Creative Percussion
Aron Eugine
Introducing "One Man Tribe Vol 2 - Creative Percussion," the ultimate drum and percussion library that will transport you to the heart of Africa and the Arab world. Immerse yourself in over 2GB of expertly crafted loops and samples featuring a diverse range of authentic instruments, including the resonant doundoun, mesmerizing kanjira, powerful sangban, captivating shakers, and vibrant dholak, all masterfully performed by Ben Aylon.
About Ben Aylon and One Man Tribe:
Percussion virtuoso Ben Aylon gained national recognition in Senegal after appearing on popular TV shows with his solo performance "One Man Tribe". Inspired by his teacher, drumming legend Doudou Ndiaye Rose and the Senegalese tradition, Ben created an innovative, hybrid drumming style and technique, which capsules the massive sound of a tribe of drummers into a one-man-show performance.Playing ten Senegalese drums simultaneously as a drum kit, Ben drives traditional Senegalese drumming into new advanced territories. His fresh approach has earned him recognition from Senegal's leading drummers and the worldwide percussion community.His popularity in Senegal led to musical collaborations and meetings with major artists like Cheikh Lo and Youssou Ndour. Through these collaborations, he produced his debut album, "Xalam", presenting his compositions on the 'Xalam', a Senegalese string instrument. Released on Riverboat Records, the album received a 5-star rating and won Best Album 2021 by the prestigious Songlines Magazine.
For each release that you download, we provide everything into organized folders (by bpm and tempo) that allow you to quickly find the loops and samples that you're looking for. From there, simply just drag and drop the file into Logic, Ableton, Pro Tools, FL Studio and any other DAW that you might be using.
Congratulations to Joel St. Julien, Srayamurtikanti and Nick Zoulek, the composers selected for our 2023/24 Currents Creative Partnership! We will be collaborating with all three composers to create new works to be premiered by Third Coast next season. Read more about these outstanding music-makers below.
We received over 200 applications this year! It is so inspiring to see the creative and amazing work displayed by all of the proposals, and we know that our field will continue to be made better by the work of these composers! Thank you to everyone who submitted music and ideas this year.
Having joined the PMAC faculty in fall 2020, I was thrilled to learn that there was an opportunity to adapt my global rhythms program for a seed grant from the National Guild of Community Arts Education,, to pilot a creative aging program in the Seacoast community. In 2006, funded by an arts grant in New York, I created A World of Percussion, which was offered to children and turned into a workbook. The partnership between PMAC and the Portsmouth Senior Activity Center marked the first time A World of Percussion curriculum was adapted and offered to creative agers, 55+.
A World of Percussion connects language, mathematics, geography, history, culture and environment through an interactive rhythmic study of musical concepts from around the globe. Participants travel around the world (metaphorically speaking), encountering and exploring various rhythmic perspectives.
For 8 weeks, we met on Monday mornings: ten participants in a community room at PMAC with our assistant, Rex, present. I zoomed in via projector, conducting the group, despite the inherent zoom latency.
Participants entered the space with varying perspectives, many not sure what to expect. One participant had several years of drumming experience, some students were eager to play, expecting a free-form drum circle, one came to support a partner who was curious about drumming, some wanted to try something brand new and others expressed fear of the unknown and a hesitation of socializing after a difficult year of covid distancing.
We began by getting to know each other, our backgrounds and expectations, then quickly jumped into the deep end by making our first percussive sounds on various drums, shakers, scrapers and auxiliary percussion instruments. We attempted to play a single boom all together (surprisingly tricky especially over zoom) before exploring techniques required to play long tones, short tones, high pitched sounds and low pitched sounds.
Besides a general eagerness to try virtually anything, participants had many beautiful ideas that we worked into the process. For example, we were working on a challenging tongue twister-like phrase from India and one participant who had experience teaching foreign language suggested that we learn it backwards. We tried it and it was an instant success!
Throughout the week, participants emailed me and the others sharing their adventures and how they were discovering new rhythms in their daily lives. One heard a groove in the chopping of carrots, another found rhythm in an art exhibition. Several other participants mentioned that their listening and awareness were actually changing as the program developed.
The program concluded with a heartwarming sharing where we all met, in person, with friends, loved ones and other invited guests. We informally played through the various pieces that we had created and then shared about our experiences over the eight weeks. Here are some of reflections that the participants shared:
The Catalyzing Creative Aging seed grant is provided by the National Guild for Community Arts Education and made possible, in part, by generous support from Aroha Philanthropies and the NAMM Foundation. The Catalyzing Creative Aging Program is presented by the National Guild for Community Arts Education in partnership with Lifetime Arts, and includes group training, one-on-one coaching, and funding.
I really like Ultrabeat electronic kits, some electronic kits from Drum Designer. About acoustic samples...well, drum kits are OK, the main problem with the kicks in almost every live drum kit. They are terrible...
with every synth on the market. But really, it is necessary to create your own drums? There are enought samplepacks on the market for cheap and there are a lot of free samples too. With single adjustment in Samplers like Ultrabeat or EXS24 some enveloping or pitching, add some filtering you can turn every drum Sample in good sounding drum.
Edit: I create my own drum kicks with Sonic Academy Kick2, this is the only one drum that I prefer to create , to stick better with the rolling base line of psy-trance music, I use sampled kicks if I want to make some drops/Impacts with Reverb and Delay. For Kick rolls I am Sampling my main kick with EXS24. I am taking the other percussion elements from Sample Libaries most and load them in to Sampler for editing. If there is not needed an editing I drop the sample directinto the seq. window.
To me, the hardest thing to do is to get a decent-sounding drum performance, since I am not a drummer and (usually ...) I don't want my track to sound like a "drum machine." Fortunately, there are a lot of both audio and MIDI loops that were prepared by real human drummers. (The MIDI loops are particularly useful as sources of "MIDI event streams" that you probably never would have come up with on your own, unless you are the drummer that I'm not. They're also great for getting you "90% of the way there.")
A cheat I learned is to drag in an entire song mp3. Use the Drum Track type to create midi. It will read the transients on the mp3 audio wave and create midi that captures the performance. Usually good for kick and snare, maybe toms, but not too effective for cymbals.
Borrow from our selection of colorful and creative percussion instruments and learn the ABCs of music with our resident teaching artists. Play solo, with your family or friends, or even become part of an impromptu orchestra!
**Together, Kevin and Cheri create a powerhouse of creativity and functionality.** Their mission is to push the limits of percussion beyond the traditional drum set, offering high-quality, handcrafted instruments that ignite your creativity and elevate your sound.
**More than just instruments, Creative Percussion offers a gateway to a world of rhythmic exploration. Visit their website today to discover handcrafted percussion that matches your unique drumming vision!**
I offer creative percussion recordings for supporting simple and complex projects. After researching around the world, gathering sounds and rhythm philosophies from different cultures, I developed the sensitivity to feel and map the inner groove of a track. With vast experience in recording for creators of different genres, I mostly record for producers who need to blend the traditional drums and percussion sounds with modern and up-to-date productions like EDM, Hip Hop, Pop, Funk, House, Jazz, and Afrobeat.
Ben is a versatile percussionist who is delivers in a timely manner and over delivers. We added to my track way more than I expected and I loved it. Will definitely be working him again on all my percussion needs.
Ben earned my trust right away by being a fast communicator, and a good listener... it was clear he was going to work to deliver exactly what I was looking for. He more than met the needs for my project, and I would highly recommend him.
Besides being an outstanding Percussionist, Ben has a commitment to getting his work done & to a very high standard. He had my track back to me in under 48 hours. One can hear his love for his alchemy. I would love to do live work with Ben once the world settles down. Than you Ben
A: Im inspired by African drumming which contains the secrets for multi layered thinking and playing. This is the most important element in percussion playing, the art of layering and understanding of how each part can effect the flow and feel of a tune.
A: Percussion sampling for sample libraries, virtual instruments, loops and one-shots for sample packs in a vast variety of genres (including sound design, editing and mixing). Creative percussion recordings for songs and music productions.
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