Why is it that the people who have the skill or ability to become comfortable with complex software always assume that since they were able to do it then it should be the same for everyone? It’s almost as if they look on it as a right of passage – I did it therefore you should be able to do the same . I have seen this attitude so many times with my various hobbies and pastimes – ham radio, photography and now music.

Can you imagine how few people would ever attempt to do simple photo manipulations that everyone takes for granted, like cropping or simple color enhancement etc if the only program available was Photoshop? Yes, Photoshop does these things and vastly more but the cost and complexity would put most people off from trying. Then all the experienced Photoshop users would chime in with “it’s simple really, just try harder and Photoshop is really quite easy to use”

Sundance said “ I played rhythm guitar and piano by ear ” which means he is overqualifed to understand the needs of the beginner musician. For example, I am talking about the beginner keyboard player who has no ear and no computer music experience but can pick out the melody line with one finger from sheet music. I have demonstrated to people what BIAB can do if you type in the chords shown on the sheet and chose a style and they are blown away by the results. Then they look at the GUI and complex menus and finally ask the price and seem to lose interest. It’s no good saying “don’t worry, you can concentrate on the simple stuff, the rest will come later” – Remember Photoshop.

Tony