Yes, om I respectfully disagreed on a couple of your comments. I will try to answer your items in order:

1-By adding new RTs and MIDI to the current styles. I believe modern MIDI styles and the ability to easily add loops, sounds, and effects is the way to achieve this goal. RTs and RDs would be an added plus.

2-But that is no different than any other genres:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_genres

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rock_genres

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_jazz_genres

Also don't forget that many genres utilize similar elements thus one BiaB style may cover a number of genres.

3-The same way PGM addresses the jazz/blues/country genres. How do customers with slow internet service do it now? HDs or flash drives could be an answer. Or just purchase the core BiaB and individual genre pacs. I do agree that having the full BiaB package allows you to "cross blend" genres. I do that myself.

4-I agree. PGM has added ethic sounds and will probably continue to do so. Remember BiaB started as a jazz backing track program but added blues, country, new age, ambient, etc. In fact they have added some hip hop, EDM, house, etc both in MIDI and RTs.

5- Of course some will feel "left out". I'll bet some feel that way now. You can please some of the people some of the time..........

6-See #3's answer. I believe if BiaB sticks to its main objective in creating the best backing tracks and forgets trying to be more like a DAW it will continue to grow and flourish.

Om please do not think that my answers are in any way attacking you. We may just have different ideas about the growth of PGM. Yes the challenges of PGM huge and I will add they are trying very hard to satisfy us all. But on the MIDI side the competition is very strong.

If I had the perfect solution I wouldn't be sitting here in upper New York State, I'd be making a mad rush to Victoria, British Columbia!

I will end this by saying using MIDI would help with a lot of these problems. I know some discard MIDI because of the included GM sounds and ignoring what other sound sources are available. Getting out of the GM mode is critical for MIDI use. Plus there are a great number of excellent free MIDI sound sources available that can be used in BiaB so the initial cost getting out of GM is very low.

The above are just my opinions and you may or may not agree.

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