i need a job · necrotide

20 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 0:36 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
20
LENGTH
0:36
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 4-5 -- 12.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
I NEED A JOB · BAR 4
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 4 times: bars 13, 14, 17 and 18.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 13-14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

20 bars across 8 sections: 12 keep time, 4 are fills and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-8.

CHORUS
BREAK
BREAK 2
BREAK 3
PART S5
BREAK 4
OUTRO
BREAK 5
8 groovesDS5S7S3S2+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is i need a job?

140 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 i need a job hard to play on drums?

68 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

20 bars, about 0:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 10 exercises over 3 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 i need a job?

1 fill to learn, played 4 times: bars 13, 14, 17 and 18.

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