Backing Track Blog

Creating “Dance” tracks

Kenny Campbell — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:30:32 +0000

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 to great floor-thumping dance tracks, but many cannot.

This is because generally dance tracks need to be between 120 to 140 beats per minute tempo and need to be made up with a ”4 in the bar” type of rhythm. So, any song which already has an original tempo of 120 to 140 beats per minute (and has a 4 in the bar rhythm) WILL work as a dance track.

Unfortunately a song like “Ring of fire” is a “2 in the bar” type tempo and shuffles along at around 178 beats per minute - which just isn’t suitable for fitting in to a dance track type of timing.

However, what many people don’t realise is that slow songs of only 60 - 70 beats per minute can actually work fine as dance tracks because their tempo can be ”doubled” to make them fit a dance beat (as long as they have 4 in the bar rhythm). Examples of this is our dance track versions of “If tomorrow never comes” and Titanics “My heart will go on”

As always, if in doubt about any song you would like us to create as a dance track, just ask!

http://www.mp3backingtrax.com/customtrax.htm

Regards

Kenny

Beth Roberts (female vocalist from Costa Blanca, Spain)

Kenny Campbell — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:40:35 +0000

The MP3 Backing Trax team welcome Beth Roberts from the Costa Blanca, Spain - the latest artiste to promote her entertainment act in our YourSpace section.

Beth is a music technology/sound recording trained female vocalist and multi-lingual entertainer who performs classical choral to soft rock, country & western, swing to jazz funk and everything else in between.

Pete Stewart (male vocalist from Aberdeen)

Kenny Campbell — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:05:10 +0000

The MP3 Backing Trax team welcome Pete Stewart from Aberdeen, Scotland - the latest artiste to promote his entertainment act in our YourSpace section.

Pete has been singing in pubs and clubs around the North East of Scotland for the past eight months and is available for birthdays, weddings and corporate functions.

Pete’s specialities are his crooners night (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Matt Monro) and his WWII show (Pete dresses in the full WWII uniform of the Royal Scots Greys)…

All summer long (Kid Rock)

Kenny Campbell — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:19:19 +0000

A re-working of Sweet home Alabama, this Kid Rock song is called “All summer long” and is a great backing track.

This backing track has been created based on the radio play version. If ever there was a song with a feel good tone to it, it’s this one.

A perfect backing track for any male singer.Listen to a 30 second audio clip (below) or buy the full backing track from our catalogue:

Audio Clip:

MilagroBand (Christian Band from San Diego CA)

Kenny Campbell — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:57:28 +0000

The MP3 Backing Trax team welcome MilagroBand from San Diego California - the latest band to promote their entertainment act in our YourSpace section.

MilagroBand spread the gospel using music with funkified latin beats and soulful guitar riffs.

Putting a band together

Kenny Campbell — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:19:13 +0000

Here’s an email I received from a customer asking about forming a band and using backing tracks:

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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 use backing tracks for this purposes as well and can
I remix them?Ronald
———————————————————————–Hi Ronald

Don’t worry, there are no stupid questions in the world - only questions
you don’t have the answer to yet!

It’s always best to try to find band members who are “on the same
wavelength” and are interested in the same type of music as you are
interested in, so will have the same passion for the music you play
together as a band.

If you put a full band together, there is no need for backing tracks
at all.

However, if you only put a part band together (eg drums, guitar and
bass) then you could use specially produced custom backing tracks
to give you the extra sounds your band can’t play like keyboards, brass,
strings, synths etc. See http://www.mp3backingtrax.com/customtrax.htm
for more info).

When it comes to remixing backing tracks, you cannot remix audio
backing tracks yourself but you can remix midifle backing tracks
yourself so if you want to do the remixes yourself, buy midifiles, and
if you want us to do the remixes, order custom made backing tracks
from http://www.mp3backingtrax.com/customtrax.htm

Regards

Kenny

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The Kane Brothers (Duo from Scotland)

Kenny Campbell — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:27:04 +0000

The MP3 Backing Trax team welcome The Kane Brothers to the YourSpace section of our website.

Drew and Tommy have been together over 20 years performing at weddings, birthdays, aniversarys, pubs, clubs etc. and are reknowned for creating a party atmosphere.

You can read more about The Kane Brothers at:

http://www.mp3backingtrax.com/yourspace/1/TheKanebrothers.htm

If you’d like to add your act to our YourSpace section, it’s easy and free! Just go to:

http://www.mp3backingtrax.com/yourspace

Re-Vive (Band from Ayr, Scotland)

Kenny Campbell — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:43:24 +0000

The Trax team welcome Re-Vive from Ayr in Scotland, the latest band to promote themselves on our YourSpace section.

The bands line up consists of Shirley Lead Vocals, Robin Lead/Rhythm Guitar and Danny on Vocals and Bass Guitar.

Read more about Re-Vive at:

http://www.mp3backingtrax.com/yourspace/1/Re-Vive.htm

Peggy Dee (Country singer from W Midlands)

Kenny Campbell — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:49:16 +0000

The MP3 Backing Trax team welcome Peggy Dee from the west Midlands - the latest artiste to promote herself on our YourSpace section.Peggy is a country music artist who has currently only been singing for about 18 months and does cover versions of some of the greatest country songs by the great queens of country music.

Read more about Peggy Dee:

http://www.mp3backingtrax.com/yourspace/1/PeggyDee.htm

Singing in the rain (TraxTeam Dance Version)

Kenny Campbell — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:10:28 +0000

It seems that every 10 years this song makes a comeback in some form or another.

So, we’ve created a dance version of it which captures the mood and feel of every up-tempo version that’s ever been released.

This isn’t based on any particular version…it’s simply the Trax Teams own special arrangement of this great tune and we’ve produced it in a male key (the key of A) and a female key (the key of D).

A great song, timeless, and an equally great backing track.

Listen to a 30 second audio clip (below) or buy the full backing track from our catalogue:

Audio Clip (female key of D):

Audio Clip (male key of A):