Music notes

A guy at work wants me to 'do' a song for him, for his girlfriend's birthday.
Not just a guy, I should mention, but a Zone Manager.
Would it be dangerous and potentially damaging to my tenure at Wal*Mart to say no?
Well, I already said yes. He says he wants to sing it, in Spanish, but I would have to do everything else, since he doesn't play.
Should be interesting, and given how slowly I work, I have plenty of time (mid-December).
 
On another note, my brother Mike keeps digging up these old cassettes of him and his bands and wanting me to CD them. This latest one has 6 cover songs from the Big Hair era.
Frankly, I'm a little bit amazed at what they did with just 2 guys, a 4-track and a drum machine. Way beyond the simple stuff he and I recorded back then.
 
Oh, turns out that Mike is a left-handed drummer, so I won't be using his kit very often.
But he's lovin' it!

OK...first question... how much is he willing to pay you to "do a song for him"?

Has he given you a song melody or anything or is he expecting you to do all the work of writing something original for him to give to his  GF?

bapu


C-Am-F-G

done.

To a latin beat.
He's American of Hispanic lineage, and an Army veteran.
Herb, the fee will be me learning new things, hopefully. He says he can sing the song, but doesn't play any instruments, so he's going to email me his singing and I'll try to cobble something together.
A challenge.

57Gregy

bapu


C-Am-F-G

done.

To a latin beat.
He's American of Hispanic lineage, and an Army veteran.
Herb, the fee will be me learning new things, hopefully. He says he can sing the song, but doesn't play any instruments, so he's going to email me his singing and I'll try to cobble something together.
A challenge.

I used to work that way with Tim in Acrobat's Supper. It was certainly a challenge, but also fascinating having someone sing acapella, then working out the chord changes behind that. Very often some unexpected chords would suggest themselves, and cool stuff would happen.

 
And since it will be in Spanish, I can always claim I didn't know he was calling for a boycott of Wal*Mart.