Devin Townsend Drum Cam At Bloodstock Festival Playing Love. Darby Todd On Drums. 

Mate. Thanks so much! That review won’t be beaten. Really pleased we made an impact. The effort to pull this show off was huge. Everyone pulled their weight! Especially Devin.

Thanks. The whole band and crew pulled off a blinder.

Thanks man. Much appreciated! Both shows were so much fun to play.

Cheers man!

Thanks mate. Everyone did a lot of homework to pull this show off! It was hard work But so worth it.

@@DarbyTodd So good man😝 It must be pretty interesting how you were chosen for Devin. How did it come about if you don’t mind me asking?

@@alfieshaw2931 hey. I do a lot of work for Toontrack the company that make Superior Drummer. I record a lot of drum midi packs for them. Devin also does stuff for Toontrack. The owner of Toontrack is really close friends with Devin. They were both texting and the owner of Toontrack recommended me. Devin checked me out online, liked my playing and then contacted me. He def took a big chance booking us all on recommendations. I guess you could say it was down to knowing the right people. It was also cool foe me as James the bass player is from a band called Sikth who I’ve loved for ages!

@@DarbyTodd so damn awesome mate. Great how musicians come together.🤘🏼 Yeah, Sikth are awesome!😝

@@DarbyTodd The whole world runs on who knows who, doesn't make any difference what your craft is as far as that goes (I'm a statistician, same applies!) - Really great stuff, that does NOT sound like a band that only had a day and a half rehearsals. I for one would have zero hope of learning so many songs so quick and getting them down - Awesome stuff! 🤘🏼

Of course. I don’t use heel and toe. I just try to be as economical with my motion. the gong was just me cheating the speed on some parts. I could play the song on just the feet but it was at the edge of my speed threshold and I preferred playing it between the gong and the feet. So the footing was GRRL. I’ve spoken to some people that feel it’s harder but it just felt really comfortable for me to play. But yes it is cheating I guess!!

I think he did two on the feet and two on the left hand on the bass drum to the left of his hats?

Hey man. Yeah it was a lot to learn. Luckily I did have time to learn stuff at home but to get a production like this worked out in a day and a half was crazy!

@@DarbyTodd Just be glad he didn't suddenly decide to play Skeksis! :p

@@branthall1787 ha! I survived Almost Again!!

Awesome. Anyone talented enough to 1) be able to play this and 2) be selected be Devin to play this with, is certainly getting my hat tipped to them. Well done. Hopefully the full bloodstock show will be available soon.

@@DarbyTodd This might be a stupid question, but how familiar were you with Devin's work beforehand and had you played the drum parts to any of his songs before you knew you were going to be playing with him? Great job, BTW!

Hey. Yeah it’s a cymatic LP16. We were using the 24 but it broke down during soundcheck for the festival. The 16 was the back up. I actually prefer the 16 as I find it easier to operate with buttons on top. We were running backing tracks. Sound effects, keys etc. hope this helps. I love the Cymatic. It’s so much easier than using a daw on a laptop. Hope the info helps.

@@DarbyTodd thanks for the details man ! I also love Cymatic's stuff (I own a LP 16 and a LR16).

Thanks man. It was a fun gig. I’m doing Devs next European tour so looking forward to playing on more than a day and a half’s rehearsal! I’m not too sure what the mics were. They look like they could be AKG 414’s to me.

​@@DarbyTodd Thanks! This reminds me of JP Bouvet covering for Matt in Periphery, very few can pull it off..., it's your musicality along with the accuracy that is just next level to me... A lot of players can blast for days but the hands go wooden, Re Mic's yeah they look like old AKG C414's which the T2's body is basically a copy of - It's the shock mount that looks the same as the T2 one hence me wondering if it is those, just curious as I hardly ever see anyone using them for overheads but love em!

@@davidshaw4574 thanks man!! I’m not really a blaster/metal guy but I just about pull it off! That Periphery learning vid is full of amazing knowledge. I’m def gonna watch that again for some inspiration as I have to learn 25 new tunes while I’m on a tour bus in America! Not as easy as being behind the kit in my studio.

i mean... maybe maybe not but like, cmon man...what is that comment. do you say that on ryans videos?

@@Spenjira Yes i have done in the past im entitled to my own opinion