PS You can download this Band-in-a-Box SGU song file with the lyrics inside (and others) for free from my website. I have used what PG music calls 'bar based lyrics' to set this up and in this blog post, I will describe my workflow. So today I am going to write about how to put your lyrics right into your band-in-a-box song itself. The disadvantage of this is that if you mess about with your band-in-a-box song (for example say you decide to change the key or the tempo) then you have to remake the video from scratch.

In March 2017 I wrote about how I go about making MP4 videos like this.īoth of these methods required you to export your band-in-a-box song to an MP3 before making the video. The MP3 file contains the audio and the CDG file contains graphics that play along with the audio file. MP3+CDG files are the old fashioned way that was used to write karaoke files to a CD. In November 2016 I described how I used to go about making MP3+CDG files using a product called Karaoke CD+G Creator from Power Karaoke. There are many ways to skin this particular cat and I have tried some of them.

The idea is that the lyrics scroll along with the chords of the song and you can sing and play along, karaoke style. I get quite a few questions on how to add lyrics to your backing tracks so that you don’t have to have an extra sheet of paper or file open on your computer when you play along to your tracks. If you want a detailed step-by-step guide on how to make and perform with Band-in-a-Box backing tracks, have a look at my eBook 'Band-in-a-Box 101: A beginners guide to making and performing with Band-in-a-Box backing tracks'

Band in a box free backup tracks