Queen - Radio GaGa (Drum Pattern) (Patreon)

This one is going to be featured in one of the upcoming Drum Machine 101 episodes. Queen originally used a Linn LM-1 for this and drummer Roger Taylor accompanied it playing real cymbals. I didn't add the reverb and echo to the pattern runthrough so you can better hear what's going on. I found the hard panning of the instruments interesting and the fact that part 1A and 1B always alternate, but they sometimes switch positions (listen to the double kick and the open hi-hat for orientation). Was this a happy accident while cutting or did they do this on purpose to add variation?

Difficulty rating: 🐇
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