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Drummers fascinate me. You have to play all different kinds of patterns with all different kinds of body parts, keep the tempo, count, and some drummers sing backup. Phew
I used to teach drums - and I'd tell my students that if they pursued the craft and started playing with other musicians they'd soon start hearing jokes about how drummers aren't _actually_ musicians. I'd assure them that if they became proficient at drumming that they were actually the _only_ musician in the band - after all, the drums are not really as a melodic an instrument as say the guitar or piano or voice are - so, it takes a _true_ musician to take a not so melodic instrument and create music on it.
@@cseguin Very true and well said! But i find this more important...Drummers are the foundation of the song. Even in electronical music you hear a beat. The beat or drumpart accentuates the rythm details the next layer of the song...not all genres are dependent on this. Soundscapes for example. But live, you are the guide and the control and the metronome. If you fuck-up....everything falls. The biggest pressure of the band is on the drummer. Your band is as good as your drummer.
@@mikevandriel Yep - I've also noticed over the years of watching many a band play live that the drummer is the quintessential instrument on stage. You can take a mediocre guitarist, bassist and vocalist and add a very competent drummer and produce a respectable band. But, if you take a virtuoso guitarist, bassist and vocalist and add an incompetent drummer the resulting band would probably be trash.
DC is like Neil Pert merged with John Bonham. There is a ton of passion and although it is quite technical, it is written for the song and very powerful and progressive.
Yvkes he always is. I’ve been twice now and his drums just dominate the music. Live, he also throws in amazing improv parts with the rest of the band. Everyone’s eyes just fixated on Danny. He’s mesmerizing.
Danny Carey live drum cam of Triad is awesome...sound is good until guitar kicks in but still audible and very enjoyable..the 8:47 video is the best one
I had to stop briefly at 2:05. Dude you are so correct! It took me months to really perfect that and now that I haven't played in a couple years, I might not be able to play it now. I remember getting so frustrated at thinking this sounds so easy so why tf is it so hard for me to get this. You got an immediate sub from that alone.
Also wanted to say Danny has included vocabulary from classical Indian playing as well. He took some lessons from Aloke Dutta. He also does the African beats.
Danny is probably the best source for what he considers inspiration, but I appreciate the kneejerk comparison based on limb independence. There are a lot of similarities and I hadn't really thought of it that way.
I think my favorite Tool piece, for purely drums, is off their new album, a track called Chocolate Chip Trip. It sounds like its almost entirely drums, with an electronic piece acting almost like a metronome.
I know, other drummers scoff about it, I just was listening to other stuff all these years and didn't have a sit down with Tool. I did listen to all of Fear Inoculum and am interested in their other albums. Danny's my kind of drummer.
there aren't many good drum cams of danny out there.. one of the few good ones from a live concert: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xFJiX4Ybkhk.html. It's pretty insane watching him do his thing. The first song starts of with a drum solo and lasts about 8 and a half minutes. Would love to see your reaction to this :).
I have to say, this is more than just a reaction. The breakdown of what is happening is very interesting. Makes you appreciate what you're listening to. The part where you said something about getting used to a beat and then Carey changes it really is a perfect way to describe his drumming in Tool.
I’m not even a drummer yet it’s nice to see someone else geeking out about it. I dig your take on things Some clips to check out: The Mars Volta - Goliath drum cam (can’t hear the rest of the band unfortunately) Meshuggah - clockworks drum (audio is great and everything plus you hear the rest of the band, but I know you’ve covered them once already) Anyways, have a good one!
Danny Carey has a by far the best independence I've ever heard. Granted, I haven't heard every drummer out there, he just has an inate ability to separate one limb from the other.
I wish Buddy Rich was still alive so when he says "if you don't get good enough, you'll end up being a rock drummer", you can show him Danny Carey play.
In all fairness Danny is a "jazz" drummer. He plays in a progressive metal band but his foundation is in jazz. Jazz drummers, and musicians in general are way more advanced technically speaking. Buddy Rich is an arrogant prick though.
@@garrettmillerdrums yeah please make sure you watch John's breakdown of the song....he has like 3 videos on this song....1 explaining the song drum arrangements, 1 covering without background song and 1 with song.......you'll learn so much from those videos....(I learnt nothing BTW, lol)
@@garrettmillerdrums Strong endorsement of this. He spent uncountable hours transcribing this polyrhythmic masterpiece, and I believe he's made the sheet music free. So you can listen to the studio recording for context and follow his notes thanks to John Kew.
3 drummers/bands i really think you need to look into, abe cunningham from def tones, digital bath/passenger. gavin harrison of porcupine tree, the song anesthetize, steve judd of karnivool. songs Goliath, scarabs, well in all honesty any song by any of these drummers
"Open drum Roll" ??? I think you need to analyze that just a little more. That is one bad ass drop in pattern!! starts in 32nd notes then 16th triplets then straight 16th then 8th triplets and so on... all the way down to quarter notes in time signature of 11/8... yup true Danny Carey, nothing is simple!! EVER....
Jason Peckford absolutely!!! I was hoping someone else would say something. Everything he does is well thought out and fucked up lol Most don’t realize this song has. 4/4. 5/8. 5/4. 11/8 3/4 6/4 all spread out in what I can only describe as the hardest places to play them. I also believe people should take a deep look at schism... it’s another masterpiece by Carey
Another video of a demonstration is Gavin Harrison Anesthetize, which is a 17 1/2 minute Porcupine Tree song that has been pared down to 6 minutes and 40 seconds. The sound and video quality is extremely good. Would be interested in your thoughts.
@@WokeSpokes I think I might be blaspheming all over the place, but I'm not super impressed with the new Tool album. Danny Carey does a great job on it though.
I'm actually glad to hear that you need more context. I've always thought that what makes Danny such a great drummer is that he's tasteful and complementary; all of the crazy/amazing shit he's doing is in service to the song rather than just being showy and superfluous (on top of it all just being really creative and sounding great). Hope to see you react to more Danny Carey. Would love to hear what you think of "Pneuma."
Your rant on Sober is something that me and my bandmate (we used to be in a death metal band) have talked about on end. You described it perfectly, no drummer I've ever known can play Sober tight. It's nature confuses your brain and body...
The hands are in 3 and the right foot is playing groupings of 5/16. This groove mystified me for years. The voicings he uses on the album version are a lot better. Anyways, new tool album in a few days!!! Can't wait 😊
i had some unique seats for their show in LA for this tour and my girlfriend, who enjoys the music, but isnt huge into the band as a whole said to me after the show "the drummer is incredible. i was just watching him most of the show and it was just exhausting. how does he even do any of that so consistently" i think she finally understood why hes talked about so much.
Danny Carey has been my favorite drummer since i first heard undertow in the 90s. I also love his signature sticks! They're almost like cheating. They have a taper right where u hold them and they're weighted so nice. I feel like his stick alone have improved my playing immensely
You should look at literally anything with Matt Garstka. Something from Animals as Leaders would be the most simple way. He's got some oft their tracks as playthroughs on his channel.
This was a cool video. Hey I have a question. For those of us who don’t know how to count music or have no clue of music theory, can you make a short video on how to count time signatures? Like you did in the beginning of the song
Takes a lot of practice if you go about it without learning theory. Start with easy songs and tap to the beat, then move up from there man. Best of luck!!
I saw another comment on CarBomb's Constant Sleep. Elliot Hoffman. You really should cover him. I was having a really hard time counting him. the music is changing time so sporadically it's hard to catch what he's doing on the drums. Excellent stuff.
I just tripped, cuz you mentioned Karl Hunter...I played with him in the big band in college, yeaaars ago (in SB). Forgot about him. Good to know he's still "rockin". Fun channel, man.
I would recommend giving John Kew a listen, he's a drummer that covered this. The only reason i recommend him is bc the sound & video quality is much better. And although he is not Danny Carey, he sure does tool songs justice.
othicx Most likely. The main pacing of that section is in 3/4, where they go by the quarter note. Danny’s bass drum is at a much faster pacing, going by the 16th.
38 years of drumming and it still annoys me when people call themselves a "jazz drummer." Are you ONLY able to play jazz? No? Then you're a drummer, period.
Would be great to see you check this out on a studio quality version especially for the swiss triplet mindblowing section and to understand how the drumming relates to the song 👍
