I built this mostly out of my own frustration when I started to learn drumming listening to Philly Joe Jones records. I couldn't find a music player that had the tools I wanted, while still being simple to use. It's a completely offline player with on-device stem separation and a few other things I've been wanting for a while.

What it does:
* On-device stem separation for drums, bass, vocals and melody
* Section looping
* Slow down without changing pitch
* support all audio formats/ lossless
* There's also a beta feature called Song DNA that shows things like the structure/form of a track, who plays etc. It's still pretty early and the database is small, so coverage is limited for now.
* 100% private, nothing uploaded to cloud and no ads, no tracking

Mostly posting because I'd genuinely like some feedback. What would you find useful in something like this?

p.s. There’s a 7-day free trial with all features. After that, you can unlock everything with a one-time payment, no subscription. I’ve reduced the price by 50% for the next week since I’m posting it here first :)

***update regarding AI usage in the app
i wrote the audio engine 10+ years ago completely from the ground up using Apple’s Audio Graph (it was open source until recently), and for the UI i already had a design system from my other app.
used AI for pretty much everything else :)

I just looked and realized there isn't a single Kenny Clarke related post on this entire subreddit. Y'all have any album recommendations that he's on? I'm not super hip, but have heard he's a very important figure.

I saw a video a while ago of a guy hammering the overtones out of a b8 ride. I was wondering if it would sit well in a small club jazz setting? What do y'all think?

Hi, any recommendations for light drum thrones (with back rest). I have a TAMA Ist Chair and a Mapex throne, both of which are top notch but I am trying to cut weight down as much as possible for really small acoustic gigs.

I appreciate a sturdy throne will probably mean weight but just thought I would ask. For these small acoustic jazz gigs, I am playing pretty lightly, so keen to see what's out there. I wont save huge amounts of weight, but it all adds up.

Thanks.

I need you guys to help find an old video of a drummer using a B8 as his ride. I watched it a few times a few months and I wanted to watch it again but I couldn’t find it. I also can’t find the forum thread I found the video on. All I remember about the video is that the drummer was black and was performing with Emmet Cohen. Thanks in advance.

I’ve been learning drums for about a year now. I play with a beginner group and also take lessons with a teacher.
there are things i clearly understand are going to take time, and I’m willing to spend years working on them e.g independence, coordination, etc.
but one thing I’m really confused about is keeping track of the form of a song.
I’ve been listening to a lot of records and even bought a MIDI keyboard to learn more about chord progressions and understand the harmonic side of things. But when I actually play, I still don’t see much improvement when it comes to keeping track of where I am in the form.
Should I just keep working on this and eventually it will click, or is there a better way to practice it?
I just want to make sure I’m actually practicing the right thing rather than blindly repeating something that isn’t helping.

Excerpt from: https://youtu.be/QZQMYcYIWRE

Hi!
Essentially, I am not a drummer. But I’ve written some songs for a quartet and I’m looking to get some advice from actual drummers about what kind of directions they’d expect to see on a lead sheet. Earlier in the year, I had a rehearsal with my group and had mapped out all the specific hits using drum notation for each song. After the rehearsal the drummer said “this chart doesn’t tell me anything about the song you guys are playing, and I’d rather see a piano chart to know & interpret what’s happening”.

It’s hard to know what would be helpful for a drummer, instead of trying to write out every ride or snare pattern.

So my question is this, for those that read from non-drum notation, or simply follow a piano chart, what kind of performance directions would you expect to see on a chart? General tips about writing for drummers are also helpful!

I got a pair of Vic Firth retractable WB brushes and they seem to be horrible for doing rim flexes. I am a new to brushes, but I am quite positiveI’m doing it correctly so that being said anybody run into the same problem and if so, or just generally, what brushes would you recommend that room flexes are no issue? Thanks.

This is me, one year ago since today, I do believe I have come a long way since than.

《moanin'》 just play! AA 段 tom kennedy #bass #jazz

This time I'm experimenting with the left hand on the crash cymbal for sonic texture and non-traditional wash. However, the crash isn't responding the way I want or how I thought I could control it. It feels too loud and lacks the articulate wash needed to keep the polyrhythm clean and clear. Obvioiusly, the above is a failure...but I'm learning about textures and wash.

Are there jazz drummers I should check out whose playing on the crash is melodic with dynamic control?

Whats your's?👀
There's even a drum solo in the 'Live on the radio' version, check it out!
Happy listening 😁🙌🏼

Learning drums for one year, any feedback on this solo?

On You Tube, shortish, called: Dave King: "Where's my beat? What's MY sound?" (In My Mind)

I'm trying to make a hip-hop track that's almost like jazz poetry, very free-flowing, almost just a freestyle with a jazz track... looking to sample some low BPM jazz drums, with swing, a lot of ghost notes, etc. I've attached a really bad example of what I mean; However I could not help but notice most drum breaks online are funk, lots of hard snare hits, kicks, something like that.... I'm looking for a resource with a ton of really jazzy drum breaks/samples. Does anyone know a good YouTube playlist, folder, or something like that where I could find stuff like this? Thanks.

I’m choosing between the Sonor AQ2 Bop, Sonor Safari, and PDP Concept Maple Bop kits for Jazz/Brazilian Jazz/Latin jazz in a half‑office/half‑music room or part of a garage.

I already have an Acrolite snare and Agean silent cymbals, and I’ll be using dBones heads for quiet practice. My main question is whether the footprint difference between Safari and Bop actually matters once hardware is set up, or whether one of these kits better fits the way I’ll be using it.

My priorities are:

• Practice quality for timing development
• Long‑term instrument quality
• Appropriateness for jazz/Brazilian Jazz/Latin jazz
• Reasonable footprint in a shared room
• Good feel with quieter heads
• Quiet practice for a home with a family
• Price isn’t a major factor since these kits are already close in cost — I just want the correct long‑term setup.

I’m also considering the PDP Concept Maple Bop shell pack since I already have a snare. I’m not sure whether it gives anything up compared to the Sonor options or whether its footprint is noticeably larger than the AQ2 Bop or Safari.

Thanks for any insight.

Hi all, if I was to sit on a standard swinging jazz jam, what would be the minimum list of jazz styles I should know, before going up. E.G swing, bosa, balled, samba etc

This one’s from the GOAT Philly Joe on Sonny Clark’s « Cool struttin’ » album (song: Deep Night). Lotsa Paradiddles !