NYC Drummer Brian Doherty Releases Volume 2 of “Keep It Simple” Royalty-Free Drum Tracks

Brian Doherty has just released "Keep It Simple Volume 2".

NYC-based drummer Brian Doherty has released Volume 2 of his Keep It Simple series of royalty-free drum tracks.

Created by Doherty, the Keep It Simple series is designed to offer practical songwriting and production solutions: Each drum track is between two and three minutes long (the average length of a pop song) and was performed by Doherty in a single take. All tracks were recorded without editing or digital enhancing, and can be used as is, or can be tailored by editing.

Keep It Simple, Volume 2, includes fourteen drum tracks and is complete with organic fills, crashes and natural subtleties.  It is now available on CD Baby or on iTunes.  Volume 1 of the series was released in December of 2010.

Doherty’s Keep It Simple series provides the organic foundation for any music production.  “I felt there was a void, since most loops are only short segments and are sometimes too ‘drumistic’ or complex to be truly helpful,” Doherty explains.  “Instead, I wanted to create a collection of drum tracks similar to what you might expect from drummers like Mick Fleetwood or Jeff Porcaro, while remaining faithful to my style and musical instincts.

“I realize that there are plenty of good loop libraries on the market,” Doherty continues.  “However, most of those loops are short segments which might sound impressive initially, but fail to create an atmosphere of believability within the music.  It becomes apparent that the whole track is synthetic and not really played by a real drummer.  With the Keep It Simple series on the other hand, you have full-length drum tracks right out of the box, complete with song form, phrasing and natural transitions.  I feel that songwriters and producers can compose right on top of the grooves in this series.”

A veteran drummer, Brian Doherty is known for his versatile style, and work with bands like GRAMMY winners They Might Be Giants, British super group XTC, and The Silos (Rolling Stone Magazine’s Best Band in America).  Doherty has also supplied beats to Ben Folds, Freedy Johnston, Twyla Tharp, Christy Thompson, M2M and Frank Black of The Pixies.

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