Many people are likely trying to use BiaB in order to LEARN more about music.

Band in a Box tends to get viewed by each user in a rather myopic fashion, the person who only tends to use the program for making recorded musics doesn't seem to be able to see why another user might use BB as mostly a Practice aid, yet another who uses the program only in support of Live Entertainment may not be willing to understand any of the above uses, and, as in the case of this hijacked thread, a user does not seem to be able to accept in a friendly fashion someone who wishes to use the program to learn how to play maybe one particular song or chord.

Maybe someone needs to learn that one new chord for an upcoming performance. Could be a Church P&W situation, could be a Garageband get together, well, just about *any* reason would be valid in my view. Here is someone who does indeed want to learn something, why knock them for not wanting to tackle "EVERYTHING" at this particular point in time?

While it is a necessary function for the musician who wishes to reach Journeyman class, not everybody is aspiring to learn how to play every chord. Lots of people enjoy music at whatever level they wish.

The attitude exhibited by some musicians often gets my dander up. Seems that musicians have this innate ability to declare themselves to be liberal and open-minded and all that jazz -- and then proceed to use that same notion as a license to be some of the most close minded people on the planet.

That said, I always encourage everybody who wishes to play or perform music to learn as much as they can, to practice properly, to expand their listening and thus their playing, train their ears, consider approaching a teacher for regimented lesson plan, the whole nine yards. Of course.

But the keyword here is "encourage"...

Or, as Peter Gannon's famous Band in a Box closer states,

"Have Fun"


--Mac

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