Need You Tonight
INXS · 1987
a staple for a syncopated funk-rock groove and hi-hat control
- Artist
- INXS
- Year
- 1987
- Genre
- pop-rock
- Drummer
- Jon Farriss
- Tempo
- 133 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- tight funk-rock groove with a hip pocket
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
80bpm
Building
106bpm
Target
133bpm
The feel
A tight funk-rock groove with a hip pocket in 4/4 around 133 BPM. It moves — stay relaxed in the hands so you don't tense up and rush.
What to watch
- •Sit just behind the beat and let it breathe; don't chase the click forward.
- •Funk lives in the hi-hat and the ghosted snare — tighten those before the backbeat.
How to learn it
Well-known tutorials exist for this one — use the links below, and play along from your own copy.
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Learn it
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