Mark Loftin's Drum Clips


Live at The Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, 2011

Medley of Song Clips


Foxtail Somersault Foxtail Somersault Clip Medley [6:39]

From various shows in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Morning Spy Morning Spy Clip Medley [6:13]

Collection of studio clips.
Mindwave Fest Foxtail Somersault Live (from LA's Mindwave Fest)

Various songs from Foxtail Somersault's 5/28/11 performance in Echo Park, Los Angeles.
Loftin Retro Carnival Clip Medley [3:27]

Song clips from the first solo album
Foxtail Somersault at Mutiny Radio Foxtail Somersault Medley from Mutiny Radio [2:37]

Clips from the live "unplugged" performance at San Francisco's Mutiny Radio studio on 6/25/11, click here for the entire show by DJ St. Kilda [1:59:19]
Raven Foxtail Somersault Raven live [0:40]

From 5/28/11 at Echo Park, Los Angeles.
Simmons Drums Simmons Drums Fills [0:14]

Electronic drum fills from three well-known early 80's tunes
The Shift The Shift Jam Medley [7:47]

Riffs and grooves from The Shift's jam sessions recorded at Lennon Studios (San Francisco).
The Shift The Shift Untitled [0:58]

The Shift's debut instrumental tune.
Steel Drum Steel Drum Rhythm [0:37]

Played on a standard sized steelpan drum. Recorded at Mindwave Studios (Portland, OR).
Bongo Drums Bongo Rhythm [0:32]

Played on 10 & 12 inch Latin Percussion bongos.
Talking Drum Talking Drum Solo [0:34]

Played on the Yamaha DTExpress kit.
Disco Beat 70's Disco Beat [0:30]

Standard disco beat, recorded at Lennon Studios (San Francisco).
Morning Spy on Myspace Various Morning Spy songs (MySpace)

Morning Spy's MySpace page.
Our Way To Fall Our Way to Fall [0:27] (rock w/swing feel)

Recorded at Little Red Wagon studios in Fremont by owner/engineer Brad McGowan.
Two Horses Two Horses [0:31] (indie rock)

Clip of a mellow version is here.

The rock version is from Morning Spy's The Silver Age.

The Silver Age Silver Age [0:30] (glam/indie rock bombast)

The title cut from Morning Spy's final album (2005).

From The Silver Age.

Foggy Filter Foggy Filter [0:36] (indie rock)

Morning Spy's Foggy Filter appears in the award winning 2007 documentary A Lawyer Walks Into A Bar.

From The Silver Age

half time groove Half Time Groove [0:57] (rock)

Recorded at Lennon studios in San Francisco.
Summer Ache Summer Ache [0:39] (alternative rock)

From Morning Spy's self-titled EP.
Hey Kirsten Hey Kirsten [0:36] (low-fi folk rock)

Morning Spy's #1 download from iTunes.

From Subsequent Light.

Please Stay Out Please Stay Out [0:36] (indie rock)



From Morning Spy's Subsequent Light.

Accidental Stars Accidental Stars [0:34] (indie rock)


From Morning Spy's Subsequent Light.

Ask Us To Dance from Two Horses Ask Us To Dance [0:43] (indie pop)

Inspired by John Guerin's light pop touch.

From Morning Spy's Two Horses EP.

Vista Vista [0:42] (post-punk/rock)

Allison Goffman sings in 3's on top of this 4/4 Joy Division type beat.

From Morning Spy's Subsequent Light.

Cosmonauts Cosmonauts [0:48] (indie rock)


From Morning Spy's The Silver Age.

Daughters of History Daughters of History [0:39] (70's style rock)

Basic rock beat.

From Morning Spy's Subsequent Light.

Overnight Overnight [0:41] (dream pop)

Crickets chirping for added percussion.

From Morning Spy's The Silver Age

Already Won Already Won [0:39] (super-mellow dream pop)



From Morning Spy's Two Horses EP.
Sugar Witch Sugar Witch [0:30] (60's psyshedelic pop)

To brighten the chorus, a pair of claves were used.

From Morning Spy's The Silver Age.

Atomize and Connect Atomize and Connect [0:23] (proto-punk)

Recorded by engineer Bart Thurber at Oakland's House of Faith studios.

From Morning Spy's self-titled EP.

Solo Drum Solo [1:07]

Recorded at Little Red Wagon studios by owner/engineer Brad McGowan.
shuffle beat Porcaro Shuffle [0:20]

Played on the first version of Yamaha's DTExpress electronic kit.
Jazz Beat Jazz beat [1:35]

An upbeat jazz beat with some fills.
Morning Spy Debut Album Medley [3:09] (indie rock)

The first songs Morning Spy recorded.

From Morning Spy's self-titled first album, e-mail (markplaysdrums@gmail.com) for a copy ($10).