Saturday, 16 August 2008

Backing tracks

I also discovered that people will download and use backing tracks off the internet regardless of quality or arrangement. It's really easy, you just search for the song in midirobot or some other specific search engine, download it and record it to your minidisc/CD/whatever. So there's no personal touch, the key might be wrong, it might not work live. Sometimes I think they secretly hope no one is listening, but that doesn't matter anyway because other people will still hear, and they leave with a particular impression.
I do my own backing tracks, which means they're specifically arranged by and for me. It takes me about 10 hours minimum to make one. That means listening to one song for that long, so I have to like it. Which means, in turn, that I only do songs I like. So there's no use in asking me to play 'Lady in Red', I'm afraid.

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