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I commented to your identical post under the Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production forum. You may wish to delete one of your posts to consolidate input. If you do delete the other post, here is my input from there:
"Interesting concept for sure. Good on you for thinking through the interface and laying it all out in a workable framework.
Acknowledging the older demographic of many (most?) BiaB producers on this forum, many are hobbyists who do this as a retirement hobby, just for fun. I'm in this group, though I didn't start out there. smile If a songwriter wanted to collaborate with me on a production, I'd do it gratis so long as it didn't require an extraordinary amount of effort. So if I was interested in your concept, I'd likely post a price of $0. Or maybe $1. But monetizing my BiaB fun isn't a priority. Having fun with whatever I do is.
I've not used AI to produce a song, but the results I've heard are often impressive, and in many cases comparable or superior to many BiaB productions. Suspect whatever gap exists will continue to rapidly shrink, and the pricing does not appear to be a barrier.
I'll be watching this thread with much interest."
Last edited by DC Ron; 02/24/25 03:29 AM.
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I've made money with BiaB since the 1990s. When BiaB introduced user styles, I wrote some. Since I play seven instruments with different levels of competence/incompetence, took arranging in school, and had a lifetime making a living as a pro musician, it seemed like fun. So I plugged a MIDI keyboard into my Atari computer and made over a dozen. I shared them with my musician friends, who said they liked my styles better than the BiaB built-in styles (aren't friends great?). I tend to think of them as filling in the holes PG hasn't addressed, thus adding pleasure and value to BiaB rather than competing with the wonderful work PG does. So I took out an ad in "Music & Computers" mag, advertising them for the Atari. Later, I got a phone call from Peter Gannon who offered to convert the Atari disks to IBM DOS format, because that's where the bulk of his sales were. I thank Peter to this day for his kindness. (IBM format is now called PC or Windows.) >> Fast Forward to today >> I now sell 31 Style e-Disks , 51 Fake e-Disks , plus BiaB aftermarket products from Roy Hawkesford, David Bailey, and Sherry Mayrent. I call them e-Disks because when I started they were on 5.25 and 3.5 inch floppy disks. I've sold them to happy musicians all over the world Oh, it's not enough to make me rich. I keep my prices low because I know musicians don't get paid a lot. Plus I have to pay the "silent partners", Shopping Cart, Credit Card authorization company, Credit Card or PayPal percentage, Web Host, people I subcontract some of the work to, business bank account, insurance, and others. My main occupation is still as a professional musician (sax, flute, wind synth, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and vocals) and the BiaB venture makes enough so I don't have to travel to gig during the slow gigging season (August to mid-October). I have happy, repeat customers from all over the world, and I really enjoy creating style and fake e-Disks. And I'm happy knowing others are enjoying my work. Plus, I've made a lot of friends with this venture. Insights and incites by Notes ♫
Bob "Notes" Norton  Norton Music
https://www.nortonmusic.com
100% MIDI Super-Styles recorded by live, pro, studio musicians for a live groove
& Fake Disks for MIDI and/or RealTracks
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that's not my post though it is identical
i wasn't aware of i when i posted
i'm going leave his up because i like Note's reply
Lenovo YOGA 900 Window s 10 Home 64bit M4 pro Mac mini 1tb HD 24GB mem casio wk7500 presonus audiobox i2 usb interface
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