Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread
Print Thread
Go To
#275469 12/19/14 05:54 AM
User Showcase
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 233
Apprentice
OP Offline
Apprentice
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 233
Here's a link to a Youtube Video featuring our original Christmas Song "The Candle"

The Candle - Marg and Andrew Lloyd

Most of the arrangement was created using Biab Tracks, which I feature on all 3 of our CD's. Couldn't do it without them.

Merry Christmas to all. Marg and Andrew Lloyd

Marg and Andrew Lloyd - A Homestead Wintery Night


Andrew Lloyd
the_blooze #275505 12/19/14 09:19 AM
User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 11,636
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 11,636
Marg and Andrew...

A very nice Christmas song!

Beautiful vocal!

floyd

the_blooze #275514 12/19/14 09:48 AM
User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 7,522
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 7,522
Beautiful Song. Lyrics and Vocal were excellent.


Scott Collingwood
https://soundcloud.com/scottt709
https://soundcloud.com/spiritlevel-ca
https://www.youtube.com/@SpiritLevel-ge3hm/
the_blooze #275544 12/19/14 12:15 PM
User Showcase
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 4,046
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 4,046
Beautiful song Marg and Andrew.
And Merry Christmas to you.

Rob and Anne-Marie


We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1gsdNLE7_Gy8qavoOplQow/videos
http://rnam.net/


the_blooze #275549 12/19/14 12:53 PM
User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 6,892
G
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
G
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 6,892
Very nicely done!! I never get tired of Xmas songs. Beautifully sung and I like the sparse arrangement. I would bring the strings up a touch. Great job!! Take care. Greg

the_blooze #275550 12/19/14 12:59 PM
User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 13,978
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 13,978
Pretty vocal and arrangement.

J&B

the_blooze #275559 12/19/14 02:06 PM
User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 8,058
C
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
C
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 8,058
Beautiful song and arrangement. Very nice vocals.

Charlie


BIAB Ultra Pak+ 2024:RB 2024, Latest builds: Dell Optiplex 7040 Desktop; Windows-10-64 bit, Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz CPU and 16 GB Ram Memory.
the_blooze #275634 12/20/14 04:24 AM
User Showcase
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 2,888
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 2,888
Hi Marg and Andrew,

very beautiful Christmas song and great vocals.
Merry Christmas.

Guenter

the_blooze #275641 12/20/14 04:47 AM
User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 20,645
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 20,645
Marg and Andrew this is a very beautiful Christmas song. Everything about this one is perfect!

Have a Merry Christmas.


Me, it's not about how many times you fail, it's about how many times you get back up.
Cop, that's not how field sobriety tests work.

64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware
the_blooze #275804 12/21/14 06:01 AM
User Showcase
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 233
Apprentice
OP Offline
Apprentice
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 233
Thanks everyone.

All our best wishes to you all.

Marg and Andrew


Andrew Lloyd
the_blooze #275812 12/21/14 06:55 AM
User Showcase
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 8,074
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 8,074
Wow! That is absolutely gorgeous!

First of all, as an original composition, it sparkles like a diamond on black velour... VERY nice melody and lyrics, with equally nice instrumentation. You say that most of it was BIAB? To my ears it sounded like acoustic instruments being played in real time to a lovely chord progression... GREAT job arranging the band.. it was a good match for the mood of the song. The accompaniment is very tasteful and minimal.

And what silky vocals! They float like clouds across a December sky! ... One question that often comes up here is "how much reverb is enough? or too much?" I thought the reverb was perfect for the song and for your wife's beautiful voice

I loved everything about this song! Great job!

Thanks for posting! (I hope you have a merry Christmas)

the_blooze #275858 12/21/14 10:40 AM
User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 2,659
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 2,659
hi marg and Andrew plus +10 thanks for sharing merry Christmas eric


AMD (TM) 5950 4.9 GHz 16Core Processor 64 bit 32 bits of ram windows 10 pro 64 bit os. sound card Antelope ZenQ guitars Ibanez 2202a 1968 les Paul Custom and Cavin ae 185 Guitar boss Gt-100,GT1000 pedal Yamaha HS8 studio monitors
Pat Marr #276183 12/23/14 06:38 AM
User Showcase
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 233
Apprentice
OP Offline
Apprentice
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 233
Hi everyone,

I just want to say thanks everyone for the wondeful comments, I am indeed very fortunate to have a wife with a beautiful voice.

I wrote the song one night on piano and guitar, while Marg was out rehearsing with a Christmas choir.

The chords have that wonderful descending bassline similar to Pachelbel's Canon, or A Whiter Shade of Pale. I love those kind of chord progressions.

I used a simple midi waltz style in Biab, SLOW34EV.STY.

Which suited the song very well.

I transferred the tracks to Reaper next. Added some more tracks from Biab.

Recorded Marg's Vocal, and a lead part on my Octave Mandolin.

I had it close to being finished, but there was very little of me in the mix, so I recorded myself playing Fingerpicked guitar.

At that time I had 17 tracks altogether to work with.

Most of them I eliminated as being unneeded, if they didn't add anything useful to the texture or rhythm I removed them.

I kept, Vocal, Guitar, Bass, and Octave Mandolin, and 2 tracks of strings.

Everything but the bass went through a reverb buss using Epicverb, a nice preset - L Warm Scoring Stage

Guitar, Mandolin and Vocals were lightly compressed, de-essed vocals, and a bit of EQ to brighten a few things up.

I think I used Coyote Forte for the string patches.

I wish I could write more songs like this.

Pat you are right in that the final mix uses very little Biab, but it was there all along, and sometimes I use it for all the tracks in our songs.

I'll post another one of our Christmas songs for a comparison.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Marg and Andrew Lloyd - itunes link


Andrew Lloyd
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Go To

Link Copied to Clipboard
ChatPG

Ask sales and support questions about Band-in-a-Box using natural language.

ChatPG's knowledge base includes the full Band-in-a-Box User Manual and sales information from the website.

PG Music News
Band-in-a-Box® 2024 Review: 4.75 out of 5 Stars!

If you're looking for a in-depth review of the newest Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows version, you'll definitely find it with Sound-Guy's latest review, Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows Review: Incredible new capabilities to experiment, compose, arrange and mix songs.

A few excerpts:
"The Tracks view is possibly the single most powerful addition in 2024 and opens up a new way to edit and generate accompaniments. Combined with the new MultiPicker Library Window, it makes BIAB nearly perfect as an 'intelligent' composer/arranger program."

"MIDI SuperTracks partial generation showing six variations – each time the section is generated it can be instantly auditioned, re-generated or backed out to a previous generation – and you can do this with any track type. This is MAJOR! This takes musical experimentation and honing an arrangement to a new level, and faster than ever."

"Band in a Box continues to be an expansive musical tool-set for both novice and experienced musicians to experiment, compose, arrange and mix songs, as well as an extensive educational resource. It is huge, with hundreds of functions, more than any one person is likely to ever use. Yet, so is any DAW that I have used. BIAB can do some things that no DAW does, and this year BIAB has more DAW-like functions than ever."

Happy Easter! Holiday Hours...

2024 is well underway - it's already Easter Weekend!

Our Customer Service hours this weekend are:

Friday, March 29: 8-4
Saturday, March 30: 8-4
Sunday, March 31: closed

Regular hours resume Monday, April 1st - no joke!

Convenient Ways to Listen to Band-in-a-Box® Songs Created by Program Users!

The User Showcase Forum is an excellent place to share your Band-in-a-Box® songs and listen to songs other program users are creating!

There are other places you can listen to these songs too! Visit our User Showcase page to sort by genre, artist (forum name), song title, and date - each listing will direct you to the forum post for that song.

If you'd rather listen to these songs in one place, head to our Band-in-a-Box® Radio, where you'll have the option to select the genre playlist for your listening pleasure. This page has SoundCloud built in, so it won't redirect you. We've also added the link to the Artists SoundCloud page here, and a link to their forum post.

We hope you find some inspiration from this amazing collection of User Showcase Songs!

Congratulations to the 2023 User Showcase Award Winners!

We've just announced the 2023 User Showcase Award Winners!

There are 45 winners, each receiving a Band-in-a-Box 2024 UltraPAK! Read the official announcement to see if you've won.

Our User Showcase Forum receives more than 50 posts per day, with people sharing their Band-in-a-Box songs and providing feedback for other songs posted.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed!

Video: Volume Automation in Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows®

We've created a video to help you learn more about the Volume Automation options in Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows.

Band-in-a-Box® 2024: Volume Automation

www.pgmusic.com/manuals/bbw2024full/chapter11.htm#volume-automation

Video: Audio Input Monitoring with Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows®

We've created this short video to explain Audio Input Monitoring within Band-in-a-Box® 2024, and included some tips & troubleshooting details too!

Band-in-a-Box® 2024: Audio Input Monitoring

3:17: Tips
5:10: Troubleshooting

www.pgmusic.com/manuals/bbw2024full/chapter11.htm#audio-input-monitoring

Video: Enhanced Melodists in Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows®!

We've enhanced the Melodists feature included in Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows!

Access the Melodist feature by pressing F7 in the program to open the new MultiPicker Library and locate the [Melodist] tab.

You can now generate a melody on any track in the program - very handy! Plus, you select how much of the melody you want generated - specify a range, or apply it to the whole track.

See the Melodist in action with our video, Band-in-a-Box® 2024: The Melodist Window.

Learn even more about the enhancements to the Melodist feature in Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows at www.pgmusic.com/manuals/bbw2024upgrade/chapter3.htm#enhanced-melodist

Forum Statistics
Forums66
Topics81,399
Posts732,551
Members38,442
Most Online2,537
Jan 19th, 2020
Newest Members
danielsk, Mark Morgan, zagrajbarke, Ernest J, Izzy
38,442 Registered Users
Top Posters(30 Days)
MarioD 199
Al-David 132
DC Ron 115
rsdean 85
dcuny 83
Today's Birthdays
(charlie), WobblyGstring
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5