Are there any drums/percussions "style guides" for library music?

[vbakh]

Beginner's question. I went through a bunch of YouTube videos, online courses and books about programming drums in DAW "in general".
Now I am looking for something like 'style guides' for different styles of music, such as using percussions in dramedy, or using brushes in smooth jazz.
Can you recommend any good resources about that?

[Paulie]

I think a great way to find drum styles is to visit your local music store and look through the drum set music book section. There are all sorts of books out there by specific drummers on certain styles, books that catalog "top hits" in the pop world, etc. There are some basic drum technique books as well like "The Drummers Cook Book". Personally I've been looking for a Latin music drum pattern encyclopedia, but have not had any luck yet.

Good luck!

[Len911]

If you can find songs that you like the drumming, there's a couple of things you could do. one is going to youtube and search for the song and you can find drummers that play along with the song on their drum kit.
https://youtu.be/575G-wvgi0Q It gives you an idea of what's going on,

or there is a software where you could take a song and turn up the drums so you can hear them better and figure out what's going on. https://youtu.be/TklDx5JOOhU zynaptic unmix

[vbakh]

Thanks folks!

[vbakh]

Just FYI: I found e-learning courses about 'finger drumming'. They have a basics course and three jazz/latin/metal 'finger drumming' courses.
$70 all together, http://www.xpresspads.com/

[NaeDae]

Just FYI: I found e-learning courses about 'finger drumming'. They have a basics course and three jazz/latin/metal 'finger drumming' courses.
$70 all together, http://www.xpresspads.com/

I'm a decent drummer who can play any 4/4 or 3/4 drum beat by ear pretty easily, and I'm here to tell you there aren't a lot of kick and snare patterns to choose from when it comes to what sounds good within a genre. Just copy the ones you see in other songs. I just use a midi keyboard and spitfire labs drums combined with other samples from splice and stuff.

If you're wondering about sound effects or which drums to use, you should just listen to some music and do what you think would sound best. There are some obvious no-no's I guess, like using a heavy metal kickdrum roll on a soft coffeehouse jazz track might not work. But the rest is up to you.