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Here is the deal, I am new and just don't have hundreds of hours to learn this software, so here is what I am thinking, if there is anyone that knows the ins and outs of this REALLY well, like advanced users, and knows how to use team viewer (a free app to share screen while talking) if I could hire them for $50 an hour for 2 or 3 x 2 hour sessions then I can just ask how to do the things I want to learn. Below is the list of things I want to learn

- General song lay out (using repeats, coda, etc)
- how to bring mix into logic or reason or ableton live (i have them all and can figure out once i know one of them)
- creating riffs for songs (for instance i downloaded a brown eyed girl biab song and it had the main riff)

I am a guitar player looking to create my own backing tracks.

I HOPE THIS POST ISNT AGAINST FORUM RULES!!! I am not trying to sell anything here, just trying to learn your software fast so please don't delete me!

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Hi Jimi

I also started with the software just recently.

I am also looking for someone helping out a bit.

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Johan Marcos


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Hello Jimi and John,

Welcome to the forum.

Groove3 has an excellent BiaB for Mac video tutorial series with more than 30 videos that will quickly get you up and running. I've got their series for Windows and it is very informative. I downloaded the videos and use them as a reference. The link is below.

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Thanks so much for the link, i will check it out.

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Jimi, you will also discover that, while not as fast or as intensive, the PG forums are a better resource than you may realize. People here are friendly, knowledgeable, and willing to help. Depending on when you post a question, responses may be nearly immediate, and come from multiple users.

Team Viewer is a tremendous tool. I have used it to do remote OS adjustments and tutoring in other areas of expertise. I wasn't aware it worked on Macs.

Let us know how you are doing and how we can help.

Merry Christmas,

Richard


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