Can you do the part at 4:34-4:51, or 4:25-4:51 in Tool The Pot please. It seems simple, but I cant for the life of me rap my non drummer brain around it.
Definitely, particularly as the behind the scenes footage shows that Jared locked him in the Drumeo janitors cupboard until he got Rosette Stoned right...
So glad to see the Eulogy bridge included. It's a staple. When I heard this back in high school for the first time, it unlocked something in my mind, how I approached drumming, and permanently let Tool live in my head rent free since.
I play guitar yet always fucking loved hearing that along with maynard vocals. Glad guitar stopped in that part just to fully appreciate it. Then comming in with a simple E Chugging. Easy yet inspiring.
What I love about the drums, is that every single person that straps a set on, from the very beginner of beginners, to the master of masters, each person has a unique footprint just based on how their limbs coordinate. I love that, you don't sound like anyone else even if your new, and I'll steal anything from any player no matter how much experience they have. If I think it's cool, I'll pilfer it, and call it my invention. Playing drums is like being able to go on the amusement park rides as many times as you like with no lines. Ah I'll take some of that.
@@post-leftluddite 1992, The first album I had was actually their EP Opiate and cause I'm a drummer myself, I couldn't get enough of this guy called Danny Carey.
The stickings + patterns are nearly endless in drumming, and echoing another comment, they form your unique sound, which makes this instrument the greatest. This community is unlike any other in music. We celebrate our heroes, we learn from them, and we help each other.
Well done Brandon! You definitely did Danny's drumming justice. Thank you for taking the time to compile this upload, I thoroughly enjoyed it. All the best to you.
I discovered Drumeo almost 10 years ago, a newer drummer who idolized Danny Carey, and hoped one day a video like this one would come along. Seeing this, especially with the amount of care put into getting it right, is just spectacular. Very well done, Drumeo. Thank you, sincerely, from a diehard Danny fan. Also THANK. YOU. for giving "Rosetta Stoned" the spotlight in this video. Those polyrhythms, man.
Brandon you absolute god! Danny is inhumanly good and you actually learned, played, and NAILED his parts for the drumming community. You're a damn good drummer in your own right and so committed to teaching. It's so cool to see. Thanks for all you do
You guys keep raising the bar by providing such high level insight. I have bought your courses but also appreciate how much you put out there for free to the masses. You are preserving and advancing the art of drumming.
OK this is VERY timely, I'm in a Tool tribute band and we've added Rosetta Stoned so I really need to learn that instrumental part properly and this is a great breakdown to help me get there! Luckily the next gig is a few months away so I have some time to rewire my brain to make my limbs do that
my dude you might want to see these videos on Rosetta Stoned to help out ruclips.net/video/5EtB4kXzNmE/видео.html ruclips.net/video/9MGR4dnHeQQ/видео.html ruclips.net/video/Dh3z__10bhg/видео.html
also i forgot about this link/channel this guy does a lot of drum covers of tool with good video and good sound ruclips.net/video/wDol0hiP2SE/видео.html
14:56 im losing my mind This has gotta be my favorite drumeo video so far, you guys provide so much knowledge to the drumming community in such a concise and entertaining way!
Man, I ground my teeth to dust learning that Rosetta Stoned part on bass....But it slaps so much gosh darn balls, it's absolutely insane! Great job playing that on drums, you madlad!
Love this channel, you are an amazing drummer, dude. Props. Also, love how you set each kit as the drummer portraying. That high hat moved up is sick, I wanna play like that one day.
When I "understood" Tool for the first time, my great discovery of rhythm began. To this day I have no idea how to count some rhythms.... instead I have learned to feel them. I've also loved jazz for a few years and I always notice what Tool opened up for me. I saw Nik Bärtsch live for the first time a few months ago, and even though the rhythm was constantly changing, I was able to adjust almost directly to the rhythm, at least in the air and in my head, and enjoy it that way. There are dozens of drummers who are technically better, but there isn't one who has influenced me as much as Danny. And since he was also one of the pioneers, he is simply the best for me.
It really is a great test to be able to play something complicated at a very slow tempo which almost makes it harder. Great video and really cool drum set layout!
I feel like I would have no chance of pulling these off without an identically arranged kit. His snare and hi-hat placement is very unusual. Zero percent chance I could even come close on my setup. Bravo for nailing these. It's harder to copy someone's grooves than to write them yourself. Major props.
Great video thanks. Really enjoyed the breakdown and your commitment to Tool. Rosetta Stone played the acoustic way at speed. What an amazing sounding piece. 👏
That’s cool how you added the EP for sober. I have (and had all the EP’s back in the 90’s and early 2000’s) and those are great albums. Lots of nuance in his playing between the studio and live albums. I highly recommend finding this albums for any tool fan
Sheesh... How can someone be so inhumanly good? I would have loved a breakdown of the song Lateralus too. That's got rhythm changes and polyrhythms. Oh, and Invincible too.
My friend of mine knows Danny quite well. His exact words are "Danny and his wife are two of the nicest people you could ever meet in you entire life". I believe him, hopefully that day will come.
Oh My! That moment at 15:34 is one of those that you smile at the screen, as if you're seeing something that cannot be described, just felt... WOW that was awesome!!! (well done Brandon, well done)
Wow. THANK you, Brandon, for translating some of Danny's otherworldly language into a dialect I can aspire to mimic. This is an awesome demystification!
Very helpful video my guys, I've been having some trouble figuring out how to play Rosetta's impossible groove by ear but now I think I've got it! Thanks Drumeo! Sick video 🔥
I enjoy music so much. I’m not a musician in any way so I refrain from making pro comments or anything. But I’m a 44 year old Dude who loves music so I listened to many many things and my music taste is quite sophisticated after all. I’m just amazed what Carey does and Drumeo does really make it feel palpable for noobs like me. Thanks for the video, guys. You deserve the subs. 🖤
amazing stuff man. as a guitar player who loves tool and also happens to love danny carey's work on the drums this is just a great insight into how drums work in the first place. i really need to get myself some e-drums and start a new journey.
This is amazing. You did it again drumeo! Congrats to Brandon for surviving these 😂. For the Danny Carey lovers out there, I definitely recommend checking out John Kew’s covers on RUclips. He is the only one I’ve seen playing Carey’s drum lines note by note! Cheers! 🇧🇷
Well done breaking these down...especially Rosetta Stoned! Its amazing to learn these.. but it blows my mind thinking about how Daney Carey came up with these in the first place.
gotta be honest... seeing that the kit is set up almost exactly like danny has HIS set up is pretty cool. on one hand, it shows how "in depth" brandon wanted to go on this, on the other, it shows how important a kit setup is to the drummer playing it.
Funny thing about the Eulogy polyrhythm 3:55 is that if you play it a little differently than Carey does, if you hold on opening the hi-hat to the e of 1 (second eighth note; where second bass drum hit occurs) and play the groove through from there, the last note of the groove naturally ends on an open hi hat. To me, playing it very slightly "wrong" (at least, not the way Carey did it) sounds right in terms of the polyrhythm resolving nicely.
Terrific video, and kudos for learning all of those amazing parts. Surely there must be an outtakes video on the horizon. Many thrown sticks, I'm sure.
Rosetta stoned so sick to watch you shred, love these tool videos so much man. Let’s hear you shred more of them! Hahaha, H. Is interesting, maybe the drum solo part for 46 & 2? Try getting every song recorded on videos lol. 😂
I spent 2 hours on a train figuring out Pneuma on repeat, once I got the groove it was actually pretty straight forward. The rest I just cry when it starts.
Well done, Props and major Kudos Sir Brandon. Truly some mind bending parts, and you nailed them. Thank you for slowing it down so that us mere mortals can at least understand it (Whether or not we can play it is a different story).
Thank you SO much for this!!!! Rosetta Stoned is my personal Mount Everest... Hopefully with this guideline I may be able to master it FINALLY!!! Kudos!!!
Holy F’n $hit, bro! 👏🏼 Seriously, how long did you prep for this? I’m guessing it’s years of Tool fandom with an opportunity to make the video. Great job!
Thanks a lot! I actually only had two weeks to prep this one because I was documenting the process of learning a Meshuggah song (posted on the Drumeo channel back in April). So I basically locked myself in the practice room for two weeks learning these 😂
@@BrandonToews - Dude, that’s amazing! I’ve been messing around with the 3 over 4 (dotted) polyrhythms underlying Eulogy for years, and I’m not certain I could learn all these in just a couple weeks unless someone set me up to do it full time with nothing else in my life. If that’s what you did, then what a special time you got to have - jealous!
All of these are awesome but the ones that are difficult are Rosetta Stoned and Pneuma as well as Triad (not covered here) because it's not just the limb independence of the sticking while the Swiss Army Triplet rudiment is underlying what he's doing with polyrhythms and polymeters compounding it all, but the fact that his dynamics are always reinventing the Swiss Army Triplet from one or two drums, to as many as six drums at times! He is such an orchestrator and arranger with his pieces of music because he never makes just beats, as he said he doesn't believe in only beats, he wants his drumming to be perceived as movements and musical to the listener! His experience with learning from many great mentors and years of marching band with drums also shows, especially when he brings his giant gong on tour for certain shows (not the one that is always behind his kit, but the huuuge one that is sometimes seen on a separate stage platform away from his kit...80inch or 90inch!) His stick-tricks are insane when he plays the gong in marching style! Plus, just like with Thomas Lang, and Matt Garstka, Danny can LEAD with any of his four limbs as he chooses, and be balanced and flowing! I'm always mastering my craft, and that is with 35+ years of drumming (and various hand percussion) along with being a piano player and guitarist, but what's helped is... with years of lessons and breakdowns from Matt Garstka, Thomas Lang, Gene Hoglan, Gavin Harrison, Tim Alexander, Josh Freese, Mario Duplantier, Danny himself, and many others...my few weaknesses are being fine-tuned and becoming strengths! 🤗 Another big part of that strengthening is very much due to all of you here at Drumeo, and this awesome community of like minded and unique individuals all pushing each other to excel! Very blessed to be here in this time with this plethora of knowledge, fundamentals, rudiments, and the exercises of limb independence and amazing polymeters & polyrhythms (like Sarah Thawer! 🤗) Truly great stuff you all do for us, as well as yourselves so that we can all become greater today than we were yesterday...each and every day we sit behind the kit! 🥁
And it's worth remembering, it's one thing to play someones beat, it's another have had the inspiration to create the beat in the 1st place. Danny's limbs are like additional band members. They work in sync, and independently of/with each other. He makes watching the drummer as fun as most people find listening to the vocals, or watching a lead guitarist.
Really amazing video, I gave you an applause from my couch! How about Descending - the groove starting at 9:40, but then the absolutely mind bending half note(?) kicks coming in at 9:57 - would be so interesting to see. Then those kicks come back around at 10:15. It’s like he created a new shape out of sounds and I am dumbfounded.
The one that gets me every time is the live drumcam of Triad. I used to watch that before gigs to get psyched up. One day I'll be able to play it and I can retire.
I am living vicariously through you. Uh... pun intended...? I would love to see you demonstrate that gorgeous Ænema groove (from 1 minute 17 seconds), oh the bliss it brings.
Great break down, great lesson. I round much of this very challenging. The break down made this so much easier to understand and conseptualise but I still struggle beith my own ability to physically reproduce this.bhumbling yet encouraging. Valuable upload from this teacher and this channel. Thanks from me, love ot
I have the same with guitar; it NEVER gets bored. I have played Lateralus thousands of times; always fun. Same with all the other stuff. Your drumming is amazing btw 😀
Nice covers man, I still can't play the rosetta stoned part correctly lol. It's cool to see my enhanced video here, I'm currently working on a new version where the audio sounds less bad. My favorite part is at the ending of The Grudge where Danny is only hitting his 2 floor toms and then adds the electronic clap sample with his left foot before reaching the climax. It starts right after the part you were explaining. The guy is an absolute madman 👌
I gotta give you very high accolades for that rosetta stoned cover. Very very hard but very very good job. Just imagine keeping that going for as long as he does.
Dive deeper with free sheet music for all these grooves in our latest Beat article: www.drumeo.com/beat/the-8-tool-beats-every-drummer-should-know/
Do one for Prep' drummer Guillame Jambel?
🤔
🙏🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾🙏🏾
Anyway you could provide a list of the cymbals you had on that gorgeous kit? I am buying up some istanbuls soon
Can you do the part at 4:34-4:51, or 4:25-4:51 in Tool The Pot please. It seems simple, but I cant for the life of me rap my non drummer brain around it.
Can we give Brandon some props for simply learning all these grooves to begin with
Absolutely, man.
He strives for being a good teacher and content creator and puts some sweat and blood into it. Kudos.
Thank you very much!🙏🏻
Definitely, particularly as the behind the scenes footage shows that Jared locked him in the Drumeo janitors cupboard until he got Rosette Stoned right...
I love watching him and Jared play, they are absolute gems in their own right
I wonder if he learned the whole songs or just the grooves
Videos like this are why I play guitar.
Why not both? c:
😂 good one
Riffs?
@@Paythepipertoplay glyphs
I don’t get how guitar players think drumming is hard cuz when I see someone play guitar I’m entranced by skill lmao. (As a drummer)
You guys need to get Danny on the show! Thank you for the video!
Working on it 🤞🏻
@@DrumeoOfficial Danny hears Brianstorm for the first time!!
danny carey plays blue matter (original drummer dennis chambers) after hearing it just once
@@La_sagne That is such an awesome suggestion! (See also: the Dennis Chambers hears Tool for the first time :-)
@@krustytoast why brianstorm?
[01:20] The Grudge (slow)
[02:00] The Grudge (normal tempo)
[02:54] Sober
[08:00] Ticks and Leeches - 7/4 (slow)
[08:25] Ticks and Leeches - 7/4 (normal tempo)
[11:53] Rosetta Stoned #1 (right hand ex)
[12:19] Rosetta Stoned #1 (R+L ex)
[12:54] Rosetta Stoned #1 (R+L proper)
[13:40] Rosetta Stoned #1 (slow)
[14:14] Rosetta Stoned #1 (normal tempo)
[15:21] Rosetta Stoned #2 (slow)
[15:35] Rosetta Stoned #2 (normal tempo)
[16:48] Pneuma - Chorus (slow)
[17:15] Pneuma - Chorus (fast)
Disclaimer: timestamps do not include all songs/segments covered
So glad to see the Eulogy bridge included. It's a staple. When I heard this back in high school for the first time, it unlocked something in my mind, how I approached drumming, and permanently let Tool live in my head rent free since.
I play guitar yet always fucking loved hearing that along with maynard vocals. Glad guitar stopped in that part just to fully appreciate it. Then comming in with a simple E Chugging. Easy yet inspiring.
What I love about the drums, is that every single person that straps a set on, from the very beginner of beginners, to the master of masters, each person has a unique footprint just based on how their limbs coordinate. I love that, you don't sound like anyone else even if your new, and I'll steal anything from any player no matter how much experience they have. If I think it's cool, I'll pilfer it, and call it my invention. Playing drums is like being able to go on the amusement park rides as many times as you like with no lines. Ah I'll take some of that.
I know what you mean man, I love that aswell🤘🏻
Except when I do it it sounds trash 😢
Love it!
@@soggypotato7734 I'm still going to steal a lick from you, no one is safe.
@@soggypotato7734 Give yourself a little time man, you'll figure it out eventually
Carey is an absolute master of the drum kit
No doubt!
That Rosetta Stoned groove messes with my head, man.
Especially the acoustic version!
I can do it altogether except the 5/16 bit 💀🤬
The Rosetta Stoned breakdown broke my brain! Dude’s a legend for a reason! 🤘🏻🤯
Cheers Dan!
All of them are crazy good but seeing as Rosetta is my all time favourite tool song, I'll go with that. Phenomenal!
Cheers Claude!
Thanks Claude!
Just out of curiosity, what year did you start listening to Tool and what was your first album you heard?
@@post-leftluddite 1992, The first album I had was actually their EP Opiate and cause I'm a drummer myself, I couldn't get enough of this guy called Danny Carey.
The stickings + patterns are nearly endless in drumming, and echoing another comment, they form your unique sound, which makes this instrument the greatest. This community is unlike any other in music. We celebrate our heroes, we learn from them, and we help each other.
Well done Brandon! You definitely did Danny's drumming justice. Thank you for taking the time to compile this upload, I thoroughly enjoyed it. All the best to you.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed this one!
We all know what a beast Danny is ..
But damn Brendon smashed it as well ...my favourite of all the Drumeo guys and they are all freaking awesome ...
I discovered Drumeo almost 10 years ago, a newer drummer who idolized Danny Carey, and hoped one day a video like this one would come along. Seeing this, especially with the amount of care put into getting it right, is just spectacular. Very well done, Drumeo. Thank you, sincerely, from a diehard Danny fan.
Also THANK. YOU. for giving "Rosetta Stoned" the spotlight in this video. Those polyrhythms, man.
Glad to hear you liked it! Thanks for watching!!
Rosetta stoned is the ultimate demonstration of brilliance and mind fuckery for other musicians to replicate. This channel is fucking amazing brother.
Thank you!!
This is genuinely one of the best educational music channels online. Perfectly presented, clear and inclusive.
Thank you so much!
Ticks & leqches kicks butt even without any other instruments
That Eulogy beat is one of my all time favorites! Great job!
Thanks Mitch! So a cool groove.
Brandon you absolute god! Danny is inhumanly good and you actually learned, played, and NAILED his parts for the drumming community. You're a damn good drummer in your own right and so committed to teaching. It's so cool to see. Thanks for all you do
You guys keep raising the bar by providing such high level insight. I have bought your courses but also appreciate how much you put out there for free to the masses. You are preserving and advancing the art of drumming.
Thank you, Matt!
Cool! Now do all of chocolate chip trip.
you mean Third-Arm?
It's total improv every live show. lol
OK this is VERY timely, I'm in a Tool tribute band and we've added Rosetta Stoned so I really need to learn that instrumental part properly and this is a great breakdown to help me get there! Luckily the next gig is a few months away so I have some time to rewire my brain to make my limbs do that
my dude you might want to see these videos on Rosetta Stoned to help out
ruclips.net/video/5EtB4kXzNmE/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/9MGR4dnHeQQ/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/Dh3z__10bhg/видео.html
also i forgot about this link/channel this guy does a lot of drum covers of tool with good video and good sound
ruclips.net/video/wDol0hiP2SE/видео.html
Good luck to you and your band playing that crazy ass song lol
A tool cover band sounds brutal for a drummer, and a cakewalk for the rest of the band lol
@@nickp440 brutal, but incredibly fun! Check us out ruclips.net/video/f4H5IIi27SY/видео.html
This episode requires so much hard work to produce! THANKS SO MUCH for doing this extremely valuable tutorial!
To learn the groove of rosetta stoned is incredible.. to create it..... a whole other world
It's too much to pick an absolute favorite lol. All of their songs are sick!!! Thanks for the cool video. Great job!
Glad you like it!
Thanks Al!
Absolutely loving the tool content.
🤘🏻🤘🏻
14:56 im losing my mind
This has gotta be my favorite drumeo video so far, you guys provide so much knowledge to the drumming community in such a concise and entertaining way!
Thanks a lot!
Learning and playing these classic parts is fantastic AND recreating Danny's kit is next level!!! That has to be so much fun to play! Kudos 👏
Thanks a lot!!
Brandon you have become my favorite drum instructor on YT. Great stuff and thank you!
Thank you, appreciate it!🤘🏻
Great job man!
Pneuma live from Danny's cam is just one of the best videos out there imo. 🤘🏻
Man, I ground my teeth to dust learning that Rosetta Stoned part on bass....But it slaps so much gosh darn balls, it's absolutely insane! Great job playing that on drums, you madlad!
Love this channel, you are an amazing drummer, dude. Props.
Also, love how you set each kit as the drummer portraying. That high hat moved up is sick, I wanna play like that one day.
Thanks!
Thanks Justin! Appreciate it!
You could do an entire album breakdown, love me some TOOL
Second this!
Almost 20 minutes of pure bliss!!! Thank you so much, @Brandon Toews for showing us, once again, your mastering!
Thanks Michael!
Danny Carey is an absolute monster on the drums
*amazing job learning these Brandon!
Agreed! And thanks!
When I "understood" Tool for the first time, my great discovery of rhythm began. To this day I have no idea how to count some rhythms.... instead I have learned to feel them. I've also loved jazz for a few years and I always notice what Tool opened up for me. I saw Nik Bärtsch live for the first time a few months ago, and even though the rhythm was constantly changing, I was able to adjust almost directly to the rhythm, at least in the air and in my head, and enjoy it that way.
There are dozens of drummers who are technically better, but there isn't one who has influenced me as much as Danny. And since he was also one of the pioneers, he is simply the best for me.
It really is a great test to be able to play something complicated at a very slow tempo which almost makes it harder. Great video and really cool drum set layout!
Thanks!
I feel like I would have no chance of pulling these off without an identically arranged kit. His snare and hi-hat placement is very unusual. Zero percent chance I could even come close on my setup.
Bravo for nailing these. It's harder to copy someone's grooves than to write them yourself. Major props.
Great job, Brandon ! Danny Carey is a great drummer in all aspects. Technically, graceful, a master of the kit !
Thank you!!
Great video thanks. Really enjoyed the breakdown and your commitment to Tool. Rosetta Stone played the acoustic way at speed. What an amazing sounding piece. 👏
Thanks Karl! Such a cool groove!
That’s cool how you added the EP for sober. I have (and had all the EP’s back in the 90’s and early 2000’s) and those are great albums. Lots of nuance in his playing between the studio and live albums. I highly recommend finding this albums for any tool fan
All so amazing. I managed to figure out most of them by myself in the past, but now I actually have a chance it figuring out Rosetta Stoned!
Sheesh... How can someone be so inhumanly good? I would have loved a breakdown of the song Lateralus too. That's got rhythm changes and polyrhythms. Oh, and Invincible too.
So glad you did that part in Eulogy. It's so awesome!
Sick! Hard to pick a favorite, they're all incredible grooves. But it's hard to beat the hypnotism of Rosetta Stoned. Keep the Tool grooves flowing!
My friend of mine knows Danny quite well. His exact words are "Danny and his wife are two of the nicest people you could ever meet in you entire life". I believe him, hopefully that day will come.
Whenever I'm craving more TOOL, drumeo always seems to read my mind!
Brandon is such a goat, he understands Danny's drumming like no one else
Thank you!
Really gotta agree about the goathood, I just watched the Elvin Jones video too. Fuck yeah dude
best drummer to ever exist and you can’t change my mind
No argument from me brother. Dude is on a level that doesn't exist to us.
Nah the bird from the white stripes is 100x better 😂
Music is not a competion. So..... NO!
Danny Carey was born to play drums
maybe in prog rock, maybe
Oh My! That moment at 15:34 is one of those that you smile at the screen, as if you're seeing something that cannot be described, just felt... WOW that was awesome!!! (well done Brandon, well done)
Thank you, Tom!
Yes! More Danny breakdowns, please. Man, it does my head in!
I actually have one more Tool video in the hopper. Probably will come out next year!
Wow. THANK you, Brandon, for translating some of Danny's otherworldly language into a dialect I can aspire to mimic. This is an awesome demystification!
The Grudge is just 🔥 🔥 🔥
Yep pneuma every time! Can't remember how many times I've listened /watched this song too many to count
So good
Its not the most difficult, but that 6/4 breakdown in Jambi is damn tasty
Very helpful video my guys, I've been having some trouble figuring out how to play Rosetta's impossible groove by ear but now I think I've got it! Thanks Drumeo! Sick video 🔥
Cheers Mateo!
Happy to help, Mateo!
Wearing basketball jerseys, shoes, and shorts helps with odd time. Everyone should know this.
Just like sandwiches cut into triangles taste better.
@@ewiken5529 lmao
Great job figuring all that out for us Brandon. Danny is amazing.
Thanks! He sure is 🔥
From someone who loves Tool and knows 46 and 0 about drumming, thank you for this video.
I enjoy music so much.
I’m not a musician in any way so I refrain from making pro comments or anything.
But I’m a 44 year old Dude who loves music so I listened to many many things and my music taste is quite sophisticated after all.
I’m just amazed what Carey does and Drumeo does really make it feel palpable for noobs like me.
Thanks for the video, guys. You deserve the subs. 🖤
❤
amazing stuff man. as a guitar player who loves tool and also happens to love danny carey's work on the drums this is just a great insight into how drums work in the first place. i really need to get myself some e-drums and start a new journey.
“Eulogy” is the groove you play hoping to get the other band members to join in at jam night.
Fantastic job Brandon. One song that I would love to see you break down is Ænema. Especially the grove between 1:18 and 1:45. Thanks.
There’s on other video in the hopper where I break down some grooves from that track 👀
Brandon impresses me more and more with every video
❤
This is amazing. You did it again drumeo! Congrats to Brandon for surviving these 😂.
For the Danny Carey lovers out there, I definitely recommend checking out John Kew’s covers on RUclips. He is the only one I’ve seen playing Carey’s drum lines note by note!
Cheers! 🇧🇷
Yea that cover of Rosetta Stoned is awesome.
Thanks a lot!
Well done breaking these down...especially Rosetta Stoned! Its amazing to learn these.. but it blows my mind thinking about how Daney Carey came up with these in the first place.
Rosetta Stoned was my favorite one you did. It’s so insane to see how complex it is to break apart. Funny your sticks paid the ultimate price lol
gotta be honest... seeing that the kit is set up almost exactly like danny has HIS set up is pretty cool. on one hand, it shows how "in depth" brandon wanted to go on this, on the other, it shows how important a kit setup is to the drummer playing it.
Funny thing about the Eulogy polyrhythm 3:55 is that if you play it a little differently than Carey does, if you hold on opening the hi-hat to the e of 1 (second eighth note; where second bass drum hit occurs) and play the groove through from there, the last note of the groove naturally ends on an open hi hat. To me, playing it very slightly "wrong" (at least, not the way Carey did it) sounds right in terms of the polyrhythm resolving nicely.
I agree, that rosetta stoned part is insannnnnne😂 took me months on that part alone
Yes please Brandon! Epic work as ever - would love to watch you break down some of Danny’s solos, like on…The Grudge!
Thanks Tom!
Terrific video, and kudos for learning all of those amazing parts. Surely there must be an outtakes video on the horizon. Many thrown sticks, I'm sure.
You are correct 😂 Demoing Rosetta Stoned slowly was the toughest part of this one, haha.
Rosetta stoned so sick to watch you shred, love these tool videos so much man. Let’s hear you shred more of them! Hahaha, H. Is interesting, maybe the drum solo part for 46 & 2?
Try getting every song recorded on videos lol. 😂
I spent 2 hours on a train figuring out Pneuma on repeat, once I got the groove it was actually pretty straight forward. The rest I just cry when it starts.
Well done, Props and major Kudos Sir Brandon. Truly some mind bending parts, and you nailed them. Thank you for slowing it down so that us mere mortals can at least understand it (Whether or not we can play it is a different story).
Thanks a lot!
That TD Garden performance of Pneuma will live on forever
Brilliant, so well done, & explained & presented so well for beginners and experienced drummers alike, great work Drumeo 👍
Thanks!
Thanks!
@@BrandonToews you're welcome mate, great job & I enjoy the new content being produced. 👍
Thank you SO much for this!!!! Rosetta Stoned is my personal Mount Everest... Hopefully with this guideline I may be able to master it FINALLY!!! Kudos!!!
Have fun!!
14:10 "Wish me luck" lmao then nails it.
That groove wasn't created by a human, Danny is an alien.
Holy F’n $hit, bro! 👏🏼 Seriously, how long did you prep for this? I’m guessing it’s years of Tool fandom with an opportunity to make the video. Great job!
Thanks a lot! I actually only had two weeks to prep this one because I was documenting the process of learning a Meshuggah song (posted on the Drumeo channel back in April). So I basically locked myself in the practice room for two weeks learning these 😂
@@BrandonToews - Dude, that’s amazing! I’ve been messing around with the 3 over 4 (dotted) polyrhythms underlying Eulogy for years, and I’m not certain I could learn all these in just a couple weeks unless someone set me up to do it full time with nothing else in my life. If that’s what you did, then what a special time you got to have - jealous!
more Tool please! awesome stuff and great video as always!
props for putting the hi hat in the center like danny
All of these are awesome but the ones that are difficult are Rosetta Stoned and Pneuma as well as Triad (not covered here) because it's not just the limb independence of the sticking while the Swiss Army Triplet rudiment is underlying what he's doing with polyrhythms and polymeters compounding it all, but the fact that his dynamics are always reinventing the Swiss Army Triplet from one or two drums, to as many as six drums at times!
He is such an orchestrator and arranger with his pieces of music because he never makes just beats, as he said he doesn't believe in only beats, he wants his drumming to be perceived as movements and musical to the listener! His experience with learning from many great mentors and years of marching band with drums also shows, especially when he brings his giant gong on tour for certain shows (not the one that is always behind his kit, but the huuuge one that is sometimes seen on a separate stage platform away from his kit...80inch or 90inch!) His stick-tricks are insane when he plays the gong in marching style! Plus, just like with Thomas Lang, and Matt Garstka, Danny can LEAD with any of his four limbs as he chooses, and be balanced and flowing!
I'm always mastering my craft, and that is with 35+ years of drumming (and various hand percussion) along with being a piano player and guitarist, but what's helped is... with years of lessons and breakdowns from Matt Garstka, Thomas Lang, Gene Hoglan, Gavin Harrison, Tim Alexander, Josh Freese, Mario Duplantier, Danny himself, and many others...my few weaknesses are being fine-tuned and becoming strengths! 🤗
Another big part of that strengthening is very much due to all of you here at Drumeo, and this awesome community of like minded and unique individuals all pushing each other to excel! Very blessed to be here in this time with this plethora of knowledge, fundamentals, rudiments, and the exercises of limb independence and amazing polymeters & polyrhythms (like Sarah Thawer! 🤗)
Truly great stuff you all do for us, as well as yourselves so that we can all become greater today than we were yesterday...each and every day we sit behind the kit! 🥁
Brandon is a demigod! Born to teach and spread good vibes.
❤❤❤
And it's worth remembering, it's one thing to play someones beat, it's another have had the inspiration to create the beat in the 1st place.
Danny's limbs are like additional band members. They work in sync, and independently of/with each other.
He makes watching the drummer as fun as most people find listening to the vocals, or watching a lead guitarist.
Fantastic Video Brandon! The Reflection Rhythm Section has an Interesting Groove 🎶
Dude, the drum sound in this specific video is amazing.
Really amazing video, I gave you an applause from my couch! How about Descending - the groove starting at 9:40, but then the absolutely mind bending half note(?) kicks coming in at 9:57 - would be so interesting to see.
Then those kicks come back around at 10:15. It’s like he created a new shape out of sounds and I am dumbfounded.
The one that gets me every time is the live drumcam of Triad. I used to watch that before gigs to get psyched up. One day I'll be able to play it and I can retire.
I am living vicariously through you. Uh... pun intended...?
I would love to see you demonstrate that gorgeous Ænema groove (from 1 minute 17 seconds), oh the bliss it brings.
Great break down, great lesson. I round much of this very challenging. The break down made this so much easier to understand and conseptualise but I still struggle beith my own ability to physically reproduce this.bhumbling yet encouraging. Valuable upload from this teacher and this channel. Thanks from me, love ot
I have the same with guitar; it NEVER gets bored. I have played Lateralus thousands of times; always fun.
Same with all the other stuff.
Your drumming is amazing btw 😀
Thanks!!
Awesome lesson !! Aenima is my favourite along with Rosetta Stoned
Playing the opening to The Grudge slow like you did, I got major Soundgarden vibes, specifically Like Suicide 🤘
Is there nothing you can’t play?
I just watched you play fast jazz from Elvin Jones last week. Thanks so much, you are really the best thing on yt
Thanks a lot!!
Nice covers man, I still can't play the rosetta stoned part correctly lol. It's cool to see my enhanced video here, I'm currently working on a new version where the audio sounds less bad. My favorite part is at the ending of The Grudge where Danny is only hitting his 2 floor toms and then adds the electronic clap sample with his left foot before reaching the climax. It starts right after the part you were explaining. The guy is an absolute madman 👌
My favourite groove is the pneuma one , although it isnt the hardest i love the feel of the groove as well as i love songs with odd time signature
I gotta give you very high accolades for that rosetta stoned cover. Very very hard but very very good job. Just imagine keeping that going for as long as he does.
This is absolutely fantastic! Thank you SO much.