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After testing all of the apps in this list, the generator from Indiesound was my personal favorite. It claims to have over 10 million idea combinations that should work with all genres of music.

The website itself is very simple to use. Either hit ‘generate’ to be given a list of completely random names, or enter an optional keyword if there is a specific word that has to be included.

It will produce a list of 18 names at a time – just hit ‘generate’ again for a fresh page of results. If you spot anything you like just click the plus button and it will be saved to an ideas list for later viewing.

There are no real downsides to this app other than its simplicity. It would also be nice to be able to choose the number of words, or maybe even the specific music genre as well.

The main reason I have placed this band names generator at the top spot is that probably 90% of the band name ideas it spits out sound like they could be actual bands.

The drawback to some of the other sites on this list is that they tend to spit out combinations of words that sound jarring or just plain wrong. I found that this isn’t the case here, so they have clearly put some good thought into how their app works.

Example Band Names: West Wake, Radioactive Journey, Sound Wash, Neon Birds, Sour Guardian, Impure Heaven, Arctic Noir, The Essence

Chosic

Chosic is similar to Indiesound in that it is very simple and straightforward to use, however, it also adds the option to browse by musical genre in order to further dial in your results.

For a totally random set of results, simply hit the generate button. Otherwise, we can enter a unique name to include, or pick a genre to tailor the flavor of names to suit that specific style. Names that you like can be saved to a separate list to revisit later.

An awesome feature that isn’t available on any of the other sites in this list is the ability to quickly check if a name is already in use. To do this, the app scans the artist list on Spotify and will alert you if the band already exists. In addition, if band names exist which are similar to the result it will also list all of those bands. This way you can judge if there could be any potential confusion.

A couple of niggles. If we select a genre without using a keyword it tends to smush together parts of the names of popular bands with other bands. For example, I got ‘3 Doors Zeppelin’ and ‘Killswitch Roses’.

However, keeping things random, or using a keyword with or without a genre genuinely offers up some really great results. I don’t think it would take too long to come up with a big list of potential names with this generator!

There is also a Christian band name generator option if you are looking for names with a religious spin.

Example Band Names: Animal Soup, The Charlie Dimension, August Fold, Dream Avenue, Mahavishnu Five, Paradise Fountain, Rolling Stones, Ice Wish

Group Name Generator

TheNameGenerator easily has the most in-depth app out of all of the websites in this list. Although you can completely randomize the results, it is best to fill in the form with a selection of words related to your band.

The main advantage to this site over most of the others is that due to the large number of boxes you are required to fill in, the results are almost guaranteed to be unique to you.

A downside to this website is that you might find that there are just too many fields to fill in, and many of them probably aren’t relevant to you at all. For example, for some reason, it asks you for the name of an animal and a part of the body. And it’s not as if you can leave these fields blank as all are required before it will spit out the suggestions.

In addition, the site will only show 30 results per search with no way of running the search again. So if you don’t find some good options the first time you’ll need to go back and fill out all 13 text fields again – fairly clunky!

As you’ll see below, the band names it comes up with can be a little hit or miss. But play around with it for long enough by tweaking the seed words, and you’ll surely be able to get a pretty good list of potentials before long.

Example Band Name Ideas: Pointless Angel, Purely Blue, Bookhead, Ronatron, Ron Eats The Book, Divorced Thursday, My Heart Your Fingers, Megabanana

The Story Shack

The band name generator offered by TheStoryShack is super basic, but the results it spits out are pretty much all potential winners.

A great feature is the ability to save your favorites to a separate list so that you can revisit them all later. The site also has a ton of other random name generators that you can test out for further results. I found that the company name generator is especially useful for coming up with some unique single word band names.

The downside is that it only displays 6 names at a time, and there is a fair bit of repetition. In addition, you cannot add any seed words to tailor the results to your needs. But if you’re happy to sit and hit refresh for a while i’m confident that you will uncover some inspiring band name ideas.

Example Band Name Ideas: Syndrome of Victory, Voodoo Phenomenon, Little Puppets, Velvet Circuits, Caged Machine, Glass Karma, Physhex, Jetwood, Plexis

Band Name Maker

The Band Name Maker is another generator with a good number of options, but a few niggling problems prevent it from being placed higher in the list.

This site sets itself apart from most of the rest of the competition by adding a number of fields and checkboxes which you can use to really dial in a unique band name. We can add keyword(s), choose the musical genre, and even add a style to flavor the results.

In addition, we can also choose to have numbers, acronyms, plurals, or names that start with ‘the’.

However, the website seemed to experience problems when we start using too many of the options. For example, if you enter a keyword and choose a style, it seems to forget the keyword completely with none of the results featuring it. Similarly, the checkbox to include numbers only seems to work if we don’t choose a genre or style.

Niggles aside, during my testing I found that sticking with just a keyword and a genre gave some pretty good results which mainly sounded like genuine band names. It also gives a lot of ideas that include more than two words, something most of the other apps don’t offer.

Example Band Name Ideas: Kult Pain, Suffering Shadow, Mystical Pellet, Exotic Twinkle and the Grandma, Majesty of the Agonist, Hazy Princess and the Lips, Bot Injustice

Zing Instruments

Zing Instruments makes the bold claim that theirs is the best app as it will come up with names that are a good fit for your band’s specific genre. In addition, the names are pulled from their enormous music database of unused band names.

The main reason to use this site over the group name generator sites is that it will allow you to select the style of music that your band plays in order to come up with a list that is more suited to that specific genre. So, if you’re after a rock band name generator this could be the choice for you.

Additionally, if there is a certain word you need to be in your band title you can enter it into the text field in order to really personalize the results. You can also leave this field blank if you don’t need that level of specificity.

I found that the names it spits out are generally quite odd, with many of them being jarring mishmashes of popular band names and random words. However, if you require a title for a specific genre, and particularly if you demand a certain word in there, you’ll probably find some useful suggestions if you dig deep enough!

Example Band Name Ideas: Royal Dodo, Night Aretha, Something Modern, Known Company, The King Bee, Reed Curse, Old Atom, Order The Bruxa

Metal Band Name Generator

If you’re looking for a death metal band name generator then this site will give you an unlimited list of all the evil-sounding titles that you could hope for! If you’re in a jazz band you might like to explore on of the other options above.

Simply choose the number of results you want, and hit ‘generate’. You can also check the ‘include non-evil words’ box if you’re happy to consider less satanic options!

Because the database of words that this site uses is laser targeted to this specific genre, the majority of the results are all potential winners. They do get a little weird if you tick the box for non-evil options, however!

Example Band Name Ideas: Vehement Lobotomy, Eminent Chaos, Crimson Pit, Eternal Gorgon, Demonic Remains, Corroded Assault, Brutal Rainbow

Bonus Generators

One Word Band Name Generator

None of the websites above feature a specific option for generating single word band names. However, I do have a recommendation that may work for many of you!

While it isn’t technically for constructing band names, the company name creator at TheStoryShack works as a pretty decent one word band name generator as well.

There are no text fields or checkboxes here, just keep hitting refresh and the site will continually spit out single word business names, most of which could potentially be great one word band names as well.

Funny Band Name Generator

Many of you have emailed in to ask about options for a funny band name generator. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find a solution for this specific need.

In this situation, I would try one of the band name generator with keywords above. This way you can at least gently guide the results in the right direction by experimenting with a various humorous words and phrases.

Alternatively, head to the bottom of this page for a link to my guide on coming up with a band name. In there, you will almost definitely find some good methods for coming up with a funny band name.

Similarly, a girl band names generator doesn’t seem to be a service that currently exists. Try the same solutions in this situation.

Guitar Name Generator

Here’s one that is slightly different. Rather than naming your band, what if you want to name your new instrument?

Why not check out this guitar name generator to come up with the perfect nickname for your new pride and joy?

Conclusions

If you’ve made it this far then hopefully you’ll have found at least one of two good options for your particular situation.

These generators certainly aren’t a foolproof way for coming up with good band names, but they should at the very least help to inspire you and get those creative juices flowing.

When you do come up with a few contenders, make sure to check that they are not already in use or that no similar-sounding bands exist. You can do this via a quick Google search, or Spotify is also a good option. Make sure to check the domain availability as well.

You’ll probably also want to make sure that whatever name you settle on can easily be found in search engines. I was a big fan of ‘Live’ when I was a kid, but they’re not even on the first page of Google with a name like that!

And if you feel that there is a better option out there that deserves a spot in the list, please drop me an email! You’ll find the contact form in the footer at the bottom of the site.

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2000+ FREE Guitar Jam Tracks & Backing Tracks!

Neal — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:48:11 +0000

Looking for a treasure trove of high-quality, free guitar jam tracks to practice your scales and improvisational skills? Well, you’ve found it!

In this article you’ll find a list of over 20 amazing sources of free guitar backing tracks, featuring literally thousands of incredible tracks spanning almost every musical genre that you could wish for.

Free Guitar Jam Tracks and Backing Tracks

I have split this list up into 3 different sections, sorting the tracks by source.

Firstly I have provided a variety of excellent backing track artists that you can follow on Spotify.

Next up we’ll look at some of the biggest and best YouTube channels that you can subscribe to.

And finally, I have also listed some excellent jam-track websites and search engines.

Let’s start off with Spotify…

Spotify is an excellent source of premium tracks, especially if you are a member of their Premium service which offers 320kbps sound quality.

The only downside is that I am not aware of an easy way to search for a specific style or genre from any one artist. A good practice is to favorite or create your own playlist once you do find the tracks that work for you.

On the plus side, having to really dig into an artist’s discography will probably expose you to some killer tracks that you would not have otherwise come across.

Here are a handful of my favorite artists for jam-along tracks.

Tom Bailey Backing Tracks

Tom Bailey has been producing high-quality guitar backing tracks since 2018, with a whopping 80 albums released at the time of writing. That’s almost 1000 jam tracks to delve into!

The key of every song is in the title, and almost every genre you could hope for is here.

You’ll find everything from emotional piano ballads, to rap beats, to heavy metal tracks.

Andertons TV

Andertons have their fingers in many pies these days, so it’s awesome to see that Captain Lee and friends are also helping out the guitar community with a series of premium backing track albums!

They release one album of tracks per year, and are at volume 6 at the time of writing.

So you’ve got 60 high-quality songs spanning various genres and styles to explore.

Superior Jam Tracks

Superior Jam Tracks is another prolific backing track artist on Spotify, with 17 albums released currently. The channel releases new music every week, so there should always be some fresh tunes to jam along to.

The majority of songs here are definitely more chilled out in nature, for example, you’ll find a lot of ballads, relaxing grooves, and soulful jams.

Although there is one album of heavy rock tracks too!

Jam’in Backing Tracks

Jam’in is a relatively new channel, having only launched in 2020. This is a great page to follow as they release new tracks every week, giving you a constant source of fresh inspiration.

The quality of the tracks from Jam’in is super-high, and there are a ton of different genres to explore, including some very cool drumless backing tracks and a lot of epic, cinematic style tunes.

Quist Backing Jam Tracks

Although he’s not quite as prolific as the other artists in this list, Quist has been going since 2012 so does have a fair few albums to his name!

Like Superior Jam Tracks above, he does seem to focus on more laid-back grooves and bluesy-style songs.

There is even a ‘sexy series’ of romantic backing tracks which would be ideal for Valentine’s Day jams.

Nick Neblo

Nick Neblo is one of the bigger guitar track artists on Spotify, with almost 40 albums of songs available at the time of writing. His most popular tracks have more listens than many mainstream artists would receive!

Most styles and genres are present and accounted for, with albums full of everything from metal and hard rock, to funk, blues, acoustic jams, and even Latin-inspired Spanish guitar tracks.

YouTube is probably the most popular source for jam-along tracks, so as you’d expect, this section is the biggest!

A great advantage to these video-based tracks is that the content creators can cram a lot of useful additional information into each song.

For example, many of these videos will overlay the chords being played in real-time, and also display several suggestions for which scales you might like to make use of.

There are thousands of incredible tracks in this section alone, so take the best of what you find below and make your own playlists for easy reference!

Elevated Jam Tracks

Elevated Jam Tracks is one of the biggest guitar backing track channels on YouTube, with over a quarter of a million subscribers at the time of writing.

A ton of effort is put into every track in terms of sound quality and video content. The chords used are displayed in real-time, and we are also treated to diagrams showing suggested scales to use.

Expect 2 to 3 new tracks every week!

YT Jam Tracks

YT Jam Tracks is run by Mikee, a musician, and producer from the UK. I gave up trying to figure out how many tracks he has put out – trust me, there’s a ton of them!

Each track is available to download for a small fee, or you can of course listen on YouTube for free.

Every video shows the chords used in the track and also gives suggestions on which scales you might like to use.

Jam’in

Jam’in Backing Tracks has already made an appearance in the Spotify list above, but I’ve included them again here in case YouTube is more your thing. Expect all of the tracks on Spotify to also be found here.

The advantage the YouTube channel has is that the videos show the chords being played in real-time, a very handy additional perk!

Check out the playlist tab for separate guitar, bass, and drumless songs.

Sebastien Zunino

Although his channel started out covering all things guitar, Sebastien has been almost exclusively pumping out quality backing tracks for the past 4 years. There are hundreds of videos to get stuck into covering pretty much every genre you could possibly need.

In his most recent videos, we can see him actually playing the backing track chords, accompanied with on-screen tablature.

All tracks are available to download on his Bandcamp page.

Dix Music Studio

Dix Music is a newer channel that I managed to find, having only started producing jam tracks in May 2021. The music quality is ultra-high and they are currently pumping out a couple of new tracks every week.

They have a lot of different styles of music available, but tend to focus on jazz and funk.

I really liked that they occasionally put out backing tracks in the style of specific artists, for example, Eric Clapton, George Benson, and Amy Winehouse.

Dopez Tracks

Dopez Tracks is another big guitar jam track channel that has been putting out videos since 2015. As you can imagine, this means that he has a ton of tracks available.

In each video, we can see the backing track being played. On-screen you will also see the current chord progression, current chord, and also the tuning and tempo.

The channel focuses mainly on rock and metal tracks.

JamTrack Society

If Blues is your thing then JamTrack Society is going to be an absolute treasure trove of quality songs for you to dive into – as blues backing tracks is pretty much all they do!

A feature that you may or may not like is that for the first minute of each video the channel owner performs his own solo over the track.

The video is also overlaid with the current chord progression and a choice of scales that you might like to use.

Sound Witch

The Sound Witch channel hasn’t posted a new video in over a year, but there are still over 400 tracks available to choose from, encompassing a ton of different genres.

Check out the various playlists available which have sorted the tracks depending on playstyle.

A standout feature of this channel is that there are jam tracks specifically for bassists and drummers also available.

Artmant Studios

Artmant Studios is another big jam track channel on YouTube, and regularly posts a couple of new videos per week. It also has plenty of tracks specifically for drummers and bassists to jam along to.

There are hundreds of videos available, so I’d recommend using the channel’s playlists to find what you need.

Here, videos are split up by genre, instrument, artist-style tracks, and more!

Now YOU Shred

As you can probably deduce from the name, this channel is aimed at guitar shredders and shred-wannabes! Although there is a ton of backing tracks in various genres available, these are interspersed with ‘shred tip’ videos to help with your improvisational skills.

There is plenty to chew on here if you are mainly into rock and blues style music, otherwise, you might find it difficult to uncover tracks that you like. A great place to work on your shred guitar chops!

Check out the channel’s playlists for a very well organized view of the videos available.

Benjamin Harrison Music

Benjamin Harrison is an Australian musician, composer, and producer, and has been producing jam track videos on YouTube since way back in 2015. In total, he has over 300 very high-quality songs available.

Each track shows the chords being played in real-time, and you can also download the tracks on Ben’s website if you’d prefer.

In addition, the tracks can also be downloaded without bass, drums, or piano/keyboard.