Grab the popcorn, put the children to bed, and sit back for another original episode of Little Miracle Music Theater, right here on Steemit!

First is the video presentation of the original song 'Cryin' Days', which would probably be best described as hobo jazz, followed by the lyrics to ‘Cryin’ Days’ and then I’ll describe the making of the video with backstage photos and some inside looks at the creation of the brand new intro clip. Please enjoy!

Cryin’ Days

Cryin' Days

Cryin’ days, cryin’ days, cryin’ days are here
You know it’s time when you hear the song, song comes from the low down

You tore up your trailer and you ruined your well
go ahead and throw another log on hell
Old lady surely passed a litter or two
steely eyes kinda burn a hole in you
and when you hear the song from a cold steel bell
go ahead and throw another log on hell
‘cause cryin’ days, cryin’ days, cryin’ days are here
You know it’s time when you hear the song
song comes from the lowdown

You tore up your trailer and you ruined the well
go ahead and throw another log on hell
catch you hobo-ing in the middle of town
purple-haired woman threw a nickel in your shoe
and when you hear the song from a cold steel bell
go ahead and throw another log on hell

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The Making of Cryin’ Days

I probably wrote the song Cryin' Days around 1993, but had never performed it anywhere before this video was recorded. This one was recorded the same way as the two previous music videos in this series: I recorded the rhythm tracks of bass and drums on GarageBand, then piped that into the room live while I filmed myself performing the song, playing to the pre-recorded ‘band’.

Cardboard Camera Car on a Dolly

This video featured the new intro for the series, and the intro required that I build a little camera car using a two-wheeled hand truck (a dolly) with the cardboard car windows taped onto it, allowing me to ‘drive’ up to the front of the theater in the intro clip.

The cardboard camera car on a dolly was all for that three-and-a-half second intro scene in this video, but it was worth the effort because it was fun to make, and also I'll be using that intro clip for a while in this series of Little Miracle videos-- I'll recycle the video clip a few times!

New Steem-powered Spotlight!

I really have a lot of different lamps around here already, but the other day I used a bit of STEEM to purchase a new spotlight for the theater-- about $20. I now own a spotlight!

Here are a couple more behind-the-scenes photos taken during the production. Thanks for watching, and stay tuned for more episodes! Now that the background is finished I can focus on recording new songs for Little Miracle Music Theater, and maybe even adhere to a regular schedule of releasing them.

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I hope that you have enjoyed this video, or if you have kept up with the series so far, let me know in the comments any questions, concerns or comments about the music of @therealpaul or the filming process.

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