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Hi. I do music using BIAB and Garageband. Usually I start with BIAB and my guitar. When I made something I take it over to Garageband to play guitars and bass. I love to play and create music and the melodi is important and the styles can vary a lot! As for now I have 28 instrumental "songs" on Spotify, and I try to do them short, around 2 minutes. So my Studio/Mancave is a Mac, two Boss Katana Amps, many guitars (lol), a bass, a FocusRite 212, ADAM Audio monitors and some other stuff. I hope someones enjoy.  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4mUqtxboOO5Xl2giWFH0nZ?si=7134e045a4a7438aYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCisU8EIiMHl7h1SbUgPazNwGreetings from Sören Ahlbäck, Sweden
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Welcome to the forum. Here is a video that may be useful at some point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPrejgnwb4MI listened to some of your songs, great guitar work. I especially like Have no fear. . . that seagull sure has a good view
https://soundcloud.com/user-646279677BiaB 2026 Windows For me there’s no better place in the band than to have one leg in the harmony world and the other in the percussive. Thank you Paul Tutmarc and Leo Fender.
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Soren...welcome to the forum...I listened to some of your music and it is great...I hope you enjoy the forum family...be sure to comment on the songs of the other artists here...there are some great songwriters/lyricists and musicians here...again...welcome.
www.soundclick.com/firesongBiaB 2024, Steinberg Cubase Pro 13, Wavelab 11.2, SpetraLayers Pro 10, Audacity, Steinberg UR44 Interface, Yamaha Genos, Roland FP60 and FP10, Windows 10 You are who you are because you do what you do because of what you believe.
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Dear Soren, Here is another extremely helpful video that you may need to watch as soon as you can. This one is in case you want to have fun with Band-in-a-Box--and with your buddies. It might be nominated this year as the best music documentary of 2022, I am not sure. https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=717243#Post717243Anyway, your songs are cool, and welcome to the forum!!!!
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Welcome to the forum. I listened to many of your tracks on youtube. Very nice stuff. I think you may like it here as there are many friendly and talented people to interact with. Some of us are retired and have a good bit of time to play and record music. Go to the user showcase and poke around a bit. We talk about a lot of subjects, from AI to A Flat...lol Please post photos of your studio and guitars. We all like that stuff. Here are a few photo examples of past discussions.    Yes, we like dogs here!  Welcome aboard. I am Billy, AKA planobilly, AKA Blind Lemon Simmons PM me anytime if you have questions or would like to play something together. Billy
“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”
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Welcome to the forum. Very smooth playing and excellent tone. Well done....
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Hello, Sören. Welcome to the forum. Haha --great advice from Bass Thumper and David Snyder. Your post didn't mention a specific song, so I listened to a bunch (there a helpful message as you click into the Showcase that gives you advice on posting that makes your posts most helpful to others). Man, some smooth playing in there, and wonderful jams to listen to --each one a treat really. Nice bass playing, and those guitars sing. The mixes are good, too. Looking forward to more.
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Thanks guys for input and all kind words. I'm so glad I picked up my guitar after 25 years on the wall. I really enjoy the whole creative process so Band-In-A-Box was perfect! It was a friend to me that told me about it. The real tracks idea is amazing! The program overall is very complex and sometimes messy. It feels like I use about 10% of it. lol
Most of the time I take a full "band" over to Garageband but when the song is finished it's different what is kept. Sometimes only the drums, sometimes some keyboard and a bass.
I also use BIAB a lot for practicing. Even scale and technique is far more fun to practice alone with a band playing instead of a boring metronome.
I would gladly add some pictures from my mancave but I don't know how to add them yet.
I've checked the shared Videos you link and there are great stuff and seem to be a nice community here! I retired after 45 years last year so I have plenty of time for this!
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