Random bullshit · That Guy 5

168 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 4:28 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
168
LENGTH
4:28
DIFFICULTY
54/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25, 27 and 29-30, and 10 more places -- 16.8% 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
RANDOM BULLSHIT · BAR 25
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

22 fills to learn, played 56 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 50 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 1-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 6-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 10-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 14-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

18 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

169 bars across 12 sections: 74 keep time, 56 are fills, 10 are stops and 20 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 75-81.

PART E
CHORUS
PART Z
CHORUS 2
PART X
PART AH
PART X
PART AK
BREAK
CHORUS 3
OUTRO 2
8 groovesOXES9AH+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Random bullshit?

150 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 Random bullshit hard to play on drums?

54 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

168 bars, about 4:28 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 56 exercises over 15 sittings, about 28 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 Random bullshit?

22 fills to learn, played 56 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 50 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 168 BARS ANALYSED
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