2021 User Showcase Awards.... Congratulations to....

You may have won a free Band-in-a-Box 2022 UltraPak ..... check here

Over the past year (2021), we had 1132 new original compositions posted to the User Showcase by 158 different artists. Wow! There are now over 9,000 songs in the Showcase! Many thanks to all who have contributed.

In 2021, there were 24,000 posts in the User Showcase forum, with 1.1 million views! There were song compositions posted from at least 19 countries, including: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Jersey Channel Is., Macedonia, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, UK, USA.

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

So we announce the "Top 40" User Showcase Awards...to the top 45 contributors of 2021 – a free Band-in-a-Box 2022 UltraPAK for Windows* (including the 49 PAK) (* or Mac 2022 when available)

We've reviewed the contributions from Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2021, and have based the results on a combination of the following criteria:

- great compositions/arrangements/productions
- use lots of Band-in-a-Box or RealBand (RealTracks or MIDI)
- most contributions
- other contributions 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:

Al-David
animarorecords
BabuMusic
Bawb
Birchwood
BlueAttitude
camog
CaptainMoto
Chris37
Crossroads
cubanpete
David Snyder
dcuny
Deej56
Derochette
Don Gaynor
edshaw
Ezekiel's Storm
F.M.M.
firesong
floyd jane
Ghostgum
Greg Johnson
Guitarhacker
Janice & Bud
jannesan
justanoldmuso
MarioD
Mark Hayes
musician17
NigelSpiers
PeterF
PROJECT M
rayc
Rob4580
Robertkc
Ronnie Fields
rsdean
Rustyspoon#
Scott C
Steve Young
Tommyc
Torrey Bliss
TuneMonger
vicarn


If your name is on the list.... congratulations! You have won a free Band-in-a-Box 2022 UltraPak Hard Drive (including free shipping of course)

To collect your award, please contact marketing@pgmusic.com (by Feb 28, 2022) (attn: Callie), 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 2022, we will refund your purchase price. If you already have 2022 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 the 2021 UltraPak or request a raincheck for the 2022 Mac UltraPak when it comes out.

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

NICE!!! Very cool. Congrats to everyone on the list.

To PG Music ....

Thank you for creating such a useful product that easily allows us to get our ideas out of our heads and into a form that everyone can enjoy!

Much appreciated for all you do for us. YOU GUYS ROCK!

Thank you!

Congratulations to everyone listed and to all the other User Showcase contributors.

Regardless if your name is on the list or not, all User Showcase contributors are winners in my opinion.

I would like to congratulate all the winners of the PG Music Showcase Awards. Your hard work has been rewarded by a great company that has proven once again that they support and appreciate the users of their product. And a great product it is! PG Music is relentless in their pursuit of music production excellence! I for one, don't take BIAB for granted. It's a vital part of my music work flow and would struggle to be creative without this software! The Showcase song postings are getting better each year and it's due not only to the talent of all of the fine songwriters posting their material, but also due to the great product that PG Music has made available to us. Thank you, Peter Gannon and all of the PG Music team for what you do and for this gift! Let's all have a great and productive 2022. T

Congrats to all, and I really like the way Herb said it. You guys rock, PGMusic, and so do all of you on the forum. What a wonderful place to learn the best uses of this amazing product.

Congrats to all, a very talented group of musicians and writers thanks to the generosity of Peter Gannon and PGteam for this great product and gift. And contributing to the music community wish i would have had this years ago thanks fmm

I came across Band in a Box by chance via the DIGITECH TRIO+ BAND CREATOR.
When I then searched the internet for Hardrock songs made with the program,
I came across this forum. Ok, I didn't find many Hardrock songs here ;-))),
but many great songs from really good musicians. In a relatively short time
I felt in good hands here and also made some contacts with great people.
Band in a Box has fundamentally changed the way I make music.
And the opportunity to present your song in front of so many top musicians is just brilliant.

I want to thank PG Music for including me in the Top 45.
Of course it's a great feeling when your own work is appreciated.
Congratulations also to all the other winners - you deserve it.
And of course a thank you to all the other great musicians here in the forum.


Many greetings
Andi ;-)

I am honored and humbled to be included in the Showcase Awards. There are many outstanding musicians in these forums.

BiaB has kept me active in music. No other software can do that IMHO.

Many thank yous to Peter and the entire PGMusic staff. You all are amazing people.

Hi Peter & The Team at PG Music,

Thanks - your generosity is much appreciated.

I am also very impressed with the 2022 version of Band In A Box and all the new Real Tracks.

I have already purchased BIAB 2022. Who do I contact regarding the refund?

Best Regards
Nigel

Very Interesting.........

Hey Peter and the Awesome PG Team,

Thank you so much for all you do. And your amazing product, and this amazing forum.

You are a very bright spot in this world, for sure!!!!

Thanks again from the bottom of my heart.

Hi Nigel - please follow the same steps as if you were redeeming a prize: email marketing@pgmusic.com "Attn: Callie" and state your forum name. From there, I will be able to coordinate a refund for your 2022 purchase.

Congrats everyone -- this is a nice recognition for your accomplishments. BIAB Users have a lot of talent

Thank you very much, Peter and staff. I am most grateful to be awarded this wonderful prize.
Congratulation to all the other winners. Regards Rob4580

The product is absolutely magical!! The forum members are absolutely wonderful!! And, I don't know what I would have done with my retirement had I not discovered both of these!! It is an honor to be recognized among a group of such talented and cool people!! Again, I want to give a big shout out to my friend Floyd Jane. Floyd was the first high level writer to give me such encouragement and guidance. He has been a consistent and inspiring force on this forum forever, for which I have nicknamed him "The Godfather of the forum" or "The Chairman of the Board" (yes I know I borrowed the second one from another musical phenomenon). It is wonderful to have the presence of such a wonderful and seasoned writer, one of the best I've ever been aware of!! I also would like to thank Al David for putting out so many instrumentals that inspire me to take off from there with my own ideas! Congrats to all of you wonderful and deserving folks!! Take care. Greg

Congratulations to all the Showcase Winners !! Well deserved !!

Thanks very much.
I feel like I should be donating an award to PG Music for the privilege of using their product and the enjoyment belonging to the user forum gives me, not to mention the friends I have made along the way.

Peter

Congratulations everyone!!!

While I haven't been as active in the forum for the last two or three years, I do pop in from time to time and listen.

I've heard songs from everyone in the Top 45 and you are all a really talented and very diverse bunch. You deserve this accolade!

All the very best,
Noel

Congrats to all winners! This was a difficult year for many people, but Showcase was definitely a bright and positive spot with some fantastic original compositions offered in all kinds of music genres. It had been my main musical inspiration place. Glad to be here.

Peter,
Thank you for a very generous prize and for creating this wonderful software... which is a little more than just a software

Congratulations to all the winners. So glad to be on the list. Thank you Dr. Gannon and staff. This is very much appreciated.

Thank you so much, Mr Gannon.

I certainly did not expect to see my name on a winners list for a second time. It's an honour (and a surprise) to find I have been included.

I must confess I have not fully explored all the styles and sounds that were included in the previous Ultra-pak, but having read some of the comments of other users, I am keen to discover what's new on the 2022 version.

Thanks again and have a great new year.

Kind regards,

Brian Raynor
(Ghostgum)

I don't think I can ever thank you enough! You're the Most Amazing Company I've ever dealt with! Thanks PG Music for all the FUN!

Doctor Peter Gannon and all of your staff at PG Music,

PG Music is the absolute GREATEST!
Thank you all so much.

BIAB is an unique and amazing product which I have been using for over 25 years since the MIDI-only era without RealTracks.
I'm very happy and honored to have been included in this year's awards.

And… Congratulations to all the other winners.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
(animarorecords)

Thank you very much.

Thank you so much, Dr Gannon and everyone at PG Music. Without Band-in-a-Box, I, quite simply, would not be writing music. BIAB has been the catalyst to release my musical thoughts onto the external world, because, inter alia, it tremendously shortens the process between concept and execution. To then have such a contest which enables so many of us to be able to continue creating is the epitome of kindness on your part. Thanks so much, once more, and congratulations to every single person who makes music with BIAB. It is a joy to make music with such superb software, made by a company which obviously cares about its musician clients. Have a wonderfully creative 2022!

Dr. Gannon,
Thank you for your generosity, your products and for your outstanding teammates who are always cordial, knowledgeable and responsive. Band-in-a-Box opened new music vistas for us and for the past eleven years it has been along with our love of the outdoors a most enjoyable part of our life. During this time via the forum community we have made genuine enduring friendships with members and that alone is a wonderful award.

Janice & Bud

Thanks Peter and all your staff,
Realtracks have been a revolution in the world of musical arrangement. And each year, we're impatiently waiting for the new features.
That's really a marvelous tool for songwriters !

Dr. Gannon and the whole PG Music family...

I have said it a million times and it is more true today than ever - Band-In-A-Box is a miracle.
As demonstrated by so many of the comments above - it is Life Changing.
Nothing else like it in the world.
Every musician - any level, any genre - should own a copy.

The generosity of these "awards" is mind-boggling.
The feeling of community (family, really) of the forum is incredible. Heartwarming.
The friendships that blossom here are priceless.


The Showcase has grown SO much over the years.
It has always been a caring and nurturing place.
An amazing number of high quality writers and producers make it one of the best music sites on all of the internet.
Hopefully, that translates to more new users/customers - to allow the company (and software) to continue to grow long after we are all too feeble to continue making music ourselves (although BIAB makes it so easy, that may NEVER happen).


Congratulations to all of the award recipients.

THANK YOU!

fj

It's a big honor to be included in the Awards among all those top quality songwriters. I'm grateful to be a member of this great community using this amazing software. Thanks PGMusic!

Janne

What an honor, I have been through Band In A Box 2018, 2019,2020, and 2021, and I am really looking forward to the 2022 Ultra pak!! Thank You!!

from justanoldmuso.

my goodness this prize has knocked my socks off considering many might deem my songs sorta crazy ..lol.
with the occasional non crazy song .

truly i wasnt expecting this, and would like to wish
DR. Gannon and everyone at PG thanks and every happiness.
fyi ive done many many songs useing firstly powertracks , then biab and realband in later years.

i would also like to congratulate all winners.

best/happiness to all pg staff and users of pg products.
om

<*curtsies*>

Thanks so much to Dr. G and the PG music staff for this great award. I remember when I first discovered BIAB ten years ago, and I felt like I had stumbled onto the greatest software a home producer could own. It was truly a Eureka moment. Even now, the latest version still amazes me.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Wow! Lots of new names among this year's winners, good to see. Congratulations to all.
Not enough can be said about the software and the creators of it as well as the support people.

Mike B.

Thanks Peter!

Not just for the software, but for building such a supportive community for musicians!

Dear Dr Gannon, dear PGMusic staff,

Maha and I are pleased and honoured to be among the 2021 winners, and we want to thank everybody at PGMusic so much for it.

Whenever I try to explain to friends what BIAB means to me, I get amazed looks. Because that’s what I tell them and that’s what it is:it is: The only software I cannot replace by any other app. The only software that can lift me up or at least divert me for hours, even when times are bad. It’s definitely something that I wouldn’t want to miss, maybe even couldn’t miss.

I gave up brooding over how in the world BIAB works long ago - especially the soloist function remains a sheer miracle to me.

I remeber that I was already stunned by version 1 of BIAB. But when I returned to it after many years I couldn’t trust my eyes and ears - what an incredible, yes: ingenious development. And waiting for the next version is still exciting, the feeling that I get when I can finally check the list of new features always reminds me a bit of how I felt on Christmas Eve as a boy ...

Beyond all those wonerful musical experiences this forum has brought me some very precious personal contacts and even friedships which I am incredibly grateful for.

I want to congratulate all the winners - I do know that most of you wouldn’t change a thing if there wasn’t such an award, but I’m sure you’re all proud that your work (and, heck, there are so many musical and lyrical gems being posted here) is being valued and cherished this way. Well, I am...

Do I have to say, ‘Keep on writing, producin and posting!’ ? Nah, I guess that nothing in the world could stop you anyway...

Take care everybody,

Stefan

Hello the gentle Team,

Congratulations to all those registered because they fully deserve it. I was pleasantly surprised to be included on this list, because following personal problems I haven't really been active since September 2021. I would like to thank the staff for their kindness and impartiality. Anyone who allows Biab to flourish should be taken even as a beginner. A special prize could be awarded to these promising people to encourage them to promote your wonderful software.

Kindly regard and Than you again
Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Congrats to all!! Great job on songs with this awesome musical tool!,

Congratulation to all the winners

Thank you PG for my personal Wrecking Crew in a Box.

Thanks so very much to Dr. Gannon and his staff - to include the highly talented musicians who give PG Music the sound to work with. And then Dr. Gannon experts turn those sounds into the incomparable tools we, as users, are privileged to use to our hearts' content.

Band In A Box is so much more than a fabulous assembly of software. For many, it's a path from their bedroom or garage to the rest of the listening world. It's a vehicle that transports the cacophony of dozens of tunes stuck in our heads to to the instruments we play and then onto the audience. It dares us to use its various mechanisms to create something better than it's available collection of parts.

I'm delighted and honored to be a member of this list of wonderful creators of good music.

I would like to quickly comment on Greg Johnson's note of thanks. He mentioned my instrumentals often inspire him to ad lyric and vocal to them. even if my creations are reasonably good ... he turns them into magic and develops the real potential. Thanks, Greg ! I always say, and I mean it ... you are a song's best friend. And I'm happy to call you a good friend.

And Band In A Box introduced me to two of my very dearest friends - Stefan and Maha Nachstein - extremely talented folks from Germany.

Congrats to all. Didn't see a single person on the lisdt who doesn't deserve the honor. Best to everyone. Keep writing and picking.

Alan (al David)

Thanks so much to the PG team--what a wonderful tradition, and what a class organization for keeping it alive. And congrats to all the well-deserving winners, whose impressive work continues to inspire. It's a privilege to be a part of this wonderful forum.

Keep safe and stay well all,

Deej

Hello Peter,

Thank you, and also your team for putting me on the list of the 2022 Award. I highly appreciated it!

I would also like to congratulate all the other winners with their prize.
And I would also like to join Deej's warm words concerning the Forum (in his post above mine)!

Hans Berkhout

Congratulations to all of the winners. Well deserved.

A special thanks to Peter and staff from PG Music for their sensational generosity.

What a great company. Thank you.

Vic

To: Peter and all of the members of the PG Music Team,

First of all, thank you so much for your generosity and thoughtfulness in giving these marvelous gifts. I am humbled to be named along with the many talented composers, musicians, vocalists and lyricists on the list. As a writer and composer who sits alone in my little home studio, the challenges to create and produce my dreams in music are sometimes daunting. But BiaB has stepped in to fill a role that would require many other talented people to fill and many expensive hours to compensate for. I may possess the talent and creativity to build a house but unless I possess the tools and materials to get the job done properly I could never accomplish the task. This is exactly what BiaB does for each of the people on this list and so, so many more. I am grateful beyond expression for your insight into producing independent artist's dreams and the staff and musicians who make all of it possible!

Secondly, I add my congratulations to all of the great folks on this list...many of whom I admire as artists and now hold as friends and colleagues...this forum has become a valuable testing ground for our thoughts and creative urges...thanks to Band-in-a-Box!

Best Regards,
Dan Simmons (firesong)

TO: Dr. Peter Gannon and all the staff at PGM:
Thank you so much for including me in the company of such wonderful musicians and just good people.
What you have all accomplished is nothing short of amazing. You're in a class by yourselves. I consider it a privilege to be among you.
Respectfully submitted,
Ed

Wow!
Congrats to everyone!
I'm stunned by this.

What a wonderful way to encourage more creativity.

Thanks you so much!

Moto

I had no idea that awards are given out.

Congrats to all the winners; keep the music flowing !

Congratulations to all of the selected winners and to PG Music for this wonderful product.
I'd also like to thank all of the songwriter showcase members that have shared their show of support and encouragement for the songs I personally have added. It's a great community!

Congratulations to all!


I know I'm not around here much, but when I do drop by, I'm always amazed and impressed by the quality and number of original songs and top notch productions.

Well done.

Scott

Will there be a 2022 User Showcase Awards?