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I'm still learning how to use Logic Pro 11 and Band in a Box 2024. Sure wish I'd done this a few years back during the covid lockdown. Here's a little arrangement of Auld Lang Syne that I did to post to my friends this past New Year's Eve. It's in Bb major, "The People's Key" as it is known to wind players. I put a short 8 measure interlude in the middle so that I could improvise a solo.

On the intro, I had band in a box generate a solo with a real track featuring Jeff Lorber. Tempo is quarter note = 85 bpm.

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Recorded in Logic Pro X and a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Gen 4. Microphone is a Sennheiser 441-u.

Enjoy! Happy New Year!

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An oldie but a goodie
Loved your improv!
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Thanks for giving it a listen. Still trying to dial in the right EQ for the sax in Logic. It's getting closer :-)

I noticed that you are near Rochester. Ever spend any time at the Eastman School of Music?


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Yep, an oldie but goodie. I love Robert Burns, have you ever tried "Caer the Yeowes?" (My spelling might be off there.) I liked the little surprise lick you did at 1:50 and the ending lick. Good job!


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WOW! As soon as I finish here, I gotta go back to you YT channel. Love the sax, man. Every song should have one --there's even a few sax concerti. BIG welcome to the forum, Steve. Can't wait to hear more.

Oh, man, what an enjoyable time I just spent on your YT channel, Steve. Good band, too, sir.

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Originally Posted by Steve Mohacey
Mario-

I noticed that you are near Rochester. Ever spend any time at the Eastman School of Music?

No I haven't. When things were happening there I was either gigging or having family time. I needed family time as I most of the time I had three jobs, my daily main job, gigging, and teaching guitar and bass. My actual social life was literally zero.


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Thanks so much! I have been very lucky to be surrounded by such capable and creative musicians here in San Antonio.


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Hi, Steve.

Sounds great!

This is was the sort of thing that BiaB was built for - so sax players would have a band that gave them room to solo without complaining! laugh


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Hello Steve
good work
Sounds great and with the video it's even more fun
Great production Steve
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Thank you Andi.


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I kept it down to only 8 measures! LOL

Sax players at a jam session... taking 5-minute solos and killing the bass player :-)


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Is there a way to get BIAB real tracks to play specific melodic lines? I know I can do with with midi, but how difficult is it to translate the midi lines to real tracks? Is that even possible?


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