Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker
Originally Posted By: Steve Mac
Thanks for the replies and link. I guess it's a sticky subject of what counts as "professional", I play and sing in bars for money but I certainly wouldn't say I was.
What I was really after was folk who have used BIAB on recordings one may have heard in the charts.
Anyway thanks again, great that this is such a friendly forum.
cheers Steve


yeah that's what I gathered .... who in Nashville, with star status, with chartable music, and a record contract, is using PG Music software BB or RB to finish their songs?

That, I would like to know. You would almost think that if this were happening, and PG Music got wind of it, they would have it used as promotional material for Band In A Box to advertise it's capabilities and sell more copies.

There's a huge difference in my book between using BB to write a song and let session players replace the tracks with live players..... and leaving the real tracks in the final mix for radio.

There's also a difference in using BB/RB in a big commercial studio somewhere that gets it's bread and butter from small time musicians doing demo's and album projects with very limited budgets as opposed to the stars who also use that studio with enough of a budget to get the best pickers in the area to play live.

And yes.. the definition of a professional is in one sense, one who makes a living from what they do. I played in bands and did make my living from it. I did not hesitate to call myself a "professional musician".... but to each his own.... some define it as a certain level of skill.... in that case.... I might be disqualified.


Given the criteria stated in your first paragraph, I am aware of no one who would be using BIAB.

Best,

Jim