Playing at a steady tempo, finding tunes without drums to play along with and an exercise in varying accents in a sixteenth-note pattern.
Playing at a steady tempo, finding tunes without drums to play along with and an exercise in varying accents in a sixteenth-note pattern.
Music Tracks for Drummers
To answer one of the viewer's questions about sites that offer music with no drums, you can go to playjazznow.com and purchase several songs. I actually have them myself and they have easy, intermediate and advanced level tracks. The music is just piano and upright bass. They sound great and are very challenging. Enjoy!
rock
I sure would love some rock beats without the drums..
Rock music without drums
I found at least one link to some free downloadable music with and without drums. I don't know how often Vic Firth updates this.
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/drumset/playalongtrack.html
Vic Firth play-alongs
They update it once a week
Vic Firth Playalong Tunes
Exactly what I was looking for... just emailed them to ask if there is an accessible archive of tunes... will let you know
Re: Drumless Tracks
I just posted an original drumless track I recorded at www.drumcast.tv/drumlesstracks. I also just discovered this site that has some popular songs in drumless format: www.music4drums.net
Drumless cover tunes
I see that www.minusdrums.com has quite a few cover tunes without drums available.