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Poetry Man — Phoebe Snow

Western Movies — Olympics

Not even close

Since I play one-nighters, I refrain from using wireless. Years ago, I bought a wireless mic. We were playing at a yacht club, and in another room, they were holding a trivia contest. The problem was the house mic and my mic were on the same frequency, and as soon as they turned it on and started shouting “Testing”, we were playing a soft tune in the dinner set. If our cable goes over an area where someone can trip on it, get out the blue tape. Notes ♫

For advanced time signatures in BiaB here is my workaround: Remember, each cell in the BiaB matrix does not have to be a complete bar/measure of music. It can be a fraction of a bar, or two bars, depending on the song, and what sounds best. For 5/4 time, I will set the first cell for 3 beats (using F5 dialog box), and the next cell for 2 beats. That makes the two cells,equal one 5/4 bar of music. Repeat for as long as there is a 5/4 meter. Depending on the song, the first bar might be 2 and the second one 3. 7/4 is similar, either 4 and 3, or 3 and 4. For 6/8 taken in 2, I'll choose an appropriate sw style (as marked in the style picker dialog) and each cell will be 2 measures of 6/8 or one measure of 12/8. Sometimes using a 3/4 style, which will make 2 BiaB cells one 6/8 measure works, especially, but not always, if the 6/8 is taken in 6 (slower tempos). None of these hacks need a special EXPANDED style, just an appropriate PG Music or Norton Music style. Notes ♫

Thanks, John. Band-in-a-Box evolved from a DOS 5 app, and PG Music keeps it back-compatible. That's a good thing, but it also carries some limitations. The limitations include the number of chords in a measure, timing of 120 pulses per quarter note, and no real time signature support. BiaB's grid is made of numbered cells. The cells can be 1, 2, 3, or 4 beats, and you can use those combinations to make them bars of music. But you don't have to. By using my EXPANDED styles, you can make each section of a cell a half beat, instead of a beat. This allows you to do these things: Put up to 8 chords in a bar of music, and keep it compatible with older versions of BiaB Put a chord on a beat and also the 8th not before the same beet, and keep it compatible with older versions Enter many cut time songs so that each grid Effectively change the resolution from 120ppm to 240ppm. Here is a free demo EXPANDED style https://www.nortonmusic.com/expanded.html - you need BiaB to use it. ------ I offer regular styles too. Many of the BiaB styles were made by people who are part-time musicians. Working at PG Music 40 hours a week and also making styles. The advantage I hope I offer is that I am a full-time, professional, career musician. I play sax, wind synthesizer, flute, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and vocals. I've been in almost famous bands and local bars. I've played in rock, disco, country, Latin American, blues, and a variety of other genre bands. I studied music theory and arranging. So instead of buying styles that were made by an office worker who dabbles in music, you get styles from a career musician who dabbles in computers. I use the StyleMaker app, from PG Music, so they are 100% compatible with all versions of BiaB. Demos are here https://www.nortonmusic.com/styledemo.html and here https://www.nortonmusic.com/contents.html#biab I don't charge much, after the web host, shopping cart company, Visa/MC authorization company, Visa/MC Merchant's account, Business Bank Account, and other “silent partners” there is a little left over for me. Not enough to survive on by any stretch of the imagination, but I make my living playing music, so I don't need to make a killing on software. I also make Fake Disks (song disks) for BiaB. Explanation, and links with free samples are here https://www.nortonmusic.com/contents.html#fake And you can export my work from Band-in-a-Box and import it into Cakewalk. I could say a lot more. If you need more, whether they involve my styles or not, just ask. Notes ♫

It was an emotional wedding. Even the cake was in tiers.

Another Sad Love Song — Toni Braxton

You need to purchase my styles (Self-serving plug) Notes ♫

Heart Attack — Demi Lovato

I bought Band-in-a-Box back in the Atari and PC Dos 5/Windows 3.1 days. I bought it to practice sax improvisation with. BiaB could be my back-up band while I tried things out from a book many of us have, “Patterns For Jazz”. @John Vere, I think it's a fine choice for your grandson. If your grandson has trouble with it, I'll be happy to help him out. The app has come a long way since then, and added quite a few features. Its original function was as an auto-accompaniment app, and that's where it shines. IMO, the output isn't pro quality, but it's better than a lot of bands that are out there gigging. I started writing aftermarket Style Disks and Fake Disks for it in the early 1990s. They added the feature, and as a multi-instrumentalist and music arranger, I tried my hand at it. With encouragement from my frieds who also had BiaB, I took out an ad in Keyboard Magazine, and before I knew it I had a mail-order business. It turned into my own little e-tail business https://www.nortonmusic.com and I have customers in over 100 different countries now. Personally, I like the MIDI styles better than the Real Styles. Why? As I said, IMO, the output isn't pro quality. Since MIDI is thousands of times more editable, I can export the end product from BiaB, import it into a DAW like Cakewalk, and turn the very good song into an excellent one. I can get move or get rid of inappropriate drum rolls, change the instrument voices, change chord inversions, fix the occasional inappropriate note BiaB creates, add song specific licks/figures, add expressive elements, etc. see https://www.nortonmusic.com/midi_vs_loops.html BiaB has a notation editor, but I like a dedicated notation editor better, like Encore, MuseScore, Sibelius, and others. They allow you to do things that the BiaB notation editor cannot. But as a music auto-accompaniment app, BiaB is the best in the biz. I've written “For Hire” styles for one arranger keyboard and two other auto-accompaniment apps, and the output of BiaB is far superior. IMO, every electronic musician needs (In order of importance): A DAW/MIDI sequencer like Cakewalk Band-in-a-Box A dedicated notation editor This is probably TMI, but once I get started on BiaB, I have trouble stopping. After all, it has become my “moonlighting” business. Notes ♫

Like Live Horses — Elton John

Walkin' — Stanley Turrentine (One of my all-time favorite tenor sax players)

I asked a Frenchman if he played video games, he said wii.

They "wigged out"

Walking To New Orleans — Fats Domino

What good does it do you to be famous when you're dead? I guess that's why Elvis Presley faked his death, gained a lot of weight, went bald, got unrecognizable, and enjoyed his money. BTW, did you ever see the cult film Bubba Ho-Tep? It's an absurd and stupid little comedy, but it's pretty funny. From Wiki: Bubba Ho-Tep is a 2002 American comedy horror film written, co-produced and directed by Don Coscarelli. It stars Bruce Campbell as Sebastian Haff, a man residing in a nursing home who claims to be the real Elvis Presley. The film also stars Ossie Davis as Jack, a black man who claims to be John F. Kennedy, explaining that he was patched up after the assassination, dyed black, and abandoned.

Night Train — Viscounts (Of all the songs I've learned on the sax, this is the one that has been requested the most. It's faded from the request pool now, but in past decades I'd get a request to do this a few times per night. Originally done by Jimmy 'Night Train' Forrest, but this is the version I played.)

Going To A Go Go — Smokey Robinson And The Miracles

The shovel was a ground-breaking invention.

Dare To Be Stupid - Weird Al Yankovic