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Understanding backing track music copyright

Hi kenny,
My wife & I tour the folk scene, playing traditional & contemporary music - what some might call covers.
We know the traditional stuff is copyright free, but the other tunes aren’t.
As we play our own instruments & sing, we don’t need backing tracks. Therefore how do we allow for royalty payments on our own [...]

What songs are good for cabaret?

Thankyou to Thomas for this question about what type of songs to sing for cabaret type work…
Hi Kenny
First of all,thanks for sending me the fourtops track..
I need some advice from you..I am a baritone and I want to get from barwork top cabaret work.
I have bought many medleys from you and now my manager tells [...]

Finding your key for a particular song

Thanks to Amy for this question about changing the key of a backing track:
Hi
I would like to know the cost to change the key of Haven’t Met You Yet by Michael Buble.  We would need to go higher for a female 2nd soprano voice.
Amy
Hi Amy
Generally, female singers have a vocal range that’s 5 semitones [...]

Will the Bose L1 suit a solo singer with backing tracks?

Thanks to Tim for another question about the ubiquitous Bose L1…
Hi
just read your excellent article on the Bose L1 Classic PA system and wondered if you could answer a couple of questions.
I am a solo vocalist who currently uses MP3 backing tracks via a laptop running through a 500 watt Yamaha mixer and wooden cabinet [...]

Backing tracks from Minidisc to mp3

Hi team,
i just wanted to know if you could help, i am a singer and i use mini disc, however my method of transfering songs from cd to md is becoming more difficult because my hi fi system is about 10 years old and won’t read many cd’s that i burn from my pc,
i just [...]