May I respectfully suggest that perhaps you've developed a bit of a mental block.
If you look upon it as an exciting challenge, and take it one step at a time, you will enjoy the learning curve, and have lots of fun.

I found that when I first bought the programme, it took about half an hour to understand the basics and start producing simple backtracks, but several years down the line I'm still learning exciting new stuff every day. If ever I get to the stage where I know it all, I'll use a bad word, because I love learning new things.

And the advice given about learning some music theory is spot-on.
Once you get into that, you'll find it fascinating. The way it all fits together mathematically never ceases to amaze me.

Now I'm going to take my own advice and tackle Realband. Now that looks really tricky, but I know I can get there with some persistence and the help of the guys and gals on the forum.

See you at the coda!
Mike Laatz

Mike Laatz
Cape Town