I started playing live with a band in 1965. In 1986 I started playing the one man band thing. BEST MOVE I ever made. That my friend, is a beautiful thing. Good Video!

Thank you Scott for taking the time to show us old rockers new technologies. I continue to learn new things from you all of the time.

Unbelievable Scott. I watched the entire video taking detailed notes about all the software and hardware you mentioned. The great thing about all your info Scott is that it has all been road tested and gig tested. That’s a rare thing Scott. So many people on KZread give you information but then, you have to try it out yourself before you can evaluate it. You have done all that at live gigs and you know what works. I for one greatly appreciate your attention to detail. I am 75. I live in Queensland Australia and have just started busking again so all this info is right on the button for someone building their library of usable backing tracks. Love your work Scott.

@groovydjs

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Ray. I truly appreciate the great message. I hope the busking goes well for you and that you have as much fun as I have. Cheers!!!!!

Wow! This was a video marathon, but so incredibly thorough. It was worth watching just to learn how to grab good backing tracks, but then to learn all the other tips too? Awesome! Thanks, Scott. Well done!

Hello Scott, I was so very impressed with the perfect explanation and the time you took to show all of us how you did all of this. You seem so very nice and being a singer/songwriter myself this was so very helpful!!! You have a real knack for teaching all of this. Glad you are doing well now. Thank you again! Keyna Darling

Thanks Scott, this is the best video I’ve seen on Utube. My grand uncle once said “The best teachers are those who love to teach.” You definitely enjoy teaching.

Thanks Scott for taking your time to educate some of us who have been performing live with a band for years, but now have a need to use modern methods using computers thru a live system.

GREAT SCOTT ! ! ! Of all your videos I have watched so far, this is easily the best... for me. Thank you very much!

Thanks Scott! I´ve been needing to learn how to do this. I can´t thank you enough for all your time and videos.

Scott, I have been looking for someone's brain to pick for years on how to do what you have just explained. Can't say thank You enough for taking the time to help out your fellow man. Great tutorial! Dale

Wow! Just wow! Thank you so much for all that. Absolutely brilliant advice x

Wish I could like this video more than once ! What an excellent video, thank you so much Scott !!!

Great video and valuable information thanks Scott and Happy St Patrick's Day !

Hey Scott! What a great presentation and introduction for any "budding musician"" - they all should much thank you for your openess, enthusiasm and dedication as a muso giving all his secrets away - very helpful and inspiring! Jurgen

You are awesome! You are the best instructor I have ever seen and at a good time when I really needed it. I am not finished watching everything, but I will be back later or tomorrow. Thank you so much@

Scott, thank you for all this information!. As usual, you give it all up and in way that can be understood. Only you Dr. Groovy,! Sincerely, you are a great teacher and remain in my thoughts and prayers always. My wife and I would like to see you perform at one of your shows when you are feeling better,

Wow. Very informative. I've been playing for 50 plus years and you hit on a ton of good stuff. thanks for putting the time and effort into your videos. They are good learning tools even for us old guys lol. Keep up the good work.

I'm also thinking of doing solo act using backing tracks and I love what you say about no one turning up late, no one is out of tune, and no one turns up drunk and the background vocals are always in tune 😊. Watching this video has really given me encouragement

@groovydjs

9 ай бұрын

That's awesome! Yeah, there are a LOT of positives about doing it this way.

Thank you Scott my friend. I've been wanting to do this just so I can play and come up with stuff. This is the best tutorial ever! I can't wait to use good backing tracks.

Way, way cool, Scott. I don't play professionally but I still love seeing this stuff and if I ever do start gigging I will refer back to this.

!! Thanks for all the tips I may have to watch this a few times to get it all to sink in!! Keep up the great work making videos.

Scott, I stumbled upon this about a week ago. Sax player/vocalist here, been gathering tracks etc for a solo show. I have to say you're use of video files on the laptop is a real gamechanger....I have a huge notebook with lyrics, and notes (reminders for myself) but now I have to go about making videos...lol. Genius... I was happy to find a couple videos of your gigs... very entertaining, you rock!

Well I am now a big fan! This video was incredibly informative and a huge help even for the extreme gear dummy such as I am! I was in a duo with someone who knew his way around all this stuff. Now I am solo and had no idea where to begin! Thank you SO much!

Thank you so much Mr. Scott for this very very very helpful tutorial. More power to you.

Awesome Scott !!! This is more info than I will ever use. Thanks for your effort on this video.

Thank you for all the info, man it was a long one but I got the whole thing watched. Answered a lot of questions. Thanks Scott.

Thanks for sharing this as a solo artist i do everything and really try to make all my own stuff. so this is very helpful info man rock on!

this is great. the timing is perfect as I want to get more serious. Thanx so much for all the time you take to explain practical info that I can use right away! -peace,bro Let me just add .wow! WOW!!I just bought M-Audio M-Track and a good mic and was hoping to put some time into learning how to do home recording and you showed up with this vid, all I can say is Thanx, man. Keepin it groovy It's all about the music which is what I appreciate the most about this website/channel.... you get what you came here for.

Scott, thanks for posting this EXTREMELY HELPFUL video! I'm just PO'ed at myself for not seeing it earlier. The good news for me is that I also learned (the hard way) much of what you put into it ... so I know you're right! BTW, love the t-shirt!

Great informative video Scott... one of your best ever... and thanks for being so selfless once again.. best wishes to you and your family !!

Scott, your experience teaches all of we wanna-bez so much. I've been trying to create my solo show with a DR-5 drum machine w/o success, lol! Thank you so much for sharing this!!!!

Finally explained from start to finish. Great video!!

Another fantastic video man. Covers everything a tech guy could ask for. Like this one a lot being a pc geek this helps me a lot. Thank you very much for this one.

Scott, you are a class act.. What a fantastic tutorial.. Unreal! Thank you my friend

Thanks for the very informative video. As always you have gone above and beyond all the rest. You The MAN

Absolutely great! Thanks for all the time it took to put this together.

great vid as always Scott, such a service you do for every one !! Regards Rod.k UK

Hi Scott, thanks for this information. i have taken the info you provided and applied it to my Mac. iMovie to add the track and the video clips of the lyrics and chords. Then played back through iTunes. Without your input, i would not have had a clue. Thanks for sharing your knowledge to us, keep up the good work. Ian

Thanks, Scott! Great video and great information! Very helpful!

Great video, thanks Scott. I don't even play guitar; I play saxophone, but your vid was very helpful...with a little tweaking of what you do I can get what I want too... Thanks again.

You have really got a solid system there and I am a tad technically challenged lol! But you explain everything so well! Thank you so much for sharing your expertise !!😊👏🙏🏼

thanks so much Dr. Groovy for taking the time to do this video!!!! I believe your information is the Best and say thank you for sharing !!!!!

@groovydjs

8 жыл бұрын

Many thanks my friend. It is simply the way it all unfolded for me out of knowing how things work in the clubs of the REAL WORLD. So, I figured that other REAL MUSICIANS who have worked the stages before would relate, with a very small learning curve, how to confidently go do their own gigs. It's what is "Happening" right now, so......if we want to eat.....we have THIS as one option. Glad you enjoyed the info! Cheers.

Mr. Scott Grove, my name is Melwyn and I am from Mumbai-India. I want to tell you that you r a great Teacher n Guru. Your video was of great help to me as I am also planning on doing these kind of solo gigs. I much appreciate your tips n personal experience. You are very simple n humble and I liked the way you re-capped everything for us. THANK YOU AGAIN from the bottom of my heart n GOD BLESS YOU.

@groovydjs

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Melwyn. I hope all is well with you and all of our friends in India! I'm always happy if anyone can use any info I put out there. Everybody will adapt EVERYTHING to work for them and their particular situation and needs. The beauty of these tutorials is that there is a WORKING model to work from and it should be very easy to figure out what you would need or want to do differently. I appreciate you writing in and being so kind. I hope you are very successful at it and have lot of fun doing it in the process. All my best! Scott

Bought the J-Station this week! Saved me tons of money I otherwise would have used for amps and effects! Already loving the sounds. Still getting used to the Deep Edit mode, but amazing possibilities there. No factory presets for me, I love the tweaking. I will be using it in church through the PA

Great info.... ! Thank you Scott Grove... Well done!

Thanks for this Scott...Really very informative..A+

Nice job man...Very helpful...Thanks !

Thx for all the great advice and for being straight up

Coming from a DJ background years ago man stuff has changed dragging 1000 CD's to having them on an external HD with a controller with a laptop is a beautiful thing. Even at concerts now everyone is starting to use the Axe Effect and just using a cab for air on stage. Days of floor monitors are pretty much done with In Ear Monitors. I got fitted for a pair just for using them with my phone and once you get a pair you can't go back to head phones, plus if your traveling they block out all the background noise so you can get some piece and quiet. Technology is a great thing and wish some of the cork sniffers would just get on board and let things change. I loved this video it was top shelf as always my brother!!!! Much love and support!!! As that old saying goes if you like a product buy it and don't steal it people need to eat and live!!!

2017 and I came across your video. Just wanted to say thanks for taking the time to give your knowledge and experience. I really sucked it all in and know even if I took a small part of what I've learned from you - things will be so much better. I am NOT a player. I have a plank to spank - but that is about it. But love music of all genres. I have a small bar in Liberia West Africa and a few years back I brought in a couple of local musicians to be a house band of sorts. Keyboard player uses a Yamaha PSR S900 which pretty much does all the backing stuff and a guitarist. We also have a Lady vocalist and a Male vocalist. They have done well but it has gotten stale for whatever reason and I am pushing them to make some changes. I am selling some old gear we used and investing in a Merish 4 an Italian media player. Use more MIDI files. That sort of thing to get the latest songs. Switch off tracks and let the keyboard just do his parts and guitarist same. I bough the guitarist a Zoom multi unit but its too complicated for him. The keyboard player bless him cannot read so well so the power of the PSR is beyond him. So Merish seems a little better and at least the singer can control better. But the guitarist I need a workable solution. I loved the J-station and the fact that its up on the stand and easier to control in many respects than foot pedals. What in you're opinion would be a similar way to go nowadays as the Johnson is pretty hard to get (UK) as I am home UK next month August and will bring some stuff back. Cheers steve Ambrose Liberia out of UK

What a brilliant tutorial. You are the best... I got a Johnson J Station, excellent but I cannot find a J8 Foor Controller in the UK

Thanks Scott for all this great information.

Excellent advice and recommendations. I’ve been gigging for 20+ years with one acoustic amp and guitar and mic. So it’s also possible to get paid without the ton of gear. I use a Fishman Loudbox mini, but I have used Marshall AS50 and AS100 for the majority. The new Boss acoustic amps look fab. For electrics I use Boss multi effect through my Fishman. I do small rooms bars and coffee shops. I have used a Zoom Drum machine live a couple of times and I have a small KAM (300 Watts) pa I use for open Mic nights in bigger venues. I have used my phone and MP3 players for backing music during breaks. Some may be terrified by the amount of gear you have, just a polite word to say you can cut way down these days. I’m going to steal all your advice and start using backing tracks. Thanks

Great information! Thank you so much for sharing this video!!😁👏

thanks Scott. I did not know anything like this existed this is awesome great practice tools.

@groovydjs

7 жыл бұрын

My total pleasure my friend. I'm just happy that folks drop by now and then and find something interesting. CHEERS!

Scott are you still solo gigging/ Have you found any format you like better since 2014. Thanks, Tutorial Is AMAZING'

Many thanks mate!! I probably would never have known about Audacity and YTD and how useful both of these are for the music I am putting together if not for this video. It was a great help Scott and I know it must have taken you a lot of work to put it all together with the sole purpose of helping fellow Musos! We need more people like you and less of the "big ego's"! Regards from Down Under.. hope you have lots of exciting and terrific gigs !!!

@groovydjs

7 жыл бұрын

Howdy. Many thanks and I'm glad you could use SOME of the info for whatever you will do. Some will apply and the rest MAY apply later and then....you'll already have a working answer to start from. All my best to you and all the awesome folks down your way!

Best video ever on you tube. Period.

WOW! Thanks Scott, this is a fantastic video greatly appreciated will help a ton! I will be checking out your channel a lot

@georgerhone6089

7 жыл бұрын

Dale Gilmore the

Thanks so much for this one, loved it.

totally excellent tutorial. BTW, I've been using Audacity for about 6yrs.and it's refreshing to see the somebody of note enjoying and using it too. I must be on the right track lol :)

Hey Scott, Great work. Thank you

Love the Iceman collection ... dude!

Great info! Just what i needed. Thanks Scott.

@groovydjs

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome Larry! Thanks for the comment.

Wow, that was a lot of info. Thanks for taking the time to put all of that together Scott.

@groovydjs

9 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Darrell. I'll do what I can to give the info I know, just in case they want to do such a thing. It's one of a thousand ways of doing it of course, but.....ideas none the less. Cheers! Scott

Thanks for continuing to post these and for all the time you spend putting the videos together. I have to say this may be your best video yet! I do something similar with the downloads, but instead of using software I use a 3.5mm interconnect/patch cable from my computers headphone jack and run it into the line input on my TASCAM DR-07 portable recorder. I usually keep the audio captured in WAV form because I've found all too often when you save as mp3 the snare drum goes to mush.and it helps... The software downloaders usually re-compress it and these youtube audio files are usually already almost too compressed to be usable. I'm really looking forward to your video on the Beat Buddy. I've been following it's developmental and have been considering buying one but I've yet to see how it's software really lets you program your own patterns. I'd also love to hear your thoughts on the new DigiTech TRIO (backing band in a pedal). Keep the videos coming!

Another excellent video. Thanks.

thanks for this very informative video. Just what I was looking for. (Looking to ditch the tie for a guitar)

This is exactly what I wanted to know from you! Thanks!!!!

@groovydjs

9 жыл бұрын

Cool sir Patrick. I wanted to make sure that I covered as much as I thought you would need. If you have any other questions, just shout my friend.

Carvin LM153. Personal note there. But what a great video! To walk through Joe Schmoe through every facet is incredible!

Thanks for the info, very inspirational.

THANK YOU SCOTT ! All the best to you too. Melwyn Almeida

Thank you! Very helpful. God bless.

Great show and tell video!

I love Scott Grove

Thank you sir you're a total genius!!

Thank you so much, that was fantastic!

Thanks so much Scott, you have really opened my eyes to what is possible playing as a one man band. You're the Best!

As someone else who has had 2 strokes I had to relearn chords and solos to songs again. I quit trying to remember all the words, which I also have in front of me. I'm not ready to quit playing. But I also make my own backing tracks. Have been playing solo for number of years at 72 years young. I have 6 sets with about 15 songs in each set on my computer. That way if I play the same place 2 nights in a row I can change a couple sets., So they will have a change if they have been there the previous night. The most important thing for me was asking the weight of new equipment. No more 80 lb amps. Great Video you made.

Great video on performing solo, duo, trio, etc., with backing tracks. I jam with a band once a week with some friends and we use backing tracks that we create. The space is small with no room for a drummer, so we use Presonus Studio One (with Melodyne) to record all tracks, with an array of instruments and vocals. Many tunes from the 50’s thru the 80’s used a drummer, not a click track, so the BPM is never consistent. Melodyne has the ability to create a tempo map that creates the same floating inconsistent BPM. This way you can record your own tracks... all instruments and vocals as you play along with the original. When we practice we mute the original. I play bass in the band and the other two members play lead and rhythm guitar. So we mute the instruments in the recording that we play live during practice. Two of us do all the recording, playing and singing all the parts at my home studio. My frien$ picks all the songs that he wants to do and records all tracks at his house. We bring our song files to aTuesdays practice and them on a laptop that has Presonus Studio One. We never use karaoke tracks because enjoy creating the tracks on our own. This way you learn the song inside and out. You’ve taken this a step further performing live with the backing tracks and you get a two thumbs for taking the time to show us all the detail of your setup BTW, Tod Rundgren did this years ago with a 16 track tape recorder, so he had to be one of the first.

I've been performing solo for over five years, and thought I'd covered everything, but this guy has some interesting points which make a lot of sense. It's a shame it takes over two hours to explain them, however!

Hey Scott, thanks for the tutorial, lots of great information. Can you tell me a bit about how you modified the Line 6 mount for the J-Station? I've been using a clamp style adapter and so it's not very secure (no square edges to hold on to). Getting ready to play out solo acoustic and this video was very helpful though your setup looks much more flexible than just acoustic guitar. I don't recall you showing what you do for your vocals - do you just use the reverb, etc. from the power mixer?

This was amazing!!

Great video and info man Thank you

Amazing lesson!!!

Dude you got it down. I appreciate you.

Nice Video Sir! Well done

Thanks again! I was wondering how it was done.

The "Best" Teacher.

You are ambitious Scott. I like the way you tried to fully cover what people want/need to know before making a plunge. Is there a way I can display the chords with the lyrics while I gig? Thankyou.

thanks scott i cant find anyone to start a band with and i wanted to go solo and didnt know if it was realistically possible

Wow, great tutorial!

Ahhhh!! So thats how you do it!! That my friend is a beautiful thing!!

@groovydjs

9 жыл бұрын

Enough people were asking, so I figured I'd better share in case you all want to do it too. Many thanks for asking.

Thanx for the great video.good luck

@groovydjs

7 жыл бұрын

Many thanks my friend.

Hi Scott : This is a very good and complete tutorial, could you please tell me what is the model number of your Sound Blaster sound card ? Thanks !

Excellent.. thank you! 😃🙌👍

Wow Scott you pretty much covered what I need to know all in one video. Your way of putting things across is right up my street. Awesome thanks

Very useful thank you

this is a whole buncha good info!.. has anything changed since it was made in2015? with youtube or google stuff?

i wish if i had a teacher like you when i was at school

@groovydjs

5 жыл бұрын

You are too kind. So very appreciated!!!