Using Backing Tracks to Make Your Show More Professional…
The use of backing tracks is not only for karaoke singers but for performing artists too. If you are in a band of any sort then this information is for you to help take your act to the next level. Especially if you’re performing in some sort of tribute act or cover band. For years I’ve been singing and playing in various rock bands and for the greater part have been very well received in front of audiences. Up until not too long ago I would be inclined to pick songs that we performed based on how accurately we could represent that song from a stage. That is, could we cover all the required parts that make a song a hit and do it justice. Every so often a song would come along that required mature porn keyboards that were so important in the song that the song was just not worth doing without it. We wouldn’t be able to do it justice. So, rather than ruin the song we would put it on the shelf as a song we wished we could do. I didn’t see the sense in hiring a full time keyboard player to play in 20% of the songs at best so it made more sense to not do the song. (more…)