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I am curious as to the genres and locations where playing with backing tracks is deemed to be acceptable?


I'm taking small venues and the classic starving artist. Restaurants, private clubs etc where no cover is charged. There are enough places like that in most towns for a good musician with trax to play 6 nights a week if he wants to.
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ONE WHO IS GOOD IN PERFORMANCE = GOOD PERFORMANCE



I have seen people playing with trax that were just AWFUL... the trax were poorly made, no dynamics or excitement there... they didn't use the advantage of mixing it up, so every song sounded the same (Mostly 3 chord blues) and the performance itself was as enthusiastic and inspired as if his job were washing the dishes instead of providing the entertainment.

But turn the trax over to a consummate entertainer like Notes Norton who schmoozes the crowd, pays amazing solos on a variety of instruments, and generally goes the extra mile to leave the crowd feeling entertained... and his presence looms so large in the room, the crowd barely notices the trax.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ey71h8ep047758h/AAC12jNM0Hz9Q8zsh5iDeqNHa?dl=0