2013 User Showcase Awards.... Congratulations to....

You may have won a free Band-in-a-Box 2014 Everything Pak ..... check here

Over the past year (2013), we’ve had over 900 new original compositions posted to the User Showcase. Wow! Now over 2,100 songs in the Showcase! Many thanks to all that have contributed.

We’d like to thank and recognize these amazing contributions that people have made!

So we announce the User Showcase Awards...to the top 15 contributors of 2013 – a free Band-in-a-Box 2014 Everything Pak for Windows (including the 12 PAK bonus)

We’ve reviewed the contributions from Jan 1 to Dec 1, 2013, and have based the results on a combination of the following criteria:

- great compositions/arrangements/productions
- use lots of BB or RealBand (RealTracks or MIDI)
- most contributions
- other contribution to the forum (songwriting tips etc.)
- haven't won before (not an absolute requirement)
- haven't already got a free version from beta testing etc.

And the winners (alphabetical order) are:


90 dB
aleck rand
boehm
cubanpete
dani48
Digital Angel
Don Gaynor
F.M.M
floyd jane
gruverider
Guitarhacker
Janice & Bud
JosieC
Steve Young
tommyad

If your name is on the list.... congratulations! You have won a free Band-in-a-Box 2014 Everything Pak Hard Drive (including free shipping of course)

To collect your award, please contact marketing@pgmusic.com (by Jan. 31, 2014) (attn: Cat Cantwell), and provide details of where you want it to be sent. (don't forget to let her know your Forum name)

If you've already purchased 2014, we will refund your purchase price. If you already have BB 2014 via another means (beta testing etc.), then you can designate "someone else" to receive it (just send that info privately in your email).

If you're a Mac user, you can either get 2013 Ev. Pak or request a raincheck for the 2014 Mac Everything Pak when it comes out.

Once again, thanks to all the creative people who create, produce and share these wonderful songs!

excellent ... wonderful. All very deserving folks from a super generous company!!!!

Great news! Congratulations to all!

Bob

Peter, thank you so much. You have humbled me, Sir.

Congratulations to all of the winners and a heartfelt thanks for all of your individual contributions to a fabulous product. And again, to a very generous Peter Gannon.

Congratulations to all of the winners!!
SD

Well done to everyone who posted over the 2013 period and Congratulations to the Winners. Well deserved.
2013 was a great year for original BIAB music and songs on here and lets hope the trend continues in 2014.
Best regards
Ian

Hey thats really good, congratulations on the winners! What a prize!

Thats going to inspire me to write more songs to get BIAB 2015 now .

Congratulations to all the winners, you've all worked hard
to contribute with help and music to these forums.

What an awesome thing for PG to do! Really amazing!!!

And, what a deserving group of winners! Congrats to each of you! Well done! And thanks for all of your contributions to the community!

Congratulations to all the winners.

Hi, Peter and all ye other friends out there
around the world !:)) It really feels
like BIAB makes all of us closer !
I want to thank Peter for this more than
generous present and all ye other friends
that have inspired me to write and thus
to keep my head over the water !
I am most serious when I say that BIAB
has saved me from the abyss I was on
my way into after my dear wife´s death !
BIAB has helped me rediscover music again
and thru that it has played a central part
in my recovery ! Thru BIAB and thru all you
fantastic friends I have got on this site
I managed to get back my lust for life again !
I am forever indebted to you all !Thank you so much !:))

Cheers
Dani

Congrats to all this year's winners!


Josie

Congratulations to all of the winners! What a way to start the new year!!

You've got to hand it to PG Music, they're pretty spectacular! It's a fine company you have, Peter.

Noel

Dani,

No one deserves it more than you. You transformed that destructive energy into a creative force, and you are an example for all of us.

Dean

hi peter love my band in the box thanks for a great gift a great way to start the new year eric

Janice and I are both honored to receive this award and to be in the company of all the members of this wonderful community. PG Music has really enriched our lives over the past two years. A stellar company with great products that is focused on its customers. How cool is that?

Couldn't happen to a nicer group of people... there is no better user community and no better developer support anywhere.

Peter, when you get a chance, it'd be nice to know which specific compositions tickled PG's fancy. I know the award is based on several other criteria, and there are TONS of community submitted pieces in the Showcase forum - y'all have heard them all - in your mind which have stretched the PG envelope the most?

For this years winners - WELL DONE (and thank you).

May I extend my absolute congratulations to those who were awarded. There has been some amazing talent and innovation demonstrated by you all. +1 !!

Peter,

This is the best Christmas gift I could have received! Thank you for your generosity and for creating the greatest songwriting tool ever. All the best to you and your family, and your extended PG family - the finest group of folks I've encountered in this business.
Congrats to all the other winners - now let's get busy writing and recording!


Regards,

Bob

Peter and the folks at PG Music... it's an honor to be a part of this group of extremely talented folks.....

Thank you for all you do behind the scenes to make this software the absolutely most amazing software ever for the musicians like me and many others who can not play all the instruments we need to complete our musical projects.

Peter and the staff at PG, Thank you very much for including me in this award. This software and especially the real tracks are a dream come true for me. It is the most

amazing tool I have ever come across for creating music. Your company is nothing short of amazing and your generosity and support are a real testament to those that

work there. I also would like to thank the supporters of the forum who post songs and take the time to listen with a critical ear and offer suggestions. It has

been my extreme pleasure to participate in this wonderful community of caring and creative folks. Thanks again and congratulations to the other winners. Tom

Peter and the entire PG family...

Thank you. For the "award", of course. But, more so, for a truly remarkable product. It gets more AMAZING all the time. EVERY musician, every singer, every songwriter ought to have it - although this place would get WAY too crowded!!! - It seems to be growing by leaps and bounds lately...

Also, thanks for providing us with such a wonderful place to hang out.
It's like family. And a truly amazing amount of talent in a relatively small community. Can't be beat!

Congratulations to everyone on the list. It's well deserved.

What an incredible company.

floyd

Hi Peter,

It took me by surprise. I just found out I'm one of the winners. I couldn't say it better than Bob: This is the best Christmas gift I could have received! Thank you for your generosity and for creating the greatest songwriting tool ever.
Congratulations to the other winners. I'm proud to be a member of this wonderful community.

Guenter

Wow! Thanks Peter, to be in the same list and company of such fine musicians is more than an honor for me.I'm looking forward to the use of the new features (already been experimenting with it for the last couple of weeks) and to create the best songs I can. To PG Music, I'll have to say, thank you very much for the unique and versatile software which has brought so many hours of joy and entertainment to me and all of its users.
Happy New Years to all!

Mike B.

EXCELLENT choices! I would have picked the same people! Except I might have put Floyd Jane's name on my list twice... he da man!!

Congratulations to each of the winners.... you have at various times throughout 2013 done the following things:

1) amazed me with your diverse talents...
2) made me jealous...
3) taught me some of your tricks (without killing me afterwards)
4) made me jealous...
5) used PGMusic products in ways I would never have thought of
6) made me jealous...
7) helped others learn to create original music...
8) made me jealous...
9) encouraged one another...
10) Did I mention that y'all made me jealous ?

I am SOOoo impressed by the talent on this forum!

and I am also VERY impressed that Peter Gannon is the kind of guy who would make such a generous and gracious gift to so many people! One more reason why PGMusic is simply THE BEST software company in the world, head and shoulders above whoever is #2

Amen to that!

Congratulations to all of the winners.

Later,

Congratulations to you all! GREAT WINNERS!!! :-)
Happy new year – and thanks PG for making this great software!

Thank you so much for the recognition you have offered in this way.

I recognize the good fortune I have to work with PG Music products.


Warm regards:


Digital Angel

Peter:

BIAB/RB/RealTracks is one of the most remarkable feats of imagination I'll ever experience in this lifetime.

By way of contrast, IBM's "triumphant" Deep Blue, with its mindless combinatorial approach, is just a midget with an over-sized right arm.

Your creation is almost the stuff of science fiction: machine and human intelligence welded together.

And, of course, congratulations to the winners of the PG award. Their comments are a testament to how we feel about you, your company and the way the Forums have enabled musicians to interact, collaborate, laugh, scream and, above, all Have Fun. Thank you.

Dean Clark (aka Akeck Rand)

I am very grateful to be included in this years awards, and so happy to be a part of such a creative and wonderful community.

Band In A Box has afforded me the opportunity to indulge that much more into my hobby and first love: music creation.

Congratulations to all who have utilized and enjoyed your product!

I look forward to my first composition of the new year with Band In a Box!

Here is to a creative and bountifully productive 2014,

Cheers!

Congratulations to all! Have fun making music!

Hi, Dean !

.....and thank you for your kind words !
You are one of my friends who has
contributed to my recovery to a
great extent ! For that I am indebted
to you, my friend !:))

Cheers
Dani

Hi Peter and all the staff at PG Music.

I am very honoured to be amongst those listed for your very generous offer. I learned about it whilst on an epic 5000km trip around Zimbabwe and am absolutely thrilled. I am returning home with 4 and half new songs written and (almost) ready to be recorded.

Can’t wait.

Congrats to all the award winners.

Congrats Josie.

We're looking forward to the new songs. That does indeed sound like an epic!

Lots of lovely stuff from many talented forum-friends.
Congrats! I always find something I really enjoy when I visit.
Joe G.

congratulations to all the winners

Hearty congratulations to all! You've been giving us some great music!

John

Congrats to 2013 Showcase winners! Fun, fun.

We realize this thread is from 6 months ago. But Di and I would like to add our congrats to the winners. We have come to know almost all them over the past six months. And what an fantastically talented group of performers, writers and composers!

As wonderfully talented as they are, the real star here is PG Music, particularly Peter. Your software is more than any musician could ever hope to have. And the genuine generosity of your company leaves us in awe. Few, if any, for-profit companies are this generous and supportive of their customers.

A big congrats to the deserving winners and huge tip of the hat to PG Music!

One last thing ... the quality of music on the showcase forum is simply amazing. You gents and ladies are truly talented and it's been a real pleasure getting to know you and listening to your efforts!

Alan & Di