Beat suggestions for Rich's song list

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**Hope I’m posting this in the right place.

I’m looking for any stock or premium beat suggestions for these songs. I’m not looking for OPB or other one-press files. ( I’m lazy, yes, but I would do my own search if I were looking for OPBs. :stuck_out_tongue: ). I’m just seeking input on stock or premium beats (not premium songs) that would work for these songs. The reason I’m looking for beats rather than OPBs is because I like to be able to extend songs on the fly, especially when hosting an open mic. Thanks all for your help! I appreciate it!

*Edit: alphabetized the list and removed songs found on online Song Matching Tool

#41 - Dave Matthews
Africa - Toto
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow
All Right Now - Free
Black Horse & the Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Brass in Pocket - Pretenders
Brian Wilson - Barenaked Ladies
Bye Bye Love - The Cars
Crazy - CeeLo Green
Domino - Van Morrison
Don’t Stop Believing - Journey
Fly - Sugar Ray
Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller
Forget You - CeeLo Green
Hard To Handle - Black Crows
Hash Pipe - Weezer
Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms
Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
I Can’t Go For That - Hall & Oates
I Feel Good - James Brown
I Feel The Earth Move - Carole King
Island In The Sun - Weezer
Just What I Needed - The Cars
Life’s Been Good - Joe Walsh
Little By Little - Tedeschi Trucks
Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Madman Across the Water - Elton John
Maneater - Hall & Oates
Master Blaster - Stevie
Mercy - Duffy
Miami 2017 - Billy Joel
Midnight Rider (One More Silver Dollar) - Allman Brothers
Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zeppelin
My Favorite Mistake - Sheryl Crow
One - U2
Separate Ways - Journey
Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
That’s It, I Quit, I’m Movin’ On - Adele
Venus - Shocking Blue
Whipping Post - Allman Brothers
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
Woodstock - Joni Mitchell
You’re No Good - Ronstadt

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See if this helps… http://songmatcher.singularsound.com/

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Hey, I created an Excel file from the contents of that site. Check it out if you like. Unfortunately, most of the songs I listed above aren’t on it. *I modified the list and removed songs that are on the list.

SONG MATCHING LIST FROM SINGULAR ONLINE.zip (56.0 KB)

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This is good, thanks richo. I’m going through the beats now, genre by genre, beat by beat, and I’m amazed at how many of them sound so close together within a genre, and how little they sound like any of the normal solo acoustic guitar songs we sing. The songmatcher is…okay…at best with its suggestions. I notice nobody has an answer for you to your original post, because the answer seems to be “none of them.” I play a set list of Buffett, Petty, Cash, Blake, Kenny Chesney, etc, and I’ve found about three that work, just change the tempo and drum kit to suit. There’s a lot of self-indulgent drumming on the default library, makes me wonder if guitar player singers picked it, or drummers that liked to hear themselves.
Don from Little Rock

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I often dump the intro on the generic beats; they’re too complicated for what I’m doing. If I want, I’ll insert a 4 hh count-in for the intro.
And yes, changing kits will often give me what I’m looking for. I also cull some of the fills,

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I saw your post. I play about the same kind of music and just getting into Beat Buddy. Can you share which beats you mainly use? I like the idea of just tweaking those to suit each song.
Thanks!
Rob

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For the most part, I use beats that were created for the songs. Beats that were created by forum members or beats from the Premium Library. Beyond that, there’s not any one beat that I use a lot. If something is close, I’ll either use it as is or slightly modify it. And it’s not a real involved editing process. I don’t spend a lot of time on it. An edit might be something as simple as adding an extra kick beat every 4 measures to break things up a bit. I might edit or completely get rid of a fill depending on what I need.