Rhythmic Sketchin' - A Living Collection Of Songs w/o Melody

by Bill Ray Drums

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1.	115BPM Jazz Calypso Groove 03:04	info	buy track
2.	90 BPM 12/8 Blues Groove 03:41	info	buy track
3.	125 BPM Rock Shuffle 03:04	info	buy track
4.	173 BPM 15/8 Funk 04:03	info	buy track
5.	87 BPM New Orleans March 05:29	info	buy track
6.	132 BPM Caravan Tom Thing 03:35	info	buy track
7.	132 BPM 12/8 Gospel Feel 03:58	info	buy track
8.	132 BPM Texas Shuffle 03:14	info	buy track
9.	148 BPM Boogaloo 02:38	info	buy track
10.	105 BPM Funk Twofer 05:59	info	buy track
11.	127 BPM Drivin' 2&4 Tune W/More Cowbell 03:31	info	buy track
12.	82 BPM Smooth R&B Type Groove 03:52	info	buy track
13.	127 BPM Cool Jazz 03:47	info	buy track
14.	127 BPM Reggaeton 04:09	info	buy track
15.	254 BPM 7/8 Funk Fusion 03:20	info	buy track
16.	127 BPM Half-Time Jazz-Rock 03:31	info	buy track
17.	127 BPM 12/8 Reverent Slow Blues Thing 04:46	info	buy track
18.	92 BPM Swingy Bounce Groove 03:07	info	buy track
19.	76 BPM Slick Groovy Vibe 03:28	info	buy track
20.	163 BPM Rockin 02:56	info	buy track
21.	75 BPM Mississippi Grit 03:41		buy track
22.	75 BPM Gutbucket Blues 12/8 04:41		buy track
23.	113 BPM Faux Bossa 04:02		buy track
24.	113 BPM- Purdy Lil' Thang 04:13	info	buy track
25.	222 BPM- Heptadekaphobia (17/8) 03:57	info	buy track
26.	128 BPM- We're An Ame... 02:38	info	buy track
27.	128 BPM Chase Your Tail... (7/8+9/8 combinations) 02:53	info	buy track
28.	180 BPM 6/8 w/ Brushes 06:02	info	buy track
29.	87 BPM Minneapolis Shuffle (Quintuplet groove) 03:26	info	buy track
30.	119 BPM 6/8 Afro-Cuban Sorta Ting 02:54	info	buy track
31.	119 BPM Fusion Thing In 3/4 03:36	info	buy track
32.	89 BPM- Brushy Train Beat 02:17	info	buy track
33.	89 BPM- Funk Brushes 02:44	info	buy track
34.	84 BPM 5:4 / 4:5 (Quintuplets in 4/4, then 16ths in 5/4) 03:41	info	buy track
35.	94 BPM Bridge of I's 04:25	info	buy track
36.	108 BPM Fatback #1 03:09	info	buy track
37.	155 BPM Manic Discussion 03:25	info	buy track
38.	155 BPM- When The Levee 6/8s 03:35	info	buy track
39.	137 BPM- Quick Funk 02:31	info	buy track
40.	137 BPM 12 Bar Shuffle w/ Punches & Std. Ending 02:54	info	buy track
41.	100 BPM Jerky Funk in 4/4 02:41	info	buy track
42.	124BPM- You're Not The Bossa Me 03:53		buy track
43.	2e Funk 03:57	info	buy track
44.	Purdie Good Gospel 04:01	info	buy track
45.	Tribal 5 03:28	info	buy track

about

A living work that will continue to grow in the coming days. These "rhythmic sketches" are captured extemporaneous arrangements that I hear in my head as I'm playing them. Some are congruent shapes, others are musical cul-de-sacs that seem to not have any sort of rhyme or reason.

At any rate, they're honest. I play them to a click so you can cut them up, slide things around, snip out the parts you do or don't want and maybe you'll make a hit record with these ideas! (If you make any money, send me some!)

I have been making these kinds of ideas available for almost 15 years. Over 3,000 tunes have been written around them that I know of. Also, some 50 albums have come to me from random strangers around the world. It's my way of giving back to the universe of music. We all have to help each other along.

It's a somewhat backwards way of making music, but I believe that every good song has a rhythm that is memorable. Maybe technology has homogenized the "art of music making", but I'm one holdout who believes in the old-school way; play the drums, make a beat.

Rhythm is the "lost chord" that so many musicians tend to seek, and it's always been right there. I hope these "melodic orphans" find a home in your musical world.

~13612
Bill G. Ray

*Stem file listing: Kick, Snare Top, Snare Bottom, Tom1, Tom2, Overhead L, Overhead R, HiHat, Ride Cymbal, OTKR (Over The Kit Rear), Room (front 10' away)