I agree with JohnJohnJohn, but for the record, "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran is an original by Mr. Sheeran and released in Nov 2017 and reached # 3 on Billboard. The covers I mentioned were, in fact, completely reworded to be modern to the music of their decade. However, even though Cheri Cheri Lady is a modern cover, it does not actually vary far from the original especially in regard to the instrumental cover recently done by Lady Yamaha which musically is similar to the recent remake. That is probably closer to what a Biab user would do in their spare bedroom home recording studio on a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 and a $50 condenser mic on a Reaper DAW using Biab generated tracks.

I agree with Sammy's last statement that most users choose not to record modern music nor do they choose to record any genre music for commercial release and attempt to complete with vocalists like Adele, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake. We can't compete. Not because of talent, ambition but in most cases, we can't compete with the means first tier artists have access to. I recently read a statement regarding a recording budget on line of > $934,000. That was not a mega star's budget.

We can make a true commercial viable track in our bedroom and we can make a commercial viable commercial release in our bedroom on $350 studio but the stars will have to truly align for circumstances to fall in place for that release to become an international best seller.

It's true that a home recording studio today has higher specs than the Beatles recorded with, or Elvis recorded on but it's not the equipment that makes a star. It's their talent and more so the talent behind them. The musicians, engineers, producers, talent agents, and the generous backing of a major corporation.

The Jason Aldean 'Burn It Down' Tour in 2015 had a budget in excess of $1,000,000 to set up, and produce a concert that Jason and his band sounded like their records as they played 'live'.

Check out this YouTube video with Jason's FOH engineer go through the console and effects chains to accomplish this. It starts with a SSL L500 console that online today sells used for $68,000.
His effects chains process through more than 200 plug ins.

Inside the Music of Jason Aldean

Seriously, who here on the forum will put the quality of what they produce in their home studio against a major label studio production using the latest state of the art studio facility filled with engineers and producers with years of experience as well as a major music university degree. A studio where the assistants have a major university degree, employees first rate professional back up singers and studio musicians the level the same or higher than Biab session musicians. I do not think PGMusic expects or desires that Brent Mason provide specialized hot leads and licks the same as he would perform on a new Jason Aldean major single release for the top rated nashville producer. PGMusic wants quality generic audio that they can provide to customers around the world. That's why we cut/paste and include our live playing on our releases.

That's a major reason we can't compete with the majors. But, take that same scenario and simply replace live session musicians with BIAB tracks leaving everything else intact, yes, it would be no different than the producer receiving tracks recorded in another studio.

There's absolutely no reason Sammy Davis may not one day write a song the right ears here and a major studio takes his Biab generated tracks and freshen them up, add in a major league producer and mixer, pro grade backup vocals all running through a $400,000 Neve console and Biab tracks are on an international hit recording.

The only current deterrent I see at the moment is I've not heard of a forum member using 200 + plugins into a $68,000 DAW with a grammy award winning vocalist at the helm.....

Last edited by Charlie Fogle; 05/01/18 08:07 AM.
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