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Re: Ride The Summer Sky laurent4114 5 minutes ago Forum: User Showcase
Originally Posted by MarioD
Laurent, loved the groove on this one Outstanding backing band and great guitar ending. Super job on that Suno voice A great song about motorcycle riding without distorted guitars - Brilliant Loved it
Thank you very much Mario, I hope the ice has melted. Laurent
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Re: Anyone having success recording bass and or guitar tracks into Biab? Bass Thumper 8 minutes ago Forum: Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Originally Posted by Jim Fogle
Bass Thumper, just like with my response to Dan I'm playing Devil's Advocate. I have a question for you; are you more familiar with using a DAW or BiaB? I ask because I assume you are more familiar with recording in a DAW than you are with recording in BiaB. Remember this thread started with the question should the op record in BiaB or a DAW.
Jim, you are entirely right, I am more familiar with recording in my DAW than in BiaB. However, over the years I’ve had sufficiently painful experiences with the GUI and workflow of BiaB and RealBand to confidently say (imho) that if you take your music seriously and seek to musically grow then BiaB is not the recording tool you want. It isn’t only about “recording” per se. It’s about all the other tasks and sub tasks that are required to take an idea from creative inception thru completion. I have struggled with BiaB’s outdated GUI, inconsistent workflows and lack of quality post-processing for years. But the chord entry grid and the quality of the RTs is what keeps me loyal. But struggles with basic elements like odd time signatures and consistent looping workflows have been detractors for many. What does this have to do with recording? Everything. Because the same lack of strategic design thinking is embedded in the recording aspects of BiaB. This is contrasted to Studio One, now FSP where simple drag and drop is prevalent in the program and logic and consistency is prioritized by the Presonus/Fender development team. FSP is my audio hub and there isn’t a single feature I can think of that is missing (or is clunky) regarding it. Is it perfect? For me, right now, yes. Despite this, improvements and additions are continually made to it; many of which I may never use. If you spend some time in the world-class DAW forums, you’ll see that they are way beyond debating odd time sigs and whether or not looping should be standardized. Those issues were solved years or even decades ago. And so, rather than needing to fight BiaB to accomplish what I need, FSP is not only a joy to work with but historically has been 3 steps ahead of me on what I need to do. BiaB historically has been 2 steps behind. My time is too valuable to spend 20 minutes doing a task in BiaB where 2 mouse clicks and a drag gets it done in FSP. To one degree or another we’re comparing elephants to ants. I wouldn’t be surprised if the weekly staff effort of the big-name DAWs are measured in multi-thousand manhours. My AI assistant searched Ableton as having 500 employees (20k hrs/wk) and Avid/ProTools having approx. 1500 employees (60k hrs/wk). Of course, not every employee is involved in sw development, but it gives some idea as to what we’re talking about. My advice to those that want to compose music is to put BiaB in your toolbox. My advice to those that want to record, process and share music is to put a big-name DAW in your toolbox.
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Re: Native Instruments is in preliminary insolvency Rustyspoon# 10 minutes ago Forum: Off-Topic
I wish this would have a more assuring statement, like "You are guaranteed to be able to download and activate existing purchased products in years to come even if we go belly up tomorrow" but at least something: https://blog.native-instruments.com/statement-from-nick-williams-ceo-of-native-instruments/
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Re: Spot on the Wall laurent4114 11 minutes ago Forum: User Showcase
Your song is very good. Beautiful accompaniment and very well sung. Laurent
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Re: How Do You Know vicarn 14 minutes ago Forum: User Showcase
Hi BD. Thank you. I try. Vic
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Re: Have A Little Mercy vicarn 17 minutes ago Forum: User Showcase
Thanks David. Easy on the ears in a good way, I hope. smile Vic
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Re: Below 10 DC Ron 19 minutes ago Forum: User Showcase
Nice Jam, Mario! No sense wasting a snow day when you can do THIS instead, right? Strong arrangement and nicely played all the way around. That's a cool fluttering effect on parts of the sax, too. WILD axe wielding prowess on display! 'scuse me while I KISS the SNOW! Blam! blam! blam... We still have 6" of "snowcrete" from the snowfall 15 days ago. Just bitterly cold, though not as cold as you. Funny, but it was a sunny 22 degrees F yesterday and it felt like spring...
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Re: Nothing I Can Do DC Ron 26 minutes ago Forum: User Showcase
Well done, Mick. Cool song with a nice hook. The strong arrangement creates great dynamic flow. Super mix, too. REALLY like how the vocals are sung, though a less distorted FX chain might suit the song better. The accordion didn't bother me, but I was focused on other parts of the song for sure, so I wouldn't miss it if it weren't there either. Very cool tune for sure.
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Re: Laptop Specification Rustyspoon# 32 minutes ago Forum: Band-in-a-Box for Windows
dunbar7376, Nice machine! MSI is a reputable brand, but Lenovos parts are more abundant and usually much cheaper if something breaks down the line. Also, not sure of MSI warranty policy. Lenovo doesn't discriminate if you are not original owner and if warranty is present on pre-owned or refurbished comp, it will honor it without pain. Also, it lets you extend existing warranty at fair prices. Tony, It all differs from machine to machine... I had Asus desktop and a laptop in the past. In my view Lenovo Thinkpad, Thinkbook or Legion series are much better builds.
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Re: Shepherds Of The Bowery (with Joliz) laurent4114 47 minutes ago Forum: User Showcase
A beautiful song with references that resonate with us. Laurent
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Re: Today's Jam MarioD 1 hour ago Forum: User Showcase
Originally Posted by Janice & Bud
It's all good. Your performances, the arrangement, the band and the mix. But, man, your nylon and the flute are standout. Love the vibe too. Cool percussion. Enjoyed it! J&B
Thanx Janice and Bud. I'm glad you liked it.
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Re: No matter how Janice & Bud 1 hour ago Forum: User Showcase
Like Noel mentioned we hear the Brit rock vibe also. Perhaps Beatlesque from their middle to late period. That is an outstanding group of session players. They did your write, cool arrangemnt and vocals justice. Enjoyed it! J&B PS Your chord/progression talk is always above our pay grade smile but man does it work.
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Re: Jesus is the Answer (remembering Larry) Janice & Bud 1 hour ago Forum: User Showcase
So sorry for the loss. "Larry was Mark Chestnut's piano player for several years and toured for a short time with George Jones' band. " Well those are high level credentials in our book. We have listened to them both for years. George is by any measure the top male country singer and Mark's album Tradition Lives is a fav of ours. "Words and music Dan Simmons Vocals: Dan Simmons Piano: Larry Simmons (on an old Ensoniq keyboard) Guitar parts: Brent Mason (BiaB)" Regarding the above? Flawless. No need to parse it out. We much enjoyed it! J&B
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Re: Angel Janice & Bud 2 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
Pink Floyd indeed. Wow! The entire production shines. Your BiaB session guys did your arrangement and guitar justice. The vid well supported the song with its imagery. You are a master at producing ethereal songs that keep the listener engaged all the way. Well one! J&B
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Re: The Ad MarioD 2 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
Originally Posted by Twinkle Toes
Mario, I echo what others have said, it was a great vocal, perfect for the that kind of rootsy tune. I hope we'll be getting more such performances. Mick
Thanx Mick for listening and comment. On rare occasions I sing, but I'm not really a singer.
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New Tools/Toys for BiaB from Norton Music Notes Norton 3 hours ago Forum: Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh
Because You Asked For It The Real Book Series for Band-in-a-Box is now complete! plus A 50% off sale on another great jazz collection
I'll keep this short and sweet: 1) The sixth and final edition of the world-famous Real Book series is here at last! Over 400 classic to modern Jazz and Jazz pop standards. Check out the songs and the free samples here: https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake53.html - You'll want to add these great songs to your Band-in-a-Box collection. 2) SAVE $22.50 on the great Real European Jazz collection from Sher publishing. Check out the songs and the free samples here: https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake41.html - Over 175 fresh new jazz tunes with a European accent are just waiting for you. We provide the sgu files and Sher provides the book. **** Book review from Lani Stone: GREAT BOOK! Some of Europe's hippest music. Not the "same old, same old." Many of the players are well known, some are new to me. Even if I don't recreate the tunes, the different chord progressions are mind expanding! Tired of the American Standard Songbook? You're going to love this fake book. Plus, if you buy both, the discount grows to $24.50. And if you want the book, too, there are links to discounted prices on Amazon. Have you missed any of the other Real Book disks and/or books? Check these out, along with the free samples here: • The Real Book, 6th Edition - the companion to the best selling jazz book ever https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake37.html • The Real Book, Volume II https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake44.html • The Real Book, Volume III https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake48.html • The Real Book, Volume IV https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake49.html • The Real Book, Volume V https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake50.html Every Serious Jazz Player needs these BiaB collections now!
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New Tools/Toys for BiaB from Norton Music Notes Norton 3 hours ago Forum: Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Because You Asked For It The Real Book Series for Band-in-a-Box is now complete! plus A 50% off sale on another great jazz collection
I'll keep this short and sweet: 1) The sixth and final edition of the world-famous Real Book series is here at last! Over 400 classic to modern Jazz and Jazz pop standards. Check out the songs and the free samples here: https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake53.html - You'll want to add these great songs to your Band-in-a-Box collection. 2) SAVE $22.50 on the great Real European Jazz collection from Sher publishing. Check out the songs and the free samples here: https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake41.html - Over 175 fresh new jazz tunes with a European accent are just waiting for you. We provide the sgu files and Sher provides the book. **** Book review from Lani Stone: GREAT BOOK! Some of Europe's hippest music. Not the "same old, same old." Many of the players are well known, some are new to me. Even if I don't recreate the tunes, the different chord progressions are mind expanding! Tired of the American Standard Songbook? You're going to love this fake book. Plus, if you buy both, the discount grows to $24.50. And if you want the book, too, there are links to discounted prices on Amazon. Have you missed any of the other Real Book disks and/or books? Check these out, along with the free samples here: • The Real Book, 6th Edition - the companion to the best selling jazz book ever https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake37.html • The Real Book, Volume II https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake44.html • The Real Book, Volume III https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake48.html • The Real Book, Volume IV https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake49.html • The Real Book, Volume V https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake50.html Every Serious Jazz Player needs these BiaB collections now!
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New Tools/Toys for BiaB from Norton Music Notes Norton 3 hours ago Forum: Off-Topic
Because You Asked For It The Real Book Series for Band-in-a-Box is now complete! plus A 50% off sale on another great jazz collection
I'll keep this short and sweet: 1) The sixth and final edition of the world-famous Real Book series is here at last! Over 400 classic to modern Jazz and Jazz pop standards. Check out the songs and the free samples here: https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake53.html - You'll want to add these great songs to your Band-in-a-Box collection. 2) SAVE $22.50 on the great Real European Jazz collection from Sher publishing. Check out the songs and the free samples here: https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake41.html - Over 175 fresh new jazz tunes with a European accent are just waiting for you. We provide the sgu files and Sher provides the book. **** Book review from Lani Stone: GREAT BOOK! Some of Europe's hippest music. Not the "same old, same old." Many of the players are well known, some are new to me. Even if I don't recreate the tunes, the different chord progressions are mind expanding! Tired of the American Standard Songbook? You're going to love this fake book. Plus, if you buy both, the discount grows to $24.50. And if you want the book, too, there are links to discounted prices on Amazon. Have you missed any of the other Real Book disks and/or books? Check these out, along with the free samples here: • The Real Book, 6th Edition - the companion to the best selling jazz book ever https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake37.html • The Real Book, Volume II https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake44.html • The Real Book, Volume III https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake48.html • The Real Book, Volume IV https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake49.html • The Real Book, Volume V https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake50.html Every Serious Jazz Player needs these BiaB collections now!
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Re: My Song For You B.D.Thomas 3 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
Originally Posted by BlueAttitude
Another wonderful song! And I love listening to your productions, sounds fabulous through the 'phones. Video is amazing! You listed AI for one of the guitars, is it the guitar doing the little lead fills, or is that you? Your comment "My intonation is legendary" made me laugh grin
Thank you, Dave smile The answer to your question is a bit tricky, as the song has 9 guitar tracks, but if you mean what I suspect you mean, then it's RealTrack 4142 hard panned to the right running through Guitar Rig's REPLICA delay, followed by the VC 76 compressor. And it's sidechained/ducked by the vocals so that it only plays where it is needed.
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Re: That Doesn't Make Sense B.D.Thomas 3 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
Originally Posted by Knee Wobbler
What a great write Brian, All very relatable to the current era, and I feel you've hit the nail on the head with all the lyrics. It emphasises the current feeling of helplessness and feeling of being sold out by corporate and political greed. As well as the great moral message of the song, the production and feel matched perfectly. Enjoyed it immensely, kind regards.
Thanks a lot, Lee! "Sold out by corporate and political greed" has just been added to my list of lyrics for future songs smile
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Re: La mélodie des mots BabuMusic 4 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
Man, you always write the magic, Chris, and I'm diggin' the elements you're using to present these. Very engaging production and mix. You a very good at adding the right element at the perfect time. All so very pleasing to the ears and mind.
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Re: Chica Roja BabuMusic 4 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
Originally Posted by vicarn
Love that rhythm, Marty. Vic
Thanks, Vic.
Originally Posted by B.D.Thomas
TexMex with a cool swing and French accordion. A beautiful blend of different cultures. The best thing about it are your vocals, which are like a French wine that gets better with every year. Enjoyed my listen(s). A lot smile[Linked Image]
Thanks, Brain. Wondering how you picked up the accent from the sqeezebox. BUt that French wine nod made me smile.
Originally Posted by TuneMonger
Yes, it's amazing how prolific you are, but also it's incredible all the genres you encompass. And your singing just fit the song so well. No need for special effects, the special effect was you! Great job.
Thanks much, Bob. I like all music (except maybe Polkas, but if that's all there is, I still enjoy them). Credit for the different genres goes to BiaB. I like jamming when someone says something like, "You Can't Do That in Reggae." Thankfully I haven't found a single Polka in the 5000 styles from BiaB.
Originally Posted by P Glaser
Wow, Marty! I like this! Great feel and great vox. Nicely done. Who played the guitar solos?
Thanks so much, Paul. I looked it up, but can't find which RT I used for the solo.
Originally Posted by MarioD
Marty, your vocal sounds great That bass track is super Great video and mix Another winner
Thanks, Mario. I think I only wrote this one so I could play bass... and maybe to roll my Rs.
Originally Posted by BlueAttitude
Sounds great as usual, Marty, love the vid too!
THanks, Dave. Like Floyd I get dizzy watching her circle. Couldn't even get the Ai to have her turn counterclockwise. Sheesh. I should've kept it with stills, smile
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Re: Gig Backing Tracks Matt Finley 4 hours ago Forum: Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production Jump to new postsJump to new posts
I agree. All I said was, don’t use cables with mini-jacks. What I use in small concerts is a silly specialized Tascam audio player with Bluetooth built in. And if it’s a big band or orchestra concert, an iPad running ForScore and a Bluetooth foot pedal for page turns. My iPad case is magnetic so it snaps to my music stand.
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Re: PG Music effects - no presets available Noel96 5 hours ago Forum: RealBand
Mike, If you go for the reinstall option, you will need to update BIAB and RB to their latest builds again after the reinstall. --Noel
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Re: Solo Hit Songwriters Have Become An Endangered Species dcuny 9 hours ago Forum: Songwriting
Originally Posted by ManInTwoSocks
Remember when there used to be numerous solo hit songwriters like Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Carly Simon, Carole King, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Sting, Paul McCartney etc.?
This singer/songwriter trend was kicked off when singers found it more profitable to write their own songs than to share rights with songwriters. This is just a similar market-driven trend.
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And remember when there usually would be no more than 2 songwriters on a hit single which would be written by such teams as Leiber and Stoller, Goffin and King, Bacharach and David, Lennon and McCartney and Jagger and Richards?
The majority of these were teamed up as musician/lyricist teams, assigned by companies to sit in a room and write songs together.
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So why is this a bad trend? Well, first of all there is the old proverb: Too many cooks spoil the broth. The songwriter who first has that creative moment of comin up with a melody or lyric has had an artistic vision, and when other collaboraters try to develop that vision they often degrade what the original songwriter felt in the moment of the song's origin.
But this has never been about artistic vision, it's been about writing songs that will be popular with the public.
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This is also a bad trend for us songwriters. I don't know about you folks, but i find it lowers the value of what a songwriting credit represents when people who have not written a single note of melody and not a single word of the lyric receive a songwriting credit.
You're not going to get much disagreement about that.
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This is also a bad trend because when there are many songwriters, writing the songs on an album, instead of one or two, the album loses a sense of artistic vision.
There are some thematic albums, but they are few and far between.
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For example, Burt Bacharach and Hal David would often write all the songs on a Dionne Warwick album. This gave Dionne's albums a unified vision.
If you compared the songs on a Dionne Warwick album, you'd be hard-pressed to find a "unified vision" there. And Dionne Warwick was an exception. Barcharach and David hired her to record demos for them, and eventually hired her to sing their songs on albums that they released. Dionne Warwick was acting on behalf of them, not the other way around.
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Somehow, that Barry Manilow song, I Write The Songs would just not mean as much to people if the title had been We Write The Songs.
Well, a couple of points. First, the song was written by Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys, not Barry Manilow. And second, the singer in "I Write The Songs" isn't some songwriter - it's literally music personified: I've been alive forever And I wrote the very first song I put the words and the melody together I am music, and I write the songs
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Similarly, would Killing Me Softly With His Song have meant as much to people if it had been titled Killing Me Softly With Their Song?
Well, the title of the song is "Killing Me Softly", and it's not about songwriting - it's about the experience of hearing your own experience in someone else's song.
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Or would Elton and Bernie Taupin's Your Song had the same poignancy if instead of the lyrics being 'My gift is my song and this one's for you', it had instead been 'Our gift is our song and this one's for you'? The personal touch is no longer communicated when you go from the one to the many.
Writers don't write about the experience of songwriting, they write songs. And song that sell are still one-on-one stories, even if fourteen people are credited on the song.
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I just think that this trend of having a greater number of songwriters writing each song is just one more factor in the decline in The Gentle Arte of Songwriting and Musicke that has occurred over the course of the last half century and it devalues the significance of what a songwriter actually does.
Just like when the focus moved from singers being the interpreters of songs, and we moved to the singer/songwriter paradigm?
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And it is also a bad trend when a singer like Adele, who has collaborated on most of the songs she has sung, is referrred to as a singer-songwrier.[quote] By that logic, and song that McCartney and Lennon collaborated with would not be written by a "songwriter"? [quote]I have a feeling that this sort of thing was not done as much in the 60s and 70s as a result of so many solo artists writing their own songs, and even bands writing their own songs.
In the 60's and 70's, plenty of singers never wrote any of their own music, and no one gave it a second thought.
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But it looks like this sleazy practice began to become pervasive again after the end of the 90s when the music industry took a huge nose dive. Over the course of only a decade or so the American music business was only raking in around 1/3 of what it had previously taken in a decade before.
You're ignoring a vast number of other factors, such as digital music, which had a huge impact on the music business. And the music business has always been sleazy and unsavory.
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As a result of this, musical artists who had been making millions of dollars in artist royalties a decade before were now not selling enough records for the record companies to make a profit, and so those artists who were only selling a million or so albums were not getting a single penny in artist royalties.
What is this "record" thing you speak of? That's not how the music business works anymore.
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So, that is why singers were starting to blackmail songwriters into giving up half their royalties. The singers were motivated purely by financial greed.
Besides being an overly broad statement, it ignores that it was the managers and record companies who were doing this, not the individual artists. I recall reading Barry Manilow complaining how tightly Clive Davis controlled what songs he could and couldn't put on his own albums. I suspect that other artists had little say-so on many aspects of their albums.
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It is just as much the fault of the indiscriminating public which relentlessly buys poorly written songs as long as those songs have a good singer and a good beat.
Isn't this was selling to the public has always been?
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