In 1993 I purchased my first PC with a music MIDI sequencing program; an Atari 1040STE and Cubase.  I used it primarily to write my original orchestral music.  I also used it to make backing tacks for various studios; small home project studios, singer-songwriters, and even medium-sized professional studios.

But I also immediately used it to make backing tracks for guitar students.  Using a metronome is an absolutely essential tool in developing music skill.  But many students found it very boring.  A great solution was to provide a consistent, objective time keeping reference in the form of backing tracks.

It was and remains a great tool that encouraged, rather than discouraged music students to practice.

With that in mind I recently put another product up on my CDBaby CD page.

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/schlegel7

The idea was to take the most popular of my hundreds of backing tracks and make them available for purchase. 

From the CD description page:

“This CD has 24 professional studio backing tracks of bass guitar and drums playing a sequence of 12 bar blues in all 12 musical keys at two different tempos; slow at 80 BPM and fast at 120 BPM.  Perfect for instrumental practicing rhythm, lead soloing, playing along with and over I-IV-V chord changes in all 12 keys.  Perfect for music student lessons, rehearsal, and project studio use.”

If you are a guitar student or teacher, check it out!