Inspired Fragments for Drum Set

This is a piece I wrote for my senior percussion recital.

I wanted to write something for my recital, and the last available instrument to write for was drum set. I took clips (or fragments) of songs that have inspired me to play drum set from my younger years through today and pieced them together. Sometimes the fragment may only be a 1 bar drum fill, but for the most part, a recognizable excerpt is given. There are a total of 18 fragments representing 17 different artists. In order of appearance:

Weezer -- Undone (The Sweater Song)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet -- Take 5
Pie Bald -- King OF The Road
Sufjan Stevens -- Come On! Feel The Illinoise!
Modest Mouse -- Dramamine
Arcade Fire -- Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Sigur Ros -- Olsen Olsen
The Format -- The First Single
Minus the Bear -- Thanks For The Killer Game Of Crisco Twister
The Killers -- When You Were Young
Glen Miller -- In The Mood
Phoenix -- Everything Is Everything
Motion City Soundtrack -- Time Turned Fragile
My Chemical Romance -- I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
Desaparecidos -- Man and Wife, The Latter (Damaged Goods)
Dashboard Confessionals -- Hands Down
The National -- Mr. November
Dashboard Confessionals -- Ender Will Save Us All

Lastly, I had to recreate each song so that I could perform the drum set parts live. The accompanying video was created by Jeremi Mattern and myself. Special thanks to: Cary Daniels, Ricky Hall and Kyle Smith.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Chris Walker
• Drum Set
• Mash Up
• Composition
• Senior Recital
• Texas State University
• Rock
• Indie
• Jazz
• Post Rock
• Emo
• Music
• Drum Set Basics
• Drum Set Tutorial
• Drum Set Solo
• Drum Set Beats
• Weezer
• The Dave Brubeck Quartet
• Pie Bald
• Sufjan Stevens
• Modest Mouse
• Arcade Fire
• Sigur Ros
• The Format
• Minus the Bear
• The Killers
• Glen Miller
• Phoenix
• Motion City Soundtrack
• My Chemical Romance
• Desaparecidos
• Dashboard Confessionals
• The National

[Ryder005]

Wow, you did no justice to Modest Mouse.

[ChrisDWalkerMusic]

@Ryder005 I know I know. I also had to take out about 20 other songs and artists. No one wants to watch me jam for that long! That Modest Mouse beat is on of my favorites though.

[Ryder005]

@ChrisDWalkerMusic I love love love the song dramamine. You should just play out that song for me =]

[jian2069]

This is sweet! especially the editing!

[theyearsbest125]

why is this not all over the internet!

[Ilovemadetobreak]

a arcade fire fan, very nice

[brainiac101594]

not gonna lie, this is possibly THE coolest thing I've seen in a while.

And I like how the video for dashboard confessional looks like blink 182's music video for always.

[awesome132423]

some one is multitalented

[DavidAWalkerMusic]

You are awesome. Very proud to be your dad.

[vttompkins]

this is really awesome. I love that your playing in an elevator. Entertaining as hell