Description
Notes From John
BPM = 135. Rocking part. Lots of tasty ghost snares. Isolated drum track shows more than the mix.
For the player
Deen Castronovo on the Celebrity Skin cut (Patty Schemel is credited; the album session was Deen) — alt-rock sprint, no warm-up lap. Lock under that guitar wall; don’t invent a second backbeat. John worked from an isolated drum track — ghosts and hat detail show up clearer there than in the final mix; play what’s written, not what the mix buries. Hi-hats loose are marked in the verses; hi-hats tight in the Bridges — flip the feel, don’t iron them the same. Open hats are marked — bark the opens where John wrote the circle. Ghosts stay quiet. Verse 1 opens (“Oh, make me…”); Chorus at 0:16 (“Hey, so glad…”); Verse 2 at 0:30; Chorus at 0:44. Bridge at 0:58 (“When I wake…”) goes tight hats. Verse 3 at 1:27; Chorus at 1:42; Bridge back at 1:56; Outro at 2:24. Accents and fills between sections stay as written. Listen first; the groove at BPM = 135 is the job, not the count-in.
Drum Sheet Music for “Celebrity Skin” by Hole
