Ed, this topic has come up before during my 7 years here. And there are always some folks who will claim BIAB can do modern music just fine. I've even seen folks try and prove this by creating a song they considered modern. I've yet to hear anything created here with BIAB I would consider truly timely and in a modern genre.

In my honest opinion, you are mostly right in your assessment of the genres and time periods that BIAB is targeted toward. It can generate an awesome classic country backing track with steel guitar solos about as quick as you can key in the chords. Same thing for classic rock and bluegrass and jazz! It is nothing short of amazing what this product can do in those areas with almost no skills or experience whatsoever!

So, what about 2019 era pop and other fresh genres? As I said, some folks here will swear it can be done and I suspect it can BUT it certainly cannot generate something modern as easily and quickly as the classic genres it seems it was designed for! If this forum is any indication, the product is perfectly targeted at their market of people who are older and still in love with classic music (like me)!

But another thought is that modern pop music is not only hard to clearly define but also more complex to produce in many ways. Often it uses classic components along with modern fresh stuff for a mashup that unites us! And sometimes it is something really so new we cannot reasonably expect a program like BIAB to predict. So I think the answer is you can produce any kind of music with BIAB but it may take more work, creativity, etc. to do it!