You can visualize being in a meditation class, a yoga class,  or you are back in the 60's on LSD.

This song is totally Band-in-a-Box.  All I did was to select the sounds.

Mind Trip

It was a little chilly yesterday so I sat down and wrote this song.  It is a quick and dirty little ditty that I was messing around with some effects.

Jazz On The Cool Side

Moving on into a other genre other than the magical gardens and fairies new age ambient genre.
I am playing the guitar and via my wind controller the flute.  Band-in-a-Box is supplying the other tracks.

Moving On

Just set back and let your mind wander.
I am playing the nylon string guitar and via my wind controller the Bansuri flute. Band-in-a-Box is playing the rest of the tracks.

Peacefull Feelings

My friend came over last Sunday, October 5, and started jamming this chord progression. We liked it so we recorded it, hence the very clover song title.  Bob is on the acoustic guitar and I am on the electric guitar.  This is a one-take jam that we thought we would post. 

Band-in-a-Box is supplying the balance of the tracks.

Bob And I 10 05

As the grandfather clock ticks off the minutes you fall into a peaceful sleep while you are watching the news on your TV.

Actually I made some adjustments to the Swam Violin sounds and I would like your opinion on if they sound more realistic.

I am playing the Swam violin via my keyboard controller while Band-in-a-Box supplies the backing tracks.

Peaceful Sleep

Feeling down and out?  Having your thoughts fade in and out?
Well this song ain't gonna help ya.

I am playing the fretless bass, nylon string guitar, and via my keyboard controller the Swam flute's Bansuri.  Band-in-a-Box is supplying the balance of the tracks.

Sorrow

In a valley in the magical country of Enchancia there is a village called Mystic Crossroads.  In Mystic Crossroads there is a bridge. When a Dwarf walks it they return to where they started.  They call it The Bridge to Nowhere.  When an elf walks it and they play their magical flute a door opens and allows the elf to enter another realm, the realm of Mystical Elfland. 

I am playing the Swam Bansuri via my wind controller and Band-in-a-Box is supplying the balance of the tracks.

The Bridge To Nowhere

Just me having a little fun.
Via my keyboard controller and breath controller I am playing the Swam Tenor Sax and the Swam Flute Barocco.  Band-in-a-Box is playing the rest of the tracks.

Smooth Motion

BobH  and I had a "I love us" day a week ago where we just listen to things we have done in the past. We came across this one. It was recorded in 2010.  All I did was extract the vocal and do a couple of minor tweaks. Bob's brother-in-law SteveS is singing the lead vocal, Bob is playing the acoustic rhythm guitar, and BiaB is supplying the drum and string tracks.  I am playing everything else.  I could not locate what BiaB style was used back then.  Note that the reverb was recorded with the vocal so I couldn't change that.

There is nothing like an old song at the start of a new year!


Is this Just A Dream

Things have been a little hectic here so I thought that I would just chill and have a little jam.

I am playing the guitar and via my keyboard the vibes.  Band-in-a-Box is supplying the balance of the tracks using my sound sources.


Smooth Sunrise

You are a concert violinist. Your long time girlfriend just left you and ran away with the lead guitarist of a heavy metal group.  You grab your violin, sit on the river's bank and play your broken heart out as the sun gently sets.

The piano is a MA Emotional Piano MIDI track.  The string tracks are from Band-in-a-Box using my sound sources.  Via my breath and keyboard controllers I am playing the Swam Violin.


The Sun Gently Sets

All tracks are from Band-in-a-Box. The Guzhang and percussion are real tracks (Audio tracks) while the balance of the tracks are MIDI tracks using my sound sources. 

The Universal Language

The title says it all. 
I am playing the fretless bass, rhythm and lead guitars, and via my keyboard controller the lap steel guitar. Band in a Box in supplying the drum track using my sound sources.


A Simple Country Waltz

You have an idea for a lead line.  Your saxophonist takes it and changes it then your horn player does the same.  Finally you yell move on over as I am taking over.

Via my breath and keyboard controllers I am playing the backing horns (Swam trumpets 1 & 2, and the alto and bari saxes) and the solo Swam tenor sax and the solo Swam trumpet.  I am also playing my fretless bass and lead guitar. Band-in-a-Box is supplying the piano and drum tracks using my sound sources. 



Move On Over

I am so far out of my comfort zone on this one if I were playing left field I would be behind the wall in the parking lot; a baseball reference for my non-American friends. 

Band-in-a-Box is supplying the drums, piano, and string pad using my sound sources.  I am playing the guitar and via my breath and keyboard controllers the balance of instruments.


12 Strings and Friends

Funk City, an after hours jam, i.e. just having fun

I am playing the bass and guitar.  Via my keyboard controller the B3 and jazz vibes.  Via my breath and keyboard controllers the alto sax. Band-in-a-Box is supplying the drum and piano tracks using my sound sources.


Funk City

A Lovers Dance

The two of you are dating and inseparable.  But after awhile you drift apart and split up.  Each goes their own way, both feeling happy but sometimes sad. They end up missing each other and get back together.

The piano track is from EZKeys2. The drums and bass tracks are from Band-in-a-Box using my sound sources. Via my breath and keyboard controllers I am playing the Swam tenor sax and flute.


A Lovers Dance

You are on an ocean's beach.  You pick up a seashell to listen to the ocean's waves.  You pick up another seashell to hear it in stereo but instead you hear some strange music. You become mesmerized and can't put the seashells down. Suddenly a ghost ship appears on the horizon. The music gets more intense then just as sudden as the ship appears it disappears. Now all you hear are the ocean's waves. 

Via my guitar MIDI controller I am playing the lead lines.  Band-in-a-Box is supplying the balance of the tracks using my sound sources.


Seashore's Seashells

Circa the late 1960's.
Place, the jazz lounge at the Holiday Inn
Band, Mario and His Mystical Merry Music Makers

I did this just for the fun of it.

I am playing my Jay Turser Jazz box guitar and via my breath and keyboard controllers the Swam Tenor Sax.  Band-in-a-Box is supplying the rest of the tracks using my sound sources.

Grooving at the Holiday Inn

A teenager's first love just broke up with them. They mope around until lovesick blue fades away and they find another love of their life.

The harp is from a MIDI harp loop.
The piano is from EZKeys2
The strings are from Band-in-a-Box
All are using my sound sources.
Via my breath and keyboard controllers I am playing the Swam violin and Bassoon.


Lovesick Blue

The Emperor has died. As the Royal and flamboyant funeral march goes through the streets of his kingdom his citizens mourning his death.  

I am way outside my comfort zone on this one.

Band-in-a-Box is supplying the drum, background strings and guitar tracks.  I am playing everything else.

The Emperor's Funeral March

Road Hog is just the title of the Band-in-a-Box style that I used. 

The drums and guitar tracks are supplied by Band-in-a-Box using my sound sources: guitar - Clavichord, drums - Steven Slates SSD-5.

I am playing my Squire bass and Xaviere 335 P90s guitar. Via my keyboard controller the Arturia B3 organ and the synth leads; my custom sound.

Road Hog

It was raining here yesterday and I couldn't do any yard work so I just sat down and recorded this little quick and dirty song. 

I am playing my jazz guitar and via by breath and keyboard controllers the Swam tenor sax.  Band-in-a-Box is supplying the rest of the  tracks using my sound sources.

Rainy Days

It is midnight and you are laying in you lounge chair gazing at the stars. Some twinkle and sometimes more  than one twinkles at the same time. Then all of a sudden a meteor storm. You get very excited, but it passes very quickly and it is back to the boring night sky.

I am playing the guitar and via my keyboard controller the string sections.
Band-in-a-Box is playing the pad and electric piano using my sound sources.


Star Gazing

Yesterday my arthritic fretting hand felt really good so I sat down and jammed to this Band-in-a-Box style. I am playing my Xaviere 335 HB.  The drum track is audio from said style.  The other tracks are the style's MIDI using my sound sources.  Let me know what you think of this 4 hour quick and dirty little jam.

Drinking My Weight in Beer

Band-in-a-Box has been accused of not being able to produce contemporary music.  This is an old pharts attempt at disproving that theory. I'll let you be the judge.

I am playing the bass and lead parts via my keyboard controller.  Band-in-a-Box is supplying the balance of the tracks using my sound sources with the exception of the drum track.  That is an audio track from Band-in-a-Box.

Feel free to comment, good or bad, on this attempt. 

Redundancy

Sit back in your easy chair, lay on your back looking at the stars, or lay  by an ocean, creek, or lake and let your mind wonder.

I am playing the nylon string guitar and via my breath and keyboard controllers the Swam Bassoon.

The harp and piano are MIDI tracks from the MA Thinker series using my sound sources.  The balance of the tracks are from Band-in-a-Box again using my sound sources.

Peaceful Easy Feeling

Smokey Lounges is a smooth jazz song with me playing the Tenor sax via my wind controller and Band-in-a-Box playing everything else.

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