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Kenny Campbell

Hi Fellow Entertainer

If you use an Apple iPod for backing tracks you're probably aware of the "auto-pause" problem with the iPod (that's where the iPod automatically plays the next song as soon as it's finished playing the previous song).

This isn't a problem for normal iPod users who just use their iPod to listen to music, in fact it's what the iPod was designed for, but it can be a problem for professional entertainers like you and I who need to talk in between songs or interact with our audience.

We need our backing tracks to stop as soon as we finish singing a song, and only start the next song in our set when we tell it to...

There are a few solutions to this problem, and I look at some of them in my iPod article about the auto-pause question. If you've read the article, then you'll know that one of the most popular solutions is to insert a song containing silence between each backing track in your set-list.

So to do this, you'll need some "silent songs".

However, don't worry if you don't know how to produce a "silent song"...I've produced some "silent songs" for you which you can download and use!

These "silent songs" are in mp3 format and contain no sound whatsoever - just silence which plays for a various lengths of time.

There are 5 silent songs in the pack consisting of 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes and 10 minutes of silence.

When you've downloaded them, transfer them in to your iPod (using iTunes). Then when you make up your next set-list for a gig, insert the appropriate silent song in between your backing tracks.

Yours Sincerely

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