The Ballad of Despair and Redemption with a MicroBR, a Shotglass and a Shotgun

Dave Berry

A folky ballad about the trials and tribulations that happen during home recording, in this particular case using a Boss microBR.

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Let me tell you all a story, most of it is true,
a strange and twisted tale, a ballad and a lesson from me to you.
You see I’ve been doing some home recording, I bought me a microBR
How hard can it be I reckoned, I’m going to cut me a record, going to be a big star.
So I plugged in my Stratocaster, hit record I’m doing real fine,
I’m filling up V-track after V-track, I feel like Johnny Cash after he’s walked the line.
One more drink and I’m ready to bounce, I’m auto-punching like Muhammad Ali,
I Dont need the manual, I throw it under the couch,
and thats when it all starts getting hazy.

I auto-punched away my best lick, my stereo pair got out of sync,
As I was singing the verse, my dog came in the room,
took one sniff and howled at the moon.
I don’t know how I can recover, I got “disk busy” and “card read” error,
I got to get my shotglass and drain it, so I can shake this disk full terror.
I don’t know what else could go wrong, then I accidently erased my song.
it’s time to get so drunk I can’t stand up, I think you know where this is gonna end up.
I get ready to start again, plug in the micro and hit the power,
And thats when I heard that ugly popping sound,
I used the wrong adaptor and fried er.

SHOTGUN SOLO

So I went down to the store, I laid down my money for another,
this time its going to be different, you’ll see, I learned my lesson and I’m sticking to tea.
Now I’m backing up regularly, I let the micro rest while I make the tea,
I put the dog out back with the kids, and if they get too noisy I can go to the shed.
Now I’m getting to the point in my song, I want everybody to sing along,
I’ll just hook up my Harmony-G,
it’s going to be so sweet it’s going to make grown men weep.
It’s now time for my big solo, It could be harp, or maybe guitar,
Or I might even break out my kaosillator, it’s easy to play when you have a BR.

KAOSILLATOR SOLO (Featuring my 7 year old son on the freak-out middle section)

And now my song is almost done, A ballad of a microBR, a shotglass and a shotgun,
It’s going to be a big hit, I can feel it, I only hope someday somebody doesn’t steal it.