A hidden talent, or maybe not since you seem to master all things musical, so why not the mandolin. Had to chuckle over the '2 minute's' enough remark:) Keep stretching.
What an amazing company and product. I can't imagine doing what I do without without having Band in a Box at my beck and call. Saying "Thank You" doesn't feel like it's near enough From the bottom of my musical heart and soul, Thank You!
Lots of interesting parts to this solid production. I like the lifting chorus and your vocal fits the song very well. At times I hear various influences from across the pond like Bowie and Tears For Fears maybe.
You're definitely not afraid to create outside the box, Mario, or maybe I should say the 'Band-in-a-Box.' Sounds like a soundtrack for a movie. A very full mix. (What keyboard controller are you using? Or maybe you have several. Do you control a DAW with it too? I've bought a few keyboards thinking I would learn to use them, but then they just gather dust until I manage to sell them. A nektar Impact LX 49+ has been in the closet for a couple years now.)
Hi, Izzy. Nice song. Basic is good. The instruments stay out of the way of the vocals, and your vocals works well. I enjoyed listening!
Thankyou Mr David I appreciate your kind words and I am always thrilled when you take the time to listen and comment. Thanks for all your support and sending you my best regards Izzy
The surveillance world just got a little bit stronger. Required watermarking starts Aug 1, just a few weeks away, in the EU. All AI generated music is required to have easily identified watermarks in the music under penalty of law. But that's not the point of this post. To this point in time , only music, or mostly the music, was being scrutinized. Now, however, there's a new tool that can backwards engineer the lyrics to determine the exact song that the AI trained on when it put your lyrics together. This is a huge step forward. Kinda like my dog.... You can hide it, but yeah, she's still gonna find it. This is a game changer in AI detection. The irony is of course that this detection is itself, AI. I don't know how many false positives it will throw, so I'm not discussing that side of this. I'm sure it will flag human content in the early stages. How many writers "borrow" ideas and lines from other songs? I dare say that would be a fairly large number of writers even if it's unintentional. No doubt, it will get better, rather quickly, given time. Interesting times for sure.
An excellent song in the great Irish & British traditions of irony. "Paddy McGinty's goat", "Delaney's Donkey", "A pub with no beer" and the like. I've once used a 'kiosk' to order food. The whole process was desolate and soulless and as it happened the food was also, um, suboptimal. Now when I see either QR code or kiosk ordering terminals I walk on by. I guess at some stage I'll end up with no choice, unless the traders work out first that they're throwing away what makes them worth visiting and back-pedal.
Hi Izzy, I think your song is amazing! I knew roughly what kind of songs you make and thought it would fall into that same style, but you have surprised me (again). And now with this sensitive song with beautiful choruses. But the lyrics are really the highlight of this song. Wow, they were truly beautiful! I admit, I had some doubts when you started singing, but then... Amazing!!! Really enjoyed it! It's still echoing in my head... Hans
Hi Hans, You had me at 'I had some doubts'! Honestly, that’s usually what my vocal cords say right before I start singing, too. (◔_◔) I’m thrilled you enjoyed it—and doubly thrilled that you think it’s 'echoing' rather than 'haunting' your head. 😲 Thanks for the massive ego boost today! Best, Izzy
+1 "And sometimes there seem to be no different RT bits for a bar as I keep pressing the button and keep getting the same bits." However there is one major difference between EZ and BIAB that I don't believe is resolvable in exact way you described. EZ keys is a pre-determined MIDI phrase based library. You get what you choose. With BIAB it is far more complex as it uses PGM algorithm /randomizer to glue pieces together from existing recorded data. To put this in a real life scenario: Lets say you do partial regen on bar #5 and BIAB gives you 10 choices to pick from. You listen, choose, move on. If you decide to go back to that bar #5 later and try a different stem. What do you think must happen now? Should it give you (remember) same choices in same order or do a new random generation? What is even more complex, if you use a sectional partial regeneration, which could fall on section of 2 bars at once, a freehand selection (not whole bars). Having said this, this is my take on your wish, that I believe is more realistic to accomplish. Pre-requisite: Non-modal , floating menu - so you have access to refine selection on UI, use main transport controls, etc. (as of now, menu is modal) 1) Make a selection of a bar, several bars, or any segment freehand. 2) Generate unique stems in a list. Click to listen / choose 3) (This is a tricky one) If you like other(s) stems from generated batch - there should be a mechanism to save these "favorite" in a list with location info and ability to insert them in any place of the composition. Since BIAB can save instructions, instead of rendered audio, it should not take a lot of space, but all others, that you don't want must vanish. ------------------------------------------ Partial regeneration through the context menu or direct (Ctrl+F8) is one of the most powerful tools BIAB has to offer. It had been around for few years now. In my view, if to upgrade, it should be upgraded the right way (not necessarily what I proposed), but so it not only does certain new functions, but is fully integrated in new UI / modern workflow.
Hi Izzy Showing your tender side vocally there. I've got so used to you belting out the lyrics, that this softer ballad vocal took me by surprise. Hey, I like it. Seems like the mandolin is the norm at the moment, i better get with the plan. Plus the sax towards the end, all really works well together. Great lyrically again, capturing all the nuances that relate to relationships. Such another great composition Izzy. There was about 13 seconds of silence at the end, but i had to listen all the way to the end just in case you slipped a surprise ending or a Beatlesque reversed track to end on!! Kind regards
G'day K-Dub! Glad you caught the softer side. It’s all part of my rebrand as a Sensitive New Age Guy ༼♥ل͜♥༽ —I’m officially trading the 'belting' for 'emotional vulnerability' and chamomile tea. ☕ My apologies for the 13 seconds of silence; I’ll be honest, I just forgot to hit the stop button while I was busy weeping at the beauty of my own composition. 🙄 I’ll make sure to hide a backward message in the next one—probably just something mundane like 'don't forget to buy milk' to keep it authentic. 😊 but seriously........ As always , a ton of appreciation for your ongoing support !!! 💗 regards Izzy.
There is the message popping up now when you start BIAB for the first time - Just did a fresh install of 2023 and updated it up to 2026 and this popped up:
https://on.soundcloud.com/CwOXhzofdgvQTkB7Yt "Some of These Days" is a popular song, written and composed by Shelton Brooks, published in 1910, and associated with the performer Sophie Tucker. Shelton Brooks and "Some of These Days" was brought to Sophie Tucker's attention in 1910 by her maid, who insisted she meet Brooks and hear the song. Tucker instantly recognized its hit potential, performed and recorded many versions throughout the years, and eventually it became her signature song—including landing movie appearances to perform it. Tucker first recorded the song along with others on wax cylinder format in 1910–11. In 1926, on 78 RPM record format and backed by Ted Lewis and his band, Tucker recorded her classic, million-selling 1926 version, which stayed in the #1 position on the charts for five weeks beginning November 23, 1926, and re-affirmed her lasting association with the song. In my version I sing and play guitar, tenor banjo and mandolins (Napolitan & Octave). I produced this at my home with Band in a Box and Reaper. ****** Song Summary ************* Key=F , Tempo 110, Length (m:s)=3:44 Style is _MOVEMNT.STY (Movement Blues and Soul Groove) RealTracks used: RealTracks in style: 2903:Bass, Acoustic, BluesyPopByron Ev 100 RealTracks in style: ~~674:Organ, B3, Background Blues Roadhouse Ev 120 RealTracks in song: 2157:Piano, ElectricVintage, Rhythm FunkyGroove60sJohn Ev 100 RealDrums in style:Soul60sTamboEv^1-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride
Doctor Peter Gannon and all of your staff at PG Music, PG Music is the absolute GREATEST! Thank you all so much. BIAB is an unique and amazing product which I have been using for over 25 years since the MIDI-only era without RealTracks. I'm very happy and honored to have been included in 2025 User Showcase Awards. And… Congratulations to all the other winners. Best regards. Shigeki Adachi (animarorecords)
The Multiriff feature is fantastic, at least, compared to how BIAB used to work it is. But it can still be time-consuming and frustrating, clicking the buttons over and over, hoping to get something different/useful. And sometimes there seem to be no different RT bits for a bar as I keep pressing the button and keep getting the same bits. So, I'd like to suggest a new option that is more like EZ Keys from Toontrack. In that program you still have bits/riffs/patterns but instead of clicking a button and waiting for the program to show you a single option, they have all their options in an easy to navigate grid where I can preview any or all of them and easily insert them into my track. I love how quickly I can assemble a track using EZ Keys and feel this would be an excellent and powerful addition to BIAB!
Dear Dr Gannon, PG Music and fellow artists, This is an unexpected surprise! When I first heard about it my thought was scam, such is the level of suspicion we live with these days. But no, it's unexpected and appreciated, especially as Band In A Box brings our creativity to life in a lots of different ways. I think the last time I ever won anything was a Ringo Starr LP, Blast from The Past, back in the 70s on a TV kids show. I remember it distinctly as the presenter jibed that my name was Leroy Brown, (Lee). As for an award, well 40 years of accounting and never was there an Accountancy Award Dinner!!... boy, wouldn't that be a dry old event? "The award for best debit entry, goes to..." All joking aside, I echo all the previous comments about PG Music and BIAB, but I want to call out what a great community of friends and artists this is. Always positive, offering and taking advice. Where other communities drag you down, this community is uplifting and inspiring. Thank you PG Music for bringing our passion to life. Kind regards.
+1 I have always believed that a copy/paste should copy/paste EVERYTHING! If I just spent the past hour tweaking each bar using multiriff and I then copy/paste a group of bars they should sound identical unless I chose to have them randomized. But currently, if I want the pasted bars to sound just like the copied bars I have to spend a bunch of time again playing Multiriff Wheel of Fortune!
Hi Peter. Thank you and your team heaps Band in a Box was life changing for me when I discovered it in 2006. Now, 20 years later, it is an integral part of my day-to-day life, and I honestly cannot imagine not being involved with the program. I love it. There is no better software to help aspiring musicians and songwriters grow their skills and develop their musicianship. I've learnt a great deal about the software over the years and even now, I still continue to learn new things about it on a daily basis. Your company has been the best company that I have ever dealt with. The support and knowledge that you offer is exceptional in the very best possible way. Well done everyone! I'm very grateful for being included. --Noel
Hi Allan. As Dan above suggested, copying the Melody track to another track seems to be the best way to go. Firstly: Set up your VST instrument on a Utility track (this only has to be done once). 1) Set your VST Piano plugin on Utility track 1. 2) I also set the channel to UT 1 to MIDI channel 1. Secondly: Use Melodist. 1) If you don't want the pre-chosen style to load, make sure the checkbox "Allow style change" is deselected. 2) Generate a Melodist. (As you've indicated, the resulting MIDI melody will be written to the Melody track with the preset instrument.) 3) Copy the Melody Track to Utility track 1. 4) Set the Copy/Move dialogue as shown on the image below. (The "Patch Change" should be deselected so that the Melodist's preset sound is not sent to the Utility track.) This should now work. While there is a bit of setting up involved, once everything is set up, you can generate a Melodist and then simply copy the Melody Track to the Utility Track. It's not necessary to delete the Utility Track before copying a new Melodist generation to it. I hope this helps, --Noel Audio |My latest song using BIAB (2026) and Synth V’s ‘Ninezero’ vocaloid:Take Today And Make It Mine
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3) Copy the Melody Track to Utility track 1. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32623&filename=MIDI - copy-move track.jpg)
4) Set the Copy/Move dialogue as shown on the image below. (The "Patch Change" should be deselected so that the Melodist's preset sound is not sent to the Utility track.) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32625&filename=MIDI - copy-move dialogue.jpg)
This should now work. While there is a bit of setting up involved, once everything is set up, you can generate a Melodist and then simply copy the Melody Track to the Utility Track. It's not necessary to delete the Utility Track before copying a new Melodist generation to it. I hope this helps, --Noel 
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