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....If a person can do a single using biab and get people out of the house and into a restaurant or bar that couldn't afford a four or five piece band it is good I think....especially if they can keep the karaoke guy from showing up:)....



Define Karaoke guy?

.....Don't know if I have an absolute definition for Karaoke guy....but there exists both karaoke hosts and participants who cant sing in tune or in time (I mean at all) I guess we would have to further define play an instrument....In tune or in time with the other music?...I think it is kind of unlikely that someone who would be entering Chord changes into biab wouldn't know the first thing at all about music but I guess it could happen .....more power to them if they make money for the club. It would just be really hard for me to listen to....Don't get me wrong , when someone who can sing is singing to pre recorded tracks and selling or sharing their performance that works...(at least in my opinion it is something worth listening to). I realize that using biab is a short cut to making good sounding midi files and backing track arrangements, In fact this happened to me once: I made some tracks with biab and ptw,loaded them into my ipod and was in a hotel doing a gig and someone asked me : "so are you playing along with karaoke tracks?" So I guess the right response from me is: "Thanks for thinking that my backing tracks sound that professional, but No I made them myself...Thanks to biab:)" ....I agree that it is a Grey area what performance really is...because backing tracks can make it easier.....I guess in a nutshell here is my stance: a solid performance worth listening to by the performer with any pre recorded by oneself or purchased backing tracks=good...a poor performance, no matter how good the backing tracks sound=not good

...........Jeff......