Mario, Excuse me while I pick my jaw off the floor... Astounding. Impressive. And a delightful listen. Real Intelligence making real music. Keep it up. wow fj
Thanx so much for this wonderful review. I'm glad that you liked it. I do plan to keep learning this new age/ classical genre and recording more like this one.
Hmmm, this is getting interesting. FWIW according to Adam Neeley Simply put, musical chords are two or more notes played together harmoniously. While you can play any chord on your musical instrument, not all of them will result in a melodic rhythm and could leave you with dissonance.A dyad is a two-note chord that’s commonly referred to as an interval. Dyads refer to the variation of two pitches, and they’re measured half steps. As usual, his video is informative. What is a chord? I'm just a student of music and the bass and would like to know what the truthful/music theory answer to this is. The definition of a chord seems quite fundamental to me. Why the controversy?
Because somebody called two notes played simultaneously a chord but based on music theory that has been taught for years it takes three or more notes to form a chord. https://www.musicpandit.com/resources/articles/chords/
Janne, Cool song. Love that piano! Really nice arrangement/production. Interesting vocals. Good mix. Good use of BIAB. The video is quite impressive, too... fj
Hi Floyd Man, this track’s got attitude. You can feel the heart in the lyrics — that tattoo line? Killer. Raw, funny, real. You went through the breakup purge: clothes, mugs, CDs, even the damn crochet yarn — we’ve all been there. But that ink? Nah, that’s forever. Great storytelling. Love the energy — uptempo, punchy, and your vocal’s solid. Yeah, it’s got that classic vibe which don’t go outta style. And props for the LCR panning setup — really opens up the mix, gives each guitar its own space. Feels wide, alive, like you’re in the room with the band. BIAB might be your engine, but you’re drivin’ this one with purpose. Only nit? Fade-outs still feel like dodgin’ the final chord… but hey, just me being overly salty. Yet another great song Floyd. You’ve got a voice, a story, and the chops to back it up. Always good to hear your sound on the feed. best regards Izzy
Izzy - thanks for the nice comments. In this case, I thought a long fade was just-the-right-thing - like a tattoo....
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Very witty, Floyd. I often wonder what people do with tattoos of old boy/girl friends. Loved the fact that you worked in the line about the yoga mat. The song makes me wanna dance. Love you voice, man. So good.
Loved this tune. Very cool vocal and lyric. Excellent groove and instrumentation choices. I agree is with Herb on the guitar. One trick I use is to put a reverb on aux buss. I then use a send on each track which you can blend the reverb to each accordingly. This will balance and give the song a same room feel.
Cool groove to this song. Really liked the energy changes. Excellent vocal and lyric. The cool thing about BIAB is that it some how keeps everything interested so you still want to play after the novelty wears off. Then the music starts to flow. Happy New Year and look forward to hearing your knew songs.
80? Wow. That's old Really old. Or as they say: older than dirt. Older than old dirt! For someone THAT old, you still have damn good ears, Bud. Happy Birthday! I wish you health, even more health, and then some. Here's to many, many more years 🍷🍾🍹
Well a rather belated Happy New Year to all! Here is my first write of 2026, When Life Deals You Duces, this was a bit of a personal journey and hopefully the lyrics will send you in the right direction.............This is a rough demo and will need the vocals refining as I sound a bit rough lol, just wanted to get it down and see the reaction. Thanks for taking the time to listen, all comments appreciated. Much love all Pete BAIB 2026 Mixcraft Pro Studio 10 Various effects Masterd with AAMS [Verse 1] The jukebox hums in the corner, low and slow, As I nurse this glass, just watchin' the shadows grow. She packed her bags when the dawn kissed the sky, Left me with questions and no reasons why. [Chorus] When life deals you deuces, you have to search for an ace, Pick up the pieces, find a brand-new place. It's a gamble of hearts, but the cards don't lie, You can't win the hand if you don’t even try. [Verse 2] Her perfume lingers like a ghost in the air, Every corner of this house still whispers she was there. But the queen of my heart, she laid her hand down, Now I'm just a king, alone with his crown. [Prechorus] The deck keeps shufflin', the river runs wild, You gotta hold your nerve, play it soft, play it mild. [Chorus] When life deals you deuces, you have to search for an ace, Pick up the pieces, find a brand-new place. It's a gamble of hearts, but the cards don’t lie, You can't win the hand if you don’t even try. [Bridge] The dealer’s smile, it cuts like a knife, Luck is a stranger in this game of life. But somewhere in the shuffle, there's hope to be found, A hand worth playin’ when the chips are down. ****** Song Summary ************* Title: When Life Deals You Deuces (You have To Search For An Ace) File:When Life Deals You Duces.MGU Key=E , Tempo 158, Length (m:s)=4:48 No intro. 251 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 251. Repeat x1 chorus Fadeout ending bars =12. Melody has 783 notes, Melody harmony is < no harmony >(0) No Soloist track. Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0, Song is saved with bar changes for Volume Changes,RealDrums Changes, Style is _HVMERCY.STY (Have Mercy Fast Country Waltz) RealTracks in style: ~1423:Bass, Electric, PopWaltz Ev 180 RealTracks in style: ~1432:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm PopWaltz Ev 180 RealTracks in style: ~1426:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming PopWaltz Ev 180 RealTracks in style: 2544:Pedal Steel, Background ModernWaltz Sw 140 RealTracks in song: 3195:Guitar, Acoustic, Soloist WaltzMellowBrent Ev 120 RealTracks in song: ~1424:Fiddle, Background PopWaltz Ev 180 RealTracks in song: 1107:Fiddle, Background BluegrassWaltz Ev 140 RealTracks in song: 4152:Guitar, Electric, Soloist NashvilleWaltzBrent Sw 120 RealDrums in style:RockModernWaltz^2-a:Sidestick, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride, Busy Kick *******************
Great - you might also want to copy/merge some other folders - in particular the 'Demos', and 'Styles' folders - from that external location to the C:\bb location.
Thanks Andrew. Think those two folders are good. Demos folder = 2778 items Styles folder = 11,647 items It's a joy to open any of my hundreds of song files and get no errors. Can finally start learning ! Thanks
Only saw this now. I experienced this last week on my one PC. I "abandoned" it after struggling for about an hour to stabilise it and contuued on my second one which worked fine. In the afternoon I retried number one and it was fine. I concluded that it must have been a Windows 11 uodate which was running in the background and somehow hogged all the resources. (At time Task Manager showed +-30% resource utilization)
There are so many RealTracks that I had a hardtime browsing them. What I did was create an external RealTrack Card Index files put into an accordion index card holder. I got an index a-z card guides and organized the Real Tracks by going through all of them and assigning them to the letter that they would belong to. So Funk would be on F, Folk would be on F, Guitar would be on G, Horns would be on H anyways I did this for all 488 Real Tracks but I just read that styles are not the same as RealTracks. So I will look that over. I was also able to get 330 tracks on the alphabetical dividers, So it is doable for anyone. I plan to randomize out of those 488 styles
Thank you DC. I'll keep an eye on Trackspacer, sounds like a good plugin to have. As you say, i'll wait until its on sale....everything sounds expensive when it's converted into Aussie dollars!! Thank you for listening, kind regards
Respect Yourself ! Hi, this is a live busking track, I am playing with the BiaB soundtrack, singing and playing lead guitar, the mix is a little off in that my lead guitar isn't mixed well at the end, but busking is busking. Thanks for listening. ****** Song Summary ************* Title: Respect Yourself File:Respect Yourself.SGU Key=Bm , Tempo 112, Length (m:s)=2:34 8 bar intro, 20 bar chorus, from bar 9 to bar 28. Repeat x3 choruses No Melody No Soloist track. Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0, Style is _METTLE.STY (Mettle Gritty Country Blues) Style MIDI Instruments are : 17/1 Detuned Drawbar Organ, GM2 Bank 1, RealTracks in style: 1417:Bass, Electric, RootsRock Ev 100 RealTracks in style: 2634:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm CountryBluesRock Ev 110 RealTracks in style: 2635:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm CountryBluesRockHigh Ev 110 RealTracks in song: 2346:Horn Section, Rhythm, Funk 2-part, Ev 110 RealDrums in style:NashvilleEven8^5-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride ******************* Donny G
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Really old. Or as they say: older than dirt. Older than old dirt! For someone THAT old, you still have damn good ears, Bud. Happy Birthday! I wish you health, even more health, and then some. Here's to many, many more years 
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