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blue beat early 60s #513259 12/28/18 12:40 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 460 yorkshire, England P paulpaul OP Journeyman
OP paulpaul Journeyman P Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 460 yorkshire, England	hello can anyone suggest any styles that maybe similar to the early 60s blue beat record label (early ska/reggae types) ive tried the reggae and ska categories but they arent what im looking for. i keep going through the styles but i still haven't found what im looking for(yep its a song title) thanks to anyone who can help. rebuilt styles,songs and real tracks. win 10...amd a10 radeon r6 4c+6g 1.8ghz 64 bit hp envy biab 2023 with 1004 build. styles 1 to 429 plus extras 1,2,3,4 and 6. running as admin,cleaned up returned to factory settings.

Re: blue beat early 60s paulpaul #513341 12/28/18 08:52 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,796 fiddler2007 Expert
fiddler2007 Expert Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,796	any examples of the music you're looking for? maybe there's some midi-ed stuff you can use for making your own style .. i

Re: blue beat early 60s paulpaul #513343 12/28/18 08:56 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,316 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,316 Melbourne, Australia	Also, which Pak do you have? There may be missing styles in the Pak level that you're using? BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: blue beat early 60s paulpaul #513348 12/28/18 09:07 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,316 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,316 Melbourne, Australia	Could you try the following styles? _EVFNK60 2013/07 RT 191 _PEACE2U 2018/09 Xtra PAK 6 _SERENE 2018/09 Xtra PAK 6 _FNKSYN2 2015/11 RT 240 They all match the song title you mentioned. BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: blue beat early 60s fiddler2007 #513356 12/28/18 10:00 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP paulpaul Journeyman P Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 460 yorkshire, England	fiddler it was a record label in the early 60s called bluebeat (jamaican i think) a lot of their recordings were similar a kinda off beat reggae heres a link to a track,pretty simple stuff there are also similar tracks with same off beat thing but with a slight shuffle. i have all the style tracks except bonus pak 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrNHQRT2jXc Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) bluebeat.jpg (332.74 KB, 113 downloads) rebuilt styles,songs and real tracks. win 10...amd a10 radeon r6 4c+6g 1.8ghz 64 bit hp envy biab 2023 with 1004 build. styles 1 to 429 plus extras 1,2,3,4 and 6. running as admin,cleaned up returned to factory settings.

Re: blue beat early 60s AudioTrack #513358 12/28/18 10:04 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP paulpaul Journeyman P Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 460 yorkshire, England	hello video you got me wrong, i didnt mean that song(i still cant find what im looking for) i really couldnt find what i was looking for, i just put the the song bit in for humour, but it obviously fell flat. if you could check my reply to fiddler thats kinda what im looking for. got all styles bar the bonus 5 pak. thanks for reply rebuilt styles,songs and real tracks. win 10...amd a10 radeon r6 4c+6g 1.8ghz 64 bit hp envy biab 2023 with 1004 build. styles 1 to 429 plus extras 1,2,3,4 and 6. running as admin,cleaned up returned to factory settings.

Re: blue beat early 60s paulpaul #513361 12/28/18 10:23 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,316 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,316 Melbourne, Australia	_SHAKEIT RT276? _MELLOW XtraPak2? _TROPIC XtraPak3? Not sure, I couldn't find a close match. BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: blue beat early 60s paulpaul #513369 12/28/18 10:47 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,119 California Muzic Trax Veteran
Muzic Trax Veteran Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,119 California	Try searching for "shuffle" in the style search box. This should list all the shuffle styles and maybe you can recognize the ska/reggae listed ones there to help eliminate the list? Trax

Re: blue beat early 60s paulpaul #513385 12/28/18 12:09 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 274 UK WendyM Apprentice
WendyM Apprentice Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 274 UK	One of my Dads friends back in the day used to be in The Migil 5 who charted in UK with a BlueBeat version of the classic Mockin' Bird Hill.Id love to find a Style that worked too.Lurking now with intrest. Wendy BiaB2022PLUS,927. every extras pack I can find ;-),Sonar7XL,Win 10

Re: blue beat early 60s paulpaul #513390 12/28/18 12:37 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2017 Posts: 1,685 beatmaster Expert
beatmaster Expert Joined: May 2017 Posts: 1,685	Wendy Is this the group...?. https://www.allmusic.com/album/mockin-bird-hill-the-pye-anthology-mw0000229330 If so I will have a wee look as well . two heads and all that..?. Last edited by beatmaster; 12/28/18 12:40 PM. win 10 64 bit 16gb,i7 chip, ssd 500gb, m-audio air, ,Roland BK-7M, 1000,shure sm7b,sonar,acid,mixcraft, variety of plugins.Sample tank 3,Kontakt. TC Helicon Voicelive 3 2 . https://beatmaster1.bandcamp.com/releases

Re: blue beat early 60s beatmaster #513400 12/28/18 01:26 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 23,226 Hamlin NY MarioD Veteran
MarioD Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 23,226 Hamlin NY	Here they are singing Mockingbird Hill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHkVCn1RzBE Whenever I get something stuck in the back of my throat, I dislodge it by drinking a beer. It's called the Heineken Maneuver. 64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware

Re: blue beat early 60s WendyM #513442 12/28/18 06:17 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP paulpaul Journeyman P Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 460 yorkshire, England	wendy m yes thats exactly the style im looking for...the migil 5 version of mockingbird is fantastic example.... rebuilt styles,songs and real tracks. win 10...amd a10 radeon r6 4c+6g 1.8ghz 64 bit hp envy biab 2023 with 1004 build. styles 1 to 429 plus extras 1,2,3,4 and 6. running as admin,cleaned up returned to factory settings.

Re: blue beat early 60s beatmaster #513474 12/29/18 12:52 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 274 UK WendyM Apprentice
WendyM Apprentice Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 274 UK	Originally Posted By: beatmaster Wendy Is this the group...?. https://www.allmusic.com/album/mockin-bird-hill-the-pye-anthology-mw0000229330 If so I will have a wee look as well . two heads and all that..?. Thats the baby!track 3 on the listing.Dad still has the single in his collection.B side was another ska track-a very BAD version of the classic ballad Long Ago And Far Away.Its on YT.Lsten and cringe. This afternoon(uk)I'm going to have a BB messaround. Wendy Wendy BiaB2022PLUS,927. every extras pack I can find ;-),Sonar7XL,Win 10

Re: blue beat early 60s paulpaul #513513 12/29/18 06:18 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 274 UK WendyM Apprentice
WendyM Apprentice Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 274 UK	This is my list of Ska Reggae according to BB2019PLus anyway.Maybe you can adapt one of these.For MockinBird Hill there is an Ev16 that might do for it.Im going to poke some chords in later and see. Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) SKA REGGAE.jpg (467.57 KB, 43 downloads)

Re: blue beat early 60s paulpaul #513550 12/29/18 09:00 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,796 fiddler2007 Expert
fiddler2007 Expert Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,796	Listening to a lot above: All the stuff has sort of a whiteness type grooving, sort of a boring squarish simple kind? Seems like with white blues and ditto zydeco bands; them palefaces ain't got it. But that's IMO ... Bob Marley for ever ... And some of BIAB's RTs are quite a bit better ... BTW Pipeline: i like _MELLOW, has a sort of UB40 (the original band) feel. F

Re: blue beat early 60s WendyM #513580 12/29/18 11:22 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,119 California Muzic Trax Veteran
Muzic Trax Veteran Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,119 California	The video almost sounds like Blueberry Hill song and I know Biab has the style for that song. Try a Fats Domino/Blueberry Hill style search. Trax

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