Puff Beaddy
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Co-authored-by: Puff Beaddy <puff@saltylab.local> Co-committed-by: Puff Beaddy <puff@saltylab.local>
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2.9 KiB
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50 lines
2.9 KiB
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# Sunday Lawn Mowers Symphony
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**Artist:** MoBead
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**Length target:** 3:30–4:00
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**Released:** 2026-06-07 (draft)
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**Label:** BadBeadRecords
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## Concept
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MoBead's third single. The most Canadian song the label has shipped. From June to September every Sunday morning, lawn mowers start one by one across the neighborhood, building into an accidental orchestra — the riding mower as bassoon, the small electric as oboe, the trimmers as the string section, the catch-the-stone clatter as percussion. The conductor is the sun.
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Then October comes. The orchestra loses players one by one. The bridge captures the September turn ("The oboe quit last week. The bassoon yesterday."). The final verse: the last mower of the year, a solo, then the long white quiet coming on.
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## Three production interpretations
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Same lyrics, three production lenses. Pick one to take to Suno — or render all three and let the song live in different rooms.
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| Style | BPM | Key | Vibe |
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| **[A — Pastoral Chamber](./production-notes/A-pastoral-chamber.md)** | 88 | G major | Chamber strings + oboe + French horn. Suburban Sunday grandeur. Worthy-of-an-orchestra treatment, affectionate. |
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| **[B — Musique-Concrète Field-Recording](./production-notes/B-musique-concrete.md)** | 110 | F# minor | The mowers ARE the symphony. Pitched-down riding-mower sub-bass, two-stroke drones tuned to chord tones, trimmer-whine shimmer. Gallery-art tender. |
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| **[C — Lo-Fi Indie Folk](./production-notes/C-lofi-indie-folk.md)** | 76 | D major | Just MoBead and a small acoustic ensemble. Fingerpicked guitar, brushed kit, harmonica at bridge, tape saturation. Porch-step intimate. |
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**Bead-click foley** is preserved across all three styles (MoBead's signature).
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## Lore beats woven in
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- **Oakville** ("the whole of Oakville humming its Sunday hymn") — V2
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- **SAUL-TEE under the tarp** in the driveway, workshop door shut on the Sabbath — V3
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- Quiet, single nods. The neighborhood is the protagonist; the workshop is part of the chorus.
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## Copyright gates (all passed)
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- Zero real composers (Copland, Cage, Schaeffer, Reich, etc.)
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- Zero real folk/indie acts (Bon Iver, Iron & Wine, Sufjan, Father John Misty, etc.)
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- Zero mower brand names (no Deere, Honda, Cub Cadet, Stihl, Toro) — only colors and engine types
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- Original phrasing throughout
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## Files
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- [`lyrics.md`](./lyrics.md) — full lyrics, all sections (3250 / 5000 chars)
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- [`production-notes/A-pastoral-chamber.md`](./production-notes/A-pastoral-chamber.md) — 741 / 800 chars
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- [`production-notes/B-musique-concrete.md`](./production-notes/B-musique-concrete.md) — 778 / 800 chars
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- [`production-notes/C-lofi-indie-folk.md`](./production-notes/C-lofi-indie-folk.md) — 794 / 800 chars
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## Credits
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- **Creative direction:** Puff Beaddy
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- **Lyrics:** BadBeadRecords lyrics room
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- **Production notes:** three parallel producers (one per style)
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- **Brief from:** Tee (2026-06-07)
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