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A song about Band in a Box!! and that moment when you think you begin to understand it!! YAY Well you know what to do "your way" anyway, in midi and the realstuff.
This is a tribute to the versatility of the programme and also a homage to all the talented posters in this forum.
Thank you PG Music for an astounding program.

I apologise for one naughty word in verse one but it described the learning process perfectly to me and I'm still learning after almost 20 years. It was written in one of those "late night early morning sessions"

Crazy things I do

I said hey do you know that its half past three and shouldn't we be gettin' off to sleep its gettin' up light
I know I like being here just talkin' to you
its just one of those many cr--azy things i do
why do we always get outa our heads we're chasing those demons not chicks into bed
I know I can't sit here with my head in my hand
I'll put it up my [*****] and you'll all understand

it seems in the making its set in the die
cos who said rock and roll was going to die
you always tell something you know if its real
i know that its right
We all now that it's right

Rock and Roll's living in your heart tonight
its taken control of your body and soul
its never gonna relinquish that grip on your heart
it started that day when you heard that first song

cos its then that you started to breathe
its then that you started to live that life
i know i like being here just playing with you
do one of those many cr--azy things you do

why do we always jump up and down we're not in a rehearsal cos this times for real
we know wot we like in a weird sorta way
but we don't give a damn and who cares any way

Rock and Roll's living in your heart tonight
its taken control of your body and soul
its never gonna relinguish that grip on your heart
it started that day it started today
Rock and Roll's living in your heart tonight
its taken control of your body and soul
its never gonna relinguish that grip on your heart
it started that day it started today

hey do you know that its half past three and shouldnt we be gettin off to sleep its gettin up light
we know we like being here just being we two
my turn to do one of those cr--azy things I do

Rock and Roll's living in your heart tonight
its taken control of your body and soul
its never gonna relinguish that grip on your heart
it started today


RealTracks in style: ~405:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 120
RealTracks in song: ~1119:Guitar, 12-String Acoustic, Strumming Ev 120
RealTracks in song: 898:Guitar, 12-String Acoustic, Strumming FolkRockWaltz Ev 150
RealTracks in song: 671:Organ, B3, Background Southern Ev 120
RealTracks in song: 1008:Bass, Electric, ElecRock Ev 120
RealTracks in song: 581:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Blues Roadhouse Ev 120 ('A' only)
RealTracks in song: 849:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm CountryRockRiff Ev 120 (B:steady)
RealTracks in song: ~~496:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm StoneZ Honky 1 Ev 120
RealDrums in Song: BossaBrushesPerc^1-a:Congas, No Kit , b:Congas, Shaker, Triangle, No Kit
RealDrums in Song: NashvilleEven8^1-a:Sidestick, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride

I deleted me on 12 string as it wasn't good enough!! but kept me on Heritage Les Paul at the end. Strings from chord track and a GM soundfont
Vocals Rode NT2 and Line 6 UX2
backing vocals by the Flab Four.

Enjoy

Alyn

Hi Alyn, BIAB is certainly the best of the best and I find at times that it is very hard to walk away from when you have something in your head that you want to get out. Thanks for giving a tribute to what we all know is the best software of its kind. I enjoyed your song and I hope that you will get some rest!!
Sonny

Alyn
Quirky inventive and very much in the vein of ...your style. Liked the harmonies, good ending, good fun.
Keep 'em coming.

Alan, Your songs always draw me in. I'm always looking around the next corner to see what surprises you've cooked up. It's always an adventure to take a trip inside Gibsonland! Although you have developed your own style , it is always filled with new and refreshing ideas. I liked it. Tom

Hi Alyn,

whatever you do it's always entertaining.
Thanks for the tribute.
I enjoyed it.

Guenter

I'm glad you suffer with the "just 5 more minutes" problem also
Where would we be without PG?

thanks for listening and commenting

Alyn

BIAB is good fun if not addicitve!
I had fun with the harmonies as I'd worked them out on a piano 1st and then tried to sing the notes

So glad you enjoyed

Alyn

Gibsonland hmm that's a good idea for my website I am struggling with.

Thanks for the compliments I have many moments when I think WOAH that's different, I'll use that. My "what if "scenario

Thanks for visiting Gibsonland. Please call again

Alyn

Thanks Guenter and I too say whatever you do it's always entertaining.

Glad you enjoyed it

Alyn

So many of us can identify with the sentiment of this tune....very creative...

Rob

"its never gonna relinguish that grip on your heart"

Ain't that the truth!

Had to listen several times - just for the pure pleasure of it... it's like listen to a Talking Heads piece.

Enjoyed it. Thoroughly.

(Good mix! Cool rockin' at the end!)

floyd

Another great tune by the ALWAYS creative, ALWAYS fun, and ALWAYS engaging "Gibson"!! Never fail to get a kick out of your stuff- funny, sad, crazy, or all at once, ALWAYS GREAT! Really enjoyed this tribute to the wonderful world of BIAB! Take care. Greg

Very inventive song.
I agree about band in a box, a program that surely has allowed many of us to express creativity in a different way.

I like your sound. Great final too.

Sergio

Hi Alyn ...

I think you have your own genre: Gibson Folk-Rock-Head Music"!

Everything you post is entertaining as heck. No exception here. Great stuff. And ain't we all been there??!! Nice!

Alan & Di

Alyn,

I like your style very much. I may call it 'gibson style'?

I enjoyed the song. It recalled me White Album of the Beatles though I do not know why.

Hiroshi

Alyn,

There's absolutely no-one I know who writes so well with such freedom that you do! I always learn when I listen to your creations.

Loved it!
Noel

Cool tune - Excellent vocal and lyric

Nice inventive, fun song!
Ah yes, this is so recognizable. Another song idea late at night, and you simply have to finish it, especially with all the possibilities in BIAB.
I didn't detect any naughty words ;-)

Rob

Pretty daggoned funny man.

Thanks Rob,
The song started as a sorta rock anthem but the words fitted seemed to explain/ give a reason for my addiction to BIAB

glad you enjoyed and thanks for listening and commenting

Alyn