I never was happy about the recording and production quality of the original Staff Meeting. It was the first song I ever made, in the basement of my old house. It was a good song, and because of its status as the first one, always appears first on my web site. So new visitors click on the first entry and hear something recorded on a mic that came with a karaoke machine, in a concrete box, then mixed with a first stab at doing way too much and making it all tinny and harsh.
So recently on a vacation to Delaware, I decided it was finally time to recreate the song from scratch. It had to be from scratch, as my house was broken into a while back and all my source materials stolen, so all I had of my songs were (are) the bounces I posted on the web.
What's up with that weird out-of-place orchestral part at the beginning, with the horns and timpani? Well I also have in mind a new musical I may or may not write one day, and this is how it will start. Imagine this entrance, but instead of cutting to the staccato guitar so soon, it falls into a slower theme and continues an overture that includes songs I haven't written yet (and a couple I have). Then finally we open on Staff Meeting, which sets the show in motion with a guy getting laid off from his programming job. I'll leave things there, so as not to give away too much info on something that may never exist.
lyrics
[Verse 1]
Welcome, folks! Another wonderful year for the company.
We've got great, big hopes, and some exciting initiatives for IT.
We'll be expanding, going global, so what does all this mean for you?
[Chorus]
You're all fired!
We've acquired an off-site source to do the work that you guys do for a bit less money.
You're all fired!
This inspired idea by finance is the innovation we've been searching for.
You're all fired!
[Verse 2]
No pretense, we know that quality's probably going to fall.
It's just, eighty cents is what the overseas team costs on the dollar.
We should expect a modest stock price increase from the press release.
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
I hope you understand that we don't take this action lightly.
Andrew, give me a hand and show these folks the graphic that you
Made of the pile of cash I'm going to roll around in naked.
[Verse 3]
Your accounts have been disabled while we've been speaking here.
I'd like to announce your stuff is outside in boxes labeled "Engineering".
I see some of you have arrived here late, so to bring you up to speed,
[Chorus]
You're all fired!
We're just tired of paying first-world wages, then you all want to take two weeks vacation.
You're all fired!
As required by corporate counsel, we'll have you sign some papers on your way outside.
You're all fired!
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