Originally Posted by BIABman
<...snip...> The songs I listened to today were midi-based except for the drums. This is clearly out of date concerning what's possible today with real tracks.<...>.

Yes, there is a reason for that. When I compiled Fake Disk #37, The Real Book 6th Edition, with all Real Styles, I got a number of complaints. The MIDI people were very unhappy.

Here is why:
  • If I assign a MIDI style, in most cases BiaB will suggest both a MIDI and an appropriate Real Style
  • If I assign a Real Style, no MIDI style is suggested, and the MIDI people don't have a suggestion.

So the only way to get both a MIDI and Real suggestion is to assign a MIDI style.

If you don't like either the MIDI or Real style suggested, you can substitute any style in your BiaB collection.

I don't pick the styles myself. I hire that out to contractors, and send them a share of each disk I sell. If I picked the styles myself, I would probably favor my own, because I know them best. I tell the contractors to pick the best style for the song, and if both a Norton and PG Music style work as well, choose the PG Style.

As far as faithfulness is concerned, I make my Fake Disks using the chord progressions in the corresponding books. If the books have the right chords, my fake disks will have the right chords. If the book has substitution chords, the fake disk will, too.

There are rare instances where there was an obvious error in the book, which I corrected, and noted in the Memo.

Each fake disk has one or more free samples you can download and try out in BiaB. Look in the list of songs on the right, and any song with a hyperlink can be downloaded.

What I sell is legal, as I've been audited twice by BMI with no problems noted.

It's also something you can do yourself, if you want to spend the many hundreds of hours per book to enter, correct and audition styles.

Try the free samples, change the style to a Real Style, if you like it, fine, if not, that's OK. I put the samples up so that people can try before they buy. I don't want to sell something you will be unhappy with. I make my living gigging, the BiaB is a sideline for me.

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Bob "Notes" Norton smile Norton Music
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