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We just made a YouTube ad for Band-in-a-Box. These are the types of ads that show on youtube, when you are wanting to view a certain youtube video, but you get interrupted by an ad, that you have to watch for at least 5 seconds, where you can skip it, or keep watching.... I don't have a YouTube link for it yet, but if you're interested, you could download it from here (tip: sometimes downloading it, and then running it from your drive is better quality than letting your browser handle the whole thing) http://nn.pgmusic.com/pgfiles/jazzu/misc/BB_3Minutes.mp4Anyway, I'd appreciate any feedback you could give us, as we are targeting this to potential new customers of Band-in-a-Box. Suggestions are welcome, because we can change this ad easily, its not like a one-shot SuperBowl commercial. Also, some suggestions about what keywords we should target would be helpful. In other words, what are the types of terms you type in to youtube that would be most relevant to the type of person that would benefit from Band-in-a-Box. For example, we have started off with terms like these: learn jazz guitar learning jazz guitar learn jazz piano blues backing tracks learning jazz piano country music backing tracks drum backing tracks jazz backing tracks jazz backing track country backing tracks backing tracks jazz smooth jazz backing tracks making backing tracks make your own backing tracks backing tracks blues creating backing tracks create backing track
Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.
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Nice and a good step in the right direction. Songwriting tool (software) Song writing software Songwriter software You can see what I use BIAB for. What amazes me is the HUGE success of EZKeys as compared to BIAB. When it came out it it was all the buzz on just about every DAW forum. It does not hold a candle to BIAB ability to generating not only Super MIDI tracks but of course Real-Tracks from Real Musicians It was sold as a songwriters tool. I think BIAB is a hidden giant with regards to song writing. This is why I ask or a few more songwriting tools a few years back like a handy circle of fifths/ a simplified version of Harmony Navigator ( chord progression)and/or a statistical tool of next chord options. When you have time check out this crowd sourced site for progressions just as food for thought. http://www.hooktheory.com/
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You want to catch anyone looking for loops for the country instruments: fiddle loops steel guitar loops dobro loops (we don't say "resonator"  ) country guitar loops mandolin loops drum loops drum tracks
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Accompaniment software
Demo creation software
Demo production software
Music creation software
Music production software
Backing tracks for performance
Backing tracks for practice
Melody creation/generation
Solo creation/generation
Chord analysis
Dynamic loops
"My primary musical instrument is the personal computer."
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Don't forget the tech keywords, like:
Computer
Mac
PC
MIDI
VST
DAW
sequencer
acidized loops
iPhone
iPad
vocal synth
fret diagrams
And some user-friendly words like:
easy
fun
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rock backing tracks
rockabilly backing tracks
blues backing tracks
blues solos
texas roadhouse blues
bossa backing tracks
latin jazz backing tracks
funk backing tracks
bluegrass
beatz
beats
hiphop backing tracks
jazz practice
jazz lessons
jazz improvisation
bebop backing tracks
dixieland backing tracks
gospel backing tracks
southern gospel backing tracks
contemporary christian backing tracks
faith music backing tracks
new age music
barbershop quartet arranging software
swing backing tracks
music practice software
guitar lesson
TAB tablature printing
music notation
latin piano
jazz piano
country piano
rock piano
blues guitar
latin guitar
jazz guitar
rock guitar
country guitar
bluegrass guitar
classical guitar
nylon guitar
fretlight guitar
bass guitar
bluegrass banjo
mandolin
bluegrass mandolin
banjo software
ukelele software
chord
chords
demo song
folk song
children's song
trumpet
saxophone
clarinet
flute
trombone
drums
violin
fiddle
cello
bass violin
vibraphone
marimba
organ
jazz organ
electric piano
MIDI keyboard
MIDI guitar
WIDI
chord finder
music maker
autoaccompaniment
auto-accompaniment
accompany
accompaniment
DX host
DXi host
VST host
VSTi host
ear training
recording software
DAW
digital audio workstation
underscoring
woodshed
woodshedding
soundtrack
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realtrack
realtracks
resldrums
chord substitution
key transpose
key transposition
lead sheet
fakesheet
fakebook
lyrics
karaoke
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harmony
barbershop
strings
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. Too much information. To keep viewers attention you must show people's faces. I am not making this up. Edit in some stock footage of smiling-face reaction shots. Even just a few stills would be a huge improvement. Lots of good sources for stock footage - here is one: http://footage.shutterstock.com/category/People-13/
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The thing about BIAB is that it's a game changer that doesn't need to confine its target demographic to musicians.
Although keywords like "HOME STUDIO" might help you to zero in on musicians, consider POTENTIAL customers in other fields:
ADVERTISING, TV, RADIO
(no better way to create jingles, background music etc)
VIDEO, FILM MAKING (if you make video and need royalty free music for themes, transitions, scores, etc....)
TEACHING, SCHOOL, INSTRUCTION
(perfect way to add music to any curriculum or instruction video)
WEB DESIGN, PROGRAMMING, MS VISUAL STUDIO, RAPID PROTOTYPE
(web sites and other programming ventures can often use music)
ANIMATION, CARTOON, COMIC
(more creative pursuits that could use a source of music)
HOBBY, CREATIVE, ART, CRAFTS
(creative people often find other creative outlets interesting and worthy of exploration)
The fact that you have made music creation accessible to the non-musician opens a LOT of doors that aren't open yet to SONAR, PROTOOLS, etc
Plus, I think the non musician user base would be more likely to appreciate the power that's available in your product, unlike the musician user base which tends to compare it to other music software and get bogged down in the differences.
As I watch the video, my impression is that it is geared toward musicians. It might take a different presentation to show how BIAB could be useful to other professions... but as long as the keywords were different for each video, you could tailor your ad to a wide variety of different audiences!
Great idea! Please keep us posted on your results... I assume you have a way to track the effectiveness of these ads
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The thing about BIAB is that it's a game changer that doesn't need to confine its target demographic to musicians.
Although keywords like "HOME STUDIO" might help you to zero in on musicians, consider POTENTIAL customers in other fields:
ADVERTISING, TV, RADIO
(no better way to create jingles, background music etc)
VIDEO, FILM MAKING (if you make video and need royalty free music for themes, transitions, scores, etc....)
TEACHING, SCHOOL, INSTRUCTION
(perfect way to add music to any curriculum or instruction video)
WEB DESIGN, PROGRAMMING, MS VISUAL STUDIO, RAPID PROTOTYPE
(web sites and other programming ventures can often use music)
ANIMATION, CARTOON, COMIC
(more creative pursuits that could use a source of music)
HOBBY, CREATIVE, ART, CRAFTS
(creative people often find other creative outlets interesting and worthy of exploration)
The fact that you have made music creation accessible to the non-musician opens a LOT of doors that aren't open yet to SONAR, PROTOOLS, etc
Plus, I think the non musician user base would be more likely to appreciate the power that's available in your product, unlike the musician user base which tends to compare it to other music software and get bogged down in the differences.
As I watch the video, my impression is that it is geared toward musicians. It might take a different presentation to show how BIAB could be useful to other professions... but as long as the keywords were different for each video, you could tailor your ad to a wide variety of different audiences!
Great idea! Please keep us posted on your results... I assume you have a way to track the effectiveness of these ads
I agree with Pat but I think you missed a major point. Many musicians use MIDI and there was no mention or examples of MIDI. RTs are great but so is MIDI and I think you should also promote it.
The bumper sticker said "I'm a veterinarian, therefore I can drive like an animal".
Suddenly I realized how many proctologists are on the road.
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+1 on Mario's posting.
Also the fact that PG folks are building and promoting the "Midi Supertracks"
and "Hi Q" in the new arena of improvements.
Also a high number of current members are using Ketron and other Midi
sound devices with PG products.
IMHO the icing on the cake are the "improved" quality of some number of
current VSTi's.
As Mario has mentioned the Realtrack sounds are great.
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Think this was posted in another thread, but "Extra" tag words can be used like this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FO-VoX9PH4click Show more scroll down to bottom. Only a subscriber to this young man enjoying his talent and use as guide for his music genre.
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Looks like most people have all the Adwords taken care of.
As for the content, it all depends on who you think your target audience is. Do you have market research to point you in the right direction?
If you have ever been through a divorce, all your friends are the first to give you bad legal advice. You better off getting it from a lawyer (professional). Thanks for asking our opinion, but if your goals are to double or triple your annual sales - start with professional advice. Use a marketing firm to help.
Don't mean at all to insult anybody who posted earlier. I have been in sales and marketing for 25 years and today I am meeting with a firm to help do what I can't.
By the way, your ad looks great and appeals to me. If your target audience is more people like us - your spot on! We like what you've done and obviously spend lots of our time learning more by all our replies on the forum!
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Royalty free music
Music scores
Jingles
Timed jingles
A brief mention that between BIAB, RealBand and included accessories a suite of unique music production tools are available to meet the music production needs of the non music professional that requires original music.
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Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac® users: Build 904 now available!
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Another exciting new addition is the new AI-Notes feature, which can transcribe polyphonic audio into MIDI. You can view the results in notation or play them back as MIDI, and choose whether to process an entire track or focus on specific parts like drums, bass, guitars/piano, or vocals. There's over 100 new features in Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows®.
There's an amazing collection of new content too, including 202 RealTracks, new RealStyles, MIDI SuperTracks, Instrumental Studies, “Songs with Vocals” Artist Performance Sets, Playable RealTracks Set 5, two RealDrums Stems sets, XPro Styles PAK 10, Xtra Styles PAK 21, and much more!
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There are over 100 new features in Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows®.
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