We Are/Rhythm Lost & Found Jam Sessions

All right. We're ready to jam. So here's our version of We Are.

# We are meant to be strong

# It's what we've always been told

# We've got to hold our head high

# And we go on, we go on, we go

# But as the days change

# We all got to be our brightest

# Cannot stay the same

# We are, we are, we are The stars above

# We can, we can, we can light the sky

# We all, we all, we all have the spark inside

# So let it all out

# We'll rise up from the ashes

# A thousand times

# To reach the way back home

# There's a price that we pay

# If our dreams are forgotten

# But I can't close these eyes

# Now I know, now I know, now I know

# But as the days change

# We all got to be our brightest

# Cannot stay the same

# We are, we are, we are the stars above

# We can, we can, we can light the sky

# We all, we all, we all have the spark inside

# So let it all out

# We'll rise up from the ashes

# A thousand times

# To lead the way back home. #

-Hello.

-Hey, guys.

We are here today and we are going to talk about We Are and...

We're going to talk about rhythms and tempo

and just how to stay in the pocket or in the groove.

One key thing for rhythm

is picking a tempo that fits your song -

and most songs are, in pop music, anyway, are in four-four time.

So we're in counts of four.

So it's one, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.

-For this tempo, anyway.

-Yeah.

And you want to make sure to stay in that steady one, two, three, four,

because it's important to not speed up or slow down at all.

If you have a metronome at home,

that's something that can really help you

-with staying in that steady tempo.

-Totally.

Another thing that helps me is relaxing my shoulders

and just making sure I'm not nervous.

Because that usually adds to speeding up.

I know it is way harder to say don't be nervous to yourself

-than actually not being nervous, but it takes practice.

-Mm-hm.

Yeah, practice is important

because when you're playing with other people,

sometimes they'll be playing different rhythms

than you are, so it's important to really practice your rhythms

and get them down that way.

It's not as easy to be distracted by what other people are doing.

Totally. Totally.

-So, let's play with the guitar here.

-All right.

Show the people how it's done.

I'm going to add some shaker

and just sort of try to match the rhythm that he's doing.

One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

Nice.

So, in the song We Are, when we were jamming it out earlier,

we kind of just started the song just based off of a rhythm.

Mm-hm. And it's a good way to switch up songs.

If you're doing a cover of something,

-a cool way to mess around with it is switch up the rhythm.

-Mm-hm.

-Thanks for listening.

-Thanks for listening. See you guys later.

Peace.