by Per Ulfhielm | Aug 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Back in the day when OddGrooves was an active gigging band, we used to play our version of Stratus. Our keyboard player had unexpectedly quit the band which meant we had to do it as a 3-piece, with pre-recorded keyboard parts. Which in turn meant we needed to play to...
by Per Ulfhielm | Mar 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
The winners of the OddGrooves Lockdown Song Contest are: First prize winner Paul Devlin: Home Grown oddgrooves · Paul Devlin - Home Grown Paul Devlin I come from a musical family. Growing up in a household with five siblings, all of whom sing, play an instrument, and...
by Per Ulfhielm | Aug 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Here are a couple of audio clips featuring drum grooves taken from the pack OddGrooves Blues Drumming. All drums are of course played by Magnus Brandell, and the rest of the instruments are played by Per Ulfhielm. The tune Listen and learn features Emelie Rosenqvist...
by Per Ulfhielm | May 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
The 2020 Lockdown Song Contest is over, and we have chosen four winners out of a total of 50 tracks. This was not an easy task, I assure you, as there were so many good songs! So, without further ado, here are the winners: Winner #1 is Saulo Valerio Saulo Valerio Hi,...
by Per Ulfhielm | Apr 1, 2020 | Blog, Free drum grooves, Uncategorized
16th note shuffle funk, a style that we like to refer to as Bumpy, and is a type of groove you frequently hear from artists such as Stevie Wonder and James Brown, but also Toto, Sting and Peter Gabriel. Magnus got the inspiration from Vinnie Colaiuta, Per Lindvall,...
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...