{"id":392838,"date":"2016-02-23T14:35:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T13:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toontrack.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=392838"},"modified":"2025-10-01T00:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T22:02:35","slug":"country-grooves-midi","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.toontrack.com\/product\/country-grooves-midi\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Grooves MIDI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tt-container-fluid-styles container-fluid color-white pb-5\"  style=\"background: url(''); webkit-background-size: cover; -moz-background-size: cover; -o-background-size: cover; background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; \">\n        <div class=\"tt-container-styles container \" style=\"\">        \n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 col-lg-7 pe-lg-4\">\n<p class=\"mt-0\">In a country song, nothing contends with the vocal. Probably more so than in any genre, it completely bathes in the center stage limelight. But just like in any kind of music, all instruments in a song work in each other\u2019s favor. Without the guitars or the piano, the vocal would fall flat. And especially in uptempo music, a song without the proper groove or rhythm section would have no heartbeat. This collection of MIDI focuses on just that \u2013 basic, sturdy drum grooves that can serve as the backbone in a mix without overpowering any other element. This is drum MIDI with just the right amount of flash to fall straight into place.<\/p>\n<p>Expect anything from old school swing and classic country shuffle to the more modern pop and rock-influenced grooves heard in mainstream country today. Simply put \u2013 great, down-to-earth grooves covering the essentials of classic country drumming through the ages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 col-lg-5 ps-lg-4\">\n<div class=\"tt-feature-spotlight\">\n<div style=\"height: 50px;\" class=\"d-md-none\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li div class=\"mt-0\">Drum MIDI grooves inspired by country music<\/li>\n<li>A total of 497 individually played grooves\/fills<\/li>\n<li>Ballad, midtempo, uptempo and double-time<\/li>\n<li>2\/4, 4\/4 and 6\/8 in swing and\/or straight feel<\/li>\n<li>Tempos ranging from 60 to 170 BPM <\/li>\n<li>Intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, bridge, fills and ending variations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n    <\/div>    <\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"tt-container-fluid-styles container-fluid color-midi py-3 py-sm-5\"  style=\"background: url(''); webkit-background-size: cover; -moz-background-size: cover; -o-background-size: cover; background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; \">\n        <div class=\"tt-container-styles container \" style=\"\">        <\/p>\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center my-3\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-4 col-md-3 col-lg-4 my-3\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-2 offset-1 col-sm-12 offset-sm-0 col-xl-3\">\n                <div class=\"align-items-center d-flex position-relative justify-content-start\">\n    <div class=\"tt-audio-button-wrapper tt-icon-audio-demo size-md mx-auto icon-responsive\" style=\"\">\n        <div class=\"tt-audioplayer tt-audio-button tt-tooltip size-md play-3-inv \"\n                                    data-playerColor=\"color-player-default current-line-color \"\n                             data-songId=\"0\"\n             data-playlistId=\"127\"\n             data-songNr=\"0\"\n             data-html=\"true\"\n             data-delay=\"3000\"\n             data-duration=\"0\"\n             title=\"<span style='white-space:nowrap;'>Open player<\/span>\"\n        >\n                                                <svg id=\"tt-play-btn-inv\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 80 80\" style=\"\">\n                        <path style=\"\" class=\"color-fill-transparent\" id=\"triangle\" d=\"m60.04,37.79l-30.97-17.82c-1.76-1.02-3.2-.18-3.2,1.85v35.84c0,2.03,1.43,2.86,3.19,1.84l30.99-18.01h-.01c1.77-1.02,1.76-2.68,0-3.7Z\"\/>\n                        <path style=\"\" class=\"color-fill-white\" id=\"circle\" d=\"m40,.5C18.22.5.51,18.22.51,40s17.72,39.5,39.5,39.5,39.5-17.72,39.5-39.5S61.78.5,40,.5Zm20.04,40.98h.01l-30.99,18.01c-1.76,1.03-3.19.19-3.19-1.84V21.81c0-2.03,1.44-2.86,3.2-1.85l30.97,17.82c1.76,1.02,1.77,2.68,0,3.7Z\"\/>\n                    <\/svg>\n                            \n            <svg class=\"tt-audio-demo-spinner\" viewBox=\"0 0 50 50\">\n                <filter id=\"glow\">\n                    <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation=\"2.5\" result=\"coloredBlur\"\/>\n                    <feMerge>\n                        <feMergeNode in=\"coloredBlur\"\/>\n                        <feMergeNode in=\"SourceGraphic\"\/>\n                    <\/feMerge>\n                <\/filter>\n                <g filter=\"\" class=\"spinner-rotate-animation\">\n                                            <circle style=\"\" class=\"path color-spinner-default current-line-spinner-color\" cx=\"25\" cy=\"25\" r=\"15\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1\"><\/circle>\n                                    <\/g>\n            <\/svg>\n\n                            <svg class=\"background-spinner color-fill-white\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 80 80\">\n                    <path d=\"m40,.5C18.22.5.51,18.22.51,40s17.72,39.5,39.5,39.5,39.5-17.72,39.5-39.5S61.78.5,40,.5Z\"\/>\n                <\/svg>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-9 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-xl-6 mt-sm-3 mt-xl-0 px-0 px-sm-3 px-lg-0\">\n<p class=\"color-text-white tt-audio-button-text text-sm-center text-xl-start\">AUDIO DEMOS<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n    <\/div>    <\/div>\n<p><div class=\"tt-container-fluid-styles container-fluid color-black\"  style=\"background: url(''); 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webkit-background-size: cover; -moz-background-size: cover; -o-background-size: cover; background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; \">\n        <div class=\"tt-container-styles container \" style=\"\">        <\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;\" class=\"d-none d-md-block\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-6\">\n<h4>THE MAN BEHIND THE GROOVES.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Thor-Bi\u00f6rn Sandstr\u00f6m<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Gothenburg, Sweden<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 30px;\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>When and how did you discover your passion for music and how come you ended up behind the drums?<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2013 As a kid, be it with silverware on the dinner table, with coat hangers or crochet hooks \u2013 I was banging on everything. I built my first own drum kit out of toy cardboard bricks, which seemed to have great resonance. For cymbals, I used promotional EPs. With that kit, I was drumming along to The Ventures, The Beatles, Hepstars, Shanes and many others. I got my first real drum kit when I was nine. I then started taking music classes through the community music school, played in big bands and later moved on to other opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What did you try to cover in this collection of grooves?<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2013 Basic, practical rhythms that cover the whole gamut from ballads to Americana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In today\u2019s country, productions often include anything from synthesizers to sampled loops \u2013 much like modern, big pop productions. How do you feel about the evolution of country music and where do you see it go in the future?<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2013 My feeling is that country music as a whole gives us the possibility to unconditionally tell the story of here and now, dreams and the future. 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