I’ve found the best way to present BIAB to other musicians is to tell them it’s a great practice tool for backing you up while you play. “Beats the hell out of a metronome or drum machine”.

I also point out that it allows them to play for their friends and having it sound like a band.
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Now let me use an analogy to point out why so many musicians look down on it.

Let’s say “Acme Artistry”, (or PGM - Pretty Good Mural's ), came out with “Painter-In-A-Box”. You select “New”, click on landscape “style”. Click to include birds, trees, flowers, a stream, and then top it off with a sunset. You then click “create”. Shazam!!!! You have a painting!

You then print it out and take it to your “artist” friends and say “Look at my new painting! How do you like it ?”

Sound familiar???

The degree to which other musicians accept your BIAB song will depend largely on how much you’re contributing to the final product. If you’re playing most of the instruments and doing the singing, the reception will likely be better, (unless of course your playing and singing sucks!)

If you just type in a chord progression and select a style while BIAB does all the work, then your new "song" will have about as much meaning as the "art" from Painter-In-A-Box!

Bob
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