Are you a rider who needs a strong, steady beat to stay in sync with music? Do you want a popular music sound without the full expense of live band recording? Maybe you would just love a unique freestyle unlike any other rider's music. Our live band producer, Kevin Hall, is a studio and club drummer in Austin, Texas. He can add live percussion to many styles of music to provide your favorite beat, from rock to hip-hop, reggae to Latin. All popular percussion instruments are available for recording, not just basic drum set. Our added percussion is perfomed live, never synthesized. In the samples below, the percussion is so convincing, you'll think it was part of the original recording. Scroll down to the price section to find music samples and costs.
Here's how it works: You make selections and if the music lends itself to adding percussion, we'll record samples for your consideration. If you choose not to go forward with added percussion, you pay only for the samples. If you approve samples, we record percussion tracks to match your engineered freestyle music, add the tracks to the mix and balance.
Sample #1: We took a traditional piece of classical music and Kevin added drum set, side stick and tambourine. The resulting sound is classic and modern at the same time. The added rhythm emphasizes the footfalls in trot to make it easier for you to ride in sync.
Sample #2: Here's the same piece of trot music with hip-hop rhythm. The idea originated with Beyonce's "Single Ladies" track to give classical music a contemporary sound. In addition to drum set, Kevin used shaker and triangle.
Sample #3: This canter music has a very pretty melody, but lacked striking rhythm. Kevin added percussion in a field drum style, similar to a march, to accent the horse's leading foreleg each time it should touch the ground with the beat.
Fees to add live percussion to your freestyle are in addition to costs listed on our Custom Freestyles page.
*You can save nearly half the cost by not requiring samples before we record drum tracks to match your engineered music.* Beth can still forward mp3s of your music to you as drum parts are worked out and before final mixing takes place in the studio.
Rock Beat music samples: payable before samples are recorded First Level-Intermediare I - $225 Grand Prix - $325
Rock Beat recording: payable before final tracks are recorded First Level-Intermediare I - $225 Grand Prix - $325
Rock Beat engineering: payable with final engineering costs First Level-Intermediate I - $100 Grand Prix - $150
