Category: Backing Track

Blues Rumba in Bb Jam Track

02/09/2022 Backing Track No Comments

About 10 days ago, I posted the Blues Rumba in Bb Solo.  Today I posted the 10 minute long jam track. Enjoy this summer-vibin’ track in the key of Bb!

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About this jam track

This Blues Rumba track is loosely inspired by a great rumba blues track like Crosscut Saw (check out great versions of it by Matt Schofield and/or Josh Smith). Although most of these renditions use the key of G (which I like a lot), I opted for the key of Bb as this is a key I haven’t used much on my channel. Also, this key is ideally suited for horn players that want to practice their blues rumba chops.

The track has three levels of intensity. Level 1 is the basic, mellow rumba. Level 2 adds a bit of action on the toms, clave, and a Hammond B3 organ. Level 3 brings on the full blues rumba intensity with frequent fills on toms, a blaring B3 Hammond, a powerful ride cymbal, and – wait for it – the almighty cowbell. Enjoy this Blues Rumba in Bb.

For the first time, I added a suggested scale in the video (the Bb minor blues scale). On the top right of your screen, you can find an overview of the 12-bar blues that this Blues rumba track follows. Let me know what you think!

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All parts played / programmed / produced by Maarten

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Country Rockabilly Jam Track in A major

03/04/2022 Backing Track No Comments

Here is a fun, new jam track I wrote and recorded in the key of A major. This track is your perfect companion to learn how to improvise over a country rockabilly rhythm. Part A is a classic train rhythm, whereas part B adds a bit more bounce in a typical rockabilly swing or jump blues style. Part C features classic ‘blues stops.’ Stick around for the end (full boppin’ jump blues mode, with a walking bass!) Enjoy these and many more of my jam tracks!

Producing realistic parts on my laptop

Like most of my jam tracks, this country rockabilly track uses a bass part that is made with Spectrasonics Trilian, one of my favorite virtual instruments. Below is an overview of the acoustic bass part, meticulously designed to be as real as possible. Especially in a genre like country or rockabilly, it’s important to jam over a natural groove, without quantization. Adding the extra noises that the neck of the double bass makes adds to the vintage feel and realism.  I hope you enjoy this country rockabilly guitar track!

under the hood of the double bass part

And this is how it sounds:

Why not on YouTube?

When I first uploaded this video in April of 2022, the video got flagged, as the copyright algorithm on Youtube claimed to have found similarities between my track and a(n unknown) Russian rock song from the 80s. Although there is no similarity between the tracks and this seems to have been a ‘false positive’, the publisher of the Russion song rejected my polite ask to remove the copyright claim and as a result, I got a copyright strike. I contacted YouTube, but unfortunately they do not mediate in these copyright disputes. In the end, the only option I got was to remove the video entirely from the platform.. 

Classic Blues Rock – Jam Track in Cm

16/08/2021 Backing Track No Comments

C minor backing track (130 BPM), inspired by Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, Fleetwood Mac, Chris Rea & other classic blues-rock tracks from the 70s and 80s. It fits the blues guitar solo I posted earlier. Enjoy! Maarten

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Atmospheric Groove Jam Track (Am, 76 BPM)

20/03/2021 Backing Track No Comments

Atmospheric groove in A minor (76 bpm). A dynamic guitar backing track in A minor, with a dreamy, ambient, and bright A-section and a darker B-section. So a slow tempo, but definitely not a ballad. Download the chords & tabs here:

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Atmospheric Groove Jam Track (Chords and Tab)

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