Latin drumming

A Brief History Of Latin Drumming And The Role It Plays In Music Today The history of Latin drumming begins with the slave trade. Drums were, and still are, a huge part of the African culture and many tribes in Africa used drums as a way to communicate with one...

Awesome Customer Sound Clip

James Lake – Rosy Okenfold I just love it when our customers spontaneously send in songs that they have recorded with OddGrooves MIDI drum loops. Especially when they sound as good as Rosy Okenfold by James Lake. Magnus plays drums on a couple of songs on...

We Want the Funk! Download free funk loops here!

So what about the funk? I love the funk. I love to play it, listen to it and go to funk concerts. But I wasn’t always a funk fan, and if you read this blog regularly you may remember some of my previous posts about metal and also being a closet reggae fan. I...

Funk Pack Sound Clips

Funk Sound Clips Here are a couple of audio demos from the upcoming OddGrooves Funky Drumming drum loop pack. 95 BPM Funky Magnus 138 BPM Funk Fusion 111 BPM TOP Funk 86 BPM Funk Shuffle 115 BPM Popcorn Funk 112 BPM Funk 91 BPM Funk...

Shredder Pack FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions Many people have asked us questions via e-mail and on our Facebook page, and we thought it best to answer them all in one place: Right here on the OddGrooves blog. We will keep adding more questions and answers to this page as soon as they...

Free Metal Drum Loops

Free Metal Drum Loops A lot of people have been asking whether there will be any freebies associated with the Shredder Pack launch, and the answer to that is… Of course there will be freebies! Hey, this is OddGrooves, and we ALWAYS give away a bunch of high...

Shredder Pack Sound Clips

Sound clips taken from the Shredder Pack: Metal Drum Loops Demo 1 – 133 BPM Metal Drum Loops Demo 2 – 148 BPM Metal Drum Loops Demo 3 – 84 BPM Metal Drum Loops Demo 4 – 120 BPM Metal Drum Loops Demo 5 – 132 BPM Metal Drum Loops Demo 6...

Are you a Shredder?

Are you a shredder? A shredder is an instrumentalist (most of the time a guitarist) who possesses superb technical skills and likes to show it. Things associated with shredders are for example Ibanez guitars, harmonic minor and diminished scales played at greased...

Zappa Plays Zappa Review

Dweezil Zappa & Co, Nov 12 Stockholm, Sweden This was the fourth time I saw Zappa Plays Zappa, and my expectations were through the roof as the show has gotten even better each time. The first time I saw them Dweezil really impressed me by not simply copying his...

[VIDEO] Magnus Plays a Samba Jam

This is a short video of Magnus playing a groovy samba-type jam. Would you like to see a full Latin drum loop pack in the future? Leave a comment below the post and let us know! Sambajam