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Stumbled across this tune I worked on a while ago with RB and a number of Real Tracks. As I listened I realised this was not a cover! A very raw original work by me.  The core is a great minor-blues chord progession:  A great example of how BIAB can take a set of chords and create a backing. Just Mix in some Real Horns and great Realbass and it makes for a very nice piece if I don't say so myself  . Uptown Blues
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Hey Dan,
Loved the song. I just love this kind of Jazz/blues. Good work and keep 'em coming!
Marty
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Dan, I really liked that! Very nice guitar tone and cool guitar break there. Tasteful.  I found the two horn breaks panned too far to the right and left, which made them sound kind of separate from the combo picture in my head, maybe 1 and 11 o'clock instead? Also, I thought the last note of the track ought to ring on for longer and fade gradually to match the mood of the piece, and also make the most of that cool last electric piano motif. A quality track, thanks! John
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I appreciate the comments guys. I believe I did have those Horn plays on opposite ends of the stage. This to me is beauty of BIAB. Chords, Styles, RTs and then add yourself. There is no simpler way of gaining this amount of statisfaction in music making.
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Probably better with speakers, but listening on phones, the second trumpet is so far inside my l ear that it is unpleasant.
I guess this is well done, but it's not my kind of thing. I don't see where its going.
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Probably better with speakers, but listening on phones, the second trumpet is so far inside my l ear that it is unpleasant.
Wow, unpleasant you say. Don't be shy tell me what you really feel. 
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I really liked it. I dig that jazzy/blues. Ain't it cool when you find something you like and it's yours? I've done the same thing.
Great job. Not much more to say when I like something. I find no need to disect things.
One thing though, if it's not too unpleasant, could you tell me what style you used?
I really like it. As soon as I heard it I heard things I wanted to do with it.
Wayne,
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you got a PM. I can send you the BIAB file.  Or here is the BIAB Starting point: Key=C , Tempo 120, Length (m:s)=3:18 No intro. 32 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 32. Repeat x3 choruses No Melody No Soloist track. Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0, Soloist is saved with the song : Herbie H. Blues(even 8s)Pno (51) Style is _BBBLUES.STY (Slow Even 8ths Blues (85 RS)) Style MIDI Instruments are : RealTracks in style: ~~579:Bass, Electric, Blues Roadhouse Ev 120 RealTracks in style: ~~584:Guitar, Resophonic, Rhythm Blues Roadhouse Ev 120 RealTracks in style: 573:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Blues BB Ev 085 RealDrums in Style: NashvilleEven8^1-SideStick,Ride
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Wow, unpleasant you say.
Jazzmandan, Marc didn't say the song was unpleasant, only that the separation between the instruments at that point was.
The song sounds great through stereo speakers. But when I heard it the first time, I was listening through headphones and I had the same reaction as Marc - it felt painful, because it sounded like the instrument was blowing right into my ear. I just wasn't sure how to tactfully mention it, especially since you weren't asking for feedback on this song.
So to recap: The song sounds great. Stereo mix through headphones where instruments are hard panned - not so much.
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I'm using Version 2009, I can't find "_BBBLUES.STY".
1) Is "_BBBLUES.STY" a BIAB Style?
2) Should V2009 have this style? Maybe I'm missing something not having the latest version?
3) Is this because I did not install my realtracks?
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I'm using Version 2009, I can't find "_BBBLUES.STY".
1) Is "_BBBLUES.STY" a BIAB Style?
2) Should V2009 have this style? Maybe I'm missing something not having the latest version?
3) Is this because I did not install my realtracks?
Wayne,
Can't honestly tell you where that style came from other than my collection over the many years. But you should be good to go now.
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Very Very Nice. I'm gonna steal those changes and make me a backing track. : )
Love It!
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Quick question just from reading the chords: how do you define the difference between a m7b5 and a half-diminished, and how do you enter each into BIAB?
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Quick question just from reading the chords: how do you define the difference between a m7b5 and a half-diminished, and how do you enter each into BIAB?
Good question, over the years I have "jazzed- meaning messed" this up. The guitar voicings shown in the chord chart shows m7b5 for both the E and B. Which is what was initially intended. However, when I named the chords I incorrectly called the B a Diminished chord instead of the m7b5. So in the BIAB file, I entered a Em7b5 and for the B I simply added Bdim. And for years I was happy in my ignorance,until one day I got an email for a fellow in Mexico who pointed out the error between the chord voicing and the chord name.
I have never gone back to the BIAB file to correct the BDim to a Bm7b5. But I did recently rename the chord in the chord chart image you see at the top of this tread. Now when I tried to rename the chord in the picture I had trouble with the fonts, so I ended up typing B Half Diminished (same as m7b5).
So to day the BIAB is playing a B Dim, but when I play the chord it is a m7b5. Which brings up the age old question, does BIAB distinquish between a full diministhed and a half diminished. In this piece and to my eears, it sounds the same.
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