I'm a Believer

A fun song to play. I'm clearing a backlog of songs to encourage myself to do some more recording.



The Monkees version is great but Neil Diamond's original still is the best.

April After All

This is a cheat because I don't use Band in a Box at all on it.

My daughter was cajoled into adding cello with no practice to make it less obvious I couldn't hit the low note!

I couldn't find Ron Sexsmith's original but I did find a really good cover.

Mr Tamborine Man

Click on the title to hear layers of guitars real and BIAB literally cover this Dylan track (via the Byrds).





Just for contrast here's the Byrds cover.

All Messed Up

Click on the title to hear a cover of Peirce Turner's "All Messed Up."


Sorry nothing on U-Tube for this.

Hazy Shade of Winter Again

On the other hand you could remove the hook from the sing and choose an inappropriate Latin Beat to see what happened. Click on the title to hear how it all went wrong.

Hazy Shade of Winter

Click on the title to hear a version of this song.


This is just a MIDI backing this time based on a BIAB file plus the riff and brass added on Cakewalk. I made the backing some time ago and added grubby guitar work and vocals recently.



Of course you could just listen to the gorgeous Simon and Garfunkel original:

A Whiter Shade of Pale

Click on the link to hear this cover.


This song is a Bach ripoff with ludicrously pretentious lyrics but is nonetheless so "of the moment" to be valued.

Now if you were covering this gem you'd do it to a reggae beat with a synthesized Mariachi brassband doing the organ part... and so would I.




If you want the original go here: