))) Yeah, I hear ya. In fact I can see how this would be an invaluable tool for a solo act to have a "backing band"....but for my needs (composition), not so sure. For ex a concern is it sounds too "canned" and there would be a zillion other people with something that sounds almost exactly the same out there. Probably what I would use it for mostly would be backing percussion, which needn't really be "original."
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Joe, have you listened to some of the 4,000 original compositions posted to the User Showcase forum? http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm You can try listening to some of the radio stations we made - these are all user compositions, For example, here is one of the stations with 132 songs on it https://soundcloud.com/bandinaboxradio/sets/50-featured-songs

They are all original compositions that use Band-in-a-Box to some extent. If you listen to them, I'd be surprised if you still say "it sounds too "canned" and there would be a zillion other people with something that sounds almost exactly the same out there"

since there are over 2,000 Realtracks representing 2,500 hours of studio music recordings,it isn't likely that there are zillions of similar arrangements. That is one reason we are encouraging you to move up from the 2008 version, which was MIDI, and not real musicians,

Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.