If you抮e a performing artist and want to take a step to increase the 憌ow?factor of you show, you抮e going to need to take the jump to using backing tracks on stage. They allow bands and artists to give an even more exacting performance of the songs they play in their repertoire.
Of course they抮e more suitable for some bands than others but I believe that at some level, all bands and artists can benefit from doing their performances in this way. Cover bands and tribute bands especially. In my experience most bands that play in a circuit of any kind are consisting of a drummer, bassist, guitar player or two and a singer, with the band members supporting by doing backing vocals.
It抯 also been my observation over the years that many people play guitar for example, but can抰 sing, or can抰 sing and play. This serves to limit the vocal performance of the band because they can抰 cover harmonies that may in fact be critical. Also omitted often are songs that require keyboard parts. By require, I mean the song really cannot be performed without that keyboard part. Sure there are tons of bands out there that have a keyboard player but I抳e never been in a band that wants a keyboardist to play in every song because just as some songs require a keyboard part, other songs may be somewhat diminished by adding a keyboard line.
Enter the use of backing tracks. With backing tracks you can add every special little piece to the songs you play. I抳e used tracks with keyboard parts, horn parts, percussion parts and even some backing vocals. I抦 careful about how much I抦 willing to add to a track in terms of backing vocals. Generally if it抯 something that is absolutely critical to the success of the performance of the song then I抣l add it, i.e. the part sounds like a choir or something that simply cannot be replicated by one or two singers. I have in the past added parts that may help save the top end of my range and the very occasional harmony. I try to be mindful of the difference between a band performance and what might appear to become a karaoke performance if you start adding too much.
Using tracks allows us to cover everything from the simplest song to orchestra backed songs. Audience respond well to the fact that you sound 慾ust like?the band you抮e covering and in my experience, assuming you抳e picked the right songs, will dance all night long.
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