Red Hot Chili Peppers Drum Beats & Fills (Chad Smith Lesson)

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We can confirm Chad Smith is not Will Ferrell, but he’s just as hilarious.

In this full lesson, the 2022 Drumeo Awards Drummer Of The Year goes through over a dozen Red Hot Chili Peppers songs as well as talks about:

• Recording Blood Sugar Sex Magik in 1991
• Growing up outside Detroit, hearing Motown on the radio, and being influenced by his older brother’s funky record collection
• How his drum parts keep evolving over the years
• How RHCP typically writes/records together (even after 40 years!)
• His love of cross-sticking
• The beat you should learn if you want a career as a drummer
• Why you should “play it like you mean it”, with intent

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Lesson Outline:
00:34 – SONG: “Suck My Kiss” by Red Hot Chili Peppers
02:00 – Intro
06:02 – SONG: “Give It Away” by Red Hot Chili Peppers
14:18 – The key to playing “Blood Sugar Sex Magik”
17:21 – The groove behind “The Power Of Equality”
22:37 – Breaking down “Mellowship Slinky In B Major”
27:34 – On writing the drum part in “Breaking The Girl”
30:55 – Staying out of the way in “Scar Tissue”
38:16 – SONG: “Around The World” by Red Hot Chili Peppers
45:31 – SONG: “Otherside” by Red Hot Chili Peppers
51:42 – SONG: “By The Way” by Red Hot Chili Peppers
01:01:55 – SONG: “The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie”
01:06:19 – “Charlie” (Groove)
01:09:20 – Talking About Taylor Hawkins
01:15:38 – SONG: “Under The Bridge” by Red Hot Chili Peppers
01:20:03 – SONG: “Can’t Stop” by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Chad Plays:
DW Drums
Paiste Cymbals
Remo Drumheads
Vater Drumsticks

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Chad Smith is the drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Smith is also the drummer of the hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot and currently the all-instrumental outfit Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats. As one of the most highly sought-after drummers, Smith has recorded with Deep Purple vocalist Glenn Hughes, Kid Rock, Jake Bugg, The Dixie Chicks, Jennifer Nettles, Johnny Cash, John Fogerty and The Avett Brothers.