TCBG Music Machine

The “Music Machine” idea was an unexpected development which began soon after I started to write the Blog Book. However, I’m having such a lot of fun playing about with GarageBand and creating little fragments of music for the coffee characters, that I thought it worth carrying on. So, various musical ideas and compositions will appear as we go along.

To start the ball rolling, here is a short piece of ‘atmospheric’ music to introduce the members of The Gang.

Experimental Theme Tune for The Coffee Bar Gang ™

The opening 3 note riff uses C, B, G, (Coffee Bar Gang), featuring:
John Smith on trumpet plus assorted loops from GarageBand’. This is simply a demo or concept tape it’s still a WIP – I’m hoping to expand the riff and produce a better quality live version after lockdown?
Enjoy!

Rafiq Salam is an all action character, a loner with a troubled soul. His story is set in Beirut, a cultural kalaidascope of dizzying complexity. Raf’s theme tune captures some of the drama, excitement, and mystery of ‘Down Town’ Beirut.

Rafiq’s Theme Tune – Downtown Beirut: with acknowledgements to GarageBand

Carlucci Bosco is a very ‘theatrical’ character, closely connected with the world of opera, so I have experimented with a fragment of introductory music to suggest something (foreboding?) about his story. My thanks to the wonders of GarageBand for the assorted loops.

Musical introduction to Carlucci Bosco: with acknowledgements to GarageBand

A Song for Angelique
Hopefully, the first of more to come? Perhaps I can create a theme tune or ‘signature’ piece for every character?

This song is inspired by Angelique Dauxette, a character from The Coffee Bar Gang ™. Angelique is a member of the French Secret Service, she has a deadly reputation as an agent and assassin.

The lyrics consist of 4 verses and a chorus. This is still a WIP, the melody clearly needs further shaping, also, when performed live there would be intro and outro riffs, plus an instrumental solo. Roll on the end of Lockdown!!

Angelique Apercevoir

Verse 1
Angelique
So very Magnifique
You are the
Femme Fatale
Who wipes the smile
Off every villains face

Verse 2
Yeah …. Angelique
C’est c’est Fantastique
You have the
Sex appeal
Nerves of steel
To see your missions through

Chorus
+
Instrumental Solo

Verse 3
Here comes Angelique
It’s time for you to meet
The author
Of the plans
To end your days
And send you on your way

Verse 4
To that special place
Where the bad guys go
When they
See your face
They understand
It’s Angelique
Who brings the hammer down

Chorus
Angelique
Magnifique
Femme Fatale Au Naturale

Angelique
The best in town
Apercevoir
She brings the hammer crashing down

Outro Riff
Lyrics, music, and trumpet by John Smith, plus grateful acknowledgements to GarageBand).

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