Big Boss Man
by Al Smith & Luther Dixon 
© 1960
keywords: 60's rock soul blues MIDI Band-in-a-Box live sequence
          Jimmy Reed

file: BIGBOS.ZIP
requires PKZIP to decode, includes:
1  _this_text_
2  MIDI file type 1 
   w/percussion for multitimbral synth
3  Band-in-a-Box format file

3-25-95 MIDI sequence by Dave Butler
(phila/germantown amateur mandolin & piano player)
using Band-in-Box Pro Win 6.03
.STY style
key sig: C
play time: 
long play-along version --
alternate choruses omits melody

listed in Jimmy Reed section in book
_The_House_of_Soul_, Conrad Music NY
I don't know its discography
I think I first heard it on a 
1966 recording _Chicago_Anthology_
Together Records ST-T-1024 
(manufactured by Forward Records)
w/Charlie Musselwhite, Barry Goldberg,
Bobby Jones, Roy Ruby and Harvey Mandel,
an album I found in the budget racks at
a great little store on 20th north of
walnut in philadelphia

live sequence on channel 4 was 
recorded at tempo 123 - yes I really 
play this slow but you don't have to 
(try 170 or so) -
in several takes, some overdubbing, 
no quantizing, few corrections:
 ch track        voice
  4  melody      01  acoustic piano
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        68  baritone sax
  3  piano       12  vibes
  7  guitar      28  clean electric guitar
  8  horns       (not used)
  6  strings     67  tenor sax
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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