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Superb on so many levels, John & Bob. I especially like "walked both sides of street wisdom..." description of Bob's vocal. I agree that his vocal is perfect. The lyrics are also perfect, and i like the feel. Everything is so well played and mixed. Very enjoyable listen!!
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Good write, AurealiusB and Kathy. Love those lyrics. Well sung and a good arrangement, too. The band is perfect. I like the bass. Everything is so well mixed and presented.
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So cool, Mario. I like the Eastern sound, especially in the "vocal." Excellent use of the unusual scale. Very engaging sounds. I also like how you took advantage of the MIDI conversion feature. Well done on many levels.
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Cool song, Andrew. I like when you guys are doing the same challenge. Much fun. Excellent lyrics from the germ of an idea. OH, YES!! It was defoinitely worth it. Looking back on those times with a sense of grief that they are gone is a testament to how important and good they were in the development. I also enjoyed the lethargic pace as if to keep the past in the present, which you've done very well. Much enjoyed.
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Another Do-Z, Sol. You do-z best songs. Very cool progression, and the background harmony really adds a ton of goodness. Great feel that is perfect for chair dancing. If you could see me now, you'd agree. Excellent and engaging vocal. Well done.
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Oh, so good. Bob, you are a superb story teller. And, wow, a great presenter of stories. Lvoe the narrative approach on this one. Joliz's voice is the perfect background for the story and the perfect accompaniment for the chorus.
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Marty, yes quit the rat race and stop and smell the roses! A fantastic song with a super message. Great video and of course vocal. I loved everything about this one. Thank you, Mario. And a special happy belated birthday!! Hi Marty. You grabbed my attention the minute your band started playing. This is such an infectious sound (in a very good way). I love the relaxed swing groove. I also love the sentiment of these lyrics. It's life's "small wonders" that matter. They are so easy to overlook and take for granted, especially in this world at the moment. I enjoyed this: the music, the lyrics, the arrangement, the mix and your singing  --Noel Thanks, Noel. You get it alright. A very positive song. You're right, I'm going to stop watching television and listen to your songs instead. The video is very well done, and I loved the young Japanese woman playing a musical instrument (very relaxing). Thank you Marty for this breath of fresh air! Laurent Haha, thanks, Laurent. That sounds like a good idea. A better one is to create more of yours. I thorougly appreciate your support. This is a really beautiful song, Marty. The instrumentation is exceptional, plus lyrically and theme-wise it's exceptional. I love it! Definitely one of your best. Thanks so much, Chay. I'm so glad you liked it that much.
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Mario..the music for film guru imho. hope you had a great birthday with many many to come. apologies for lateness of this post...been going thru minor medical stuff. happiness. om
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Hi Marty. Sorry it took so long to reply. Thank you for listening. It wasn't my first band but it was my first band that sounded like a band. Vic
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The only safe way a device is protected from a lightning strike is not attached to a power source. The high voltage and current can jump across a on/off switch with no problem. I learned that in my old day-job, when I tried to quit music. I saw a few others, but the one I explained in an earlier post was perhaps the most extensive. That's why when I'm not home, when I'm sleeping or when there are thunderstorms in the area, the computer, TV, and small appliances are off and unplugged. It's an ounce of prevention.
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Transposing up a minor third can be a powerful and effective modulation. It changes by three accidentals, enough to trigger different reactions from BIAB.
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Just friggin' wow! That's some real talent right there!
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That's really good. Love the vocals. Kinda makes me think of something Marty Robbins would have sung.
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I can see and play all of your songs just fine Dan.
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Glad some are still here, I still miss Mac. Finally, and not that it makes a rat's patoot, color me here. and now not. Good luck, peace Larry
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Bud, I haven't seen it this year. It's usually 'pinned' in the User Showcase forum page.
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What a nice tune for the day of rest, no hurry, just calming afternoon while watching slowly transforming cloud shapes at sunset. The instrumentation is superb Mario quality, that ethereal piano sounds very sweet and smooth. The sax has very nice nostalgic tone. Your guitar playing is masterful. Magical chord progression. Jazz that is easy to receive, I just want to immerse myself in the carefree world of your music. Janne Thanx Janne I appreciate your very kind review. I'm glad that you liked it.
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Shigeki, another outstanding song from your Repertoire of Masterpieces. The pianist and singer are fantastic together. You did an outstanding job blending them with BiaB tracks.
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As we said over at YT, "Great idea and lovely in outcome." Your arrangement, guitar chops/tone and the mix are all stellar. Nice group of Biab session players too. Turning a kid's tune into this is creative to the max! Excellent! J&B
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Another D[irect] C[urrent] zapper of a chord structure and also a great production. A truly enjoyable romp of a song, though I'm not quite sure what it's saying about the UFO theme. I've been interested in the subject for over 50 years and I've met one of the earliest British researchers into it who became cynical about the whole subject, but I've found over the years that there's oodles of fakery in books on the subject and also on popular TV shows. I now doubt that we've ever been visited by aliens - there are alternative perspectives on and explanations for valid sightings, etc - and the only semi-interesting idea one guy put forward is that a minority of sightings could be human time-travellers (tourists) from the future. I now just have one book on the subject, "The Field Guide to Extraterrestrials" which lists countless assumed contacts with ETs, but if every one of them was an actual alien then we're being visited by hundreds of alien species and that's just not possible. For a comic view on the theme I recommend Country Joe McDonald's less than 2 minute song "UFO". It's a hoot! But the important thing is that your song is an excellent hoot, too!  Thank you, Chay! So, MY interpretation of the song works on two levels. First, it riffs on a speculative outcome of Area 51 becoming declassified and the public finding out aliens in flying saucers are a real thing. Second, it lampoons a few obvious co-conspirators in the alien narrative, notably the press. Or it could be gibberish. I can see slender tendrils of connective tissue between the UFO story and the fantastic universe you've created and presented here as songs. "UFO" is a hoot of a short song for sure. RIP Country Joe...
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“Something calls, all along It calls out loud, it's sounding wrong Not quite home, feel me drown. It's a different thread Someone bled Life in Blundertown.” We always like a “connect your own dots” write. Excellent! Your narratives often get us thinking about how situations evolve. Since we’re so late to the party we listened to mix 3 and it sounds great to us. Steve’s vocal and guitar are strong and your bass is fine in chops and that very tight tone. Janice especially likes his phrasing on the choruses when he gives the emphasis to “near.” The BiaB tracks worked very well. We look forward to the master and vid! J&B
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This is the philosophy on nearly all the quotes we have posted all throughout our kitchen. 😊 “I’m gonna take today and make it mine Take today and make the sun shine” Your folder definitely held a gem in this song. And it’s a rallying cry for us to all get on board the positivity train. Great group of BiaB session folks. And an excellent mix. Sounds great on the monitors. More please! J&B
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Thanks or the response. No way. It is almost UNUSABLE on sheets.
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Yes. There's the 'individual' SongPicker, which you can open by shift-clicking the SongPicker button (the button that has an image of two eighth notes, to the left of the song title), and there's the SongPicker that's part of the 'MultiPicker' dialog, which you can open by ctrl-clicking the button. By default a click without a modifier key will open the MultiPicker, unless you've changed the default. I tried shift-clicking and it opened! I even tried closing and reopening to see if it was a fluke, but the SongPicker opened. Now I can click without the shift key and it still opens. I don't know how that fixed anything, but now it works! -It may be that there is some kind of error trying to open the folder you have set as the home folder (default is /Applications/Band-in-a-Box/MySongs). I never changed any default locations, but if this happens again I'll try some of the other things you recommended. I have no clue what ultimately fixed the problem, but thank you to all who chimed in to help!
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I understand very little of the Welsh language, although my grandmother tried her best to get me to speak it when I was a kid. Then my parents moved up to London and the link was lost. Another thing that never was. Vic
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