Donald from the UK is having trouble getting Audacity to play his backing track as he records his vocal: Hi Kenny, I have installed Audicity ok. But if I import an MP3 track and select microphone, then press Record, the microphone records but the backing track is silent. I will be thankful if you can [...]
Want to know what other entertainers out there are doing to improve their act, keep themselves up-to-date, and stay one step ahead of the rest? Here’s a list of the best-selling entertainment related downloads on the internet this month (it’s a bit of a mixed bag so there should be something here for everyone): ******************************** RiffmasterPro Slowdown Music ******************************** Let’s [...]
A customer called Mark contacted me to say he was having problems with BT Internet. He had ordered backing tracks but hadn’t received the email with the download links and asked if I could help? No problem, that’s what I’m here for! The first thing I noticed was that his email address was a BT Internet [...]
Thanks to Ron from Australia for this story (and a warning) about dealing with fly-by-night backing track companies who take your money and then cease trading… Kenny Thanks, I really enjoy your site, have learned a lot and will continue using it however, can you confirm nothing untoward is going on? I used a [...]
Thanks to George for asking this question about recording audio and saving as mp3… Hello I have just read your information about converting minidisc backing tracks to mp3 format. The program you recommend is unavailable. Could you recomend another one. Most of my tracks are mono would this make a difference when they are converted [...]
Jan from Sweden emailed me again with a bit more info about his set up… Kenny! Many, many thanks for your prompt and detailed answer. It helped my thougts about the L1-systems a lot. I actually bought both the L1 model 2 (8 months ago) and the L1 Compact (1 week ago) to my work-place [...]
Jan from Sweden contacted me and like MANY others, raises this point yet again about the Bose L1. Come on Bose, for goodness sake start telling your customers the power ratings of your L1 systems! Every week another of your prospective customers contacts me asking me about power output and loudness etc. Every week others contact [...]
The old Barry Manilow song I made it through the rain enjoyed a revival in 2009 when John Barrowman made the charts. This backing track is based on the John Barrowman version but Manilow fans will be pleased to know that JB hasn’t strayed very far from the BM arrangement at all. In fact, the [...]
I received an email from William, a new, prospective customer from England who asked some basic questions about backing tracks, how to download them, and how to use them with an iPod. Of course I was happy to help him out with some answers. At the same time it also occurred to me that very [...]
