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Like boxing a speed bag ... for 3 minutes and 40 seconds. This is fluid athleticism on display: such endurance and finesse. Utterly remarkable. Thank you!
However it isn't essential to for the snare to mimic the hi hat throughout the song or even to play 16th notes on the hats, 8th notes sound just as good.
Not really necessary to apply ghost note beats until you're comfortable with the groove. Oterwise a drummer will overwork it and bugger it up. Build the skillset. Play on.
FINALLY, someone got the bass drum part right! The intro, the double-handed pulse between hi-hat and snare, and all the breaks were done correctly, as so many people tend to do them wrong. But most people don't realize how much is going with the kick drum as well, and that's what really captures the original and "authentic" feel. Excellent work!
This song is all about feel. It's definitely the magic of this song and Bonham. I love big drums tuned wide open. You can hear the two heads in the kick working with each other. You can also hear the whole kit in reverberation with each other. In other words. The instrument as a whole
Was thinking about this song for almost a year how noone actually plays what is on record and there are lot of videos on YT how to play eazy version but not any of them done right. Finaly I can send to all drummers that play this wrong this video. Thank you. Great job. 👍🥁❤️
Pascal @artofdrumming never seen anyone EVER lay down Bonham with more accuracy and discipline ever. @briantichy @jasonbonham would proud to see this... And that's the way to man up on the bass drum by filling up the 8ths between the snare downbeat 2 and 4 Song is a right of passage to build up the groove power endurance of bass drum control and achieving the trade mark sound of the man himself
Perfect double, get to enjoy the video of you playing this iconic drum heavy tune and, then watch and listen to the drum isolation all in one video. I’d like to see more of that. Thanks, we’ll done.
now i have to learn it. have played for yrs but never played exact always put my spin on it. so now playing it correctly and putting my accents in it will be awesome. you can't teach a band the beg bc most cant count.
Best cover I've seen of this song anywhere. You really nailed the ghost notes on the snare drum where most drummers will just play the quarter notes on the downbeat. Very smooth and powerful at the same time. Great job!
You nailed the bass drum line, is exactly as the studio version. Usually Bonz played it the easy way live. Thanks for the 'guide' I am rehearsing this song for a gig this weekend.
JUST BRILLIANT. This is the truest to the album version I've perhaps ever heard in my 40 years of listening to Led Zeppelin. Bonzo would've raised a glass to this effort! Love to hear "Misty Mountain Hop".
Today I bought new headphones and the first thing I wanted to hear was that exactly drum intro. Now I'm watching you and I don't even hear any differences. Very accurate and beautiful cover! Keep on rocking!
Amazing cover, finally a cover with ghosts notes along the entire song as Bonham did. And your bass drum workout is wonderful. You got my like, buddy, keep up the good work!!
So, 0.00 to 3.38 I'm in absolute awe of this guy, thinking that there can be no finer cover of this legendary song. It's absolute perfection. Then, not being a drummer myself, when it started at 3.39 and beyond, I slipped into parent mode - wondering how Pascal's parents must have felt whilst he was practicing in his bedroom, allthoseyearsago! 😂😂😂
Pascal, you simply did it. Not easy. well done! Edit: I have come to appreciate you even more. Being fed up from the flashy majority of youtube drummers, it is quite satisfactory to me to watch somebody who seeks precision.
I used to count this intro (starting on the 1) as 4 bars of 4/4 and then 3 extra 16th notes or one bar of 3/16. It wasn't until many years later I thought that probably wasn't right. Yeah, it starts on the "A" (1-e-and-a) of 1 lol
Haha holy crap man, you absolutely demolished this in the best way possible! Bonham would be proud! Also, incredible job on tuning and dynamics bro! Something about Paistes and Ludwigs that just cant be beat also and you managed to absolutely destroy it and im blasting this on repeat! Hell yeah man!!!!
Id really like to one of these days setup a 14x10 rack tom with a 12x9 and have perfect interval setup for my set. Shame not too many drum companies make 14's much anymore