Pat – generally I’m not photogenic – but here’s my snapshot with a tinge of sepia.
Fav genres – I’m a 61 year old folkie and played guitar before the Beatle invasion, loved the 60’s British invasion, and the following folk rock revolution with it’s electrified instruments and multi-part harmonies. Shifted focus to new country in the early 80s when rock/pop became a wasteland. Discovered that new country best suited the style of the songs I was writing. Loved 70s folk/country and played it in bars with my six, 12 and harmonica plus a good buddy on bass and harmonies. Prior to computers I recorded on TEAC 3340s and a Tascam Portastudio 488.

Discovered BIAB in the mid 90s to create my midi backup tracks for my original tunes but never used it for live venues. However after my divorce I had much more time to be creative. Only one of my six kids decided to get involved in music as a lead guitar player (modeling himself after Edge). He was very much a purist and not a fan of midi. Guess if his band had had a keyboardist there might have been a different outcome. All my kids just wanted me to play my songs with the acoustic.. . forget BIAB. . . forget Midi . . . too fake.

I sketch the song in BIAB 2010 usually with country overtones and now move it to RB and use RTs where I feel they suit. I still like the flexibility of Midi Drums, Bass and organ and mix some combo of those and stringed RTs. I also export the RB Seq to Powertracks for editing tracks. PT is not as much of a memory hog graphically as RB is. I keep the RB track layout and export back to RB to regenerate Midi or RT tracks. I use Audacity for final tweaking and MP3 generation.

As for my familial critics - they seem to be enjoying the RTs more . . . . or else I've just worn them down and keep Midi hidden under the hood. BIAB is a great songwriting tool.

Ian

Ian
My "Original Tunes" Site
My gene pool needs more chlorine.