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#115811 - 06/01/11 11:25 PM [User Showcase] Life Of A Gun
Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3028 Loc: Florida tommyad Veteran Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3028 Loc: Florida	Style is CRAY1.STY Style Instruments are : Fender Bass (34),, RealTracks in song: :Organ, B3, Background Blues Roadhouse Ev 120 RealDrums in Song: RockHardLA^1-ClsdHt,HlfOpHt ******************* Added Guitars and Vocals mixed and mastered in Garageband. http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10708329 Life Of A Gun He brought it home from the pawnshop in the pocket of his army coat He laid it on the kitchen table he could almost smell the smoke He pointed it in the mirror and said you lookin at me son It’s just another day in the life of a gun He found him standing on the corner and walked up to him real slow I heard you’re sellin some young ones he handed him a bullet and said you better go the next ones comin faster and you had better run It’s just another day in the life of a gun Blood spilled on the sidewalk blood splashed on the street The outline of a criminal was drawn for all to see He looked down at his trembling hands and said man what have i done It’s just another day in the life of a gun
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#115812 - 06/02/11 10:16 PM [User Showcase] Re: Life Of A Gun [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 06/17/10 Posts: 1849 Loc: Canyon Lake, TX Steve Young Expert Registered: 06/17/10 Posts: 1849 Loc: Canyon Lake, TX	Tommy, Nice job on this one. I really liked your guitar work on this. Nice mix. Keep up the good work. Steve _________________________ Steve Young Music "In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of." - Robert Schumann
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#115813 - 06/02/11 10:20 PM [User Showcase] Re: Life Of A Gun [Re: Steve Young]
Registered: 08/09/10 Posts: 4192 Loc: Woodstock, NY rsdean Veteran Registered: 08/09/10 Posts: 4192 Loc: Woodstock, NY	Tom, This is excellent! Love the instrumentation and vocal. I can hear some Stax-Volt sound in here - very nice... Bob _________________________ SoundCloud Tracks
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#115814 - 06/02/11 10:46 PM [User Showcase] Re: Life Of A Gun [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 07/02/00 Posts: 1696 Loc: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Ian Fraser Expert Registered: 07/02/00 Posts: 1696 Loc: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Tommy I'm an old folkie and currently play around with varying tempos of country but I Love The Grit of this tune and the instrumentation. The B3 takes me back to college days and dancing to the Spencer Davis Group. So how did this song come about? Dare I ask? I find sometimes I can just load a certain style and the lyrics are ready to write themselves. Strange how that happens. Anyway - great song - Ian _________________________ Ian My "Original Tunes" Site My gene pool needs more chlorine.
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#115815 - 06/03/11 07:47 AM [User Showcase] Re: Life Of A Gun [Re: Ian Fraser]
Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3028 Loc: Florida tommyad Veteran Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3028 Loc: Florida	Ian, Back in the day, I learned to play keyboards after hearing Stevie W with Spencer Davis. Nobody Knows when youre down and out. A killer rendition. Short answer- Going thru styles I had the concept of a song from the guns point of view. Style fit. Changed out the drums and B3. Added rhythm and lead and vocal. Done and in the can in an hour. I play a variation of this solo live every weekend for the last twenty years so that was one take. Lyrics are based on the movie Taxi Driver. A very fast write. This style is a tribute to the great bluesman Robert Cray. Thanks for asking and for listening. Tom
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#115816 - 06/03/11 05:44 PM [User Showcase] Re: Life Of A Gun [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 10/31/08 Posts: 15619 Loc: Australia Noel96 Veteran Registered: 10/31/08 Posts: 15619 Loc: Australia	Hi Tommy, What a great sound you've got happening with this one! You managed to pull me right into the heart of the mix. I was with you all the way. It's a great hook, too, "A day in the life of a gun". Regards, Noel _________________________ LINKS TO MY BIAB/RB SONGS audios on Soundcloud videos on VIMEO
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#115817 - 06/07/11 04:20 PM [User Showcase] Re: Life Of A Gun [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 12/29/07 Posts: 618 Loc: US redguitars Journeyman Registered: 12/29/07 Posts: 618 Loc: US	Tom, I just listened to this. Another great hook. I assume you're playing a Strat. What ever it is, it's a great guitar sound and really nice playing. Don't you love nailing the guitar in one take. I love when that happens. The vocals were just right. The lyrics take you right there. It's a solid song. You used the Cray Style. I used that style on my first new recording. It's a good style. Well done, You got a fan here, Wayne, _________________________ "My Music Page"
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#115818 - 08/30/11 08:14 PM [User Showcase] Re: Life Of A Gun [Re: redguitars]
Registered: 01/06/11 Posts: 163 Loc: <----- behind here PRearden Apprentice Registered: 01/06/11 Posts: 163 Loc: <----- behind here	Like your playing here. Hooky... wish I had that talent. But dude, guns don't kill people. People kill people.
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#115819 - 09/05/11 04:46 AM [User Showcase] Re: Life Of A Gun [Re: PRearden]
Registered: 08/16/10 Posts: 114 Loc: Surrey,England Mr_Songman Apprentice Registered: 08/16/10 Posts: 114 Loc: Surrey,England	Wow.....what a great lyric idea. This works so well. You're a talented fella and I look forward to hearing more of your stuff. Wish you every success with it. Martin _________________________ Music is what feelings sound like.
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#115820 - 09/05/11 10:23 AM [User Showcase] Re: Life Of A Gun [Re: Mr_Songman]
Registered: 08/20/11 Posts: 248 Loc: Cumbria - United Kingdom Mike. R. Apprentice Registered: 08/20/11 Posts: 248 Loc: Cumbria - United Kingdom	Nice sound Tom. It springs into life straight away and it's very well mixed - I can hear what you are singing ... Crystal clear. That B3 is sitting well and the guitar solo is crisp and clear - this is a real foot tapper. Nice phrasing. _________________________ Mike. Win 10 - Intel2 quad core / 8Gb Ram Audiophile 24/96 BAIB / RB 2019 PlusPak For Windows Reaper 5 EWQL Composer Cloud X Gibson LP Studio Fender Mn Telecaster Gretsch Alligator Bugera 1960 Infinium
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November 13, 2019

My Favorite Things - Nudge Chords in Band-in-a-Box®

Love this time saving feature.

Ever fill in the chordsheet fully or for part of song, and then discover you want to add or take away an extra beat or more somewhere in the chordsheet.

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November 08, 2019

Band-in-a-Box® 2019 for Mac Build 314 Update Available!

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Summary of Changes for build 314:
Fixed: Video RealTracks would fail to render if using macOS Catalina.
Fixed: Command+Return should be the hot-key for Options | MIDI Patch Maps, etc. | Insert current MIDI chord.
Fixed: Window | Audio Chord Wizard menu item should say "Audio Chord Wizard (Legacy Standalone)", and should not be available for macOS Catalina 10.15 or higher.
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Fixed: Clicking the [Analyze] button in the Audio Chord Wizard toolbar should warn the user if no bar lines are set.
Fixed: Launching he Audio Chord Wizard causes button hints to not show in the Audio Edit window, and it is not possible to return to the chord sheet.
Fixed: When using the Audio Chord Wizard, sometimes the hour-glass mouse cursor does not go away after analyzing chords.
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November 07, 2019

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November 06, 2019

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November 06, 2019

Happy National Saxophone Day!

Today's the day we say "Happy Birthday" to Adolphe Sax, the creator of the Saxophone!
(Adolphe was born November 6, 1814 - 32 years later he patended his saxophone creation!)

We have 35 different RealTracks Sets available for Band-in-a-Box® that include Saxophone RealTracks !

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October 31, 2019

Our Band-in-a-Box® 2019 for Mac Special Ends October 31st

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