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  • Yes, those are juiceboxes acting as kick-drum stoppers.

    Basher | ATTACKERMAN 2009

  • The heart that's missing in pop music's other self-conscious provocateurs beats like a kick-drum on The ArchAndroid.

    Pop Goes the Art House 2010

  • Beneath all of this chaos is the beat - an indefatigable kick-drum pattern that comes thumping at 130 beats per minute.

    92Q boosts Baltimore's signature club sound 2010

  • While Audiosurf often wonderfully represents the underlying kick-drum rhythm, especially if it is prominent, it will rarely pick up and single out an element like the aforementioned melody or hook unless it stands out in a particular way – namely through sheer volume.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Ben Abraham 2008

  • While Audiosurf often wonderfully represents the underlying kick-drum rhythm, especially if it is prominent, it will rarely pick up and single out an element like the aforementioned melody or hook unless it stands out in a particular way – namely through sheer volume.

    Audiosurf - Breakfast of Champions Ben Abraham 2008

  • There was the sympathetic resonance of the studio's unvarnished wood floor and the distant reverberations reflected by its towering ecclesiastic architecture: "To hear 30th Street is to hear drummer Joe Morello's snare and kick-drum shots echoing off the 100-foot ceiling during the percussion break in Dave Brubeck's great 'Take Five.'"

    Abbey Road and the Day Studio Music Died Eric Felten 2010

  • You can feel it in each riff, in every beat of the kick-drum, through each eerily hollow vocal.

    Buzzine » Sleepy Sun 2009

  • Christopherson: It's fun to come up with parts without having to always be the guy "keeping the beat" -- the basic kick-drum and snare parts.

    www.startribune.com 2012

  • And when the band hit full strength in those single chords, Mr. Fox's drumming was mesmerizing as usual, the rapid beats changing shape with pronounced and uneven kick-drum patterns, which Mr. Winograd redoubled with bass notes.

    NYT > Home Page By BEN RATLIFF 2011

  • And when the band hit full strength in those single chords, Mr. Fox's drumming was mesmerizing as usual, the rapid beats changing shape with pronounced and uneven kick-drum patterns, which Mr. Winograd redoubled with bass notes.

    NYT > Home Page By BEN RATLIFF 2011

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