Originally Posted by Jethro_Aberdeen
I have used BIAB for the foundation of the song especially for styles I don't play well, and then remove strings or bass or redo drums to my liking. If you use it as a tool and not simply as a finished product you can produce your own music and sound more professional. To do that, you need to be able to edit and play midi which if you are serious about your craft is worth learning and all those piano lessons become important. Without keyboard skills it makes it very difficult to get there. To build a song in a daw from scratch is a lot of work, which is how I do most of my songs, where BIAB will get you there faster, again you need to learn the program and as much music theory you can to get a good result.


Hi Jethro,
I have a combination of slight ADD and a dumb left hand. In English this means that while I learn some things easily, and very well, I can't learn other because my mind isn't engaged enough to spend the time to learn them; and I had an accident when I was young that broke my left wrist and left me with nerve damage making my left hand slightly behind my brain. This rules out music theory and playing any 2 handed instrument. I did play everything brass for about 3 years, and not very well, but after losing my pitch in Vietnam from big guns giving me cracked and scarred eardrums, I lost all interest in playing for 30+ years until I started writing lyrics again in 2001.
To be honest, I would love to have been able to play piano, guitar, or most of all sax; but it was never meant to be. I use BIAB as a very basic tool to generate chords and percussion in styles that fit my lyrics and the melody comes from my vocals/my head.

Have a goodun,

John W. Selleck BMI Songwriter
A day without learning is a day lost forever.

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