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I'm trying to create a backing track for the song Chicago... but not in the traditional style of this hundred-year old song. The backing track should be similar to the big band arrangement used by the band Chicago in their big-band album Night and Day. (For those who are unfamiliar with this arrangement, it's readily available on YouTube.)
I would describe the drum pattern as "swing 8, sticks, strong back-beat on snare on 2 & 4, bass drum in 4, electric bass guitar quarter notes to match chords..." None of my 6500 available styles in Band in a Box appear to have drums that are even close to what is used on the Chicago album. Part of the problem is that the brief descriptions of the drum tracks require a vocabulary that only a drummer is likely to understand. (I have a keyboard that can produce dozens of discrete drum sounds, so one option might be to produce a MIDI drum track. However, that is probably beyond my current skill level.)
I've tried using the style picker and searching for:
* Category=Show All
* Time signature=4/4
* Tempo=115
* Type=All.
I'm concentrating on the basic instruments at this point (bass, piano, guitar, and drums). If I find something that works, I'll add a horn section later.
I would appreciate any help that forum members can offer in selecting an appropriate drum track.
(Please do not offer suggestions for the traditional version of Chicago. The modern version by the band Chicago has a totally different feel.)
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Wow. I've been a fan of Chicago for years and I play keys in a big band that does several of their tunes. I never knew this album existed, it's awesome! Thanks for posting this.
As for your question, the drums are what I call a rock swing style similar to what Sinatra started using on his Live At The Sands album particularly Fly Me To The Moon. Maybe one of the drum parts from a Sinatra style might work with some serious tweaking to bump up the snare. A lot. I don't think those Sinatra drums have been broken out into drum stems yet. When it comes to something as unique as this you'll probably have to create it yourself using the midi drum grid and a good midi drum sound module.
Bob
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midi-hits.com has a fully realized version of this exact song as done by Chicago, F119 is the catalog number. $7.99, if you are interested. Legal of course.
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