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Hullo Brno. I sing this myself at local venues occasionally. Interesting to hear this with a sort of marching rhythm. Vic
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Janice Bud & Peter. If Tony Joe White ever decided to ghost‑write a sequel, it would sound a lot like this. “Some Average Mojo” is the kind of track that makes me wonder whether I’ve just stumbled into a sun‑sweated bayou or a vintage‑tube‑lab where every knob is dialed to “just‑right.” The re‑imagining of this ten‑year‑old gem is a masterclass in tasteful over‑drive: fuzz‑laden guitars that bite, a piano that sneaks in like a mischievous river otter, and a new bass line that makes the swamp feel a little wider. The real show‑stopper is Janice’s vocal double‑track—2026 Janice singing with her 2016 self. It’s the sonic equivalent of seeing your younger self pop up at a family reunion, only cooler, grittier, and with a hint of mystic “gris‑gris” luck charm. Her voice, polished by a custom‑tuned Nectar chain, glides over Peter’s unchanged yet freshly‑positioned guitar‑and‑harp combo—a ghostly, time-travel duet that gives the song a haunting, layered soul. Bud's voodoo expertise with all the vintage‑amp, tape‑saturation, and compression wizardry is applied with the precision of a seasoned swamp guide—enough to make the mix feel hot, but not so much that the listener (me) got lost in the mud. The drums, with a snappy new snare layer, keep the rhythm as steady as a rolling thunderstorm, while the lyrical mantra (“just need some average mojo”) feels like a tongue‑in‑cheek prayer you’d whisper to a passing alligator. The lyrics are a charmingly humble plea for just a touch of decent luck, are elevated by the "gris gris" charm. It’s a song that understands the assignment:- to sound vintage, viscous, and utterly authentic. Bottom line:This isn't just a song; it's a sonic gris-gris bag for your ears. It is a masterclass in making "average" feel utterly essential. It’s gritty, it’s glossy, it’s got charm‑laden lyrics, and it proves that a little mojo—average or otherwise—can still make waves. I give it 5/5 (with a side of gumbo). Bravo team. Now, where’s my amulet? Izzy
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Good song, quite catchy, good band, and pretty good vocals and harmonies. Enjoyed my listen ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/icons/default/thumbs_up.gif) Thankyou B.D. It is lovely to recieve an endorsement from such a talented, creative artist! best regards Izzy.
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Great clear mix on this. Izzy. Well done. Vic Thanks Vic I appreciate comments from someone that I admire. cheers Izzy.
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Wow. What a great song Iggy. I'm glad you're still making music the old-fashioned way! With band in a box!! Haha that was funny. Anyway I love the style you chose. I'm going to have to try that style. Really catchy song, great lyrics, great vocal and that's one cool album cover too man. Hi David Great to see (and hopefully hear you) back. I'm a luddite tragic so I'm glad you found my little dig amusing. 😊 I went with the BEAT.STY because it’s clean, simple, and has that breezy vibe that lets a “message” track breathe. ✏ Thanks again for the kind words on the lyrics, song, and vocals — means heaps coming from someone who gets the vibe. My daughter schooled me on the AI cover art trick. Nothing says “I reject modern technology” like outsourcing your album art to a robot… via the very technology I’m suspicious of. 🦾🎨 Full Luddite-circle right there. Thanks for giving it a spin and nice comments. Technophobes Unite "IGGY" 😏 P.S. My toaster still doesn’t trust me. (◔_◔)
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I understand. Keyboards can add a lot to a band's overall sound and it takes quite a bit of work .
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Man, I wish our whole species was made up of Izzys. You are a refreshingly fine fellow, fella. Man, what a cool (what I call) sleuth beat --the kind that goes well with shoulders hunched to the ears, bouncing to the beat with a large hat (like in your pic) pulled down to cover your face in shadow. Really cool "breakdowns to breakthroughs." Genius way to live. What a fine prodcuction. A drudgery feel to the song was also the perfect choice for the lyrics. Excellent vocals, and the perfect backing band. Hey Marty, Wow — thank you for such a vivid and generous reply. You’ve got a way with words that makes a simple “thank you” feel way too small. ✍ First off, thank you for the Izzys‑for‑all‑species endorsement. If humanity could all be as “refreshingly fine” as you say, we’d have solved climate change, world peace, and the mystery of where all the left socks go! I’m still trying to figure out whether “shoulders hunched to the ears” is a new yoga pose or just the perfect way to listen to a beat, but I’ll gladly keep the hat pulled low and the bass thumping in honour of your description. 👒 “Breakdowns to breakthroughs” is the kind of philosophical treadmill I was aiming for—thanks for noticing the subtle drudgery vibe. I’m glad the “drudgery feel” paired nicely with the lyrics because I was trying to make the song sound like a Monday morning that somehow ends on a Friday night. And "a refreshingly fine fellow"? Sir, I will be printing that and framing it next to my "World's Okayest Dad" mug. You've made my w̶e̶e̶k̶. Year. Huge thanks Marty for listening so closely and for writing such a thoughtful, vivid response. It means the world. Stay sleuthy Izzy P.S. The hat stays on. The shadow stays deep. The gratitude is 100% real.
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I have an (IOS Mac Version) audiophile SSD that I've updated after non-use for some time. Noticing its slow to load some items and a little glitchy running BitB from the audiophile ssd. Has anyone transferred the program and all related files to a MacBook pro? What would the process be to do this and have it function without the need to use the audiophile SSD? I have a PG Music Audiophile SSD that is around a decade old now and its chugging along like the old tech it is. My MacBook is 2022 16GB RAM and 520 GB SSD. Thoughts on this would help me avoid any re-works. Thanks.
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many people here, even very advanced users are used to a certain workflow in BIAB and in a way gave up on advanced editing. I've used BIAB for many years and have never got used to a certain workflow, I've just suffered it. It's always been an incredibly frustrating experience trying to do anything much beyond entering some chords and selecting a style. On the other hand, things have also improved dramatically over those years, albeit at a very slow pace and many things still leave me shaking my head in disbelief with each update. With that said, this last update has been a massive improvement - still lots wrong but for the first time ever I feel it might actually start moving in the right direction, hopefully. Time will tell! 
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shlind, many people here, even very advanced users are used to a certain workflow in BIAB and in a way gave up on advanced editing. I, on the other hand got into BIAB when big changes started to happen, so my take is a bit different. PGM meaningfully expanded track count, added tools like partial re-generation and likely most impactful features: Track View, re-written Piano Roll & new UI. These made BIAB significantly more "linear" and liberated it from many prior limits. That said, BIAB expansion created certain gaps in workflow / user experience that might not be too obvious when doing basic stuff, but create unease when trying to go deeper and stay longer in the program. This post is not about laying blame. I am actually optimistic to where PGM can take BIAB. For a small team, considering that they are not only coders, but producers of content - they have my full respect. This post meant to highlight very particular issues that I hope will be resolved ASAP, as these probably do not require significant amount of coding. P.S. As another member thoughtfully suggested, for a year 2026 to be a "User Experience" year at PGM... +1
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Yes +1 And while we're at it, add the other A/B/C/D markers as editable data natively, in my experience RB only supports A/B Maybe I've been missing something all this time. Are you meaning the green and blue markers? Those only have "a" or "b", and my BBSL in RB have A-Z and 1-9.... I've been away from RB for a few years and I'm just now getting somewhat re-educated to add to my minimal education on it. If for some reason the BBSL's can't cross over, maybe other color choices, font colors, box outlines or something could be coded in that would cross over? I don't know. For my uses on building a multitrack recording, I assign a letter like G for guitar, B for banjo, D for dobro, etc. so while recording in the chords screen I don't have to guess what instrument has what part coming up. Colors might do if letters can't. Probably laziness on my part but it sure helps to know when to throw in a transition lick or something when I know that I'm going to be handing the lead off to another instrument that I'm going to be recording on the next track...
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I fully agree. I think it is all quite obvious issues.
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Kleven71, Welcome! This is an unusual first post to a software forum, but here goes... 1. No ideas what the lyrics are about. Something bad. 2. Keywords: Carnage, carnage, carnage 3. I am the forge... Don't know if this is any help. There are a LOT of lyrics, and they are very parabolic in approaching whatever the topic is. But for many genres, like Metal, this doesn't matter a lot.
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This is really good. On so many levels.
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I like everything about this.
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Hey, Ron. I'm really impressed with your melody, story line, and finesse with your guitar. Your vocals are unique and personable which is a great plus for the folk style that you have. Few actually have that combination which makes you stand out. Your bouncy melody and quirky lyrics make for a song I would listen to over and again...certainly an excellent album cut. John Thanks, John. All the instruments are BiaB, and all the lyrics are my brother. I'm just the glue that (sometimes) holds it all together. Am not really a card carrying folkie, but when I was a kid, folk, country and gospel were all we had. So I come by it honestly. Unusual, but cool lyrics! Band sounds great, really like the percussion, nice arrangement too. Love your vocal! A little more reverb than you normally use I think? Sounds great whatever you are doing. Nice one, Ron, enjoyed! Thank you, Dave.I get unusual lyrics more often than not, although by now they are more "usual" after so long. Yeah, probably added a bit more reverb than usual. That makes sense given the sparse arrangement in this acoustic genre. Pretty sure I greatly lowered the delay and dialed up the plate reverb. Glad you liked it, whatever it was. Ha!
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Yes +1 And while we're at it, add the other A/B/C/D markers as editable data natively, in my experience RB only supports A/B
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Nice one, Noel. Cool write, and the arrangement and band are superb. Smiled when the banjo and later the fiddle came in. Lots of nice touches throughout. I'd give you an A++ on your exercise!
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Noel, Your work always has such a high sheen to it. This piece is perfection - top to bottom. Everything from the writing, to the arrangement, to your singer is a complete delight. Loved it all! Bob
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Instant love, what a wonderful song. It makes me happy to listen to it. Over and over again... There is absolutely nothing not to like about it. Perfect
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Recently, I was re-reading Shiela Davis’s book, The Songwriters Idea Book, for the umpteenth time. This time around, though, her chapter on using a colour in the title of a song got me thinking. As a consequence, I started wondering about assigning a colour to “happiness,” and whether or not I could write a suitable lyric that would lead me to a song. I had never tried this songwriting approach before and it sounded like a fun exercise. With a bit of help from Synthesizer V for the vocals, here is where Shiela Davis’s strategy took me... I hope you enjoy it. --Noel --------------- BIAB Band Base Style: _ELYSIAN.STY Bass: 784:Bass, Electric, PopCrossover Sw16 075 Guitar: 2520:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking BoomChickSlowJoe Sw16 085 (Simple) Guitar: 1581 Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm Folkie16ths Sw16 085 Fiddle: 4635 Fiddle, Background AmericanaGroovinMelodic Sw16 075 Banjo: 1579 Banjo, Rhythm Folkie16ths Sw16 085 Drums: RealDrums NashCrossovrSw16^13 Drums: RealDrums ChajchasShakerSw16 Drums: RealDrums ElecClapSlow[single]^2 Production Info Bass effects: Renaissance Bass (Waves), GSatPlusnogpu (TBProAudio) Guitar effects: ReaEQ (Reaper) Banjo effects: GSatPlusnogpu (TBProAudio) Vocals: Synthesizer V (vocal softsnth with the “Liam” voice) Vocals effects: Nectar 4, ReaEQ (Reaper), ReaComp (Repear) Drums effects: (NashCrossovrSw16^13) JS Waveshaping Distortion (Reaper) Visual mixing tool: JS: Saike Spectral Analyzer (beta) Audio checking tool (production studio emulator): NX 7.1/Stereo (Waves) Overall mix: Ozone 11, ReaLimit (Reaper)
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Hi, B.D. Ha! I can relate to picking a style, and then looking for more instruments and coming up short. Isn't the point of having BiaB that you don't have to do it yourself?  Shudder... Those AI videos with perfect skin tone. Uncanny. As for the song? It sounds great. Vocals spot on, interesting arrangement - all around good job. Welcome to the missing RealTracks support group, David Thank you for your really kind comment. In terms of uncanniness, the video was just a proof of concept for a) character consistency, b) perfect lip sync, and c) natural acting and breathing, without having to pay for a subscription, as everything runs locally. It is no problem to add skin imperfections such as freckles, scars, or something like missing teeth, if necessary.
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Hi Pete, This is first-class listening... well written, excellently performed, and a terrific arrangement and production. You had me smiling and tapping my feet. --Noel
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Hi Donny. This is easy on the ears and the psyche. I love the backing and I really, really love the vocals. Is that you singing? It's very impressive --Noel
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