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Thanks for the publicity.
Is there no drummer on this list (Or maybe someone who can ask the drummer
of his band) who could write down some surf rhythms? (some fill in's would
be neat too)
Roland Bettenville
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Date: donderdag 15 november 2001 02:05:09
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Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: surf drums, midi files, audio?
Thanks again to Zak, Roland Bettenville has some midi drum files at
his site. Go to:
and click on the Surf Drums link.
I've added this link to the Bookmarks section for this group at
--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "Brian Neal" <bneal@z...> wrote:
> Hey Brian,
>
> I bought a used Boss DR-550 drum machine cheap off E-Bay a while
> back. It is several years old and is a very basic and no frills
unit.
> But it came with a pattern book and here is a pattern for a basic
> surf/rockabilly beat. Here it is in drum machine notation:
>
> 1 2 3 4
> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
> Kick Drum: X X
> Snare: X X X
> Hi Hat: X X X X X X X X
>
> Just like tab, you'll have to view this with a non-proportional
font
> so the spaces line up. The top row is each beat in a 4/4 time
> signature, the second row just divides the measure into 16 parts so
I
> could line up the X's. This is the classic snare drum "2 on the 2
> and 1 on the 4".
>
> Not a MIDI file but hope that helps. It was a revelation to me
since
> I am not a drummer and needed something better than a metronome to
> practice with.
>
>
> BN
>
> --- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "Brian Schultz" <n2longboards@y...>
wrote:
> > Like other contributors, I am playing solo and also looking for
> > some surf drum loops, samples or anything I can use in Logic or
> > Cubase for drum tracks. It seems so weird that all these drum
> > machines and loop cd's would be lacking in surf drum samples.
> > I can't find anything close to surf beat anywhere (except for
> > Albatross's website.) I'm not a drummer, do I have to write it
out
> > (somehow) anyway, if any of you guys have an audio, or midi file
I
> > can use (for fun, not commercially) of surf drums, I would be
> > majorly stoked.
> >
> > keep the faith.
> >
> > Brian
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