{"id":46824,"date":"2023-06-23T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=46824"},"modified":"2023-06-23T09:53:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T16:53:06","slug":"how-to-play-californication-by-the-red-hot-chili-peppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/how-to-play-californication-by-the-red-hot-chili-peppers\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Play &#8220;Californication&#8221; By The Red Hot Chili Peppers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OdGZVxkNzIg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Red Hot Chili Peppers love California so much, they mention it <a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Red-hot-chili-peppers-californication-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">17 times in the song &#8220;Californication&#8221;<\/a>. Their adoration of the golden state has paid off, as RHCP is one of the world&#8217;s most successful rock bands and &#8220;Californication&#8221; is one of their biggest songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The band&#8217;s writing process is pretty standard: the band comes up with the music and the singer adds lyrics and melodies over top. But in the case of &#8220;Californication&#8221;, Anthony Kiedis already had words and a melody in mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The band struggled to find the right supporting music to back up his vocal parts, and even tried a reggae version. They eventually landed on the song&#8217;s current iteration, and it became one of the band&#8217;s biggest hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this 13-minute lesson, RHCP drummer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/red-hot-chili-peppers-drum-beats-fills-chad-smith-lesson\/\">Chad Smith<\/a> shares his best tips for nailing your drum covers of &#8220;Californication&#8221;, then play through the full song so you can see exactly how he gives it his personal flair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re currently taking a break from work and can&#8217;t watch the video, here&#8217;s a preview of some of the tips:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the verses, make sure you nail those ghost notes on the snare drum in between the heavy rimshots. Do it &#8220;with taste&#8221; and pay attention to your dynamics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the chorus, make sure the crashes and kicks follow the rhythm of the lyrics. Chad says vocalist Anthony Kiedis is a rhythmic singer, so Chad often plays off his cadence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the solo, &#8220;less is more&#8221;, as RHCP producer Rick Rubin likes to say. Serve the track and play exactly what it needs. Don&#8217;t get carried away with &#8216;drummy&#8217; stuff and get out of the way of the song. &#8220;Try to make it feel good!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now it&#8217;s your turn. <a href=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/23012414\/red-hot-chili-peppers-californication.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the full sheet music here<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/\">get a free 7-day trial to Drumeo<\/a> where you can access practice tools and drumless tracks for 80+ Red Hot Chili Peppers songs.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Hot Chili Peppers&#8217; drummer, Chad Smith shows you how to play &#8220;Californication&#8221; the right way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":218,"featured_media":46850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4016,4022],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-songs","category-tutorials-and-transcriptions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46824"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46849,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46824\/revisions\/46849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}