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That's a great question Andrew. It's sort of funny and goes back to around 1979. I was taking a song writing class in Encinitas (North San Diego). I was in the composers class (taught by the late drummer and producer Sid Bulkin). Kathy was in the lyricists class. Same location but we never met. But the instructor told me anout her so one day we met in La Jolla Shores (beach nearby). Just to talk. Well within several months she sent me a whole bunch of her photocopied hand-written lyrics via slow mail. The rest is history. In the next few years, I wrote about 20 songs. But I've only met her face to face a handful of times. However, she knows about this Forum and I will send her a link.
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Hi Mario! Is that Arabian rock, or perhaps 'Morocc'n roll'? In any ways, it sounded really good - fantastic how you came up with that as part of the song's journey. 130BPM - double the speed of your usual offerings! I think it's a particular scale that creates this feel? Is it Phrygian? I don't know. Some with better music theory knowledge than I will know. Really loved this one! Andrew
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Hi Esa! I agree with others - reggae style works well with this song - it's hard to keep my foot from tapping! I always appreciate the background you provide for these traditional songs. My only comment musically is the song finished abruptly - maybe a held chord might have been better? Anyhow, that's a small thing in relation to a very good reggae interpretation in your song - loved it. Andrew
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Pretty successful Andrew. The rhythm section lacks a little push but taht's hard to achieve in BIAB. the vocals make a good draft/planning set. I can hear this with a a couple of confident voices being an absolute belter. VERY cool song. Thanks Ray! You’ve touched on what my main mission is – I want to illustrate the musical idea I had but without any pretense of commercial success for me or anyone else. To me, it’s a bit like doing a really good painting and have it hanging on the wall in my lounge room and have visitors comment on it. Thanks for listening! Pretty cool intro, Andrew. I'm not sure if your song qualifies as Motown, but I'm no expert on the subject, so what do I know? But I know a good song when I hear one, and this is definitely a good song. I like the little details you’ve included, they really make the song interesting. Enjoyed my listen [Linked Image] Thanks B.D.! This RealStyle was a really good find and worked well with my song idea, and in turn helped inspire the arrangement of the song. I particularly like the impact that the vibes had from verse 2 onwards. Thanks for listening! I really loved the instrumentation in your song. Well done. Song does have a bit of a soul feel. Good vocal too. You have a unique voice. Slightly Bowiesque. Hi AurealiusB! Shout out to bassist Craig Young who provided the bass RealTrack used in this RealStyle. Yes, I do have a unique voice, and not the best singer, but I do love expressing myself in song. There’s something almost mystical(?) about singing, I reckon. Thanks for listening, and looking forward for when you drop another of your songs! Andrew
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Yes, this an excellent song, arrangement and video. Mas excelente!
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A very cool and interesting song. Your vocal sounds like a song I've often heard played on Coast to Coast radio. It's also about UFOs. Nice rock feel.
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Soundcloud: Worth it in the end YouTube: Worth it in the end TLDR INSPIRATION and DEVELOPMENT This song is my response to our group songwriting challenge to use the chord progression C - G - D - A - E featured in 'Hey Joe' by Jimmi Hendrix. You can see K-Dub Ya’s response to that challenge here. I was inspired by the Neil Finn penned song 'One step ahead' by NZ band Split Enz which inspired the bass, rhythm guitar and synth parts - the latter being a nod to Split Enz keyboardist Eddie Rayner. For those interested, here is a link to One step ahead where you can hear the wonderful synth work by Eddie Rayner. Lyrically, the song is about how my wife and I made sacrifices (not purely financial) from our younger years - a classic 'hare and tortoise' tale, thus giving rise to the thumbnail pic used. The style of music has a [?] feel to it, and while the message of the lyrics is a positive one, I can sometimes look back on my past with feelings of grief or loss that I will not live those times again. The guitar solo is used to move time ahead quickly through life events, and this is also reflected in the bridge 'Time can move at two speeds – sometimes fast, and meanwhile slow'. RECORDING Style is _FRAGMNT.STY (Fragment Torpid-Strum Slo Grunge) - tracks with strikeout were not used. RealTracks in song: 1009:Bass, Electric, HardRockThrash Ev 085 – replaced by my bass RealTracks in style: 667:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm SouthernRock Ev 085 (A:sync) RealTracks in style: 3736:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm GrungeSlowDistPower8ths Ev 080 RealTracks in song: 5020:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm HardRockSlowChugAB ev 90 RealTracks in song: 4157:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModCountryPopSoftPowerChug Ev 090 - replaced by my rhythm guitar RealTracks in song: 3348:Guitar, Electric, Soloist HazyBallad ev16 070 – used during Solo and chorus 4 only with 'Doubler' impulse response using ReaVerb RealDrums in style:RockSouthernEv^1-a:Snare, Open HiHat , b:Snare, Ride Other RealTracks used in song: The following synths were only used in sections of the song: VERSE 2 2582 Synth Rhythm Muted Melody Ev16 CHORUS 1 2265 Synth Bell Pad Rhythm 80s Pop Melodic Ev 2267 Synth Bell Pad Rhythm 80s Pop Melodic Ev VERSE 3 2326 Synth Background JazzFunk Lead Ev 5047 Synth Rhythm Hyperwave Edge 16 Pulse Ev16 5051 Synth Background PinkLights Bendy Melodic Ev16 SOLO 2581 Synth Rhythm Pop Bell 8ths Ev CHORUS 2 1742 Synth Rhythm Modern Dance PopRave Strings Held Ev BRIDGE 5045 Synth Rhythm Hyperwave 16 Stabber Ev16 5046 Synth Background Hyperwave Simple Melodies Ev16 CHORUS 3 2746 Synth Rhythm AltHipHop Pad 8ths Ev16 – Chorus 3 CHORUS 4 2746 Synth Rhythm AltHipHop Pad 8ths Ev16 – Chorus 3 1749 Synth Rhythm Modern Dance PopOctave 16ths A-B Ev My recordings used in song: Rhythm guitar – chugging style + double in Bridge Guitar tremolo in Bridge Bass – with low pass to remove fret noise Vocal doubled, but second set -7.5db and 18% left Harmony vocal in Verse 3 Mixed and arranged in Reaper. LYRICS (Lyrics and chords in attachment) VERSE 1 Though it took its time and I sacrificed so much It’s given all I touch I don’t have to pretend, it’s all worth it in the end VERSE 2 Walking by my side, you kept the dream from red The wound was in my head Scars will start to mend, it’s all worth it in the end CHORUS 1 Seems such a long time ago, what did we see? What did we know? Appearing such a long way to go, who would we be? How would we grow? VERSE 3 Playing hard to get, our pockets filled with hands But it wasn’t sands We never were to bend, it’s all worth it in the end CHORUS 2 Seems such a long time ago, what did we see? What did we know? Appearing such a long way to go, who would we be? How would we grow? BRIDGE Time can move at two speeds – sometimes fast, and meanwhile slow Love can also take its time and moving quick will turn out fine for all CHORUS 3 Seems such a long time ago, what did we see? What did we know? Appearing such a long way to go, who would we be? How would we grow? Seems such a long time ago, what did we see? What did we know? Appearing such a long way to go, who would we be? How would we grow?
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Sequoia 15.7.5 has been out a few weeks and contains a number of bug fixes. I would reinstall BIAB. Try a Safe Boot by shutting down and holding the Shift key as you start. When you get to the login screen, enter your Admin password. After your desktop icons have finished rebuilding, restart. This clears System caches and resets many functions to Default.
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I'll pass this along to the team in charge of our forum! Thanks for pointing it out. In checking it out for myself I happened to notice that twitter is still listed as twitter instead of X, so I'll let them know about that as well.
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Thanks Noel. I guessed there should be something like that, though was resigned, if there wasn't, to do it the hard way. Matt, Yes, that issue is one that's been in my mind throughout this. As a jazz guy, 'adventurous'  chords are mostly OK anyway, but I was also thinking how others would see it.
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That little LED light that stays on is so minute of an energy problem. It is and I don't worry overmuch about them, though the point made by the "switch off at the wall" advocates is that the LED may use virtually nothing, but the power losses in the PSU and so on are much less insignificant. It all pales away totally againsr 7.4kW for hours for an EV, though. I power my PCs down. Mostly habit, but partly that if I don't force a full shift-power-down on Windows, then it leaves some data, um, unsettled and Linux, quite reasonably then declines to work with an unclean filesystem. I also think my laptop battery lasts better if I do a full powerdown, though that might be in my head ...I've never bothered to try to prove or disprove it.
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I'd never noticed the "Find Titles" feature. That's pretty cool. THANKS! I have used that function many times. It is a fantastic tool.
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Nice one, Ronnie. Zippy tune, and the vocal arrangement is quite nice. Super vocals, too! Great use of the soloist. All that nice music AND a message. Sweet! Love the pic you posted with this one. 
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Very nice production. Sounds clean and professional. Good lyrics too. An exceptionally comforting and easy listening country Christian song. Loved your vocal, violin, organ, pedal steel guitar and your guitar solo.
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April 1st video upload date says it all.
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While working in the StylePicker today, I wasn’t too sure what I wanted to create. Typically, I use the Filter String box to really narrow down my search for a specific type of Style. This time I used the ‘Category’ dropdown menu located just above the Apply button (see screenshot below) to explore new subgenres and instrumentation. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32478&filename=StylePicker-catagories.png) More specifically, I went into the Traditional/World Styles Category and noticed that the subgenres are further organized by type of subgenre. I’ll be using this menu option more often to spark new ideas and explore new genres.
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Hello fellow musicians! During this wonderful journey through Band-in-a-Box I've found myself using the familiar song title feature more and more. This feature is great for finding styles that are relative to a well known song or artist which really helps narrow down a specific sound or feel I'm going for. Despite this feature coming out roughly 9 years ago I'd like to hopefully answer any questions regarding the use of this feature as well as provide some clarity as to what it can and cannot do in this post. First off, to use this feature in Band-in-a-Box, you can go into the StylePicker (MultiPicker Library). Near the top right of this window dialog you will see a search bar separate from the filter string. This search bar will have 3 buttons next to it - Enter | Find Titles | Request. 1. Enter - Start by searching a song title or artist name (make sure to use correct spelling of these titles for best possible results). Once you have found the song you want, simply click on the title once to highlight, then click the Enter button to the right of the search - this will apply filters relative to the song in your filter string on the left. When searching for songs or artist names, it's important to note that the list we use to search is hand-curated by our team so it will not recognize any songs or artists not inputted by our team directly. 2. Find Titles - First make sure to select and apply a Style to your current song project, then click the Find Titles button. This feature allows you to find song titles based on the current style you have selected, to then get matching Styles based on that - it works almost as a reverse search if you want to find songs to use similar to the Style you already have selected. 3. Request - This button is for making requests to get songs inputted into the list. Click the Request button to get forwarded to our forums on your default internet browser - make sure to login with your forum account (Your customer account is different from a forum account and will require a separate registration) then simply post a new thread in Songs to add to the Band-in-a-Box Song Titles database forum. Additional notes to consider: - This feature is for finding similar Styles to the known song in the StylePicker - this does not search for specific RealTracks or Drums. - Searching and entering the song will not apply a Style that has 100% identical instruments, instead finding close relative accompaniments based on the song's tempo, feel, genre, and time.
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While working in the StylePicker today, I wasn’t too sure what I wanted to create. Typically, I use the Filter String box to really narrow down my search for a specific type of Style. This time I used the ‘Category’ dropdown menu located just above the Apply button (see screenshot below) to explore new subgenres and instrumentation. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32477&filename=StylePicker-catagories.png) More specifically, I went into the Traditional/World Styles Category and noticed that the subgenres are further organized by type. I’ll be using this menu option more often to spark new ideas and explore new genres.
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The quality of the performance and musical composition is consistently high. A very beautiful waltz. Laurent
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The voice and harmonica are particularly well suited to the song style, giving it a very authentic feel and excellent results. Laurent Thanks, Laurent. Authentic was exactly what I was going for!
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Dave, Thanks so much from both of us - we truly appreciate it. Also, thanks for the nice words about the guitar work. Your Godin is also a great guitar. I have looked at that one in the past. I saw Ruthie Foster, who is a great folk & blues artist use one in concert. Her tone was unbelievable! Bob
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Thanks Rharv. I've been playing with the multi-client feature in MIDI 2.0 for a couple of weeks now myself. But as I understand it since realband is a midi 1.0 program full MIDI 2.0 functionality will not work in real band. I could be wrong about that, but I'll continue to play with it. In the meantime I guess the cut and paste is the only solution that I've got for now. Thanks again.
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Thanks Hans. Nice feeling in your song. I also appreciate, that you sing with your own voice. As a mandolin player I would have given the mandolin solo more volume to separate it from the background.
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Thanks Scott. A good idea well done. I must try this with my grand child as a modern nursery rhyme with beat and improvisation.
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