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A piece of music I recently wrote using Band in a Box with various styles.
All guitar's are me playing my 70's Stratocaster, Takamine acoustic and Yamaha classical everything else is BIAB with GPO4.
Once again thought putting a silent film to the music (public domain) would be cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2-6Cu9KQTI

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Hey Brian, this is a very nice tune. Great guitar playing and arrangement. Keep'em coming.

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Hello Brian,

Good to "meet" you. This is very, very good! Loved the video - very creative use of film! Loved the music - this is a real nice listen. Excellent work!

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Thanks for sharing, Brian! This is an example of solid songwriting, and what Band-in-a-Box can do! Not over the top - just a pleasant tune to listen to, and easy on the ears. Those strings were a fantastic addition too. Great job!

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Another nice tune!! Video is fun too. Enjoyed! Take care. Greg

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Thanks again for the comments, re the strings Deryk I find the classical styles with a bit of tweaking really inspirational and give me a good counterpoint melody to work with.

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Thanks Alan and Di....just listened to a few tracks on your site,silky smooth vocals and great arrangements.

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Cool video and backtrack. Loved the guitar. Little Shadows think going on there


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Thanks Scott and yes initially did have a Marvin sound in mind. smile

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Originally Posted By: Brian Cadoret
Thanks Alan and Di....just listened to a few tracks on your site,silky smooth vocals and great arrangements.

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Thanks so much, Brian. We appreciate it as lot when folks go over to our site and listen to a song or two. Glad you enjoyed them! Thanks for letting us know.

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Well played and produced. It sounds very good on the monitors and the vid was cool (and effective).

Enjoyed it

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Originally Posted By: Brian Cadoret
Hi,
A piece of music I recently wrote using Band in a Box with various styles.
All guitar's are me playing my 70's Stratocaster, Takamine acoustic and Yamaha classical everything else is BIAB with GPO4.
Once again thought putting a silent film to the music (public domain) would be cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2-6Cu9KQTI

Brian smile

Style is ARPORK44.STY (Orchestral Piano arpeggios 4/4)
RealDrums in Song: NashPopBallad


Very soothing piece Brian! The strings really help harmonize the elements together. Fantastic work! smile


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Nice! I like the melodic guitar line you came up with and the backing track compliments it perfectly. Fun video too!

I've got a 70's era strat too BTW, '74 to be exact. I'm the original owner.

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Guitars sound great

very nice melodies, sounds familiar

great mix too

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Originally Posted By: Al-David
Hello Brian,

Good to "meet" you. This is very, very good! Loved the video - very creative use of film! Loved the music - this is a real nice listen. Excellent work!

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We will gladly echo what Alan said: excellent work!

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Very nice tune, mix, arrangement and production. It worked well with the video which was fun to watch as well. Enjoyed this a lot.

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Many thanks again for all your comments really appreciated.

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