My Life · Imagine Dragons

29 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 0:54 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Funk / SoulJazz / Blues120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
29
LENGTH
0:54
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 60% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-11, 13-15 and 17-22, and 1 more place -- 60% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 130 BPM
MY LIFE · BAR 9
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 8, 12, 16, 24 and 28.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

29 bars across 3 sections: 18 keep time, 5 are fills, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 17-23.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesDBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is My Life?

130 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 My Life hard to play on drums?

42 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 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

29 bars, about 0:54 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, 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 My Life?

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 8, 12, 16, 24 and 28.

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