Ali - 'Downtown Strut' - in PBS Studio 5 Live December 5, 2023 drums backing track
Built for players who want to hear the groove more clearly and get to practice without detours.
About this version
Some drum parts make sense on paper and still feel odd under your hands. This version is for closing that gap a bit faster.
Useful for
working on groove and feel
Useful for
cleaning up fills and transitions
Useful for
repeating the section before the section that usually goes wrong
A simple way in
A version for hearing the groove, fills, and transitions more clearly while keeping the shape of the original song intact.
Start with the tricky section, not the whole song. A few good repetitions usually tell you more than one rushed pass from top to bottom.
Once it feels settled, go back to the full arrangement and check whether it still holds together. That is usually where the real answer is.
Notes
PBS 106.7FM presents Ali 'Downtown Strut' live in PBS Studio 5 at Collingwood Yards. The full performance was originally aired on Mystic Brew on Tuesday December 5, 2023 - you can listen back to the audio here: pbsfm.org.au/program/mystic-brew/2023-12-05/09-00-00 Recorded by Andrew Robinson. Video by Kurt Eckardt, edited by Mackenzie Curtis (instagram.com/mackenziecurtis). PBS thanks the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust for funding assistance to build and fit-out Studio 5. PBS FM is a member-funded community radio station based in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. We have a dedicated team of volunteers broadcasting specialist music programming 24/7 via 106.7FM & PBS Digital in Naarm, and worldwide via www.pbsfm.org.au and the PBS app.
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Open the song in the app, stay with the part you came for, and leave the rest for later.