The Small-Town Villains, the Showgirl, the Crime... The Punishment!
Memories Remain was one of our very first compositions using Band in a Box. But I consider it one of our best. With a big thanks to the BIAB Melodist, I might add!
However, I was never completely happy with the vocals. I sounded "too young", can you imagine that? Now at 57 (still young, no?) I thought it deserved not only a thorough remaster, but also completely new vocals.
So that's what we did.
This song contains no RTs only MIDI. The high-clarity fingerpicking is comprised of two different guitar SoundFonts. A sampled Fender 12 string and a Yamaha Electric six-string.
The lead guitar and fills are me on my Squire Affinity. I bumped up the high frequencies, and now it almost sounds like a real Strat :-).
Anne-Marie once again gave it her best with the backing vocals and created the original storytelling video.
Comments encouraged!
Rob
We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands.
You two did such a great job with this production! Rob at 57, your vocals couldn't be better! You sound great! The all-midi treatment certainly works very well and sounds good! Anne-Marie did an excellent job with the background vocals and once again did outstanding work with the video. This song was certainly worth reviving and you did it justice with the update!
Rob and Anne-Marie...this is superb...Rob your vocal was excellent...57 is a great age for male vocals...(I thought I sang my best in my 50's...my 70's on the other hand I've found to be a challenge) and Anne-Marie always sounds perfect regardless of age (which I would never inquire about)...I love the entire production...the story is captivating with or without the video but your videos are always so apropos with the music...you two are truly artists at your craft...BRAVO!
www.soundclick.com/firesong BiaB 2024, Steinberg Cubase Pro 13, Wavelab 11.2, SpetraLayers Pro 10, Audacity, Steinberg UR44 Interface, Yamaha Genos, Roland FP60 and FP10, Windows 10
You are who you are because you do what you do because of what you believe.
Rob and Anne-Marie, this is professional all the way Outstanding vocals and lyrics Super guitar leads The perfect backing band - loved those MIDI guitar parts - outstanding work Outstanding mix
Loved it
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
This was the first song you've made with the use of BiaB? Then you made good use of it. It's a very nice song, a good use of the instruments and your own lead guitar and a dark story. But your vocals are very strong! As the others have said, 57 is a good year for male vocals. However, I'm 10 years older and haven't heard much complains about my vocals (yet). So you can go ahead for at least another 10 years... ;-)
Anne-Marie with the bgv vocals sounds smooth and underlines this melancholic melody. She can go on forever!
Hi Anne-Marie and Rob What a sound You have such a cool voice Rob Excellent vocal work from both of you It's extremely fun to hear so much quality Great job Many greetings Andi ;-)
Boy do I like how this song started. What a cool intro. Incredible vocal Rob. Anne-Marie's harmonies were so delicate. Well done. Loved the video. Very cool to watch the video and follow the lyrics. Beautiful song..
User Video: Next-Level AI Music Editing with ACE Studio and Band-in-a-Box®
The Bob Doyle Media YouTube channel is known for demonstrating how you can creatively incorporate AI into your projects - from your song projects to avatar building to face swapping, and more!
His latest video, Next-Level AI Music Editing with ACE Studio and Band-in-a-Box, he explains in detail how you can use the Melodist feature in Band-in-a-Box with ACE Studio. Follow along as he goes from "nothing" to "something" with his Band-in-a-Box MIDI Melodist track, using ACE Studio to turn it into a vocal track (or tracks, you'll see) by adding lyrics for those notes that will trigger some amazing AI vocals!
Wir waren fleißig und haben über 50 neue Funktionen und eine erstaunliche Sammlung neuer Inhalte hinzugefügt, darunter 222 RealTracks, neue RealStyles, MIDI SuperTracks, Instrumental Studies, "Songs with Vocals" Artist Performance Sets, abspielbare RealTracks Set 3, abspielbare RealDrums Set 2, zwei neue Sets von "RealDrums Stems", XPro Styles PAK 6, Xtra Styles PAK 17 und mehr!
Add updated printing options, enhanced tracks settings, smoother use of MGU and SGU (BB files) within PowerTracks, and more with the latest PowerTracks Pro Audio 2024 update!
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Update your Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows® Today!
Update your Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows for free with build 1111!
With this update, there's more control when saving images from the Print Preview window, we've added defaults to the MultiPicker for sorting and font size, updated printing options, updated RealTracks and other content, and addressed user-reported issues with the StylePicker, MIDI Soloists, key signature changes, and more!
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."
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