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I loved your enthusiasm on this track, I tried to hit that like button 500 times to get you the clicks you need, but alas it doesn't work like that! Personally, I'm not much into DT myself, I like the instrumentals and Portnoy though (I guess LTE is more of my speed)
I am not a drummer, but by what i see the stick broke exactly at the position of the rim of the snare, i assume he hit the rim before so he weakened it.
Yes. Chad always plays rimshots, which is when you hit the center of the drum with the tip of your stick and the rim at the same time. It produces a distinctive sound and tends to chew the stick at around the rim impact area.
In response to some of your comments, my opinion is that the higher tuned snare cuts through the mix better to feel the flow and bounce of the song, and although the drum parts are quite busy, they never feel overplayed or cluttered.
I’d say that’s debatable. The snare drum sounds lower tuned on the album and I thinks that sounds way better. Very high tuned snare drums loose power. Yes it’s very audible because of the super high pitch but they lack of body, as the shell doesn’t resonate much. Hi tunings will choke up the drum. I used to run a recording studio, I have personally experimented with a number of recording settings and super high tuned snare drums always lost in a A/B test. Hi tuning is fine but within reason. With regards to the drum parts, there’s no right or wrong. You say the busy parts he plays never feel overplayed. I feel the exact opposite. I see our instrument as a foundation. But thanks for your polite comment. Too many aggressive and desperate people in this chat.
@@AlessandroSpenga While I say you are right with the tuning at times, I also prefer a lower tuning on my drums to fill out the wall of sound, I understand why it has been pitched up in this setting. I would usually agree with the drums being the foundation of the track, but I've noticed sleep token tend to use the bass and guitars for this and leave the drums to be more of a focal point alongside the vocals as a more 'stand-out' feature of the tracks which I think is important for the styles they play and the transitions, you need to be feeling the flow of the song to get the same impact from the changes and with playing intricate feels and time signatures (like a triplet feel over a 4 signature) I think the busier drums pull the ear and keep you in time better.
@@AlessandroSpengathe dude said it’s not OLD SCHOOL (he used nutella as a brazilian slang of saying “too modern”) to remove these screws with a screwdriver
No disrespect to Daniel Adair, But Portnoy's double base version give this song new life and energy. That's what so great about music, it's all interchangeable all you need is the right formula to make it better. Portnoy's took a Nascar race car & turn it into an F1 race car.
Next time he should go for the first man beat the mg42 firerate pr minutt, already sounds like a full auto asullt weapon, but dont think an octopusy superhuman drummer on Jugenmeht (pervitrin)can beat the buzzaw, even with "cheat" trix, if some one could have pulled it of its this superdrummer👍
@@AlessandroSpenga No, it's their biggest song and was released before the full video. It contains an incredible drum solo (not in the studio version, but that he plays live). Just for the complexity of it all, it is worth checking out. Its like the ultimate display of II's skills, especially ghost notes and groove.
I watched many reaction videos to Chad at Drumeo, I appreciate your playing because it showed what a big task it is. And you explained the time signature well (for a non musician like me)
