This text file & associated MIDI & BIAB files available from: http://www.voicenet.com/~dbut/music.htm ***************************************************************** Bad Boy by Larry Williams © 1959 keywords: 50's rock boogie woogie MIDI Band-in-a-Box live sequence Beatles cover filename: BADBOY 1 .TXT: _this_text_ 2 .MID: MIDI file type 1 (65K) w/percussion for multitimbral synth 3 .MGU: Band-in-a-Box format file 4 .ZIP requires PKZIP to decode, includes all 3 8-23-96 MIDI sequence by Dave Butler (phila/germantown amateur mandolin & piano player) using Band-in-Box Pro Win 6.03 style: JB_GOODE key sig: C play time: 4:56 at 145bpm live sequence on channel 4 was recorded in many takes, often at tempo 10-20% slower than final mix, usually one hand at a time, bass line first, w/ lots of overdubbing, but no quantizing, and few corrections: _ch _track_ _voice_ 4 melody 03 electric grand piano BIAB-generated accompaniment is in a standard BIAB style, not customized, has a non-quantized "live" feel, including: _ch _track_ _voice_ 10 percussion 01 standard drums 2 bass 34 finger electric bass 3 piano 12 vibes 7 guitar 28 clean electric guitar 8 horns (not used) 6 strings 67 tenor sax my summer of 96 sequences include this collection of songs the Beatles covered -- but did not write: Act Naturally / Johnny Russell, Vonie Morrison c1963 Anna (Go To Him) / Arthur Alexander c1962 Bad Boy / Larry Williams c1959 Boys / Luther Dixon & Wes Farrell c1960 Dizzy Miss Lizzie / LarryWilliams c1958 Kansas City / JLeiber,MStoller c1952 Long Tall Sally / EJohnson,RPenniman,RBlackwell c1956 Money-Thats What I Want / Berry Gordy Jr & Janie Bradford c1959 Rock and Roll Music / Chuck Berry c1957 Twist and Shout / Bert Russell, Phil Medley c1960 Words of Love / Buddy Holly c1957 You Really Got A Hold On Me / William 'Smokey' Robinson c1962 do you have any favorite sequences or sources to share? do you ever try to improve on stuff you download? my sequences are all rough drafts i'd love to hear improved versions. I use BIAB to create a rough draft which might be refined later w/ a sequencer like Cakewalk which can handle editing like pause & slow down. usually I add extra choruses, omitting melody on every other chorus, for a 5-10 minute jam which i'll accompany on mandolin. this is a rough sequence created in an hour or two. typically w/ BIAB i first spend about 10 minutes selecting style & voices, typing the chord prog, setting part markers, looping, & ending points. in another 5 or 10 minutes I can add a simple melody & be ready to jam. sometimes I record a bass line in the 1st chorus of melody track, copy it to all choruses, then overdub. but often i'll just play a simple melody & rely completely on BIAB's accomp. BIAB will also generate harmonies if you want. i usually don't. channel 4 is the only channel set up for recording. so if you mute / solo channel 4 you can hear the generated & live parts separately. unsolicited unpaid testimonial for BIAB from dbut __________ | | dbut@omni.voicenet.com | X X | | ______ | http://www.voicenet.com/~dbut/ | U | |__________| http://www.voicenet.com/~dbut/music.htm