Everybody hurts 2010 (Helping Haiti)

A new version of the old REM song Everybody hurts was released by a group of artists calling themselves Helping Haiti. They were in fact Leona Lewis, Rod Stewart, Michael Buble, Mariah Carey plus a few others who got together to record this song with all the proceeds going to help victims of the Haiti [...]

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In my head (Jason Derulo)

A really quirky song all about seeing a girl in a club and imagining how great it would be to go out with her. This backing track of In My Head is the radio play version that Jason Derulo released. This backing track is in the original key of Eb. Listen to a 30 second [...]

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Google and meta tags

If you have a website which you use to promote your act or any other business, you’ll probably know that an important part of search engine optimization is the meta tags you display in the code of your webpages (if you haven’t come across the term search engine optimization it simply means designing your website [...]

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Don’t use illegal backing tracks!

Thanks to Billy who asked a question about backing track licencing: Hello Kenny, As you know all acts now have to have reciepts for there tracks and must be from a reputable source, will these tracks be ok? We have to have a £250 licence now, pro sub or something. I have loads of karaoke [...]

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1000w of Bose versus 2000w conventional PA

Received via email: Hi Kenny I have just read your really brilliant article on the mp3 backing trax web site about the Boes L1 Classic P A System http://www.mp3backingtrax.com/article39.htm I am looking at buying the new L1 Model 2 double bass package with ToneMatch audio engine, please can you tell me if this also produces [...]

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Honesty is the best policy…

They say honesty is the best policy…well here at MP3 Backing Trax, Honesty is our ONLY policy. See what I mean below: Hi Kenny I’d love to introduce new songs and arrangements and freshen up my set list. You’ve been in business for many years and I’m sure you must have a large library of [...]

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Gave it all away (Boyzone)

A beautiful song from Boyzone and one of the last tunes ever recorded with the late Stephen Gately. This backing track version of Gave it all away is the radio play version and is 4 and a half minutes long. A must for Boyzone fans this one… Listen to a 30 second audio clip (below) [...]

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The demise of midifiles

Lonell asked me a question about midifiles… Hi Since you guys sequence, why don’t you offer the Midi tracks for sale? Lonell Hi Lonell There are a few reasons why we don’t supply midifiles,  mostly it’s down to time and quality issues associated with midifiles: 1. It would add quite a lot of extra time [...]

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