Which brings us quite smoothly to Band-In-A-Box (review version 4.1). This takes time, and not everyone is a mega arranger. If that don't make you wanna play you ain't got no soul.) There must be an alternative.ĪNOTHER OPTION IS to make your own tapes. (Incidentally, if you think auto accompaniments are still boring and monotonous, wrap your lugs around the Roland E70. Alternatively, you can buy an instrument with auto accompaniments - these are fine if you can play, but they can set you back a few bob. But you can't be certain of their quality, the songs may not be arranged as you want them, they may be in the wrong key at the wrong tempo - you may not even be able to buy the songs you want off-the-shelf. And where there's a need, some enterprising person will come along to fill it. Cocktail lounges, pubs and small venues which can't hold - or afford - x-piece bands all have a need for big-sounding, small-sized entertainment. I say Keep Music Live (now you know), but I also understand and appreciate the necessity for musicians' working environments to be self-contained. A LOT HAS been said and written (more heatedly said than gently written) about the validity of pre-programmed accompaniments such as backing tapes, the live use of drum machines and sequencers (same as taped backing innit?), organ auto accompaniments and Dick the Drummer after six pints of Newcastle Brown and a row with the singer.

Band in a box songs