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B.D., This is a very beautiful song. The sadness is palpable. I can also understand why you chose a drumless arrangement. Every time I listen to your songs, I realize what a very talented melody maker you are. Enjoyed my listen a lot. The video was also wonderful. Best regards. Shigeki Adachi
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Chay, I've never heard Romanian folk music like Doina before, so I can't judge whether this song accurately captures its atmosphere, but it's a very relaxing piece of music. The way the atmosphere changes when the saxophone solo starts, and then changes again with the guitar solo, is brilliant. The chord progression is also cleverly done, and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it. The video's storyline is also enjoyable. Best regards. Shigeki Adachi
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Ron, This is a wonderful song with a great story. The song's structure is a bit complex, but I don't mind it at all. Your vocals are also fantastic and fit this song perfectly. Enjoyed my listen a lot. Best regards. Shigeki Adachi
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Bob, The mandolin solo is fantastic. The song itself is also beautiful. Your vocals have a truly unique character. The addition of Joliz's harmonies only in the "Wreckage" section is also a nice touch. Enjoyed my listen a lot. Best regards. Shigeki Adachi
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Hi, Arri. A lovely rendition!  As Andrew said, the backstory gives the impression the song will be darker, but it's light with a touch melancholy.
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Matt, my "beef" is NOT with you at all. It's with PG's LACK of aligning styles with actual songs. Please forgive me if I've singled you out, but thought it was time to say something. We shouldn't HAVE to rely on Bob Norton to actually make styles better than PG Music, especially song specific and that is my WHOLE POINT. I KNOW you help as many folks as you can here and gave been doing it for years, which I personnally appreciate. It's time for BIAB Software users be able to type in chords, select a style and have the song sound familiar with the original song. Until then, PG & Team are simply grasping at straws, IMO. I WANT BIAB to be the GO TO software for creating midi/karaoke files from here on out. Pick a style, enter chords and press play for an ACCURATE rendition. That's exactly where I'm at after 30 years of this software. Trax
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Hi BD With or without AI, this is a superb song both lyrically and musically. The way the lyrics flow so naturally, I wish I could emulate that style and talent. Fantastisch
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I love you Matt and KNOW you are a great help here. I truly appreciate everything you do to help others. However, BIAB needs an AI Update that ACTUALLY aligns songs/styles people are trying to create within the software. Biab needs a serious update to their style requests in the style picker in order to get ANYWHERE NEAR the song they are trying to find. Until then, keep coming out with 50+ new features, ALL except the ones we need to recreate a song with a BIAB Style. Trax
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The point is: BIAB in 2025 SHOULD already know which style goes with with which song JUST BY THE TITLE. That's my whole point. With modern AI in Music, we shouldn't have to give BIAB more and more *hints* in order to actually realize WHAT style/BPM/Artists we're searching for? If the "styles" have been mapped, instrument definition known, BPM, FEEL, EV or SW Feel, Song Names, Style and Band Known, then WHY are we so lost simply trying to find a correct song to use in this supposed *automated* software? It DOESN'T WORK. That's my whole gripe about the software. Yes, BIAB has moved the recording process to more refined audio recordings, absolutely. Its the small things like lining up a style with a known song to produce expected results. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. It shouldn't matter in 2025 WHICH version you buy of BIAB Software? I've supported PG & Team since internet inception. It's time to actually align styles TO songs, PERIOD. Trax
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Well, I hope you consider making some posts in the Wishlist or add support to the ones that are there. Yes, nortonmusic is a different company but I would call it complementary rather than completely separate. Bob makes great products and from the very beginning in the 1990s he received encouragement from PG Music. I continue to support someone who contributes so much to the BIAB community. Did you try using the filter? BIAB did indeed make some recommendations. My statement was that none of the recommendations sounded right to me, but I also said that the versions of the song I listened to by Louis Armstrong were considerably different from each other. That makes the solution much harder. There is a correct way to quote someone.
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If the answer is no, then my next step would be to search nortonmusic.com for a style Bob ‘Notes’ wrote. (A completely separate software.) Honestly, BIAB *should* have recommended a style by now in 2025. I'll leave it at that. Biab has done some great things, but getting to the bottom of a song you want to create is NOT ONE OF THEM! They can't even align song names in the style picker to the correct BPM, Style,Beat or NAME of a song to even REMOTELY attempt to create a song from their styles. Until they can do this, their software is regurgitated mumbo-jumbo created at 8 bit software. FFS ! Trax
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Hi, Sol. The rattle of the collar at 2:36 had me laughing.  Cool write! This line: But when it gets this late... Background Vocals:Three O'clock... also cracked me up. Fun song!
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Hi, Mario. You've got the Solid State Strings? Cool! I'd intended to get them for a long time, but finally scratched that itch with something else. Mellow sound, lots of cool articulations from the flute, especially those trills.
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Hi, Hans. Thanks for labeling the lyrics - it made it easier to figure out what was happening. Now, musically... A lot of stuff happening, but it worked. Cool.
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Hi, Jona. Cool groove, strong vocal. I like the way it builds into the song, as is the hold at 2:18. I enjoyed the listen!
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Hi, Tom. Interesting to hear the two toggle back and forth. A bit dizzying, but cool to hear the difference between the two.
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Great song again, beautiful music and wonderful vocals. Love Pete's guitar and the percussion, it's just as much as is needed, never pushy. Anne-Marie Thank you for the listen and positive comments. And glad to hear from you! J&B
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Dan, I play in brass choirs now and then. I did not know about these. Thanks! Several subtle things are improved. Yes, the chords handling is great. Polychords surprised me. I liked being able to separate parts of chord notes to transfer to another instrument. The 3x repeat is so simple but so lacking in other notation program playback.
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Catherine, Thanks so much. We appreciate that. Bob
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Jim, THANKS for the correction, I'm going to mod my post accordingly.
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The Ray Price styles offered by the SteelGuitarShopper.com are MIDI based styles. Here is part of a ReadMe file that ships with the styles: There are 7 styles built for working with BIAB songs with the shuffle feel. Six are of the regular 4 beats to a measure and one is a waltz, for use on songs like 24th Hour. There is also a shuffle test SGU file About these styles, you need to mix each song and especially the volumes. In the RP shuffles the left hand of the piano plays the same basic line the bass plays and in the same octave. So it is important to mix these to get a sound you like. Some like finger bass and some like acoustic bass, your choice, but most all make the left hand of the piano an acoustic one. One of the things I noticed in a Ray Price concert is the loudness of the drum stick hitting on the back beat, so I have these set loud in the drum programming. RP-Shuff.sty This is a regular shuffle, no walks or other things going on. RP-Bas13.sty This is like the one above only the kick [Bass] drum is only hitting on 1 and 3 beats. Because of the kick only on 1&3, it feels a little more “laid back”, not so “driving” sounding. RP1-4wlk.sty This is the regular shuffle with walks only going from a 1 to a 4 chord. RP5-1wlk.sty This is a regular shuffle with walks only going from 5 to a 1 chord. RP1451wk.sty This is the regular shuffle with walks going from 1 to 4 and 5 to 1 chord. RP-Trip.sty This one is a little different, it has a triplet before the walk and is controlled by placing a 7th chord on the measure you want to hear the triplet followed by a walk. No 7th, no walk or triplet. So if going your from a C to F and you used a C7 in the measure before the F, you will hear the triplet and walk. RPscobas.sty This one is named after the term Scoot Bass, which is the bass walk that takes you up a whole tone, like going from C to D or F to G
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If you really are looking for this, then I assume you have used either: Muse Brass: A professional collection of solo and ensemble brass (trumpets, trombones, horns) that adds depth and realism. It's free for use within MuseScore. or Vienna Brass: A paid MuseSounds library, but may have a free demo available. It is recorded by top musicians and offers a dynamic sound for solos, fanfares, and ensembles. Is there a problem with these??
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Being able to selection particular lines from chords looks really cool. I believe there's also an option to "explode" chords into parts in the staffs below. Now if there were only a Big Band library for MuseScore with a nice brass section.
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Keep on trucking'. I recently, two days ago, was able to come full circle with these tools. I fingerpicked a new song, just an acoustic guitar. Recorded it and then uploaded it into Suno. Then I wrote the lyrics and typed them into Suno. I set Suno to 0%,50%, 25%, then I asked Suno to cover my fingerpicking solo work with the new lyrics. Basically, I took A I out of the picture and only let it mix/master and play my music. I cannot post it here because I didn't use BiaB for this one, only on YouTube, just a test to see if it would work, and it did a great job. Donny
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Lloyd has a strong baritone voice. Energetic song that's pleasing to the ears. Good mix.
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XPro and Xtra Styles PAKs Special Extended Until August 31st!
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In this PAK you’ll discover: Minimalist Modern Funk, New Wave Synth Pop, Hard Bop Latin Groove, Gospel Country Shuffle, Cinematic Synthwave, '60s Motown, Funky Lo-Fi Bossa, Heavy 1980s Metal, Soft Muted 12-8 Folk, J-Pop Jazz Fusion, and many more!
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