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    F.A.T.E: Alphas and Betas
    F.A.T.E: Alphas and Betas
    F.A.T.E: Alphas and Betas
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    F.A.T.E: Alphas and Betas

    By Andrew Robert Chapman

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    The songs in this book represent my lyrical work on new material for a band project called FATE, formed in 2017 and named after its members (Frank Suß, Andy Chapman, Tobi Muff and Erich May) four of the five members of the disbanded WildScreW. All guitar, bass and vocal melodies are included in the book (as hyperlinks to a cloud address).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndrew Robert Chapman
    Release dateDec 15, 2018
    ISBN9780463202951
    F.A.T.E: Alphas and Betas
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    Andrew Robert Chapman

    Having earned an upper-second-class BSc Honours Degree in Computing Science from Stafford University (the then Staffordshire Polytechnic), I worked for several English manufacturing companies before accepting an offer of work in Germany in 1991, where I have been living and working for several blue chip financial institutions based in Frankfurt am Main till this day. As a result of my career I wrote and self-published “Cobol: Optimised and Maintainable Application Programming” in 2003 and “JCL – STEP by STEP” in 2008. In 2012 I was asked to write lyrics for several rock band projects, an adventure which led to the role of singer/songwriter in WildScreW and the composition of several hundred lyrics, the majority of which are patiently waiting to be put to music or self-published.

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      F.A.T.E - Andrew Robert Chapman

      F.A.T.E: ALPHAs & BETAs

      Copyright 2018 Andrew Robert Chapman

      Published by Andrew Robert Chapman at Smashwords

      Edition 2019.4.9

      This book is available in print at most online retailers.

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your enjoyment only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Exordium

      Prologue

      Preface

      Preamble

      Proem

      1984

      Badlands

      Dominatrix

      Keep ‘em Poor

      Scarlet Women

      War Dogs

      Wean (Myself)

      White Privilege

      Song background information

      1984

      Badlands

      Dominatrix

      Keep ‘em Poor

      Scarlet Women

      War Dogs

      Wean (Myself)

      White Privilege

      Song breakdown/explanation

      1984

      War Dogs

      Great American Song Contest Evaluation

      Scarlet Women

      War Dogs

      Epilogue

      About the author

      Other books by the author

      Contacts and Links

      Exordium

      In computing the term ALPHA refers to a program or application which is in a useable but unfinished state, effectively a prototype. It is neither fit for production, release nor sale and, indeed, may be subject to a major rework or even consignment to the digital scrapheap. The term BETA refers to the phase of software development where the program more or less represents its final form and is usually exposed to a select group of future users for testing, feedback and fine-tuning.

      It is in the computing sense of the words that this book’s song lyrics are presented.

      The ALPHAs have all been put to music, albeit a simplistic bass or guitar melody and, although the standard of the resultant audio file can by no means be compared to that of a professional studio recording, they serve to give the listener a good idea of the rhythm and metre of the lyrics.

      Audio files which have the backing instrumentation of a band, but quality reminiscent of a 1970’s bootleg, are referred to as BETAs and have been crudely recorded during band rehearsals. These files effectively represent the finished state of the song before work starts in a professional recording studio.

      The names of the audio files are suffixed with a six figure number, representing the date they were recorded. For example, WarDogs-180710 was recorded on the 10th of July 2018. BETA songs are characterized by BETA in the file’s name.

      ALPHA lyrics are subject to frequent change, polish and optimisation but I only occasionally have the time to record the revised vocals. That is why the lyrics sung on the MP3s, linked to in this book, often won’t reflect the more up-to-date written words.

      Prologue

      When I starting compiling this book’s content I was asked for whom I was writing it for. I replied For myself.

      Contrary to all advice concerning writing eBOOKs, my motivation is not to appeal to a wide audience, achieve international fame nor make a fortune, large or small. The song lyrics in this book were written with the hope and intention that they one day achieve immortality on a professionally produced studio CD. But, since I started writing poems in 2012, the amount of rhymes,

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