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Blues For Alice - Charlie Parker

Hungry LIke The Wolf - Duran Duran

Bono and The Edge walk into a Dublin bar and the bartender says, “Oh no, not U2 again.”

Black Velvet - Alannah Myles

When we play this song, it gets much more audience enthusiasm than it deserves. I wish I had 100 like it. Taking Care Of Business - B.T.O.

A gentleman never tells. Not that I'm a gentleman, but I like to give the impression that I am. :D Notes ♫

Never a dull moment. We sent out about 8,000 of these e-mails today. Wish me luck. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's time to put A Better Band In Your Box Two years in the making!!! New, fun, toys and tools for Band-in-a-Box from Norton Music. Introducing 8 new style and fake disks in these genres: Country, Jazz, Latin American, Praise/Worship, and Rock/Pop. We have something for everyone. These e-disks are the results of your requests and are available via instant download. So let's get right to the point. Here are your eight, new, BiaB add-ons. --- #1 --- Norton Music's User Style Disk #30 - Nashville styles for Country and Southern Rock 20 new, great multi-styles plus, 71 FREE, compatible MIDI intros and endings - 91 BiaB and MIDI styles in all. For style names, descriptions and mp3 demo files, go to http://www.nortonmusic.com/style30.html --- #2 --- Norton Music's User Style Disk #31 - Pop, Rock and Motown styles 20 more new, great multi-styles, plus 63 FREE, compatible MIDI intros and endings - 83 BiaB and MIDI styles in all. For style names, descriptions and mp3 demo files, go to http://www.nortonmusic.com/style31.html --- #3 --- Norton Music's Fake Disk #46 - The Real Latin Fake Disk (with optional Real Latin Book) This disk contains the chord progressions of Hal Leonard's "The Real Latin Book". It's a Musica Latina gig in a box. 400 Great Latin American Tunes in the following genres: Salsa, Merengue, Mambo, Rhumba, Bolero, Cumbia, Bossa Nova, Samba, Cha Cha, Son Montuno, Tango, Guaracha, Beguine, Son, Lambada, Songo, Calypso, Baiao, Flamenco, Paso Doble, Descarga, Ranchera, Partido Alto, Mercumbé, Latin Funk, Latin Rock, Latin Swing, Latin Pop, Latin Disco, Latin Jazz, Afro/Cuban, Nuyorican, and more ... For a complete description, song listing and a couple of free songs (.sgu), go to http://www.nortonmusic.com/fake46.html --- #4 --- Norton Music's Fake Disk #47 - The Praise And Worship Fake Disk (with optional Praise And Worship Fake Book 2nd Edition) This one has been requested quite a few times. If you are a Praise & Worship Musician, you need this disk. An Essential Tool for Worship Leaders, Praise Bands and Singers!. Over 400 songs, from the classics to the well-known and well-loved contemporary songs by your favorite artists. This is a fantastic collection of music, most of it newer, with many classics from the last 30 years or so, along with a few traditional hymns. For a complete description, song listing and a couple of free songs (.sgu), go to http://www.nortonmusic.com/fake47.html --- #5 --- Norton Music's Fake Disk #48 - The Real Book Fake Disk Volume 3 (with optional Real Book Volume 3) Continuing the famous Real Book transcription series, 400 more essential jazz tunes. It's a "Who's Who" of Jazz Composers. This is our most requested collection. Remember, there are no duplicate songs in the Real Book jazz series. For a complete description, song listing and a couple of free songs (.sgu), go to http://www.nortonmusic.com/fake48.html --- #6 --- Norton Music's Fake Disk #49 - The Real Book Fake Disk Volume 4 (with optional Real Book Volume 4) Another of the famous Real Book transcription series, 400 more essential jazz tunes. Along with the classics, this volume features many contemporary jazz compositions. Our most requested collection. Remember, there are no duplicate songs in the Real Book jazz series. For a complete description, song listing and a couple of free songs (.sgu), go to http://www.nortonmusic.com/fake49.html --- #7 --- Norton Music's Fake Disk #50 - The Real Book Fake Disk Volume 5 (with optional Real Book Volume 5) And the hits just keep on coming. Continuing the famous Real Book collection, 400 more essential jazz tunes. This one also has pop songs adopted by the jazz masters along with the classics. I get so many requests to complete the Real Book series, and we are happy to fulfill it. We have one more to go, stay tuned for our next big release. For a complete description, song listing and a couple of free songs (.sgu), go to http://www.nortonmusic.com/fake50.html --- #8 --- Norton Music's Fake Disk #51 - The Real Pop Disk Volume 2 (with optional Real Pop Book Volume 2) Another frequent request from people who bought volume 1 of this series. 200 more songs your audience knows by heart. Not just head charts, but full arrangements. It's a Pop/Rock gig in a box for BiaB. For a complete description, song listing and a couple of free songs (.sgu), go to http://www.nortonmusic.com/fake51.html --- And as always, with the "Roll Your Own Discount" http://www.nortonmusic.com/mega.html the more you buy, the more you save. Buy all 8 disks and save almost $100.00 Disks? They aren't on disk anymore. They are available via instant download. (E-disk???) I've been making add-ons for BiaB since the 1990s. Thank you for your support and all the kind comments you send to me. I am happy that you like my offerings, and hope you enjoy these e-disks as much as the ones you already have.

Nobody But Me - Human Beinz

Will I have to wear white socks with black pants and shoes?

No One - Alicia Keys

Some crock plug-ins are better than others.

Yakety Sax is the song many sax players hate to play. Recorded in 1963 by Boots Randolph, it's the one song that people who don't know any other tune featuring a sax request. It's repetitive, and the fingering is tricky, but like most tricky fingerings, practice it enough, and it becomes easy. Mrs. Notes and I do a little shtick while playing it if the night and the audience is right. We start off a bit slower than the Boots recording and go through the AABA sections. Then a few bars of speed up and play the A section again with the look of confidence on my face. A few more bars of speed up, and I get a look of determination and play the A again. A few more bars of speed up, and I get a look of fear in my face and play the A again. Then, when it ends, I apologize about my partner drinking too much coffee or make some other wisecrack. It's a song I only play when requested, because if I played it too often, it would wear it out with our audience. There isn't a song in our songlist http://www.nortonmusic.com/cats/songlist.html that I don't like to play. There are some that I like to play more than others, but I play whatever I think will work best with the audience at the particular moment in time. Playing any song is a hell of a lot more fun than any day-job I can think of. Insights and incites by Notes ♫

Girls, Girls, Girls - The Coasters

Just following instructions (again)

Without those sock plug-ins, I'd be de-feeted. Insights and incites by Notes ♫

Hoarding is a term coined by the jealous types that don't have a proper collection of anything. Insights and incites by Notes ♫

Harry's House/Centerpiece - Joni Mitchell

Not exactly a pun either, but it made me grin.

Sometimes people think a song is overplayed and they are tired of it. I wish I could write a song that gets overplayed!!! I play the songs some other musicians feel are beneath them, Brown Eyed Girl, Mustang Sally, Yakety Sax and a slew of others, and I enjoy them. It sure beats any day-job I can think of. Insights and incites by Notes ♫

Only Human - Uriah Heep