Drum Beats

Drum beats have a tendency to stick in your brain. Check out some of the musicians who have become "legends" through their exceptional beats. I recommend checkig out artists like Lar Ulrich, Travis Barker, Buddy Rich, Dave Grohl, Keith Moon, Tre Cool, John Bonham, Phil Collins, Ringo Starr, Phil Rudd, Chad Smith, and Neil Peart. Check out some of their music for inspiration in creating your own music and playing style.

Master drummer John Thomakos teaches you how to play backbeat grooves with solid time and good feel. Learn the great rock, funk, blues, pop and soul styles with essential variations and embellishments, as well as lessons on muscle memory, practice, ghost notes, open hi-hat, and much, much more. Packed with information and examples, this is the ultimate "one-stop" beats collection.

101 basic drum beats are featured, plus hundreds of variations, such as intros, fills, accents, endings and a complete set of 'one-shots' on CD-ROM.

Files are in standard .wav format for use with any looping program, including Sonic Foundry's ACID and Fruity Loops. As a bonus, packs also include an audio CD with 99 tracks for demo and play-along, and a book with standard notation. ©2000. CD-ROM, CD, booklet.









In this book/CD pack, Jim Ryan presents over 500 drum beats and fills that can be used and adapted for all styles of music. Specialized areas include odd meter, fusion, funk, shuffle, and swing rhythms. The accompanying CD demonstrates several examples from each area. ©2008, Book & CD, 80 pages.



This book presents 1,001 drum beats and patterns played in a variety of drum styles, past and present. It's ideal for beginners seeking a well-organized, easy-to-follow encyclopedia of drum grooves, as well as consummate professionals who want to bring their knowledge of various drum styles to new heights.

Author Steve Mansfield presents: rock and funk beats, blues and jazz beats, ethnic beats, Afro-Cuban and Caribbean beats, and much more. ©2001, 112 pages.



Block Rockin’ has tons of cool beats and fills for the intermediate to advanced drummer. This book reflects recent musical trends by focusing on funky rock, hip hop, jungle and drum‘n'bass influenced beats for the kit. As time marches on, popular music continues to evolve and change. This book is designed to give the drummer more ideas and tools to help function in a musical environment that was not only influenced by jazz, blues, gospel, country, soul, latin and funk styles – but also shaped by D.J.s, samplers and electronic music. Drummers are often called upon now to replace or add to programmed tracks in the recording studio. For live shows, live drumming might be melded together with electronic elements or D.J.s, or both Rock and popular music are incorporating so many different elements and styles at this point, it’s hard to keep track!

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