Thanks, Rayc,
I agree with all you said. I got 600 BIAB backing tracks from The Guitar Band dot Com. Giancarlo Griscenko
Band in a box backing track
in Chiang Mai, Thailand

There are no stems so I don't have the normal sort of control I would if I did everything myself. Just messing around to see if any of this would work out of the box.

I can load the MP3 into BB and use the Audio Chord Wizard to do some stuff. As with any consolidated track, there is limited control.

Normally I don't try to go back and fix things very much but in this case, I think I will try. I can reduce the vocal volume easily and bring up the guitar. I perhaps will start the backing track a little later because it does not really sound very good for the intro.

This was a one-take deal, sort of how I would be forced to play it live if I had never listened to it before.

I am still having issues forming words and working with a speech therapist after the cancer surgery.

Anyway, it is great to be alive no matter what I sound like.

I have always liked Big Joe Turner who had this booming voice who really hardly need a microphone in a smaller club. He was a very nice guy who always treated me like family. I wish I could sing like him.

I told the surgeon I wanted a Sam Cook voice to go along with all the cutting my throat up but I guess they were out of stock on that...lol

Cheers,

Billy

“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”