'Ashes To Ashes' Displaced Snare Groove A one bar groove where the beat four snare is shifted by an eighth note. Using the classic David Bowie song as an example.
'Dreams' Slightly Syncopated Groove Style Fill A simple eighth note and quarter note rhythmic fill that has a slightly syncopated feel using the song 'Dreams' by Van Halen as an example.
'Enter Sandman' Style Tom Pattern A simple eighth note tom pattern with a four on the floor using the song 'Enter Sandman' by Metallica as an example.
'Find Me' Eighth Note Groove Decorated With 16th Hi Hats A simple groove pattern decorated with sixteenth note hi hats.
'If You Want Blood' Syncopated Eighths Fills A fill construction idea that uses a form of the 332 rhythm with a specific orchestration.
'Livin' On The Edge' Sixteenth Note Grouping Fill A half bar fill built from simple sixteenth note groupings.
'Pressure' Groove Using Toms Instead Of Kicks Recreating level 0 style patterns using floor toms instead of kicks.
'Say You Will' Groove Variation Concept A two bar groove where snares are removed. Using this Foreigner song as an example.
'Take On Me' Verse Groove A two bar groove incorporating a kick and snare played together using this Aha song as an example.
5/4 Grooves With '3322' Kick Snare Placement Using a slightly syncopated rhythm between the kicks and snares to create some new groove 'shapes' in the time signature of 5/4.
6/8 Fills Following A '1 2+3 4+5+6' Rhythm Full bar fills in 6/8 that use a specific combination of 16th groupings.
8 Bar Funk Improvisation Based On A Groove A discussion on how to work with slightly longer improvisation patterns, includes a Free MP3 Backing Track.
8 Bar Funk Improvisation Based On A Rhythm 2 A second discussion on how to work with slightly longer funk improvisation patterns, includes a Free MP3 Backing Track.
8 Bar Jazz Improvisation Based On A Groove 2 A discussion on how to work with slightly longer improvisation patterns, includes a Free MP3 Backing Track.
8 Bar Rock Improvisation Based On A Groove A discussion on how to work with slightly longer improvisation patterns, includes a Free MP3 Backing Track.
8 Bar Rock Improvisation Based On A Groove 2 A further example of an eight bar improvisation, includes a Free MP3 Backing Track.
8 Bar Rock Improvisation Based On A Rhythm A discussion on how to work with slightly longer improvisation patterns, includes a Free MP3 Backing Track.