I am having a heck of a time trying to get a certain sound from BIAB.I having been playing around with my keyboard trying to just improvise a melody with the real tracks and to say that they suck would be an understatement. Since I have no Musical skill at least for the piano or any other instrument that requires you to be able to read music except for drum notation I am like a deer in headlights.God, I wish I would have learned when I was younger, but anyway I digress. I love Jazz and I'm trying to get that sound from a smoke filled jazz club circa 1950's. Anyway, when I create a song with a melody with BIAB it just doesn't sound the way it should. The melody is totally off, I mean it just doesn't fit the mood or ambiance I'm looking for. However, when I change the melody I notice that just by playing the real tracks Bass,Piano,Drums it sounds the way I think it should. My question is, is this a musical arrangement even though I'm not playing a melody per say? I mean would you just play this in any setting where people would come and listen.Are these just chords being played or are they individual notes?I hate to appear so stupid and ask such a question, but it sounds fine to me.Does a song have to have a melody to be considered a song or can you just play chords? Thanks for any and all input.
Just a side note,is it possible to get a sound that say Miles Davis would play.You know when he would just sort of barely blow a note really soft and then hit a note hard? I would like the sound of a trumpet player sounding like he is really tired and can barely blow into the horn.He's not, that's just the style I would like to achieve.

Last edited by leonard1962; 04/29/12 12:23 PM.