Professional User Testimonial And Demo - PG Music Band In A Box!
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Professional User Testimonial And Demo Band In A Box! Grateful muso here and wanted to share a little bit of how BIAB has impacted me and supported me as a musician. Feel free to comment in this post, share this with any of your friends who are on the fence… happy to provide any of my tips / tricks etc for getting the results I get…if… there were any interest in that. Thank you for watching! RGJ
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Thank you for actually playing along with the tracks. Shocking how difficult it is to find a video of someone actually playing along. Everybody else just drones on forever.
Sitting here smiling as I listen! I LOVE doing this to old/classic rock tunes. This was/is a pleasure to watch.
Great demo. I only dream of having the talent you have. At 70 now, I am trying to get my fingers and brain to work together lol.
I started re-learning to play in 2018 after a retiring and a 30 year gap since taking lessons. BiTB might be a great learning tool for me.
Thanks for the time you took to share your insights and expirience.
Great playing! I just got the Ultra Pack 2024. So now I’m watching all the TH-cam videos so I can learn how to use it.
I remember when my guitar teacher as a kid would use Band In A Box. It's crazy to see how far it's come. I have been waiting long enough, I think your video has pushed me over the edge and I am gonna have to get this.
You sir,are so damn impressive,humble and all around excellent at what you do
it's scary!Love you videos,superb playing,and nice editing.Thank you for your generosity with your time and talent!🙏
Thank you Lars! Appreciate the listen and your awesome comment man!!
Thanks for sharing this review! I retired a few years ago and decided to start re-recording about a hundred covers I had done on a karaoke platform called SingSnap. I had been using SingSnap for about 15 years, but I was never happy with the video or audio quality. I am thrilled to have stumbled onto BIAB 2023 for Mac. Almost overnight I have created backing tracks for 4 classic country songs and even did “Imagine” by John Lennon. As a 68-year-old on SS income, I could not afford to pay for backing tracks, so now I just create my own. Great guitar picking! Wish I could accompany myself, but TH-cam doesn’t seem to mind even though I get a copyright notice (not a strike) about the melody once I start singing the vocals.
You are an excellent musician, producer and teacher. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for showing us the power of BIAB. as impressive as the program is, your playing is even more impressive.
Thank you Zack!! Appreciate the listen and good words, it means alot! All the best to you!
Always a pleasure to see a new post from your channel
I have used BIAB since 2016, and I am in the process of upgrading my audiophile edition to 2023. There are many uses and tools that I don't use. Like you, I export tracks to a DAW One of your earlier videos was part of the reason I jumped in and I am happy I did.
Thanks for the listen and the great comment! I always appreciate it! I still BIAB daily! Its a great tool to keep the creativity flowing. All the best
Thank you for sharing this. I am considering purchasing BIAB. Your playing is fantastic.
Thanks for that. Really enjoyed your reinterpretation of the song. Killer, man. I’m a newbie with BIAB, and this testimonial made my expectations grow even higher. It’s really a nice piece of software. Thanks!
thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. as a frustrated writer with less than medium computer talent, i find myself dealing with a computer rather than writing songs. i think i am going to add band in a box into my writing process. By the way you are a sensational picker!!! God bless.
Thank you Marvin!! Appreciate the listen and good words! All the best to you!
I just picked up my BIAB 2020 MegaPak recently, and I had no idea you could record audio directly into the software, and mix it there as well. That is awesome! Here I was thinking I would need a separate DAW to record my vocals and then mix the two together; having to deal with integrating the two softwares. So thank you very much for the information!
Great, useful, fun video, and you are an awesome guitarist as well!
Wow Rodney YOU are awesome. Great video and what inspiration! So well produced. Your sincerity is obvious. And your playing is superb. It was a joy to watch. Thank you.
Thank you Larry!! Appreciate the awesome comment!
Another first class demo and discussion. I always feel energized and inspired after watching your videos. And now I’m shopping for BIAB! Many thanks for sharing your exceptional talent with us!
Bay Kay, thanks for the listen and great comment! Appreciate that!
Awesome and honest review, but the bolero? Amazing! Thanks
I've been watching guitar videos for years, and RGJ is better than 90% of those who have 100, or 1000 times more viewers. I am SO glad to have found this channel, and will be spending much time here in the future. Rodney is up there with RJ Ronquillo and Marty Friedman imho. He is a real musician, who cares about music first, before money, fame, ego, etc... My kind of guitar player!
Thank you David for the excellent comment, I sincerely appreciate it! Cheers, RG
Nice video. Wonderful demo.
Thanks Rodney! I want your studio! great tutorial.
Thank You! Great Job!
Greetings Rodney! One of your coolest videos. When you played the Afro-Cuban Groove and guitar work, I would not have guessed it could be improved on but, the Rockabilly styling was easily as sweet. I am going to check this out, to create backing tracks for my harmonica playing. Two side notes: for those reading the comments- I have played gigs with Rodney- he "does the work" and it shows when he hits the stage live! #2. Rodney, I moved out to San Diego from Austin 6 months ago, was starting to play some good gigs and gain interest from studios, all that on hold with being in "quarantine mode" so, this may be a good a good time to learn to lay down some grooves with this tool. Best to you and your wife. Namaste, Gabriel
Namaste Gabriel! Thank you for the listen and good words bud! The best Harmonica player that Austin missed out on! San Diego is beautiful, even in lockdown! Stay safe, be well and get your music heard! RG
@@RodneyGeneJunior thanks Rodney! Nice to hear from you and let's keep in touch.
Thanks Rodney, great vid well done. Great playing too. Thanks for your efforts
Great video and you can definitely play. Thank you
And I thought Band In A Box was somehow cheating. How far was my head up my ass?! Thanks for this!
That was a great video. very enjoyable. I think you just sold me a BITB. Cheers!
Rodney Gene, you are really a professional and excellent skilled musician. Not only in Country, you can do also other styles. Very impressive! You are really a killer on your instrument!!! Do you have a band? Is it possible to see you performing in a band? I am pretty sure your guitar artwork would boost any band you are joining. ;) Great introduction. Love it! Thanks for sharing!
Dimi, many thanks! Appreciate the great comment and the listen~ Band? Yes, sometimes if I am in need of comraderie. I get offered gigs weekly, and will take gigs on occasion, but I really have a rich studio life and that is what I enjoy. I do play live with acoustic and vocals as well. Be well and keep rockin'! RG
Thank you very much for this great tutorial. Your so damn talented.
Thank you Ron! Nice to say!!
Great playing!
Thank you! Appreciate that! Sincerely
My "songwriting" is nothing more than me warbling words over a strummed guitar & I'm not that great at either. BUT I have managed to record them on a Tablet for posterity. They are for my family. Is it possible just to play MY mp3's into BIAB & let it decypher what I have already done and only then for me to try to add/subtract tracks from its massive lists to pick the best backing tracks?
Hey Tony, yes there is a new song 'detection/chord detection' feature! I don't know how to use it or where it is however! But I would love to hear how you fared!
Its clear to see that you are in love with music, thank you! Can I ask, did you add anything else on the guitar besides the eq on the mixer?
Thank you! Reverb and delay for the electric guitar version!
Dude, you seem like the coolest guy ever
this was an awesome video man... you're an absolute pro on multiple levels.
ps. you mentioned that BIAB might help with developing your ear. could you explain in what way that could work?
Thank you! I appreciate the listen and comment! There are multiple tools in BIAB with built -in ear training practices and an easy interface to set up chord intervals and and scale intervals. You can set up progressions to lstudy the difference between Maj, Min, Dim, 7ths etc... There are even 'ear' and pitch developing games. Its a great great great piece of software!
@@RodneyGeneJunior That's awesome! I didn't realize that... Thanks for the response. :)
Very Nice!!!
Thank you!!
Awesome video. Thanks for sharing
i have to wonder what that progression would have sounded like on your jazz guitar with one of the Chet styles, particularly a fingerpicking style.
Apologies, stop getting notifications. Yeah, I experimented with a few styles, if I was any good at fingerstyle I would have given it a go! Rockabilly-ish is more forgiving! Thank you for the listen and comment!
Which version of the software are you using ?? Great video man
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the real questions is where can I get that huge tape recorder to record my tracks!!! :)
LOL! Boy, they require care and feeding!! Thanks Russell!
I heard about this video from a tweet by PG music. Very well worth the time to watch. this video is very different from others I have watched. You get right into how you use it. very very interesting
And such fine playing...now I need to go to rodneygenejunior.com to see what else you are up to!
Many thanks @blissroadmusic for the listen and nice comment! Appreciate that! And yes sir, its a super productive tool for sure! Cheers, RG
Once you're good as him, he can literally make that smooth jazz stuff in one track. So why doesn't he just make covers and sell them? Because the money is in selling dreams. Not being the dream. He is saying truth though.. Band in a box is a miracle program.
Doesn't record the chords from guitar as digiteh trio does?
Last several versions can use built in chord recognition to not only chart the chords from your guitar, but any recorded music! Just not in real time. The software "translates" the audio into the chord chart. Makes it great for putting in any song, it will show you the chords, and play them back in the style you select/prefer. I've been using this product since version 6 (about 20 years).
I would like to know how you use this to accompany a musician?
Thank you for the listen Ira! Some musicians create backing tracks and put on CD to play along with. Many use BIAB from a Laptop connected to the PA, some use just a guitar track, bass track etc to accompany themselves live. Basically what you saw here on the video, only in front of an audience. Flexible tool for the way we like to work.
I got halfway thorough this & then had to stop to try to think of where I'd heard that main melody off the 45rpm before. Convinced someone famous had nicked it, I was barking up the wrong tree. I realised it's from a song that I wrote a few weeks back while cooking Sunday lunch! Seriously, I've never heard the song before! Though I made it up in my head without any backing to help, I guess it demonstrates how there aren't really that many variations you can do if you have a set chord progression. But, at least with BIAB you can have thousands of different backing options. I'm getting 2019 soon.... just coz after my Sunday lunch idea factory moments, I don't have to get all the gear out to see what it sounds like :) Thanks
Great video man. Is it easy to make music with BIAB that is
free of copyright? Like make your own song in a certain style?
Yes 100% copyright free.
Good video, informative. I don't know what happened to a previous post I made... it was removed...censored! it has to do with Rodney creating a video that shows how to use BIAB/or other program to take a cover song in MP3 format and dissect the MP3 into separate tracks (STEMS) and allow a performer to remove the track he/she plays and create a backing track, modified by any other BIAB styles, etc. A singer would benefit by taking out the vocals and creating the lyrics from the vocal (speech-to-text technology, enhance by online lyrics lookup), and creating essentially a Karaoke version of the song with chords embedded so he/she can play their instrument and sing.
Great testimonial. I am installing my fourth version/3rd upgrade (for Mac 2023) as I listened to your video. Started it on Mac in 2018. Had used it back in the day on Windows around 1996 or so. Kudos on the great guitar playing too.
Well done, accomplished muso. One question though, how come you don’t do your mixing and finer finishing in RealBand? My process has been to work up the song in Band in a Box, then once complete, save and open in RealBand - that’s when the fun starts with real tracks and real drums.
Cheers Ralph, thank you for the comment! Coming from Pro Audio at the time, I was using Nuendo daily when I started with BIAB many many years ago. RB was held just a fraction of what my software did. There was no point then. It's certainly evolved and I'll explore it again at some point! And truthfully like I reference in the video, BIAB is a deep dive. I only use maybe 10%, but I continue to expand on that. Its part of an overall process for me but it gets better and better every single version! Have a great one!
@@RodneyGeneJunior Thanks for the reply. Of course you know that in Real Band you can choose a huge range of instruments to accompany your song using Real Tracks. Real instrumentalist using real instruments. Not midis, and not possible in a DAW that I know (I use Ableton Live). I was looking for a particular bass line and was blown away by the choices - just for bass! Then look up fiddle, harmonica, cello, you name it, and again, within each instrument category their are endless options. And once the track is in your song you can continue to tweak to your hearts content. Then of course, Real Drums is there as well, with bottomless pit of options all tweakable. So, as you can see, I am blown away by Real Band and all that goes with it. Real Band is real fun!
So you've been using BIAB as the basis for your backing tracks on all those beautiful gear demos over the past few years? Really? I have an elderly version of BIAB to go with my elderly Mac, and I use it for the occasional practice session - I don't even bother with the "real tracks" features - but you've inspired me to go way further with it...yet again, it's a big thank-you to RGJ. Oh, and that Grez hollowbody looks and sounds so glorious, especially with you pickin' it. Stay safe, man, and don't ever stop what you're doing. Cheers from the north of Ireland.
You should try your hand at a lesson type video for playing guitar?
Thank you! I do on occasion, and I did release a single DVD for a hot country thing, but all in all I don't know if I have the skill or patience as a teacher! rodneygenejunior.com/free-lessons/
Great incite to BIAB, Have transitioned over to a Mac and left behind my PC with BIAB installed so have sort of forgotten how good it is and flexible to play along with. Great for quickly making a backing track in most styles. Thanks for this excellent video, have subscribed. Great work 🙂
Thank you Rodney. Outstanding summary and very helpful. You are remarkably talented. We will share your name with others.
They sould have to make a simple version.. first that ask you what else you want with your song ..SAY i want lyrics to the songs.. OK than you open This than punch this than you go..BUT not Till I m totally comfortale with the easy version..
Wonderful
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Got it yrs ago,still have it..Love the sequencer part..my version had only about 300 styles,but well I only ever use a few over the yrs for practise...I love drum n bass..btw great playing😍
I’m pretty sure Chet Atkins does that song. dance with me? I can see you have heard just a little of his music as we all love him dearly along with all other musos!
Love Chet's version! The only one I have seen is live using a drum machine, but it's great!
Can’t believe band in box is still there. First time heard of it was around 1997.
OK Rodney Gene, I’m sold, how do I buy it to where you can make money on it too?
Hey Michael, thanks man! Appreciate the nice comment. Nah, it's no worries! I don't work on commission or anything like that. Just a long time user and supporter. Great company! Buy it at whichever shop you like to support. Cheers! RG
A excellent playing and good clear enunciation especially for a Texan! Sorry, I’m Australian I can’t help it! Great job!
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RG, you are awesome Brother !! You're testimonial and insight to approaching practice, preparation and finding inspiration are truly appreciated. I was impressed with BIAB before I saw your testimonial, but now I'm convinced, this is the tool my aspirations were missing. Thank you for such an insightful testimonial. From Mark in BC, Canada where PG Music is actually from !!
Thank you Mark!! Appreciate the cool comment and listen! And...you have RUSH!! All the best! RG
Rodney, you're a terrific musician. In case nobody ever told you that ;-) I especially like the way that you retain the musicality when playing at insane speeds! It's not only very fast but also very tasteful and musical. Thank you for your demo/testimonial. Very informative!
Wonderful comment Johan, many thanks!!
Awesome video, Rodney. I'm a new fan of you and your music. Very knowledge and talented.
Thanks Barry! Appreciate the listen and comments!!
When you finally learn to play the guitar you will be awesome! Ha love your playing Rodney I broke down and got the Ultra Pak if you can hear it then you have it. Cliff
Thank you Cliff! I appreciate the good words!! Congrats, Its a fun tool!!