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.... My favorite joke was from Milton Berle who said he's such a ham that when he opens the refrigerator door and the light comes on, he'll do twenty minutes in front of a dead chicken. That's me for sure. .....
Bob Thank you Bob! It was such a hard day. I so needed that good laugh!!!!! 
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"It has become more and more difficult to find other musicians to play with. Very few people I meet are willing to put in any real effort to create well-done new music."
THIS is why I sold off most of my stuff. I ran a decent local studio & played live for decades. When the croke-eee crap & DJ's came in most of the dude's I knew just gave it up....and a LOT where outstanding players...
Now it is impossible to fine even a jam session....it is sad in Southern Ohio to find anyone....BUT I keep a "small studio" setup so when the bug bites I can go & create....creative people NEED to have the outlet, no matter the age.....
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I think that almost everyone who has played music for a long time has thought about giving it up at one time or another. <...snip...>
I've been gigging since I was in Jr. High School, and that was a long time ago. I'm past retirement age and have no intention of giving it up. I must be the exception. I did try a couple of 'day jobs' while investigating what it is to be 'normal'. During those day jobs, I continued to gig on the weekends and live for the weekends. Normal just didn't work out for me. Even when I had a gig with a title of Cable TV Field Engineer, I still identified myself as a musician moonlighting as an Engineer (actually, I was a technician with an inflated title). I took the job because I could fly out Monday, fly back on the Thursday Red-Eye and have Friday, Saturday and Sunday off for gigging. The electronics I took in school allowed me to get my foot in that CATV gig. But it wasn't for me. My technical chops on the sax have not improved in years, buy my ability to play expressively and tastefully have. My voice is still strong, because I use it a lot, in fact, it's better than it has ever been. Voice was the most difficult instrument I learned. My lead guitar chops keep improving. It's my 8th instrument, and I have a lot to learn. I don't have time to practice it a lot on home, but I'm doing 15+ gigs per month, and if you can't practice on stage, where can you practice? I used to fish a lot in Florida when I was young. But now the fishing isn't what it used to be. We would throw back the fish people keep like the jacks and take home the snook, grouper, red snappers, mangrove snappers, yellowtails, and lookdowns. Everything else was catch and release. Nobody used more than one pole, and it was more of a fishing game than a waiting game. I lost patience for that, so I suspect it's a lot like Billy losing patience for music and going fishing. I feel like I'm living a charmed life. After I divorced my first wife, I vowed not to marry anyone else who isn't in the biz. Second wife, Mrs. Notes is a fantastic singer (I'm decent, she's great) and she plays guitar and synth. She has intense work ethics like myself, has fun entertaining, and is the kindest person I've ever met. We hardly every disagree. But that's all about me (sorry). The point is, time is the only currency we have. Wasting time doing something we don't want to do is throwing away that currency. Life is finite, we only get so many minutes. Do what makes you happy as long as it respects the rights of others. But don't sell your gear until you are sure that's what you want to do. Especially items that are no longer in production. Insights and incites by Notes ♫
Bob "Notes" Norton  Norton Music
https://www.nortonmusic.com
100% MIDI Super-Styles recorded by live, pro, studio musicians for a live groove
& Fake Disks for MIDI and/or RealTracks
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if you can't practice on stage, where can you practice?
Bob "Notes" Norton Absolutely. When I was playing music for a living that's exactly how I would look at gigs. Time to try out that new lick, or technique that I worked on in my living room. The stage was one big laboratory for me to experiment to see how things really worked in the real world and people's reaction to it. And.... I got paid and had fun doing it.
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You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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I got paid and had fun doing it. Wait. You're supposed to get PAID???
I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines.
1. How much did you make in 2023?
2. Send it to us.
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Ask sales and support questions about Band-in-a-Box using natural language.
ChatPG's knowledge base includes the full Band-in-a-Box User Manual and sales information from the website.
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Band-in-a-Box User Video Tutorials!
If you've reviewed our Support page, you've probably noticed the Videos page, which separates our Band-in-a-Box® tutorial videos by category: Overview, VST DAW Plugin, Setup, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and there's even an Archive category to go down memory lane... (You'll also find these videos on our YouTube Channel.)
It's always great to hear how other Band-in-a-Box® users create their songs, especially when they explain in detail what they're doing. Like Henry Clarke's YouTube Channel, Henry Clarke - Senior Musicians Unite! There you'll find his ALL Band-in-a-Box Tutorials playlist with over 50 videos! His top-three most watched videos include "How to Get Started with Band-in-a-Box," "How I use the Audio Chord Wizard in Band-in-a-Box," and "How to Create An Effective Solo Using Band-in-a-Box" - however he touches on many other topics and also demonstrates his own Band-in-a-Box® songs in the Band-in-a-Box Created Songs playlist!
You're guaranteed to find some helpful videos when you visit Henry Clarke's channel!
Band-in-a-Box® 2024 Italian for Windows is Here!
Ci siamo dati da fare e abbiamo aggiunto oltre 50 nuove funzionalità e una straordinaria raccolta di nuovi contenuti, tra cui 222 RealTracks, nuovi RealStyles, MIDI SuperTracks, Instrumental Studies, "Songs with Vocals" Artist Performance Sets, Playable RealTracks Set 3, Playable RealDrums Set 2, due nuovi set di "RealDrums Stems", XPro Styles PAK 6, Xtra Styles PAK 17 e altro ancora!
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Band-in-a-Box® 2024 French for Windows is Here!
Band-in-a-Box® 2024 apporte plus de 50 fonctions nouvelles ainsi qu'une importante de contenus nouveaux à savoir : 222 RealTracks, des RealStyles nouveaux, des SuperTracks MIDI, des Etudes d'Instruments, des Prestations d'Artistes, des "Morceaux avec Choeurs", un Set 3 de Tracks Jouables, un Set 2 de RealDrums Jouables, deux nouveaux Sets de "RealDrums Stems", des Styles XPro PAK 6, des Xtra Styles PAK 17 et bien plus encore!
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Video: Making a Song with Band-in-a-Box®, ChatGPT, and Synth V
Take your Band-in-a-Box® project to a whole new level when you incorporate ChatGPT and Synth V to add lyrics and vocals to your song!
We wanted to demonstrate how this is done with our video, where we show you how to go from nothing to a finished "radio ready" modern pop song by combining the features of Band-in-a-Box®, ChatGPT, and Synth V!
Listen to the finished song, so you get a listen to the finished product: https://demos.pgmusic.com/misc/behindthefame.m4a
If you like it, watch the video. Either way, let's hear your comments!
Henry Clarke: Revolutionize Your Band-in-Box® Tracks with Regenerating Function
User Video: Next-Level AI Music Editing with ACE Studio and Band-in-a-Box®
Band-in-a-Box® 2024 German for Windows is Here!
Band-in-a-Box® 2024 für Windows Deutsch ist verfügbar!
Wir waren fleißig und haben über 50 neue Funktionen und eine erstaunliche Sammlung neuer Inhalte hinzugefügt, darunter 222 RealTracks, neue RealStyles, MIDI SuperTracks, Instrumental Studies, "Songs with Vocals" Artist Performance Sets, abspielbare RealTracks Set 3, abspielbare RealDrums Set 2, zwei neue Sets von "RealDrums Stems", XPro Styles PAK 6, Xtra Styles PAK 17 und mehr!
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