Misery Business
Paramore · 2007
High-energy pop-punk groove with tight fills that cover bands frequently play.
- Artist
- Paramore
- Year
- 2007
- Genre
- pop-punk
- Drummer
- Zac Farro
- Tempo
- 172 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- fast straight 8ths
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
104bpm
Building
138bpm
Target
172bpm
The feel
A fast straight 8ths in 4/4 around 172 BPM. It's fast — economy of motion is everything; speed comes from relaxation, not force.
What to watch
- •Play to a metronome and prize consistency over speed — even time is the whole game.
How to learn it
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