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Your own “glitch” beat

  • October 22, 2015
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Having duly warned you of the perils of such dark, arcane knowledge, here’s a page of exercises for developing your own “glitch”/Questlove/d’Angelo groove, which, like overly-groomed beards and twee interpretations of 1920s lumberjack clothing, is […]

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What the kids are doing is officially jive

  • October 20, 2015
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There’s a new type of drum groove that has been kicking around hiphop circles for a decade or so, with a strangely precise, often bordering on ricky-ticky, half-swing feel. I’ve heard it called a “glitch […]

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