"Indian River Magazine" is a local 3 county thick, glossy, magazine and the winter 2018 annual "Best Of The Treasure Coast" editions features of the best of the 3 county area, Indian River County, St Lucie County, and Martin County. It's called "The Treasure Coast" because a number of Spanish Galleon ships loaded with "new world" treasure shipwrecked here during the conquistador era.
We got a 3 page write up.
We hate the first picture though. The orange and white stage lighting makes Leilani look old and ghostly. The photographer wanted to do it over, but he died of a heart attack so the mag published it anyway. The last photo looks more like her.
Me? I'm really that ugly.
Anyway it's a sweet write up, a couple of minor errors, but they were rushing to get it published.
Nice!!! My only publicity was on the wall at the post office....
We had a guy here who had a huge line of t-shirt shops. Had to have 30-35 stores. His name was Dan Gray and he went by Daffy Dan. The shorts all had a DD on the left sleeve, and the slogan was "If it ddesn't have DD on the sleeve, it's just underwear."
He has that same bushy mustache Notes has. I can't look at Notes and not see Daffy. Daffy has a lot more up top, but that mustache... I've known Daffy for over 40 years now. Quite a businessman. Just like Notes.
Nice article and photos. The smiles are the same after all the years. It must be true it's not work if you love what you do...
Carnival Cruise Lines - I played for several years with a singer/guitarist after he retired from 20 years working cruise lines, most with Carnival if I remember correctly. You guys may have crossed paths - small world.
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Oh, I love those old metal Otto Links. The old fat sound. Nice.
It's an 8* with the NY chamber. Big sound for rock and blues. I've got a hard rubber 6 which works well for jazz (slightly Getz-ish) but it's been decades since I've had it on either of my saxes. I used to have a Link designed Babbitt for my alto, but a repairman broke it while replacing a cork. Too bad because they have become collectors items.
The sax is a MacSax Classic (Austin TX) and it's a custom build for me (Taiwan). As far as I know there are at least two others who liked mine so much that they got the Notes Norton Model.
Originally Posted By: VideoTrack
It's great to see that a band such as yours has been able to adapt and keep delivering over such a long period of time.
It's called survival of the fittest (those that can adapt).
I've always figured that if you are lucky enough to be on the bandstand long enough, the people will tell you what they want to hear.
When we started "The Sophisticats" we targeted the then old person's market because we could do songs from "The Great American Songbook", by Harold Arlen, Duke Ellington, Jimmy Van Heusen, Richard Rogers, etc. We'd mix our favorites with their favorites like the Glenn Miller, Isham Jones etc. But before long the new members started asking for Elvis era songs, then Beatles. Fast forward to now and it's Clapton with a few contemporary cross-overs.
On our weekly Tuesday gig we get a wide variety of people, so we can play a little light jazz, lots of oldies, classic rock, some Caribbean (both Latin and Afro), a bit of country, a decent dose of blues, a tad disco, a bit of Broadway, and anything else that comes to mind. It's nice to be able to put on different musical 'hats' and go from a Reggae song to a Standard to a Rock song or whatever and don the attitude that each one need to be expressed properly.
BTW, since the issue is "The Best Of The Treasure Coast" and we are the only band in it, we have had a lot of people come to see us that are new faces, a few additional bookings, and a couple of dozen people asking us to autograph our picture in the article (which was totally unexpected).
The two venues mentioned in the article got additional business due to their mention, and that's good for job security. But we've done the marina for 10 years now and the resort for 3 or 4 so I'm not really worried about job security, but I know that whatever is good for these venues is also good for us.
BTW, how do you like how the interviewer understood my Band-in-a-Box biz.
"He creates track fragments through a music processor and sells them..."
Yes, I did have to do more than one take on that. Sounds like you use some sort of organ-grinder, eh?
I tried to explain in general terms, she took notes, but I guess it's difficult for a complete non-musician to get what writing styles for BiaB is all about.
Of course, all my musician friends know about it, and quite a few music hobbyists who have talked to us after the show know about it. I get their e-mail addresses, explain all about BiaB and send them to PG Music where a number of them have bought the program and a few styles from me as well.
But to Pattie, BiaB is some kind of music processor that she doesn't understand. But then, there is a lot about being a journalist that I don't understand.
Yes we're proud. And amazingly people are coming up and asking us to autograph their copies. It's like being a 'pretend star' to us.
Plus the publicity has brought us new regular audience members and some new gigs.
We are fortunate to be in the "Best Of..." edition. That carries a lot of weight and makes for good publicity.
Every night on the gig I think I'm so lucky to be able to do this for a living. I have no plans to retire, and will keep gigging as long as I can find an audience, and right now that isn't a problem.
Making a living doing music and nothing but music has brought be daily enjoyment, the biggest of which I ended up marrying. Now we share the pleasures of doing a life of music.
I think it's Joseph Campbell that told people to follow their bliss.
I didn't read that quote before I decided to make music my vocation, but it sure rings true.
User Video: Next-Level AI Music Editing with ACE Studio and Band-in-a-Box®
The Bob Doyle Media YouTube channel is known for demonstrating how you can creatively incorporate AI into your projects - from your song projects to avatar building to face swapping, and more!
His latest video, Next-Level AI Music Editing with ACE Studio and Band-in-a-Box, he explains in detail how you can use the Melodist feature in Band-in-a-Box with ACE Studio. Follow along as he goes from "nothing" to "something" with his Band-in-a-Box MIDI Melodist track, using ACE Studio to turn it into a vocal track (or tracks, you'll see) by adding lyrics for those notes that will trigger some amazing AI vocals!
Wir waren fleißig und haben über 50 neue Funktionen und eine erstaunliche Sammlung neuer Inhalte hinzugefügt, darunter 222 RealTracks, neue RealStyles, MIDI SuperTracks, Instrumental Studies, "Songs with Vocals" Artist Performance Sets, abspielbare RealTracks Set 3, abspielbare RealDrums Set 2, zwei neue Sets von "RealDrums Stems", XPro Styles PAK 6, Xtra Styles PAK 17 und mehr!
Add updated printing options, enhanced tracks settings, smoother use of MGU and SGU (BB files) within PowerTracks, and more with the latest PowerTracks Pro Audio 2024 update!
Download and install this to your RealBand 2024 for updated print options, streamlined loading and saving of .SGU & MGU (BB) files, and to add a number of program adjustments that address user-reported bugs and concerns.
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For the larger Band-in-a-Box® packages (UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, Audiophile Edition), the hard drive backup copy is available for only $25. This will include a preinstalled and ready to use program, along with your installation files.
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Handy flash drive tip: Always try plugging in a USB device the wrong way first? If your flash drive (or other USB plug) doesn't have a symbol to indicate which way is up, look for the side with a seam on the metal connector (it only has a line across one side) - that's the side that either faces down or to the left, depending on your port placement.
Update your Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows® Today!
Update your Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows for free with build 1111!
With this update, there's more control when saving images from the Print Preview window, we've added defaults to the MultiPicker for sorting and font size, updated printing options, updated RealTracks and other content, and addressed user-reported issues with the StylePicker, MIDI Soloists, key signature changes, and more!
A few excerpts:
"The Tracks view is possibly the single most powerful addition in 2024 and opens up a new way to edit and generate accompaniments. Combined with the new MultiPicker Library Window, it makes BIAB nearly perfect as an 'intelligent' composer/arranger program."
"MIDI SuperTracks partial generation showing six variations – each time the section is generated it can be instantly auditioned, re-generated or backed out to a previous generation – and you can do this with any track type. This is MAJOR! This takes musical experimentation and honing an arrangement to a new level, and faster than ever."
"Band in a Box continues to be an expansive musical tool-set for both novice and experienced musicians to experiment, compose, arrange and mix songs, as well as an extensive educational resource. It is huge, with hundreds of functions, more than any one person is likely to ever use. Yet, so is any DAW that I have used. BIAB can do some things that no DAW does, and this year BIAB has more DAW-like functions than ever."
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