In the Air Tonight (the fill)

What the drums do

A bar and a half of the beat, then the fill: sixteenths down the toms into the crash on one. The record makes you wait three minutes for it; the lab loops it every two bars. Simplified — the real fill has its own shape on each drum.

Phil Collins

• Read the Phil Collins feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
• Phil Collins's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware this was played on, era by era.
• In the Air Tonight at 95 BPM →The song page: the tempo, the metronome at that tempo, and the drum part.

How to use it

1. Open it in the lab and press play. Listen for the beats the note points at before you look at the grid.
2. Tap ½ speed and play along on a pad or the kit until the placement is yours, then let it back up to 95.
3. Change one thing. Move a kick, drop a ghost note, add an open hat. The groove is a starting point, and the lab saves what you make of it.