Any place to find drum tracks to play to?

deliciouspesto · #1 10-29-2009, 11:43 AM

Hey guys,
I've been really enjoying playing to a few youtube videos (eg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxuvw...eature=related) but are there any sources for just drum, and variety? Does somebody sell or offer this sort of thing? Would love anyone's insight. Thanks!

Jim Nazium · #2 10-29-2009, 01:52 PM

There are some recordings of just drums that are available for sale. I think there's a set called "CD metronome". But honestly, I think your money would be better spent on a drum machine, so you can program your own grooves and set any temp you want. There are even some free downloadable virtual drum machines that are decent.

Infernal Affair · #3 10-29-2009, 05:00 PM

I've responded to a couple of these posts awhile back. I'm not affiliated with him, but Ryan Gruss has some great drum tracks that are free. See this thread:

Online Drum Beats?

He also updates regularly and has some very reasonable prices for drum packs and subscriptions.

Infernal Affair · #4 10-29-2009, 05:01 PM

I forgot about this post as well:

Drum Tracks for Practice

electracoyote · #5 10-29-2009, 05:05 PM

I didn't verify this, so I hope it still works. Try www.fivefeathers.com

I have around 5 backing track CDs for blues lead guitar by that company. Really tight little rhythm section of drums, bass, and guitar to play over in various keys, tempos and synchopations. I think they produce the same kind of thing for bass players (sans bass) in various styles of music.

grifff · #6 10-29-2009, 05:23 PM

You could also try the Korg PX5D, apparently it has like 128 drum loops. I'm thinking about picking one up to practice with.

Stumbo · #7 10-29-2009, 05:56 PM

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Poor Tom · #8 10-29-2009, 05:58 PM

or instead of reading other threads, we could just give you the answer:

http://www.rinki.net/pekka/monkey/

have fun.

radiohead860 · #9 10-31-2009, 09:43 AM

I recommend Riffworks T4, the free version has a few demo drum tracks and you can buy new ones (without upgrading to the full version) for about $10 each. I bought a few last week and have been happy with them so far.

I use a Line6 Pod UX1, so the analog out from it will also push the drum tracks and your own bass through it.

http://www.sonomawireworks.com/riffworks.php