Make your Own Backing Track (5 Minute Practice Ideas)

Hey everyone! Best wishes and hope all is well! I made a video earlier this week about a cool practice idea. I usually do it in 5 to 10 minutes and it’s usually a lot of fun.

You could do a multi-track recording, but I haven’t stream-lined that process yet, so I just record the groove/backing track, and then I solo over it.

Process #1

1. Record Backing track (with metronome/click)
2. Solo and/or practice over it.

You could do this for any style of music.

For example, (since this is a little more off the beaten path in relation to the style of music) If you’re a Western Classical musician, then you could record a backing part and practice the melody, etc over that backing groove.

Process #2

1. Record your solo/melody with a click
2. Then practice playing the backing part to this recording.

What’s so good about this?

1. A fun way to practice
2. Gets you hearing different parts
3. Working with a metronome
4. Hear yourself recorded, and how it fits with another part
5. Good for small practice session

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