Since Day 1 I have struggled with playing with the backing tracks. Ben pointed out the problem a long time ago, but I never really addressed it until today.
My timing with the backing tracks was terrible simply because I could not hear the music, but I am extremely reluctant to turn it up loud enough. It’s a holdover from my broadcasting days. DJ’s typically do not listen to the music they are playing on the radio. They’ve already heard the song a million times. Besides, when the song is playing, you are busy with other things, like talking on the phone or getting chewed out for screwing up at whatever the daily screw-up was. And good DJ’s never take their headphones off. You might uncover one ear to hear what’s happening in the room, but one ear is always attuned to what’s happening on the air. I wore headphones for so long (40+ years) they rubbed a bald spot on my head. 
Today I finally, reluctantly, bought a new pair of headphones. I thought I was done with that ball-and-chain when I retired, but it’s the only way I can think of to listen to the backing tracks without cranking up the house speakers.
It works like a charm, as I’m sure you know. But to keep them from making me think I got sucked back into the snake pit, I figured I better not call them headphones, or “cans.”
Another oddball thing: I basically started just before the COVID-19 got started, so there has been no opportunity to play with other people. I have no idea how loud a guitar player sounds if we were picking together. Weird.
Yes, I have a banjo mute.
And now I have a “gee-tar mute!” 
What’s the difference between a “gee-tar” and a “guitar?”
About $700.