[nabs-l] voice lessons help needed

[Greg Aikens]

Your question made me curious so I did a couple of quick searches in the iTunes store.  I found several tracks when I searched for "performance track" and "accompaniment track."  There may be other phrases that will get you more results.  Most of what I saw was pop music, musicals, and christian music.  I'm sure if you had something specific you were looking for, you could try that search and find something better.  

As to burning CDs with JAWS, this used to work well with Windows Media Player.  I don't use iTunes on a windows machine much so can't speak to that.  But, why not just load the track on your iPod and take it to your lesson?  Your teacher likely has a way to connect an mp3 player to his stereo, unless he has already told you that you need a CD.  

The amazon mp3 store is also very accessible.  You could try searching there too.

Best of luck,

Greg


On Oct 14, 2013, at 3:51 PM, Kelsey Nicolay <piano.girl0299 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> I am currently shopping around for a voice teacher.  I have found a couple.  However, one teacher has a requirement that I am not sure I can to meet.  The teacher is a vocal coach who teaches his lessons based on his performance experience.  He teaches all styles of music.  However, he does not play an instrument.  So he requests that his students obtain backing tracks for the songs they want to sing.  Since I use JAWS, I don't know if there is a way I can do this.  Most of the web sites that have these are not very accessible.  I could use itunes, but I have not found a reliable method for burning CD's without using the mouse.  So I have no idea how this could be done.  I would think that walking into a lesson carrying a laptop is not practical.  I play piano, so do you think I could avoid this by saying that I could play the chords on the piano? Someone who has gone through this, please help.  I would like to study with him since his rate is reasonable, at $10 per half hour.  He does know that I am visually impaired and is fine with that issue.  However, I just don't know how to deal with this issue.  If you have ever burned a CD using JAWS, how do you do it? Itunes is what I normally use, but if I have to do it with Windows Media player, I could do it.  The only reason I prefer itunes is because I use an ipod.  Or is there another free source where I can find backing tracks which would be more accessible? Is youtube good? I've used it for other things, but I have found that JAWS tends to interfere with the video a lot.  So, fellow JAWS users, what do you recommend? Can I use the excuse that I cannot get a backing track because of the issues I described above?
> Thanks,
> Kelsey Nicolay
> 
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