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Hello. This is my latest song and it is out on Spofity from today. It's also on YouTube and all other places where music is put. https://open.spotify.com/track/5tgCSHMPOkiebBFFzb7Ahy?si=9cd4a02be3b04f86https://youtu.be/wDp8temT33MHere is the story how it is made: I wanted a latin style groove and had the idea to change between major and minor in feeling, and also change keys a few times. Actually there are four key changes in less than the two minutes the song last. I always try to keep everything around two minutes. The key changes are between A minor and C minor so even if it is three steps it fits well in harmony. I picked tempo 120 and style _GUAJIRA.STY which has some great musicians and groove. This is the ground verse. |a) Am7| D7| G7| CMaj7 E7| A7| D7| G7| CMaj7 Em7| |a) Am7...| Bm/A..| C/A| D/A...| FMaj7/A..d| G/A...d| E7| A7sus..d| After that I tried the funktion to create an Intro in Jazz style, 4 bars, and tried it several times until I found some cool chords I liked. Then I manually changed them three Keys so I got the first key change right after the intro. Next step was to pick BLUE and GREEN boxes for different groove. Then I used the very cool function CHORD OPTIONS and there put in some HOLD and SHOT chords. Sometimes with the exceptions for the drums. When I was happy with everything in BIAB I exported the instruments to Garageband using DAW. Then I started creating the melody on guitars. This time I kept all instruments, ofter times I play everything except the drums. Short about the mixing in Garageband I often put comp guitar and piano right and left around 35 and drums and bass in the middle. If I only play one guitar it's also in the middle but when I play two at at the same time I have them at 15 right and left. That's about it. To get it on Spotify I use Rotenote where I have put many songs now, alla short instrumental in blues, rock, jazz, latin etc. Remember to have a copyright free photo if you put songs there. Hope you enjoy and someone got inspiration and some ideas. Regards Sören Ahlbäck
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Excellent use of BiaB, and explanation, Sören. Yep, it was a short tune and I played it twice --so far. Now I'm onto the rest of your tunes. Excellent throughout.
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Excellent use of BiaB, and explanation, Sören. Yep, it was a short tune and I played it twice --so far. Now I'm onto the rest of your tunes. Excellent throughout. Wow, thank you!
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I also think you did some cool stuff here, especially the holds and shots work very well. I like it  
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Nice instrumental with a catchy hook.
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The perfect combination of a Santana lead and some jazz style chord progressions.
Excellent masterpiece.
Outstanding guitar chops.
Outstanding chord progression.
Great mix.
I really liked this one.
Last edited by MarioD; 03/21/23 09:12 AM.
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64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware
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The perfect combination of a Santana lead and some jazz style chord progressions.
Excellent masterpiece.
Outstanding guitar chops.
Outstanding chord progression.
Great mix.
I really liked this one.
Appreciated!! The Santana feeling is somehow stock in the head since the 70s. I love his tone.
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