Hi, I'm new to BAIB. I've probably spent about 10 hours with it since getting BAIB 2013. I am in awe, in both good and bad ways. When I start noodling around, I find that soon enough something kind of magic happens; but... good gosh, there are so many features to this thing it makes my head spin. Just the interface makes me a bit dizzy (simply because of all the options to get to grips with.)

I have been using computer music software for around 12 years, but admit that with BIAB I'm probably facing my steepest learning curve to date.

I really want to get to grips with BIAB, but I'm a busy professional, so time (and I guess my attention span, these days) is more limited than it once was. Can anyone recommend the best resource to gently, clearly and concisely walk this newbie through the highlights, so I can start having fun without having to refer to the manual, or this forum, every 10-30 minutes or so? I know there are many resources for earlier versions of BIAB, but I'd prefer something which covers my edition.

OK, I do have the manual and the update manual, but at 600 and 28 pages respectively, realistically, I'm unlikely to spend my weekends on those. There's got to be an easier / more efficient way. I don't need a PhD in BIAB, but do want to get comfortable with the main features.

There are some "tutorial " files included, but these are just song files without a detailed explanation of what's going on -- not too enlightening for me at this stage.

PG Music does have videos on the site, but the ones I've seen seem either to concentrate on what's new (which is good, but only so useful if I don't know what's old) or to be numerous but unstructured (focusing on lots of micro issues, which will make sense to someone who already knows about BIAB; but nothing along the lines of a guided "Let's learn by making some songs" tour.)

So... I have seen two sets of tutorials for sale: the Band-in-a-Box Video Tutorial PAK, and also the Band-in-a-Box for Bozos material. From the descriptions on the PG Music site it's not really clear to me what distinguishes them.

Can anyone who has used these offer an opinion? Or am I better off looking for another resource?

I'd be very grateful for any advice.