Mother's Little Helper by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards © 1966 keywords: 60's rock reggae MIDI Band-in-a-Box live sequence Rolling Stones file: MOTHER.ZIP requires PKZIP to decode, includes: 1 .TXT: _this_text_ 2 .MID: MIDI file type 1 (131K) w/percussion for multitimbral synth 3 .MGU: Band-in-a-Box format file 11-11-95 MIDI sequence by Dave Butler (phila/germantown amateur mandolin & piano player) using Band-in-Box Pro Win 6.03 REGGAE_3.STY reggae style key sig: C play time: 7:20 at tempo 115 live sequence on channel 4 was recorded at tempo 115, in many takes, 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 36 fretless bass 3 piano 75 recorder 7 guitar 30 overdriven guitar 8 horns (not used) 6 strings (not used) 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.html