Hey Y'all

Well, this is just an acoustic piece, but it is what I am working on at the moment--a full album of stuff like this, soothing, relaxing Celtic-type stuff with the sound of wood and an occasional fretboard squeak. I have another alternative rock album about to drop, but I have to say I get A LOT more streams, licenses, and purchases for stuff like this by far than I do for anything else. I have a couple of folks who play some of my "soothing" albums every morning with coffee to start their day. smile

This is the kind of music I listen to most during the day while I am working, so I figured I might as well make my own.

I am switching to ReverbNation for my posts, because it is so easy, and I can move things around and I never run out of space.

https://www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder/song/35344693-the-glade


Anyway, this process is super easy, and I never have to leave RealBand, or import stuff to a DAW (I use Cakewalk/Sonar for other things), I do it all in BIAB and Real Band. I have several templates for Celtic waltzes, and Celtic 4/4 (real track styles and midi styles), and use a mixture of both. He is the process:

1.) I open a Celtic midi template. Then I choose a tempo, and write a chord progression.
2.) I record the acoustic in BIAB and get a .wav file on my desktop. Usually 1 take.
3.) I export the midi version pre-mixed.
4.) I open up the real track version in Real Band.
5.) I pop the Brainworx BX Master desk plugin I got for free on the various busses and my guitar (which has its own buss), fiddle with the levels for a couple of seconds and hit render.

That is it. Zero effects and no AI. Just BIAB and a Taylor.

Well hope you like it if you like background music as much as I do.

David Snyder
Songwriter/Renaissance Man
Studio + Fingers

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