Put A Better Band In Your Box With
Norton Music's User Style Disk #2
For Band-in-a-Box

Norton Music's User Style Disk #2 is the improved, five instrument upgrade to the original Band-in-a-Box Turbosupercharger (User Style Disk Number 1). It is so good it has even been recommended by PG Music.

If you have Band-in-a-Box and you like music, you need this disk!!!

Norton Music Style Disks have been recommended in Keyboard Magazine, Electronic Musician Magazine, The Micro Computer Journal, Music & Computers Magazine, Jazz Times Magazine, on the internet , the McGraw-Hill textbook, Multimedia Literacy by Dr. Fred T. Hoffstetter, and by word of mouth in over 75 different countries by musicians like you.

The best way to describe what is on this disk is to list the styles and post the demo songs. So here we go: Click the Demo link to listen to the MP3 demo.
Note: The audio MP3 files were recorded using Band-in-a-Box and the Edirol VSC3 Virtual Sound Canvas synthesizer. They were encoded at a low bit-rate and in mono so they will download fast, even for those with a dial-up connection. The low bit-rate results in low fidelity, but you will still be able to hear all the parts, and you won't have to wait long for the music to start. In most cases the demo plays only a few bars of the A section, a few bars of the B section, and the ending. In other words, what you hear is only a fraction of what you get.

Suggested musical applications for each style are written in RED:
• Boogie Woogie (#boogiew.sty): This big band boogie woogie really cooks...Jitterbuggers delight!!!
  mp3 demo JAZZ - R&B - ROCK - C&W - CCM

• Bossa Nova 1 (#bossa_1.sty): Authentic Brazilian bossa nova style with rhythmic kicks...Cool School Heaven!
  mp3 demo JAZZ - LATIN - POP

• Cha-Cha 1 (#chacha1.sty): A contemporary cha-cha style with a trap set added, making it ideal for Santana or Mongo Santamaria grooves. Take out the snare and you have a ballroom cha-cha. (It's like two styles for the price of one)...Ahi na ma!!!
  mp3 demo LATIN - LATIN - ROCK

• Cha-Cha 2 (#chacha2.sty): A more traditional cha-cha style with kicks, featuring Bass, Piano and Guitar ... Ballroom dancers love it.
  mp3 demo LATIN - LATIN POP

• Chalypso a/k/a Rhumba Rock (#chalyps.sty): This 1950s to 1970s favorite with Bass, Clav (playing a Clean guitar part), Muted E Guitar and Vocal Oohs also has kicks built in...Bandstand special-"I'll give it a 99 - I like the beat!!!"
  mp3 demo LATIN ROCK - R&B - new C&W - CCM

• Country & Western 1 (#c_&_w_1.sty): This 2-beat rhythm has a bluegrass style, finger-picked, Banjo comp and Bass, Guitar, and Clav (playing a guitar part) inspired by "Dueling Banjos"...Fun!!!
  mp3 demo C&W - COUNTRY ROCK - CCM

• Country & Western 2 (#c_&_w_2.sty): A contemporary western shuffle...Nashville nice.
  C&W - COUNTRY POP - GOSPEL - CCM

• Fatback 1 (#fatbak1.sty): A 1960's pre-funk R&R/R&B musicians' favorite with Fingered Bass, Piano, Muted Guitar and Brass ...James Brown sound.
  mp3 demo ROCK - R&B - POP - GOSPEL

• Fatback 2 (#fatbak2.sty): Another great fatback, this one has a 2-beat gospel "B" section like "Walking the Dog"...Outta sight!!!
  ROCK - R&B - GOSPEL - POP

• Fox Trot (#foxtrot.sty): This swing era, small group style works well for traditional to contemporary jazz.
  JAZZ - POP

• Funk 1 (#funk__1.sty): A versatile "16 beat" funk style that is equally at home in soul, jazz, fusion, or rock tunes.
  R&B - ROCK - POP - DANCE - GOSPEL - smooth JAZZ - CCM

• Funk 2 (#funk__2.sty): Busier than Funk__1.sty but also very versatile with Slap Bass, Bright Piano, Clean E. Guitar and Clavinet ...Pop `n' Fusion Perfection.
  mp3 demo R&B - ROCK - POP - DANCE - GOSPEL - smooth JAZZ - CCM

• Jazz Ballad 1 (#jz_bal1.sty): Perfect for those slow jazz ballads...Real Cool.
  JAZZ - POP

• Merengue (#merengu.sty): Authentic merengue, (within the limits of the Band-in-a-Box stylemaker's drum kit) you gotta move when you hear this one...Baila!
  LATIN - LATIN POP

• New Age 1 (#newage1.sty): Inspired by those "Kenny G" tunes. ...Is it jazz? Is it Pop? Who cares, it's fun!!! With Synth Bass, Bright Piano, Sweep Pad and Synth Strings.
  mp3 demo JAZZ - smooth JAZZ - POP - CCM

• New Age 2 (#newage2.sty): This one has polyrhythms built in.
  JAZZ - smooth JAZZ - POP - CCM

• Reggae 1 (#reggae1.sty): Authentic, Jamaican, polyrhythmic Roots Reggae with Electric Bass, Steel Drums (Pan), Overdrive Guitar and Synth (Fantasia Pad)...Jammin'!!!
  mp3 demo REGGAE - POP - smooth JAZZ - CCM

• Reggae 2 (#reggae2.sty): No polyrhythms here, more like British Pop Reggae (UB-40 etc.).
  REGGAE - POP - smooth JAZZ - CCM

• Rhumba (#rhumba1.sty): Traditional rhumba with Spanish 3-2 clave (on the rimshot)...Mucho gusto.
  LATIN - LATIN ROCK - POP

• Rock 1 (#rock__1.sty): From surf tunes to Seger songs this one is a real workhorse with Electric Bass, Piano and Clean Guitar ...Kickin'!!!
  mp3 demo ROCK - POP - new C&W - CCM

• Rock 2 (#rock__2.sty): 50's style polyrhythmic rock inspired by Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis...Rockin'!
  ROCK - new C&W - CCM

• Rhythm & Blues 1 (#r_&_b_1.sty): This Chicago style blues background with Fingered E. Bass, Honky-tonk Piano, Muted Guitar and Sax section also works well for classic rock and modern C&W tunes...Righteous!
  mp3 demo R&B - ROCK - GOSPEL - new C&W - CCM

• Rhythm & Blues 2 (#r_&_b_2.sty): Similar to R&B #1 but with a walking bass substyle, a little bolder comp style.
  R&B - ROCK - GOSPEL - new C&W - CCM

• Salsa 1 (#salsa_1.sty): Call it salsa, call it mambo, call it hot!!! Featuring Acoustic Bass, Bright Piano, Steel String Guitar and Melodic Tom Tom
  mp3 demo LATIN - LATIN JAZZ

• Samba 1 (#samba_1.sty): Traditional samba.
  LATIN

• Samba 2 (#samba_2.sty): A jazz/fusion samba inspired by groups like Spyro Gyra...Full o' fusion fun!
  LATIN - LATIN JAZZ - smooth JAZZ

• Slow Blues 1 (#sl_blu1.sty): This blues style was inspired by T Bone Walker and B.B.King with Bass, Piano, Muted Guitar and Organ...Down and Dirty
  mp3 demo R&B - ROCK - new C&W

• Soca 1 (#soca__1.sty): This Caribbean rhythm inspired by the song Hot Hot Hot with Slap Bass, Clav (guitar part), Steel Drums (pan) drums and percussion. It has an ingenious drum solo built into the "B" substyle. I have been told it's worth the price of the entire disk just to see how this was done...Hey, Mon! It's party time!!!
  mp3 demo CARIBBEAN SOCA

• Swing 1 (#swing_1.sty): This big band swing style works great for up-tempo Basie and Ellington tunes. Mute the brass and saxes, speed it up, and you get a great bebop style. "Another two for the price of one style!!!"
  JAZZ

• Slow Rock 1 (#s_rock1.sty): Slow dance or stroll along to this sock hop favorite. Written for bass, drums, piano, guitar and voice patch.
  mp3 demo ROCK - R&B - GOSPEL - CCM