Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2002 · drums by Chad Smith
Can't Stop
From By the Way. Intermediate · Straight · funk
Tempo
92BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 90–120
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 62 and climbs to 92 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
The stop-start intro riff with the drums hitting only with the guitar, then a driving sixteenth-note funk beat. The verses ride the hi-hat with a kick pattern that doubles the bass; the chorus opens up. Precision and stamina.
Intermediate: Needs independence, a feel, or fills you have to learn.
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 2002 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Chad Smith songs
Songs at about 92 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.