10 TIPS/TRICKS If You Use BACKING TRACKS Live
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
- In this video, I share 10 different tips and tricks if you use backing tracks for live shows. I've been using backing tracks for years, and all of these I use myself when I use backing tracks. Some of them might be obvious, and some of them are a little more unique. But if you use backing tracks live, I guarantee at least some of these will help you out!
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1:26 - Backup Device
2:08 - Click/Metronome
3:06 - Cues with Click
5:44 - InEar Monitors
7:27 - Make The Show Run Smooth
8:24 - Karaoke Version
9:01 - Apps
10:07 - Drummer Click "Safety Knob"
13:43 - Use MIDI
15:18 - How Much Stuff in Backing Tracks?
17:35 - Outro
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Wow, great information ❤. I'm a slow learner and think I'll have to watch each video 5 times before it starts to sink in.
As a gigging musician. You have made my life so much easier. Thank you!
I'm 66 and don't desire to play in bands no more. I'm interested in playing again but at home, with backing tracks, floor pedals and headphones. Thanks for relevant material.
Nice! Glad to help 🤘
You, sir, are a gentleman, a scholar and a fantastic teacher! I am very thrilled to have stumbled upon your channel!!
Thanks and welcome 🤘🤘
I've been struggling with backing tracks for about 3 years. And you managed to gather and organize all the information I found and more. Your channel is exactly what I've been needing. Thanks, I really appreciate it.
Glad to help!
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Great tips. On tip #10, we were playing this gig when the drummer's bass pedal broke; while he did a quick, 5-6 minute reparation, we were able to continue because we did a couple of songs with drums in the backing tracks... files that we used for drumless practice. Same thing happened another time: the guitarist was involved in a traffic accident on the way to the show and we where able to start on time playing songs that were not too guitar heavy but with the guitar parts in the backing tracks.
Nice! That’s awesome!
Extremely helpful for someone who has never used backing tracks, but is about to. Thanks.
I can't believe how useful this was.
I have been using backing tracks for about 5 years now, tried several ways of doing it an I found lost of things that I never thought of.
Big THANK YOU, man!
Glad it helped!
The DI Box through trick is a great idea so the drummer can hear the tracks and not just the click. We will look into that. Thank you!
Yup, our drummer loves it!
Wow, experience is undeniably valuable! When you gig as much as you apparently do you quickly figure out what works and what doesn’t work so well. Thank you so much !!
Excellent breakdown of the backing track pros , cons and tips.
Im in a duo and it always seems to be some kind of compromise, too much , too little , none , everything.. 🤯 i think you nailed at the end when you say people are there to enjoy themselves whether youre a one man show or a 10 piece band, so if youre having fun on stage the audience will enjoy it too. 👍🎶
Exactly! I agree for sure 🤘
You popped up on my YT home. I'd been looking into backing tracks to possibly use on some solo projects. You shared a lot of great info. Thanks!
Awesome info! I want to check out all of your other videos!
So much good info in here! Thanks, Scott.
Great video, you are SPOT ON on everything you described 😊 Thanks 🙏
Incredible information. Thank you!
"Focus on the performance"
mate, I've just found your channel. I work as a drummer/MD/Playback engineer and I love hearing other peoples methods. I'm always learning. So much useful info here.
I always think - I'd rather have all the options and know how to utilise them just in case. Then your own taste comes into play when using tracks.
I toured fro years with an artist that had lots on track and we only had vocals, electric guitar and drums live. The general paying public just want a great performance... all this stuff can enhance that.
Thanks!
Couldn’t agree more, thanks for the comment man 🤘
@10:07 THANK YOU! My drummer stumbled onto this whilst messing with a barrage of Y splitters and junk but I knew there had to be a more efficient way. Then I found your video!
Not only does this give the drummer the monitor mix from FOH, they now have the click & backing on all separate channels.
Hell yeah! Glad you found it helpful. It’s SO useful for sure 🤘
Bro, may God bless you more and more for how you’re helping me with your tutorial videos!
Thx so much for sharing your experiences ! 🤜🏻🤛🏻
Thanks for watching 😊
Excellent help! Thank you
Glad I found your channel. Ive been a working musician for many years and have been apprehensive using backing backing tracks when I play solo. I've finally decided to give it a shot and your channel has helped immensely with getting me headed in the right direction. Thank you again. Looking forward to more videos.
Awesome thanks! And welcome to the world of tracks 😊
Excellent. Well explained. Good advice on use of backing tracks and clicks.
Thanks!
Incredible video. I use tracks exclusively and this has been a tremendous help. Thank you
Thanks!
Hi Scott, I have learned a lot from your videos. Thank you. My drummer hated the idea of playing to tracks and a click but I wanted to put my keyboard on backing tracks so I could get out from behind the keys and focus on being a better frontman. With a programed click the performance was stilted and sterile, the drummer really hated it! So I recorded a live “rehearsal” just the two of us without the rest of the band- drums with just 1 mic and my keys direct in one mono channel . Then I had him record his own click playing to his original drum track using a cowbell sound triggered by one key on my keyboard. This created a custom click that was based on his performance and had the natural ebb and flow/swing that was missing. This solved the issue he had with playing to a click so we did it for all our songs. (It also helped to prevent him from speeding up each song, :)
Nice! That’s awesome! Glad it convinced him with the power of backing tracks 😊
Oh man, my drummer was the same, he hated click tracks and never was able to keep steady beat so I totally gave up on backing tracks because as usual I'd be doing all the work. At least you got it going....I failed.
@@M5guitar1 yeah I know quite a few great drummers actually that can't play to a click. Kind of make some useless nowadays. Fortunately the drumline I work with now is awesome with a click. He always shined in the studio when it came time to work with the click but now we are working with backing tracks and our problem is fundage for gear.
Glad I came across this video now I got a few ideas how to approach this from a different perspective as long as we can get him a click in his ear we should be all good. Great video thanks for posting new subscriber for sure.
@@M5guitar1 I know your pain. My last drummer was the same 😒
Good problem-solving
Awsome.. every bit of this video is informative for me thank u for sharing
Great tips, thanks. I've always fed my tracks into the Behringer to split the click and music but using the double DI box seems a much better idea as gives more control.
I'm always learning a lot! Thanks for sharing
Thanks!
excellent tips - and I have LOVED using midi to control the HX Stomp as well!
Oh yeah! I love not having to pedal dance!
Thanks Scott!
Just another note of appreciation for the excellent quality and depth of the information you provide!
Thanks man!
I always like to keep learning new stuff thank you
Wow this just explained everything I have been wondering about for a long time. Thank you!!!
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This is excellent info for us smaller 4 piece bands who need to sound bigger. Always great stuff, Scott.
Thanks man, and yup absolutely!!
Super helpful video!! Thanks a lot!!
Thanks for the practical real world tips mate - I will check out more or your content Cheers
Very informative video. Thank you.
Outstanding video. I stumbled upon this but now I will check out your other videos. Thanks!
Thank you!
Super helpful, thank you so much! Subscribed!
Thanks for the sub!
I’m an instant fan of this channel
Thanks Shane!
I find myself watching your videos over and over because I glean something new from them every time. Keep it up dude…you’re the best!
Thanks Chuck!
Super cool tips thanks a bunch!
Excellent video thanks.
Excellent video. Very useful information
thank you! my new band is running backing tracks for the first time ever this coming weekend so this was very helpful.
Glad to help!
Fantastic video! This has given me the confidence I needed to take my 'one man band' live with a laptop in absence of having a drummer - hopefully getting out there in any capacity will help me find one so it doesn't look as awkward on stage!
Nice! Glad to hear that! 🤘🤘
It is great help. Very informative, very educational! Congrats!
Thanks! Glad you found it helpful 🤘
You have great content. Thank you Scott.
Thank you 🙏
Thanks for the video Scott, great info. Just started experimenting with backing tracks and wasn't sure if I really wanted to make the leap. (Old School Guy) Kinda worried about the backlash from other musicians and the audience. This video not only helped me realize how helpful backing tracks can be. You got a new subscriber and fan here. Looking forward to checking out your library of videos. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! I appreciate it. And in my opinion, unless you are doing super proggy technical stuff that appeals to other musicians…. What other musicians think should not matter. Musicians are some amazing people…. But also probably the most opinionated people I’ve ever met lol. You definitely cannot please them all… so do what’s best for you!
Very good suggestions/information. ❤❤❤
Thank you 🙏
So happy I stumbled across your channel. Gonna pass this along to my grandkids so they can learn about backing tracks and using suggested gear. Great job, thanks. Just subscribed and now it's time to check out all your other videos.
Thanks! I appreciate it!
i love working with drummers who use that setup, i've had to help many set it up, but seriously - if your drummer aint running like THAT, he needs to be schooled! :) haha
Scott, just wanted to say thank you for all your videos. By far the best videos on you tube for live performance tips, midi programming, backing tracks, click set up You have turned our incredibly completed show into a seamless running machine that’s as professional as it gets. Thanks a million for doing these videos 🤙
Thanks Tony! I really appreciate that! Glad the videos have been so helpful 🤘
Thanks again scott , another amazing video 👍👏
Thank you!
I appreciate everything. I'm trying to go solo, so this was very helpful. Thanks.
Glad to help 🤘
So useful, thanks Scott
Thanks for watching!
Great advice Scott, lived this video.
Definitely looking forward to your videos on Multitracker. I've been messing around with it for a while and it is really cool what you can do with it!
Yeah it really is! I still need to dive deeper into it, but I plan to release that one in about a month or so 🤘 Really cool app!
Hey Scott great videos so thank you - new subscriber! I use StageTraxx 3 which is a brilliant playback app worth looking at but I am also looking to your video on Multitracker which is looks like it has great potential for adjusting what instruments to be used. However I believe the developer is due to put out a major update soon so you may want to check that out?
@@brianlewis2641 Oh nice, I'll have to check that out. I haven't heard of that. I still need to dive deeper into this program. It's pretty crazy all it can do!
Thank you, super useful! Didn't even think commenting tracks
Glad it helped!
This is nice for all the new kids: and for me, I still pick up some good tips from this. I'm into loops now, but I still use tracks. I remember how everyone was telling me that it was not real music, but they weren't getting my pay and it was so much simpler for me. Thanks for all the great ideas.
Yup, haters will hate, but tracks are a great addition to my setup for sure 👍
usually we get hate from other musicians but when we go to the show everybody has a good time and enjoys the songs we play..
Thank you for this video ! it resolved many of my questions. Greetings from France
Awesome videos! Helped get me and my band started on backing tracks! Only having piano and drums at band practice due to musicians not showing up sucked and this has helped us round out our sound with bass backing tracks and adding keyboard layers with Moog and Hammond sounds.
Nice! Glad to help!
Pure gold. This video alone deserve massive subscription!!! ❤
Thank you 🙏
Appreciate your tips, Scott! As I move from solo guitar/vocal to adding my own BT's and looping, I particularly noticed your first tip: having a back-up. I'll address that! Thank you.
Thanks! And yes, always have a backup for sure
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Nice! Yeah one of my first guitars I ever bought :)
Awesome video! This was extremely helpful, thank you!
Thanks!
Excellent presentation on some very important information to help my band use backing tracks like a pro!
Glad it was helpful!
Well down Scott! Thanks for the tips,
Looking to start a new project and am keen to be using clicks and backing tracks so some good tips but really keen to go back and look at your playlist on building backing tracks. Looks like your channel is going to be a priceless find, cheers.
Thanks Mark 🤘
Hi Scott, I really like the tip on adding players and having different versions of the backing tracks to fill the gig! Great info and video once again! Thanks
Glad to help! It’s definitely a valueable tip 🤘
Great insight Scott, always well done.
Thanks!
Thanks for the great information 😊
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Very helpful thanks.
that karaoke website has saved me sooooooo much time, thanks man!
Dude I know, same here!
This is the best thing I have ever watched on the internet regrading live music. Mate - legend
Thanks man! Glad to help out 🤘
Very very useful. thank you Scott!
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Thank you for one more amazing video!, Greetings from Argentina
Thanks! Greetings 🤘
thanks again Scott.. your info/advice is definitely helpful.. I'd like to see/hear a video of how you mix down the backing track stems to arrive to the final backing track mix.. especially from the point of view of using them for your duo setup.
Thanks! And I kind of go over that here: ua-cam.com/video/nw8wZfFSQ2w/v-deo.html
Hi Scott this was eye opening!! We are getting our Funk fusion band back together and the Keyboardist is out. We are knew to using backing tracks, but form all 10 tips was great!! especially the drummer click and the adding it to the board with a separate small mixer. also having full backup of all your track, was eye opening. Really enjoyed your teaching/info sharing style!! PROPS!!!!
Thanks! Glad to help 🤘
THank you for the tip for the Drummer with the small mixer and DI box with the Thru!! Very cool
It’s a super cool setup, and very helpful!
Great video! I’ve watched several of your vids, they are amazing! I’m a singer also a songwriter and producer and I am planning on playing live by myself with backing tracks and this was so helpful I will definitely watch all of your other videos! Thanks again for sharing your knowledge!! 😃
Thanks, glad the videos have been helpful!
Great tips, Scott. Thank you. Just getting into your channel, and learning a lot.🤙🏼❤️🤘🏼
Thanks Mick! 🤘
Scott, your videos are excellent. My cover band is considering backing tracks, your experience and thorough explanation is much appreciated.
Thanks! Glad you’ve enjoyed the channel 🤘
Hey man don’t stop making these videos they are great help
Thanks! Glad you found it helpful 🤘
I just did my first gig using your tip for sending click and tracks thru a dual DI to my personal mixer. Having the ability to control volume on the monitor mix, click, and tracks was fantastic. Thanks a million for the tip!
Awesome! Glad it helped 🤘 It’s insanely useful for sure. Such a valuable tip. I’m grateful for the musicians who showed me it
Well done !
It helped me realize that I can add backing tracks with various instruments and leave out certain instruments. I also learned that some things I'm already doing, such as having an extra smartphone, and using a click track to count into my songs.
Scott, you're great!
Thank you 😊
The backing track website was super helpful. I have a helix and do vocals. I was wanting to start doing cover artist shows in my area, but high end quality musicians are hard to find. making my own tracks was shaping up to be a huge time commitment on top of needing them to be leveled professionally. So this just opened the doors a lot to streamline this process and save money.
I also loved the idea of having a few different options of tracks in case I do find musicians to work with that can come in and out of the set
Yeah that site is super helpful. Sometimes they sound pretty awful and I’ll add strings or something to them, but for the most part they are really good and saves me a TON of time
Very thorough.
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Thanks!
Thanks man. Really great tips
Thanks 🙏
Good video, one tip I'd like to add though, it may seem simple, but it can be overlooked
NEVER, EVER, STREAM TRACKS. I've seen too many people rely on mobile data or venue wifi (assuming the venue even has wifi) to play their tracks, and it NEVER goes smoothly. Always locally store your files!!
For effects, my guitarist and vocals run through my setup, so my daw applied the effects live in track with the song. And for varying band lineups, what I like to do is separate the band parts of the song (drums, guitar), and put them in the daw with the rest of the song, but as separate tracks. This way, if a member can't make it, I just unmute the track and boom! Back in action
Absolutely! Good advice. Never stream tracks! And that’s a cool way to do the effects too. I did something similar (kind of), but I ended up overloading my laptop haha
You are great, you try to cover everything to try to help a musician. Thanks
I appreciate that!
Thank you for the tips. I use backing tracks that I have set up for aging with my duo partner and another set when I'm playing solo. I only play rhythm so I include lead parts, or I record a simple piano part. Most of my tracks I have done myself on my keyboard. It is a bit of a challenge sometimes finding a drum beat that I like or an accompaniment sound that fits the song. But I feel a little less like I'm cheating if my backing tracks are also 'me'...if that makes sense. That way I can tweak the arrangement if I want as well. I do use some tracks that I have just removed the vocals from the original tune and that works well too. I subscribed and will be checking out your other videos on this topic as well as the in ear monitor videos...and well...probably all of your videos... thank you!!
Very informative, well done!
Thank you!
great advice, first gig with backingtracks on saturday 🔥🔥🤟
Nice! Have a great show!
Excellent video Scott!
I'll keep this short, but I totally agree with you about using backing tracks. Other "musicians" frown upon them, but as I was telling one musicians even yesterday, "We are NOT performing for MUSICIANS, we are performing for non musicians who are paying for our entertainment. Other musicians do not financially support our art. Music lovers do."
I'll stop here before I get the soap box out! haha
P.S. I always hit the thumbs up bc I learn tons AND I know you put so much into them. Thanks!
Thanks Izzy! And yeah, I personally have never heard a good reason not to use them. And almost every single musician I’ve heard say “no tracks” has eventually used tracks. People can do what they want, but I definitely like using them. Thanks again!
Well Said. "We are NOT performing for MUSICIANS, we are performing for non musicians who are paying for our entertainment.
Thought this was a really helpful video with some great tips/advice. Thank you. I'm going to be doing a live performance at the end of October and hope to use backing tracks with live singing for part of it. SoundCue not available in the UK for us with MacBook Air. Thinking about using MainStage but there's a lot of alternatives out there. Thanks once again.
If you are using a computer, definitely using a DAW like logic or ableton gives many more possibilities! I did a video with more details here: ua-cam.com/video/ZFyctFCZcS0/v-deo.html
Great job, Scott! One thing I learned in using backing and click tracks is to be self-contained. This way the band can go from venue to venue and maintain a consistent backing track set-up and have sole control over what we hear in our in-ears. At one time we would send the sound operator both the click and backing track and rely on them to route it back to us. It proved to be problematic. Either they would inadvertently mute the click or mess with the levels to the point we couldn't hear the track. Your segment on the Drummer Click Safety Knob is a variation of how we're set up. From our track source, the click and backing track go directly to the drummer; the rest of us get just the backing track.
Yeah I’ve done shows where the sound guy sends us the click. It’s been ok so far, but I’ve seen it happen where it’s a real problem before!
Great video thank you! Looking forward to watching the playlist on how to make them 😊👍🏼 subscribed for this valuable set of ideas, cheers!
Thanks! And the video is live here: BACKING TRACKS for LIVE PERFORMANCES - COMPLETE Step by Step Guide
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I’m going to do my first solo gig as a guitarist so I will be looking through you videos.