Make Sweet Music with Us!

Download 12 free backing tracks and jam with your friends at Sweetwater. Find a variety of keys, tempos, and styles. It's our gift to you!

#SweetwaterJam

Let's make some music together!

Keep your creativity flowing with a little help from your friends at Sweetwater. Jam along to 12 free backing tracks with Sweetwater's YouTube content creators, including Nick Bowcott, Don Carr, Nick D'Virgilio, and Daniel Fisher. These tracks are composed in a variety of keys, tempos, and styles for all to enjoy. Just follow the instructions below to enjoy your free backing tracks.

  • Step 1: Click here to download the free backing tracks (588MB .zip file)
  • Step 2: Choose your favorite and record yourself jamming along
  • Step 3: Share your video on Facebook or Instagram using #SweetwaterJam
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About The Musicians

  • Nick Bowcott

    British-born, Nick Bowcott was the founder, leader and riff writer for the mid '80s NWOBHM cult band, Grim Reaper...but please don't hold that against him. He has since worked at Marshall amps (for over 2 decades) & Jackson/Charvel/EVH. He now works for Sweetwater as a writer & video-maker.

  • Don Carr

    With a three-decade career as a professional guitarist in Nashville, Tennessee, Sweetwater's Don Carr has a long list of album credits in multiple genres of music. His resume includes hundreds of radio and television appearances, as well as thousands of live performances in America and abroad as lead guitarist for the legendary Oak Ridge Boys. Don provides Sweetwater with professional insight through product demos, reviews, how-to’s, and group instruction. He is also the first-call session guitarist for Sweetwater Studios.

  • Nick D'Virgilio

    Sweetwater's Nick D'Virgilio is a world-renowned drummer/singer/songwriter who has played for such artists as Genesis, Peter Gabriel, and Tears For Fears, as well as Cirque Du Soleil's touring show, TOTEM. D'Virgilio has carved out a major presence in the progressive rock world with his former band, Spock's Beard, and with his current band, Big Big Train. At Sweetwater, Nick creates how-to content, demonstration videos, and product reviews, teaches music/pro audio classes, and serves as the first-call session drummer for Sweetwater Studios.

  • Daniel Fisher

    Sweetwater's synth guru, Daniel Fisher, is one of the most sought-after synthesizer sound designers in the industry. He graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelors Degree in Music Production and Engineering, as well as Cum Laude with a Bachelors Degree in Music Synthesis from Berklee College. Fisher later became an Associate Professor of Music Synthesis at Berklee College. He is now Sweetwater's Director of Product Optimization, having created dozens of libraries and synth programs for Kurzweil, Roland, Korg, Moog, Alesis, Yamaha, E-MU, TC Electronic, and many others. Daniel also currently teaches Music Synthesis and Sampling at Purdue University in Fort Wayne.