Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1999 · drums by Chad Smith
Californication
From Californication. Beginner · Straight · rock
Tempo
96BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 90–120
- Difficulty
- Beginner
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 66 and climbs to 96 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
A patient, quiet backbeat under the two-guitar figure, sitting slightly behind the beat, with a lift for the choruses. The whole part is feel: nothing in it is hard to play, and all of it is hard to play well.
Beginner: A steady beat and a fill or two — first-gig material.
Chad Smith
- Read the Chad Smith feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Chad Smith's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1999 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Chad Smith songs
Songs at about 96 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.