Category: Groove of the week

Here’s groove of the week #13, things are gonna get pretty tricky this week! This is one of those grooves that just kept evolving and growing, I kept finding more fun things to add to it. Let’s get to work on our 4-way co-ordination. Get The Groove First, let’s look at the basic groove. Here’s…

Here’s groove of the week 12: Groove of the week #12 is a pretty funky 2 bar pattern featuring a 16th note bass drum, 16th note hi-hat embellishments and, those awesome sounding open hi-hats on beats 3 & 4 of the 2nd bar. This groove reminds me of pop-funk grooves that you hear from from…

It’s that time of the week where we get groovy! Here’s groove of the week #11: Groove of the week #11 is brought to you by I’m The Only One by Melissa Etheridge, Dazed & Confused by Led Zeppelin, and, countless Blues Songs. Let’s get into it. Get The Groove This beat is based on…

Here’s groove of the week #10. This week’s groove is a two handed 16th note groove and it’s basically the main groove from the Simple Minds’ song Alive & Kicking but with accents added to give it a little twist. Accents added in this manner can bring a groove to life and give it a…

Here’s groove of the week #9: This week’s groove of the week is brought to you by the song Monsters by Shinedown. I’ve been working on Monsters this week and the groove stuck in my head. You’ll also recognize this beat from chorus of Maroon 5’s This Love, although it’s played about 20bpm faster than…

Let’s bounce along and enjoy Groove of the Week #8: Groove of the week 8 is, of course, a shuffle. A groove that has powered countless Blues and Country songs as well as many popular Rock & Pop songs. You’ve probably heard shuffles on Confident by Demi Lovato, Ex’s & Oh’s by Elle King, Grace…

Here’s groove of the week #7 – possibly the happiest groove on the planet! What a great groove. It is of course a Soca & it has to be one of the most popular grooves on the planet. You’ll have heard a slow version of it in Despacito. Ed Sheeran strongly hints at it in…

It’s time to get funky! Here’s Groove of the Week #6: I first remember hearing this kind of funky, syncopated two bar pattern in the chorus of the Billy Joel song Easy Money from the Innocent Man Album. I instantly fell in love with the groove and it became one of my favourite songs to…

It’s time to get groovy! This week’s groove of the week is a simple 2-bar pattern. Here’s groove of the week #5: I’ve always loved this beat. Skipping the bass drum on beat 1 of the second bar gives this groove a very upbeat feel and adds a certain swagger to it. A song that…

It’s groove of the week time! Here’s groove of the week #4: Here’s one of those grooves that occurs in more songs than you’d think. Having the bass drum on the “ah” of 2 followed by a bass drum on the “&” of three is extremely common. Check out “How To Save A Life ”…