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Category Archives: Free Beat Friday

Free Beat Friday #11 – Free Drum Solo!

Merlin March 11, 2022 Leave a comment
Free Drum Solo

Performed by Merlin Matthews on a vintage 70’s Ludwig kit, this free drum solo moves through various drum tones and timbres using broomstick, hotrods and sticks.

The recurring pattern is (very loosely) based on a “Mozambique” feel

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Free Beat Friday #10 – Linear Drum Groove

Merlin February 5, 2021 Leave a comment
linear drum groove

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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Free Beat Friday #9 – “Funky Snakefoot” HipHop Breakbeat Groove

Merlin January 1, 2021 Leave a comment
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!

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Free Beat Friday #8 – Fast HEAVY Rock Drums

Merlin July 3, 2020 Leave a comment
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…

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Free Beat Friday #7 – Block Rockin’ Breakbeat

Merlin June 5, 2020 Leave a comment
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.

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Free Beat Friday #6 – Dancehall Drum Loop

Merlin May 2, 2020 Leave a comment
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…

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Free Beat Friday #5 – Funky Breakbeat Loop

Merlin April 3, 2020 Leave a comment
funky breakbeat loop

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

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Free Beat Friday #4 – Disco Groove

Merlin March 6, 2020 Leave a comment
disco groove

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

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Free Beat Friday #3 – Prince Drum Groove

Merlin November 1, 2019 Leave a comment
prince drum groove

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

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Free Beat Friday #2 – Purdie Shuffle Groove

Merlin October 4, 2019 Leave a comment
purdie shuffle

This month, it’s a good old 12/8 half-time Purdie shuffle groove… We recorded a Bernard Purdie shuffle groove for Free Beat Friday this month, with a Jeff Porcaro style phrasing on the kick drum. UPDATE 03/2021 – New 12/8 Drum Loops Pack The Complete Purdie Shuffle Loops Toolkit Take 149 Purdie shuffle loops played at […]

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