{"id":14259,"date":"2014-06-18T14:23:59","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T14:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=14259"},"modified":"2019-07-23T10:55:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T10:55:56","slug":"story-behind-new-multitrack-backing-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/story-behind-new-multitrack-backing-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"The story behind the new MultiTrack backing tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we’ve released 13 new MultiTrack backing tracks. Andy has already written about the challenges faced with taking recordings made for worship albums and radio play and re-shaping them for the local church<\/a>\u00a0but here we share a more detailed look at what we’ve done with each of the new recordings. Click on the audio arrow below each description to listen to a 30 second sample.<\/p>\n

Find links to all our backing tracks here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Break Every Chain\u00a0(Jesus Culture \/ United Pursuit)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0William Reagan<\/h2>\n

This is one we had to think about very carefully arrangement wise. Some of the recorded versions of this track are 7 or 8 minutes long and would have too many repeated sections for congregations without huge numbers of people. So the song is still 6 minutes long but we\u2019ve paid lots of attention to the sections you can jump around, so there\u2019s opportunity to do each song part big or little, short or long.\u00a0Super chord chart here.<\/p>\n

God\u2019s Great Dance Floor\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Martin Smith, Chris Tomlin,\u00a0Nick Herbert<\/h2>\n

Here\u2019s a song that\u2019s actually really difficult to do live without a backing track! We\u2019ve put this one in G to make it more singable and easier to play too. Plus, to make the vibe even happier we\u2019ve majored on the disco bassline. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Heart of Worship (When the Music Fades)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Matt Redman<\/h2>\n

This was actually one of our favourite tracks of this batch to produce. Although the song is 17 years old now it\u2019s still one of the most used modern worship songs across the globe. The original version was very stripped back so we\u2019ve added some really musical \u2018hand in glove\u2019 parts to create a full band dynamic in some parts of the song without loosing the gentleness of the theme.<\/p>\n

Love the Lord\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lincoln Brewster<\/h2>\n

This song has a pretty tight arrangement anyway so we\u2019ve kept it fairly close to the original, and still in the key of G, but with it being multi track, it does mean you can solo any part which makes it much easier to isolate and copy.<\/p>\n

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Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)\u00a0(Hillsong) \u2013 Joel Houston, Matt Crocker, Salomon Ligthelm<\/h2>\n

This is another song that\u2019s often too long for most congregations in it\u2019s original recorded format so we\u2019ve made it more succinct at just under 5 minutes, but still kept the wide ranging dynamics.\u00a0 So by jumping around the sections in the player you can do a big long version, a shorted quitter version or anything in between.<\/p>\n

Overcome\u00a0– (Jeremy Camp)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jon Egan<\/h2>\n

This is a really useable congregational song with a wide range of big and little dynamic moments. Again the original is quite long so we\u2019ve made a little more succinct but with plenty of opportunity to jump around big and little sections to make it usable for your church.<\/p>\n

Abide With Me\u00a0\u2013\u00a0a new version of the classic hymn<\/h2>\n

Whilst the tune remains the same, the chords have been rearranged by Greg Jong of Grand Vanity (who also produced this track in a slightly darker band based arrangement that creates some lovely tension that underscores the theme and lyrics really well). We’d definitely suggest you get hold of a copy of the\u00a0Super <\/a>Chord Chart\u00a0for this song as a number of the chords modulate outside the key.<\/p>\n

Beautiful Things\u00a0\u2013 Michael and Lisa Gungor<\/h2>\n

We kept pretty much to the standard arrangement here structure wise but added a few more electric and acoustic guitar parts to widen the dynamic towards the end of the song.<\/p>\n

Purify My Heart (Refiner\u2019s Fire)\u00a0\u00a0(Vineyard)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Brian Doerksen<\/h2>\n

Another older song that still remains very popular today. We\u2019ve tried to put together a very musical band based version with some nice, usable instrument parts and easy to follow tag sections.<\/p>\n

This is Our God\u00a0(Hillsong) \u2013 Reuben Morgan<\/h2>\n

This is one of our favourite Hillsong tracks right now in terms of usability. We\u2019ve kept it in E and added lots of instrument layers so you can change the dynamic simply by muting some of the parts for lots of flexibility.\u00a0Super chord chart here.<\/p>\n

Waiting Here For You\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jesse Reeves, Chris Tomlin, Martin Smith<\/h2>\n

For this song again some of the recorded versions are very long so we\u2019ve made the arrangement slightly more succinct to make it usable for small congregations (4 mins 42) but crucially we\u2019ve changed the key to D to make it singable for men and woman without having to use the octave jump in the big sections!<\/p>\n

Your Great Name\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Michael Neale, Krissy Nordhoff<\/h2>\n

We\u2019ve kept this song in the original key of Bb as it\u2019s pretty singable as it is but\u00a0 altered the intro and outro sections to make it more usable for a live church band.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re Worthy of My Praise (I Will Worship)\u00a0\u2013 David Ruis<\/h2>\n

One more classic worship song here that we didn\u2019t have in the catalogue before. We\u2019ve kept it in G to make it easily singable and playable but we\u2019ve recorded it with some loops and electronic elements alongside the live band instruments to give it slightly more modern feel.<\/p>\n

Find links to all our backing tracks here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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