Big Boss Man by Al Smith & Luther Dixon © 1960 keywords: 60's rock soul blues MIDI Band-in-a-Box live sequence Jimmy Reed The news post is BIGBOS.MID, MIDI file type 1, w/percussion for multitimbral synth. the BIAB format is available from my web page: http://www.voicenet.com/~dbut/music.html where you'll find more of my creations. 3-25-95 MIDI sequence by Dave Butler (phila/germantown amateur mandolin & piano player) using Band-in-Box Pro Win 6.03 .STY style key sig: C play time: long play-along version -- alternate choruses omits melody listed in Jimmy Reed section in book _The_House_of_Soul_, Conrad Music NY I don't know its discography I think I first heard it on a 1966 recording _Chicago_Anthology_ Together Records ST-T-1024 (manufactured by Forward Records) w/Charlie Musselwhite, Barry Goldberg, Bobby Jones, Roy Ruby and Harvey Mandel, an album I found in the budget racks at a great little store on 20th north of walnut in philadelphia live sequence on channel 4 was recorded at tempo 123 - yes I really play this slow but you don't have to (try 170 or so) - in several takes, some overdubbing, no quantizing, few corrections: ch track voice 4 melody 01 acoustic 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 68 baritone sax 3 piano 12 vibes 7 guitar 28 clean electric guitar 8 horns (not used) 6 strings 67 tenor sax 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 so. 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