Loop #127
Take a little bit of Sublime, mix it up with a dash of 311, and you've got yourself some serious stoner-funk-reggae. This particular genre requires one very ringy, high-pitched snare drum, some off-beat hi hat skankin', and an extra large brownie.
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Here's a four measure loop that will make patchouli oil ooze from your speakers.
Preview Here:
[audio:78_StonerFunk.mp3]...
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I've recently received a lot of requests for more reggae loops. Some via email, some via the comments section and some via the hippie who decided to camp out in front of my house and play his djembe all night. To prevent any sort of rogue drum circle from forming in my neighborhood, I spent the majority of today laying down new reggae infused loops.
I began by setting the click to 166 BPM and experimenting with different delays on the snare channel. As I've mentioned before, this is a tr...
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I just realized my "Style" category was missing one crucial genre: Reggae. But then I also realized I have no clue how to play the real "roots" stuff. Apparently I forgot to take that "Reggae 101" class at Berklee (they still let me graduate) and Burning Spear hasn't called me for any gigs lately.
To be perfectly honest, the majority of what I know comes from listening to Stewart Copeland with The Police and Pete Thomas with Elvis Costello. Hardly Rastafarian, but they are both masters ...
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