Surf Instrumental EZDrummer MIDI Pack Request

[Harry Lord]

How about a set of midi files covering drumming in the style of the Surf Instrumentals from the early 1960’s. For inspiration and ideas I would point to The Ventures (Walk, Don’t Run / Hawaii-5-O etc), The Shadows (Apache / Kontiki / Flingle Bunt etc), Jet Harris and Tony Meehan (Diamonds / Scarlett O’Hara) and countless other hits such as Wipeout (Surfaries), Saturday Night at the Duck Pond (Cougars), Miserlou (Dick Dale) – I could go on for a long time . . . .

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[Clay]

yes i 2nd this

[efsb]

Agreed! Bump!

[marktuan]

+1 from me on this. A Surf Instrumental / early-60s beat MIDI pack would fill a real gap in the EZdrummer library.

What would make it especially useful is not just “generic rock with more toms,” but the actual feel of those records — tight snare-driven grooves, tom-led intros/fills, train beats, shuffle variations, and those dramatic stop/start accents you hear in The Ventures, The Shadows, Dick Dale, The Surfaris, The Chantays, etc.

A pack like this could easily cover:

• straight surf 8ths in a few tempos
• Wipe Out-style tom grooves / solos
• Apache / Shadows-type grooves with that slightly restrained UK instrumental feel
• double-time surf energy for Dick Dale / Miserlou type tracks
• slow/medium instrumental ballad grooves for Hank Marvin / Ventures-style melodies
• lots of period-correct fills, press rolls, cymbal crashes and ending tags

I think it would appeal not only to surf players, but also to anyone doing retro instrumental rock, spy themes, garage rock, rockabilly crossovers, or TV/film cues with a vintage 60s flavour.

Would definitely buy this.

• This post was modified 2 months ago by John.
  Reason: no linking like this, please

[Captain Sensible]

marktuan wrote:

+1 from me on this. A Surf Instrumental / early-60s beat MIDI pack would fill a real gap in the EZdrummer library.

What would make it especially useful is not just “generic rock with more toms,” but the actual feel of those records — tight snare-driven grooves, tom-led intros/fills, train beats, shuffle variations, and those dramatic stop/start accents you hear in The Ventures, The Shadows, Dick Dale, The Surfaris, The Chantays, etc.

A pack like this could easily cover:

• straight surf 8ths in a few tempos
• Wipe Out-style tom grooves / solos
• Apache / Shadows-type grooves with that slightly restrained UK instrumental feel
• double-time surf energy for Dick Dale / Miserlou type tracks
• slow/medium instrumental ballad grooves for Hank Marvin / Ventures-style melodies
• lots of period-correct fills, press rolls, cymbal crashes and ending tags

I think it would appeal not only to surf players, but also to anyone doing retro instrumental rock, spy themes, garage rock, rockabilly crossovers, or TV/film cues with a vintage 60s flavour.

Would definitely buy this.

• This post was modified 2 months ago by John.
  Reason: no linking like this, please

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