Dead as Dreams · Weakling

443 bars of 4/4 at 116 BPM, about 16:55 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
116 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
443
LENGTH
16:55
DIFFICULTY
89/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 170, 174 and 178, and 27 more places -- 20.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 116 BPM
DEAD AS DREAMS · BAR 178
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

64 fills to learn, played 139 times: bars 42, 43, 45, 46, 51, 52 and 133 more.

LOOP · 116 BPM
BARS 42-43 · LANDS ON BAR 44 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BARS 45-46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BARS 51-52 · LANDS ON BAR 53 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BARS 54-55 · LANDS ON BAR 56 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

60 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

443 bars across 29 sections: 170 keep time, 139 are fills, 4 are stops and 110 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 174-186.

BREAK
PART S6
PART AM
CHORUS
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
BREAK 3
25 groovesBES29AMS3S6+20Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Dead as Dreams?

116 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is Dead as Dreams hard to play on drums?

89 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 75 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

443 bars, about 16:55 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 142 exercises over 52 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Dead as Dreams?

64 fills to learn, played 139 times: bars 42, 43, 45, 46, 51, 52 and 133 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 443 BARS ANALYSED
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