I'd like to suggest a new forum called "Monthly BIAB Songwriting Challenge" or maybe the more inclusive and less competitive "Monthly BIAB Songwriting Gathering."

The idea would be invite forum members to write and submit a song based on that month's theme: for example, a road song, or a river song, or a song about a city, a tree, etc. There are hundreds of possibilities.

Forum members could send in suggestions and each month one theme would be selected.

I used to belong to a songwriting group where we did this weekly. I was a bit skeptical at first, but it actually was a lot of fun to hear the variety of songs people would write from a common idea.

I think it would be a great showcase for BIAB's strengths and provide an opportunity for many forum-members to unite in a single goal.

It seems like the rules would be pretty simple:

1) Write to that month's theme

2) The backing tracks should be mostly, but not entirely, BIAB/RB


You could give awards each month for best melody, best lyrics, best use of BIAB/RB tracks.

John