Originally Posted By: MusicStudent
Can I suggest you go right to v4.0.1. The sounds and graphics are sooooo much better than v3.

That's what I plan on.

I've downloaded, but haven't had a chance to make a full hard drive image, which I always do before I install anything.

Also, I'm trying to get this "Near You" song out by tomorrow, and spent most of the day with an important errand that was 1 1/2 hours away and another 1.5 back. It turned out well though, so it was worth it.

And while I was down in Boca Raton, there is this great baby back rib place that I have a hard time passing without stopping, and well, it was only another 15 minutes down the road laugh

I've got the chart finished (in Encore)

The MIDI file done, including the usual piano figure. I didn't really like the BiaB-generated drum part for this song, so I kept parts of it, and played my own. Sometimes the older BiaB drum parts are too quantized for my personal tastes. (Drums were my first instrument, so I'm picky about them.)

I'm going to play wind synth, muted trumpet patch, and try to sound a bit like Sweets Edison. Something like what he did with Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. It probably won't stay that way for long, if I know me, but it's a good starting point. I fooled around with it last night, and it's an easy progression to improvise over.

The couple that likes it usually come in on Wednesday, and we haven't told them we were learning it, so it'll be a nice surprise for them. She said it was "their song."

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