Soca music is already great, but even greater to hear it with a band, performed on a big stage with a band, and in a colorful live show. Even though many musicians nowadays perform with the original track playing (like a playback in the background). A phenomenon, that I still try to learn to understand. So let’s say, once the stage performance is done right, soca can sound fabulous in a live experience. I have no issues with the inclusion of DJ sounds, but often you would love to hear the real thing, and not watch the artist turning into an MC animating his own song, while it’s playing in the background. The time when at least so-called TV tracks have been used (instrumental tracks with background singer vocals only), seems to be quite rare.