“We have BIAB because we can’t rely on our musician friends to show up, and even if they do, we can’t rely on them being sober enough to play.”


There goes that old broad brush again, Bob. Personally, my primary reason for buying BIAB was to produce song demos without having to pay exorbitant studio costs. It's ability to produce great backing tracks for live performance is an added bonus.
Very few people have a drummer, piano player, bass player, and a string quartet at their beck and call, and BIAB has allowed them to produce music that never would have been heard otherwise.


“We have AutoTune because we can’t sing in key.”


Do you sing? Can you deliver a note-perfect performance of a difficult piece, without an off note? I often can't, and I sing every day. Ever hear of “punching-in” vocals in the studio? Some of the best singers have used that technique for years. Is it “cheating”? Of course. But that doesn't make it musically “sinful”, or some kind of esoteric abomination, any more than fixing an errant note in AT does.