Backing music

stufisher Frets: 1010
03 Nov, 2024
I've had a troubled year with lack of playing time due to injury (Golfer's elbow), absence and time-demanding diversions. Consequently, I'm re-evaluating my approach and aspirations.

Rightly or wrongly, I want to learn to play reasonably well (e.g. clean, controlled, consistent) c.50-ish tracks on guitar. This includes rhythm and lead (if possible) and a range of genres. At the moment I could probably stumble through about 25 to 30, so I have some way to go.

I don't really want or need to get into the guts of theory ... I just play for fun and escapism and have no ultimate objective. I'm home-based and have no band commitments.

Currently, I use YouTube vid clips/ album tracks, Songsterr or Chord U and Guitarlessons365.com for accurate analysis of solos etc. I stopped using Ultimate Guitar 15 months ago as I don't think it's worth the cost for me.

So, I was wondering what the good folks on tFB recommend as a good source of backing music?

Any advice/insights/recommendations would be much appreciated ... I need a bit of a reset/kickstart.

Thanks for your consideration.


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I sometimes  buy a track off a site called Karaoke version , you can take certain tracks out of a song & you can change it if you need to . It’s about a couple of quid a song so if you really need a good backing track it’s great .

i also use an online converter to convert or download YouTube videos as mp4/mp3 then use amazing slow downer to practise with them 
Svennn Frets: 148
04 Nov, 2024
Get Moises or something similar and create your own. Isolates tracks into the various parts which you can remove at will. Brilliant for the more obscure stuff that's never going to be on a karaoke site.
Might have to check out this Moises AI thing. I've been looking for a fuss-free easy way to record guitar covers with the original recording, just with the guitars taken off. I believe this can do it as I looked up a few YT videos. Simply mute the guitar track and export to mp3/wav? Then I use that as the audio file for my DAW? I don't need a Premium account to do this do I?
stufisher Frets: 1010
04 Nov, 2024
I looked at Moises a long time back but maybe didn't scrutinise its capability closely enough ... I think I need to take another look.
stufisher Frets: 1010
05 Nov, 2024
Thanks for suggestions.

I revisited Moises last night but I only have the freebie version at this point ... is the fully-paid version worth it? What does it give in addition?

My only niggle is that most of my music is on the Spotify platform and I can't upload tracks from there into the Moises app ... does the fully paid version enable that?
I too checked it out and uploaded a song from Spotify. I had to convert it to an mp3 file first externally before uploading it. I don't think you can share url links from streaming platforms, paid or unpaid (unless I'm wrong).

The free version only limits you to 5 monthly tracks, and a host of other limitations are in place (says somewhere on the website). I do think its about £3.33 per month though for the paid version so I might get it.

Its great though, I muted the guitars so I could record my own for a song and I really like it. Everything else is there in a full mix and sounds good.
flying_pie Frets: 1862
10 Nov, 2024
How about the solo of the month challenges here?

If you want some fun with coming up with lead parts within a variety of genres and with a focused time frame to do it for motivation then it's ideal
stufisher Frets: 1010
10 Nov, 2024
:lol: 

If you ever heard me trying to play a solo, particularly an original piece, then you'd undoubtedly retract the invite ... I take the point about motivation but I am truly awful :anguished: