I have never had a knack for knowing what to do with drums, and have tried a number of approaches - from loops to MIDI riffs. Nothing ever worked for me, as I wanted the flexibility of MIDI, but the audio quality of loops and the variability of an intelligent instrument. I tried Groove Agent but did not really get along with that too well. Well, I have found it, and it is EZDrummer from Toontracks. www.ezdrummer.com

Yes, it is MIDI loops (lots of them), and great sounding samples. But, best of all, it has an easy interface to just drag them into a mix (I use Sonar). Check it out if you get a chance and find drums a mystery like I do!

Put some finishing touches tonight to an article that’s going to be published in Vodafone Receiver (www.receiver.vodafone.com), coming out mid August (now live as of 11th Aug). My text is going to be about the mobile phone being the next electric guitar. Was given a link ages ago by David Toop in something he wrote for Receiver (Walking Through Sound ), so maybe that was what lead to it somehow.