Originally Posted by Guitarhacker
Indeed. As long as you take the time to make it sound more than a "stock Band in a Box" production. BB is good but you really have to kick it up a notch or three to compete with the music being produced these days.

Some of my music is in a couple of different TV shows spanning 2 seasons each, and also in a couple of documentary made for TV films. All of those were done in BB. I'm actively working to get more placements with the newer music I'm writing. Every now and then those show up on my BMI statements, with the most recent one telling me they are now playing in foreign TV markets in Europe and South America.

The point is can you use BB to create stock music library music? You probably can. But I wouldn't recommend taking something straight from "the box" and trying to get it into a sync library. It can sound too "canned" and will be rejected.

Agree with everything you wrote.

I had a conversation on another forum about using BIAB as a tool in stock music and the response was that it is "too cheesy". That may be true if you just drag and drop stock arrangements into a project as is.

However, I believe you can use some Real Tracks and other elements in your arrangements just like you would tracks by session players.

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