Blog story about the recording of Free Beat Friday #10 – A linear drum groove is where you only hit every beat of a subdivision in the bar, but don’t hit anything at the same time. Which is kinda strange for a drummer as that’s exactly what we’ve learned to NOT do!!
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Articles about the Beat Shed recordings. Detailed information, technical information, and the story as to how the session came about.
Information about how the beats were recorded, inspiration behind them and more about how to use the beats.
Free Beat Friday #9 – “Funky Snakefoot” HipHop Breakbeat Groove
Blog story about the recording of Free Beat Friday #9 – The hiphop breakbeat groove in this month’s Free Beat Friday is inspired by Synthetic Substitution by Melvin Bliss which was sampled by The Pharcyde on their classic “Ya Mama”. Our version is swung rather than straight though!
Continue readingFree Beat Friday #8 – Fast HEAVY Rock Drums
Blog story about the recording of Free Beat Friday #8 – A fast HEAVY Rock drum Shred-Up!….We’ve done a couple of up-tempo heavy rock drum sessions lately. So we were WELL in the mood for a bit of shred…
Continue readingFree Beat Friday #7 – Block Rockin’ Breakbeat
Blog story about the recording of Free Beat Friday #7 – A block rockin’ breakbeat!…. In case you didn’t get the reference (!?!) this month’s Free Beat Friday is affectionately influenced by a fairly well known track by the Chemical Brothers.
Continue readingFree Beat Friday #6 – Dancehall Drum Loop
Blog story about the recording of Free Beat Friday #6 – A dancehall Drum Loop…. We recorded this STONKING dancehall drum loop back in December. So we can’t really remember! But it must’ve been cold and we fancied something steamy and exciting to warm up…
Continue readingDeep Dry Soul Kit – Soul Samples
Blog story about the recording of “Deep Dry Soul Kit” – a sample pack containing 41 drum hits recorded across 11 different voices at 4 different velocities. Classic-sounding soul samples produced with a 70’s drum sound.
Continue readingFree Beat Friday #5 – Funky Breakbeat Loop
Dust off the EMU, set the Akai to STUN – this month it’s a funky breakbeat loop…
Continue reading“Big, Round & Bouncy” – Soul Loops
Blog story about the recording of “Big, Round & Bouncy”. 47 dry funky grooves recorded in 72 loops – played at 85 & 102 BPM. Classic-sounding soul loops produced with a 70’s drum sound.
Continue readingFree Beat Friday #4 – Disco Groove
Lob some talc on the kitchen floor – it’s time for a dirty disco groove…
Continue reading“Since We’ve Been Together” – Soul Drums – Song Slices
12 moveable song sections at 102 BPM – classic-sounding drum and percussion grooves recorded and produced with a well-know soul hit in mind.
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