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Hope he, Jerry and Phil are jammin' away. RIP Indeed — three keyboards as well. Pigpen, Keith and Brent. Got to jam with Bobby at the Bohemian Grove more than once. Generous to a fault and I'll leave it at that. RIP
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So it finally happened. That's been in the rumor mill for a long time.
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Rootless voicing by themselves, almost(?) by definition don't really resolve anywhere ... the chord progression is never quite 'done'. Wagner wrote Der Ring, a series of four operas that never really resolve till the final chord of Göitterdämmerung. I'll admit that performing Siegfried (the thrid and longest at nearly 5 hours with intermissions) in 2000 was about as much fun as I ever had on a gig. Being double-cast in the role of Wotan, it allowed me to play bass on the nights I wasn't singing. Wagner wrote wonderfully for the bass as I learned in high school when I played Die Meistersinger. As for this so-called ambiguous chord discussion. Can't say that I've ever encountered it in over 60 years of gigging and teaching. One of the chapters in the 1964 Gene Leis book put it to bed for me when he discussed how C/E/G/A could be a C6 or an Am7 or an inversion of either depending on which note was the root. Context is everything. How many of us are old enough to remember this? ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32170&filename=91tAgaK4wWL._SY342_.jpg) My dad studied out of it. I read it but never really worked the exercises. When I started playing jazz and theater in the early '70s, the lessons on chord leading and melody cut down the learning curve on gigs as I encountered the need to know these things on guitar. Bass was never an issue for me—I listened and played constantly so my fingers knew where to go. Besides my youth symphony chair in high school, I was jamming with Chet Baker on Monday nights at Ricardo's Pizza, a block from my house. He was in rehab and living at his mother's house in Milpitas. Get thrown into that pit and you learn quickly.
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Could somebody confirm please? Enter any song name in the Find Titles option of the Style Picker, then double-click on any of the items listed. Do you get a _CRYSTAL.STY popup message in the lower right corner of the screen? It does this for me in the 2025 version also. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32171&filename=CrystalMessage.gif)
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Arri, an excellent job on this Irish waltz. Great vocal Super job on playing your mandolins Sounds great
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There is no rule against posting live (busking) tracks, the only rule is you use PGMusic products, which you do. Tell the member who told you that to get a life, and keep on posting your tracks, I enjoy them. I agree with Dave. I will add the other rule, you can not post covers unless you have a license to do so. I enjoy your posts and want you to continue. I'll bet that Dave, Charlie, and myself are not the only ones who want you to continue posting your busking videos.
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Floyd, you posted this 13 years ago? I remembered it as it was and still is one of your best. Rodney Gene Junior did one hell of a job on those guitar and bass tracks. Lots of drive in this version. As usual a outstanding vocal and lyrics - I can see Ray Stevens doing this song. Great job on the mix. Loved it.
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Ron, resolution #1 complete and I rate it as an A++ Excellent vocal Super groove, backing tracks, and mix. My foot was a tappin' and my face a smile'n all the way through the song Great job on this one.
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That was grooving! I like those bells? at the instrument break at 2:15. Well arranged and mixed.
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Clever bittersweet lyrics. Backing band is reminiscent of a cool 70s easy listening sound.
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Pete, and excellent song. Love the emotion in your vocal. Personally i wouldn't change a thing but if you must go in and "pitch correct" some of the notes make sure to let the emotion shine through. I much prefer a little off vocals with a lot of emotion like this one over a song where the vocal was massaged to perfection but all of the emotion is gone. YMMV Great backing band and mix. Loved it.
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It reminded me of a film score. It's a beautiful piece of work. Well done. Laurent Thanx Laurent for taking the time to listen and comment on my little song. I'm glad you liked it.
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Great animation! Love the shots
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The fix below is what allowed me to play legacy media player files in Windows 11 version of media player. This may help. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32169&filename=legacy media player files update to play in windows 11.jpg)
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Thanks guys, I go by all the rules on every site, but I keep getting banned, HCPP kicked me off, Muse banned me for doing their rules, and now I get this over here, all I can say is ok. But yea, at some point a songwriter may question the motivation. Yea, I will post another busking track today. Donny G
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Floyd, Wow! That song takes off and never stops! Incredible mix & master. It sounds like it was recorded in a studio. Pro sound... Awesome hard-hitting vocal, scorching guitars and that drum track is unreal; so vibrant. Also, the story & lyric is superb - completely entertaining. A worthy refresh for sure! Loved it! Bob
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This is another ReMaster of a song I originally posted in 2013. A new mix as well. While I was putting the original production together (all BIAB), Rodney Gene Junior (who had recently joined the forum) offered to do some guitar work. Once he got hold of what I had, over time, he replaced all the BIAB guitars and the BIAB bass. He also did a bunch of work (magic) on the BIAB drum track Rodney had been a bass player and was in the process of completing 10,000 hours of electric guitar "study" (the 10,000 hours thing was big at time and he dedicated himself to it - and seemed to prove the theory). He has gone well beyond that. He did an incredible BIAB testimonial. Check out his YouTube channel. You will be blown away. Using the tracks he sent me - (his guitars were all mixed in a single stereo file, plus a bass track, and a drum track)... I did the mix and the mastering (I had not yet completed my 10,000 hours of mixing and mastering) So the overall sound was/is my fault. Looking back at that recently, I thought it could use a re-do. (It is slated for the album that I am planning). The surviving BIAB tracks: RealTracks in song: 1726:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm HonkyTonkJohn Ev 120 RealDrums in Song: NashvilleEven8^1-a:Sidestick, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride RG Jr - all guitars and bass me - vocals, harmonies, mix & master All that being said, this is another favorite (of mine, anyway).... WRONG MAILBOX carol put a letter in the wilhagen's mailbox thought it was her boyfriend brett's it said "what you did last night took me straight to heaven i don't think that i've come down yet" when willamena wilhagen read what carol wrote she called her husband harold downtown she said "don't think i don't know what you've been up to" and slammed that receiver back down old man wilhagen turned to bobby bartlett said "willamena knows about the game" mad as hell he threw a punch that nearly blinded bob he knew his buddy had to be to blame bob stumbled back into missy ann middleton just as she lit a cigarette you can well be certain when her hand hit the curtains they went up in flames in nothing flat that's how it happened, i swear that it's true gotta be careful 'bout the things that you do step on a crack and the whole world rocks carol put a letter in the wrong mailbox when the volunteers gathered, fire chief mathers hit the lights and pulled out into traffic right into the back of the carson's cadillac just missing martha moore's maverick martha turned hard into the mall courtyard bouncing off of others all the while there was flying glass and metal and when the dust had settled there were 37 cars in a pile with the fire truck stuck, downtown was out of luck five blocks burned to the ground except for the ihop and half of betty's beauty shop there's not much left of this town boyfriend brett said "it's a sure bet there's no work in a town this fried" so he headed west, but before he left he asked carol to be his bride that's how it happened, i swear that it's true gotta be careful 'bout the things that you do step on a crack and the whole world rocks carol put a letter in the wrong mailbox carol put a letter in the wrong mailbox Have a little fun. Throw whatever ya choose.... fj Here is the original if you feel you need to hear it.
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Your vocals will always be the star in any song of yours but there were also some nice melodic turns in this that I really liked. This was great and went by too quickly, I had to go back and listen several more times. Guess that's how pop works. Nice work!!
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This song is exceptionally brilliant in all respects. I can't praise it enough. A lot of my best songs from the 70s (my 20s) were freeform poetry like this one, but I can't reproduce the music using BiaB and even if I could spend hours recording just my vocals and guitar accompaniment at home where making any loud sound is virtually impossible I can't see how I could incorporate BiaB. But this song makes me really want to. Re the theme, if we lived in real democracies - governments FOR the people and BY humans of love and compassion instead of by servants of the banks and corporations for the banks and corporations - there'd never ever be any homelessness. Most people think of fascism as being outright dictatorship, but I recently read that Mussolini, who coined the term, defined it as "the marriage of the corporate with the state". I can't be certain that's true - you wouldn't find it on Wikipedia anyway - but it's what we've got. Here's a poem I wrote in 2009, actually thematically atypical for me (it's published in one of my poetry books): ======= The Lost Ones [ ... ] Thank you for your really nice words, Chay. Much appriciated! That's a really good and sad poem you've written, and more people should see (or hear) it. I'd like something like this in song form, even if it would be a rather long song due to its length. Perhaps, as in classical music, divided into different movements.
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In my environment (BIAB 2026-1220, Windows 11), previewing RealTrack/Realdrums files doesn't work, and the following error message appears: “Miscellaneous Error playing… Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file.” And when I open the .wma file directly with Media Player, I do indeed get an error indicating that the encoding is not supported. How can I fix this problem?
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Emotional lyrics, sung with emotion. As you said, the vocals could have a little fine-tuning at places, but overall they are not bad at all. Enjoyed my listen!
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Hi Ron! With reference to your signature block “Too many guitars … is that a thing?” Well not according to the STEELY style it isn’t! Good pumping tempo lifted to 131 from 120 but that aids the upbeat sound - no pun intended. I like the jangle of the guitars, and wondered if an electric 12 string could add more, but admit I haven’t checked BB2026 to see if it has any. The bridge was a nice key change, and no matter how many times I hear the minor IV chord - in your case over “In her own peculiar way” in the chorus - if I heard correctly - it never disappoints. I love your BVs in the last chorus. I didn’t hear any vocal cracks you mentioned, but maybe my ears are too accustomed to my own. Well done for kicking off 2026 with no AI! A great song! Andrew Thanks, Andrew! I'll credit the Beatles for my affinity for the minor IV. Sounded cool then and can still sounds cool now. Am a big fan of "sneaky" key changes like this one. The Ab-Bb-C turnaround switching to Ab-Bb-Eb and a key change for the bridge and then back to the key of C for the final chorus is a fun-sounding little side trip. I use BGVs for a change of pace when they serve the song. More fun! The vocal glitches were on the higher notes on the later choruses. Decided they added "character" to rationalize not punching in the fixes. But glad they didn't really hit your I-hear-that-and-it-stinks threshold. Appreciate the listen and feedback!
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