Starfuckers Inc. · Nine Inch Nails

175 bars of 4/4 at 146 BPM, about 4:48 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ElectronicAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
146 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
175
LENGTH
4:48
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 53% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 49-56, 83-90 and 117-170 -- 53% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 146 BPM
STARFUCKERS INC. · BAR 117
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 171.

LOOP · 146 BPM
BAR 171 · LANDS ON BAR 172
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

175 bars across 9 sections: 123 keep time, 1 is a fill, 3 are stops and 43 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 118-170.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART B
PART S6
CHORUS 3
6 groovesDBS6S1A+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Starfuckers Inc.?

146 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 Starfuckers Inc. hard to play on drums?

49 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 49 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

175 bars, about 4:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 4 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Starfuckers Inc.?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 171.

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