My Way cover, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator soundtrack

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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator soundtrack trader tracks

Electronic Trading

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator book vamps

Anita, Anita (Stock Operator soundtrack)

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator soundtrack sketch

Bankrupt (Stock Operator soundtrack sketch)

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator soundtrack sketches

My Way Theme (Stock Operator Soundtrack)

In Wall Street (Stock Operator Soundtrack)

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator soundtrack interludes

“A man has to believe in himself and his judgement if he wants to make a living in this game.” -Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

In This Game (Stock Operator soundtrack)

Call On Me Round demo (Stock Operator soundtrack sketch)

I'm sketching some tracks for Reminiscences of a Stock Operator. Not sure what exactly it will or won't be yet, but one thing I'm trying to flesh out seems to be something like symphonic dance suites.

There's a trader named Tom Holland who wrote a book called Best Loser Wins, and he calls his trading journal his "book of horrors." I thought that was fantastic, so I've been tinkering on how to play on that idea for this story. In the book, the narrator talks about "studying his disasters in detail." And he talks about monetizing the lessons he learns in the market. So now I'm just jamming on the thought line, see if something cohesive comes about from it.

Thanks for listening. And thanks for the messages, you guys are really lovely. Cheers.

Book of Horrors / Call On Me Sketch (Stock Operator soundtrack)

When I Am Right I Have To Prove It With Money Interlude (Stock Operator soundtrack)

I’m working on some tracks for a Reminiscences of a Stock Operator series. Not sure what exactly it will or won't be yet, but I’ve been sketching some interludes to get some ideas going. This one is a Trader Track because I think it could be cool to sample some real trader conversations from today alongside the classic trader memoir from 100 years ago. We were interested in trying to do a young traders’ project with this book, and I’ve been thinking about the way Fred again… described his Actual Life songs as a collaborative diary.’ So I’ve been thinking about that idea in this context to see if it develops. I’ve been starting with some sampled snippets and a groove or orchestral kind of scene, basically. 

There's a trader named Tom Holland who wrote a book called Best Loser Wins, and he calls his trading journal his "book of horrors." I thought that was fantastic, so I've been tinkering on how to play with that idea for this story. In the book, the narrator talks about "studying his disasters in detail." And he talks about monetizing the lessons he learns in the market. So now I'm just jamming on the thought line, see if something cohesive comes about from it.

Thanks for listening. And thanks for the messages, you guys are really lovely. Cheers.

Book of Horrors Today (Trader Track) (Stock Operator soundtrack)

Buy On Decline Sucker (Stock Operator soundtrack sketch)

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator soundtrack sketch. 

Disaster Interlude (Stofck Operator soundtrack sketch)

Bankrupt Interlude (Stock Operator soundtrack sketch)

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator soundtrack sketch. Lyrics written with Claude. Work in progress.

I Could Read The Morning Light (soundtrack sketch)

I Could Read The Morning Light clip

Die Disgustingly Rich (book quote vamp)

LYRICS:
According to my dope
Sugar should have broken 103 by now
The engine wasn’t hitting right
I had a feeling there was a trap in the neighborhood

Dope it out, dope it out
Sugar, sugar
According to my dope

ABOUT:
In Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, Larry Livingston (the character based on Jesse Livermore)  starts trading at 14 after getting a job as a quotation board boy in Boston. He starts keeping a little “dope book” like a scientific ledger, where he meticulously records a stock’s past price movements, predicts what it will do next, then checks the ticker tape to see if he’s right. It’s how he tries to prove the market “has a memory” and that he can learn its patterns. "Dope sheet/book" was a slang phrase from the horse tracks and gambling world of the time (1890s).

BOOK EXCERPT (from Chapter 1):
"I got so interested in my game and so anxious to anticipate advances and declines in all the active stocks that I got a little book. I put down my observations in it. It was not a record of imaginary transactions such as so many people keep merely to make or lose millions of dollars without getting the swelled head or going to the poorhouse. It was rather a sort of record of my hits and misses, and next to the determination of probable movements I was most interested in verifying whether I had observed accurately; in other words, whether I was right."

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According To My Dope (Stock Operator soundtrack sketch)

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator soundtrack sketch. This was a melody thought I was playing with for a trader kid track about the daily beat, “what’s the market doin?” I tend to think in terms of melody or groove first.

wass the market doin

Sketch track Reminiscences of a Stock Operator soundtrack sketch track

Operator

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator soundtrack sketch track working on

"Suppose he has heard of me as a man who knows the game...."

A Man Who Knows The Game (Stock Operator soundtrack sketch)

Stock Operator Monologue, Heard Of Me

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Country Monologue, A Man Who Knows This Game

I've been trying to figure out a melody for a trader track based on conversations I've been having with young traders. The movies The Gambler and Three Kings have come up a number of times with traders building their own businesses. They have a really beautiful vibe. 


For The Family (Trader Track) (Stock Operator Soundtrack)

Haven’t done lyrics yet. But noodling on a “9:30 that bell gonna ring” pop vibe. I’ve been replaying that great Belvedere vodka commercial with Daniel Craig for this one. 😆 

I want to do a few specific little fun tracks for kids in this project, so one thought was just something about the morning bell because I think it’d be simpatico for Kenny. I’ve been messin around with the “9:30 bell” melody with a straight pop arrangement, so this was more just a tinkering for my own purposes to mess around with the string loop chunks that I want to do something with.

I appreciate you guys listening to these tracks in this state :) — it’s super helpful for me to be quick n’ dirty when i’m in draft mode. So i apologize for the sloppiness at the moment, and I appreciate your ears and ideas. Cheers.

Opening Bell/This Is My Game

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is a story about a kid who discovers his game.

Draft track to set up the basic gist for the moment. 


LYRICS (this ifs from the book):
When I am right
I have to prove it with money

When a man is right
He wants to get all that is coming to him
For being right

A man has got to believe in himself
If he expects to make a living
In this game

I believed in myself

…..


Cuando tengo razón
Tengo que probarlo con dinero

Cuando un hombre tiene razón
Quiere obtener todo lo que le corresponde
Por tener razón

Un hombre tiene que creer en sí mismo
Si espera ganarse la vida
En este juego

Yo creía en mí mismo

….

Quand j'ai raison
Je dois le prouver avec l'argent

Quand un homme a raison
Il veut obtenir tout ce qui lui revient
Pour avoir raison

Un homme doit croire en lui-même
S'il espère gagner sa vie
Dans ce jeu

Je croyais en moi-même

….

Quando ho ragione
Devo provarlo con il denaro

Quando un uomo ha ragione
Vuole ottenere tutto ciò che gli spetta
Per avere ragione

Un uomo deve credere in se stesso
Se spera di guadagnarsi da vivere
In questo gioco

Io credevo in me stesso


….

When I am right
I have to prove it with money

When a man is right
He wants to get all that is coming to him
For being right

When I Am Right Cuando Cuando Cuando

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is a story about a kid who discovers his game.

Sketch track, gotta come back to this later, but basic gist. The vocals are fighting me right now 🫣 but it needs different vocals, better phrasing, some counter lines, layers. I’m working on a few tracks that I think could be simpatico sung as a round, and I like the idea of doing some with a minimalist, quiet intensity build, and some with a more dramatic flair.


LYRICS (this ifs from the book):
When I am right
I have to prove it with money

When a man is right
He wants to get all that is coming to him
For being right

A man has got to believe in himself
If he expects to make a living
In this game

I believed in myself

…..


Cuando tengo razón
Tengo que probarlo con dinero

Cuando un hombre tiene razón
Quiere obtener todo lo que le corresponde
Por tener razón

Un hombre tiene que creer en sí mismo
Si espera ganarse la vida
En este juego

Yo creía en mí mismo

….

Quand j'ai raison
Je dois le prouver avec l'argent

Quand un homme a raison
Il veut obtenir tout ce qui lui revient
Pour avoir raison

Un homme doit croire en lui-même
S'il espère gagner sa vie
Dans ce jeu

Je croyais en moi-même

….

Quando ho ragione
Devo provarlo con il denaro

Quando un uomo ha ragione
Vuole ottenere tutto ciò che gli spetta
Per avere ragione

Un uomo deve credere in se stesso
Se spera di guadagnarsi da vivere
In questo gioco

Io credevo in me stesso

Cuando Quand Quando, When A Man Is Right (Stock Operator Soundtrack)

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is a story about a kid who discovers his game.

Sketch track, gotta come back to this later, but basic gist. The vocals are fighting me right now 🫣 but it needs counter lines and some cutting down. 


LYRICS (this ifs from the book):
When I am right
I have to prove it with money

When a man is right
He wants to get all that is coming to him
For being right

A man has got to believe in himself
If he expects to make a living
In this game

I believed in myself

…..


Cuando tengo razón
Tengo que probarlo con dinero

Cuando un hombre tiene razón
Quiere obtener todo lo que le corresponde
Por tener razón

Un hombre tiene que creer en sí mismo
Si espera ganarse la vida
En este juego

Yo creía en mí mismo

….

Quand j'ai raison
Je dois le prouver avec l'argent

Quand un homme a raison
Il veut obtenir tout ce qui lui revient
Pour avoir raison

Un homme doit croire en lui-même
S'il espère gagner sa vie
Dans ce jeu

Je croyais en moi-même

….

Quando ho ragione
Devo provarlo con il denaro

Quando un uomo ha ragione
Vuole ottenere tutto ciò che gli spetta
Per avere ragione

Un uomo deve credere in se stesso
Se spera di guadagnarsi da vivere
In questo gioco

Io credevo in me stesso


….

When I am right
I have to prove it with money

When a man is right
He wants to get all that is coming to him
For being right

Cuando Tengo Razon (Stock Operator Soundtrack)

When I Am Right (Stock Operator Soundtrack)

En Este Juego (sketch) (Stock Operator soundtrack)

Quotation Board Boy Chunk

Quando Ho Ragione (Stock Operator Soundtrack)

(Soundtrack) Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is a story about a kid who discovers his game.

Sketch track, gotta come back to this later, but basic gist. The vocals are fighting me right now 🫣 but it needs counter lines and some cutting down. 


LYRICS (this ifs from the book):
When I am right
I have to prove it with money

When a man is right
He wants to get all that is coming to him
For being right

A man has got to believe in himself
If he expects to make a living
In this game

I believed in myself

…..


Cuando tengo razón
Tengo que probarlo con dinero

Cuando un hombre tiene razón
Quiere obtener todo lo que le corresponde
Por tener razón

Un hombre tiene que creer en sí mismo
Si espera ganarse la vida
En este juego

Yo creía en mí mismo

….

Quand j'ai raison
Je dois le prouver avec l'argent

Quand un homme a raison
Il veut obtenir tout ce qui lui revient
Pour avoir raison

Un homme doit croire en lui-même
S'il espère gagner sa vie
Dans ce jeu

Je croyais en moi-même

….

Quando ho ragione
Devo provarlo con il denaro

Quando un uomo ha ragione
Vuole ottenere tutto ciò che gli spetta
Per avere ragione

Un uomo deve credere in se stesso
Se spera di guadagnarsi da vivere
In questo gioco

Io credevo in me stesso


….

When I am right
I have to prove it with money

When a man is right
He wants to get all that is coming to him
For being right

En Este Juego (Stock Operator Soundtrack)

Reminiscences a Stock Operator prototyping. 

The Anita Venetian is the name f Jesse Livermore’s 200-foot steel ship yacht. It’s a Gilded Age story. Livermore is the trader the book is based on.

The book is really beautifully written. Livermore was the quintessential turn-of-the-century farm boy. He has a directness in the way he talks about trading and the markets that’s really resonant I think. He’s a gamer. It’s his “game.” And his language is full of fun, folksy antediluvian slang and style. He says things like “sore as a pup” and….

“I am really daffy about fishing.”
-Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

He’s a very lovable curmudgeonly character, the stock operator in the book.

This is one of the musical/showtune-style sketches I’m prototyping out in that direction. I think my goal right now is to focus on conjuring up specific moods around the material that I’m curious about.

The Anita Venetian (Stock Operator Soundtrack Sketch)

The Stock Operator series is a collaboration between three traders across three generations. Two of them are Marines. We’ve been talking about a number of military-inspired elements that I want to tinker with here in some of the sketch tracks. One particular curiosity is something reminiscent of cadence calls. Semper fi.

Trader Chants-Starter

Acoustic cut for Reminiscences of a Stock Operator. What do you guys think I should name this song? 😆 


LYRICS (this ifs from the book):
When I am right
I have to prove it with money

When a man is right
He wants to get all that is coming to him
For being right

A man has got to believe in himself
If he expects to make a living
In this game

I believed in myself

…..


Cuando tengo razón
Tengo que probarlo con dinero

Cuando un hombre tiene razón
Quiere obtener todo lo que le corresponde
Por tener razón

Un hombre tiene que creer en sí mismo
Si espera ganarse la vida
En este juego

Yo creía en mí mismo

….

Quand j'ai raison
Je dois le prouver avec l'argent

Quand un homme a raison
Il veut obtenir tout ce qui lui revient
Pour avoir raison

Un homme doit croire en lui-même
S'il espère gagner sa vie
Dans ce jeu

Je croyais en moi-même

….

Quando ho ragione
Devo provarlo con il denaro

Quando un uomo ha ragione
Vuole ottenere tutto ciò che gli spetta
Per avere ragione

Un uomo deve credere in se stesso
Se spera di guadagnarsi da vivere
In questo gioco

Io credevo in me stesso


….

When I am right
I have to prove it with money

When a man is right
He wants to get all that is coming to him
For being right

En Este Juego (Acoustic Cut) (Stock Operator Soundtrack)

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator soundtrack tinkerings

The Antediluvian

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