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TWO NEW STYLE DISKS ARE HERE!!! See item 2.01 (below) Look for the red "new" arrows

TWO NEW FAKE/REAL DISKS ARE HERE!!! See item 2.02 (below) Look for the red "new" arrows

April 24th: One NEW EXPANDED single style available at Audio Demo Page (click or see item 2.01.2 below)
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• FREE Band-in-a-Box song files, download all you want, I'll make more ... If you own Band-in-a-Box you can convert these to General MIDI files. New Band-in-a-Box files posted weekly (at best) or monthly (at worst) depending on how much time I have to write new BiaB files and post them. I will try to get one up at least every other week (biweekly). ... Set a bookmark and come back often.
  • This week's world famous, fabulous, FUNtastic, FREE Band-in-a-Box file:
    Call Me Irresponsible
  • The former, famous, fabulous, FUNtastic, FREE BiaB file:
    The Thrill is Gone
  • Archives of the former FUNtastic, FREE BiaB files (indexed alphabetically by song title) - Click a link for more FREE BiaB files:
    A - F  |  G - L  |  M - R  |  S - Z Netscape & MS-IE PC users - right click (then save link or save target as..) to download, left click to listen Netscape & MS-IE MAC users - option click to download. Having trouble playing the MIDI files downloaded from this or any other site? click me and click me too for Mac Help
  • Please READ ME - © Copyright information ... what you can do with the BiaB files on this site

1.02 Fancy Introductions and Endings for General MIDI sequences

• NEW PRODUCT, a General MIDI fancy Introduction and Ending disk Have you ever listened to one of those auto-play keyboards? Don't they have great built-in introductions and endings? Have you ever wished you could have those great introductions and endings without spending thousands of dollars to buy one of those keyboards? Well, now you can! Norton's MIDI Intro and Ending Disk #1 Norton's MIDI Intro and Ending Disk #2 Norton's MIDI Intro and Ending Disk #3 Norton's MIDI Intro and Ending Disk #4

2.01 Norton Music's World Famous User Styles for Band-in-a-Box

• Norton Music's World Famous User Style Disks for Band-in-a-Box The most popular aftermarket Band-in-a-Box styles in the world, because they are the best sounding Band-in-a-Box styles in the world! Do you want to put a better band in your Band-in-a-Box? Do you want your Band to ^{JUMP OUT} of the box? If you want your Band-in-a-Box to sound better, and if you want to have more fun, then you want Norton Music's World Famous Power User Style Disks for Band-in-a-Box

1. READ ME FIRST for general information about all Norton Music User Style Disks
2. Then listen to the   Audio Demo Files on the Master Style Demo & Directory Page ... what you hear is what you get. April 24, 2008
3. Click Me to audition and/or purchase single styles
4. Or click one of the links below for specific information about:
   • Power User Style Disk #2 for Band-in-a-Box (Variety)
   • Power User Style Disk #3 for Band-in-a-Box (All Request - Variety)
   • Power User Style Disk #4 for Band-in-a-Box (Rock - From Top40 to Hard)
   • Power User Style Disk #5 for Band-in-a-Box (Jazz - From Big Band to Fusion)
   • Power User Style Disk #6 for Band-in-a-Box (Country, Retro Rock and Crossover)
   • Power User Style Disk #7 for Band-in-a-Box (All Request - Variety)
   • Power User Style Disk #8 for Band-in-a-Box (All Request - Variety)
   • Power User Style Disk #9 for Band-in-a-Box (Jazz and Blues)
   • Power User Style Disk #10 for Band-in-a-Box (All Request - Variety)
   • Power User Style Disk #11 for Band-in-a-Box (All Request - Variety)
   • Power User Style Disk #12 for Band-in-a-Box (8 Beats, 16 Beats and Ballads)
   • Power User Style Disk #13 for Band-in-a-Box (All Request - Variety)
   • Power User Style Disk #14 for Band-in-a-Box (Mix & Match Mega Styles)
   • Power User Style Disk #15 for Band-in-a-Box (Super-Styles of the Super-Stars)
   • Power User Style Disk #16 for Band-in-a-Box (Mix & Match Mega Styles for Jazz)
   • Power User Style Disk #17 for Band-in-a-Box (All Request -- All EXPANDED)

     Plus Fancy Intro/Ending disks in General MIDI format designed to be compatible with Norton Music User Style Disks...

   • Intro/ending disk #1 (compatible with Norton Music's User Style Disk #11)
   • Intro/ending disk #2 (compatible with Norton Music's User Style Disk #12)
   • Intro/ending disk #3 (compatible with Norton Music's User Style Disk #13)
   • Intro/ending disk #4 (compatible with Norton Music's User Style Disk #14)

     Click me for a Mega-Multi-Disk-Discount-Deal

• Don't take my word for it, read what musicians like you and the musical press are saying: "Thank you very much for your fast deliverance. I just installed your styles and they work very nice. I just have to tell you that I couldn't imagine that Band-in-a-Box could sound like that. It's a great pleasure to work with these sounds." ~ Alfred Niederhofer, Regensburg, Germany
• World famous styles -- here's proof
• Royalty Free style policy for the MIDI files you create with my styles
• The (Norton Music) Style Disks are a good buy. Many of them do a great job of showing off Band-in-a-Box's capabilities, and one of them just might give you an idea for that next million dollar song. ~ Electronic Musician Magazine
• Norton Music's User Style Disks and Fake Disks have been recommended in Keyboard Magazine, Electronic Musician Magazine, Music & Computers Magazine Bird Jazz Magazine The Micro Computer Journal, Jazz Times Magazine on the Internet, in the McGraw-Hill textbook, Multimedia Literacy by Dr. Fred T. Hoffstetter, in many other publications and by word of mouth by musicians from all over the world.

2.02 Norton Music Fake Disks for Band-in-a-Box

• Norton Music's Fake Book Disks for Band-in-a-Box. The most songs for the buck (as little as 7¢ per song). It's like having an instant party!!!
• READ ME FIRST for general information about all Norton Music Fake Disks
• Then click for specific information about:
  • Norton's Fake Disk #1 for Band-in-a-Box; Variety
  • Norton's Fake Disk #2 for Band-in-a-Box; The Ultimate Pop/Rock Fake Book
  • Norton's Fake Disk #3 for Band-in-a-Box; Dick Hyman's Pro. Chord Changes and Substitutions (Vol.1)
  • Norton's Fake Disk #4 for Band-in-a-Box; The Great Rock Fake Book
  • Norton's Fake Disk #5 for Band-in-a-Box; The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book
  • Norton's Fake Disk #6 for Band-in-a-Box; The Blues Fake Book
  • Norton's Fake Disk #7 for Band-in-a-Box; Best Known Latin Songs
  • Norton's Fake Disk #8 for Band-in-a-Box; The Best Chord Changes for the Most Requested Standards
  • Norton's Fake Disk #9 for Band-in-a-Box; The Best Chord Changes for the Best Standards Ever
  • Norton's Fake Disk #10 for Band-in-a-Box; The Best Chord Changes for the Best Known Songs
  • Norton's Fake Disk #11 for Band-in-a-Box; The Best Chord Changes for the World's Greatest Standards
  • Norton's Fake Disk #12 for Band-in-a-Box; The Best Chord Changes for the Most Popular Songs
  • Norton's Fake Disk #13 for Band-in-a-Box; The Ultimate Country Fake Book
  • Norton's Fake Disk #14 for Band-in-a-Box; Dick Hyman's All The Right Changes (Vol.2)
  • Norton's Fake Disk #15 for Band-in-a-Box; The Ultimate Christmas Fake Book
  • Norton's Fake Disk #16 for Band-in-a-Box; The R&B Fake Book
  • Norton's Fake Disk #17 for Band-in-a-Box; The Real Jazz Book
  • Norton's Fake Disk #18 for Band-in-a-Box; The Latin Fake Book
  • Norton's Fake Disk #19 for Band-in-a-Box; The H.L. Blues Fake Book
  • Norton's Fake Disk #20 for Band-in-a-Box; The Classic Rock Fake Book
  • Norton's Fake Disk #21 for Band-in-a-Box; The Real Jazz Standards Fake Book
  • Norton's Fake Disk #22 for Band-in-a-Box; The Wedding and Love Fake Book
  • Norton's Fake Disk #23 for Band-in-a-Box; The Classic Rock Real Book
  • Norton's Fake Disk #24 for Band-in-a-Box; The New Real Book Vol.1 (Sher)
  • Norton's Fake Disk #25 for Band-in-a-Box; The New Real Book Vol.2 (Sher)
  • Norton's Fake Disk #26 for Band-in-a-Box; The New Real Book Vol.3 (Sher)

2.03 Roy Hawkesford's Arrangement Disks for Band-in-a-Box

• Roy Hawkesford's Arrangement Disks for Band-in-a-Box
• Great, new User Style and Song disks written by English Jazz Educator, Roy Hawkesford. Roy calls them "Arrangement Disks", they contain up to 50 songs and compatible styles per disk
  • Roy Hawkesford's Style/Song Disk #1 for Band-in-a-Box
  • Roy Hawkesford's Style/Song Disk #2 for Band-in-a-Box
  • Roy Hawkesford's Style/Song Disk #3 for Band-in-a-Box
  • Roy Hawkesford's Style/Song Disk #4 for Band-in-a-Box
  • Roy Hawkesford's Style/Song Disk #5 for Band-in-a-Box
  • Roy Hawkesford's Style/Song Disk #6 for Band-in-a-Box
  • Roy Hawkesford's Style/Song Disk #7 for Band-in-a-Box

2.04 Multi-Disk Discount Packs

• Norton Music lets you make your own discount pack!!! Pick and choose the disks you like, the more you add to your pack, the more money you will save.
• Click Me to find out how to save lots of money, have more fun, and make better music.

2.05 Style Picker Support Files

• Click here for Support Files:
  • Downloads (including newbbw or bbw.lst) for owners of Norton Music's Band-in-a-Box improvement products
    • The Style picker window (newbbw or bbw.lst) is now updated to include ALL PG Music Styles, Norton Music Style disks from 0-11 and all 7 Roy Hawkesford disks
    • Three FREE downloads are available, one each for Windows BiaB v 9.0 or higher (including v11), for Windows BiaB V8.0 and lower, and for Macintosh version 8.

2.06 Jim Wedd's Chord Substitution Disk for Band-in-a-Box

Jim has a real talent for making great sounding chord substitutions in jazz "standard" tunes that singers and instrumentalists love. Now Jim is sharing his "secret" changes with the rest of the world. Check it out!!!
• Jim Wedd's Chord Substitution Song Set Disk #1 for Band-in-a-Box
• Jim Wedd's Chord Substitution Song Set Disk#2 for Band-in-a-Box
• Jim Wedd's Chord Substitution Song Set Disk#3 for Band-in-a-Box
• Jim Wedd's Chord Substitution Song Set Disk#4 for Band-in-a-Box
• Jim Wedd's Chord Substitution Song Set Disk#5 for Band-in-a-Box
• Jim Wedd's Chord Substitution Song Set Disk#6 for Band-in-a-Box
  Jim's fabulous, "secret" chord substitious are now available for popular printed fake books,
  Jim Wedd's Choice Changes series!!! (below)
• Jim Wedd's Choice Changes #1 for Band-in-a-Box Choice Changes for the Most Requested Standards
• Jim Wedd's Choice Changes #2 for Band-in-a-Box Choice Changes for the Best Standards Ever
• Jim Wedd's Choice Changes #3 for Band-in-a-Box Choice Changes for the Best Known Songs
• Jim Wedd's Choice Changes #4 for Band-in-a-Box Choice Changes for the World's Greatest Standards
• Jim Wedd's Choice Changes #5 for Band-in-a-Box Choice Changes for the Most Popular Songs

2.07 David Bailey's Fake Disk for Band-in-a-Box

• David Bailey is a respected music educator. This low cost fake disk/book has grown out of his private lessons and it compliments The Definitive Jazz Collection by Hal Leonard. Separate books are available so Bb, Eb and C instruments can play along together. Norton Music is proud to present, David Bailey's Fake Disk #1 for Band-in-a-Box
• Following the success of his first disk, David gives us David Bailey's Fake Disk #2 for Band-in-a-Box - Just Standards Real Book

2.08 Sherry Mayrent's Klezmer Style/Song Disk for Band-in-a-Box

Introducing, from Sherry Mayrent, Associate Director of KlezKamp , and musical director of the Wholesale Klezmer Band comes a style/song disk with authentic Klezmer styles (both traditional and "New York") and over 100 Klezmer "Standard" tunes!!!
• Klezmorim in a Kestl  (Yiddish for "musicians in a box")

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3. Essential Musician's Tools, Toys and Tips

3.01 Sheet Music Direct

• Sheet Music Direct ... Looking for a song? ... Piano Solo? ... Wedding Music? ... Need it yesterday? ... Download authorized legal sheet music from the web and use your printer to instantly print it out!

3.02 Norton's MOM (Mail Order Music) presents "Fake Book Heaven" and more!!!

• Fake books are the best selling music books because they give you the most songs for your money. Browse the over 90 different fake book titles in Fake Book Heaven. Jazz, Rock, Country, Pop, Blues, R&B, Latin-American, Christian, Jewish, Celtic, Variety, Classical, TV, Movie, Old, New, and more categories are available for pennies per song!
• Play Better Music with Basic Music Theory, Jazz Theory and Improvisation Books
• Winter Holidy gig Heaven Over 50 Christmas Song Books in this newest addition to Norton's M.O.M.

3.03 Yamaha WX5 Wind Controller and VL70-m synth module Tips and Tricks

• WX5 Tips and Tricks: Yamaha's new WX5 may be the most expressive wind MIDI controller on the market today. It is a little tricky to set up. Here is a FREE guide to help you get the most out of your WX5. This guide has been recommended by the International Wind Synthesis Association and many happy WX5 users!
• My tweaked voices for the WX5/VL70-m with the Patchman TURBO chip installed -- FREE download.
• Hear me play WX7/VL70-m on some short mp3 clips using the free tweaks (above)
• 37 Freeware Voices for your VL70-m's Custom Bank -- Best of the Windlist great for using with any wind controller! These voices were voted as the best by the members of the Windlist, a mailing list for wind synth players.

3.04 How to make and use Backing Tracks on stage:

This Page explains how to make and use Backing Tracks on stage whether they were started from scratch or generated by an auto accompaniment program like Band-in-a-Box.

4. Goodies for Musicians and Non-musicians

4.01 The Sophisticats, Music With Sax Appeal

• The Sophisticats' Home Page. Leilani Chandler and Bob "Notes" Norton are The Sophisticats ... The best two-piece band on the Treasure Coast of Florida.

4.02 Humor :-D

• Humor, jokes, FUNny stories <g> ... because a sense of humor is one of mankind's greatest gifts ;-D ...

4.03 Web Rings

• WEB RINGS. Sites that share a common instrest with me. Communities of web sites grouped together in electronic rings.

4.04 Links

• Links: IMHO some of the very best sites on the web ... let me share some of my favorite web sites with you.

4.05 CD's, Books, Software and merchandise at a discount

• Sooner or later you are going to shop at Amazon.com for Software, Books, CDs, DVDs, Electronics, Gifts, Toys, etc. Get the same famous Amazon.com discount price and Amazon will contribute a portion of the profits to a worthy cause if you click here before going to Amazon.com.
• When you click the above link, a percentage of the proceeds will go to the Saint Lucie Musicians Retirement Fund. Thank you very much.

5.01 Information About Bob "Notes" Norton and Norton Music

• General information about Bob "Notes" Norton and Norton Music
• Norton Music's environmental policy
• Leilani and Bob's efforts to save the earth
• Norton Music's privacy policy
• Quantity Discounts for dealers and re-sellers of Norton Music products
• Please Note: As with everyone else in the software industry, all sales are final. Defective products will be replaced, but I cannot issue a refund on any software products.

5.02 Contact Norton Music

• E-mail me!
• ...Or you may snail mail your message (please type or print legibly, I can't read your mind) to: Norton Music's Funware PO Box 13149 Fort Pierce, FL 34979-3149, USA