We’ve released six albums and many singles to the platforms ALL of which feature BiaB tracks along with our guitar playing music friend and partner. Zero AI. We’ve been fortunate to have been placed on hundreds of Spotify play lists and on Spotify editorial and algorithmic lists over the past 4 years. We recently released our first album of covers and one of the songs received 28,000 plays in a month. Granted that’s not huge relative to many thousands, perhaps millions, of artists but the average Spotify artist averages 40-50 listeners a month. So we are just happy to know that more than family and friends like our efforts. PG Music recently gave us permission to post the aforementioned song and EP which we will soon do. They made it all possible. A company that changed our music world. J&B
In this style, there's a beautiful combination of electric guitar (Mike Durham) and pedal steel guitar (Eddy Dunlap). The images at the end of the video reference a film; can you guess which one? Style : _NEPTUNE.STY (Neptune Ballade Chillout R 'n' B) RealTracks dans ce style Style: 908:Basse, Electrique, Smooth Ballade DblCrch Bin 65 RealTracks dans ce style Style: 910:Piano, Electrique, Rythmee Smooth Ballade DblCrch Bin 65 RealTracks dans ce style Style: 3437:Guitare, Electrique, Rythme, British Psychedelic Ballade Pop High Delay Binaire 65 RealTracks dans ce style Style: 2542:Pedal Steel, Accompagnement Moderne Atmosphere Ballade DblCrch Bin 65 RealDrums [dans ce Style:JazzFunkGroovin^5-a:Sidestick, Hi-Hat , b:Sidestick, Ride Synthesizer: Synthmaster 3, Halion Wave Voice: Suno Mixed in Cubase Thanks for listening and for your comments. Laurent
I like this song.........even though the Pollyanna glasses have definitely come off. Some people (my wife too) tell me they don't like my sad songs. But as an observer of life, they find their way into my songs. I like the honesty of this song, the beautiful images and the song itself.
Matt, the inputs and outputs listed here for the RME are indeed analog, but it makes sense. The outputs are XLR and go to studio monitors. I frankly never record with BiaB so I often don't list anything for inputs. But Analog 1/2 are the XLR mic inputs and I could use them if I wished. (When I record through the RME on my DAW I'll use either the XLR mic inputs (Analog 1/2) or the ADAT (which is of course digital). "Analog 3/4" are 1/4" inputs.)
Happy New Year, Sol. Yep, relatable for sure. I like the write and the arrangement very much. Your songs make you so much better. I like that. Right, no one, not even family, think much of the songs I write. But if I didn't write them, they wouldn't like me as much. hehe Excellent vocal and backing vocals. Yep I like your song, Sol.
Thank you Marty. Of course I would like my family to like my songs but.............you can't have everything. But then again, I really don't know everything my wife does in the garden. So, I'll take the compliments when they come. If people like them, great. If they don't, that's okay. Happy New year.
Lovely song theme, yes, our songs are like our children or our good friends. I really like your songs; there's a lot of naturalness in your singing, and they're well-composed. Your family might not know it, but you have talent. So, I wish you a happy new year. Laurent
Thank you Laurent. I do think I spend more time with my songs than my friends. I'm either writing them or listening to them. They're not all about me but many of them are..............and it's nice to reflect on those past experiences.
I don’t know what should be selected as settings for an RME audio interface, and I’m surprised to see the word Analog there alongside digital values. The Default device is checked and it’s evident you have a RealTec device, but it doesn’t say which device that default is. I do know RME equipment has top quality reviews.
Just an idea DC ron is there any way you could post for the RMe your Windows settings the RMe user interface settings and any other settings that you feel might be useful...?? Might help the op... Just got to say since I went multiclient haven't had one problem at all I've talked to other people who found the same Om
This is how BiaB is set up for audio on my RME Babyface Pro...
Don, I viewed these as three different songs: 1- the first was just a bed for a lead, just as you said. It was OK but not what I like in a song. 2- the second was a dynamite instrumental. Outstanding guitar chops. 3- the third was a completely different song. It was excellent. For me it was a close call between #2 and #3 but I choose #3 as the best. FYI - I lost 9 friends during that war. Those whom I knew all came back with serious health and/or mental problems. We buried the last one I knew last year. Thus #3 struck a chord with me.
Just an idea DC ron is there any way you could post for the RMe your Windows settings the RMe user interface settings and any other settings that you feel might be useful...?? Might help the op... Just got to say since I went multiclient haven't had one problem at all I've talked to other people who found the same Om
It's not difficult to find software that can play all BIAB chords, but the question remains: why can't BIAB do this? It must have something to do with the style, right? A jazz style will recognise the chord notes if a jazz chord is used. So doesn't the test with the chords tell us everything? This is the musical programming of BIAB; I can't think of anything else.
FWIW, PGMusic has stated previously that giving a nod to BiaB is OK, but they have also asked (on behalf of the artists) that individual players of the generated tracks are not given credit. Hope that makes sense.
Saving that for my Grammy acceptance speech—but only if a BIAB assisted track wins.
If you pick a Joni song and then on the Internet search for the song's chords you may find said chords.
Yeah, I'm aware of the UltimateGuitar site, it's a great site for chord sheets. But I see no way to see which chords are ambiguous as per the above discussion.
OK I picked the wrong song but I was just trying to show you how to get chords. However I now know that you already knew the process. But to know what chords are ambiguous or not one must know some music theory. As rharv posted "Example - C chord by a guitarist with bass playing an A suddenly makes that C chord ambiguous. Is it C6, Am7, C/A .. kinda depends on what happens next and previous (IMHO)" We used to do that as I would be playing a C chord while the other guitarist would be playing an Am chord.
If you pick a Joni song and then on the Internet search for the song's chords you may find said chords.
Yeah, I'm aware of the UltimateGuitar site, it's a great site for chord sheets. But I see no way to see which chords are ambiguous as per the above discussion.
One more thing Matt. Do you remember a few years ago there was a guy (... had his own web site and wrote BIAB styles and backing for some high end Jazz arrangement). He pretty much set PGM on fire with his claims that the midi chords were not doing what they claimed to do.
What another wonderful gem you've created, Brain. I've heard it many times already, and each one is better than the last some how. Just brilliant. Well played, too. This should be heard the world over.
Thank you, Marty. Hearing that from someone who knows this problem firsthand really warms my heart❤️
Thank you Marty The guitar solos were brilliant, took a while selecting each one and I think it eventually came up a good variation….a lot were rejected! Yeah, I am worried that by using BIAB that there are skills I’m not focusing on and letting Tech take control of it them, solos are a prime example. There are things like drums, bass and to a lesser extent keys, that I will struggle with and gladly let it BIAB create. There were rhymes there but I was trying to make them obscure or in irregular places. Thanks for listen Marty. I appreciate your thoughts. Kind regards.
@Matt: RT:s unfrozen. The audio track freeze button doesn't do anything, i.e. no change can be seen when toggling FYI: this existing song has never had any frozen tracks. @Noel: Will check, but this is an existing song and should load as it always have ... This problem happened with the first song I loaded after the update/installation, so a little bit disappointing start with 2026 version It has now happened with a couple of songs.
Matt, just to clarify - I simply copied the giant list of chords in this thread. Pasted into BIAB and then I printed the notation chart directly from BIAB. You can do the same, just copy and past the entire list of chords from the thread into a text editor, then add [chords] on the first line and [chordsend] on the last line. Then copy and paste-special the whole list from the text editor into BIAB. Hit play and view the notation window. ...it is just as BIAB did it. If you feel it is "way wrong", please take this up with the developers. You have a bit more weight with them then I. They just ignore me.
Sounds old, but not in a bad way. Reminds me of something the Beatles might have done, probably because of your vocals and the way the bass line walks down in the chorus. Pretty good
Thomas, I see that you are a long time BIAB user. You've probably already done this but just in case it slipped past... When you loaded the audio, did you specify what chorus/bar/beat/tick that the audio needed to start at? By default, the audio loads at the beginning of the count-in (chorus = 1, bar = –1, beat = 1, tick = 0). If the loaded audio needs to start after the count-in, the bar setting needs to be set to 1 and not –1. Regards, --Noel
Hi there Tunemonger Yes, it’s surprising how the ear craves for the rhyme, but a lot of the time it’s not necessary, and the song benefits from not having it. Yes, the heys and oohs, just flowed straight out of the verse and into the chorus so well, it almost didn’t need any lyrics at all. I did review the outro and tried several different finishes. I get that it sounds a little unresolved, but to me it sounds like an open ending, as if it’s saying this travellers journey is still ongoing. As you say a closing artistic choice. Thank you for the listens. Kind regards.
The chord images are not correct, but the chord symbols are. So yes, you can only listen to the chord quality in a song. It is important to know which chords you are dealing with, because they can be divided into a number of groups. Thank you.
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