I just thought of one more thing that might help.

BIAB and Real Band have a great function called audio chord wizard. It is not always perfect, but it is close.

Next time, you can record a click track, or better yet just generate a Real drum track in the groove you want for 98 bars or so (enough to cover 3 minutes or however long the song is). Then have the vocalist simply sing the verse, chorus and bridge melody a capella over this beat, once you pick the right tempo.

Then turn this into a wav. and open it up in BIAB and let BIAB analyze it. It will not always be perfect, but it will get you in the ball park.

For example, if you are in the key of G, she might sing an E note and BIAB might tell you it is an E chord. We know if it is in the key of G, the chord is probably C, or em7.

There won't be much else happening in a pop song but I, iim7, iiim7 (or iii, sometimes), IV, V, V7, vim (or vim7) and I. I am sure you already know this, but Gospel uses a lot of VII dim7ths and flat VIIs so be on the look out for those. V dim7s, III dim7s, and occasionally II7s also pop up in gospel choruses for extreme dramatic tension so be on the look put for those too.

Once you have a feel for what is going on just plug in chords for verse chorus bridge until it sounds right, then save that. Make another copy. Open copy. Use song form dialogue and build the song. (Song form dialogue is the best invention since the light bulb. Make it your best friend.)

When all is done, invite friend or collaborator back over and say is this it????

If it is not quite right, tweak it on the spot. Wrong key, no problem!!! Make a copy again and transpose it. (Saving all takes is a good idea.)

If it is "it" but the style isn't right, go to style picker and start getting used to the 3,000 bands out there. All you are looking for are 4 good tracks. Bass, drums, acoustic (or piano) and electric rhythm. 4 tracks are a bed. Anything other than than is icing and can and should come later--preferably with some live playing on some parts.

If you get used to this workflow with people who can't play or chart, it will save you millions of years of grief, trust me.

Hope this makes sense. It kind of if what BIAB was made for--or I should say, BIAB is brilliant at this. A true God send.

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