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On this page there are two sections:
Backing tracks are band tracks with all instruments except vocals and drums. These tracks are for you to use while practicing grooves or exercises. Or you can just jam with them, like playing in a band.
Percussion Ensemble pieces are for groups of drummers or percussionists to play together as a band. These are written pieces with specific parts for each person to play.
Backing Tracks
There is a click track (metronome) playing with the first of each two tracks. The second track has just one bar of metronome (click) at the start to give you the tempo. The tracks are in order from slowest to fastest. You can practice anything with these tracks if the tempo is appropriate.
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Name
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Artist
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Tempo
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Feel
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Style
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Section Length
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Specifics
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Duration
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63a
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Blood Pool
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Bugdust
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60 BPM = 
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Straight
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Rock
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Whole Song
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Slow sludgy rock riff
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3:24
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63b
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Blood Pool
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with only 1 bar of click
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3:24
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64a
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Beatiful Woman
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Jamie X
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62.5 BPM = 
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Straight
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Reggae
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Whole Song
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Nice slow swing feel
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3:41
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64b
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Beatiful Woman
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with only 1 bar of click
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3:41
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65a
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Slow 3 Thing
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Debase
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129 BPM = 
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12/8
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Slow Rock
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64 bars
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Good for building dynamics
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2:18
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65b
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Slow 3 Thing
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(65 BPM = )
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with only 1 bar of click
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2:18
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66a
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Half Time Riff
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Debase
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154 BPM = 
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Straight
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Rock
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16 bars
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Click is on quavers (8th's)
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3:22
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66b
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Half Time Riff
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(77 BPM =)
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with only 1 bar of click
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3:22
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67a
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Bone Seed
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Easy Tiger
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84 BPM =
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Straight
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Rock
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32 bars split 16
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Uses 7/4 and 4/4.
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2:29
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67b
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Bone Seed
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with only 1 bar of click
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2:29
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68a
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Macho Aggressor
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Easy Tiger
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86 BPM =
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Straight
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Rock
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16 bars
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2:41
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68b
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Macho Aggressor
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with only 1 bar of click
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2:41
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69
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Balafon
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Holle Forster
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90 BPM =
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Shuffle - 3
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World
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16 bars
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No click with this one
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3:16
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70a
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Weird Riff
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Debase
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90 BPM =
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Straight
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Rock
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4 bars only
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Straight repeating
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3:01
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70b
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Weird Riff
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with only 1 bar of click
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3:01
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71a
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Weird Riff
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Debase
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90 BPM =
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Straight
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Rock
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16 bars
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Builds in 2nd half
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3:37
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71b
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Weird Riff
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with only 1 bar of click
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3:37
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72a
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4 AM
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The Need
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92 BPM =
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Straight
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Hard Rock
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32 Bars
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Split with two different riffs.
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3:25
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72b
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4 AM
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with only 1 bar of click
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3:25
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73a
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Cruisey Thing
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Debase
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93 BPM =
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Straight
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Pop Rock
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16 bars building
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Mellow
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4:12
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73b
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Cruisey Thing
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with only 1 bar of click
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4:12
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74a
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Nikriz
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The Reefers
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107 BPM =
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Straight
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Turkish/Surf
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16 bars
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Two different feels
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2:27
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74b
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Nikriz
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with only 1 bar of click
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2:27
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75a
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Caravan
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The Reefers
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120 BPM =
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Straight
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Latin Jazz
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Whole Song
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A varied feel with solos
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2:31
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75b
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Caravan
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with only 1 bar of click
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2:31
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76a
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Secret
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Bugdust
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121 BPM =
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Straight
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Rock
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32 bars w' bridge
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Straight rock & accent parts
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3:16
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76b
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Secret
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with only 1 bar of click
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3:16
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77a
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The 1st time
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Jamie X
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125 BPM =
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Shuffle - 3
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Reggae
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Whole song
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Sweet shuffle grooves
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4:14
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77b
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The 1st time
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with only 1 bar of click
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4:14
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78a
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The DJ
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Bugdust
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135 BPM =
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Straight
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Rock
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16 bars
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Lifts in 2nd half
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2:54
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78b
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The DJ
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with only 1 bar of click
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2:54
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79a
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7 Years
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Bugdust
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148 BPM =
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Straight
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Heavy Rock
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16 bars building
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3:28
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79b
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7 Years
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with only 1 bar of click
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3:28
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80a
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Techno Feel
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Debase
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151 BPM =
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Straight
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Techno
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128 bars
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Fast techno type feel
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6:32
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80b
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Techno Feel
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with only 1 bar of click
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6:32
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81a
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Nothing to Hide
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Six
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162 BPM =
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Straight
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Metal
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32 bars
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Two sections with phrasing.
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2:22
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81b
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Nothing to Hide
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with only 1 bar of click
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2:22
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82a
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Triplety Thing
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Debase
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130 BPM = 
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6/8
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Fast Rock
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16 bars
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Good for shuffle & fast 6/8
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2:59
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82b
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Triplety Thing
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(195 BPM =)
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with only 1 bar of click
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2:59
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83a
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Chorus
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ADD
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190 BPM =
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Straight
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Fast Punk
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Whole Song
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Fast dirty rock
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2:04
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83b
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Chorus
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with only 1 bar of click
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2:04
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Percussion Ensemble Pieces
These two percussion ensemble pieces can be played on any instruments although there are suggested instrumentations included with Stompfest.
1. In three's
8 parts of similar difficulty based on triplets.
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2. Stompfest
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