Michael Mockley said
Hello Toontrack,
When I first saw the release of "Arena Rock" I thought of names like Rush, Dream Theater, Queensryche to name a few.
Although so far Arena Rock is a really good pack, the names of Springsteen & Bon Jovi just don't come to my mind.
It would be awesome to publish some drum midi from the great power/technical drummers like Neil Peart, Mike Mangini and others that are true Legends of Rock Drumming.
I imagine its not condusive to the standard songwriting grooves that many people want but personally, that is the style and groove which I write and play. I have searched the Internet for those types of midi loops and there is nothing close to that style available.Thank you so much for the awesome products you have created. They fuel my creativity and desire to play music every single day.
Michael:
I had the same thought when I saw "Arena" in the title -- Springsteen is not what came to mind. Neal P., Mangini, Portnoy (!) would all be great, but I think you hit a nail on the head about that type of MIDI track not being in the mainstream that a for-profit company like TT has to keep in mind. Having said that, I've found it useful to locate progressive rock MIDI tracks and pull out the drum parts, and then work with them to create prog rock and hard rock tracks. YMMV . Good luck.
Steve
