It has never really occured to me until 6 minutes ago. I noticed several parallels between Todd and Gavin Harrison. 1. Otherworldly command of the instrument. 2. Very interesting playing technique-wise. 3. A sense of groove bordering on absolute. 4. Can make a plastic bucket sound like a Sonor SQ2. 5. Incredibly down-to-earth and friendly persona. Defo one of the top drummers around.
used to watch this performance as a teen and rack my brain trying to figure out how to count/play along, totally forgot about it and now almost 10 years later it finally makes sense! never realized it was a Jerry Goodman tune either, weird how interconnected stuff is in the music world. many thanks for the rhythmic inspiration and pattern-finding related headaches you gave me over the years Todd!
I’m a full time drummer now… got afew tours under my belt now as well… big concerts… afew sponsors…. I now have a wife and kid… I remeber watching this video every single day the last few months of high school and all throughout college… every single day bro!!! And now I’m back here for some reason remembering what fed my hunger…. Follow your dreams everybody… it’s actually possible to those who believe… all things are possible to those who believe l
What a time to be alive. Been able to see some of the best drummers in history. Todd, Neil, Gavin, Steve, Danny and many more. Todd is so fluid and has such tasty fills.
One of a kind and Todd’s playing is a complete masterpiece!!!!!Im just so blown away by his precision in this song,the dynamics it’s like emotion in art and I’m not trying to get all fancy with words etc I’m merely trying to put into words how incredible this was!!!If I’d played this I’d say ok I’ve reached my threshold for greatness next adventure and I mean rock clubbing or something else entirely because as a drummer how can this be topped?!?!
Saw a clip of this on Drummerworld, and being STYX was one of my favorite bands as a kid, I bought the Methods & Mechanics DVD. I watched the entire thing start to finish. On the DVD Todd says this song, written by progressive violinist Jerry Goodman, is in 13/8. If you want your mind blown some more, look up Jan Hammer-Jerry Goodman. Those two played together on a record named "Oh Yeah". Incredible music! This song & the way Todd performs it is one of my favorite examples of odd-time playing ever. So fluid.
This is hands down my favorite drumming piece of all time. I've watched countless solos but this one still boggles my mind. The way that Todd carries his grooves over the bar and plays with the time signature just blows me away. It's all perfect, zero fills out of place, it's musical and powerful, fantastic piece.
What I'm feeling is the dialectic between the joy of being able to pull off that song and the stark reality that I am not able to. In essence, I'm crying!!
