Originally Posted By: Danny C.
This past year I have turned on "six" people on the online site I perform this year to BIAB, and many more at live gigs I play as well. The main reason is they come to me and inquire about the tracks I am using.

Now for the bad news, not one of the "six" I communicate with are yet to us BIAB in their shows. When I ask why, they tell me it is just too hard to learn. This explanation just blows me away, as while I fully admit I may never understand the entirety of the program, the bottom-line for what I do it is as simple as typing in chords, choosing instrumentation, styles and tempos, bam!

I do get the occasional it's cheating BS, but hey there is nothing that will change those opinions whether valid or not. But maybe PG Music should create a very simple ABC of making backing tracks BIAB package. Something a new and not sure if this is going to work user can purchase for under 100.00 bucks or so. I.e., maybe just a few styles or real tracks in a package that will "only" make backing tracks with nothing else to confuse them. "Just a wild thought"

Other than that I try to explain/guide and even offer to make a few sample tracks for them but so far all I get is , nahhhh thanks but I'll get to it sometime later.

So I guess the long answer is, as you, I just go on about using BIAB to make wonderful tracks that without, I would never book as many gigs as I do.

PS: I am thinking the content of this topic could not have been better described with any other title . . . Lack of Vision.

Later,





Danny,

I've had exactly the same experience with LOTS of musicians. And while I agree that there is a certain lack of vision at play, I think there's something else too... because some of the people who have dismissed BIAB I would normally think of as visionaries.

The common denominator I see in those who are dismissive is that they are afraid of being judged by people they respect. In many cases they have forged a good musical reputation among their peers, they recognize how fragile that can be, and they are not willing to do anything to risk being perceived in a new light that might be less positive.

People who don't need external validation have no problem accepting new ideas and music technology. People in that group include those whose accomplishments are already so well established they are unassailable, people whose accomplishments are so low they have nothing to lose, and people in the middle who are completely OK with who they are and who tend to make choices for their own reasons. In other words, people whose sense of OKness comes from themselves, not from others.

That may or may not be true, but it's how I see it. But I think it's significant to note that the people on this forum tend to be highly confident and self affirming. They know what they like and they pursue it whole-heartedly. Like you Danny. wink


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