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Help finding a style for Little Trip to Heaven #631800 12/22/20 02:27 AM Beginners Forum
Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 3 M MarcLeFlamand OP Newbie
OP MarcLeFlamand Newbie M Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 3	Hi! I would love to make a song in the style of Lonely - Tom Waits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSppKNXzgYY Little Trip to Heaven - Tom Waits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6NfUKUwqtw Closing Time - Tom Waits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGWJ5XiwbV0 Who could help me finding a matching BIAB Style. Thank you so much for helping me out. I wish you all a warm and peaceful Christmas. Love from France Marc

Re: Help finding a style for Little Trip to Heaven MarcLeFlamand #631809 12/22/20 03:56 AM Beginners Forum
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,250 WEST MIDLANDS, UK sixchannel Veteran
sixchannel Veteran Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,250 WEST MIDLANDS, UK	Bonjour Marc My suggestion would be NOT to go Style Hunting but to use a BLANK 44 style. The tunes are predominatedly piano led so at first 'Audition' the Piano, acoustic RTs of a low bpm and see if any are similar to the playing on the tracks. It will depend too on which BB you have - Pro, Ultra etc - for the number of possible RTs available to you. Build up other tracks, violin etc, from there if you are lucky. Best wishes for Christmas. Ian Last edited by sixchannel; 12/22/20 03:59 AM. Old Guys Rule.The older I get,the better I was! BB2023 ULTRA, 1013, Win 7 and 10 ALL TRACKS - https://app.box.com/s/501rnzrbadng1elvi45hbf7y08kl5oxp SOUNDCLOUD-tracks using BB- http://soundcloud.com/sixchannel Videos- https://youtube.com/user/Sixchannel1

Re: Help finding a style for Little Trip to Heaven sixchannel #631845 12/22/20 05:58 AM Beginners Forum
Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 3 M MarcLeFlamand OP Newbie
OP MarcLeFlamand Newbie M Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 3	Thank you for your help Ian. I have the ultra pack. I'll try to built up from scratch as you explained. The thing is that it's so overwhelming / scaring. May i contact you if i'm stuck? Joyeux Noël Marc

Re: Help finding a style for Little Trip to Heaven MarcLeFlamand #632026 12/23/20 04:10 AM Beginners Forum
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,250 WEST MIDLANDS, UK sixchannel Veteran
sixchannel Veteran Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,250 WEST MIDLANDS, UK	Deleted Last edited by sixchannel; 12/24/20 05:50 AM. Old Guys Rule.The older I get,the better I was! BB2023 ULTRA, 1013, Win 7 and 10 ALL TRACKS - https://app.box.com/s/501rnzrbadng1elvi45hbf7y08kl5oxp SOUNDCLOUD-tracks using BB- http://soundcloud.com/sixchannel Videos- https://youtube.com/user/Sixchannel1

Re: Help finding a style for Little Trip to Heaven MarcLeFlamand #632044 12/23/20 05:47 AM Beginners Forum
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,250 WEST MIDLANDS, UK sixchannel Veteran
sixchannel Veteran Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,250 WEST MIDLANDS, UK	Deleted Last edited by sixchannel; 12/24/20 05:49 AM. Old Guys Rule.The older I get,the better I was! BB2023 ULTRA, 1013, Win 7 and 10 ALL TRACKS - https://app.box.com/s/501rnzrbadng1elvi45hbf7y08kl5oxp SOUNDCLOUD-tracks using BB- http://soundcloud.com/sixchannel Videos- https://youtube.com/user/Sixchannel1

Re: Help finding a style for Little Trip to Heaven MarcLeFlamand #632104 12/23/20 11:14 AM Beginners Forum
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 8,187 Sacramento, California dcuny Veteran
dcuny Veteran Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 8,187 Sacramento, California	"Lonely" is a bit of an oddball accompaniment - he's playing the melody on the top piano note, and then putting chordal notes below it. You can do this by choosing the "Melody" instrument, and then entering "Notation" mode. You can enter the melody manually. To harmonize the melody, choose "Harmony" from the menu, then "Melody Harmony" from the dropdown menu, and choose one of the harmonies from the list. BiaB will automatically add harmony notes under the melody based on the style you type of Melody Harmony you picked. But... it's a bit of a pain, and the result is stiff and probably not worth the effort. "Little Trip To Heaven" is more standard - go to the RealTracks picker, and put "Piano" in the "Filter By" option. Solo the various tracks using the "Solo" button. There are a lot of sparse styles, like 116, 141, 289 that fit. "Closing Time" is a slow waltz feel with a lot of rolled chords. Searching for "Piano Waltz" brings up styles such as 58, 130 and 203. None are perfect matches, but they're in the ballpark. -- David Cuny My virtual singer development blog Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing? BiaB 2025 \| Windows 11 \| Reaper \| Way too many VSTis.

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