I don't think you talk too much, if people want to hear the video and not you, they can go watch it directly themselves! You're fun and fabulous and I love hearing your excitement.
They threw the guy right into the fire. Bro didn't even flinch. Brushed it off and KILLED IT. What a badass. Also love how he gets more and more into it and is really grooving at the end with a massive smile on his face . Just awesome.
They really should have given him isolated tracks and a little bit of time to work watching him get upset that they didn't give him that was deeply frustrating because he could have done something so amazing like what he did was good but it could have been so good if he had actual stuff to work with like they really screwed the pooch on that one. Cuz they could have got something way better than what they did
@@davidpeters6743 That's just the way life is sometimes. I've filled in on gigs last minute/day of. I knew about half the material. Some was covers that I didn't know. Some were original tunes that I'd never heard before. In any case I did the best I could and adapted to the situation.
@@frankspikes7858improvising with bands is one of my favorite things to do in this life. I bring a drum pad and a few different varieties of sticks with me to music festivals and jam along as a silent band member with every band. Dude, it's so much freaking fun.
The fact he only listened to the drumless track beforehand was seriously impressive. The clip of him appreciating Danny's drumming afterwards was lovely as well. Really enjoying Drumeo's uploads.
So Larnell gets to play Enter Sandman and Dennis has to play Schism? Thats unfair lol. Seriously. He listened to it once.Once.A drumless track.And then went straight for it. And he fucking nailed it. He truly is one of the greats. Now we need some brave - very brave - drummer to hear/play for the first time one of Dennis tracks.That’d be cool.
And actually I got the impression that he didn't even listen to it completely through, seems like he probably just ended at half point or such and presumed the end of the tune is structurally "the same", so he probably just had to go with flow with the last sections because he was suddenly hearing them for the first time _while already playing_
You can tell he is not familiar with the song. A few times there he caught himself on an odd time measure. But the cool thing is he just casually filled it in and didn't miss a lick. Not his schtick but he grooved with it anyway. Very cool.
Unless someone told me, I wouldn't notice. And that's the true fun. Like I get when guitarist or Bassest fucked up, but 99.9% of listening won't notice. For reference, I play guitar.
It's the ability to be listening to the thing that you're simultaneously creating a thing over the top of. His greatness is the how short the gap is between what he is planning for hearing something unexpected and creating a new plan .
As a drummer who struggled with tool songs because my bandmember always wants to jam to toolriffs. I can appreciate how fu**ing good that was. Mad respect
@dratfod1165 I really like this one band The Gathering who are a Dutch and German metal band and especially love their first 4 albums because between 3 and 4 they grow noticeably different in song style and genre. They went from a more melodic death metal to a Gothic metal sound. They changed even more when they went with a more progressive rock sound by the early 2000s.
@@zaynes5094 i dont no this band. Maybe i can check out this Band later. If you want you can hear something from my Band on this Account. But its only free Jam music. So don't expect to much
I mean if you ever doubted Dennis Chambers is an immensely talented drummer, just listen to Extraction, the album he did with Greg Howe and Victor Wooten.
You know the craziest part of all of this, he actually nailed some parts without hearing the drum track. Goes to show his talent, and just the musical wholeness of this song. Dennis did his best but there is only one way to play certain parts of this song if you know your craft. And he nailed those certain parts.
Do not ever sleep on Dennis chambers drumming abilities. I've followed him from the early 80s when he was with parliament funkadelic. Most people may not know that but DC was an absolute beast even in those days. He can play anything in any time Signature and his playing is flawless and impeccable no matter what type of music who he plays with or what you throw at him. Dennis is an all around awesome drummer. He has done his homework!!!
As much as this is Tool, it has a serious pocket to it. Something a Funk drummer like Mr Chambers can play all day even if it has some odd time in there. As He just demonstrated. Great interpretation. Such an Awesome player.
Em realidade ele é um baterista completo além de professor e não apenas de funk. Ele toca bastante jazz , jazz-rock e rock , tendo já tocado por anos com artistas como J. Mclaughlin , músicos do Japão, B. Evans , C. Santana , orquestras , M. Stern , etc .
The most impressive part of this is his ability to listen and adapt. It shows a lot of years of improvisation and jamming with lots of musicians. Although his forte is funk/ fusion he’s played with so many great groups and can solo with the best of them
I love how he says he doesn’t hear the bass, when it’s the main instrument you hear throughout the track. Tbf though, not many people would notice Justin acting as basically another guitar, instead of a more usual bass role. It’s one of my favorite parts of Tool lol
You can tell how amazing he is in that main reprisal section after that middle 8 or whatever bit where the time gets SUPER weird around 10:00. You can sense when he gets back to the main section, he's no longer really counting but instead is just feeling and filling in around the groove instinctively. What most people wouuld take to incoporate into groove and muscle memory after weeks of rehearsing he can do after one listen and one play through, and gets something playable. What a gun.
Dennis is being modest and humble. The dude plays odd times, progressive and super technical for breakfast. Look up his work with Tetsuo Sakurai and Gentle Hearts. He’s beast mode!
Yep, I liked it. It was impressive. Very fun and cool. What I like hearing is A drummer not hearing their part. Then doing there interpretation based on the music genre and what they feel is right for the song. We need more of these! It’s interesting to see how someone else would have played it.
I didn’t realize he listened to this without drums the first time. Dude is clearly a top notch drummer if he pulled that from the dark. As you said. Mad respect.
These kinds of videos bring up an interesting, and I think, under-explored idea of songwriting styles from a drummer's perspective. Because, we know Dennis is never really "off-beat" but, I think his internalized feeling of basic song structure produces an interesting interpretation. Both his style and Tool's rely on "unexpected" accents, so the mix of the two is something you can't really write, which is the value and novelty of this video concept.
My favorite Dennis video is the one where he sneaks into Bozzio's drum room and is like "what is all this shit" and then tries to figure out what all 19 pedals do. Its hilarious.
Dennis is definitely in a class of his own. And I already knew he would kill it, but it's still amazing how much he flowed seamlessly through all those different time signatures. God let me just fangirl over Tool for a second here and just show you guys how crazy Dennis is for trying to navigate Danny Carey's time signature maze - Schism's first half is very obvious - alternating 5/8+7/8 (or 6/4, anyway you want to count it) in the verse section and the 13/8 in the chorus. But after the 3rd verse, things get quite intense like some unexpected time signature jumpscares - the 3 bars of 6/4 + 1 bar of 11/8 in "The Poetry that comes..." section. Or the 4 bars of 7/4 + 1 bar of 5/4 at the end of the 3rd chorus. Then comes a silent 9/8 section. Also it's quite amazing how Dennis interpreted and played the 27/8 (6/8 + 6/8 + 6/8 +9/8) section - the "Cold silence has..." section. Then after a 1 silent bar of 8/4, Danny comes in with 1 bar of 10/4 then two bars of 8/4 followed by a powerful 1 bar of 5/4. Then we have a section - the "Between supposed lovers" section - in 14/4 (9/4 +5/4). And nearing the end, we have beautiful 1 bar 6/4 tom + crash fill which then leads to 4 bars of 7/4 and 1 bar of 3/4. And comes some powerful 6/4 Triplet tom patterns, the "I know the peices fit" section. And finally, Danny finishes the song off with some intense 4/4 Triplets and Sextuplets double bass Sure it's not Dream Theater level of time changes or Animals as Leaders level of Meteic modulation but what Tool does best is to make all of *THAT* multiple odd time changes sound musical
Had to come back to this comment to thank you for bringing up Animals as Leaders. As someone that listens to Dream Theater, not sure how I didn't discover them sooner. Glad I decided to click "Read more". Going down the rabbit hole of Animals as Leaders content and finding that Tosin Abasi is on another level...
Just realized that I've seen Tosin before on a couple of videos with Herman Li, and still following the chain of videos that are coming up... Didn't realize he was in a band back then, what a revelation!
@@yetiisoutthere8708 Yeah but there’s no harm in analyzing…esp if you’re a musician and want to be able to play a Schism cover or as practice for playing other tricky-timing songs. Like the OP mentioned, some bands really try to make the tricky timing flow in a musical way as opposed to others who don’t necessarily try to do that or even bands like Dillinger Escape Plan who have have many songs with really jerky time changes…which are cool concepts to explore.
I remember seeing Dennis Chambers with John McLaughlin years ago. His drumming was so insane, everybody in the band just had to laugh when he got to really take off on his drumsolos. It was a truly mindblowing experience. Been one of my favorite drummers ever since. It's so cool to see his take on such a song. Different for sure, but he still nails parts in the sense that it sounds interesting. Imagine giving him a couple of more attempts, bet he would play around with it a lot more.
To me his rendition of that song is just flawless for a first listen. Imagine being put on the spot like that. I don't think he didn't like the song, I think he was just very focused.
When you were talking about people coming into the live streams and requesting crazy odd time signatures songs that you've never heard before it reminded me of the time that I got you to play powerwolf demons are a girl's best friend and you did a very interesting take on it 🤣🤘
That must have been difficult not hearing the song before and all the weird time signatures! Killed it Dennis! I’d love to do a similar thing to you samus!
Nobody should be shocked at how well Dennis did here. Dennis has played some of the most complex music weaving his extraordinary drumming chops throughout his career. i’m a huge metal fan and I will admit the stuff Dennis usually plays is way more challenging…. I’m also a drummer and instructor of 30 years
You’ve got to react to Larnell Lewis’ performance of Chick’s Pain in Drumeo. Drumeo also made him listen to a drumless track for the first time and he nailed it.
As a die hard Tool fan, I’m honestly blown away. It works surprisingly well… Danny is obviously hard to follow but not even having a lead to follow and conjuring this is amazing.
I've seen Dennis live a couple of times. The man is a legend, saw him with Mike Stern on his tour, it should have been the Dennis tour he did no less than 8 solos. Lookup him with Tetsuo Sakurai and Greg Howe there are some great live clips of them.
As a fellow drummer, I love the fact that he wasn't able to hear the drum tracks. It was impressive how he got how the drums should sound like, in his own interpretation, and I think he nailed it. Tool is not an easy band to cover, regardless of what instrument, but the drums especially can be challenging to say the least. Danny is one of the greats, and my personal favorite next to Dale Crover from the Melvins. And side note: you don't talk too much, I enjoy your comments and you have a great attitude as well. Keep up the good work!🤘🏻
Dude, this was amazing. I hadn't seen the original video before (though I've seen a lot of drumeo vids) and I gotta say: wow. Just wow. He could have totally phoned that in but - and I'm speaking as a drum-illiterate guitarist - what he came up with was amazing. Those quick 'snap-backs' and funked-out snare patterns were absolutely awesome. The interlude was tasty af as well. Maybe I'm totally off, but I'd be beyond thrilled to have this dude come up with drums for any metal/hard rock riffs or songs I'd written.
What caught my eye about your channel was your face expressions. You remind me of the guy in a movie called "the music never stopped" that's the only movie that has made me cry as an adult. The passion of music in your face
Being that he had never heard the song or the drum track when hearing the song he crushed it. Ok there were a couple spots that weren’t right on but hearing what he came up with was truly awesome
Dennis Chambers is an amazing drummer. I saw this when Drumeo uploaded it & thought Dennis kicked ass, esp for his 1st time hearing the track without the original drums. I;ve been a Dennis Chambers fan since I started playing in elementary school & from what I understand, he's never taken lessons....he's just supremely gifted. Sick video Samus
i like tool. and i respect those who don’t because music is subjective. i don’t listen to tool as much but i still put them on every now and then. loved the video, this dude is really really good!
I really enjoy Dennis chambers’ version of cissy strut on David letterman’s drum solo week. Dave likes it so much he asked Mr Chambers for some more. Great video as always!
He literally just wrote drum music on the spot. He is badass i love it. All these people you have on this show are geniuses. To write music on the spot
He did awesome for never having heard schism and tool. That’s one of my fav Tool songs. It was cool hearing his interpretation and spin on it. Thanks for sharing this Samus. Love your channel
Dude!! I was feeling depressed right now and this video just made my whole night and definitely made me laugh. Thank you. To be the first time he listen to the song, and this one in particular, I think he nailed it. My congrats!!
Yo, just wanted to say, I subbed because of: Your NAME. Your epic beard. Your beautiful face. Your wonderful smile. Your amazing personality. Your cheerful attitude. And your great content. Thank you for being amazing 🤘
A true lover of music and great artist. Appreciative of others and a master of his craft. Crazy talent. He was enjoying what he was doing for sure. He couldn’t hate it at that time because he didn’t know how the drums should go. He was into his zone interpreting his own way through the song like a true artist.
I love Danny Careys style. It always feels almost improvised. For me the 3 most unique and individual bans of the 90s are Tool, system of a down and at the time Rage Against The Machine. It's not their fault so many shitty Nu-metal bands started trying to rap
Two absolutely genius drummers. I won't even try to describe that in words. That's more like spiritual experience, escape from reality to the whole different world.
Was lucky enough to meet Mr. Chambers years ago at a Mike Stern show. Great guy, and a mindblowing show. Now let's hear a metal drummer try "Trim" off of Scofields "Blue Matter" album on one listen, for a relatively fair challenge.
He really started getting it the longer it went on. Impressive. I'd like seeing him after 3 or 4 play through's. It's crazy how radically different the drum interpretations can be for the same song.
Dennis may not listen to Tool, but he knows the pieces fit.
Loool 😂
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LOVE this video and we LOVE you, Samus!
So when are we going to see Larnell Lewis first time hearing Dream Theater - The Dance of Eternity and then plays it perfectly
So when are we going to see Larnell Lewis first time hearing Rosanna and then plays it perfectly
@@gustafbstrom 🤣🤣🤣
Samus needs to be on drumeo
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I don't think you talk too much, if people want to hear the video and not you, they can go watch it directly themselves! You're fun and fabulous and I love hearing your excitement.
Facts, never made sense to me. Go watch the actual video if you don't want commentary.😂😂😂 the point is, enjoying it with someone else.
Realmente 👏👏👏👏👏🇧🇷
Agreed! You are a joy to watch. I’ve never seen your page til today. ❤
its called a reaction video
Oh my God! That guy is awsom!
They threw the guy right into the fire. Bro didn't even flinch. Brushed it off and KILLED IT. What a badass. Also love how he gets more and more into it and is really grooving at the end with a massive smile on his face . Just awesome.
They really should have given him isolated tracks and a little bit of time to work watching him get upset that they didn't give him that was deeply frustrating because he could have done something so amazing like what he did was good but it could have been so good if he had actual stuff to work with like they really screwed the pooch on that one. Cuz they could have got something way better than what they did
@@davidpeters6743 That's just the way life is sometimes. I've filled in on gigs last minute/day of. I knew about half the material. Some was covers that I didn't know. Some were original tunes that I'd never heard before. In any case I did the best I could and adapted to the situation.
@@frankspikes7858improvising with bands is one of my favorite things to do in this life. I bring a drum pad and a few different varieties of sticks with me to music festivals and jam along as a silent band member with every band. Dude, it's so much freaking fun.
Looks like he was cruising right up that alley of his youth. I love watching his joy build as he got further into the song. Inspiring.
The fact he only listened to the drumless track beforehand was seriously impressive. The clip of him appreciating Danny's drumming afterwards was lovely as well. Really enjoying Drumeo's uploads.
where exactly did you see that clip of him listening to danny's drumming? it's nowhere.
@@Sauerkrautbooger it's one of those RUclips shorts
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Now I want to see Danny Carey reacting to Dennis' interpretation.
Or Danny playing some heavy John McLaughlin , or Some Skunk Funk where Dennis is a killer at
Danny Carey would cry in 15/8
I think Danny would love it since he plays jazz fusion on the side.
@@ryanmustain6545 Jazz fusion? nahhh, he played like rock drummer without groove...
@@franciscojavier9739 but... he actually does play jazz fusion
So Larnell gets to play Enter Sandman and Dennis has to play Schism? Thats unfair lol. Seriously. He listened to it once.Once.A drumless track.And then went straight for it. And he fucking nailed it. He truly is one of the greats. Now we need some brave - very brave - drummer to hear/play for the first time one of Dennis tracks.That’d be cool.
@@cbryantdrums I have watched all of Larnell videos on RUclips, dude’s a MONSTER drummer 🔥
He’s miles ahead of Danny so it’s overly fair honestly
@@cbryantdrums Which song?
And actually I got the impression that he didn't even listen to it completely through, seems like he probably just ended at half point or such and presumed the end of the tune is structurally "the same", so he probably just had to go with flow with the last sections because he was suddenly hearing them for the first time _while already playing_
Some Greg Howe tracks Dennis is a monster with Greg Howe
You can tell he is not familiar with the song. A few times there he caught himself on an odd time measure. But the cool thing is he just casually filled it in and didn't miss a lick. Not his schtick but he grooved with it anyway. Very cool.
The power of improvisation and general listening experience. Fucking awesome. I wouldn't emulate jazz that well, I'm a rock drummer.
Unless someone told me, I wouldn't notice. And that's the true fun. Like I get when guitarist or Bassest fucked up, but 99.9% of listening won't notice.
For reference, I play guitar.
Agreed! Honestly think it fit very well as a Tool fan
It's the ability to be listening to the thing that you're simultaneously creating a thing over the top of. His greatness is the how short the gap is between what he is planning for hearing something unexpected and creating a new plan .
And dude, how he does almost the whole thing with his eyes closed lmao
As a drummer who struggled with tool songs because my bandmember always wants to jam to toolriffs. I can appreciate how fu**ing good that was. Mad respect
Awesome! and let me add, you are lucky that you have bandmembers who want to jam tool riffs!
@@dcmastermindfirst9418 bad take
@dratfod1165 I really like this one band The Gathering who are a Dutch and German metal band and especially love their first 4 albums because between 3 and 4 they grow noticeably different in song style and genre. They went from a more melodic death metal to a Gothic metal sound.
They changed even more when they went with a more progressive rock sound by the early 2000s.
@@zaynes5094 i dont no this band. Maybe i can check out this Band later. If you want you can hear something from my Band on this Account. But its only free Jam music. So don't expect to much
This is the guy who was asked by James Brown at aged 13 to be his full time drummer 💥
And Miles Davis
Sheesh!
Any drummer even brave enough to touch a Tool song gets mad props.
The fact that Dennis can come up with something that fits just there, on the spot prooves to me that he is so skilled, what a mad beast.
I mean if you ever doubted Dennis Chambers is an immensely talented drummer, just listen to Extraction, the album he did with Greg Howe and Victor Wooten.
You know the craziest part of all of this, he actually nailed some parts without hearing the drum track.
Goes to show his talent, and just the musical wholeness of this song. Dennis did his best but there is only one way to play certain parts of this song if you know your craft. And he nailed those certain parts.
Dude is phenomenal. Honestly, 99% of it I just thought it was a "for fun" take.
was coming here to say the same thing.
dude has a uncanny ability with how close he actually got lol
Do not ever sleep on Dennis chambers drumming abilities. I've followed him from the early 80s when he was with parliament funkadelic. Most people may not know that but DC was an absolute beast even in those days. He can play anything in any time Signature and his playing is flawless and impeccable no matter what type of music who he plays with or what you throw at him. Dennis is an all around awesome drummer. He has done his homework!!!
I wish they would show in the video, or a follow-up video, him reacting to hearing the drums that go with it.
As much as this is Tool, it has a serious pocket to it. Something a Funk drummer like Mr Chambers can play all day even if it has some odd time in there. As He just demonstrated. Great interpretation. Such an Awesome player.
Yea I really liked his vibe for his interp it feels better being a little more laid back on this song.
Em realidade ele é um baterista completo além de professor e não apenas de funk. Ele toca bastante jazz , jazz-rock e rock , tendo já tocado por anos com artistas como J. Mclaughlin , músicos do Japão, B. Evans , C. Santana , orquestras , M. Stern , etc .
Mr. Chambers is a damned LEGEND! I am so utterly impressed by his performance here.
This was just cool. A seasoned drummer not hearing the drum track and then attempting to interpret it. Balls to the wall. That's just bad ass.
Dennis Chambers killed it if you ask me, I enjoyed his version a lot!!!
The most impressive part of this is his ability to listen and adapt. It shows a lot of years of improvisation and jamming with lots of musicians. Although his forte is funk/ fusion he’s played with so many great groups and can solo with the best of them
I love how he says he doesn’t hear the bass, when it’s the main instrument you hear throughout the track. Tbf though, not many people would notice Justin acting as basically another guitar, instead of a more usual bass role. It’s one of my favorite parts of Tool lol
I'm sure this had to do with the stereo mix or the headphones.
Maybe he thought Justin was playing a guitar
That bass sound could be interpreted as guitar on first few listens.
Ill be honest, I used to think it was a guitar
Yeah for a lot of people unfamiliar with Tool and Justin’s tone I think it’s easy to mistake the bass for a guitar on multiple songs.
You can tell how amazing he is in that main reprisal section after that middle 8 or whatever bit where the time gets SUPER weird around 10:00. You can sense when he gets back to the main section, he's no longer really counting but instead is just feeling and filling in around the groove instinctively. What most people wouuld take to incoporate into groove and muscle memory after weeks of rehearsing he can do after one listen and one play through, and gets something playable. What a gun.
Dennis is being modest and humble. The dude plays odd times, progressive and super technical for breakfast. Look up his work with Tetsuo Sakurai and Gentle Hearts. He’s beast mode!
Or with Greg Howe and Victor Wooten with Extraction. Or CAB with Bunny Brunell and Tony MacAlpine.
Yep, I liked it. It was impressive. Very fun and cool. What I like hearing is A drummer not hearing their part. Then doing there interpretation based on the music genre and what they feel is right for the song. We need more of these! It’s interesting to see how someone else would have played it.
Tbf, can't really be sure if he'd still play it this way given more time like when working on an album. But it is cool :)
@@lexievv oh yeah he def change things over time compared first play along.
Without hearing the drum fill and improvising, you really can't expect anything better. It worked perfectly fine. Very impressive.
Anema is a challenge so many signature changes, tempo changes, really got to pay attention
Dennis chambers is one of those amazing drummers that watching him makes me want to play again… then i play and remember i suck and i get sad
But f it anyway. Just get back on that horse when you get that urge. If you have the free time, do it.
I didn’t realize he listened to this without drums the first time. Dude is clearly a top notch drummer if he pulled that from the dark. As you said. Mad respect.
These kinds of videos bring up an interesting, and I think, under-explored idea of songwriting styles from a drummer's perspective. Because, we know Dennis is never really "off-beat" but, I think his internalized feeling of basic song structure produces an interesting interpretation. Both his style and Tool's rely on "unexpected" accents, so the mix of the two is something you can't really write, which is the value and novelty of this video concept.
This performance was insane
There’s so many new textures that Dennis brings to this take on the song. It’s seriously a work of art to behold
I watched this when it came out in Drumeos YT.. He nailed ot in his own style and that's what true professionals can do under this kind of situation.
This was such a blast to watch it always amazing to me to watch someone step out of thier comfort zone and own it as Dennis did here
Mr. Dennis Chambers is not another drummer. He´s a MASTER. Love him.
My favorite Dennis video is the one where he sneaks into Bozzio's drum room and is like "what is all this shit" and then tries to figure out what all 19 pedals do. Its hilarious.
What is that from? I need to see that
@@RobertABooey75 this is the name of the video on YT:
Dennis Chambers plays on Terry Bozzio's kit (Repost)
Dennis is definitely in a class of his own. And I already knew he would kill it, but it's still amazing how much he flowed seamlessly through all those different time signatures.
God let me just fangirl over Tool for a second here and just show you guys how crazy Dennis is for trying to navigate Danny Carey's time signature maze -
Schism's first half is very obvious - alternating 5/8+7/8 (or 6/4, anyway you want to count it) in the verse section and the 13/8 in the chorus. But after the 3rd verse, things get quite intense like some unexpected time signature jumpscares - the 3 bars of 6/4 + 1 bar of 11/8 in "The Poetry that comes..." section. Or the 4 bars of 7/4 + 1 bar of 5/4 at the end of the 3rd chorus. Then comes a silent 9/8 section. Also it's quite amazing how Dennis interpreted and played the 27/8 (6/8 + 6/8 + 6/8 +9/8) section - the "Cold silence has..." section. Then after a 1 silent bar of 8/4, Danny comes in with 1 bar of 10/4 then two bars of 8/4 followed by a powerful 1 bar of 5/4. Then we have a section - the "Between supposed lovers" section - in 14/4 (9/4 +5/4). And nearing the end, we have beautiful 1 bar 6/4 tom + crash fill which then leads to 4 bars of 7/4 and 1 bar of 3/4. And comes some powerful 6/4 Triplet tom patterns, the "I know the peices fit" section. And finally, Danny finishes the song off with some intense 4/4 Triplets and Sextuplets double bass
Sure it's not Dream Theater level of time changes or Animals as Leaders level of Meteic modulation but what Tool does best is to make all of *THAT* multiple odd time changes sound musical
Impressive breakdown. I'm glad God let you do it. 😁
Had to come back to this comment to thank you for bringing up Animals as Leaders. As someone that listens to Dream Theater, not sure how I didn't discover them sooner. Glad I decided to click "Read more". Going down the rabbit hole of Animals as Leaders content and finding that Tosin Abasi is on another level...
Just realized that I've seen Tosin before on a couple of videos with Herman Li, and still following the chain of videos that are coming up... Didn't realize he was in a band back then, what a revelation!
Its just music bro, yes it can be broken down to technical levels but bro its just music
@@yetiisoutthere8708 Yeah but there’s no harm in analyzing…esp if you’re a musician and want to be able to play a Schism cover or as practice for playing other tricky-timing songs. Like the OP mentioned, some bands really try to make the tricky timing flow in a musical way as opposed to others who don’t necessarily try to do that or even bands like Dillinger Escape Plan who have have many songs with really jerky time changes…which are cool concepts to explore.
I remember seeing Dennis Chambers with John McLaughlin years ago. His drumming was so insane, everybody in the band just had to laugh when he got to really take off on his drumsolos. It was a truly mindblowing experience. Been one of my favorite drummers ever since. It's so cool to see his take on such a song. Different for sure, but he still nails parts in the sense that it sounds interesting. Imagine giving him a couple of more attempts, bet he would play around with it a lot more.
I love how he closes his eyes to hear the music
To me his rendition of that song is just flawless for a first listen. Imagine being put on the spot like that. I don't think he didn't like the song, I think he was just very focused.
When you were talking about people coming into the live streams and requesting crazy odd time signatures songs that you've never heard before it reminded me of the time that I got you to play powerwolf demons are a girl's best friend and you did a very interesting take on it 🤣🤘
That must have been difficult not hearing the song before and all the weird time signatures! Killed it Dennis! I’d love to do a similar thing to you samus!
Dennis killed it 💯💯💯thanks sam
I'm a new sub and i am hooked! I just watched the enter sandman video and loved it so much!!! Your commentary is fun too!!!
Thank you so much!
Nobody should be shocked at how well Dennis did here. Dennis has played some of the most complex music weaving his extraordinary drumming chops throughout his career. i’m a huge metal fan and I will admit the stuff Dennis usually plays is way more challenging…. I’m also a drummer and instructor of 30 years
You’ve got to react to Larnell Lewis’ performance of Chick’s Pain in Drumeo. Drumeo also made him listen to a drumless track for the first time and he nailed it.
As a die hard Tool fan, I’m honestly blown away. It works surprisingly well… Danny is obviously hard to follow but not even having a lead to follow and conjuring this is amazing.
That was cool! This dude is an absolute professional. Insane how he could figure out and apply that complex timing to the kit.
What he did works. It's different, but it flows with it.
I've seen Dennis live a couple of times. The man is a legend, saw him with Mike Stern on his tour, it should have been the Dennis tour he did no less than 8 solos. Lookup him with Tetsuo Sakurai and Greg Howe there are some great live clips of them.
He gave Schism a bit of a Funkadelic feel and I’m here for it!
As a fellow drummer, I love the fact that he wasn't able to hear the drum tracks. It was impressive how he got how the drums should sound like, in his own interpretation, and I think he nailed it.
Tool is not an easy band to cover, regardless of what instrument, but the drums especially can be challenging to say the least.
Danny is one of the greats, and my personal favorite next to Dale Crover from the Melvins.
And side note: you don't talk too much, I enjoy your comments and you have a great attitude as well. Keep up the good work!🤘🏻
Great job. You can tell Dennis was flowing with both the base beat and the singers beat. The Flow of this version was sick.
I was at a drum clinic in Vegas that Dennis did back in the ‘80s. I learned a lot from him. It was an awesome day!!
Dennis killed it.. and never heard the song before??? Dudes a drum Lord..
Dude, this was amazing. I hadn't seen the original video before (though I've seen a lot of drumeo vids) and I gotta say: wow. Just wow. He could have totally phoned that in but - and I'm speaking as a drum-illiterate guitarist - what he came up with was amazing. Those quick 'snap-backs' and funked-out snare patterns were absolutely awesome. The interlude was tasty af as well. Maybe I'm totally off, but I'd be beyond thrilled to have this dude come up with drums for any metal/hard rock riffs or songs I'd written.
I enjoy watching Drumeo videos, but Samus your reactions and input take the videos to another level!
thank you so much dude!!!
What caught my eye about your channel was your face expressions. You remind me of the guy in a movie called "the music never stopped" that's the only movie that has made me cry as an adult. The passion of music in your face
Being that he had never heard the song or the drum track when hearing the song he crushed it. Ok there were a couple spots that weren’t right on but hearing what he came up with was truly awesome
Dennis Chambers is an amazing drummer. I saw this when Drumeo uploaded it & thought Dennis kicked ass, esp for his 1st time hearing the track without the original drums. I;ve been a Dennis Chambers fan since I started playing in elementary school & from what I understand, he's never taken lessons....he's just supremely gifted. Sick video Samus
i like tool. and i respect those who don’t because music is subjective. i don’t listen to tool as much but i still put them on every now and then. loved the video, this dude is really really good!
Chambers is the master of odd times with all the fusion work he's done.
the only "react-to" videos i like. you, my good sir, are such a wholesome person, you always make my day. cheers, please and thank you!
I give much respect to Dennis, that he made his Pieces Fit the Best way he knew how...💀🤘
I really enjoy Dennis chambers’ version of cissy strut on David letterman’s drum solo week. Dave likes it so much he asked Mr Chambers for some more. Great video as always!
Dude, I'd be honored that Dennis even listened to my drumming, even if he hated it.
He literally just wrote drum music on the spot. He is badass i love it. All these people you have on this show are geniuses. To write music on the spot
That was honestly impressive, listening to a drumless track then having a crack at it anyway. **applause**
He did awesome for never having heard schism and tool. That’s one of my fav Tool songs. It was cool hearing his interpretation and spin on it. Thanks for sharing this Samus. Love your channel
If you were to tell me that Dennis Chambers playing Schism would be kind of cool, I would call you insane
Glad I stumbled on this. The Samus guy gave me Weird Al TV vibes from the 80s. The drummer killing it on Schism was amazing. Subscribed.
I'm fairly certain Danny is a fan of Dennis. It would be great to see Danny react to this.
Saw Dennis in a drumclinic about 20 years ago...he's one of the topdrummers especially when it comes to independency.
Wow, that was an impressive interpretation, especially being outside his comfort zone. Damn good drummer
Great song and a legendary drummer doing his thing. Love it
Lol, and that’s why he’s a world class musician.
Dude!! I was feeling depressed right now and this video just made my whole night and definitely made me laugh. Thank you.
To be the first time he listen to the song, and this one in particular, I think he nailed it. My congrats!!
Dennis made the pieces fit his way
That was otherworldly levels of impressive. Man recognized the challenge and. Whoa. I would not have known. Beat was on point!
Yo, just wanted to say, I subbed because of: Your NAME. Your epic beard. Your beautiful face. Your wonderful smile. Your amazing personality. Your cheerful attitude. And your great content.
Thank you for being amazing 🤘
thank you SO much!!
You don’t talk too much, man. It’s interesting hearing your take on other drummers. Plus, you put a funny spin on the different situations.
It sounds pretty damn good actually with that swingy feel considering he never heard it before
Keep the talking up! I appreciate your commentary on all of this stuff. That's why I keep coming to your channel!
thank you very much dude!!
I wanna see him reacting to the actual drum track
So weird to hear Tool without Danny’s drums. Hat’s off to him for taking on such a complex song without ever hearing the original. He did a great job.
I wanna see his reaction to the actual drums in the song and hear what he says
So awesome. He nailed it in his own way and I bet Danny saw this and loved it
Imagine he do the same thing for dance of eternity
DUDE Dennis figured out that linearly in his head on the fly and then got the feel spicing it up further as he went. True musician
Holy crap. A different interpretation was awesome
A true lover of music and great artist. Appreciative of others and a master of his craft. Crazy talent. He was enjoying what he was doing for sure. He couldn’t hate it at that time because he didn’t know how the drums should go. He was into his zone interpreting his own way through the song like a true artist.
I love Danny Careys style. It always feels almost improvised. For me the 3 most unique and individual bans of the 90s are Tool, system of a down and at the time Rage Against The Machine. It's not their fault so many shitty Nu-metal bands started trying to rap
hahahahaha... Unique bands???? hahahaha Maybe Tool, but the other two? And i am fan of RATM and SOAD, but i am not a blind fanatic. :D
And original 90 band? Quicksand, Candiria, Cynic, Atheist, for example...
@@franciscojavier9739 soad yes ratm less so
Two absolutely genius drummers. I won't even try to describe that in words. That's more like spiritual experience, escape from reality to the whole different world.
Dennis Carey
Was lucky enough to meet Mr. Chambers years ago at a Mike Stern show. Great guy, and a mindblowing show.
Now let's hear a metal drummer try "Trim" off of Scofields "Blue Matter" album on one listen, for a relatively fair challenge.
Dennis is always amazing. Props to him
He really started getting it the longer it went on. Impressive. I'd like seeing him after 3 or 4 play through's. It's crazy how radically different the drum interpretations can be for the same song.
He kills this, and he sells himself short. Humble, humble man. Once he got comfortable, he wailed.
Glad I found your channel. Love the way you do your thing
We NEEDED Chamber's reaction to hearing the actual song after his playthrough! Damn you guys missed great extra content.
Seriously dig ur channel and your drum videos ….. you make it exciting! And you never talk to much like ur crazy humor 😊🥁✌🏼
thank you so much!!