Category Archives: Free Beat Friday

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!

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…

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.

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…

Dust off the EMU, set the Akai to STUN – this month it’s a funky breakbeat loop…

Lob some talc on the kitchen floor – it’s time for a dirty disco groove…

Oil up that fretboard with chicken grease, it’s time for a Prince drum groove…

This month, it’s a good old 12/8 half-time Purdie shuffle… We recorded a Bernard Purdie shuffle for Free Beat Friday this month, with a Jeff Porcaro style phrasing on the kick drum. The Inspiration The Purdie shuffle is a 12/8 half-time shuffle conceived by the great Bernard Purdie. The key elements that makes this beat […]