Backingtracks
Feel free to download the tracks and use them for practice and fun. Most of these tracks are circling around but please respect any copyright issues and do check before you go on posting them on other sites.
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Thanks to Matthew Rigby for the track
One of These Days
- Thanks to François Vinette for the track
Echoes
- Based on the album version and cut during the “funky” part
Thanks to Matthew Rigby for the track
Time
- Thanks to Michael King for the track
- Thanks to Chris Johnson for the rack
Money
- This clip let’s you do both the rhythm and the three solos
Us & Them (midi)
Thanks to Mattia Calzolari for the track
Any Colour You Like (midi)
Thanks to Leandro Fernandez for the track
Eclipse (midi)
Thanks to Joe “Buckkillr8″ Eggers for the track
Shine on You Crazy Diamond 1-5
- Thanks to Andrea Torelli for the track
Shine On blues
- A blues based on the Shine On chords
Have a Cigar
- Thanks to Markus Auinger for the track
Wish You Were Here (Pulse version)
- Thanks to Markus Auinger for the track
Sheep (midi)
- Thanks to Joe “Buckkillr8″ Eggers for the track
Dogs “fast solo”
- The first solo of the track as heard on Animals. Note that this track is recorded in standard tuning. Recorded by me using Garageband.
Dogs “dry solo”
- The third or middle solo of the track as heard on Animals. Note that this track is recorded in standard tuning. Recorded by me using Garageband.
So Far Away (solo excerpt)
- Recorded by me using Garageband.
Raise My Rent
- Thanks to Neil Gard for the track
Another Brick in the Wall part 1
- Recorded by me using Garageband.
Another Brick in the Wall part 2
- Thanks to Are Svendsen for the track
Mother (extended solo version)
- Extended solo as heard on “Is There Anybody Out There/ Wall Live 80-81″
Thanks to Matthew Rigby for the track
Young Lust
- Thanks to Matthew Rigby for the track
Hey You
- Thanks to Markus Auinger for the track
Run Like Hell
- Thanks to Chris Johnson for the track
Comfortably Numb
- Thanks to Jani Ovasaka for the track
Your Possible Pasts (solo excerpt)
Thanks to Filippo Bartoli for the track
Fletcher Memorial Home
Thanks to Matthew Rigby for the track
Final Cut (solo excerpt)
- The solo from Final Cut. Recorded by me using Garageband.
Signs of Life
- Thanks to Jean Cabi for the track
Sorrow
- Thanks to Matthew Rigby for the track
On the Turning Away
- Thanks to John Roscoe for the track
Terminal Frost
- Thanks to John Roscoe for the track
Learning to Fly (Pulse version)
- Thanks to Markus Auinger for the track
Dogs of War
- Thanks to Fluch for the track
Cluster One
- Thanks to Alex Wheeler for the track
Coming Back to Life
- Thanks to Daniel Scates for the track
What Do You Want From Me
- Thanks to Christophe Folly for the track
Take it Back
- Thanks to Rafal Zychal for the track
Marooned (midi)
- Thanks to Stanislav Dyachenko for the track
Keep Talking (midi)
- Thanks to Joe “Buckkillr8″ Eggers for the track
Lost For Words
- Thanks to Gary Halloran for the track
High Hopes
- Thanks to Chico Valdivia for the track
Castellorizon
- No sound effects and added an acoustic guitar to keep time. Recorded by me using Garageband.
On an Island (first solo)
- The first solo or middle section on On an Island. Recorded by me using Garageband.
On an Island (final solo – extended)
- An extended version of the track heard on On an Island. Recorded by me using Garageband.
The Blue (excerpt)
- Thanks to Jordan Nevell for the track
Take a Breath
- Thanks to Frédéric Peynet for the track
Slow Blues
- Thanks to Rafal Zychal for the track



