https://soundcloud.com/pwkimbrell/take-flight

Youtube video:


Song Title: Take Flight (instrumental)
Description: A guitar-driven melody rising from timid notes to triumph in the sky!
URL: https://pwkimbrell.com/song-downloads/take-flight/
Key=D , Tempo 85, Length (m:s)=3:20
Style is _NEONROK.STY
RealTracks in style: 2578:Bass, Synth, RetroPop Ev16 085
RealTracks in style: 639:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm HardRockThrash Ev 085
RealTracks in style: 642:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm HardRockThrashHollow Ev 085
RealTracks in style: 2324:Synth, Rhythm Rock80s Ev 120
RealDrums in Style: ** N/A ** RetroPop^08-a:Bass, LoudSnare , b:Bass, HardSnare

I bought the program upgrade for the 2025 Mac version and started playing around with it and came up with this instrumental. After I got the initial structure of the song the way I wanted it I printed out the chord sheet and kept it in my pocket to look at a few times a day. I'd look at the paper and try to visualize the song playing in my head as I read the chords and formed ideas for the melody. I also rendered out the chord sheet video to play along to and would go over it a few times per day for about a week. As soon as I was ale to play the song from start to finish I exported all the instrument stems from Band-in-a-Box over into LUNA where I recorded and mixed the backing track using UAD plugins. I tracked the lead guitar into LUNA using a program called Gig Performer 5 which allowed me to essentially play the song live and relay it into LUNA. I overdubbed a small part where I made a mistake but overall it was a live performance. I programmed Gig Performer 5 with Native Instruments Guitar Rig 7 Pro (Rocker Grit Preset) for the intro, verses, choruses, and bridge sections and then to switch to (Rocker 80s Preset) for the guitar solo section with a little bit of Universal Audio's Hittsville Reverb and a very light chorus effect (I can't remember the name of the UAD chorus plugin off the top of my head). I'll make a video of the process if you want me to. If so, just let me know in the comments.

Thank you for allowing me to share with you!

PS. I really - really - REALLY LOVE Band-in-a-Box! It's my favorite music software ever!!!

Last edited by Andrew - PG Music; 09/05/25 09:02 AM. Reason: Add Youtube video