Submersible Music Releases DrummerPack™ "Sk8PuNKbeAtz"

Sep 10, 2007

Submersible is shipping a cool, new, street-smart set of punk and urban beats (plus MIDI kits) by skater/drummer/multi-instrumentalist Chuck Treece. Chuck's punk band, "McRad", formed with fellow skater Zeke Zagar, created seminal skate rock videos including "Ban This" and "Propaganda". His background runs the gamut from solo releases, to remixes (for Sting, Amy Grant and the Goats) and the drummer's seat for Bad Brains and Urge Overkill. Putting his arms around punk, hip-hop and other styles has forged a sound that's attracted attention. Sessions include working with Billy Joel, King Britt, Buck-O-Nine, Res and G. Love as well as collaborations with producer Scott Storch for Jadakis, featuring Mariah Carey and Ricky Martin.

Chuck's friend Aaron Fishbein (Scott Storch, Beyonce) helped with these sessions to help ignite the vibe. These beats are not vanilla, pigeon-holed, studio "pristine" and po-lite grooves. They have as much soul, grit, love and daring as you'd expect from Philly ... and as you'd expect from Chuck.

Content comes pre-configured with metadata for use with the DrumCore search engine. This provides quick access to grooves, fills, variations and individual drum sounds. Search content based on feel (straight, 1/8ths. 1/16ths, etc.), time signature and tempo. Users can even add their own search criteria (new styles or comments, for example). Content is arranged in "GrooveSets", which are a collection of related beats, variations and fills that serve as a construction kit for song creation. GrooveSets include patterns to compliment traditional verse-chorus structures. All audio loops and drumkits are created as 48kHz/24-bit. DrumCore and DrumCore LT work with all the major audio applications and supports dragging audio content and MIDI beats directly to tracks in applications that support "drag-and-drop" such as Acid®, Audition®, Cubase®, Digital Performer®, Logic®, Nuendo®, Pro Tools® and Sonar™.

Sk8PuNKbeAtz is priced at $49.99, US retail and requires DrumCore (v2 or higher) or free DrumCore LT. Demo drum tracks can be heard at the Submersible website in the DrummerPacks product area. Sk8PuNKbeAtz is available for purchase now on the DrumCore website and via most music software retailers.

Sk8PuNKbeAtz Includes:

4 Kidz—a relentless tom groove.145-175 bpm..

All Out—nice basic beat with odd accents, sidestick and HH flourishes.130-165 bpm.

Dark Dog—cool 1/16ths groove with nice funky turnarounds and HH work. 85-115 bpm.

Fall Off—live drum & bass, to make yer motor race. 155-200 bpm.

Kitchen—an edgy 1/16ths groove with separate HH, kick/snare loops. 80-110 bpm.

Move On—total punk drive comin'-up the side of the pool. 165-200 bpm.

Raw Thing—the syncopated kick bumps it along, plus nice breakdowns 105-130 bpm.

Shoe Gum—classic boom-thwak, boom-boom-thwak! a MUST-HAVE rock beat. 125-160 bpm.

Tings A Qwon—sidestick chill time with a groovy, "pushy" hip-hop kick. 80-100 bpm.

Yaw—1-is-a-TWO-&-a-three-&-FOUR, the big rock beat that gives U more! 90-120 bpm.

The DrumCore pack includes 2 Chuck Treece kits, "Big Room" and "Tight Room". Both smack with an addictive smokey flavor and feature Instanbul Cymbals, C and C Custom Drums and Aquarian Drum Heads.

For more information, visit their web site at www.drumcore.com.