Eddie is scary……on everything……
Band in a Box 2015 for Mac
After much delay, PG Music released Band in a Box 2015 for Mac last week. Whoohoo! Here are some of the new features:
- Audio Recording
- 33 More Jazz RealTracks
- 36 New Pop/Rock Tracks
- Saving a song to video and upload it to YouTube
- Read/Write Support for Apple Loops
There were also some enhancements to the GUI, but if you were expecting a more Mac like overhaul, you are going to be sadly disappointed. When they say GUI enhancements, they mean that when you have a track that has a banjo, it shows you where the banjo is rather than lumping it in the string section. Useful, but it should have had this a while ago. Not sure how useful the saving a song to youtube is going to be. They also have a save to soundcloud feature but I’ve never used that.
Another great thing they finally added was that it can now check for updates on it’s own. Not that they need to push out updates to this rock solid piece of software. Still, it is a welcome addition.
Is it worth buying this update? Yes. The real tracks alone are worth it. Love the new real tracks, and wish there were like a 100 of them in each style rather than 33 or 36.
This is still probably the best piece of software a musician can own. Go get it.
Sheet Of The Week – Sugar (Maroon 5)
Nice song. Great music video.
Sugar by Maroon 5 for Eb Instruments (97.7 KiB, 150 hits)
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Sugar by Maroon 5 for Bb Instruments (96.0 KiB, 75 hits)
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Free Lessons to Check Out
I mentioned this before on the site, but Derek Brown’s Beatbox Sax Youtube Channel is a goldmine for awesome saxophone related things.
For example, the lesson about Growling was great. Keep up the work man!
The Cult Of Michael Brecker
There is a great youtube channel that started, The Cult Of Michael Brecker in which they are taking pop solos that Michael did and putting them in videos. It’s quite a study. I love it. Check it out.
Sheet Of The Week – Treacherous (Taylor Swift)
Another Taylor Swift song….
Treacherous by Taylor Swift for Eb Instruments (81.2 KiB, 40 hits)
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Treacherous by Taylor Swift for Bb Instruments (80.8 KiB, 19 hits)
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Minor Scale Usage
This is something I give out students to make sense of what minor scale works where. It’s especially nice since it’s not like the Aebersold “mixohypersuperlocieron” naming system where they name the same minor scale something different depending on what note it starts on.
Minor Scale Usage (66.3 KiB, 85 hits)
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Jimmy Heath and Phil Woods
Sheet Of The Week – Misery (Maroon 5)
One by one of my favorite bands.
Misery by Maroon 5 for Eb Instruments (98.7 KiB, 76 hits)
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Misery by Maroon 5 for Bb Instruments (104.0 KiB, 35 hits)
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Michael Brecker – Impressions
Great video.
Sheet Of The Week – Earned It (The Weeknd)
Cool song.
Earned It by The Weeknd for Eb Instruments (96.4 KiB, 56 hits)
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Earned It by The Weeknd for Bb Instruments (99.1 KiB, 38 hits)
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Sheet Of The Week – Break Free (Ariana Grande)
Another by Ariana Grande.
Break Free by Ariana Grande for Eb Instruments (91.3 KiB, 59 hits)
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Break Free by Ariana Grande for Bb Instruments (89.8 KiB, 23 hits)
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Unheard Of Instruments In The Saxophone Family
Stevie Wonder Medley – Selections From “Songs In The Key Of Life”
It’s a little busy of an arrangement….
Sheet Of The Week – One Last Time (Ariana Grande)
Not sure about the video in this one…..
One Last Time by Ariana Grande for Eb Instruments (94.6 KiB, 48 hits)
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One Last Time by Ariana Grande for Bb Instruments (92.5 KiB, 32 hits)
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