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Anyone know where to get quality backing tracks ?

blackstratblackstrat
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My friend asked me to put a small show together for his upcoming wedding and i need some 'small club duo' style backing tracks with quality bass and drums (not midi files). Any advice on where to find (don't mind paying) real quality tracks of classic rock and pop covers without vocals or guitars would be greatly appreciated. I only need about 2 hours worth ... maybe 25 or 30 tracks ?
I looked on ebay but i'm not sure about the quality of the product etc.
Thanks.
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  • WOGS858WOGS858
    these are all free and they are mp3 they prob aren't what your lookin for but here they are

    http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list
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  • blackstratblackstrat
    Hey thanks heaps WOGS858.
    That is the kind of track selection to keep my mate and his wedding geusts happy ! A couple of them sound o.k.
    Maybe i could do a remix on a couple of 'em.??
    I am really after live instruments... but as we all know .. if the midi is well mapped out and done by a pro, then assigned to a cool sample or sound font, sometimes they can work? especially at a wedding where the drinks and vibes are flowing !
    If anyone knows of great sampled tracks or live backing tracks, please post a link. I don't mind paying if i can get the quality bass and drum sound.
    Thanks again WOGS858.
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  • philfloodphilflood
    You might want to look into karaoke CD's. Most medium to large cities have at least one shop that sells that sort of thing. Most of those will let you audition the CD before you buy it.
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  • shreddshredd
    Backing tracks are great - when you can find decent ones. I personally have found some pretty good stuff on www.guitarbt.com, but selection is limited. Surely someone sells a CD full of that kinda stuff.
    BUT: don't forget the magical capabilities of your trusty GNX. If you have a '3 or a '4, it's got that wonderful 8track OBR you can make songs to play with. You can use loops, or record full songs, etc. I even put keyboard tracks on mine with my trusty ol' Roland. The shortcoming is the drums - even the 4's midi is not the ultimate - and I use my little ZOOM drum machine when I want better sound or to program a song, rather than a continuous rythm.
    But hey, it's a wedding, right? Just don't start playing 'til the bar's open. And be sure to call me if there's any hot, lonely bridesmaids or babes whose dates dumped them!!! :twisted:
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  • blackstratblackstrat
    Thanks for the replies philflood and shredd.
    I got a few useable tracks from that guitarbt site.
    I did see some CD's for sale on ebay. Maybe a local company around here will sell the stuff i'm after. I'll search again later.
    Many thanks for all the help.
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  • mfergelmfergel
    Watch out. A lot of those CD's on ebay aren't much better than what your getting on guitarbt.
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  • blackstratblackstrat
    Yeah... thanks mfergel...
    I thought about that to start with....that's why i asked here first ... (a huge source of experienced players seem to live here :wink: )
    I did find 20 0r 30 acceptable tracks on guitarbt, but i searched through about 100 songs to get those 20 !! and they are mostly midi with cool bass and drums patches ..i definately want live backing tracks.. but some of those ones on guitarbt are close enough to get the job done !!
    To say thanks to WOGS858 and shredd and philflood i'd like to list the tracks i found there that really are well balanced and well recorded !
    You should still go there if you are looking for younger stuff...because i went straight past alot of the current bands.. but here's the best tracks i found there in my guitar style (and age i spose?? i'm 40)
    Here i go ... these following tracks on guitarbt absolutely rock !!
    ..in no particular order,
    -1 - Cream - white room - absolutely rocking backing track - perfect
    -2 - Cream - sunshine of your love - acceptable backing track
    -3 - Santana - black magic woman - near perfect backing track
    -4 - deep purple - wasted sunsets - acceptable - slightly under the money backing track
    -5 - deep purple - perfect strangers - only just acceptable, but close to the money
    -6 - foo fighters - times like these - acceptable bass and drums -
    -7 - free - wishing well - really close to the money - i'd say acceptable at weddings...
    -8 - green day - holiday - cool drums and close to the money
    -9 - iron maiden - absolutely rockin drums and backup guitar.. not sure where to play this track though ??? - worth a listen though... whoever produces this track is a magician !!!!
    -10 - hendrix - hey joe - almost perfect backing track ! just needs higher bitrate. but will do for weddings or parties !
    -11 - hendrix - all along the watchtower - almost perfect backing, but the audio will let you down
    -12 - neil young - cinnamon girl - great backing track,... rocks !
    -13 - moody blues - (i told you i was playing a wedding ... :wink: )
    -14 - rolling stones - angie - just perfect backing track ... not sure about copyright but it absolutely rocks !! (thanks stones)(you rock)
    -15 - thin lizzy - waiting for an alibi - great guitar harmony track ! plus lots of other 70's 80's 90's rock tracks i love to play and used to play.

    I only listed those to tell our friends here, that they are worth a listen and that you won't be wasting your time if you download those freebees!

    I'd also recommend a listen to some of the beatles tracks ... if you need to??
    Many thanks to WOGS858
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  • SlashNBurn99SlashNBurn99
    blackstrat,

    Heres a good site with some quality bt.

    All the tracks have a short review and rating.

    You have to register but it's free.

    http://gbc.ezcommunities.com/index.php
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  • shreddshredd
    \blackstrat\ wrote:
    Yeah... thanks mfergel...
    I thought about that to start with....that's why i asked here first ... (a huge source of experienced players seem to live here :wink: )
    I did find 20 0r 30 acceptable tracks on guitarbt, but i searched through about 100 songs to get those 20 !! and they are mostly midi with cool bass and drums patches ..i definately want live backing tracks.. but some of those ones on guitarbt are close enough to get the job done !!
    To say thanks to WOGS858 and shredd and philflood i'd like to list the tracks i found there that really are well balanced and well recorded !
    Thanks stratman...d/l'd the picks you made and they're good. I've gotten lots of good stuff there...since you're playing a wedding, check out \"Victim Of Love\" by the Eagles. Great track, and perfect for a wedding, right? :lol:
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  • irving_malmstrianiirving_malmstriani
    Hi, I normally practice with backing tracks which I have created. You can do your own backing tracks using Guitar Pro and exporting the file as a wav file that can be further recorded into a cd or encoded as an mp3 file. The bad thing, is that tracks created in this way sound weak and digital. So, I have been experimenting a lot in order to create good backing tracks. Here are the instructions:

    Note: You need a PC, Guitar Pro software, MIDI cable, a stereo plug (like that used to connect a MP3 player to a PC or sound system), and a Keyboard.

    1. On your PC (control panel) be sure that the MIDI files be reproduced trough the MIDI port on your soundcard (game port).
    2. Select the same port on MIDI options in the Guitar Pro.
    3. Connect the keyboard to the PC. I don´t have a MIDI port on my PC so I use an interface MIDI->Game port.
    4. Connect the phones/line out of your keyboard to the line in on your souand card.
    5. Deselect the undesired tracks on the Guitar Pro file (vocals and/or guitars).
    6. With a recorder software (from windows, adobe audition, etc.) record the signal coming from the \"line in\" input.
    7. Reproduce the Guitar Pro file.

    With this procedure the MIDI files are reproduced trough the sound bank of your keyboard, so your recording will be as good as the quality of the connected keyboard. I have a Yamaha PSR-275 which is a low-level (200 USD) keyboard, but it certainly makes a big difference. The tracks produced in this way sound with punch, and all the instruments sound too much better (especially the bass and drums).
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  • irving_malmstrianiirving_malmstriani
    Hi, I normally practice with backing tracks which I have created. You can do your own backing tracks using Guitar Pro and exporting the file as a wav file that can be further recorded into a cd or encoded as an mp3 file. The bad thing, is that tracks created in this way sound weak and digital. So, I have been experimenting a lot in order to create good backing tracks. Here are the instructions:

    Note: You need a PC, Guitar Pro software, MIDI cable, a stereo plug (like that used to connect a MP3 player to a PC or sound system), and a Keyboard.

    1. On your PC (control panel) be sure that the MIDI files be reproduced trough the MIDI port on your soundcard (game port).
    2. Select the same port on MIDI options in the Guitar Pro.
    3. Connect the keyboard to the PC. I don´t have a MIDI port on my PC so I use an interface MIDI->Game port.
    4. Connect the phones/line out of your keyboard to the line in on your souand card.
    5. Deselect the undesired tracks on the Guitar Pro file (vocals and/or guitars).
    6. With a recorder software (from windows, adobe audition, etc.) record the signal coming from the \"line in\" input.
    7. Reproduce the Guitar Pro file.

    With this procedure the MIDI files are reproduced trough the sound bank of your keyboard, so your recording will be as good as the quality of the connected keyboard. I have a Yamaha PSR-275 which is a low-level (200 USD) keyboard, but it certainly makes a big difference. The tracks produced in this way sound with punch, and all the instruments sound too much better (especially the bass and drums).
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  • CobaltbloozCobaltblooz
    I bought these, $36.00 for 300 MP3's....80% are really good quality...but I have found a bunch of the same trax for free on those sites posted above, but it was nice to have them all on 2 CD's in alphabetical order

    http://www.guitarbackingtracks.info/Order/default.htm
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  • WOGS858WOGS858
    YOURE WELCOME BLACKSTRAT

    someone here showed me the site---everybody here is pretty cool
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  • irving_malmstrianiirving_malmstriani
    Hi, I normally practice with backing tracks which I have created. You can do your own backing tracks using Guitar Pro and exporting the file as a wav file that can be further recorded into a cd or encoded as an mp3 file. The bad thing, is that tracks created in this way sound weak and digital. So, I have been experimenting a lot in order to create good backing tracks. Here are the instructions:

    Note: You need a PC, Guitar Pro software, MIDI cable, a stereo plug (like that used to connect a MP3 player to a PC or sound system), and a Keyboard.

    1. On your PC (control panel) be sure that the MIDI files be reproduced trough the MIDI port on your soundcard (game port).
    2. Select the same port on MIDI options in the Guitar Pro.
    3. Connect the keyboard to the PC. I don´t have a MIDI port on my PC so I use an interface MIDI->Game port.
    4. Connect the phones/line out of your keyboard to the line in on your souand card.
    5. Deselect the undesired tracks on the Guitar Pro file (vocals and/or guitars).
    6. With a recorder software (from windows, adobe audition, etc.) record the signal coming from the \"line in\" input.
    7. Reproduce the Guitar Pro file.

    With this procedure the MIDI files are reproduced trough the sound bank of your keyboard, so your recording will be as good as the quality of the connected keyboard. I have a Yamaha PSR-275 which is a low-level (200 USD) keyboard, but it certainly makes a big difference. The tracks produced in this way sound with punch, and all the instruments sound too much better (especially the bass and drums).
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  • blackstratblackstrat
    Yeah thanks again folks.
    I'll check those links and i'll let you know how the wedding goes.
    Hey shredd, you are a comedian.... so am i... we were thinkig of playing a few subtle tracks with questionable lyrics as well :twisted:
    My mate the singer, and i reckon the bride is a tad questionable... :shock: :wink:
    Thanks for the tip. :wink:
    I'll send any damsels in distress to your web address mate.
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