I didnt hear any of your demos with band in a box?

I can understand getting defensive, you spend alot of time trying to make band in a box your songwriting, recording, and producing solution, and your proud of your results. Thats fine.

But should I sign up on that forum and explain my case? I have my ownership papers for the software, I have recordings with and without band in a box.

But keeping it friendly, a fair question would be. How can one get an original arrangement, from a software that uses the same arrangements for the hundreds of thousands of people who use it?

Just because one guy uses an electric piano, in a country waltz style, whilst the other uses a, a fiddle solo, does not make each arrangement original.

What is meant about ORIGINAL, is it plays the music you compose. Band in a box does not do that, it ARRANGES the music you write, in a generic way.

Its not all only in the hands of the user, there is only so much you can do with it. If it was THAT good nobody would ever spend 10,000 on a recording.

I agree, a good song will shine through no matter what, but the arrangement and recording have to be top shelve if you expect it to compete.

Playing the demos for friends on the PGmusic site is not your target audience, put it on itunes or in youtube and see how many people tell you how wonderful it sounds. Ive never read one even halfway critical review of anybody's song on there. I realized all of this and STILL purchased the whole set, it's a fine personal tool and practicing software.

It's a fine idea generator, it's not a replacement for a home studio. You might be able to do jingles and small projects with it, but with alot of playing your own pieces on top of the band in a box bed tracks.

Yes, Paul McCartney new little about theory but was a gifted songwriter and performer.

Joe Pass a jazz legend has said he really didnt understand the theory of his playing.

Most pop stars do not have the same musical knowledge as classical or jazz musicians.

So my answer to okie dokie, is okie dokie right back atcha.

I would register at pgforums, but I know it's an exercise in futility, nobody who spends a few hundred bucks on a software wants to hear that they cant do what a half a million dollar recording studio can do.

But I wish you luck, we're all trying to the same result