Then, imagine mixing into this musical stew the legacy and history, of the tropical African diaspora in one country who had been through English colonialism, then through independence, and then self-reliance. Imagine combining the groove of soul music with the laid-back feeling of country music. Reggae, though, just on feeling, feels like the combination of many genres, stripped of their excesses. Reggae has a long history that’s far too vast for one to cover here. Today, it’s time to drop another one, and make it reggae (we’ll get to dubbing it in the next one)… In our previous post, we took a little sojourn to discover the rhythms of an early, influential drum machine: the Roland CR-78. In our previous posts, we took an in-depth look at all the tools available to help you create a beat and we’ve begun taking you on a journey to what I’d dub “foundational beats.” These foundational beats are standard rock, pop, funk, R&B, and dance beats that every producer should know the ins and outs of. Welcome to Beat Connection, a series dedicated to promoting modern and vintage dance styles the only way we know how…by providing you a musical starting point to help you create that beat.
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