I’m looking for suggestions for my drum jam-along playlist, so any song you love that has a good beat I’m open to. Whatcha got?
Edit: for clarification my plan is to add all these to a playlist and tomorrow my practice session is gonna just be jamming to that playlist. Load me up!
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Sounds like a melody by A life divided
- Enough by Disturbed
- Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes.
- Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
- Hootsforce by Gloryhammer
- Mine Mine Mine by Wind Rose
- Four To Six by Math The Band
Hit It and Quit It by Funkadelic
Cantiga 166 if you’re into medieval music.
Microphone Fiend by Eric B. & Rakim
Here’s what I came up with out of my song sifting. I was going to place them in order as to how hard they might be to play… then I realized that wouldn’t matter, as it’s different for everyone. Ha. Enjoy.
Avenged Sevenfold - Bat Country
Bring Me The Horizon - The House of Wolves
Victorious is a trans woman anthem honestly. Listened to it a lot early in my transition.
It’s a suitable song for a lot of people. Since becoming an uncle, I tend to think of my niece when I listen to it. (Which reminds me… I should text her.)
Yeah, sorry, I didn’t mean to say it was exclusively. It’s just really powerful for all women ☺️
Damn, Rabbit Junk reference in the wild. First time ever for me.
Lemon Demon - My Trains [Youtube]
(I don’t know much about drums but this song just sounds really good)
Not a particularly cool band these days, and not well-known outside the UK, but Madness have a great rhythm section.
Or maybe “had”… their newer stuff is pretty unbearable to me…
But songs like Our House and Wings Of A Dove would be great to play along to on drums. If you happen to like the music, which you might not!
Refused - “The Deadly Rhythm” https://youtu.be/bJJlo_6YMIc
For a metal waltz, try Cheval by Igorrr
For jazzy pop with an upfront floor tom, try Humanised by Sola Rosa
For messy disjointed verses and flowing choruses, try Giant by Bear Hands
For a shuffle-y groove with some slightly unusual snare patterns, try Home Away From Home by Cut Chemist - nothing too wild here, but it sounds like it’d be fun to play
For setting up random stuff like dustbin lids as percussion, try Sick Kids by Fjorka
For being kept on your toes by something with several distinct sections, including an unusual shuffle, tru Walking Headz by STUFF. The full stop is part of the band name
For rhythmic patterns not common in Western music, try Gnawa Beat by Bab L’ Bluz
For noisy punk with lots of fills, try Bakuro Book by Otoboke Beaver
For laid-back funk with some unusual percussion, try 3 On E by Vulfpeck
For if you’ve ever wondered what it would sound like if bossa nova and drum & bass had a baby, try Drum ‘N’ Bossa by Carbuncle
For fun swing-y jazz try Forgotten Places by Alif Tree
And, just for funsies, why not pit yourself against the most sampled song in history? Amen Brother by The Winstons - you know the drum sample (1.26, for anybody who wants to skip to it to see if they’ve heard it - spoiler: you have), but the tune itself is also a banger with a fun drum part
The Amen Break is like the Wilhelm Scream of music.
The Futurama theme song is another surprisingly good use of it. It’s kind of like if Fat Boy Slim had written Amen Brother.
