Hi Chas,

Several things to consider; Think about most songs of any style, country, swing, latin, etc. and you will find that for the most part the rhythm section is not changing all that much in the feel they are playing, just in the chords they are playing that relate to a particular song. Forget the horn stabs, string lines and so forth and think only about the rhythm section. It's the chord pattern that makes the song. A mistake many style creators make is making the styles to busy. Yes that sells product on the sales floor, and can make an amateur sound like they really know what they are doing, but in the long run all that extra flittering around just makes for a very cluttered sound.

A very cool idea for an intro is to have a four bar (or whatever length you desire) based on just one chord. This way you 'the player' can decide what chord progression to use for the intro to a given song. This can also work for an ending.

I do understand what you are describing and I like the idea. But then again, you would still be selecting from a number of pre-designed style phrases that you would eventually become so familiar with that you would find yourself desiring another as of yet unavailable feature. If you put a little effort into learning the features that already exist and creating you own truly unique styles, I'll bet that you would end up happier than if there was such a feature as you described.

Just some thoughts to be taken with a grain or two of salt.

Best Regards,

Dave


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Wm. David McMahan
Nat'l Product and Support Manager
Generalmusic USA
GEM Community Forums

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