Back to rehearsals!
As well as rehearsing with a 60's covers band, we also have a duo version in rehearsals doing mostly 60's but with a view more modern tracks thrown in just because we like them!
I was putting some midi-file backing tracks together the other day to songs like Video Killed The Radio Star, I Don't Like Mondays and a few of the classy Eagles tracks, and they sound damn good!
The process is a bit long-winded as you have to find midi files online, download them, work them up to pro standard, change the key to suit our vocalist and then transfer them to mini disc to work to. We then put the guitars and vocals on "live". It may be easier if I had a newer music recording and midi system but I just can't afford one right now :(
It's another "will play for beer" project as we're in it for fun not for money lol!
I sometimes think if we could just find a keyboard player with a good built in drum machine, we wouldn't need midi files, but there doesn't seem to be any decent keyboard players around who want to do this kind of stuff, which is a crying shame!
Tonight we have another duo rehearsal and it will be interesting to see how the singer (not me!) gets on with the new songs!
Ross
I was putting some midi-file backing tracks together the other day to songs like Video Killed The Radio Star, I Don't Like Mondays and a few of the classy Eagles tracks, and they sound damn good!
The process is a bit long-winded as you have to find midi files online, download them, work them up to pro standard, change the key to suit our vocalist and then transfer them to mini disc to work to. We then put the guitars and vocals on "live". It may be easier if I had a newer music recording and midi system but I just can't afford one right now :(
It's another "will play for beer" project as we're in it for fun not for money lol!
I sometimes think if we could just find a keyboard player with a good built in drum machine, we wouldn't need midi files, but there doesn't seem to be any decent keyboard players around who want to do this kind of stuff, which is a crying shame!
Tonight we have another duo rehearsal and it will be interesting to see how the singer (not me!) gets on with the new songs!
Ross