John Vere Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 This was an experiment. I bought Band in a Box because my 14 year old Grandson has taken up playing guitar and has written 30 songs already. His songs are actually good as country music goes. He writes about Pick up trucks and his favorite hat, etc. He has a good sense of song structure but is not really there yet with his playing. I proceeded to learn how to use Band in a Box. The idea was he could learn to pick a style and play around with different chords and arrangements on his own. Then export it as midi and we would finish it in Cakewalk. I then found out how limiting Band in a Box is. The midi it exports apparently is for the notation display. It's bare bones. Example a steel guitar will have mod wheel pitch bends that sound cool in Band in a Box but they do not export. Apparently band in a Box doesn't really use Midi or Midi instruments it uses Real Tracks. I imagine they are sample loops that kinda drift around the chord changes. Anyhow for a laugh I entered the chords for this old song of mine and as exported the midi to create a TTS-1 project in Cakewalk. I then exported the Steel guitar as an audio track because as I said the midi sucked. I had to fix a bunch of spots that sounded terrible using Melodyne. Then I've totally replaced all but the midi drum part. The rest sounded like,,, well, Band in a Box. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSband Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Funny song, I like the lyrics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 Take note that this is what I really sound like. I sang it at 10 in the morning and only had to do a few punch ins to get the phrasing right. No Melodyne was involved. I love this style of country music because it sounds better if you can sing that well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garybrun Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 I like it. I also like your voice... very country. I also have Band In A Box and find it a great creative tool. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 (edited) I just joined the BiB user forum and ya I see some familiar avatars there. I asked a question and got really good answers which have helped learn how to use it. Lots of people seem to use it as a tool to start songs and then finish in a DAW. Great user forum just like here it seems. Edited January 30 by John Vere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Joad Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Great tune, real old school country.🤠 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Walsh Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Nice one, great lyrics and a good voice for belting it out. I liked the pedal steel sounds, really added to the vibe. I did a song with bib, a long time ago. If we have a bib theme day I'll post it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridget Murphy Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 (edited) It's always fun to experiment with different tools and techniques for music creation. Good call on using Melodyne to fine-tune the steel guitar part. There. you go all done. Edited February 2 by Bridget Murphy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supa Reels Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 I like it loads .. very happy feeling with a bit of tongue in cheek ... great stuff Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 Thanks everyone. Glad I’m not the only one who likes corny country! Hey @Bridget Murphy could you remove the quote from your post because that link will become dead later on as I plan on fixing the steel guitar a little more and will update the file. Sound cloud creates a new link. That’s why I don’t normally use it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 12 hours ago, Kevin Walsh said: I did a song with bib, a long time ago. If we have a bib theme day I'll post it. I see all sorts of people from this and even the old Sonar forum on BiB forum. I spotted the Martian there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridget Murphy Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 16 hours ago, John Vere said: Thanks everyone. Glad I’m not the only one who likes corny country! Hey @Bridget Murphy could you remove the quote from your post because that link will become dead later on as I plan on fixing the steel guitar a little more and will update the file. Sound cloud creates a new link. That’s why I don’t normally use it. Thanks. Oh yes of course. By the way good luck on your next project. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Love it! Once in a while I tune in to country radio and hear songs that are pretty much the same bland formula and instantly forgettable. I listened to your song a while ago and I can still hear it because of the melody, chords and lyrics. IDK maybe a catchy melody is considered too corny for air time nowadays? -Bjorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajan Blue Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Hi John Sounds pretty good to me - as others have said, real old school Like it Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 BiaB, EZDrummer, EZKeys, the Wrecking Crew; just “tools” in the toolbox. Sounds like you got the “most” out of it to me! Especially the pedal steel. <on a mission>Didn’t see a lot of likes or comments on SoundCloud. Now SC HATES my iPhone. But I persevered and was finally able to login. Help a brother out, eh?</on a mission> John, thought the Uncle song was great as well… t 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 27 minutes ago, DeeringAmps said: John, thought the Uncle song was great as well… Ya I abandoned Sound Cloud a few years ago as it seems to be declining. I like that on Sound Click you can easily update a song. Only reason I put this song on Sound cloud for now is it’s a work in progress and I seem to have a lot of followers on Sound Click now so didn’t want to contaminate that playlist just yet. I sort of use Sound Cloud for music that I do for fun. I forgot about the Uncle Stuff that was our band 12 or more years ago. It was a lot of fun but the Drummer moved away and we never found a suitable replacement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Cool country vibe, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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