Originally Posted By: Ryszard
Guys, I've been around the block.


Ha...likewise, so I'll chime in.

I'm still quite new to BIAB.
A bass player buddy bought me the 2012.5 stater version.
I've since taken advantage of the great deal on the UltrpakPlus.

I used to feel similar a few years ago.
But, I was never so arrogant to aggressively be against a program of this nature.
My initial impulse was that it did feel like I was just taking lazy short-cuts and my material would be classified more as just derivative vs. original.
I've always done everything the old way by playing all instruments myself and the thought of using pre-recorded tracks (or loops) was very difficult for me to overcome.
I did struggle with that concept and if one did listen to my drivel I'd always have to qualify that '...oh...I didn't play all the instruments, it's BIAB'.
I think I've reconciled all of it in my pea brain at this time.

Now, I feel much differently and embrace the ability to actually incorporate instrumentation for my material that I hear in my head.
IE: great axe and sax tracks....they're incredible and allows us to easily leave our personal writing styles and comfort zones to delve into new writing styles.

I think it's overdue for the purists to look beyond their prejudices as the technology has created whole new creative paths for those inclined to write songs when they do not play an instrument.

There's a plethora of ways to make changes to one's BIAB song rather than going with the default styles as they can become very recognizable.
One does need to dig deep into the program to grasp all that it's capable of to make a song writing effort sound like it's their own.

I'm sure I forgot something on this topic but that's my brief smile take on it.
Sorry for the novelette....carry on.

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