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About Custom Backing Tracks
In this short article I hope to clear up a few misunderstandings about custom
backing tracks. I receive many requests for price quotes to custom create backing
tracks from people who are generally alarmed when they get those quotes. Many
people have told me that they thought the price of a custom backing track would
be the same as the price of a track they purchased here on the site, $8.99. This
just simply is not the case and here's why....
A "custom" backing track is a track that has not been created yet by me, therefore
it's not for sale here yet. When you order a custom track I have to listen to a
recording of the original song, list out what instruments I'm hearing, and determine
the level of difficulty in recording each and every one. I actually play and record
every single instrument I can either on my keyboard or with live guitars and
backing vocals. So when you hear the drums on your backing tracks those were
actually recorded note for note, drum for drum by me using a thing called Midi
Technology. As you can imagine, this takes a considerable amount of time,
energy, and focus to achieve.
I have a pricing scale I've developed over the many years of creating tracks that
helps me quickly and effectively render you a price quote that gives me enough
time to do what I think is an excellent version of the song you want. It's based on a
"per instrument" basis. So for example let's say your song has the following
instruments and a certain length to the song:
Song title: "Wacky McCracky" Length: 4:55
1. Drums
2. Bass
3. Piano
4. Electric piano
5. Acoustic guitar
6. Strings
I have a set hourly studio fee that I've used for several years which has never
gone up which I apply to my estimation of how long I think it would take me to
record every instrument listed. I add up the total of estimates for each instrument
and there's your price quote. After having been commissioned to create literally
hundreds of custom backing tracks this process has worked the best for all
concerned. It gets you a price estimate very quickly and at what I feel is a very fair
price that allows me ample time to give you my best version of it.
I've also been asked why it is that I then sell the custom backing tracks I create for
people on my site. The answer is simple. Since the number of custom backing
track orders I get is usually not sufficient to pay my operating costs and keep this
site full on good tracks it is necessary to sell the custom tracks here. This is a full
time operation for me and takes a great deal of time, energy, and effort on my part
to keep it open and available to you, which is my honor to do so.
There are actually other sites out there who will graciously charge you a huge fee
to totally own your custom backing track and not sell it on their site. I've chosen to
look at it another way. If you've purchased finished tracks from me chances are
very good that the reason it was available to you for only $8.99 is because
someone else first ordered it as a custom track so now you don't have to. In the
long run everyone benefits from this process because I'm able to create some very
state of the art sounding backing tracks as a result of being paid to do so.
Finally I wish to address the issue of how well the tracks sound like the originals.
I've recently finished a very extensive and complicated song by The Pat Metheny
Group. If you've ever listened to them you know they can be quite complex since
their mastery of music is very high. The group has some galaxy classed musicians
who excel in their chosen field. Now, my main instrument is actually the guitar
however, when I listen to an instrument like the drums for example, I'm able to pick
out the dominant instruments and simulate a great deal of the "feel" of them. Since
I'm not a galaxy classed drummer the best I can hope for is to capture the basic
structure of the patterns played and enhance the drums to the best of my ability to
sequence them using Midi technology. What is created becomes a "rendition" of
the song. Not exact "duplicate". This is very important. All backing tracks are
simply "renditions" of the originals. If you want your backing tracks to be a
"duplicate" of the original the only way to achieve this would be to actually
purchase the studio recordings from the original artists, minus any solo
instruments or vocals. And most of them are not willing to sell them. That's why I'm
here...
I hope this has helped clear up any questions you may have had regarding why
custom tracks cost as much as they do. I pretty much know how much most of the
other custom track creators on the Web are charging and I feel my prices are very
reasonable compared to them. I even encourage you to shop your song around to
various other creators before committing to having me work for you. I feel
confident you'll agree that I offer a great value.
Thanks for your continued support!
Martin Funderburk.
To learn more about the process of creating your backing track click here.
To learn about how to estimate your cost of having a custom track created before
submitting your request click here.
backing tracks. I receive many requests for price quotes to custom create backing
tracks from people who are generally alarmed when they get those quotes. Many
people have told me that they thought the price of a custom backing track would
be the same as the price of a track they purchased here on the site, $8.99. This
just simply is not the case and here's why....
A "custom" backing track is a track that has not been created yet by me, therefore
it's not for sale here yet. When you order a custom track I have to listen to a
recording of the original song, list out what instruments I'm hearing, and determine
the level of difficulty in recording each and every one. I actually play and record
every single instrument I can either on my keyboard or with live guitars and
backing vocals. So when you hear the drums on your backing tracks those were
actually recorded note for note, drum for drum by me using a thing called Midi
Technology. As you can imagine, this takes a considerable amount of time,
energy, and focus to achieve.
I have a pricing scale I've developed over the many years of creating tracks that
helps me quickly and effectively render you a price quote that gives me enough
time to do what I think is an excellent version of the song you want. It's based on a
"per instrument" basis. So for example let's say your song has the following
instruments and a certain length to the song:
Song title: "Wacky McCracky" Length: 4:55
1. Drums
2. Bass
3. Piano
4. Electric piano
5. Acoustic guitar
6. Strings
I have a set hourly studio fee that I've used for several years which has never
gone up which I apply to my estimation of how long I think it would take me to
record every instrument listed. I add up the total of estimates for each instrument
and there's your price quote. After having been commissioned to create literally
hundreds of custom backing tracks this process has worked the best for all
concerned. It gets you a price estimate very quickly and at what I feel is a very fair
price that allows me ample time to give you my best version of it.
I've also been asked why it is that I then sell the custom backing tracks I create for
people on my site. The answer is simple. Since the number of custom backing
track orders I get is usually not sufficient to pay my operating costs and keep this
site full on good tracks it is necessary to sell the custom tracks here. This is a full
time operation for me and takes a great deal of time, energy, and effort on my part
to keep it open and available to you, which is my honor to do so.
There are actually other sites out there who will graciously charge you a huge fee
to totally own your custom backing track and not sell it on their site. I've chosen to
look at it another way. If you've purchased finished tracks from me chances are
very good that the reason it was available to you for only $8.99 is because
someone else first ordered it as a custom track so now you don't have to. In the
long run everyone benefits from this process because I'm able to create some very
state of the art sounding backing tracks as a result of being paid to do so.
Finally I wish to address the issue of how well the tracks sound like the originals.
I've recently finished a very extensive and complicated song by The Pat Metheny
Group. If you've ever listened to them you know they can be quite complex since
their mastery of music is very high. The group has some galaxy classed musicians
who excel in their chosen field. Now, my main instrument is actually the guitar
however, when I listen to an instrument like the drums for example, I'm able to pick
out the dominant instruments and simulate a great deal of the "feel" of them. Since
I'm not a galaxy classed drummer the best I can hope for is to capture the basic
structure of the patterns played and enhance the drums to the best of my ability to
sequence them using Midi technology. What is created becomes a "rendition" of
the song. Not exact "duplicate". This is very important. All backing tracks are
simply "renditions" of the originals. If you want your backing tracks to be a
"duplicate" of the original the only way to achieve this would be to actually
purchase the studio recordings from the original artists, minus any solo
instruments or vocals. And most of them are not willing to sell them. That's why I'm
here...
I hope this has helped clear up any questions you may have had regarding why
custom tracks cost as much as they do. I pretty much know how much most of the
other custom track creators on the Web are charging and I feel my prices are very
reasonable compared to them. I even encourage you to shop your song around to
various other creators before committing to having me work for you. I feel
confident you'll agree that I offer a great value.
Thanks for your continued support!
Martin Funderburk.
To learn more about the process of creating your backing track click here.
To learn about how to estimate your cost of having a custom track created before
submitting your request click here.
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