by Per Ulfhielm | Dec 7, 2019 | Blog, Free drum grooves, Uncategorized
Our MIDI drum jams are 32-bar drum groove that you can use as a starting point for a tune, practise other instruments to or simply play along with, whether you are a guitarist, keyboard player, bassist, songwriter or whatever. Just like all of our grooves, our free...
by Per Ulfhielm | Jun 27, 2025 | Blog, Free drum grooves
Today we are launching a brand new blues song by The Empere, a project by singer Emelie Rosenqvist and Per Ulfhielm, with lots of help from Magnus Brandell on drums and Karin Ulfhielm on backing vocals. Listen to the track on Spotify Free drum grooves for the song...
by Per Ulfhielm | Jun 1, 2025 | Free drum grooves
I absolutely adore Pressure and Time by Rival Sons. It’s one of those songs that immediately brings the mood up if you’re feeling a bit down. Works every time! MIDI drumming for the song After all of the thumbs up we got after last month’s jam Squib...
by Per Ulfhielm | Apr 27, 2025 | Free drum grooves
In 1974, Tower of Power released their legendary album Back to Oakland, which includes an instrumental song called Squib Cakes (composed by organist Chester Thompson). I absolutely love Squib Cakes, and I jumped with joy when Magnus sent med his take on the drumming,...
by Per Ulfhielm | Feb 1, 2025 | Free drum grooves
One of the most exciting aspects of jazz drumming is how it allows for seamless transitions between different rhythmic feels. A classic example is On Green Dolphin Street, where the song moves between Latin and swing in a way that keeps the music dynamic and...
by Per Ulfhielm | Jan 15, 2025 | Customer releases
Here’s a new customer release! John McCain of Basics for Baroque Improvisation has composed and plays all instruments on this meditative track, using our ECM Drumming pack for the drum parts. It reminds me of Mike Keneally, Frank Zappa and Pat Metheny. Really...
by Per Ulfhielm | Jan 1, 2025 | Customer releases
Here’s a new release from Wisconsin-based Supernatural Blondes, called Religion of the Heart. The songs feature lots of OddGrooves MIDI drum loops, primaily from the packs Straight-ahead Rock and The Songwriter packs. 1980’s style hard rock. I love it!...
by Per Ulfhielm | Dec 30, 2024 | Customer releases
I love it when our customers use OddGrooves’ MIDI in their songs, especially when the songs are released on the streaming services. So a while ago Terry Weiss from Skeeter Jones & The Fireflies reached out about their new EP Feathers, which features plenty...
by Per Ulfhielm | Aug 30, 2024 | Free drum grooves, Sound Clips
Download a selection of grooves (50 bars of bumpy beat jazz drumming assembled into one nifty MIDI file) from the upcoming Beat Jazz Pack by clicking the link below. The grooves are arranged for Toontrack Superior Drummer 3 & EZdrummer 3, XLN Audio Addictive Drums...
by Per Ulfhielm | Apr 25, 2024 | Free drum grooves
Here are a selection of free drum grooves (all played by Magnus Brandell) that were recorded for the song Footsteps in the Water by Sophie Bickerdike. I put together 85 bars, or just over 3 1/2 minutes of Magnus’ drumming into one long MIDI file that you can use...
by Per Ulfhielm | Dec 25, 2023 | Articles and Tutorials
Save your new OddGrooves pack where you normally keep your grooves, samples etc Open EZdrummer 3 Go to the Grooves page and click the Options menu top right, then choose “User MIDI and linked folders” and “Add linked folder”. Navigate to...