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Mike broke the code but ended up getting the sheet music to see it. It's an insanely weird time signature. But Mike broke the code before referring to the sheet music..
What I absolutely loved about Portnoy's cover is that he didn't have the kit (or time lol) to really recreate what Danny did during the whole breakdown / bridge phase, but he came up with something that was both close and made it his own. And maybe in some context someone could read that as a bit of a slight, but it's nothing short of incredible what he did in just a few hours.
he employed a tactic I call the "Nick Mason infinite parade of fills" and did he best to make each one fit. For reference, see Atom Heart Mother and Saucerful of Secrets. 🤘🧙♂🤘
What did he say, again? Something like: "This isn't a song, it's a fuckin' mathematical equation!" and "This makes Dream Theater sound like fuckin' Weezer!"
@@DerEchteBold Yep! And I really hope Drumeo can get Danny to try and learn Dance of Eternity as fast as possible. I'm sure he'd have a few choice words for Mike as well. 😆
Danny's drumming in this song must go down in history as one of the greatest drum parts of all time. Absolutely incredible, and on a completely different level.
The funny thing is he is actually struggling because it ISN'T a mathematical equation and that's why its a struggle. You can't break it down easily because of the odd timings and poly-rhythms. Recently saw an interview where Danny Carey talks about music "breathing" which is a pretty good description of how he plays drums instead of a formula.
It's impressive that Portnoy can learn another person's complicated parts so quickly. It's also impressive that he can make the bridge section just a little more "him" without changing the vibe. I'd love to see Danny try a Dream Theater song.
Probably the most difficult test for a drummer, to try to figure out what Danny would play. Got to say, Mike did a fantastic job making for some genuinely incredible interpretations
This actually wasn't one of those videos. He spent 5 hours listening to the song WITH drums, even going over the score with the drumeo guys. This is multiple takes stitched together. I've been trying to express to my other musician friends what an insane rhythm those verses are in. I can't even find the 1. When I say that, they look at me like I'm stupid, and I say, tell me where it is then! 😂 I can find it, but it's REALLY hard to anticipate it.
Mike is a freak of nature. I have never been able to grasp how he plays with all these different groups (that all play epic pieces of music) and still nail all of the parts live. It's insane.
Pneuma has a strange time signature that once Mike thought he'd found the sequence he had a lot more success, treating it as combinations of bars of 6's & 5's but the order of the bar counts over the length of the piece evolves as it continues, hence we have one of the hardest drum tracks to replicate, but in the time he had, Mike killed it. Danny's complete version of course is simply mindblowing.
Mike had to learn this in about three hours which is honestly ridiculously impressive as not only did he have all the equipment but this is such a notoriously difficult song to learn.
I mean it's important to keep in mind that carey wrote this awesome track and that portnoy was put on the line to cover it. Portnoy did an excellent job in covering it in short time, adding his own style and experience! I am looking foward to his perfomes back in DT!
@@thornecroft3509 it counts easier as 33/8 imo but I'm also not a drummer. The song is so annoying to count how it's written on the sheet music that I just tell people to count it however they see fit. The sheet music is something like 6/8, 4/4, 6/8, 5/8 which repeats, and there's some measures of 9/8 thrown in.
I watched this Drumeo episode. It took him only 3 hours to get this song down which I could never get this . It’s impossible so good on him. True master of his craft.
Brother Samus you need to get more into Tool. I slept on them for too long, and discovered later than most the Danny Carey is the GOAT. Best way I can describe it is that he speaks a different language from than everyone else in the game. Unreal skill.
@@KinseiSensei When you post a video of yourself playing Tom Sawyer, or YYZ or La Vllia Strangiato, I will believe that comment, otherwise its all BLAH BLAH BLAH!
This video of Danny playing Pneuma is the most wonderful performance by a live drummer I have ever seen. I lost count of how many times I watched it. Portnoy did a great job, but the way Danny plays that song is on another level.
Props to Carey and Portnoy by all means, but the biggest shoutout goes to you Samus. The world needs more people like you, simply good vibes and positivity. Its a complete joy to watch your reactions and comments, thank you!
I haven't learned this song but for what I understood, the main riff is 33/8 (hence the 33 on his jersey) split in measures of 6/8 and 5/8. The whole song plays with sections of 3 and polyrhythms in 3. Portnoy had to record it in parts because he couldn't do it in one take. That's how complicated this song is. He did an amazing job.
No, the 33 on the jersey is for Larry Bird who played for the Boston Celtics. He wears the team’s uniform of the city they are playing in when on tour. They were in Boston when this was filmed. He’s a big basketball fan.
@@cedricyoung4974if you would listen to interviews with DC, you would know it’s not a coincidence 😉 the songs and everything about them are usually connected because tool is trying to build multilevel meta messages
Danny is the best, its a really high bar to try and hit for Mike Portnoy, especially with only 5 hours of practice. How 66Samus has never heard this song or doesn't listen to Tool is the biggest question I have. Youre missing out on one of the greatest bands with arguably the greatest drummer to ever get behind a kit.
@@AnotherDay-ce6th OK Meg White... First, its Mangini not Migini, its "clown" not "clawn." So you're bad at understanding music and spelling... All 3 drummers you mentioned are phenomenal, but if you think Danny Carey gets "killed" in technique against any of these great drummers, you honestly haven't a clue what you're talking about. "Danny Carey has zero chance against them"?? You know very little about drumming, drummers and probably music.
@@AnotherDay-ce6th Sadly you've got zero idea about music especially drumming. I love Portnoy, Jordison, Lang, Martin Lopez, Duplantier, Gavin Harrison, Chris Adler, El Estepario Siberiano, George Kollias, Mike Mangini and many greats but Danny is totally unlike and belongs to a different drumming dimension. He's not just drumming but doing the maths equation in it. If God was a drummer he'd ask for lessons to Danny. Danny goes to level no one else can.
This is one of my favorite TOOL songs and I’m impressed that Mike even attempted to learn it in less than a day. I would be even more curious to hear how he plays it after practicing it more. Such an awesome video. Thanks for making this!!!
I've never heard Dream Theater, and just discovered Mike Portnoy just recently. I must've been living under a rock. I'm going to definitely listen this week while at work.
Watching Mike learn the song was both very interesting and amazing, to see him struggle to learn the timing even with his talent and then nail it after just a few hours was just amazeballs.
The difference of someone trying to guess by ear (maybe a video closer to the end when Mike was going through it) who has made complex drum parts vs. the one who wrote the part. Mike did a phenomenal job and hopefully we get that match-up of Danny doing The Dance of Eternity
Fun fact, Adam and Justin are using 3 different delay pedals for pnemua because they noticed that Danny speeds up when the tabla is introduced (the difference is 2 bpm 113 to 115) and then at the end they use ANOTHER delay pedal because of the same reason.
This is why MP is great. I think this kind of cover takes days, weeks or months to master, but he only had a few hours to study it. It was nearly improvised. If he had had more time to master it, the cover would have been even better.
I’m very amazed by mike’s performance! In 3 hours he memorised everything!!! Danny played the song really well too! The song is amazing too! Well done both of them!( Mike for playing it so well and Danny for writing such a difficult song!)
I am not a drummer, but I think you have to feel this! Samus you said professional. I'm thinking MASTER!!!! They both melt your brain and it runs out of your ears!!!!!! DAMN......... Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I actually believe that how these are set up is that the drummer who is playing in the video has no knowledge of how the drums should be played for the song. So they listen to the song and put their own beat on the track. So everything he's playing here is his own playing. Just his interpretation of how to play the song if he played for Tool instead of Dream Theater
@@Richard-n2w1g Most of Drumeo's videos are in that format, but in this Portnoy was explicitly allowed the freedom to listen to the track (with drums), read the transcription, and watch a playthrough as much as he wanted. That said, not to take away from the insane ability here, dude knocked it out of the park completely in such a short amount of time.
@user-jp1hs6sl3h they have 2 formats. 1st: drumless track for complete creative freedom. 2nd: challenge them to learn the drum parts as close as possible as fast as possible. This was the 2nd format, in which Mike obviously smashed it, because no one is going to remember every note played on such a complex 12ish min long song.
im a bass player and the first time i watched this i couldnt help but giggle the exact way he does. its absolutely mind blowing how quick and well he played this, even for Mike Portnoy. that shits impressive!
The way he slid that stick flip in was actually so sick. I've had this song on a repeat since I've since this video a few days ago, and after hearing this about 50 times or so, even I can't figure out how to properly bop along to this. But my god, this is a masterpiece of a song. The high's and the lows, but the way the whole tone of the song switches up at the end to a HARD sound.. *Chefs Kiss*
Portnoy is legendary and I thoroughly enjoyed his rendition as it is super entertaining to watch him drum... BUT! Danny Carry does it so *clean* and that breakdown is just ... Chefs kiss...
I’m 14 years old now, practiced that song for 3 days, and I already know how to play it. I actually don’t understand how it’s so hard, but I only play on ear, so I follow the guitar as well. ❤ Love you, MP!! ❤❤
The key thing is that Mike learned this song IN A FEW HOURS!!! Friggin EPIC! It was so rad to watch the video of him going through the entire journey, including his frustrations and eventual confidence.
saw the video on drumeo when it came out, also the original drum by Danny carey with excellent quality and Id'say Mike is doing an awesome job mastering this very difficult song, the time are weird, it's long and has very complexe fills, he nailed pretty much everything
One of the best drummers ever! His kit sounds amazing also! Drums sounds like a record.. I watched the full video last night, amazing in 1 hour can master very unfamiliar timings. Kudos!
I absolutely LOVED watching Mike’s take on this masterpiece, and loved your reaction! I’m so happy that we are seeing more of these drum cam videos like the one of Danny. When we watch a band live onstage we rarely get to see what exactly the drummers are doing (even though we absolutely feel it!) and it’s wild to see how much tireless work, sweat, and effort goes into what they do. Incredible! 🙌🏻🤘🏻🥁 New sub here!
I mean to be fair Portnoy had a day with this song. Danny wrote it probably over months, refined it and also drew from decades of playing this feel he pioneered in Tool.
Dude this is so sweet Portnoy is my favorite after my #1 Buddy Rich but Danny is a freak blows me away the talent between these 2 guys.The timing is WTF all day long I could not count after Mike picked up the sticks and that catch he made.Then came right in whatever that time signature was unreal thanks man for posting.
I always felt bad for the drummer of Tool (Danny) , since the first song they ever dropped to today, his job has got to be pure torture. The drums are what got me into the band, Neverending god tier creativity and skill. A true master of his craft. Portnoy did an amazing job here, must've been excruciatingly painful and taxing on the brain.
Samus! If you or anyone else wants to see a great cover of this song you should definitely check out the cover of this song that Tyler Visser did as well when you get a chance. He nails this song. Also I’d love to see Samus take a run at this song! I know it’s no easy task with the time signatures in this song, but I feel like you could nail this song too man! Keep up the great work Samus! Much love man!
I've watched the Drumeo video when Mike did this, he asked for a Foo Fighters song. He kept saying where is the one?? That's a great question...... T/his is ART!!!! Danny is in a class all by himself!!! Mike giid also, damn good.............. Thanks Sam!!!!
Mike was trying to learn this in a Drumeo video! He was struggling with it. He admitted that this was a ridiculous song to learn! They did several takes and put them together. Portnoy is a fucking great drummer!
Portnoy has never sounded better. His techniques has evolved. Those doubles on the toms were beautiful! Kudos, Mike! This is the version of you I alwaysbhoped for!
@@NihilistusMusicNot necessarily "Feeling it" is an abstract thing but you basically do it when you listen to anything that you know by heart. You probably don't count your favorite piece of music rigorously the entire time, you simply know where a change happens, where the time signatures change(if there is any change in the song), etc Danny Carey is probably "feeling it" at this point. He helped compose Pneuma and played it many times. He probably just knows when to do what without counting for the most part
Both are masters of their craft; I enjoy both of them immensely. It is really cool to see Mike attempt Pneuma, it would be very cool to see Danny attempt a DT song.
My new drum hero!!I'm a natural drummer since 5yeas old.im so phukn I impressed with your accomplishments and dedication to the music and the beating tempo ,heart beat that brings it live.!phuk I miss those days
It's crazy watching all The drummers be amazed at others talent and not realize how talented they truly are themselves. Samus's performance on drumeo for led zeppelin was amazing and when it comes to hitting all the areas, it's probably the best first run I have seen on there Channel.
Pneuma is one of my favorite songs of all time. Seeing that video on Drumeo gave me even more respect for the writing of Danny Carey and Tool, and for Mike Portnoy. What an absolute joy to watch and hear. Thanks for giving this the attention it so richly deserves. Sex!
Mike actually looked and heard the drum part before this take. This song is just too complicated to improvise. (Try headbanging to this song the polyrhythyms make it astonishingly difficult.)
I had a huge smile on my face when he started getting into it. Just his confidence peaking and him getting comfortable with the song after taking so much time and struggling with the time signatures. Yeah it's not Danny, but hot damn did Mike come through in a short amount of time. He rocked it! 🤘🤘
This original video blew my mind. There is no debating that Mike is a fucking LEGEND, but if I’m not mistaken I think it took him 5 hours altogether and the final performance was done in segments due to the complexity and duration of the song. That’s insane!
I love what Mike did there. He’s a monster and it’s nothing short of incredible. And I find it so amazing that he’s down to having the whole struggle filmed. Also when comparing the thing is that Danny plays the song differently than it’s on the album. The 4 on the floor on the Hi Hat for example.
Great choice of video comparisons - I love it. You should make this a series. Joey vs Jay vs Eloy The Rev vs Mike vs Brooks There are others, but I’m sure you get the idea.
incredible. both absolute legends. i am floored every time i watch this vid of danny carey. and mad respect to portnoy for pretty much nailing it. incredible.
Electric Gypsy is my favorite. The tone and his approach on melody is outstanding. From the band Danger Danger, to his solo carrier and being the musical director for Olivia Newton-John, yet he is a very humble and genuine man. Look at other players like Lari Basilio and even Kiko Loureiro's new solo career after Megadeth.
And yet so many Tool fans on here bashing his performance 🙄 I honestly hate being a fan of theirs sometimes as the majority of the fanbase are so utterly insufferable and never give other artists their credit
He did say that they recorded some stuff for their YT channel after they finished recording the lessons - hopefully they won't keep us waiting too long
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cant wait to see the masters kit, OOOH YUUUR
Mike broke the code but ended up getting the sheet music to see it. It's an insanely weird time signature. But Mike broke the code before referring to the sheet music..
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its made up of 5's and 6's or 11's.
Do you know what this means... 66samus you need to attempt this song!
This needs more likes. I wanna see that.
Agreed
On fart drums. Without laughing even once.
Facts might as well… pump this dude comment so 66 will notice
Yep. And with a timer to see how long it takes.
What I absolutely loved about Portnoy's cover is that he didn't have the kit (or time lol) to really recreate what Danny did during the whole breakdown / bridge phase, but he came up with something that was both close and made it his own. And maybe in some context someone could read that as a bit of a slight, but it's nothing short of incredible what he did in just a few hours.
this.
he employed a tactic I call the "Nick Mason infinite parade of fills" and did he best to make each one fit. For reference, see Atom Heart Mother and Saucerful of Secrets.
🤘🧙♂🤘
It took Portnoy around 5.5 ish hours to learn it, not just a couple. Great, great, job Mike!!!
It just shows you how masterful Danny Carey truly is. When a virtuoso meets a technician is all I can say about these 2.
Really Portnoy could not have done it. Even the easier parts that he did have the kit for he really did not get right!
A song that makes Mike Portnoy have to audibly count while playing is one _terrifying_ song indeed.
What did he say, again? Something like: "This isn't a song, it's a fuckin' mathematical equation!" and "This makes Dream Theater sound like fuckin' Weezer!"
@@DerEchteBold Yep! And I really hope Drumeo can get Danny to try and learn Dance of Eternity as fast as possible. I'm sure he'd have a few choice words for Mike as well. 😆
@@DerEchteBold "665, the Neighbor of the Beast"
@@Lface8
I don't understand the reference.
@@DerEchteBold 666 the number of the beast (iron maiden reference)
Danny's drumming in this song must go down in history as one of the greatest drum parts of all time. Absolutely incredible, and on a completely different level.
Absolutely. I've been listening to Tool since I was a young pup. Magnum opus right here from Danny
100%
Puny compared to Mp
Danny's composition on this song makes Peart look like Dave Grohl
@@DavidS-rd7krwhat nonsense. La villa strangiato is so much more technical and it was written half a century before this
I saw Tool live on Stockholm a week ago... And the sound of Danny beating those drums on Pneuma... WOW.
Saw the same concert, holy shit it was so good.
@@Figurehead87 I was not there. I’m very jealous. 😮😢
I saw them in Manchester last month, was insane. I was rocking back and forth and fist pumping like someone who needs to be locked away.
Saw them in Memphis right before the pandemic. Mindblowing is an understatement.
@@charlenemack7040I feel your pain
THIS IS A MATHEMATICAL EQUATION!!!!😂😂😂
PURE GOLD!!!😅😅😅😅😅
really cool
The funny thing is he is actually struggling because it ISN'T a mathematical equation and that's why its a struggle. You can't break it down easily because of the odd timings and poly-rhythms. Recently saw an interview where Danny Carey talks about music "breathing" which is a pretty good description of how he plays drums instead of a formula.
It's impressive that Portnoy can learn another person's complicated parts so quickly. It's also impressive that he can make the bridge section just a little more "him" without changing the vibe. I'd love to see Danny try a Dream Theater song.
Probably the most difficult test for a drummer, to try to figure out what Danny would play. Got to say, Mike did a fantastic job making for some genuinely incredible interpretations
Easy for drummer like mike..
@@AnotherDay-ce6th I'm sure it was a refreshing challenge to him tbh
@AnotherDay-ce6th you must not have seen the video then lol
🎉
This actually wasn't one of those videos. He spent 5 hours listening to the song WITH drums, even going over the score with the drumeo guys. This is multiple takes stitched together.
I've been trying to express to my other musician friends what an insane rhythm those verses are in. I can't even find the 1. When I say that, they look at me like I'm stupid, and I say, tell me where it is then! 😂 I can find it, but it's REALLY hard to anticipate it.
Mike is a freak of nature. I have never been able to grasp how he plays with all these different groups (that all play epic pieces of music) and still nail all of the parts live. It's insane.
😂
😂
Pneuma has a strange time signature that once Mike thought he'd found the sequence he had a lot more success, treating it as combinations of bars of 6's & 5's but the order of the bar counts over the length of the piece evolves as it continues, hence we have one of the hardest drum tracks to replicate, but in the time he had, Mike killed it. Danny's complete version of course is simply mindblowing.
Mike had to learn this in about three hours which is honestly ridiculously impressive as not only did he have all the equipment but this is such a notoriously difficult song to learn.
I think Drumeo provided the equipment, but yeah, still insanely impressive.
I think it was actually 6 or 7 hours to get to here
The (Drumeo) video says 5 hours 20 minutes
I mean it's important to keep in mind that carey wrote this awesome track and that portnoy was put on the line to cover it. Portnoy did an excellent job in covering it in short time, adding his own style and experience! I am looking foward to his perfomes back in DT!
33/16 is one amazing sounding time signature, I'm not sure I ever want to try drumming to it.
33/8, its 2 measures of 7/4 and one 5/8. Genius.
I mean the song is genius
@@balintgalambos691 Pretty sure the drummer confirmed it was 33/16 not 33/8. No need to be rude about it - I may be mistaken and that's fine.
@@balintgalambos691yeah, but you need to groove it!
@@thornecroft3509 it counts easier as 33/8 imo but I'm also not a drummer. The song is so annoying to count how it's written on the sheet music that I just tell people to count it however they see fit.
The sheet music is something like 6/8, 4/4, 6/8, 5/8 which repeats, and there's some measures of 9/8 thrown in.
Two incredibly talented drummers playing an incredibly challenging song? Fuck yeah dude let's go 🤘🏻
A Danny original, it came from his mind and transformed into talent
I watched this Drumeo episode. It took him only 3 hours to get this song down which I could never get this . It’s impossible so good on him. True master of his craft.
Never say Never 😊
5:20:31 Total time spent.🤘
Brother Samus you need to get more into Tool. I slept on them for too long, and discovered later than most the Danny Carey is the GOAT.
Best way I can describe it is that he speaks a different language from than everyone else in the game. Unreal skill.
Neal Peart disagrees.
@@Br1mston3 professor Peart was incredible, but I can actually play his songs, which I can’t say for many of Danny’s songs. He’s a human octopus
@@Br1mston3 Exactly, RIP Mr,P
@@KinseiSensei When you post a video of yourself playing Tom Sawyer, or YYZ or La Vllia Strangiato, I will believe that comment, otherwise its all BLAH BLAH BLAH!
@@Br1mston3 How do you know Peart disagrees? He's dead.
Someone please talk Danny Carey into a play through on a Dream Theater song!!
Danny is a good drummer but there’s no way he could play Dream Theatre songs
@@Hhhlll7778 You think so? I think he could.
He could do 6:00 or The Mirror or Ytse Jam or potentially Nightmare. Nightmare would be cool af
@@mowglijungle4810 learning to live is harder
@@Hhhlll7778 if you know Danny Carey what you just said made no sense
There's a cool bit in the Mike's video. When he finished playing he said something like: ''Danny, it's your turn now. Dance Of Eternity, man''
This video of Danny playing Pneuma is the most wonderful performance by a live drummer I have ever seen. I lost count of how many times I watched it. Portnoy did a great job, but the way Danny plays that song is on another level.
Danny wrote it and spent years doing so, Mike did this in a few hours, give him a bit of respect 😂
Props to Carey and Portnoy by all means, but the biggest shoutout goes to you Samus. The world needs more people like you, simply good vibes and positivity. Its a complete joy to watch your reactions and comments, thank you!
I haven't learned this song but for what I understood, the main riff is 33/8 (hence the 33 on his jersey) split in measures of 6/8 and 5/8. The whole song plays with sections of 3 and polyrhythms in 3. Portnoy had to record it in parts because he couldn't do it in one take. That's how complicated this song is. He did an amazing job.
No, the 33 on the jersey is for Larry Bird who played for the Boston Celtics. He wears the team’s uniform of the city they are playing in when on tour. They were in Boston when this was filmed. He’s a big basketball fan.
@@cedricyoung4974 it's a happy coincidence.
33 - высший градус масона
@@cedricyoung4974if you would listen to interviews with DC, you would know it’s not a coincidence 😉 the songs and everything about them are usually connected because tool is trying to build multilevel meta messages
3 polyrythms. Child play for portnoy
Danny is the best, its a really high bar to try and hit for Mike Portnoy, especially with only 5 hours of practice. How 66Samus has never heard this song or doesn't listen to Tool is the biggest question I have. Youre missing out on one of the greatest bands with arguably the greatest drummer to ever get behind a kit.
Greatest drummer? 😂😂😂 Portnoy blows him in everything. Where Migini, Lang, Donati kill him in techniques. Daney has zero chance against them clawn
@@AnotherDay-ce6th OK Meg White... First, its Mangini not Migini, its "clown" not "clawn." So you're bad at understanding music and spelling... All 3 drummers you mentioned are phenomenal, but if you think Danny Carey gets "killed" in technique against any of these great drummers, you honestly haven't a clue what you're talking about. "Danny Carey has zero chance against them"?? You know very little about drumming, drummers and probably music.
@@AnotherDay-ce6th You don't kow shit about drumming.. danny is the octopus 🐙 inspired by Neil Peart.... You little 🤡💩
@@AnotherDay-ce6th Sadly you've got zero idea about music especially drumming. I love Portnoy, Jordison, Lang, Martin Lopez, Duplantier, Gavin Harrison, Chris Adler, El Estepario Siberiano, George Kollias, Mike Mangini and many greats but Danny is totally unlike and belongs to a different drumming dimension. He's not just drumming but doing the maths equation in it. If God was a drummer he'd ask for lessons to Danny. Danny goes to level no one else can.
@@marufhasanomair I'm with you on this
This is one of my favorite TOOL songs and I’m impressed that Mike even attempted to learn it in less than a day. I would be even more curious to hear how he plays it after practicing it more. Such an awesome video. Thanks for making this!!!
I think we need to get Danny into drumeo to play the hardest dream theater song.
Dance of Eternity
I'm sure he could
Probably would be easy for him… still would like to hear him crush The Glass Prison 😊
I hope man that would be sick
Or maybe In the presence of enemies PT 1....
I've never heard Dream Theater, and just discovered Mike Portnoy just recently. I must've been living under a rock. I'm going to definitely listen this week while at work.
Watching Mike learn the song was both very interesting and amazing, to see him struggle to learn the timing even with his talent and then nail it after just a few hours was just amazeballs.
Late to this but you shouldn't have to think about listening to more TOOL, you just do it, it's a must. Love your content!
The difference of someone trying to guess by ear (maybe a video closer to the end when Mike was going through it) who has made complex drum parts vs. the one who wrote the part. Mike did a phenomenal job and hopefully we get that match-up of Danny doing The Dance of Eternity
Fun fact, Adam and Justin are using 3 different delay pedals for pnemua because they noticed that Danny speeds up when the tabla is introduced (the difference is 2 bpm 113 to 115) and then at the end they use ANOTHER delay pedal because of the same reason.
Well he doesn’t play to a metronome
Also where did you get that info lmao
He is playing in cursive
@@TheTrueJesusChristJustin Chancellor's rig rundown
Every time I watch Mike’s part back it amazes me more. It’s actually crazy that he played it so well after such a short time
My top two rock-prog drummers. Both killed it. Nice vid
Where is your drumeo video, “first time hearing”?!?!?! Been waiting for it
Me too!
Saw it recently, they had him cover "Achilles last stand" by Zeppelin. I think he did a fine job with it, I was impressed!
This is why MP is great. I think this kind of cover takes days, weeks or months to master, but he only had a few hours to study it. It was nearly improvised. If he had had more time to master it, the cover would have been even better.
Mike is the Family Size bag of classic Lays tater chips of progressive drumming.
Those toms sound f*cking prime.
I’m very amazed by mike’s performance! In 3 hours he memorised everything!!! Danny played the song really well too! The song is amazing too! Well done both of them!( Mike for playing it so well and Danny for writing such a difficult song!)
I thought it was odd that he didn't attempt the hi hat pattern in the verses. Especially after seeing the vid of Danny playing it.
I am not a drummer, but I think you have to feel this! Samus you said professional. I'm thinking MASTER!!!! They both melt your brain and it runs out of your ears!!!!!! DAMN......... Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Such a complex song. If youre blowing Portnoy's mind in him trying to learn it, you have a complicated song lol
I actually believe that how these are set up is that the drummer who is playing in the video has no knowledge of how the drums should be played for the song. So they listen to the song and put their own beat on the track.
So everything he's playing here is his own playing. Just his interpretation of how to play the song if he played for Tool instead of Dream Theater
I could be wrong. But that's how I've seen a few others happen. So I'm only going based off of what I've seen
@@Richard-n2w1g Most of Drumeo's videos are in that format, but in this Portnoy was explicitly allowed the freedom to listen to the track (with drums), read the transcription, and watch a playthrough as much as he wanted. That said, not to take away from the insane ability here, dude knocked it out of the park completely in such a short amount of time.
@user-jp1hs6sl3h they have 2 formats.
1st: drumless track for complete creative freedom.
2nd: challenge them to learn the drum parts as close as possible as fast as possible.
This was the 2nd format, in which Mike obviously smashed it, because no one is going to remember every note played on such a complex 12ish min long song.
@@Richard-n2w1g thanks Sherlock. All of us knew how these videos work. But good for you finding out on your own :)
im a bass player and the first time i watched this i couldnt help but giggle the exact way he does. its absolutely mind blowing how quick and well he played this, even for Mike Portnoy. that shits impressive!
The whole video of him learning this and playing it is the definition of tasty.
The way he slid that stick flip in was actually so sick.
I've had this song on a repeat since I've since this video a few days ago, and after hearing this about 50 times or so, even I can't figure out how to properly bop along to this.
But my god, this is a masterpiece of a song. The high's and the lows, but the way the whole tone of the song switches up at the end to a HARD sound.. *Chefs Kiss*
Portnoy is legendary and I thoroughly enjoyed his rendition as it is super entertaining to watch him drum... BUT! Danny Carry does it so *clean* and that breakdown is just ... Chefs kiss...
Well it is Danny's own composition.. Nothing can take that away from him..
That's because he wrote it and spent years developing it while Mike had 5 hours 😂
I’m 14 years old now, practiced that song for 3 days, and I already know how to play it. I actually don’t understand how it’s so hard, but I only play on ear, so I follow the guitar as well. ❤ Love you, MP!! ❤❤
Two different kits. And Carey had been working on that song for years. Love the Ports.
The key thing is that Mike learned this song IN A FEW HOURS!!! Friggin EPIC! It was so rad to watch the video of him going through the entire journey, including his frustrations and eventual confidence.
Love how samus made the video exactly 22 minutes long. Oh yurrr!
hands down my favourite tool song! love love love the drums in this and mike did awesome.
Yes dude the flem on the drop is soooooo good. I couldn't even imagine trying to learn such a hard time signature in a day. 😫
Watched the live Danny Carey version dozens of times and am absolutely impressed by mikes job here, unbelievable! Well done
saw the video on drumeo when it came out, also the original drum by Danny carey with excellent quality and Id'say Mike is doing an awesome job mastering this very difficult song, the time are weird, it's long and has very complexe fills, he nailed pretty much everything
One of the best drummers ever! His kit sounds amazing also! Drums sounds like a record.. I watched the full video last night, amazing in 1 hour can master very unfamiliar timings. Kudos!
The time signature is spoiled on his jersey: CAREY 33... (or 12-11-10, or 6-6-5, 6-5-5) Mind = blown!
get out! 🤯
Yeah that's simply BS. 33 is Larry Birds number and has nothing to do with the time signature. If he'd been in Chicago he would have worn MJ's #23.
@@mikerichardson60 it's obviously a coincidence, but still, it's awesome.
Kudos to Mike, I saw that drumeo video, and he spent like 5 hours to learn the song and finally play it, so this says how good drummer Mike is.
Can't wait for you to play this in the upcoming Drumeo vid ;)
I absolutely LOVED watching Mike’s take on this masterpiece, and loved your reaction! I’m so happy that we are seeing more of these drum cam videos like the one of Danny. When we watch a band live onstage we rarely get to see what exactly the drummers are doing (even though we absolutely feel it!) and it’s wild to see how much tireless work, sweat, and effort goes into what they do. Incredible! 🙌🏻🤘🏻🥁 New sub here!
Awesome reaction! These are two legends of the game!
Hey dude just saw your Drumeo first take on Zeppelin and it was flippin sick dude.
I mean to be fair Portnoy had a day with this song. Danny wrote it probably over months, refined it and also drew from decades of playing this feel he pioneered in Tool.
danny said in an interview that for most songs he writes them in a few hours. he just goes with what comes to his mind and records it.
@@kpeleent So why do the albums take years to come out then?
@@onelove101unityYou still have to compose everything else…
@@user-um7jx9mc2r Either that or kpeleent was making shit up, I'd consider the latter much more likely.
Dude this is so sweet Portnoy is my favorite after my #1 Buddy Rich but Danny is a freak blows me away the talent between these 2 guys.The timing is WTF all day long I could not count after Mike picked up the sticks and that catch he made.Then came right in whatever that time signature was unreal thanks man for posting.
I always felt bad for the drummer of Tool (Danny) , since the first song they ever dropped to today, his job has got to be pure torture. The drums are what got me into the band, Neverending god tier creativity and skill. A true master of his craft. Portnoy did an amazing job here, must've been excruciatingly painful and taxing on the brain.
Both killed it all things considered… would love to see 66samus go for this one!
Samus! If you or anyone else wants to see a great cover of this song you should definitely check out the cover of this song that Tyler Visser did as well when you get a chance. He nails this song. Also I’d love to see Samus take a run at this song! I know it’s no easy task with the time signatures in this song, but I feel like you could nail this song too man! Keep up the great work Samus! Much love man!
I've watched the Drumeo video when Mike did this, he asked for a Foo Fighters song. He kept saying where is the one?? That's a great question...... T/his is ART!!!! Danny is in a class all by himself!!! Mike giid also, damn good.............. Thanks Sam!!!!
Mike was trying to learn this in a Drumeo video! He was struggling with it. He admitted that this was a ridiculous song to learn! They did several takes and put them together. Portnoy is a fucking great drummer!
He did it in 5 hours.
Portnoy has never sounded better.
His techniques has evolved. Those doubles on the toms were beautiful!
Kudos, Mike! This is the version of you I alwaysbhoped for!
You DONT "count this" you FEEL this.
10/8 11/8 12/8..I’d have to count lol
What? You feel it AND count it. You have to...
@@NihilistusMusicNot necessarily
"Feeling it" is an abstract thing but you basically do it when you listen to anything that you know by heart. You probably don't count your favorite piece of music rigorously the entire time, you simply know where a change happens, where the time signatures change(if there is any change in the song), etc
Danny Carey is probably "feeling it" at this point. He helped compose Pneuma and played it many times. He probably just knows when to do what without counting for the most part
I caught your Drumeo video recently. What a great song they gave you. I gotta say, you nailed it!
I think this leads to the finale of the series, when Drumeo brings in Danny to play The Black Page.
Both are masters of their craft; I enjoy both of them immensely. It is really cool to see Mike attempt Pneuma, it would be very cool to see Danny attempt a DT song.
8:11 He just put the snares on :D
My new drum hero!!I'm a natural drummer since 5yeas old.im so phukn I impressed with your accomplishments and dedication to the music and the beating tempo ,heart beat that brings it live.!phuk I miss those days
Hell yeah Samus!!!
It's crazy watching all The drummers be amazed at others talent and not realize how talented they truly are themselves. Samus's performance on drumeo for led zeppelin was amazing and when it comes to hitting all the areas, it's probably the best first run I have seen on there Channel.
Now we have a smidgen of an idea how Colaiuta felt when Zappa had him sight read the Black Page during his audition.
Pneuma is one of my favorite songs of all time. Seeing that video on Drumeo gave me even more respect for the writing of Danny Carey and Tool, and for Mike Portnoy. What an absolute joy to watch and hear. Thanks for giving this the attention it so richly deserves. Sex!
Important to remember that Mike learned this chaos in 3 hours.
One song, 3 incredibles drummers man. Mike, Danny and you are amazing drummers. Keep on the good job
so crazy how much they chose similar parts to play. I.E. They both chose to roll at 2:44 boggles my mind.
Mike actually looked and heard the drum part before this take. This song is just too complicated to improvise. (Try headbanging to this song the polyrhythyms make it astonishingly difficult.)
Something I’ve found over the years that helps me learning these songs is to focus on the hihat/ride sticking patterns.
the song played among the GODS of drumyal
The sustain and sound is tightly connected to the thickness of the shells. He talks about it in his video with Rick Beato.
Portnoy made it a Portnoy song, as he does with every single piece of music in this universe, because he is Mike goddamn Portnoy.
What a fucking master stroke by Vic for making this drum cam video ! Most jaw dropping performances in reason years !
Danny's ability to use polyrythms is unmatched by anyone i've ever seen live or on RUclips. There are other great drummers but Danny is just wow!
maybe mangini
Marco Minnemann has legendary polyrhythms as well
@@LUCIFER-zeuz no … Danny makes polyrhythms groovy .. eulogy ticks and leeches and pneuma ate perfect examples … while mangini sounds like a machine
Thomas Lang?
I had a huge smile on my face when he started getting into it. Just his confidence peaking and him getting comfortable with the song after taking so much time and struggling with the time signatures. Yeah it's not Danny, but hot damn did Mike come through in a short amount of time. He rocked it! 🤘🤘
This original video blew my mind. There is no debating that Mike is a fucking LEGEND, but if I’m not mistaken I think it took him 5 hours altogether and the final performance was done in segments due to the complexity and duration of the song. That’s insane!
Didn't see any segments but yeah, he had 5 hours to learn this which is ridiculous considering the complexity of a song that to write
I love what Mike did there. He’s a monster and it’s nothing short of incredible. And I find it so amazing that he’s down to having the whole struggle filmed.
Also when comparing the thing is that Danny plays the song differently than it’s on the album. The 4 on the floor on the Hi Hat for example.
great drumers
Great choice of video comparisons - I love it. You should make this a series.
Joey vs Jay vs Eloy
The Rev vs Mike vs Brooks
There are others, but I’m sure you get the idea.
Oh Sammy, this is a VERY hard rhythm to work out. Mike did superbly.
incredible. both absolute legends. i am floored every time i watch this vid of danny carey. and mad respect to portnoy for pretty much nailing it. incredible.
My brains hurts!!
Then stop sitting on it lol!
It will have to come out!
Electric Gypsy is my favorite. The tone and his approach on melody is outstanding. From the band Danger Danger, to his solo carrier and being the musical director for Olivia Newton-John, yet he is a very humble and genuine man. Look at other players like Lari Basilio and even Kiko Loureiro's new solo career after Megadeth.
Mike is a fuckin genius
MP learns this piece of art un just 5 hours...he's a master of drums. My respects.
Another sick drimmer is tim Alexander from primus!!!
Suuuuuper underrated! Herb is a beast!
Both sound fuckin phenomenal - love the fills just before and during the build up!!
Time spent - Mike Portnoy - 5:20
Time spent - Danny Carey - Just over 14 years...
And yet so many Tool fans on here bashing his performance 🙄 I honestly hate being a fan of theirs sometimes as the majority of the fanbase are so utterly insufferable and never give other artists their credit
The Michael and Gabriel of drumming.
When is drumeo posting your session?
Probably that will be only on the course, but might have some play alongs publicated
@@balintgalambos691 ahhh gotcha, thought that they may post a video of him learning a song or something.
He did say that they recorded some stuff for their YT channel after they finished recording the lessons - hopefully they won't keep us waiting too long