Simplest drum tracks in a hit rock song

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Simplest drum tracks in a hit rock song

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Because it's 420 my local rock station played Tom Petty you don't know how it feels this morning. I don't think I've noticed how simple this drum track was before.
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A very simple one is "Clocks" by Coldplay. It's literally just mirroring the piano line.
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I like the drums in "Who Will Save Your Soul", they're so bare except for that one big buh-dum-tish near the beginning.
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I really enjoy when someone plays an acoustic song and just taps on the side of their guitar. :arrow:
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:I really enjoy when someone plays an acoustic song and just taps on the side of their guitar. :arrow:
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i didn't know you were such a big Jack Johnson fan, ruddo ??
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bodysnatcher wrote:i didn't know you were such a big Jack Johnson fan, ruddo ??
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:i didn't know you were such a big Jack Johnson fan, ruddo ??
Ugh
It's too bad I'm out of the country when you're here. I'd invite you over. Make you banana pancakes, pretend like it's the weekend now.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:i didn't know you were such a big Jack Johnson fan, ruddo ??
Ugh
It's too bad I'm out of the country when you're here. I'd invite you over. Make you banana pancakes, pretend like it's the weekend now.
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:i didn't know you were such a big Jack Johnson fan, ruddo ??
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Modern Girl - Sleater Kinney, has to be one of the most simple things Janet Weiss has ever played.
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She’s Lump. She’s Lump.
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Wishlist ? :)
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washing machine wrote:She’s Lump. She’s Lump.
That band had a lot of songs with simple drum tracks, didn't they?
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
washing machine wrote:She’s Lump. She’s Lump.
That band had a lot of songs with simple drum tracks, didn't they?
Oh I'm sure.
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washing machine wrote:She’s Lump. She’s Lump.
That one's got some tricky hi-hat / snare stuff going on coming out of the chorus.
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Im a huge fan of a quick "boom chuck". Simple yet effective. Sleek yet vigilante.
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tragabigzanda wrote:we will rock you
No cause execution/production is somewhat complex
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