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On our 'house gig' there is a mixture of ages from teens to quite old. I'ts on a public beach. Most are tourists so we can use the same gags again and again. So we had a request for a Frank Sinatra song yesterday, "The Summer Wind" (nice song BTW). So I announce it "Here a song by Frank Sinatra, "The Summer Wind", also done by Metallica other their "Metallica Croons the Hits of Frank Sinatra" album. Usually gets a laugh if done at the right time and with the right audience. Often for sweet ballads, but the timing was right for "Summer Wind". Notes ♫

Spin The Bottle – Juliana Hatfield Three

And it's in the correct order, either direction.

River Man – Nick Drake

If he figures out how to do it, let me know. :D

Just part of the wrapper. Finally, a vegan burger without a boatload of chemical ingredients. ------ True story: I was on the road in a band, and we played a gig in Key West, Florida. The gig went long, and the only thing still open was a fast-food restaurant. The organ player was a "vegetarian". So he tried to order something without meat. Grilled cheese, anything, but the system would only take what the push buttons on the register described. So he ordered a cheeseburger with everything, but without the meat. IMO a person who eats cheese or eggs is not a vegetarian, just a picky eater. After all, what vegetable did that cheese or egg come from? Insights and incites by Notes ♫

She's Electric - Oasis

White Wedding – Billy Idol

I've read that Ray and Stevie both liked blind jokes. We should all follow that example and be able to laugh at ourselves. And we should not take offense when no offense was intended. I'm follically challenged, and do not take offense when someone mentions that I'm bald, instead I'll make a joke about it. When playing "Hi-Heel Sneakers" and I sing "Wear your wig hat on your head", sometimes I'll look at Mrs. Notes, lift my cap and say, "Can I borrow it?" Insights and incites by Notes ♫

Two guys walk into a bar, the third one ducks.

Minute by Minute - Doobie Brothers

Chase The Clouds Away – Chuck Mangione I heard part of this on the radio today, and had to hear the whole thing. It's been years, so it's like an old friend, I like how busy the rhythm section is, and how the legato melodies contrast with that. I also like the lower harmony part under the flute and following melodies. It builds to a nice climax, and then tapers off.

I wanted to be a doctor, but I don’t have enough patience

I like Public Enemy doing Cole Porter. Almost as good as Metallica croons the hits of Connie Francis

Senior Service – Elvis Costello

I can get to 11 (if my hands are in my pockets)

How about Fingertips by Stevie Wonder? Or would that be Fingertip-

I was going to buy a book on phobias, but I was afraid it wouldn’t help me.

Billy played on a lot of their works. And he did a great job (as usual). IMO the George Martin contributions go far beyond his occasional piano playing. He took the raw material from the songwriters and turned them from good songs to great songs. I can even see Martin's love of Bach in the structure of some of the great B sections of many of the Beatles' songs. I enjoyed the video bitflipper, thanks for sharing it. Notes ♫

PG Music likes to issue an update every November for Windows, and mid-year for Mac. I think they want the update to be a good Christmas present for the biggest market, Windows. PG Music uses a small army of Beta Testers, and they catch most of the bugs before release, but some usually slip by them. But PG will eventually issue update after update as the end users find more of them. Me? I typically wait until March to get mine. By then the major bugs, if not all of them, have been cleaned up. Tech help there is typically good, but they do have periods where they are overwhelmed and things fall through the cracks. I don't have inside knowledge about this, but that's what it seems like to one who is on the outside looking in. The PG Forum is a good help, too. There are a lot of end users who are eager to help with problems. All in all, I think BiaB is a good tool. It does have some flaws, but most apps do. I've written "for hire" styles for a couple of other Auto-Accompaniment apps and keyboards. Due to NDAs, I can't disclose which ones. But from the ones I've participated in, BiaB has the best output. The method for making musical patterns includes masks to make certain patterns only appear in musically appropriate places. Notes ♫

I'd probably play "One Note Samba" (Samba de uma Nota Só)

The May Queen Overture – William Sterndale Bennett