halibut Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 I'm trying to improve my technique locking in with a drummer, and I'm looking for some really good free MP3 tracks of a real drummer to practice over. I'm really struggling to find anything online. Google searches lead to pay sites, or sites with MP3s of drum machine loops, or recordings of some manic animal-from-the-muppets type stuff. Or it's short one bar instructional stuff for a drummer that has counting-in and can't be looped. That kind of thing. What I'm looking for is a couple of dozen drum MP3s in a nice zip file that... Is a real kit (I'm trying to focus my ear on picking out specific drums to lock in with) Is straightforward on the kick drum, snare and cymbal in common times like 2/4, 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 Simple floor tom fills at the end of the bars, and marking out 12 bar changes, etc. Can be looped, or at least has a couple of minutes of play time on each track. Just drums. Nothing else. Real straightforward stuff like you'd get from a beginner drummer. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisDev Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 You might find what you're looking for @ https://www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halibut Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 3 hours ago, ChrisDev said: You might find what you're looking for @ https://www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack.php Yeah, that's one that kept coming up when I was Googling yesterday. Looks like you can only stream without a paid for account, and I can't stream where I'm practicing. Only use an MP3 player with downloads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 (edited) I use hydrogen, you have to do the drums yourself but it's easy enough, and it's free, do a 2 bar drum beat and it just keeps repeating in pattern mode and then you just adjust the speed You can record it with audacity then save to an MP3, I use my laptop for practice Edited February 7, 2018 by PaulWarning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Try Youtube. Tons of great drum tracks there which you can use, often at the exact tempo you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Have you got an ipad or iphone? If you have there are hundreds of drum loops in Garageband. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisDev Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 2 hours ago, halibut said: Yeah, that's one that kept coming up when I was Googling yesterday. Looks like you can only stream without a paid for account, and I can't stream where I'm practicing. Only use an MP3 player with downloads. It used to be completely free. Should've checked before posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 There are online metronomes that can provide any timing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChunkyMunky Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 DrumGenius? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halibut Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 Cheers for all the help folks. For the benefit of anyone else that comes looking, I'll add one more I found if streaming / YouTube is available. It's a list of 300 drum tracks on YouTube that looks handy. http://www.smarthobbymusician.com/over-300-drum-tracks/ H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomer Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) I use Drum Loops HD on my iPad. Loads of styles and tempos - there is a free/light version. Search on the app store for it. Edited February 20, 2018 by Boomer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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