Can 'real' rock bands use laptops or backing tracks to enhance their live performances? Matt Pinfield weighs in.

Backing tracks have a bit of a reputation of being a little lifeless, often with midi instruments and no sense of interaction with real players, until now. Our backing tracks are recorded live with ...

Periodically music artists, pundits and fans go round and round on the use of backing tracks in "live" performances. The practice is so prevalent now, is it even still a question?

Backing tracks are one of the most polarizing pieces of technology in rock music. Most artists are either for them and use them, or are completely against them and bash them. Fozzy frontman Chris ...

That human element is where the beauty lies in the live show. Backing tracks kill the spontaneity of the live performance, and it’s not a trend likely to change.