it's going to make you a better guitar player when you use a metronome or even better a drum boot
even better still if your drum loop is from one of your favorite songs or at least a song you know
and in this video i'm looking at the drum beats plus app for your smartphone or tablet
drum beats plus is one of the most popular music tools on the app store and is helping over 300
000 musicians around the world take their playing to the next level it's also good for practicing
jamming band rehearsals and performances the beats in the app are also performed by a real drummer
very impressive so let's try and jam along to some of these beats
a lot of guitar players who are leaps ahead of me say always practice with a metronome and the
app has 24 of them to fit in with what you like to play in various time signatures from clicks
to wood blocks basic counts metronome clicks there are four categories of beats as well
in the library you've got genre specific beats famous beats hit songs funk and rock hits rhcp
incubus rage primas etc you get training beats rhythm timing and dynamic exercises as well as
drum rudiments the tempo can be adjusted from 45 to 200 bpm i reckon it'll be great as a
songwriting tool as well the convenience of having it on a device that stays with you all the time
just open the app and play your save loops plus also connect your phone or tablet to a pa system
for live performances now i remember back in the day having an old yamaha drum machine for
that sort of thing and it would have been great to have this app back then let's take a look
through the drum beats plus app now you've got all the most popular stuff at the top
and then you've got starter beats you've got plenty of metronomes in there break beats and
the most interesting thing about the app is they hit songs now this is where things get
really interesting because in this section you've got drum beats from popular songs so for example
i think we can all guess what these are supposed to be
especially this one if i slow that down just by tapping on the tempo
now as well as that you've got a ton of different drumbeat options a ton of different packs in there
everything from rock and pop to r'n'b
and down here to blues alternatives you've got different timing breaks as well
of course you've got some nice blues in there
and you've also got stuff for the metal guys as well
plus plenty of jazz now of course if you wanted to and you just want to use this as
a practice tool or an improvisation tool you can just roll the dice let the drum beats plus
app choose a drum beat for you and then try and improvise over that
the initial app has over a hundred beats and there are upgrades available within the app
it also has a great feedback on the app store which i think speaks for itself
what a great little drum app you can download it on your preferred
app store or visit ninebus.com for the full story cheers and thanks for watching