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You have to keep in mind, this incredible and powerful app is - IS FREE!! Even if you don't know a tuplet from a triplet or fotissimo from forte you should have this app on your computer so you can someday learn!

The doubled vocal is slightly out of time on the 1st couple of syllables - giving a slight delay/chorus effect. I think the snare hits are a little loud & harsh for the arrangement. The stereo image seems a bit too wide for the song. Lovely melody and a cool pastiche of the genre. I don't hear any Sinatra - then again I'm on team AntiFrank. Well done.

Bud, Janice, Floyd & Peter = a Dream Team. I woke up and the dream was real...real good fun too. Everything to love & nothing to nit pick. WONDERFUL.

Hi Mario, No, I don't like the EDM style. But you are doing a great job trying to make something out of it, And that is your biggest achievement. Doing something that isn't really your thing. Technically, I think you need to add more lofi in it. The bass sounds must be dominant. On the other hand, the flow you created is very good. I think young people will dance on it and get crazy! I admire your creativity, but I always do that when listening to your songs. But this one... It was a challenge listen to it till the end ;-) Hans

Hi David, You searched the edges with this song. At least to me. It's very creative, with a very sudden ending, but one that I really had to get used to. I hope she still loves you... The nice thing was; While I was wondering how you make a song like that, it put a big smile on my face. Even my wife asked if I was okay... I think I love you too (in a right way, of course) Hans

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Hi Elliott and Scott, Well, that were nice replies on the song. Thanks for that! Ha, ha, Elliott, what a funny response! And so good, compared with the 'fat' song! About your comment on the reverb, I didn't notice any muddling (listened severall times after what you said. But I agrree it was a bit a fat reverb, in this fat song. So it had to be a fat surprise after all. According to your picture, 'fat' is not your problem... Hi Scott, Marty liked the 'fat' song very much. His grandchild had some problems with it, but I assured her that I don't make fun of fat people. But my grandchild (almost 3 years old) loves the song. She always asks me to play it again. It could be, because of the many fries and nuggets.... Thank you for your compliments about the song and Marty's part in it. Hans

Dave, Much appreciated. Thank you. Bob

Respect Yourself . Hey hey, my friend came by to film me yesterday, here is the live performance track for Respect Yourself. Please comment. ****** Song Summary ************* Title: Respect Yourself File:Respect Yourself.SGU Key=Bm , Tempo 112, Length (m:s)=2:34 8 bar intro, 20 bar chorus, from bar 9 to bar 28. Repeat x3 choruses No Melody No Soloist track. Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0, Style is _METTLE.STY (Mettle Gritty Country Blues) Style MIDI Instruments are : 17/1 Detuned Drawbar Organ, GM2 Bank 1, RealTracks in style: 1417:Bass, Electric, RootsRock Ev 100 RealTracks in style: 2634:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm CountryBluesRock Ev 110 RealTracks in style: 2635:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm CountryBluesRockHigh Ev 110 RealTracks in song: 2346:Horn Section, Rhythm, Funk 2-part, Ev 110 RealDrums in style:NashvilleEven8^5-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride *******************

Well, what's in the courts is the other way around but will be hard to prove when it creates at the pixel/bit level.

Thanks, Torrey, for listening and your nice comment, especially about the general production of my songs, because I see myself more as a producer than a musician.

Cool song with some interesting changes, I like that. Too bad I can't stand Ninezero's nasal voice (he always sounds like he has the sniffles), but that's not your fault.

Thanks Ray. But I nor my AI assistant know what "tat tales" are. Did you mean something else? "The term “tat tales” does not have a widely recognized or standard meaning in English."

It's funny ... sometimes I treat the lyrics as a tone poem and don't care about the words; sometimes the lyrics are vital. I've long loved the lyrics by Pete Sinfield on the King Crimson songs. Edgy, surreal, powerful, attention-grabbing. The first song that came to mind was "The Letters", to which I listened, before checking his song list that reminded me of so many others. There are a couple of other things that stand out to me about the song ... with hindsight it's quite distinctly jazz, and the dynamic range, in comparison with modern productions is absolutely huge, as it was on many of their songs from that time.

You always write the nicest and funniest comments, Marty. Thanks for making me smile D'you know, I myself am none too sure what this cat wanted from the inside of the pub. Maybe companionship? Maybe a friendly, listening ear? Maybe a stiff drink, or even a combination of these things, perhaps? Well, it wasn't let in, so we'll never know, right? As for the chain of pubs, what a great idea ... were it not for the fact that I have a sneaking suspicion that this particular cat is actually teetotal ... though one doesn't have to actually drink in order to own a chain of pubs, true ... Thanks so much for your comments ... as usual, far, far too kind

Beautiful, Dan. Well written. Terrific simple production. Voices sound good. The harmonies are especially nice. Good mix. Nice! fj

Thanks, Marty. Bill deserves most of the lyric credit on this one. It's nice to have co-writers who know what they are doing... Thanks, gman. That acoustic guitar is an early BIAB acoustic (so is available in all the packages). So anyone can get that sound! Very nice of you to say, Torrey...thanks... Thanks, y'all!!

Yeah this is great. My parents had a bunch of "wine and champagne and roses" style easy listening music albums back in the day, and this sounds so much like it. Like Henry Mancini. Maybe you could post this to SongTradr for sync licensing for retro movies!

Scott & Robert, LOVE your opening. The clean, exacting guitar is done to a T. Robert's lyrics are always interesting and thought-provoking. Good tracks. Nice mix. Cool video. fj

Thanks Scott...I always appreciate your opinions...Dan Scott...thanks...I miss singing and recording but the vocal chords are broken (not literally but for all practical purposes)...I appreciate the compliment...Dan

Donny...very pro sounding track...your vocal is perfect for the style...cool and laid back...but I do agree with Elliot on the length and structure...a great start.

Great job guys! This sure is some classic epic blues playing all around. Definitely hear some buddy guy in this!!

Thank you Noel, David and Ron for listening. BTW Ron, you're absolutely right, except for written tunes, most of Jazz improv and jam sessions are lacking a melody line, that's just the nature of the style. Thanks for bringing that up. Cheers Mike B.

Hey thanks so much Floyd! I appreciate that Buddy!

Thanks Rob for your contribution. much appreciated....you are correct... (i'm a reaps user from v0.99 and done a ton of songs useing it plus rb/bb combo cos each has their own plusses and minuses.)... rb has in fact unique features i havent seen in any other music app includeing reaps. to other rb users feel free to post your own tips… because as rb is so choc full of features i'm sure i'm gonna forget lots of things. also i'm hoping new pg users read this... thus i must go into certain levels of detail that existing long time users would already know. 4..a recap. if you want a 'modern song' you must use modern sounds…RB HAS ZILCH TO DO WITH IT !!. Modern sounds can be found in many sources. viz… …pg content which is massive. including a ton of modern sounds. which you can bend/shape/mangle/pitch shift anyway you want….ive done this many times. …useing plugins with modern sounds driven by midi tracks. …useing sample libraries both free and paid. …recording tracks using external hardware. etc etc…to name a few. Think of it like an easter egg hunt….in your mind you have a vision for your song...thus begins the hunt for the sounds to realise your vision. rb (or bb) have nothing to do with it. it is up to YOU to locate or record the sounds to realise your vision. bottom line is if i or you can't lay down the sounds to realise your song vision…it's not the music apps fault. I fail many times… it's all part of the creating songs gig…but it's not the app's fault if i fail. I've seen it many many times on these forums… 'I want a xxx '...xxx being a genre or big name artist or group for example. pg software isnt stopping you…you can even create your own styles or modify a style. there's nothing to stop you using various tools to analyse a style or genre you're into… and then get cracking replicating that style using pg tools/pg content/third party content. frankly i could do hundreds of 'modern songs' using just SM, sfz and pg's huge sound content and free samples say from cm mag. ie…spoilt for choice. talking of sforzando that comes free from pg…let me admit my own stupidity in not realising something nice with sfz. (in my defence…lol…i'm no synth expert.) When I started checking out sfz i was demoing modern sounds by clicking at top left. THEN one day i said to myself 'hmm what does snapshot do' when sforzando first displayed with the timewarp logo…so i clicked on snapshot and lo and behold a menu appeared and various sub menus/settings i could use for 'modern sounds'. In summary, really explore sforzando deeply and its timewarp feature including all the various synth oscillators and other settings ... .like synthmaster it's rather amazing for modern sounds. Let's crack on… lots of things to cover. 5…i want to do a modern song in the style of 'abc famous artist' or 'xyz song.' i dont condone ripping off anyone. but a truism is various oldie hit songs might have been influenced by and have their roots in music genres of yore…ie…decades or even centuries ago. . So let's say a certain modern song or style gets you 'cranked up'..there are many techniques to analyse such…even as a music study/learning exercise. eg… ..sometimes there is info on the net. ..you can use analysis software which will report such things as tempo and chords etc etc. eg in pg products check out the audio chord analysis feature ACW. (see pg vids to save me lots of typing ... .NOTE rb supports 'fractional tempos'.) maybe you have, like i do…lots of rough song demos from years back done in studios…and you want to create a new pro modern song vibe for such. nothing to stop you doing that in rb. For example, just import your old demo into rb and apply the ACW. I did this the other day with an old demo of mine for fun. even though i knew the chords to my old demo…i saved lots of typing by letting the RB ACW detect the chords and only had just a few chord changes to make on the genned chord sheet. (note…dont expect song analysis software to do a perfect job. some effort will be needed on your part.) After getting the rb chord sheet i decided to start checking out the tons of rb stylepicker midi styles..and demoing the styles WITH MY CHORD SHEET in rb viz my song. If I came across a style that cranked me up I would save the style in my folder for the song. (I urge you to have separate song folders for each song you're working on.) let me say at this stage in song development in rb…i like to work fast…so i find working with midi tracks lets me do that. (Later on I will experiment with modern sounds in other pg content like rt's//rd's//supertracks etc etc.). Now some people might enter in the rb stylepicker 'modern sounds' or whatever. i dont do that…because from experience i find i miss lots of cool pg content. (unless it's just a quickie demo to see how well my vocals/lyrics work.) If I want a serious song result I put in serious work. just mucking around yesterday in rb stylepicker…i found a mind boggling amount of modern pg sounds i could use or dice/slice/change etc etc to make my new version of the old demo i did years ago sound great. in addition i found that just using sforzando and synthmaster plugins I was overloaded with ideas for the new song version. the problem ive found with having oodles of plugins is there are so many sound 'eggs or nuggets'...one never finishes a song. So I limit myself…make sense ? addendum. a tip the user might find usefull re the ACW. on a fast song its sometimes difficult to place the bar lines...sooo...i slow the song down by 50 percent prior to invoking the acw. this makes things a bit easier. just an idea. more to come. happiness. om