Honky Tonk Train
by Meade (Lux) Lewis © 1949 by Shapiro Bernstein, NY
keywords: boogie-woogie blues MIDI Band-in-a-Box live sequence
Chicago Jimmy Yancey influence
MIDI file type 1
w/percussion for multitimbral synth
11-Feb-95 MIDI sequence by Dave Butler
(phila/germantown amateur mandolin & piano player)
using Band-in-Box Pro Win 6.03
Band-in-a-Box format file also included
ZZBLUSHF.STY blues shuffle style
key sig: G
live sequence on channel 4 was recorded
at tempo 125, in 3 or 4 consecutive takes,
no quantizing, no overdubbing,
few or no corrections:
ch track voice
4 melody piano
BIAB-generated accompaniment is in a standard
BIAB style, not customized, has a
non-quantized "live" feel, including:
ch track voice
10 percussion standard drums
2 bass acoustic bass
3 piano jazz electric guitar
7 guitar acoustic guitar
8 horns (not used)
6 strings (not used)
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
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