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Billy Joel Style (Beats for BeatBuddy)

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Timeless Rhythms for Piano Rock Covers

The “Billy Joel Style” drum beat pack for BeatBuddy captures the iconic rhythms that have accompanied some of the greatest songs from one of America’s most beloved singer-songwriters and pianists.

Featuring MIDI drum beats transcribed from 11 of Billy Joel’s biggest hits, this collection brings the energy and smooth grooves that define his music. From the upbeat swing of Uptown Girl to the reflective rhythm of Piano Man, these beats provide the perfect foundation for covering Billy Joel’s timeless classics.

Designed for live performances, rehearsals, or practice sessions, this pack works seamlessly with your BB pedal drummer, letting you recreate the authentic feel of Billy Joel’s legendary tracks.

Included are 11 BB songs for playing the following covers:

An Innocent Man
Just the Way You Are
Movin’ Out
My Life
New York State of Mind
Piano Man
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
The River of Dreams *
To Make You Feel My Love *
Uptown Girl
You May Be Right

With the Billy Joel Style beat pack for BB pedal drum machine, you’ll have the essential rhythms to perform some of the most iconic songs in American music history, delivering the authentic sound of Billy Joel’s legendary catalog.

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: *Songs “The River Of Dreams” and “To Make You Feel My Love” require STUDIO STANDARD drumset for BeatBuddy to play back the necessary percussion instruments. While these songs will work with most drumsets, we recommend VINTAGE STANDARD drumset for BeatBuddy for a more authentic sound.

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:

NEW SONG: You May Be Right
An Innocent Man: verses 2, 4, 5, extra fills
Just The Way You Are: extra fills
Moving Out: groove 1 (o hats), remake all song parts, fix form / extra fills
My Life: groove 2, groove 3, groove 4 (o hats), extra fills remake form
NY State Of Mind: extra fills
Scenes From Italian Restaurant p1: extra fills, p3: extra fills
The River Of Dreams: groove 1, / extra fills
To Make You Feel My Love: extra fill (snare swung)

Type: Beats For BeatBuddy

Size: 1MB

Producer:

Goran Rista

Format: BBS, MIDI (type 0)

Genre: POP

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.

“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

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

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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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