Archive for the ‘060-080 BPM’ Category
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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Loop #107
Here's my loop response from the following request:
"I'd like something that can go behind a slow acoustic guitar without taking over."
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I immediately thought of Russ Kunkel's brush-ballad playing from those early 1970's James Taylor records. I tuned the snare down nice and low, kept the groove nice and simple and rounded things out with a bit of reverb.
Pre...
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Loop #98
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I'll admit, I started off today's recording session with a rather uninspired wank-fest. Not really sure about what to play, I inevitably ended up doing some mathematical-fusion-funk-jazz grooves that only Kenwood would appreciate. Then I discovered a new reverb plugin. A plugin so magical, it inspired me to play a plethora of 70's, heavy duty, straight up rock beats. The kin...
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While I've been able to mix and edit in my studio since I moved in, today was the first day that my kit was mic'd up and ready to record. I'm actually set up in a temporary room inside of my house (my wife loves this) while I figure out how I'm going to wire up and properly soundproof the carriage house. Are there any electricians in the New England area who will work for beats?
Loop #92
My current tracking room is much livelier than the one I was in prior to the move. With lower ceilin...
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OK, enough with the dorky mathematical fusion and spacey jazz loops. I can't let things get totally lame around here, so it's time to bring back some rock. I don't want Lemmy to cancel his yearly subscription.
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Loop #86
For today's loop, I recorded the drums as dry as possible.... which means I brought out the t-shirts again and covered up half of the snare. I recorded this w...
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It's almost as if it were a sign from God. I was driving around earlier today, trying to think of something interesting to record and desperately scanning the FM dial for some inspiration. Then, out of nowhere, it hit me like a ton of bricks. Well, a ton of bricks drenched in obscene amounts of reverb.
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"Is This Love" by Whitesnake. One of the penultimate power ballads ...
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Excessive crash cymbals? Check.
Excessively large 2B drum sticks? Check.
Excessive amounts of reverb? Check.
Excessively loud brass snare drum with coated blackdot heads? Check.
Excessively nerdy gear checklist. Check.
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Loop #81
Why just use a touch of compression on the bus when you can throw limiters on every individual track? This loop comes from the "more is mo...
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Have you heard a Zeibekiko groove before? I hadn't... until this morning when I received this email from one of my readers in France:
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Hello Ryan!
First I do appreciate your blog, it's fun to read, well written (even if, being a french reader, I'm not the best judge...), with nice loops... My drumming moment of the day (I'm not a drummer).
I would like...
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Whenever I hear Rage Against The Machine, I instantly reminisce about my senior year of high school. Everyday, during the lunch period, my friends and I would sneak out of school and drive to fine dining establishments such as Little Caesar's and Bruegger's Bagels.
Normally, going out to lunch isn't a big deal for a high school student, but my school had a "closed campus policy" and even employed a full time security guard to make sure kids weren't leaving the premises. This made the noon...
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One of my good friends, a fellow drummer and former classmate, offered me the chance to 'babysit' his cymbals this week. He was going down to New Orleans for Jazz Fest and, knowing that I was busy recording a series of loop packs, was kind of enough to loan me his vast array of cymbals.
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When I set up to record today, I felt like a kid in a candy store. I had two cases FULL of various cymbal...
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