Arrow Rock
Funky Lil' Drumma
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Music
Abstract
Music Creation Details from SlicedHambone:
I created Funky Lil’ Drumma about a year ago using FL Studio on my laptop. My laptop died last year, along with the original editable file, but I thought it was good enough to send out.
I wish I could say I did the drums completely alone, but I got them from a pack I bought of drum loops. Other than that, all the arrangement, the bassline, the Rhodes piano, the organ, organization of the drums, and music direction was all from me. I listen to a lot of “Funky” electronic music and I tried to emulate that. My dad is a huge fan of jazz, so I suppose it is in my DNA.
The title is an homage to “Funky Drummer” by James Brown, a classic and extremely important piece of music in the Funk space, as well as being sampled for “Amen breaks” in break core and DNB: Funky Drummer by James Brown.
This loop has been sampled countless times, including in the Powerpuff girls theme song: James Brown Sample.
This song is also partially inspired by this, which is one of my favorite electro-funk songs: Sly Fox by KOAN Sound.
As a fledgling self-taught musician, I thought the name showed that while I was no where close to the same funkiness level, I was at least on the right staircase, so to speak.
Recommended Citation
Hammond, Joshua
(2025)
"Funky Lil' Drumma,"
Arrow Rock: Vol. 1:
Iss.
17, Article 33.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/arrow_rock/vol1/iss17/33
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Date
July 23, 2025
Author Bio
Sliced Hambone is a pseudonym for Joshua Hammond’s musical work. While he is still quite amateur, he has recently released his first album GIMBMLE.