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Play drums likeBen Thatcher

The songs with Ben Thatcher on drums, to play on your own kit: Out Of The Black and Better Strangers 100% Accurate Drum. The notes come down in time with each recording, and every hit is judged — so you find out how close you get to the real part.

Start with Out Of The Black

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Ben Thatcher playing drums — Photo: Bruce, CC BY 2.0

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Easyeasiest — Out Of The Black
75average BPM
80fastest — Out Of The Black

Songs with Ben Thatcher on drums

Out Of The BlackRoyal Blood Better Strangers 100% Accurate DrumRoyal Blood More Royal Blood songsSearch the whole library in the app

How to play drums like Ben Thatcher

Start with Out Of The Black — the easiest of their parts here (easy), at 80 BPM. Take it at 0.75× until the groove sits.
Learn it part by part. The Trainer splits a song into its beats and fills, hands first and then the kick, from 70% up to full speed.
Work up to Better Strangers 100% Accurate Drum: 1,044 notes in 4:03. Switch on the Easy level to take its hardest notes out, then switch it off.
Check every hit — on time, early or late — and watch your score climb run by run.

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Playing Ben Thatcher's drum parts: questions

What songs does Ben Thatcher play drums on?

On DRUMY you can play along to the songs with Ben Thatcher on drums: Out Of The Black (Royal Blood) and Better Strangers 100% Accurate Drum (Royal Blood).

What is the easiest Ben Thatcher song to play on drums?

Out Of The Black by Royal Blood — rated easy, at 80 BPM. Play it at 0.75× first, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What is Ben Thatcher's hardest drum part here?

Better Strangers 100% Accurate Drum: 1,044 notes in 4:03, rated medium. The fastest is Out Of The Black at 80 BPM.

How do I learn to play drums like Ben Thatcher?

Pick one of their songs and open the Trainer: it teaches the song part by part — the beats, the fills, then the joins — hands first and then the kick, from 70% speed up to full speed, on your own electronic kit.