Transbian Studio has been quite busy over the last few weeks. My parody song, PM Carney’s Song, has been completed and is now available on YouTube.
For those who haven’t heard, I’ve finally put together a home recording studio, which I’ve named Transbian Studio. The name describes the place pretty well since I’m a transbian (transgender lesbian) and it’s my project recording studio.
The genesis of the song
While not the first project at Transbian Studio, PM Carney’s Song is the first to be completed. As I said last week, after Dear Leader (POTUS) declared himself a king, my mind immediately went to King Herod’s Song (Try It And See). The end of the song from, Jesus Christ Superstar, has Herod tell Jesus,
You’re a joke, you’re not the Lord
You are nothing but a fraud!
Over the next couple of weeks, the lyrics took shape. Mark Carney, the new prime minister of Canada, ended up being the perfect person to sing them.
I considered getting a karaoke file to record and share with a few friends. However, I found that Karaoke Version offers professional backing tracks for purchase. They also have a non-commercial license that allows me to share the song here and on social media.
Recording the vocals
I worked in a professional recording studio in New Orleans, but that was back in the early 80s. As I recorded vocals in my home studio, a problem cropped up. I had to find the best way to record vocals in my home studio. After some trial and error, I got a vocal take I was happy with. While the final vocal track isn’t perfect, it uses no autotune or other digital trickery.
Next up
I still need to work on Somewhere Someone Cares, and I have another song that’s in the works. Now that I have Carney completed, I have a better feel for the workflow in the studio and will get back to laying down tracks for Somewhere.
The other song in the works is a repurposing of the music I wrote for another song. It was originally a Christian rock song, but since I’m no longer a churchgoer, I’m not comfortable with doing anything with the original lyrics. The melody for the intro and the hook wouldn’t let me go, so I’ve come up with a chorus for a song that will celebrate the LGBTQ+ community in the time that we find ourselves in. I’ll share more about that song as I get it ready to record.
I hope to get Somewhere finished and released by mid-May, but I had originally penciled in a release date of last May when I started putting together the studio. The song should be out no later than this summer, though. I need it finished so I can work on other songs that are</span> bouncing around in my brain.
May the April showers not wash you down the road, and may the May flowers brighten your days without making your allergies flare up too badly.