DRUMS

So there I sit all singer/songwriter/folksy recording my acoustic guitar and voice tracks, maybe adding a little electric track over the top . . . and realize that I prefer to rock a little more. So I pick a song, and start jamming, and singing, and tapping my foot (not in that order).

I playback the complete track and it sounds shitty. Arguably more than half of that is because I am a novice guitarist with a barely tolerable voice, but at least 10% has to do with the complete lack of banging things. No drums.

So I mic my desk and start pounding on the top of it like we did in high school (hey it sounded good to me at the time), and played it back. Ack! It sounded like someone pounding on a desk. Not what I had in mind. What is a lonely guitarist to do?

This is a good option: Alesis SR-16. One of the most popular electronic drum machines ever made. It is simple to operate and sounds great for my needs. Programming is pretty straight forward and it comes with a ton or reasonable pre-programmed songs.

My SR-16
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