Originally Posted by floyd jane
... there are elements/instruments in your production that made me think "I could use that..." and I haven't ever considered them because they are labelled "reggae".
And you used them well.
I didn't know that BIAB had a HiHatRoll RD (and nice use of that! - though, I thought it needed to be less loud/more subtle/tucked in.) Have not heard anyone use that....cool... (a true "Showcase" song. You Showed me bunches of new stuff! Thank you.) fj
Thank you Floyd! I have to admit that there wasn’t a lot of discretionary intelligence in instrument choice on my part. I simply searched in Style Picker for ‘rude’ (a song by Magic!) and up it popped, and used it right off the shelf, as is. I love real track 4012 with its held chords with a phaser(?) effect on it. All those percussive tracks worked wonders as well. Shout out to the PG Music person(s) who compiled this style - they deserve Employee of the Month. I agree that there are lots of cool styles and tracks lurking in obscure places on the StylePicker. In a recent post, I found the Tin Whistle style that has good acoustic strumming, and also found separately the U2 style 16th rhythm guitars - search ‘Dublin’.

It’s the gift that keeps on giving!

Andrew