Originally Posted By: jcspro40
As for BiaB and the showcase, a lot of the folks in there could write a great tune using loops on Abelton because they are Songwriters & Musicians, NOT wannabees!


The biggest point that has become subliminal here is that a large number of us DON'T play in bands to where we have a drummer and guitar player waiting for a call to come over and lay down tracks. As usual I can only speak for myself but I have no intention of EVER being involved with the drama that goes with prima donna musicians again. I can't get along with ONE wife. I don't even want to try it with 5 of them!

While the drums in BIAB lack custom fills, they keep perfect time. The rhythm instruments just need to lay down beds for the vocals. And bass? Well, ANYBODY can play bass... LOL!

So BIAB is meant to fill the need of a backing band as a writing tool. Some of the guys play gigs, but look at what they play. Nobody here is playing Madison Square Garden with BIAB backing tracks. Playing at the VA or the senior's home doesn't exactly require an extreme high level of quality. Nobody there is paying 100 bucks a ticket to get in. Sure we have all put out CDs with BIAB tracks, but in my case if it was a project where I seriously expected to sell 100,000 or more copies I would have brought in musicians to replicate and enhance the BIAB tracks. It was a bucket list item for me, and now that I checked it off, if there is a second CD it will be just because that particular whim hit me.

Bottom line, as many have said in many forums, BIAB is a specific tool to fill a specific need, that need being to provide backing tracks so we can write when the mood hits without logistical problems of scheduling a bunch of arrogant prima donna musicians who whine non stop because they are not being paid to rehearse and any other thing they can think of to whine about. God I hate being in a band. I don't get along with ONE wife. Imagine how it I am with 5 of them!