Drum Related

Below is a breakdown of I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ by the Scissor Sisters, it shows the section name and number of bars.

Section             No. of Bars

Intro                 4 (don’t play 1st 3bars then whole bar fill on 4th bar)

1st Verse          16 (stop for the 16th bar)

Bridge               8

Chorus              8

Instrumental   8 (stop with a crash on the “1” of the 6th bar, crash again on the “3” then on the “1” of the 7th bar. Whole bar fill in the 8th)

2nd Verse       16 (stop for the 16th bar)

Bridge              8

Chorus             8

Synth Solo       8

Middle 8         9 (stop for 8th and 9th bar)

Bridge            8

Chorus           8

Outro             2….to fade….(Don’t Play)

This weeks “track of the week” is I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ by the Scissor Sisters, I’ve chosen this track as it’s a relatively straight forward track and works on using hi hat lifts as well as a four to floor groove (bass on the ¼ notes)… something I’ve been looking at in tracks recently. There are one or two fills in this track which you might like to listen to and copy, but it’s not detrimental to the track if you ad lib your own. One thing to pay attention to with this track is the short break where you don’t play. This is good work for your counting and a test as to whether or not you’re paying attention as you play! Give it a listen and I’ll give you the breakdown tomorrow.