A customer contacted me and asked if the Johnny Cash song “Ring of fire” would be suitable to be made in to a “Dance” track? Sadly the answer was “no”.
Here’s why (plus a rough guide to the types of songs that will work as dance tracks and those that won’t)….
Most songs CAN be made in […]
Here’s an email I received from a customer asking about forming a band and using backing tracks:
———————————————————————–
Hi Kenny
Just a stupid question… I want to start a music band of my
own but im nervous for the auditions.
I would like to start a r&b or rock band but dont know how
to go about it.
Can […]
I recently received an email from a customer who had heard me talk about the importance of MySpace but thought that MySpace was a waste of time for his act because he wasn’t getting any gigs from it.
Here’s his email and my reply below:
—————————————————————————————–
Hi Kenny..I have a my space site and it does nothing […]
I recently received an email from a gentleman who had a business idea which involved creating parodies of songs.
His question was about the legalities of doing this - a copyright minefield if you don’t get the music and permissions right!
Here’s his question (and my answer below):
——————————————————————————————
Hi Kenny
For a few years now, my wife and I have […]
A young lady called Parry emailed me today asking how she should go about getting started in the music business.
Here’s what she asked me (and my reply below):
————————————————————————————————-
Hi Kenny
I’ve decided I want to start singing professionally, however I have never performed
as a vocalist before. I know nothing about the equipment side. What i do […]
Yesterday, one of our customers, Ayshana contacted me with a problem she’s having with her home recording. Here’s what she wrote (and my answer beneath):
—————————————————————-
Hi Kenny,
I wanted to ask for some advice. I sound almost perfect
when performing, but when i record in a studio i sound
very nasal and the quality of the CD is very […]
MP3 Backing Trax was the first company on the internet to supply downloadable music (we started last century)! I set up MP3 Backing Trax because I quickly realised that downloading was the future of music distribution.
And I was right….
It seems that very few people buy CD’s now and music is selling more in downloadable format.
What this […]
A customer has emailed me asking me if feedback is going to be a problem with the Bose L1 system? He works in venues with quite small stage areas and asked if he sets up his Bose L1 too close to him will he get feedback. Here’s my answer:
Hi,
Feedback isn’t a major problem with the […]
Do you usually have to sing a new song several times before you can commit the words to memory? me to! It’s a real pain when you’re keen to perform a brand new backing track but need the lyric sheet in front of you. It just doesn’t look very professional on stage when you’re standing there reading the words!
But […]
Alesis have released some exciting new audio equipment for use with backing tracks on the iPod.
I’ve personally used many Alesis products over the years (in particular I had a drum machine and a little microverb digital reverb unit which I gigged to death, yet they just kept working without a single problem for over 20 years) […]