Simon's playing is just phenomenal. I really enjoyed his playing with Toto,but hearing him in his element with his band is just so delightful. Simply the best.A true genius at the craft.His drums are always tunned to perfection. You really hear how drums were meant to sound.
Thank you so much for this! The vantage point was where I would have wanted to be. :) I was once fortunate enough to be seated backstage of Chicago, watching Danny Seraphine solo while Terry Kath and Peter Cetera were smoking some custom cigars that they had just rolled. As awesome as that was, I would have traded that experience to watch Simon perform his magic from where you were.
You're so welcome! And what a cool story. I would have loved to have seen Chicago during the Terry years. Such an immense talent. Watching a show backstage is always an interesting experience. While it may not sound as great it's a bit more intimate and you get to watch the crowd enjoy the show. Speaking of which, I just added another video to my channel which was shot by our roadie from backstage as well as from the front of the club! It's an amateur tape so be prepared but still fun to watch. It's the one labeled Ronnie Montrose OH 1994 tape 2. ruclips.net/p/PL541956FB197F2E0F
You are lucky! definitely the best jazz fusion band of the moment! These musicians are fantastically coupled at all times and almost perfect in playing their instruments. Otmaro's solo on the piano is heavenly, I've known him since 1986 when he was in our house in Caracas playing our piano, he has become a true master over these years after emigrating to the house of Jazz.🔈🔈🤔😉
Wow, lucky you! Yes, it's an unexpected departure when Otmaro begins his lengthy, yet beautiful solo. All the musicians are in tune with each other. Lots and lots of practice no doubt!
The best Jazz Fusion band today .... I hope a Protocol V live tour dvd will be released. I would buy it immediately from Italy where these live are fucking forbidden.
Simon is a monster in the business of drumming. His snare drum work is impressive-great hands! Thanks for posting--very exciting and a great lesson in articulate drummimg.
Thank you! Yes, he has a beautiful sounding kit. Especially the toms. You know, interestingly, he sets his kit up on a wood platform which allows for a full frequency response. I've always set up on a rug mainly so things don't slide around. But I did not consider how it would affect the sound. 🤔
Yes, I had been waiting to see them perform for quite a while. Every time I checked his website it seems I had missed it. Fortunately, happened to be scanning through my newsfeed on Facebook and it popped up. I nabbed the tickets right away! Definitely see them if they're in your area. Or not! The guy sitting next to us drove 350 miles to come see the show. Now that's dedication!
Hi Michelle, thanks for the great video, how cool to be slow close to such an incredible master, I recently stumbled upon Simons drumming videos, was a fan of Toto back in the day, but lost track as time went on. I enjoy the incredible tonal progression ( and amazing talent) of his drums and adds such color and depth to highlight his musician mates, he plays the drums like an instrument not just banging noise, so different than many other fine drummers. Sounds like you had an incredible drumming career, very impressive, I played for a few years as a teenager, even witnessed the legend of Buddy Rich several times, just mind blowing, too bad I didn’t appreciate what I was hearing but was very impressed. Now at a ripe ‘63, and a soon as I recover from shoulder surgery, I’m reliving my youth and picking up the drum sticks again and collecting vintage Ludwig red psychedelic drums the type I played on as a kid, I guess it’s never to late. Another fine drummer is Virgil Donati, I’m sure you’ve seen / heard his music, another over the top drummer….stay well and thanks for your contributions to the music world. I hope you bought the club owner a drink for seating you there ! :)
I know! I think it was the very first song they played. I just wasn't quick enough on the draw. I'm sure if you search for this show you'll find other videos. I know I saw a few other people taking them!
@@michelegraybeal Thanks, you did a great job! Best seat in the house too! Im hopeing they tour by me soon! I saw them 1/10/20 in Pennsylvania, right before everything shut down because of covid, what a show!! Did you get to meet Simon?👍
@@mikec7176 I'm glad you got to see them as well! There's not a lot of jazz fusion bands anymore especially as tasteful as this one. I was fortunate enough to meet Simon a couple of times, once when he was playing with The Who back in '89. At the time my roommate was best buds with the nanny on the tour so we got to go backstage and meet everybody. The other time was at a mall in studio City here in Los angeles. He was buying some gifts to bring back home to England for his mom who was Ill at the time. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed the video and hope you get to see them soon!
@@michelegraybeal I agree there is not a lot of fusion bands these days, but this band is my favorite, and Simon is my favorite drummer!! That is great you got to meet him, and it is funny you met him in 89 when he was touring with the Who, because that is when I first became aware of him! Some one I worked with at the time saw him with the Who, and raved about his playing!! I have been following him ever since! I am 68 years old, and I played drums starting at 7 years old, and for 56 years, untill I had major heart issues in 2017, and stopped playing. During all those years, I had a lot of drummers that I was influenced by, and There are a lot of fantastic drummers out there, but in my opinion, I think Simon brings it all to the table! He has all basses covered! Really nice to talk to you!👍
@@mikec7176 Wow, 56 years is quite a track record! I'm impressed! I only had a short career in drums from age 15 until my late early 30s. But I did get to record and tour with a couple of notable artists, namely Ronnie Montrose and Mark Isham. But when I became aware of Simon was on Jeff Beck's There and Back. His playing blew my mind. But later I can now hear his influence from Billy Cobham. Still, he has his own style - flawless and dynamic. If you search you can find some videos on his sound recording techniques. If I still played I'd love him to engineer! If you're interested, here's me playing back in the mid-90s with Ronnie. I'm not the flashiest player but I can hold my own. ruclips.net/video/Vp_Vt7gUznQ/видео.html
Thank you Louis, I wish I had a better camera so it wouldn't look so choppy when I zoomed in and out. Not that I plan on becoming a cinematographer or anything but you know what I mean. 😉
Awesome! I wonder if it was the same setlist or if they did any other material. There were a few tunes I wished they had played at Catalina's, like Indian Summer and Nimbus, but I gather Simon was most interested in promoting the new album. I get it! Been there done that.
I think most of the tunes was off the new album if not all of it. I didn't recognize any older stuff. Great show though. Simon is a musical genius along with the all the world class musicians he's played on the Protocol album's!
Open handed players synchronization is a trip. I can do some of that, but really getting the swing solid between the left hand and right foot is a thing
Yes, Colin, it's astonishing that he completely changed his playing style by learning open playing. I believe he said he was influenced by Billy Cobham, much like many others who play this way. Very freeing if you can master it. And he clearly has. It's a fluidity in his playing that's beautifully executed.
@@nm1978 it's really not that obvious.. I've been a professional drummer for 40 years going way back to Billy Cobham Tony Williams Jack dejanette Buddy Rich Steve Gadd David Garibaldi Terry Bozzio ,Vinnie Caliutta, Weckle, Chambers, etc. I have also done clinics with some of the older guys. I just do not believe that to call someone a great player he has to be better then everyone else. I judge players on their personal abilities. For example if we compared Garrabaldi to Tony Williams u could say he's not that "good" because he doesn't have the single strokes doesn't have the speed can't play Straight Ahead as well, but they're both great players because of what they do
@@ric929 Its not matter of respect, it's the truth, a great player should have great techniques, not simple techniques, it doesn't make sense to say he is such a great player if he is playing simple techniques that almost anyone can play. so he is ok player as far as techniques.
@@nm1978 I understand and respect your point ..don't agree with it but I respect it.. so tell me do you think Bernard Purdy and Steve Gad are great players? do you think that David Garibaldi & Harvey Mason are great players? and who do you think are the top five drummers whether it's of all time or current. Are u a player?
@@ric929 as far as techniques go, I think Dave weckl is the best, but as far as just playing more simple techniques go yes they are great players, their talent in creating parts are superb, they are the best at that, but again as far as techniques go, their techniques are simple to play, almost anyone can play them, but almost no one can play what Dave Weckl does and yes I am a player and I understand techniques. so they are great players at playing simple techniques, yes if you call that great so then what will you call Dave weckl? he does more difficult stuff that I don't see anyone else playing it.
Interesting observation. But I can see why that would be an inclination. After all, before the drum set was the military snare drum. Maybe it's so ingrained in our culture to start a solo using the snare because of that. It's like a traditional jumping off point. The rest of the kit is more or less an extension of the musical vocabulary. Who knows for sure but it's always refreshing to hear a drum solo that starts unconventionally.
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Simon's playing is just phenomenal. I really enjoyed his playing with Toto,but hearing him in his element with his band is just so delightful. Simply the best.A true genius at the craft.His drums are always tunned to perfection. You really hear how drums were meant to sound.
Thank you for this! "The Long Road Home" is truly a masterpiece in the genre of jazz/rock fusion. Bravo Simon Phillips & Protocol V!
This song called “the long road home” is absolutely masterpiece. This make me feel next level of his protocol.
Thx for posting this! Protocol V was my Album of the Year for 2022
Thank you so much for this! The vantage point was where I would have wanted to be. :)
I was once fortunate enough to be seated backstage of Chicago, watching Danny Seraphine solo while Terry Kath and Peter Cetera were smoking some custom cigars that they had just rolled. As awesome as that was, I would have traded that experience to watch Simon perform his magic from where you were.
You're so welcome! And what a cool story. I would have loved to have seen Chicago during the Terry years. Such an immense talent. Watching a show backstage is always an interesting experience. While it may not sound as great it's a bit more intimate and you get to watch the crowd enjoy the show. Speaking of which, I just added another video to my channel which was shot by our roadie from backstage as well as from the front of the club! It's an amateur tape so be prepared but still fun to watch. It's the one labeled Ronnie Montrose OH 1994 tape 2. ruclips.net/p/PL541956FB197F2E0F
The best Drummer jazz fusion ! Absolutely fantastic !
Just saw Dave Weckl last night and will be going to see Simon next month! Doesn't get any better than that! 🙂
You are lucky! definitely the best jazz fusion band of the moment! These musicians are fantastically coupled at all times and almost perfect in playing their instruments. Otmaro's solo on the piano is heavenly, I've known him since 1986 when he was in our house in Caracas playing our piano, he has become a true master over these years after emigrating to the house of Jazz.🔈🔈🤔😉
Wow, lucky you! Yes, it's an unexpected departure when Otmaro begins his lengthy, yet beautiful solo. All the musicians are in tune with each other. Lots and lots of practice no doubt!
The best Jazz Fusion band today .... I hope a Protocol V live tour dvd will be released. I would buy it immediately from Italy where these live are fucking forbidden.
U need to vote the idiot politicians u have there out!!
Simon is a monster in the business of drumming. His snare drum work is impressive-great hands! Thanks for posting--very exciting and a great lesson in articulate drummimg.
He's a "Mo-fessional". :)
I was at that performance! My favorite by far!
Even acoustically his drums sound so amazing! Brilliant video, thanks!
Thank you! Yes, he has a beautiful sounding kit. Especially the toms. You know, interestingly, he sets his kit up on a wood platform which allows for a full frequency response. I've always set up on a rug mainly so things don't slide around. But I did not consider how it would affect the sound. 🤔
@@michelegraybeal thats awesome to know.. i know conga players do that but didnt know Simon did as well. very cool
Parabéns,@Michelle graybeal! Pela postagem honesta e perfeita! Saudações daqui do Brasil á você e á toda equipe protocol,,Sr simon Phillips!
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@@naumdepaula8413 Obrigado! Fico feliz que tenha gostado do vídeo. :)
Simon Phillips é um monstro da Bateria !!!! Parabéns por esse registro !!!!
Pure magic🎶
Wao you are lucky; someday I hope to see him performing live. Such an amazing drummer… and the band sounds sooo on point as well. Thanks for sharing
Yes, I had been waiting to see them perform for quite a while. Every time I checked his website it seems I had missed it. Fortunately, happened to be scanning through my newsfeed on Facebook and it popped up. I nabbed the tickets right away! Definitely see them if they're in your area. Or not! The guy sitting next to us drove 350 miles to come see the show. Now that's dedication!
omg. i wanted to go this show, thanks for
this and the angle. off to buy the cd now :)
Yes yes yes!!! Love it!
THANK YOU!
Love the camera location, and the mic location certainly when he hit those lowest toms.
I told the club owner I was a drummer so he seated me directly behind Simon. Best seats in the house.
Hi Michelle, thanks for the great video, how cool to be slow close to such an incredible master, I recently stumbled upon Simons drumming videos, was a fan of Toto back in the day, but lost track as time went on. I enjoy the incredible tonal progression ( and amazing talent) of his drums and adds such color and depth to highlight his musician mates, he plays the drums like an instrument not just banging noise, so different than many other fine drummers.
Sounds like you had an incredible drumming career, very impressive, I played for a few years as a teenager, even witnessed the legend of Buddy Rich several times, just mind blowing, too bad I didn’t appreciate what I was hearing but was very impressed.
Now at a ripe ‘63, and a soon as I recover from shoulder surgery, I’m reliving my youth and picking up the drum sticks again and collecting vintage Ludwig red psychedelic drums the type I played on as a kid, I guess it’s never to late.
Another fine drummer is Virgil Donati, I’m sure you’ve seen / heard his music, another over the top drummer….stay well and thanks for your contributions to the music world.
I hope you bought the club owner a drink for seating you there ! :)
Thank you for sharing !!!
Really great stuff, thanks for getting this!!
Wish you could have got Jaganath, but this is very cool!
Hope they tour by me soon!!
👍🥁👍
I know! I think it was the very first song they played. I just wasn't quick enough on the draw. I'm sure if you search for this show you'll find other videos. I know I saw a few other people taking them!
@@michelegraybeal
Thanks, you did a great job! Best seat in the house too! Im hopeing they tour by me soon!
I saw them 1/10/20 in Pennsylvania, right before everything shut down because of covid, what a show!! Did you get to meet Simon?👍
@@mikec7176 I'm glad you got to see them as well! There's not a lot of jazz fusion bands anymore especially as tasteful as this one. I was fortunate enough to meet Simon a couple of times, once when he was playing with The Who back in '89. At the time my roommate was best buds with the nanny on the tour so we got to go backstage and meet everybody. The other time was at a mall in studio City here in Los angeles. He was buying some gifts to bring back home to England for his mom who was Ill at the time. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed the video and hope you get to see them soon!
@@michelegraybeal
I agree there is not a lot of fusion bands these days, but this band is my favorite, and Simon is my favorite drummer!!
That is great you got to meet him, and it is funny you met him in 89 when he was touring with the Who, because that is when I first became aware of him! Some one I worked with at the time saw him with the Who, and raved about his playing!! I have been following him ever since!
I am 68 years old, and I played drums starting at 7 years old, and for 56 years, untill I had major heart issues in 2017, and stopped playing. During all those years, I had a lot of drummers that I was influenced by, and There are a lot of fantastic drummers out there, but in my opinion, I think Simon brings it all to the table! He has all basses covered! Really nice to talk to you!👍
@@mikec7176 Wow, 56 years is quite a track record! I'm impressed! I only had a short career in drums from age 15 until my late early 30s. But I did get to record and tour with a couple of notable artists, namely Ronnie Montrose and Mark Isham. But when I became aware of Simon was on Jeff Beck's There and Back. His playing blew my mind. But later I can now hear his influence from Billy Cobham. Still, he has his own style - flawless and dynamic. If you search you can find some videos on his sound recording techniques. If I still played I'd love him to engineer! If you're interested, here's me playing back in the mid-90s with Ronnie. I'm not the flashiest player but I can hold my own. ruclips.net/video/Vp_Vt7gUznQ/видео.html
SMOKIN!
great camera work
Thank you Louis, I wish I had a better camera so it wouldn't look so choppy when I zoomed in and out. Not that I plan on becoming a cinematographer or anything but you know what I mean. 😉
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Phenomenal show at Yoshi's last night!!!
Awesome! I wonder if it was the same setlist or if they did any other material. There were a few tunes I wished they had played at Catalina's, like Indian Summer and Nimbus, but I gather Simon was most interested in promoting the new album. I get it! Been there done that.
I think most of the tunes was off the new album if not all of it. I didn't recognize any older stuff. Great show though. Simon is a musical genius along with the all the world class musicians he's played on the Protocol album's!
Open handed players synchronization is a trip. I can do some of that, but really getting the swing solid between the left hand and right foot is a thing
Yes, Colin, it's astonishing that he completely changed his playing style by learning open playing. I believe he said he was influenced by Billy Cobham, much like many others who play this way. Very freeing if you can master it. And he clearly has. It's a fluidity in his playing that's beautifully executed.
Wow thanks for the share ….amazing vid can I ask what you used?
Hi Patrick, nothing special. I just used my cel phone! I have a Pixel 5. Glad you enjoyed the video!
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he is an OK player.
U obviously are not familiar with his body of work or you don't know what great playing sounds like. Buy the way. He wrote that piece
@@nm1978 it's really not that obvious.. I've been a professional drummer for 40 years going way back to Billy Cobham Tony Williams Jack dejanette Buddy Rich Steve Gadd David Garibaldi Terry Bozzio ,Vinnie Caliutta, Weckle, Chambers, etc. I have also done clinics with some of the older guys. I just do not believe that to call someone a great player he has to be better then everyone else. I judge players on their personal abilities. For example if we compared Garrabaldi to Tony Williams u could say he's not that "good" because he doesn't have the single strokes doesn't have the speed can't play Straight Ahead as well, but they're both great players because of what they do
@@ric929 Its not matter of respect, it's the truth, a great player should have great techniques, not simple techniques, it doesn't make sense to say he is such a great player if he is playing simple techniques that almost anyone can play.
so he is ok player as far as techniques.
@@nm1978 I understand and respect your point ..don't agree with it but I respect it.. so tell me do you think Bernard Purdy and Steve Gad are great players? do you think that David Garibaldi & Harvey Mason are great players? and who do you think are the top five drummers whether it's of all time or current. Are u a player?
@@ric929 as far as techniques go, I think Dave weckl is the best, but as far as just playing more simple techniques go yes they are great players, their talent in creating parts are superb, they are the best at that, but again as far as techniques go, their techniques are simple to play, almost anyone can play them, but almost no one can play what Dave Weckl does and yes I am a player and I understand techniques.
so they are great players at playing simple techniques, yes if you call that great so then what will you call Dave weckl?
he does more difficult stuff that I don't see anyone else playing it.
Its is astounding to me that drummers still form their solo's around the snare drum . Not a dig , just an observation.
Interesting observation. But I can see why that would be an inclination. After all, before the drum set was the military snare drum. Maybe it's so ingrained in our culture to start a solo using the snare because of that. It's like a traditional jumping off point. The rest of the kit is more or less an extension of the musical vocabulary. Who knows for sure but it's always refreshing to hear a drum solo that starts unconventionally.
Yup it’s totally ingrained. You start on drum pad