Last Junkie On Earth · Dandy Warhols

88 bars of 4/4 at 116 BPM, about 3:02 of playing, on crash, snare, high tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndiePunk90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
116 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
88
LENGTH
3:02
DIFFICULTY
32/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 92% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-27, 29-55 and 57-87 -- 92% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 116 BPM
LAST JUNKIE ON EARTH · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 28 and 56.

LOOP · 116 BPM
BARS 1-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

88 bars: 81 keep time, 6 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 57-87.

OUTRO
1 grooveDFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Last Junkie On Earth?

116 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Last Junkie On Earth hard to play on drums?

32 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 20 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

88 bars, about 3:02 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 5 exercises over 2 sittings, about 20 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, snare, high tom, kick and hi-hat foot. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Last Junkie On Earth?

2 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 28 and 56.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 88 BARS ANALYSED
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