Meinl Cymbals - Clay Aeschliman - "Reverie" by Polyphia 

polyphia is neither of these lol

I think the drum is more like hip hop

Meinl's stable of drummers is insane. Clay, Benny Greb. Mike Johnston, Chris Coleman, Nick Baglio, Nathan Bulla. The list just keeps going and then they give us content like this for free all the time.

​@@michaelcartwright4628Matt Garstka, Damien Schmitt, Luke Holland, Alex Rudinger... and more

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Came here to say this! Clay's cymbal work is on a other level. I wouldn't be half as interested in the band without this guy.

Easily one of my favorite things about Polyphia as a whole, the amount of dynamic song structure, technical finesse and just a passion to make the coolest shit with the skill to bring that to life. It’s crazy to see what these guys manage to pull off without the standard tools artists usually use to tell their stories

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Same! Clay is my favorite boi so I was in heaven

@@BrittanyNgo01 I saw you! Jk 😂

​@@microchrist6122haha! Yeah, I'd be surprised, that venue is huge 😂

@@BrittanyNgo01 my first time there, the indoor red rocks haha it sounded incredible

@@microchrist6122 it was my first time as well, although I have a disability so I was in the accessible seating because I wouldn't have been able to sit or stand in the "red rocks" area lol. They gave me a nice little spot in the mezzanine

Plenty of cymbal and accent hits. May not be the most intricate song on the album, but it’s tasteful and has a lot of cymbals in it and this is a Meinl video

@@TW_Drums good point

I mean he's also done The Audacity, and maybe others I'm not aware of

ABSOLUTE FACTS MY BROTHER

Ditto. It just makes the songs sound goofy, not unique in an interesting way. I have no idea why they continue to use the most fake sounding sample replacements and filters. This sounds amazing just as is!

Silly Conspiracy Theory: The band is big-braining and are fully aware of the difference in characteristics of sound. This way, their listeners that tune into certain aspects of their production (like live-sounding drums or playthroughs) are even more appreciative of their skill, leading to even deeper appreciation of the music and the band. 🤔 Was the case for me and seeing them play Genesis with Brasstracks live. That, was definitely an awesome experience.

@@EricGonzaloI don’t follow your argument, though I kind of see what you’re getting at… maybe? The point stands, regardless of their intentions or big brains. Most fans of Polyphia who also play drums, would prefer to simply hear real drum tracks over highly sample-replaced tracks. I will say, I think the hip hop drum production could work really well over select parts, as many metal bands use during interludes and bridges. I just don’t think they do the songs justice when it’s the ONLY drum sound throughout the album. You know? Use it when it fits; don’t when it doesn’t.

I'm not arguing anything, more like pondering that they're leaving lots of room for interpretation of their work. For people that enjoy the electronic music production aspect, the analog drum sounds, the virtosic instrument masteries, the catchy "pop" hooks, their blending of genres, they've got something anyone can enjoy. In this case, they "overproduce drums" so that they can do natural-sounding Sponsor features (or bring their live experience to another level) to showcase another angle of their music and skillful performance!

yeah, and its $400 💀

dampening gel to reduce some of the ringing overtones. this orange one is made by meinl but there are a million ways u can dampen drums even without gels

No, this one is full speed, they just slow down Audacity because of how insane it is

it is definitely slowed down. Doesn't sync up at all to the original tempo. @@darkcrypter

@@darkcrypter i think its a couple of bpms slower. Maybe 5bpm or less

The track here is exactly 4:02. Same as the studio version.

​@@minnesodopeidk why but it does feel slower.

It's not slowed down...

@@minnesodope it is

@@xxb1164 The track ends at 4:02. Which is the exact length of the studio version.

@@minnesodope compare the BPM of this and the original song on any online metronome with tap function