So much good info in here! Thanks, Scott.

As a gigging musician. You have made my life so much easier. Thank you!

Great video, you are SPOT ON on everything you described 😊 Thanks 🙏

Wow, experience is undeniably valuable! When you gig as much as you apparently do you quickly figure out what works and what doesn’t work so well. Thank you so much !!

Extremely helpful for someone who has never used backing tracks, but is about to. Thanks.

I'm 66 and don't desire to play in bands no more. I'm interested in playing again but at home, with backing tracks, floor pedals and headphones. Thanks for relevant material.

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Nice! Glad to help 🤘

Thanks Scott! Just another note of appreciation for the excellent quality and depth of the information you provide!

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

You popped up on my YT home. I'd been looking into backing tracks to possibly use on some solo projects. You shared a lot of great info. Thanks!

I find myself watching your videos over and over because I glean something new from them every time. Keep it up dude…you’re the best!

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Chuck!

Glad I found your channel. Ive been a working musician for many years and have been apprehensive using backing backing tracks when I play solo. I've finally decided to give it a shot and your channel has helped immensely with getting me headed in the right direction. Thank you again. Looking forward to more videos.

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks! And welcome to the world of tracks 😊

Bro, may God bless you more and more for how you’re helping me with your tutorial videos!

Scott, just wanted to say thank you for all your videos. By far the best videos on you tube for live performance tips, midi programming, backing tracks, click set up You have turned our incredibly completed show into a seamless running machine that’s as professional as it gets. Thanks a million for doing these videos 🤙

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony! I really appreciate that! Glad the videos have been so helpful 🤘

Awesome info! I want to check out all of your other videos!

You, sir, are a gentleman, a scholar and a fantastic teacher! I am very thrilled to have stumbled upon your channel!!

@ScottUhlMusic

9 ай бұрын

Thanks and welcome 🤘🤘

Thanks for the practical real world tips mate - I will check out more or your content Cheers

I can't believe how useful this was. I have been using backing tracks for about 5 years now, tried several ways of doing it an I found lost of things that I never thought of. Big THANK YOU, man!

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

I've been struggling with backing tracks for about 3 years. And you managed to gather and organize all the information I found and more. Your channel is exactly what I've been needing. Thanks, I really appreciate it.

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

@AriaMusicVibe

5 ай бұрын

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Wow, great information ❤. I'm a slow learner and think I'll have to watch each video 5 times before it starts to sink in.

Incredible video. I use tracks exclusively and this has been a tremendous help. Thank you

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Awsome.. every bit of this video is informative for me thank u for sharing

I just did my first gig using your tip for sending click and tracks thru a dual DI to my personal mixer. Having the ability to control volume on the monitor mix, click, and tracks was fantastic. Thanks a million for the tip!

@ScottUhlMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad it helped 🤘 It’s insanely useful for sure. Such a valuable tip. I’m grateful for the musicians who showed me it

Great tips, thanks. I've always fed my tracks into the Behringer to split the click and music but using the double DI box seems a much better idea as gives more control.

Super helpful video!! Thanks a lot!!

Incredible information. Thank you!

thank you! my new band is running backing tracks for the first time ever this coming weekend so this was very helpful.

@ScottUhlMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

I always like to keep learning new stuff thank you

Excellent presentation on some very important information to help my band use backing tracks like a pro!

@ScottUhlMusic

7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

This is excellent info for us smaller 4 piece bands who need to sound bigger. Always great stuff, Scott.

@ScottUhlMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, and yup absolutely!!

Appreciate your tips, Scott! As I move from solo guitar/vocal to adding my own BT's and looping, I particularly noticed your first tip: having a back-up. I'll address that! Thank you.

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! And yes, always have a backup for sure

Excellent. Well explained. Good advice on use of backing tracks and clicks.

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Excellent help! Thank you

Hi Scott, I really like the tip on adding players and having different versions of the backing tracks to fill the gig! Great info and video once again! Thanks

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Glad to help! It’s definitely a valueable tip 🤘

Super helpful, thank you so much! Subscribed!

@ScottUhlMusic

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

Excellent video. Very useful information

Awesome videos! Helped get me and my band started on backing tracks! Only having piano and drums at band practice due to musicians not showing up sucked and this has helped us round out our sound with bass backing tracks and adding keyboard layers with Moog and Hammond sounds.

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Nice! Glad to help!

Great advice Scott, lived this video.

You have great content. Thank you Scott.

@ScottUhlMusic

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Wow this just explained everything I have been wondering about for a long time. Thank you!!!

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

🤘🤘

Super cool tips thanks a bunch!

Fantastic video! This has given me the confidence I needed to take my 'one man band' live with a laptop in absence of having a drummer - hopefully getting out there in any capacity will help me find one so it doesn't look as awkward on stage!

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Nice! Glad to hear that! 🤘🤘

Great insight Scott, always well done.

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

excellent tips - and I have LOVED using midi to control the HX Stomp as well!

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! I love not having to pedal dance!

Thank you for this video ! it resolved many of my questions. Greetings from France

Very informative video. Thank you.

So happy I stumbled across your channel. Gonna pass this along to my grandkids so they can learn about backing tracks and using suggested gear. Great job, thanks. Just subscribed and now it's time to check out all your other videos.

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate it!

Excellent breakdown of the backing track pros , cons and tips. Im in a duo and it always seems to be some kind of compromise, too much , too little , none , everything.. 🤯 i think you nailed at the end when you say people are there to enjoy themselves whether youre a one man show or a 10 piece band, so if youre having fun on stage the audience will enjoy it too. 👍🎶

@ScottUhlMusic

10 ай бұрын

Exactly! I agree for sure 🤘

Great tips. On tip #10, we were playing this gig when the drummer's bass pedal broke; while he did a quick, 5-6 minute reparation, we were able to continue because we did a couple of songs with drums in the backing tracks... files that we used for drumless practice. Same thing happened another time: the guitarist was involved in a traffic accident on the way to the show and we where able to start on time playing songs that were not too guitar heavy but with the guitar parts in the backing tracks.

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Nice! That’s awesome!

Great overall orientation to playing with tracks. Thanks so much. Will definitely check out your other videos.

@ScottUhlMusic

7 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you! 🙏

Outstanding video. I stumbled upon this but now I will check out your other videos. Thanks!

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

It is great help. Very informative, very educational! Congrats!

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you found it helpful 🤘

Thanks again scott , another amazing video 👍👏

@ScottUhlMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Pure gold. This video alone deserve massive subscription!!! ❤

@ScottUhlMusic

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Excellent video thanks.

Man , really informative and great info!!!

@ScottUhlMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Amazing info!

@ScottUhlMusic

24 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Love seeing the SCA220 on the wall. Love mine. So fun to play.

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Nice! Yeah one of my first guitars I ever bought :)

I'm always learning a lot! Thanks for sharing

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thx so much for sharing your experiences ! 🤜🏻🤛🏻

@ScottUhlMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 😊

Great video! Thanks!

thanks again Scott.. your info/advice is definitely helpful.. I'd like to see/hear a video of how you mix down the backing track stems to arrive to the final backing track mix.. especially from the point of view of using them for your duo setup.

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! And I kind of go over that here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oKts2byfdra3Yto.html

Great job, Scott! One thing I learned in using backing and click tracks is to be self-contained. This way the band can go from venue to venue and maintain a consistent backing track set-up and have sole control over what we hear in our in-ears. At one time we would send the sound operator both the click and backing track and rely on them to route it back to us. It proved to be problematic. Either they would inadvertently mute the click or mess with the levels to the point we couldn't hear the track. Your segment on the Drummer Click Safety Knob is a variation of how we're set up. From our track source, the click and backing track go directly to the drummer; the rest of us get just the backing track.

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I’ve done shows where the sound guy sends us the click. It’s been ok so far, but I’ve seen it happen where it’s a real problem before!

This is the best thing I have ever watched on the internet regrading live music. Mate - legend

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Glad to help out 🤘

Well down Scott! Thanks for the tips,

Great video, Scott. Our band have been using tracks for about 12 years since our keyboard player departed (musical differences ;-) ). Only the drummer (that's me) can hear the click track. We also have song name announcements and I have a few points where I have cues to remind me that e.g. we're reaching the end of the song - as you said, some songs have seemingly endless outros - repeat until we can't remember where we are! We had been using an iPad app that our bassplayer used, but in our first post-covid gig (just in December there!) we switched that around so that I'm running the tracks using a bit of software I wrote (in Java) and running on a PC. We have the whole setlist set up in that, and before each song I can click a button to have it send out MIDI patch changes to switch patches on my kit (Roland VDrums). My feed from the desk includes the click, plus a bit of everything else, but most especially the click! That is patched through the drum module into my headphones so I have a bit of control of the levels reaching my ears and can turn up the click with one knob on the module or down if I can't hear myself play (OK, that doesn't happen very often 🙂). Next up is to convince our lead guitarist to also take a MIDI feed for pre-song patch changes - that's often the limiting factor on keeping things quick between songs, as he dances the Dashing White Sergeant on his pedal. The set manager program I wrote can also run a MIDI track alongside the audio for in-song MIDI changes, but we haven't tried that yet. Good to hear from others that are taking very similar approaches. The other thing we haven't tried is your point about having inter-song music or extended intros to cover the gaps. I might look into that... Thanks for sharing your ideas and tips.

Very good suggestions/information. ❤❤❤

@ScottUhlMusic

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Thanks for the video Scott, great info. Just started experimenting with backing tracks and wasn't sure if I really wanted to make the leap. (Old School Guy) Kinda worried about the backlash from other musicians and the audience. This video not only helped me realize how helpful backing tracks can be. You got a new subscriber and fan here. Looking forward to checking out your library of videos. Keep up the good work.

@ScottUhlMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate it. And in my opinion, unless you are doing super proggy technical stuff that appeals to other musicians…. What other musicians think should not matter. Musicians are some amazing people…. But also probably the most opinionated people I’ve ever met lol. You definitely cannot please them all… so do what’s best for you!

THank you for the tip for the Drummer with the small mixer and DI box with the Thru!! Very cool

@ScottUhlMusic

11 ай бұрын

It’s a super cool setup, and very helpful!

Awesome video! This was extremely helpful, thank you!

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great video! I’ve watched several of your vids, they are amazing! I’m a singer also a songwriter and producer and I am planning on playing live by myself with backing tracks and this was so helpful I will definitely watch all of your other videos! Thanks again for sharing your knowledge!! 😃

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad the videos have been helpful!

The backing track website was super helpful. I have a helix and do vocals. I was wanting to start doing cover artist shows in my area, but high end quality musicians are hard to find. making my own tracks was shaping up to be a huge time commitment on top of needing them to be leveled professionally. So this just opened the doors a lot to streamline this process and save money. I also loved the idea of having a few different options of tracks in case I do find musicians to work with that can come in and out of the set

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that site is super helpful. Sometimes they sound pretty awful and I’ll add strings or something to them, but for the most part they are really good and saves me a TON of time

Excellent video!! We've been using Backing Tracks (BT's) for the last 4 or 5 years. I've also been using Karaoke Version and the actual songs moggs to create them. I have a old cell phone I use as my main unit connected directly to a XR-18 Behringer. And I also have my own actual mobile, and two tablets as backups. Each musician has a monitoring app to make their own mix and I use Setlist Helper for my setlists and BT's control with a bluetooth page turner pedal to manage the show.

Very very useful. thank you Scott!

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

🤘🤘

So useful, thanks Scott

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

This is nice for all the new kids: and for me, I still pick up some good tips from this. I'm into loops now, but I still use tracks. I remember how everyone was telling me that it was not real music, but they weren't getting my pay and it was so much simpler for me. Thanks for all the great ideas.

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Yup, haters will hate, but tracks are a great addition to my setup for sure 👍

@ddamaband

Жыл бұрын

usually we get hate from other musicians but when we go to the show everybody has a good time and enjoys the songs we play..

I appreciate everything. I'm trying to go solo, so this was very helpful. Thanks.

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Glad to help 🤘

Great tips, Scott. Thank you. Just getting into your channel, and learning a lot.🤙🏼❤️🤘🏼

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mick! 🤘

You have a really well done channel - thanks ❤

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

great advice, first gig with backingtracks on saturday 🔥🔥🤟

@ScottUhlMusic

4 ай бұрын

Nice! Have a great show!

Looking to start a new project and am keen to be using clicks and backing tracks so some good tips but really keen to go back and look at your playlist on building backing tracks. Looks like your channel is going to be a priceless find, cheers.

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark 🤘

Thank you for one more amazing video!, Greetings from Argentina

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Greetings 🤘

It helped me realize that I can add backing tracks with various instruments and leave out certain instruments. I also learned that some things I'm already doing, such as having an extra smartphone, and using a click track to count into my songs.

I honestly learned a lot from you in just this video! Thanks so much .

@ScottUhlMusic

6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Scott, you're great!

@ScottUhlMusic

9 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Hi Scott this was eye opening!! We are getting our Funk fusion band back together and the Keyboardist is out. We are knew to using backing tracks, but form all 10 tips was great!! especially the drummer click and the adding it to the board with a separate small mixer. also having full backup of all your track, was eye opening. Really enjoyed your teaching/info sharing style!! PROPS!!!!

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad to help 🤘

Not sure how I got to your video but I freaking love it! Thanks for all this information. I will be watching all your other videos. I learned a lot. Thanks.

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe!

I'm planning my first ever solo performance after being a home studio musician for the past 10+ years and this video gave me some amazing tips! Especially the idea of putting spoken cues into the click track was something I hadn't even thought about! Thanks a lot!

@ScottUhlMusic

18 күн бұрын

Glad to help!

@10:07 THANK YOU! My drummer stumbled onto this whilst messing with a barrage of Y splitters and junk but I knew there had to be a more efficient way. Then I found your video! Not only does this give the drummer the monitor mix from FOH, they now have the click & backing on all separate channels.

@ScottUhlMusic

11 ай бұрын

Hell yeah! Glad you found it helpful. It’s SO useful for sure 🤘

The Karaoke-Versions tip is an excellent one. They produce very good covers, almost indistinguishable except for the vocals. That’s not an issue when simply using various parts for backing tracks, i.e. pads, synths, etc. The files are MP3 though. But recently they added the option to download WAV files. The WAV file options are ~$24 and ~$60. One being labeled for hobbyists, and the other having an ASCAP/BMI type license with it, presumably allows for public performance. I think in most cases that type of issue belongs to the venue. Good tips for incorporating backing tracks to a live performance. They are great for practicing solo too.

Good info. Thank you 🙏

@ScottUhlMusic

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

A helpful video. Thank you.

@ScottUhlMusic

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Very helpful thanks.

Killer work man!

@ScottUhlMusic

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great tips!

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

awesome tip, thanks man ;0

Hi mate, just stumbled across your channel and i love it. The info is so helpful. Thanks so much

@ScottUhlMusic

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Awesome!

Great video thank you! Looking forward to watching the playlist on how to make them 😊👍🏼 subscribed for this valuable set of ideas, cheers!

@ScottUhlMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! And the video is live here: BACKING TRACKS for LIVE PERFORMANCES - COMPLETE Step by Step Guide kzread.info/dash/bejne/oKts2byfdra3Yto.html

Thank you for the tips. I use backing tracks that I have set up for aging with my duo partner and another set when I'm playing solo. I only play rhythm so I include lead parts, or I record a simple piano part. Most of my tracks I have done myself on my keyboard. It is a bit of a challenge sometimes finding a drum beat that I like or an accompaniment sound that fits the song. But I feel a little less like I'm cheating if my backing tracks are also 'me'...if that makes sense. That way I can tweak the arrangement if I want as well. I do use some tracks that I have just removed the vocals from the original tune and that works well too. I subscribed and will be checking out your other videos on this topic as well as the in ear monitor videos...and well...probably all of your videos... thank you!!

Scott, your videos are excellent. My cover band is considering backing tracks, your experience and thorough explanation is much appreciated.

@ScottUhlMusic

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you’ve enjoyed the channel 🤘

I started playing live in the late 80's through the 90's and through 2002. I had a great career since then in flight simulation, training air force pilots and working for the FAA in research and development. I'm out of that now and am going to play life music for whatever time I have left. Your videos are great for catching me up on the tech of life music now. We used none of this back then. So thanks a million man!

@ScottUhlMusic

6 ай бұрын

Thanks man! I appreciate it

@terryeaster1

6 ай бұрын

@@ScottUhlMusic as do I! Hey if you get to Oklahoma on a gig gimme a shout, I'd love to come see you play