Meatplow – Stone Temple Pilots drums: play-along

Meatplow drums: tempo, difficulty and parts

Meatplow by Stone Temple Pilots is 85 BPM and runs 3:37: 79 bars and 1,088 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, snare, crash and ride.

The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.

The first fill worth practising comes at 2:17, the hi-hat opens as well as closes.

Meatplow drum beats and fills

The beats and fills worth practising in Meatplow, found in DRUMY’s drum chart: the ones to learn first, not every one in the song. Each beat is listed where it first comes in, with how many bars of its section play it.

Beats

Main beat0:04bar 38 bars

Fills

Fill at bar 512:17bar 51
Fill at bar 532:23bar 53
Fill at bar 552:28bar 55
Fill at bar 743:20bar 74

Learn them in the Trainer

The Trainer teaches Meatplow a part at a time, then the joins between the parts, every step starting at 70% of full speed.

How to play Meatplow on drums

Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
Press play. The notes of Meatplow come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
Slow it down. Take the Fill at bar 74 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 85 BPM.
Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Meatplow drum cover.

Play Meatplow on your kit

Meatplow on drums: questions

How hard is Meatplow on drums?

Meatplow by Stone Temple Pilots is rated medium in the song library: 1,088 notes over 79 bars at 85 BPM. Start it at 0.5× or 0.75×, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What BPM is Meatplow?

Meatplow plays at about 85 BPM and runs 3:37.

Where are the drum fills in Meatplow?

The fills worth practising in Meatplow come at 2:17 (Fill at bar 51), 2:23 (Fill at bar 53), 2:28 (Fill at bar 55) and 3:20 (Fill at bar 74). These are the ones DRUMY's drum chart picks out to learn first, not every fill in the song.

Can I play Meatplow on drums without the drums in the song?

Play it along with the full recording, or turn the backing off and play to the click.

Can I learn Meatplow step by step?

Yes. DRUMY's Trainer turns Meatplow into a course: its beats, fills and joins one at a time. Each step starts at 70% of full speed, moves up after two times round at 90% or better, and slows to as low as 50% if it needs to. Learning the hands and the kick separately is an option.