June 20, 2025 User Showcase Song: Gone

This project started with an AI concept. I reworked the music and the lyrics, editing the content significantly.

I used Band in A Box for all the tracks except one, and Synth V Solaria on the vocals.

This was kind of a self indulgent project...longer than it should be, and a few other things.... another song about missing home and reminiscing about the old times. I think I figured out a few things on this for some future projects.... we'll see. I was planning to play the guitars and the bass as well as the piano but in the end, decided to simply spend the time on the piano track which had me second guessing myself up to and including this version. Getting the piano to sound right and fit.... I think I got a few more grey hairs as a result.

Oh yeah... microchords were used in quite a few places. They were very useful for a few things.

Gone

The Band
Bass: 2915
Drums: Pop rock 8ths
Guitar 1 Only at the very beginning: 2911
Guitar 2 finger picking: 365
Fiddle: 1787
Dobro: 2040
Steel BG: 2883
Steel solo: 2001
B3: 689
Vocals: Solaria Synth V
Piano: Waves Rhapsody Grand: Played by (me) Herb Hartley

Posted at 05:20 PM

June 06, 2025 User Showcase Song: Insincere Apologies

After trying a Latin-flavored jammy-thing and a bossa jammy-thing, ...I figured I had to try the cliché blues-y jammy-thing.

I also figured I'd owe an apology to the guys here who actually play blues.
My record collection had no Blues. My radio never went there.
So I titled this "Apologies".
Starting.. real.. slow...
When I got done, I felt okay about it.
So I changed the name.

Insincere Apologies

The BIAB crew (they know what they are doing):
RealTracks in style: 1922:Bass, Electric, TexasBluesRockSlow12-8 Sw 060
RealTracks in style: 1924:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm TexasBluesRockSlow12-8Sol Sw 060
RealTracks in song: 4234:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm MemphisBluesSlow128 Sw 060
RealTracks in style: 1923:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm TexasBluesRockSlow12-8Brent Sw 060
RealDrums in style:BluesRock128^3-a:SideStick, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride
Me: the solo ('94 Fender Strat MIM - Amplitube 5-SRV Clean and Solo)

Posted at 03:48 PM