Online Backing Tracks
If you’ve ever wondered why your band should be using online backing tracks then you’re in the right place to find out. Quite simply, backing tracks are going to increase the professionalism of your show and your bands’ sound, and they will help to set you apart from the rest of the bands in the circuit you play in. You can check out our growing library by clicking on downloadable backing tracks.
There are just some songs that require you to have the keyboard parts or horn parts, or fancy backing vocals or whatever. Granted, you can do a “version” of some songs and sometimes even get by nicely without the extra instruments, but the fact is, if you add all of the proper parts to the song you’re playing, the song is going to sound better and more complete. The end result of this is that your audience is going to respond to your band much more enthusiastically than if you were to play the same song without those parts. When you use backing tracks you add the instruments that you may not already have on the stage making the songs sound “full.” Most audience members aren’t musicians and as such won’t even realize that you’re using tracks instead of a keyboard player or horn section. They don’t care. As long as your band sounds as good as they can the audience is happy.
The use of backing tracks is growing in popularity these days. More and more I’m running into musicians that are using tracks to complement their show and are glad to be doing so. This is especially true for tribute bands and bands that are doing corporate work. In order to get the good shows you have to have a professional sound. If you want to make any money doing it then you need to be a cut above the rest. Adding online backing tracks
to your show can help to give you that edge.
There are just some songs that require you to have the keyboard parts or horn parts, or fancy backing vocals or whatever. Granted, you can do a “version” of some songs and sometimes even get by nicely without the extra instruments, but the fact is, if you add all of the proper parts to the song you’re playing, the song is going to sound better and more complete. The end result of this is that your audience is going to respond to your band much more enthusiastically than if you were to play the same song without those parts. When you use backing tracks you add the instruments that you may not already have on the stage making the songs sound “full.” Most audience members aren’t musicians and as such won’t even realize that you’re using tracks instead of a keyboard player or horn section. They don’t care. As long as your band sounds as good as they can the audience is happy.
The use of backing tracks is growing in popularity these days. More and more I’m running into musicians that are using tracks to complement their show and are glad to be doing so. This is especially true for tribute bands and bands that are doing corporate work. In order to get the good shows you have to have a professional sound. If you want to make any money doing it then you need to be a cut above the rest. Adding online backing tracks
to your show can help to give you that edge.
Check out the video below to see how keyboard backing tracks can
help your band perform a wider variety of songs...
help your band perform a wider variety of songs...
My personal finding is that for the greater part of the playing I do, I don’t require a keyboardist. I think this is true for many players. I’m not for a minute suggesting that you should be using tracks over a live keyboard player. What I’m saying is that if your band doesn’t have a keyboard player already, then using backing tracks can open your band up to a whole new field of songs that you can throw into your set list.
You can use tracks even if you have a keyboard player though. A friend of mine plays keyboards in an ABBA tribute and they use tracks all the time, even when he’s playing. It simply gives you the opportunity to have all of the cool elements of an album production while playing live.
I wouldn’t usually add parts to a track that are already being played on stage as I think that can be a little too much. There would be no sense in even taking your guitar up on stage with you if the guitar is already on the track. My feeling is that the show can turn from a professional sounding band with tracks to a karaoke show fairly quickly so it’s essential that you have the proper instruments on the track and nothing else. You can add keys, horns, percussion, essential backing vocals etc, as long as you try to keep the “band” portion of the show real.
Click on online backing tracks to go to the top of this page or click on backing tracks downloads to return to the previous page. Go back to the home page for more info on backing tracks or go visit our downloadable backing tracks to see our growing collection of tracks for your live band.
You can use tracks even if you have a keyboard player though. A friend of mine plays keyboards in an ABBA tribute and they use tracks all the time, even when he’s playing. It simply gives you the opportunity to have all of the cool elements of an album production while playing live.
I wouldn’t usually add parts to a track that are already being played on stage as I think that can be a little too much. There would be no sense in even taking your guitar up on stage with you if the guitar is already on the track. My feeling is that the show can turn from a professional sounding band with tracks to a karaoke show fairly quickly so it’s essential that you have the proper instruments on the track and nothing else. You can add keys, horns, percussion, essential backing vocals etc, as long as you try to keep the “band” portion of the show real.
Click on online backing tracks to go to the top of this page or click on backing tracks downloads to return to the previous page. Go back to the home page for more info on backing tracks or go visit our downloadable backing tracks to see our growing collection of tracks for your live band.