Hi guys, thanks for all the kind words smile

Pat, further to your comment about the solo, the part - all of the track in fact - IS the result of a single generation but, as I said in a previous post, what I do is bring the tracks into my DAW software and then edit them to fit what I want from the song better.

For example, while the bass and drums are usually fine, you might find that one or 2 of the horn or keyboard phrases are better used throughout the song than others (which are then deleted and binned) and, out of a whole song's-worth of solo track, you pretty much have to cut it up bar by bar and almost re-write the solo using the shorter phrases to end up with the very best 8 bars-worth, although you can add some of the other bits during the end-of-song playout mayhem.

For me, and I guess it's the frustrated producer in me, this post-BIAB editing & mixing piece is probably what I enjoy most, but it's BIAB that replaces the tedium of having to actually arrange & rehearse a real band in the first place and, actually, gives me access to far better musicians than I could ever hope to find locally.

I wish I had this kit 30 years ago when I was young and pretty, lol... smile