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Paul, Thanks. I appreciate the kind words. Bob
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Thanks, Noel. Will try this. Thanks, too, Matt. Regards, Shawn
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Cool song. Yes, I agree with you. Some of the best audiences I've ever played for were military guys and gals. We never availed the opportunity to do a USO tour. However, we were looking into the possibility to go play at "Club Gitmo" for a one month stand. Things conspired against us. The agent for that tour said we didn't have enough pop and top 40 songs in our set lists. However we did play regularly on a military base, mostly in the enlisted clubs for the Marines. So many funny stories.... one in particular.... We were just getting started in this club circuit. Our first time in the club and in the first set.... of course no body dances because it's 95% guys and the women know better than to say yes. They sat there just staring and drinking beer. Then, around the third song, they started throwing beer cans towards us which landed and started accumulating on the "dance floor" in front of the stage. We were thinking they must really think we are horrible and they hate us. So on the first break, we go outside and we're all down in the dumps. A couple of the Marines come out with us. One of the Marines says "Man, you guys are great!!!" To which we reply yeah, the rest of them in there think we s.u.c.k. To which he says, You guys must be new. ( we were ) Then he says we only throw beer cans at the good bands. You guys are at least a 3, maybe 4 barrel band. Then he explained that the barrels thing was how many 55 gallon barrels of beer cans were swept up off the floor at the end of the night. He said some bands only get 1 barrel, but the good ones get at least 3. He was right.... 4 barrels at the end of the night and we went back inside with a whole different POV and had a blast. There was even a good old bar fight when one guy knocked over the tower of beer cans 4 guys were building on their table. I guess he thought they should be throwing, and not stacking. Then there was the Recon club where they drank beer, ate glass and beer cans........
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You had a good writing partner. I've enjoyed the music.
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cool tune. I like the minor feel and the occasional major third being dropped in. Good message. Focus on the important things in life.
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Or for that matter an inversion of D11, whether minor or major? What key is the song? What was the previous and next chord? Those two questions can be important when determining how to refer to the chord. Rharv, you bring up some good questions that go to the complexity of this subject; context seems to be very important. So what if we establish 3 different contexts so they can be specifically addressed separately? Context 1(most simple): Piano player in his studio by himself and only plays individual chords with his right hand. No songs are played. Context 2 (a little complex): Piano player still plays chords with only his right hand but a bass player is with him. Again, no songs are played. Context 3 (complex): Piano player, bass player and drummer come together and play a complete song in a single unambiguous key. The goal here is to understand Levitin’s 2 statements. “Joni’s genius was she creates chords that are ambiguous, chords that could have two or more different roots.” “The brilliance of Jaco, Joni said, is that he instinctively knew to wander around the possibility space, reinforcing the different chord interpretations with equal emphasis, sublimely holding the ambiguity in a delicate, suspended balance.” Regarding the simplest case, Context 1, if the piano player plays C – E – G (increasing pitch as you move from C to E to G, my question is this an ambiguous or unambiguous chord? My answer: It’s an unambiguous Cmaj chord. Reasoning: The pianist is providing a root, a 3rd and a 5th, therefore it’s a fully voiced, unambiguous chord. Am I wrong?
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Oh, you know I live in the choir for this one, Preach. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get much walking in last year, but... What a terrific song to say what needs so much to be said, Janne. Outstanding in every way. Right from concept to this extraordinary mix, you are the master of creation --about creation. Love the video too.
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You are such a good writer, Bob. Love these lyrics as much as I enjoy your short stories. I also love your playing, but I get what you mean JRJ. There are a few songs I use other bassists, too. Yeah, your SUNO singer is far better than either of us could do. But what would our world be like if Dylan used Suno? Good song, my friend.
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Very original. Fine use of Real Tracks and an excellent mix. Your voice/vocals is/are compelling. Well done. Thank you, Scott. Appreciate the listen!
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Depuis plusieurs jours j'échange par mail & par chat avec PG music pour obtenir l'annulation de mon achat et son remplacement par BIAB 2026. A part quelques réponses lénifiantes , aucune réaction aucune action. C'est affligeant! A se demander si les canadiens ne seraient aussi bêtes que leur voisin!!
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Hi, Josie. It's good to hear from you! I was wondering where you were. Now I know. 
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Thank you for the listen and your comments Herb. I’ll tweak the guitars as you suggest and I’ve also had some tweaks suggested by RayC. Im just waiting for the AC to bring my music room down from 35 degrees C. It’s roasting in Adelaide today. Kind regards.
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... My Only Problem Is The Difference In Chords Like The Slight Difference Between A Chord Like FMaj And F2 Or FAdd9. ... So Could You Please Correct My Chords If I'm Wrong? Two quick things. First, F2 and Fadd9 are indeed different chords but BIAB implements them both as F2. Same for Fadd2; it's played as F2. You should not expect to hear different chords. Second, unless you turn off Natural Arrangement (and sometimes even if you do!), BIAB is likely to choose similar chords sometimes, just as a normal human player would, especially in jazz. In the example you tested, BIAB might simply have substituted F2 for F. But first, turn off Natural Arrangement and run the test again many times. Then if you want to know more, read my article here and try more experiments: https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=694482#Post694482
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I'm not buying it Hello, so, I busk with BiaB backing soundtracks, it is great tool, here is me busking live, the difference in this one is I wanted to play along with the BiaB lead guitarist, RT 2816. So you will hear the difference in tone, I love playing live with these players. I am the one bending notes and singing. Thanks for listening. ****** Song Summary ************* Title: I'm not buyin' it File:I'm not buyin' it.SGU Key=C#m, Tempo 116, Length (m:s)=1:47 No intro. 16 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 16. Repeat x3 choruses No Melody No Soloist track. Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0, Style is _DODGE.STY (Dodge Funky Blues) RealTracks in style: 4235:Bass, Electric, BluesFunkyAB Ev 120 RealTracks in style: ~674:Organ, B3, Background Blues Roadhouse Ev 120 RealTracks in style: 4249:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm BluesFunky Ev 120 RealTracks in song: 2816:Guitar, Electric, Soloist SmoothSoulSlowBrent Ev 085 RealDrums in style:FunkHalfNotePulse: a: Snare, Kick b: Busy Kick, Snare *******************
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" this is a first cut so excuse any errors" What errors? I didn't hear any errors! Excellent song, loved the groove. Super backing tracks and vocal with some outstanding guitar chops thrown in. Fantastic song.
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Yes please. I've been working 12/8 patterns on my own, it would be great to see something in BIAB
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