Hi Dave, A great song and production, Chris’s vocals are perfect and Marty’s bass is on form. I don’t like to point out a song that is very similar, but it really struck me straight away. You need to check out Drive by Joe Bonamassa. Obviously a male vocal on Joes, but the theme and maybe the chord progression is similar. Maybe an instance of simultaneous creative convergence. Great song nevertheless. Kind regards.
Hi John There’s no pigeon holing you! You cover a wide range of genres and this 70s disco style song is a great example of that style. A good choice of style and I didn’t mind the middle break, it gave the listener time to get off the dance floor, put on another pair of flairs, to comb the overexposed chest hair and select a new medallion. Well worth the 45 year wait!. Kind regards.
OM, good to see you're feeling better. Glad your surgery went well. Hope you have a quick recovery. Thanks again for the opportunity to work on your song. It was fun. You and Dan laid the groundwork so most of the information was available to properly set up BIAB for the project. Making two versions of the song wasn't intended to change the groove or anything, but to showcase that once a song is synced with BIAB, anything is possible including having the bass and drums come in with the crazy intro lead after rhythm starts had I known you wanted that arrangement. The second version was to follow the arrangement you and Dan had taken. I used my guitar to manually determine the pitch of the imported audio. Then matched BIAB to the audio track by setting the non- transpose key signature to the pitch I had determined by ear and pressed the play button to play the song. This method allowed BIAB to see that pitch and link with it. Once linked, I set the proper key signature by regenerating the song and that transposed BIAB and the imported audio to the same pitch. The lyrics were a hoot and offered endless directions to take the song musically. I found it ironic that your surgery was ongoing the same time as I'm hearing the antics going in an emergency room. Too funny. Charlie
Hi Izzy, This is great humor, even for Dutch standards! I had to laugh the whole song through: I told the waitress, “You can call me Fred,” She said, “I’d rather call you gone instead.” If this is a boring song... well... eh, then I'll love boring songs from now on! Your singing is amazing, but tell me, were you hoarse after singing? Could you still talk? I think from now on we can call this Fun Blues, a new genre. And you in the lead! Hans
Hi Hans, Thanks for the laugh—and the sympathy! If “Fun Blues” is now a genre, I accept full responsibility (and royalties) but next time, I’ll sing in a lower key I can still talk, but everything now sounds like a vintage radio. 😜 With gratitude (and a little Dutch courage), Your vote of confidence (and your sense of humour) means more than you know. Izzy
I thougt I had already commented but I must not have pressed send. Janice Bud & Peter If nostalgia had a melody, it’d sound a lot like "The Barn" —a charming song with the soul of a storybook. Janice’s vocals are nothing short of enchanting while Bud’s production polishes the track like a family heirloom. The lyrics are a masterclass in wistful storytelling. Who knew a barn could be a love interest, a workplace, and a symbol of stubborn resilience—all while holding onto the ghosts of hay-filled laughter and forbidden romances? Peter’s guitar work is the perfect sidekick. I kinda see this song as a metaphor for all things solid and reliable because a barn isn’t just wood and nails. It’s memory. It’s legacy. And thanks to Janice’s velvety vocals, Bud’s meticulous craft, and Peter’s guitar, this one’s not just standing—it’s singing. 🎪 ♫.♪.♩.♬ Well done, team. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go stare thoughtfully at my shed for ten minutes. 👀 regards Izzy.
Just to keep the thread centered: This isn’t about DAWs, and it’s not only about looping. It’s about transport‑based software with multiple views, and how BIAB’s independently‑developed views need consistent transport behavior (cursor, selections, looping) to feel unified. Here we can see inconsistency Cursor and Selection between nearly all views. When PG Music set out to improve user experience, it goes beyond GUI changes. Consistency is a big part of that.
Hi Chay, You really created a fantastic song! The violins and all the orchestral instruments blended beautifully with the more modern instruments that came in during the song. And it is a lovely melody. A pleasure to listen to. Hans
Thanks very much Hans! Amazingly, your response makes this post of mine the most successful on this forum - it's also now in the top 4 of my BiaB YouTube posts - but I say 'amazingly' because while I obviously like this instrumental as otherwise I'd never have posted it, but it's not even in my top 30 favourites out of my now 40 BiaB instrumentals! Blue Attitude Dave also once commented that it's disappointing when least favourite YT posts get more views than favourities!
Thanks, that's interesting. I'm not that computer-literate, and I always welcome information I didn't know before. While I'm a trained musician, everything I know on the computer is self-taught, with the help of books, friends, and videos. I've learned what I need to know, to do the things I need to do, and not much more. While my curiosity is endless, the time I can devote to things is limited. I haven't even watched TV since the first Jay Leno “Tonight” show. I write and maintain my own websites, originally from a book, (HTML in Plain English), and later from googling, and adapting code from other websites. A computer teacher actually asked permission to use my nortonmusic.com site to teach his class how a simple website could be the best choice for the purpose my site was intended to do. I told him I keep it simple because it's for information, not entertainment. I remember in the 8 bit days using BASIC, and that was fun. I made a simple game. But when I quit a band and started a duo, making my own backing tracks (then on a Teac A4440 reel-to-reel) there was no time to play with code anymore. BTW, I play sax, flute, wind synth, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and voice in various levels of competency/incompetency. Instead of learning to be a coder, I learned wind synth, lead guitar, style writing for BiaB, making backing tracks for my duo from scratch, and hardest of all, how to sing with a less than stellar sounding vocal instrument (me). I can hold my own now. Life is a learning journey. There is so much more to learn, and not nearly enough years in a lifetime to learn it all. Notes ♫
Hi BT This is just a random selection without any in-depth research. Listening to these songs made me think …
The context and instrumentation influences the sound
The impact of chord extensions and bass notes used
My perception or preconceived notions of whether the chords should sound sad or happy
Andrew
Hmmm, clearly you have superior listening skills that I. I don't think I can add anything here you don't already know, hopefully someone else can comment. I can say that I never heard How to make Gravy before and there is something masterfully emotional about that video.I'm going to attempt to work on a bass line for that song. According to Fender Studio Pro it has an E - F#m7 - A - E - A - B chord progression. Cool tune for sure.
A weird, different, unexpected song. That's why I like it The surreal lyrics are right up my alley, and your interpretation of them is perfect. Even without a proper chorus, it's incredibly catchy. Really, really well done, Ron
"Weird! Different! Unexpected!" Ha! I want to have t-shirts made with that on it. THANKS, B.D.!
Originally Posted by laurent4114
The choice of style is very good. The song is very pleasant to listen to; it's very airy and the vocals are excellent. It's very enjoyable. Laurent
Hi Christian! An interesting story in your lyrics - as soon as I read your intro about the stones, I had to check it out. The chords used and melody add a lot to the mystique of the song, and the disco beat suggests the woman was excited by the encounter and its prospects. A good listen. Andrew
I have a ton of Waves plugins, and use a handful regularly. They are really solid. The Waves Update Plan versioning irritates me when setting up a new hardware DAW, but I work through it.
Mario, so sorry for your loss. Seems we're saying that way too much lately. This is a lovely tribute indeed. You have superb compositional skills, and create the most beautiful symphonic arrangements with a lively, emotional feel. Your playing perpetuates the delicious illusion of an orchestra, too. SUCH a nice tune!
I am rested now so I feel like I can comment now. Surgery is very draining. Regarding Charlie's download on User Showcase: -I agree that they are different versions of the song. -I preferred the second version of the download because it retains the original motion of the song ie: more rockier. -Please could the bass and drums come in with the crazy intro lead after rhythm starts. -Charlie, I am amazed you got the vocals tuned to the backing instrumentation. How did you do this in BIAB? -Please feel free to disagree with me folks but I feel old songs like this one done on multi track tape are more challenging than songs done in the digital domain. -It would be nice to see a video of your steps Charlie regarding ACW from start. I feel it would be great for us confused users from newbies onward. Great respect to everyone. OM
Hi Torrey, When I listened to your beautiful song, a few strange things happened in my head (nothing religious or anything like that); I heard some harmonies I knew from your other songs. Not copied verbatim, but the atmosphere was the same. I loved that. Those harmonies have always been your strong point! Especially in your choruses. Yet, I find the melody of this song much more complex than those of your other songs. Is that nonsense? Not at all, but it was less easy to follow or understand. And although I read what you wrote to Brain about this, I do agree with him that your very intense intro doesn't connect to the rest of the song. When it played, I felt a special emotion that abruptly stopped at the beginning of the rest of the song. That was a strange experience, I must say. But all in all, this song, with that special charge, is very beautiful. As beautiful as I've come to expect from you. Praise! Hans
Hans, The intro is meant to be a dream sequence the individual suddenly comes out of as described in the first verse " The darkness fades a s you start a brand-new day" I am satisfied with it and will not change it ever! The mix has also been criticized by a couple of listeners, but I don't hear what they've described. I've listened to this probably at least a hundred times and I'm satisfied with it and won't be changing it! I genuinely thank you for listening and appreciate it! TB
Very nice. Unfortunately I don't think we are hearing just what they are playing. I think they are playing along to a studio recorded soundtrack; the reverb and cymbal swells give it away. Both seem to be very good musicians. It was not unusual to see a mixture of eastern and western musical instruments when I toured Southeast Asia in the seventies.
How I understand this setting... 1) The melodist creates MIDI melodies on the Melody track. 2) If you create a song that is designed in the AABA format (each of the four sections has 8 bars = 32 bars in total), the second A section (A2) that begins at bar 9 will be created in a different key from the original key. The B section (which begins at bar 17) then follows (it may or may not be in a different key depending on the setting chosen for the A2 transpose feature. After that, the final A section (A3, beginning at bar 25) will be played..
Hi Ron, Noel, Lee, Marty, Brian and Mario, It seems like I'm always too late to reply to your lovely song comments! Of course, I have my excuses, but they're a bit weak. After I post a song, all sorts of ideas for a new one pop into my head. And I want to try them out, and then I forget to reply to you in time. But I'm sure you're all have the same habit and still manage to do your homework on time.
Originally Posted by DC Ron
Weird and wonderful. Cool Zen-ish theme and wild accompaniment: A winning combination to my ears. Love your vocals and harmonies. The mix if first rate, too. Fantastic job, Hans!
Hi Ron, do you think it's a strange song? And Zen-like? That sounds great to me, Ron. I've never considered myself Zen-like. Strange, yes. But it was precisely that combination that made you like my song so much. Thanks for that! I told my wife I'm a Zen Buddhist... She looked weird at me.
Originally Posted by Noel96
Hi Hans. This is very entertaining listening. I love the song and the way you've arranged it. It's easy to hear that a lot of thought and listening went in to getting the final production. The opening guitar and fiddle are great. When the fiddle started playing, it reminded me of the fiddler in Charlie Daniels Band when they played "The Devil Went Down To Georgia". It's an easy two thumbs up from me! --Noel
Hi Noel, to be honest, the song, like most of my songs, went through several phases. Initially, they're quite nice, but a bit simple (in my opinion). Then I often listen to them and all sorts of ideas pop into my head about what I can change or add. Usually in the middle of the night (to my regret). Like the violins. I thought the song was finished, but a little voice in my head whispered, "No, not finished yet. Something surprising needs to happen. A violin, for example?" But it's very kind of you to say all this. I looked up "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" on Google. That Charlie can sing incredibly fast. I think that's impossible for me. But there are some similarities in the violin playing. Thanks to BiaB, I didn't have to play it myself.
Originally Posted by Knee Wobbler
Hi Hans A really good choice of style, love the violin. Yes it’s different, but it works and works well. I have a penchant for upbeat Irish/folk music, so this really appeals to me. Great song, kind regards.
Hi Lee, thanks for your reply! I'm glad you liked it. I also love Irish songs, like The Pogues (Dirty Old Town). But playing them myself? That's too difficult for me.
Originally Posted by BabuMusic
Oh, man, Hans. This is one of the funnest (though not the funniest) songs I've heard you develop. It grew into the special sound you created here. What an excellent mix. You know how I like your vocal. Could it be a bit louder on htis one? Hey, if you build that rocket, please make it big enough for all of us. Violin with an Irish lilt. Yeah, that fuels the rocket nicely.
Hi Marty, yes, you always get my first drafts and (almost) final drafts. I always heard you thinking, "What the hell am I supposed to say to that Dutchie? It's so weird/ugly, except for the vocals." Until the (almost) final draft. Then you explode or burst out in lyrical outbursts about how beautiful it is. (Honestly, this is all in my imagination, because you're always kind, friendly, and helpful. That's why you (almost) always get my first drafts...). It wasn't until you asked me—in your message—if the vocals could be a bit louder that I thought, "Too late!"
Originally Posted by Ghostgum
Some interesting instrument choices here, but they work surprisingly well together. Concept, composition and execution are all top-notch.
Hi Brian, thanks for your very nice compliment! I hope I can continue doing this!
Originally Posted by MarioD
Hans, this is great. Loved that tremolo guitar intro The violin was an excellent surprise Great vocal, harmonies, and lyrics Great ending One of your best.
Hi Mario, thanks for your kind compliments, but didn't I tell you NOT to call it my best song? Okay, you didn't say that; you said "One of my best." But my best songs have already been made, or are yet to be made. So what does it matter? As long as you like the song, it's the best for me! I was a bit late, but I hope you still appreciate my words. And I wish you a nice weekend too. Hans
If I was seeking to synchronise installed versions of BIAB, I'd do the following... Enter Stylepicker and click on the "Add-ons" in the middle of the window above the list of styles. I'd then compare the information found in each of the 13 text boxes on all three computers to see what is missing between each computer.
"I don't come here..." Your words. You didn't mention what you here for, so it was natural for me to ask. I assumed BIAB, so I offered likely one of the most important current discussions on the subject. Re-read what I've said from another, less aggressive angle. "You choose what you have time for. Out here" I care about BIAB and it's future. I dedicate at least 1-3 hours a week on testing and reporting issues. When required much more.
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Blue Attitude Dave also once commented that it's disappointing when least favourite YT posts get more views than favourities! 
The surreal lyrics are right up my alley, and your interpretation of them is perfect. Even without a proper chorus, it's incredibly catchy. Really, really well done, Ron ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/icons/default/thumbs_up.gif){kind=icon}
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