Joanne Cooper Music: Band-in-a-Box, Guitar Karaoke, Backing Tracks, Chords and Lyric Charts

Written by Holly Cooper - July 2020

Simon and Garfunkel are a folk-rock duo that consisted of singer/ songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. The pair met at Parsons High School in Queens, New York City and when…

By Richard Papps (July 2020)

‘Everything I Own’ is a song written by David Gates, who was principally known as the main songwriter and leader of the soft-rock group ‘Bread’. 

Gates started out in the 1950’s and 60’s…

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Hallelujah has become one of the most well-known songs around the world, however, many people do not know who wrote it because of the song’s fascinating history and how it came to…

David Gates is best known as the frontman of the American soft-rock group Bread. He was also the group’s primary songwriter. The song “Everything I Own” was written by Gates and was originally recorded and released by Elektra on Bread’s…

I had several people ask me to do a post to offer up how I record/mix/master my songs. (I know there are some purists who say that you can only "master" a group of songs, as opposed to a single…

Both Realband (2018) and BIAB (2018) can transcribe a single-note vocal or instrumental line and produce a MIDI file. 

Here's how to do it... 

In BIAB 

1. Make sure the vocal is on the Audio track 

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This topic comes up frequently and you should be able to find plenty of opinion in posts within the last few years, and those opinions will vary. 

I've used the audiophile version of BIAB for many years and highly…

For many aspiring songwriters the biggest problem they have is trying to reproduce the sound they have in their head so other people can hear how good their song is. Those who are in a band can easily try out…

As a transplanted songwriter from Nashville to New York City, I've had the chance to observe, up close, the approaches to songwriting and the songwriting communities in both cities. While there are of course many similarities, there are also quite…

Hello music lovers!

In this blog post, I am going to be attempting to answer some questions I get asked quite a bit. "What version of Band-in-a-Box should I buy? Should I choose the entry-level Pro version or should…

Hi, my name is Roy Woolliams. Joanne has asked me to write a blog about performing with Band-in-a-Box, but please let me tell you a little of how I came to be in music 

I have always loved country…

If you want a detailed step-by-step guide on how to make and perform with Band-in-a-Box backing tracks, have a look at my eBook "Band-in-a-Box 101: A  beginners guide to making and performing with Band-in-a-Box backing tracks"

I get quite…