Haven’t met you yet (Michael Buble)

Further cementing Michael Buble as one of the biggest entertainers of the Noughties, this backing track of Haven’t met you yet is nothing short of brilliant. A great tune and suitable for any male singer to sing. Get this in your set list now if you haven’t already done so – audiences love this song. [...]

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Social Networking gets your act noticed

There’s been an awful lot of stuff written about Social Networking recently. Most entertainers already know about Social Networking websites, especially MySpace, but very few entertainers fully understand exactly how to leverage the power of these types of websites to push their act and promote it using Social Networking. My article on Social Networking gives [...]

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An inappropriate track?

One of my favourite songs of last year (and a really BIG seller for us here at MP3 Backing Trax) was the Alexandra Burke song “Hallelujah.” You may remember, Alexandra was the X Factor winner who took the song to the top of the charts in December of last year. In the last few weeks though, [...]

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Backing tracks and vocals through the same PA system

Here’s a question I was asked about whether you should put your vocals through the same PA as your backing tracks… Kenny, Just recently purchased NUMARK Ipod Mixer. its awsome. I do have A QUESTION REGARDING VOCALS AND PA SYSTEM. Should I be singing out of the same speaker that the music (The backing Track) [...]

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Why are some backing tracks NOT in their original keys?

A young lady called Clair emailed me with a good question about keys… Hi Myself and my sister have been purchasing mini-discs from your company for a while now. We are more than happy with the discs and the service is second to none. Although we are very happy with alot of our purchases so [...]

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Protect your backing tracks

Thanks to James from Australia who contacted me to tell me a horror story about almost losing all his backing tracks. It seems his son uses his computer as well and likes to download music from the internet. His son decided to free up a bit of hard disk space by deleting a whole bunch of songs [...]

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How to have a long career

I’ve had a few emails recently from singers who are just starting out in the music business. It’s great to see new talent coming in to our business. Two emails in particular stood out to me. The first “newbie” entertainer felt a little intimidated about starting out and wasn’t sure if she could really hold her own [...]

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