Hi Folks,
I am working on a project for my brother who is retiring in a little less than 2 years. He wants to start playing guitar again once that happens. He gave me my first guitar lessons many many years ago. He told me recently his favorite guitarist is Barney Kessel. So I decided to make a video of myself playing a Barney Kessel song for him as inspiration and retirement gift. The song is a jazz standard called 'Autumn Leaves'.
I would love to have a backing track but I am having no luck finding one in the right key. I found 2 bass players who attempted Barney Kessel's version and reached out to them, but have had no response. I have also searched youtube for weeks and even attempted to remove the guitar from the original song in 3 different audio programs. The backing track I am using now is the from the original song. Luckily there are only 3 instruments and when I use 'reduce vocals' the program removes mostly guitar but leaves the bass and drums sounding like they are underwater. I don't know how or even if it is possible to improve the sound.
Would anyone be interested or know someone or somewhere I can get a decent backing track? or suggest a jazz bass site where I might have some luck? I am learning the song exactly as the original recording and would like the bass to be as true to the original also. I am o.k. with making a public project out of this, maybe a drummer will join. I have an account on SoundCloud and Kompoz.
I am working on a project for my brother who is retiring in a little less than 2 years. He wants to start playing guitar again once that happens. He gave me my first guitar lessons many many years ago. He told me recently his favorite guitarist is Barney Kessel. So I decided to make a video of myself playing a Barney Kessel song for him as inspiration and retirement gift. The song is a jazz standard called 'Autumn Leaves'.
I would love to have a backing track but I am having no luck finding one in the right key. I found 2 bass players who attempted Barney Kessel's version and reached out to them, but have had no response. I have also searched youtube for weeks and even attempted to remove the guitar from the original song in 3 different audio programs. The backing track I am using now is the from the original song. Luckily there are only 3 instruments and when I use 'reduce vocals' the program removes mostly guitar but leaves the bass and drums sounding like they are underwater. I don't know how or even if it is possible to improve the sound.
Would anyone be interested or know someone or somewhere I can get a decent backing track? or suggest a jazz bass site where I might have some luck? I am learning the song exactly as the original recording and would like the bass to be as true to the original also. I am o.k. with making a public project out of this, maybe a drummer will join. I have an account on SoundCloud and Kompoz.
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