Sting Style (Beats for BeatBuddy)

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Genre-Defying Rhythms for Live Covers

 

The “Sting Style” drum beat pack for BeatBuddy brings the intricate, World-inspired rhythms of Sting’s top 10 hits to your live performances and practice sessions.

Known for his genre-blending approach, Sting has drawn from Jazz, Classical, Arabic, and World music influences to create a unique sound transcending traditional Pop and Rock boundaries.

 

This MIDI drum loop collection faithfully recreates the grooves and fills that have powered some of his iconic songs.

 

Featuring remakes of the beats by legendary drummers like Vinnie Colaiuta, Manu Katché, and Omar Hakim, this pack provides the sophisticated, dynamic rhythms that have helped define Sting’s solo career.

Whether you’re covering his soulful ballads or upbeat anthems, these beats are perfect for recreating the subtle yet powerful drumming that drives his music.

 

Included are 10 BB songs to play the following covers:

  • All This Time
  • Englishman In NY
  • Fields Of Gold
  • Fortress Around Your Heart
  • Fragile *
  • If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
  • It’s Probably Me
  • Seven Days
  • Shape Of My Heart
  • When We Dance

 

 

With the “Sting Style” MIDI drum beat pack for your pedal drum machine, you can bring the diverse and sophisticated rhythms of one of the most innovative artists to your performances, offering a true-to-life drumming experience for Sting’s most celebrated songs.

 

 

CONTENT SUMMARY:

  • Includes “BeatBuddy Songs” (.bbs format) with full song arrangements reflecting the original song forms.
  • Contains transcribed drum beats and fills, with additional fills added in sections without fills in the original recordings.
  • Includes source MIDI files for creating new BB songs or for use in a DAW.
  • Perfect for faithfully playing song covers, practice sessions, or jamming.
  • Not compatible with BeatBuddy Mini; compatible only with the full BeatBuddy edition.

 

 

Notes: * Fragile utilizes the WORLD PERCUSSION drumset, available separately.

We recommend the STUDIO STANDARD drumset for best results and to take advantage of additional percussion.

 

This product is included in the GoranGrooves Complete Collection 2024 for BB.

 

Disclaimer: BeatBuddy® is a registered trademark of Singular Sound. The use of the word "BeatBuddy" is for identification purposes only.

GoranGrooves TM Content is not produced, disseminated, or endorsed by Singular Sound.

 

 

Changelist

Update 1.1

 

  • All This Time: intro (shorten, qtz), groove 2, / extra fills
  • Englishman In NY: shorten intro, / extra fills
  • Fields Of Gold: simple fills
  • Fortress Around Your Heart: groove 3, groove 4, / extra fills
  • Fragile: extra fills
  • If I Ever Lose My Faith In You: verse 1 (o hat), groove 4, / extra fills
  • Its Probably Me: groove 3, groove 4, groove 6, / extra fills
  • Seven Days: groove 1, / extra fills not appropriate
  • Shape Of My Heart: groove 1 (breaks in shaker/hats, qtz), var 4 / extra fills
  • When We Dance: fill 1 (o hat) / extra fills

Type: Beats For BeatBuddy

Size: 1MB

Producer:

 Goran Rista

Format: BBS, MIDI (type 0)

Genre: POP, WORLD

Platform:

(Win 7+),  (MacOS 10.11+, dual binary), BeatBuddy

EASILY INSTALL DIRECTLY ONTO YOUR SD CARD IN SECONDS

GoranGrooves drum beats for BB come with installers for MacOS and Windows that will install the collections directly onto your SD card containing an existing BB project.

 

Go from downloading to playing your new drum beats within a couple of minutes*.

 

*The actual time will depend on the download speed and the speed of your SD card and its card reader.

DRUM BEATS WITH A HUMAN FEEL

All drummers deviate from mathematically perfect timing, and great drummers manage to do it consistently, making the music feel good.

Be it laying back on 2 & 4 on the snare or slight swinging of the hi-hats, they all help make a human groove feel good in music.

 

Our drum beats are not mathematically perfect, but they have that human magic injected into them while keeping a consistent feel.

Zoomed in view of midi note off grid indicating human feel

EXPERTLY EDITED DRUM LOOPS

All drum loops included in our collection are clean and loop seamlessly. They have been carefully edited and programmed so that each note sounds as it would in real life if played by a human drummer.

MICRO-DYNAMICS

A rhythm played on a percussive instrument can have many dynamic levels within a single bar. Some notes are strong and used to spell out the main rhythm, while others are soft and “ghosted,” providing the much-needed flow. They act as “time glue,” bridging the gaps between accented notes while delivering a subliminal sense of time and groove.

 

Further, as the velocity of drum playing changes, articulations may also change, so having those at the correct levels is essential for natural-sounding grooves.

 

Our drum loops have the appropriate microdynamics to make them sound as natural as possible when played back through one of our drumsets on the BB.

Demonstration of dynamics of midi files

“IN THE POCKET” BEATS

A rock-solid, consistent drum groove that fits well into the music is considered to be “in the pocket.” Solid timing, good feel, and microdynamics converge to make these loops sound realistic.

 

The drum beats in this pack will deliver “the pocket” with every loop, so all you need to do is to make sure to lock in with them.

FROM THE PRODUCER OF THE ORIGINAL CONTENT FOR BEATBUDDY AND THE BB PREMIUM LIBRARY

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MEET YOUR DRUM WIZ

If you use BeatBuddy, you are familiar with Goran Rista’s work. Goran was the sole drummer producer of the original content that has shipped on the BB and BB Mini for the last decade. He also produced 99.5% of the BB Premium Library content, now available exclusively here.

 

To enable even more musicians to use his realistic drum sample libraries and MIDI drum loops, Goran developed and launched Handy Drums, award-winning virtual drum and percussion instruments for DAW users.

 

A graduate of New Zealand’s School Of Music with a degree in Jazz Performance, Goran has extensively traveled the world playing music before settling in Miami, FL, as a session drummer/ producer for the last 18 years.

 

He has produced thousands of MIDI drum loops and over two dozen drum sample libraries in various formats, used by well over 100,000 musicians worldwide, both live and in the studio.

THIS DRUM BEAT PACK IS INCLUDED IN THE COMPLETE COLLECTION FOR BB

Interested in the “all you can handle” premium bundle for your BB but not yet ready?

 

Purchase this drum beat pack, and when you are ready to upgrade to the entire bundle containing all of our drumsets and drum beats for BB, we’ll credit you for individual products for BB (up to $50).

 

When you add the GoranGrooves Complete Collection 2024 for BB, you’ll receive an automatic discount for your previous purchases on cart/ checkout pages.

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