Making the Beat: Rock Drums – Audio Premium – Blancer.com Tutorials and projects

In this week’s Audio Premium content, Mike Elliott begins his in-depth series on creating drum beats, starting with Rock. The techniques he teaches work with any DAW, as long as you have a step sequencer or piano roll, and a well-rounded drum and cymbal sample library (or drum synth).

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Welcome to the first in a series of drum based tutorials that will show you not just what the beats are, but how to make them sound good. In this tutorial we are going to cover most everything drums in the Rock genre. Rock music ranges from bombastic heavy hits to laid back straight ahead grooves. The drums are the undisputable backbone to most every genre and Rock is defiantly at the heart of that sentiment. Some of the most famous Rock songs start out with an equally famous drumbeat; Walk This Way, We Will Rock You, Hot for Teacher, and Rock n Roll just to name a few. Other times there are just as equally famous fills such the one in Phil Collins’ In the Air Tonight. No matter which way you cut it, the drums are the most important element and need to be done right. So with that in mind, lets rock!

Here’s the kind of music you’ll be able to create once you harness the knowledge inside:

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