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Common – Like Water for Chocolate

I can’t believe this record is almost twenty years old.

It’s packed with great beats by Questlove and others. The track “Heat” samples Tony Allen, Fela Kuti’s one-time fellow band member and co-founder of the Afrobeat genre.

Here are some beats from the record. – Beck

Download the free pdfs HERE.

Remote Drum Recordings

I offer remote drum recordings for your tracks, using Addictive Drums 2 via a Roland TD-17KVX electronic drum kit.

That’s a great option for demos, or if you don’t have the big studio dollars and want great sounding drums on your music.
All I need is an mp3 or wav file of your song, and I can record drums for you remotely.
Then I’ll send you back the midi files, a stereo drum mix, or the individual audio stems.
If you’re interested in having some beckbeat drums on your song or recording, please use the contact form on this website.

To give you an idea of how Addictive Drums 2 sounds, here are three custom kits I’ve used in different musical situations.

Be well,

Beck

Linear Drum Fill

This one’s for my drum students!

Here are two great sounding Linear Fill combinations.

  • Learn the sticking (and footing) first, play it slowly and gradually bring it up to speed.
  • Make sure the pattern sounds even and not choppy.
  • Focus an clarity and groove first, the speed will come.

I demonstrate one example on the kit including three toms, but the possibilities are endless.

Play around and see if you can come up with your own orchestrations of the patterns!

Happy drumming and I hope to see you In Real Life soon!

Be well! – Beck