posted a track. I believe it syncs at 00:39.201. Let me know if it works for you.

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Protis
Protis 4 years ago

It works very well, thanks! I can't help but think that acoustic guitar would be better throughout the whole song though. You can keep your current track, but if you want you could play through from the start up to the first chorus. Just a suggestion.

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Laura Steinmetz
Laura Steinmetz 4 years ago

Hey we were talking about this song a few days ago ! Nice to hear it on this platform too !

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Protis
Protis 4 years ago

I was going to invite you to do backing vocals if you wanted to. I just came up with this idea after I reserved the spot for myself. I'll galdly take my name off and put yours on there.

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Laura Steinmetz
Laura Steinmetz 4 years ago

@Protis: Do you want me to follow the BV of your song or do I do it my way?

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Protis
Protis 4 years ago

@Laurast: I'll leave it up to you. I'll sure you'll come up with something really nice, just like always.

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Laura Steinmetz
Laura Steinmetz 4 years ago

@Protis: OK, let's try ;) By the way, do you have the lyrics written somewhere, please? I don't always understand everything correctly, especially in songs and I'm visual, so seing the lyrics helps me organize BV.

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Protis
Protis 4 years ago

@Laurast: the lyrics are in the description of the collab. But I can send them to you on Messenger as well if you like.

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Laura Steinmetz
Laura Steinmetz 4 years ago

@Protis: Thank you. Sorry I just read the beginning of the story, but didn't open "see more" so I missed them.

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Protis
Protis 4 years ago

@Laurast: it's fine.

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brijamcam
brijamcam 4 years ago

Nice! A Protis original? Can you post the chord progression?

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Protis
Protis 4 years ago

CHORDS: Intro and Verse 1: Am, G, D, E Choruses and Verses 2 & 3: Am, G, C, E Ending: Am, G, D, E Song finishes on Am chord.

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brijamcam
brijamcam 4 years ago

@Protis: Got it. Let me I have a collab in front of this and then I'll join in.

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Protis
Protis 4 years ago

@brijamcam: Excellent! Thanks Brian!

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tudan
tudan 4 years ago

Hi ALan,
Drums sent - Kept them Dry so you can add your own levels of any reverb etc

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Protis
Protis 4 years ago

Thanks Ross! I'm yet to use Bandhug's effects, but I'm willing to try them out.

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Protis
Protis 4 years ago

@Protis: great drums Ross!

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