For many years, Pete Baxter was a famous Bandleader and Trombonist whose clients included The Royal Family, Houses of Parliament, BBC, Granada Television, Marks & Spencers, and Southern Comfort. Among many achievements, he held the world record for the fastest playing of the "Sailors Hornpipe" on trombone, was the inspiration for the advertisement the Lurpac Butterman, and he also worked in musical comedy with icons like Tony Hancock and Benny Hill. Today, Pete devotes his time to writing original music for Film, TV, and Commercials.
Both lap and pedal steel guitars were closely associated with the development of country music and Western swing. The pedal steel's liquid, yearning sound has begun in recent years to be coveted by many modern musicians, beginning in jazz and blues. This solo for guitar brings out its haunting sound, Guitar,
This track with real drums and drummer is to add the atmosphere of Brazil to any video or programme it can be used with any sports or parade. With this track you can only be in Brazil and you can even dance to it without any melody. Perfect for soccer world cup and Olympics a gold medal performance. Drum Loops,
This is a duet between a conga player and a Bossa drummer like all good Bossas it sways. A Brazilian drummer taught me that swing should sway back to front and the Bossa sway side to side. If you listen for a while you will get the side to side rhythm. Amplified by the conga playing in the groove, Drum Loops,
The pedal steel guitar is a musical instrument that produces sound by strings vibrating over a magnetic pickup. The instrument has reference lines where frets would be, but no actual frets—the player changes the pitch of one or more strings by sliding a metal bar (a steel) top notch player a steal, Guitar,
Samba a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia, Brazil, and with its roots in Rio de Janeiro and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is recognized around the world as the symbol of Brazil. Real Drums give you the real feel of the Samba superb, Drum Loops,
Bossa nova is a well-known style of Brazilian music developed and popularized in the 1950s and 1960s. The phrase bossa nova means literally "new trend" A lyrical fusion of samba and jazz, bossa nova today it is the worlds rhythm played in every hotel Lead in on this track on drum sticks drum bass, Drum Loops,
An old saying in Jazz is It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing which is a great song too but I have never read a good description of swinging jazz. b Even a great orchestra can swing which is what my track does but with a jazz feel. You will hear this in good Jazz clubs by top Jazz Bands, Drums,
This is a simple vibraphone telling the story of the humming bird it is a lot faster than any Bee and must consume its own body weight in sugar every day. You can hear it hover and drink and would make a musical background for anything that needs speed. Like a phone on hold or a computer calculating, Chromatic Percussion, Vibraphones
Having listened to many Conga Drummers the biggest fault is not keeping time. So I have made a tape that keeps perfect time and allows you to get your sound right. You can do as many Conga rolls as you like but they have to be in time. I learned by counting 1001 1002 1003 1004 with a clock silently, Drum Loops,
The contemporary Brazilian group Bossacucanova updates the legacy with what member Alex Moreira describes as "modern production methods sequencers and samplers with the classic feel of acoustic guitars and great singers. Groups world wide are looking for real Bossa drumming this is it listen, Drums,
This is an original idea I have been trying to find an electronic door bell but they are not ideal. This one will Knock on the door and give you a polyphonic chromatic it is also ideal of an electronic alarm or call waiting I doubt if there is another one anywhere killing two birds with one stone, Synth Loops,
Many Saxophone players have chosen to work alone like Sonny Rollins at people who are fortunate to hear him tell me it is great art. Well I have taken a lot of time and energy to capture a solo by a world class baritone soloist and all you have to do is enjoy it perfect for films and arts, Woodwinds, Baritone Saxophones
Salsa dancing originated in New York in the mid-1970s. It evolved from earlier dance forms such as "Cha cha cha" and Mambo incorporated elements of Swing dancing and Hustle, as well as elements of Afro-Cuban and Afro-Caribbean dances such as Guaguanco and Pachanga now it has its own style, Drums,
Grunge evolved from the local punk rock scene, and was inspired by bands such as The Fartz, The U-Men, 10 Minute Warning, The Accüsed, and the Fastbacks this is an up tempo track that is a style of drumming arranged by me to push the seattle sound further along the green river it is a hard rock. Drums,
Often characterized by a sludgy guitar sound that uses a high level of distortion, fuzz and feedback effects grunge fuses elements of hardcore punk and heavy metal although some bands performed with more emphasis on one or the other this track is my arrangement for the instrumentalist in studio, Drums,
It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrín in 1953. This rhythm was developed from the danzón by a syncopation of the fourth beat. The name is onomatopoeic, the sound is made by the dancers feet when dancing to the Cuban drums the real deal, Drums,
Reggae originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music, a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional mento calypso music rhythm & blues and rock steady. This track features the Tom Toms, Drums,
The Africans brought over to be slaves had a history and culture that later merged with the other cultures they had been pushed into. The African origins of rumba can be traced to two secular dances of the Bantu origin the yuka and “makuta” most latin music feature the Rumba and are used for Fiesta, Drums,
One of the philosophies of the grunge scene is authenticity. Dave Rimmer writes that with the revival of punk ideals of stripped-down music in the early 1990s, with "Cobain, and lots of kids like him, rock & roll... threw down a dare: Can you be pure enough, day after day, my arrangement is for you, Drums,
Hip Hop can also be seen in different national contexts. In Tanzania, artists maintained popular acts of their own in the early 2000s, infusing local styles of Afrobeat and arabesque melodies, dancehall and hip-hop beats, and Swahili lyrics This track is for these poets worldwide with the right beat, Drums,
It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival is one of the most popular Brazilian cultural expressions, samba has become an icon of Brazilian national identity and soccer or football featured at Mardi Gra and many different versions delight the world carnival, Drums,
This drumming will give you the root of power ballads which really are in almost all styles in fact you could use it on its own. It isn't easy to find a drum track of this quality it is a session drummer not a drum machine and you can feel the difference its good enough for rap or poetry and chat. Drums,
The modern dance from New York was popularized in the 1980s by Eddie Torres, Angel Rodriguez of RazzM'Tazz Mambo Dance Company, and others, many of whom were 2nd generation New York Puerto Ricans Originally it came from Cuba it is very popular in the clubs and on the streets Mambo Number Nine is new, Drums,
A striking action that reflects the staccato nature of this style's preferred music. In tango, the steps are typically more gliding, but can vary widely in timing, speed, and character, and follow no single specific rhythm. The marching bands played tangos and this became a world dance, Drums,
Common variants of pop songs include the verse-chorus form and the thirty-two-bar form, with a focus on melodies and catchy hooks, and a chorus that contrasts I think today people want better drum tracks with solos built in. Words have become largely hooks this gives you something to work with new. Drums,
Hard rock developed into a major form of popular music in the 1970s, with bands such as Led Zeppelin, The Who, Deep Purple, Aerosmith and AC/DC this arrangement gives a studio quality sound to this style of rock it can also cover all rock where drums are featured steady beat with solos with an edge, Drums,
The first use of the term on record was in 1925 in the name of Jimmy O'Bryant and his Chicago Skifflers. Most often it was used to describe country blues music records, which included the compositions "Hometown Skiffle" (1929) and "Skiffle Blues" this led to British Skiffle which I arranged some. Drums,
In music, strumming is way of playing a stringed instrument such as a guitar. A strum or stroke is a sweeping action where a fingernail or plectrum brushes past several strings in order to set them all into motion and thereby play a chord. Today many acoustic guitars have metal strings and resonator, Guitar,
These congas are usable in most music styles they can fill any modern music about 140 bpm It is difficult to find good conga players and the the sound is unique. They will also fill any track such as conversation by adding a feel under what you are saying they will work without music original, Drums,
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker. Guitar,
This song was inspired by Chopin my favourite composer. In the last Century it would have been a variation upon a theme by Chopin. Just as "Whiter Shade of Pale" was a variation upon a theme by Bach. I believe I have modernised this keeping faith with Chopin. Chopin never called his tune a Cuckoo. Keyboard, , Frederic Chopin
In popular music, a break is an instrumental or percussion section during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a "break" from the main parts of the song or piece A solo break in occurs when the rhythm section stops playing behind a soloist for a brief period This is break drumming, Drums,
Adolphe Sax, a Belgian-born instrument maker, flautist, and clarinetist working in Paris. While still working at his father's instrument shop in Brussels, Sax began developing an instrument with the projection of a brass instrument and the agility of a woodwind. Its octave brake makes it easier, Woodwinds, Tenor Saxophones