by Per Ulfhielm | Oct 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
How about a bunch of free jazz grooves inspired by the great artists of the ECM label, such as Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Pat Metheny and John Abercrombie? The pack includes three longer jam-like modern jazz grooves (ECM, funk and fusion played live on a whole drum...
by Per Ulfhielm | Apr 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Help save a generation of teenagers and expose them to some GREAT music! This meme was originally posted on our Facebook page, where it went viral and was shared by thousands of people in just a few days. Do you write and record Zappa-esque, progressive music? Check...
by Per Ulfhielm | Apr 14, 2013 | Blog, Reviews
I’m writing this from a hotel room in Bloomsbury, London and it’s the morning after my head was ripped off. Ripped off in the sense that last night I had one of the most profoundly intense musical experiences of my 42 years on planet earth – I saw...
by Per Ulfhielm | Mar 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Now let me tell you about a very cool project that OddGrooves drummer Magnus Brandell recently participated in. Magnus plays drums on Danish artists Thomas Magnussen and Bjorn Palmqvist’s brand new CD Shakespeare Sonnets, which features Magnussen’s...
by Per Ulfhielm | Dec 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
Time for some free drum loops again, don’t you think? This time we have a bunch of 4/4 loops taken from our upcoming pack with the working title “Magnus Brandell Signature Grooves”. These grooves feature a lot of ghost notes, drags, buzzes, flams,...
by Per Ulfhielm | Sep 7, 2012 | Blog, Interviews
About a year ago, I got an e-mail saying something like “Hey guys, here’s a song I recorded using your Latin Drumming pack. Feel free to use it on your website”. The sender was Andy Kotz, a Minneapolis-based...
by Per Ulfhielm | May 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
So, what’s up with 7/8? Yeah, what is up with 7/8 time? Well, for starters it’s a damn cool time signature – and a popular one if you’re into advanced music styles such as progressive rock and fusion. When OddGrooves started out back in 2008...
by Per Ulfhielm | Apr 1, 2012 | Free drum grooves
“The Sound of Prozak” Here at OddGrooves we absolutely LOVE Porcupine Tree, and the song Sound of Muzak is one of our favorites. So, OddGrooves Chief Drummer Magnus Brandell decided to record a version of the song and release it as a free MIDI drum jam,...
by Per Ulfhielm | Mar 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
We just finished updating our all of our latin drum loops to include mapping for Steven Slate Drums 4.0. f you already bought the Latin Bundle (or any of the packs Bossa, Mambo, Samba or Songo Drumming) you can expect an e-mail with a download link for the updated...
by Per Ulfhielm | Feb 2, 2012 | Blog
Here’s a short update from Magnus on what’s cooking in the OddGrooves lab: