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Deak Ferance
How to make "Midnight Star – I don’t wanna be lonely" drum pattern?
Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 6, 7, 9.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 4, 5, 13 (syncopated pattern with backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 (sixteenth notes).
Step 4: Place high conga on beats 4, 12, 15.
Step 5: Place clave on beats 1, 7, 11, 14.
Step 6: Place maraca on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 7: Place cowbell on beats 9, 10, 12.
• Midnight Star - I don't wanna be lonely
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