May 30, 2025 User Showcase Song: Paint Me A Picture

Ai vocal, my lyrics, my guitar, Biab real tracks. It’s become quite evident that there are many
folks pretty well dug in on the side of traditional music production. This seems to happen every
time there is a tech advance in this area. Biab on floppy disk, real tracks, Melodyne, auto tune,
have all been victims of this way of thinking. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I fully
respect that but caution that when it comes to the future it’s hard to go back. The vocal here is
not perfect. There are still a few spots that I had trouble with and finally surrendered and
moved on. These comments are not meant to offend anyone here on the best and most
friendly online community. Thanks in advance to all who listen and comment.

Paint Me a Picture on Soundcloud.

RealTracks in style: ~519:Bass, Electric, Pop HalfNotes Ev 120
RealTracks in style: ~522:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 120
RealTracks in style: ~405:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 120
RealTracks in style: ~618:Fiddle, Background Allis Ev 120
RealTracks in song: ~~686:Organ, B3, Background Pop Ev 120
RealTracks in song: 2917:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm CountryFolk8thsMike Ev 085
RealTracks in song: 2911:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm CountryPopBrent12-key Ev 085
RealTracks in song: 2824:Pedal Steel, Soloist CountryEddy12-key Ev 085
RealDrums in Style: NashvilleEven8^1-a:Sidestick, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride
Royalty Free Loops
Recorded in Logic Pro X
Plug Ins : Nectar 3, Neutron 4, Ozone 10, Tonal Balance, Waves LinMB, Waves, L3-LL Multi Limiter, Logic Pro Metering, Waves Vocal Rider, Scuffam Amps S-Gear
Telecaster, Tom Adams

Posted at 02:43 PM

May 21, 2025 User Showcase Song: Grooving at the Holiday Inn

Circa the late 1960's.
Place, the jazz lounge at the Holiday Inn
Band, Mario and His Mystical Merry Music Makers
I did this just for the fun of it.

Grooving at the Holiday Inn

BiaB style - Jazz Rock 16th Quartet w/Elect
Tempo - 100 BPM
I deleted the guitar and string tracks
Bass- Ample Bass - JII
Piano - Lounge Lizard - tine based - 12 Warm Model V
Drums - RD from style
I am playing my Jay Turser Jazz box guitar and via my breath and keyboard controllers the Swam Tenor Sax.
As always all comments are welcomed.

Posted at 09:26 AM

May 21, 2025 Band-in-a-Box 2025 Italian Version is Here!

Cari amici
È stata aggerate la versione in Italiano del programma più amato dagli appassionati di musica, il nostro Band-in-a-Box.
Questo è il link alla nuova versione 2025.

Di seguito i link per scaricare il pacchetti di lingua italiana aggiornati per Band-in-a-Box e RealBand, anche per chi avesse già comprato la nuova versione in inglese.

Band-in-a-Box 2025 - Italiano
RealBand 2025 - Italiano

Posted at 09:08 AM

May 16, 2025 User Showcase Song: Sinkhole

We’ve enjoyed over the years many of the “connect your own dots” lyrics posted here so we tried to write one of our own. Hope you like the effort, comments are welcome and, as always, thanks to PG Music.

Sinkhole

© 2025 J. Merritt, B. Merritt & P. Fulham

Janice Merritt: lead vocal, harmony vocals, background vocals, melody, arrangement and mix
Peter Fulham: guitar solos/fills, mix and arrangement

Bud Merritt: lyric, mix, arrangement, mastering and photo

Bass: RealTrack 3547 Electric AmericanaSlow12-8 > Logic Pro EQ > Izotope RX De-click > Waves Bass Rider > Logic Pro ChromaGlow
Rhythm Guitar: RealTrack1923 Electric, TexasBluesRockSlow12-8 DI > Logic Pro Pawnshop Distort Amp
Piano: MIDI SuperTrack 2848 BluesSlow12-8 > Logic Pro Punch Grand Piano > Waves CLA Unplugged > Ozone Imager
Drums: RealDrums AmericanaSlow12-8 > Waves CLA Drums
Snare: from above kit: > Waves Magma BB T > Ozone Impact > Neutron 3 > Logic ChromaVerb
Mastering: Ozone modules EQ >Stabilizer > Impact >Imager > Dynamic EQ >Maximizer > Logic Pro Loudness Meter

Posted at 12:51 PM

May 05, 2025 User Showcase Song: When The Curtains Fall

Hi Folks.

This started a few months ago as a collaboration between me, Sasha K. and Ray C. It was an interesting, but very slow burning project as I was not happy with my vocals & mix and gave it far too many tries. This is a last variant that was finished last week. (I am still not very satisfied with it). Critical suggestions are most welcomed. Thank you for listening.

When the Curtains Fall

Tech stuff:
Lyrics: me & Ray C.
Nylon string guitar: Sasha K.
Arrangement/mix: me.
BIAB:
1293:Bass
2023:Piano (converted to MIDI)
4254:Horn Section
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synths: Kontakt, Korg Triton, Ujam

Posted at 05:45 PM