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each Jam Tape selection was a track that continued for a full half hour, allowing the player to practice without having to rewind the cassette after 4 or 5 minutes of play time, an invaluable asset to practicing improvisation.
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parts that live musicians play along with or sing along to. Backing tracks enable singers and bands to add parts to their music which would be impractical or impossible to perform live, such as
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state that "There's no sneaky secrecy about it" and that their electronically based music would sound "sloppy" if played live, a view that has been echoed by other electronic groups.
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synced with the live performance. In the 1980s, Timbuk 3 was an early band which openly used backing tracks in live performances. The band openly displayed their "
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