Lil Red Riding Hood
by Ronald Blackwell © 1966 
keywords: 60's rock MIDI Band-in-a-Box live sequence
          Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs

MIDI file type 1 
w/percussion for multitimbral synth
Band-in-a-Box format file also included

2-25-95 MIDI sequence by Dave Butler
(phila/germantown amateur mandolin & piano player)
using Band-in-Box Pro Win 6.03
REGGAE_2.STY reggae style
key sig: C
play time: 8:01
long play-along version --
every other chorus omits melody

live sequence on channel 4 was recorded
at tempo 105, starting w/ a bass line, then
 overdubbed once in several consecutive takes,
 little or no timing & pitch correction,
 no quantizing:
 ch track        voice
  4  melody      05 elec piano 1

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        40 syn bass 2
  3  piano       27 jazz electric guitar
  7  guitar      (not used)
  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

dbut
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