Matt Monroe and Sinatra

A customer called Alan, a doctor from the UK who also enjoys music told me a great story as we got talking about backing tracks and famous singers… Hi Kenny, I will tell you a true story. Two young men were in the Army, both good singers and best of friends. They were in Hong [...]

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Michael Jackson Backing Tracks

The music world lost one of its biggest stars yesterday, Michael Jackson. Personally I wasn’t a big Michael Jackson fan. However I am a fan of high quality, well produced, creative music.  I also admire live performers with great talent…and they don’t come much more talented than Michael Jackson.  I have spoken to many fellow entertainers who [...]

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Minidisc or mp3

Thanks to Pete for contacting me. He’s considering using backing tracks in his act and possibly using Minidisc… Hello Ken I am a complete novice at this, but I am a musician and have written my own songs and I need to put them on to disc. I am a dinosaur -I’ve been playing guitar [...]

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iTunes and DRM copyright protection

Kelly from the USA wants a custom backing track created. I told him to send me a copy of the original, I’ll have a listen to it, and give him a quote how much it’s going to be to create as a backing track. He has the original song on his computer in his iTunes [...]

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Finding a cheap second hand drum machine

Tom from Leicester contacted me a while back asking for advice on ways he could set up some simple drum loops to play along with. Now Tom has decided to buy a fully fledged dedicated drum machine and is looking for something that sounds good but is not over expensive... Hey Kenny! Can you help? [...] Read More Read Comments

Mama do (Pixie Lott)

Ah, the Essex girl done good! Mama do is the first number 1 hit for Pixie Lott and a great catchy tune it is too. Our backing track is the radio play version. The vocal begins straight away with this song so in our backing track we've put a piano chord to pitch you then [...] Read More Read Comments

Music licencing permissions

A customer called George contacted me to ask a question about music licencing... Hi Kenny, Greetings: Thanks for the great info. I found a track recently on the web. I contacted the site owner about getting permission to use the track. However, they can't say who the author is. Its a reggae track. What can [...] Read More Read Comments

Up all night (Take That)

Often referred to as the original boy band, Take That are all grown up now and still producing hit records. This backing track is of the song Up all night and is a foot tapping hand clapping cracker. Listen to a 30 second audio clip (below) or buy the full backing track from our catalogue: [...] Read More Read Comments

Please don’t leave me (Pink)

A typical rock song by a typical rock chick. Please don't leave me is a great backing track and easy to sing. It's not too high so female singers shouldn't have any trouble reaching the high notes in this one. Listen to a 30 second audio clip (below) or buy the full backing track from [...] Read More Read Comments

Release me (Agnes)

A brilliant dance backing track as only the MP3 Backing Trax team can produce. This catchy song was originally recorded by the Swedish stunner Agnes and is one of the best dance tracks to come out that year. Very reminiscent of Cascada songs, this is nevertheless a great tune and a great backing track. Listen [...] Read More Read Comments