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Drum Chart: “New Donk City” from Super Mario Odyssey + Practice Loop

October 1, 2024

It’s been about a year since I shared a drum chart, so here’s another one from Super Mario Odyssey; it might be my last Nintendo drum chart for a while, and I need to find more sources of big band music that don’t have published sheet music… Anyway, today’s tune is “New Donk City” —…
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Drum Chart: “Steam Gardens” from Super Mario Odyssey

October 1, 2023

Here’s a cutesy post: another drum chart and practice loop courtesy of Nintendo. We’re going back to Super Mario Odyssey, with the Steam Gardens level: Rather than a bombastic big band tune, this one is sleeker and more subdued, with a 50s rockabilly/surf rock kind of sound, complete with some dated low–fi production. Well, to…
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Drum Chart: “Spy” from Cowboy Bebop

June 18, 2023

Today I have another Cowboy Bebop drum chart to share: “Spy”, as featured in the third episode “Honky Tonk Woman”. Truth be told, this might be my last Cowboy Bebop chart — it’s currently the only one I’ve made that hasn’t been shared yet. I worked on a couple of tracks at once when I…
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Drum Chart: “Jump Up Super Star!” From Super Mario Odyssey

March 19, 2023

About a month ago, Adam Neely released a video about The 8–Bit Big Band, so I figured it was a good time to share another Nintendo drum chart. Today is “Jump Up, Super Star!”, the centerpiece of the soundtrack to Super Mario Odyssey. Like many Nintendo games, the only soundtrack album out there is a…
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Drum Chart: “Too Good Too Bad” From Cowboy Bebop

December 5, 2021

So, I was caught off guard by the recent release of Netflix’s live–action Cowboy Bebop remake. I have heard about a live–action adaptation for over ten years now, but I stopped keeping up with the developments until I started seeing footage from Netflix’s version. And low and behold, it was finally released toward the end of November. I…
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