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I’d be just as happy with trombone, that’s a popular reggae/ska brass instrument. Not sure that reggae kazoo is an acceptable replacement 

OK, but remember, you asked for it 

edit: I’ve been listening to vaporwave on youtube this morning so I think a vaporwave dub remix is definitely on the cards.

OK I knuckled down somewhat…

https://drive.google.com/open?…..OC0AG8nUdy

This has a few tracks so I compressed the project. As before, it’s a GUIDE, not set in stone but I do have a preference for the chord sequence:

The verses, instead of straight E majors are Em/A/E with the G to A in the usual place.

The choruses, instead of a straight E major to A major is an A/G/E progression.

We do the solo section and final recap of the verse as usual, but we repeat the chorus ad lib until we want to stop, so don’t take the current length as solid either.

Don’t forget we can transpose all that to another key if it’s preferred!

This features various guitar bits with a botched solo, a forgetful vocal guide, good bass, and a jumped-up kazoo brass section that could do with a harmony to make it worserer 

The one thing I didn’t muck about with yet is the drumming, I expect to redo half of this anyway. The drumming is interesting because we have that choice as I said before of a stronger 4/4 kick-based feel or the looser 3rd-beat kick feel depending on what you think. Over to you all…

Can you play ogg files? If not, you might need to install a codec to do that. Audacity uses ogg for compressing projects because it’s not encumbered by patent law like mp3s. I believe there’s a windows media codec to play them, you may need another to create them.

The Hole Got Fixed said
Sounds really, really good! The lyrics gave me a good chuckle

Honestly, I think the looser, 3rd beat kick pattern would be better for the drums, but that’s just me

Can we have both? I have ulterior motives… well not so much ulterior. I want us to move from the model we used where I determined the structure to where we each have multitrack input and can try things out with what we have like real musicians having a jam. I realize this may not suit everyone and if you just want to base what you have on what’s there now that’s ok, but you might have to redo it if it changes. For instance: at the point where I end the song, we could tack on a breakdown and some kind of dubby freakout at the end. Or not! And I would like to compare both drumming styles to see whether either is best or perhaps a mix and also have some tracks for a full-on dub remix later. I plan to fish out the synth and try to make spacey dub noises with it, and I might find a usable organy sound or something.

Do we want the start to be exactly like the original (screaming vocals, insistent snare, even louder guitar) or will we pare it back a bit?

I like the idea of faking out the standard beginning and launching into a smooth reggae feel, yeah. I’m using bridge pickup with overdrive distortion to rough it up and it sounds fine when playing chops, which usually isn’t what you’re supposed to do in reggae! The recap of the beginning can be a mini-breakdown with the guitar and vox doing the same thing but maybe the drums can hit a standard 4/4 while the bass does a reggae drop similar to what’s there Now And Then back into whatever reggae feel we go with.

Edit: as for delegation, I wanna see what people think and come up with. Note for @Beatlebug I put on some delay/reverb and warbly phaser for the “lead” (as in sunk) guitar just for you! I have my new fuzz pedal now but it’s a little scary for reggae 

Ahhh Girl said

Is this the final version?  

Yeah, I could fiddle some more without really changing it. I really like the drums and vocals (all of them), they’re the bits I worry about most.