You playing along with a backing track. So, I watch the YouTube videos of drummers playing along with their playalong tracks, and sounding pretty OK, and I think you know, I probably wouldn’t sound any better […]
Category: practice loops
Practice loop in 6/4: Lilin
Here’s that practice loop for yesterday’s Figure Control page in 6/4, sampled from Lilin, played by John Zorn’s Masada. The tempo is a little easier than the other recent loop in 6. You’ll also find […]
Groove o’ the day: Milton Nascimento – Tudo Que Você Podia Ser
My apologies for the lack of new posts. I’m putting together a new show of my paintings— first one in 15 years— and that has been occupying most of my spare time of late. Here’s […]
FIGURE CONTROL: 6/4 – Free Design riff
Stretching the concept of my Funk Control series a little bit. Here we’re just doing some basic orchestrations with a rhythmic figure, the vamp in 6/4 from Stereolab’s The Free Design, which I posted before […]
Practice loop in 6/4: The Free Design
A fun practice loop, in a fast 6/4, sampled from The Free Design, by Stereolab. Tempo is about quarter note = 217 BPM. The rhythm for the bass vamp: Have fun. This loops seamlessly, if […]
Practice loop in 5/4: Everything’s All Right
I’ve had a busy week here, ending with going to Seattle for the weekend to play in/hang out at the Ballard Jazz Festival, so let’s ease back in to blogging with a practice loop— a […]
Practice loop: Bill Frisell – Child At Heart
Here’s a loop to practice my hip uptempo rock practice method along with— sampled from the fast portion of Bill Frisell’s Child At Heart, from his album Where In The World, which is one of […]
Practice loop: Max in 5
In honor of what would be Max Roach’s 92nd birthday, here’s a practice loop sampled from As Long As You’re Living, from his album Quiet As It’s Kept. The tune is a blues in 5/4, […]
Practice loop: The Meters / Cabbage Alley
Take care of your mental wellbeing and forget this political nightmare for awhile, with this cheery practice loop, sampled from Cabbage Alley by The Meters. Excellent for use with this late plethora of funk materials. […]
Practice loop: The Meters / Doodle-Oop
Oh, and you might want a slightly slower loop to hang with the sixtuplets on the new page of funk stuff, so here’s some more Meters. The tempo is about 90 BPM, and the NOLA-style swing […]