GOD IS BUSY · Psycho-Frame

98 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 2:37 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
98
LENGTH
2:37
DIFFICULTY
83/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 7% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10, 12 and 14, and 3 more places -- 6.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
GOD IS BUSY · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 17 and 17 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 7-9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

98 bars across 19 sections: 50 keep time, 23 are fills, 3 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 27-33.

PART S3
CHORUS
PART P
CHORUS 2
PART AA
PART AG
PART AG
PART AX
15 groovesHAGAXAAP+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is GOD IS BUSY?

150 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 GOD IS BUSY hard to play on drums?

83 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 41 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

98 bars, about 2:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 59 exercises over 19 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in GOD IS BUSY?

17 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 17 and 17 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 98 BARS ANALYSED
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