In addition to being one of the best ever, I would give him an A+++ for the tuning of his drums. Honesty, I love the way he tunes every single drum. And his mixing is superb as well. I will NEVER forget the sound of his drums in front of 80K screaming fans when playing with The Who at Vet stadium in Philly and Giants stadium in 1989! I remember thinking that I never heard drums sound so CRISP, CLEAR, and perfectly mixed! Just love this dude!
Pierwszy raz go zobaczyłem Warszawie na występie nie miałem wątpliwości , od razu wpadł w uch o ,specyficzna gra . Potem znalazłem jego nagrania z młodszych lat . Rewelacja ❤🎉
Simon Phillips is just one of the best. I love how he never stopped using his monster kit no matter what type of music he's playing. He never plays anything but Zildjian As. His sound is always his, and he makes it work in anything.
Masterful! No overplaying, musical yet so tasty and groovy. His accents are all in a right places. Its a musical drumming, yo wont get bored hearing it over and over .
Hey Drum Channel peeps: there’s a solo Jon Anderson song called “Animation” that Simon plays on which has the quintessential “Simon” groove to it. Odds are HE hasn’t heard that song in a while as I believe it came out in 83. Apparently a fire destroyed the masters so that album never even made it to CD. It’s an obscure song, but the drumming on it is top notch.
So good 😍🙏 Simon Phillips and Stewart Copeland are my most favorite drummers, alongside with Phil Collins and Chester Thompson, because I admired the latter two so often when they played their Drum Duet’s on tour with Genesis. I‘ve been playing drums since 1993 (I got 15 in this year) and I would like to have only 5 percent of the skills a Simon Phillips has 🥴😉 All the best from Germany 🇩🇪 and thx for this awesome video, Philipp 👋
This is so so enjoyable. In an age of fake everything and AI assisted content, it’s so freaking cool to watch and listen to Simon play. Thanks so much Simon! Keeping it real. So please tell us what mics are on the toms? The sound and mix is wonderful.
What a well- balanced and greatly tuned kit. Worth noting that he doesn´t have any tom-mics here or snare mics and it translates so well, so I guess most of it is from the two overhead mics (and kick mics).
Awesome as always, Simon. I like the version of this song over on Little Big Beat Studios channel much better. Quicker tempo and more fireworks from Simon.
For some reason I can’t really explain why I admire open handed drumming/drummers, for me it feels like they’re a more developed human race. His setup is so interesting, 3 snares, hi-hat at same level as main snare which requires open handed drummers to be able to play. It’s a big kit compared to the average jazz/fusion drummers and I think it would be even more interesting sounding if he used smaller tons 🙌👏👍
Oh Simon, if you’re listening, blistering- saw you at the Hillside Holiday Inn for a Drum seminar-Chad, Wackerman and pat Mathenys drummer. What a drip. good stuff I lusted after a Tama art star kit couldn’t afford it. I play Ludwig Im in Chicago. still like sin after sin, you know what I mean oh your who tour was great great I saw you in Wisconsin-a.k.a. Alpine Valley cheers cut my chops playing 707’s they’re almost like timbale sticks! oh, one last thing, I bought a pair of platinum new beat high hats-on your recommendation-good stuff loud Tony Williams stuff still use them with my alternative paiste 3000 sound edge hats
I can see cables running over the bass drums up the tom post. I am guessing he has some kind of internal mounted micing system. I know there was a system a few years back (MAYE) internal mic system that enabled you to mount internal mics by a series of bungie type chords that would attach to the lug bolts. You could float the mic inside the drum and run the cable out through the drums air hole.
Nope, just overheads and kicks. We might have mic’d the gong but can’t remember. This was 2017-2018 possibly 2019. I’m his drum tech, been doing it for 7-8 years now
This type of music may be technically very clever and i love what Simon Phillips always does but the tunes are absolute garbage and pointless. I love what Simon did with Gillan, and still his video (yes video) of drum stuff from the 80’s .
One of rhe best drummers in the world and has been for years in my top five What a monster player👍👍👍🌎👍👍💯
Ain't that the truth?! I could listen to him for hours.
completely right ! incredible !
For me, Simon Phillips has been one of the world's best drummers since the 1970s.
In addition to being one of the best ever, I would give him an A+++ for the tuning of his drums. Honesty, I love the way he tunes every single drum. And his mixing is superb as well. I will NEVER forget the sound of his drums in front of 80K screaming fans when playing with The Who at Vet stadium in Philly and Giants stadium in 1989! I remember thinking that I never heard drums sound so CRISP, CLEAR, and perfectly mixed! Just love this dude!
Pierwszy raz go zobaczyłem Warszawie na występie nie miałem wątpliwości , od razu wpadł w uch o ,specyficzna gra . Potem znalazłem jego nagrania z młodszych lat . Rewelacja ❤🎉
Pozdrawiam serdecznie, jak tylko mam okazję, słucham ,m nastrój niebo lepszy. Soul Polis
Very open sounding. Which I like.
He has always been one the best and a big influence for me His drums are big and sound perfect
Thank his drum tech.
The most musical drummer alive, period.
Tremendous, spectacular playing. Masterful. Every fucking time. Brilliant.
Simon Phillips will never cease to amaze me. Every. Single. Time! Bravo, Sir!
Fusion music at it's best. Incredible
Simon Phillips is just one of the best. I love how he never stopped using his monster kit no matter what type of music he's playing. He never plays anything but Zildjian As. His sound is always his, and he makes it work in anything.
Guitarists are 10 a penny but drummers like this are very rare.His groove is absolutely brilliant!
What a sound. Simon's dynamics are the best. Best of the big (huge) kit players in my opinion.
Continuing the Cobham legacy - for the 21st century,so few players can play open convincingly
Oh my goodness. This is BRILLIANT.
Greetings from Port Elizabeth, South Africa 🇿🇦
Simon Phillips: Young people would say "Goat" 🤘
Simon is looking and sounding great, and he still has the best looking and sounding drum kit in the world!
You know you've made it if you have Simon backing you up on those drums!
Such a master! So much musicality and sound! He shows that we don’t need gospel chops to make a culmination ))
The amazingest of amazing drummers
The sound and the precision 🔥🔥🔥
Masterful! No overplaying, musical yet so tasty and groovy. His accents are all in a right places. Its a musical drumming, yo wont get bored hearing it over and over .
Master ❤
Amazing. I saw Simon at a drum clinic at Atlanta Pro Percussion in the early 1990s. I was blown away and became in instant fan.
What an absolutely fantastic drum sound.
Not a casual listener of jazzy-prog or whatever they played here but never got tired for one second listening and watching this.
"Simon Says" more than enough!
He "talks"with his drums!
Simon rules "big time"!
@#rolfdejonge@ ✌️🤠💥👍
Brilliant playing by a brilliant player. Simon is and will always be among the greats. My hope is that I can achieve half the skills this man has.
Simon’s a god. And, damn, the sound of that kit. Drum heaven.
Simon es, sin duda, uno de los grandes. Le vi en directo en Clamores, en Madrid, y fue una pasada.
Hey Drum Channel peeps: there’s a solo Jon Anderson song called “Animation” that Simon plays on which has the quintessential “Simon” groove to it. Odds are HE hasn’t heard that song in a while as I believe it came out in 83. Apparently a fire destroyed the masters so that album never even made it to CD. It’s an obscure song, but the drumming on it is top notch.
Big thanks for this. The album is on Spotify
I love that tune. Classic early 80s Simon. His drum sound is amazing
Mister Master Drummer 👍❤❤👍
a true musical GENIUS !!!!!
Fantastic drummer !!!!
Simon Phillips...truly amazing! And that kit! Sounds amazing! Love how he has his kit. Toms all flowing.
Master of Perfektion 😊...
..I wish I had his tunebot settings...Perfektion in sound !!
Love his work. In addition to all the other great stuff he does, the trio with Hiromi (piano) and Antony Jackson (bass) was astonishing.
Hands down the best of the best no question.
Most efficient drumming technique ever
Uncle Simon is the best ever 👍🤘
A true master! There all there because he uses them! Yes for real. nothing for show. A different level!
Awesome Thank you for Sharing! 💯✴
У этого Человека высочайшая культура исполнительского мастерства !!! Таких барабанщиков очень не много ! Успехов Вам Саймон !
Absolutley awesome , so fluid and relaxed .
Simon is the man!
That's playing 😁 awesome as ever Simon 😎 👍💯 , that can only inspire . The art of drumming indeed
So good 😍🙏
Simon Phillips and Stewart Copeland are my most favorite drummers, alongside with Phil Collins and Chester Thompson, because I admired the latter two so often when they played their Drum Duet’s on tour with Genesis.
I‘ve been playing drums since 1993 (I got 15 in this year) and I would like to have only 5 percent of the skills a Simon Phillips has 🥴😉
All the best from Germany 🇩🇪 and thx for this awesome video, Philipp 👋
The other unknown dimension for many drummers, including me, named: open hand drumming! 🤯
I really wish he could have kept this line up with Howe for another couple more albums. Much as I love protocol 5’s line up.
Great dynamics and creative note combinations. Groove maximum
This is so so enjoyable. In an age of fake everything and AI assisted content, it’s so freaking cool to watch and listen to Simon play. Thanks so much Simon! Keeping it real. So please tell us what mics are on the toms? The sound and mix is wonderful.
No mics on the toms, only bass and the overheads, staggering right!?
Wow!!!
What a player!
Incredible!
Excelent,thank you Simon.
Master! Simon , my inspiration !
my god that rhythm in the verse..... that's funky...
It's because of seeing guys like this I retired from drumming
Such mastery!
Truly awesome!
10 10 10
Just pure Class
OUCH! Damn good!
What a well- balanced and greatly tuned kit. Worth noting that he doesn´t have any tom-mics here or snare mics and it translates so well, so I guess most of it is from the two overhead mics (and kick mics).
Sensacional!!!!! Monster! 🔥🥁
the best
Impressive control...wow
Bello/Magnifico.😱😱😱😱😱😱😅💥
Awesome as always, Simon. I like the version of this song over on Little Big Beat Studios channel much better. Quicker tempo and more fireworks from Simon.
Epic!
Yes Sir👌
For some reason I can’t really explain why I admire open handed drumming/drummers, for me it feels like they’re a more developed human race. His setup is so interesting, 3 snares, hi-hat at same level as main snare which requires open handed drummers to be able to play. It’s a big kit compared to the average jazz/fusion drummers and I think it would be even more interesting sounding if he used smaller tons 🙌👏👍
Epic
❤
truely a master at his craft. so tight and creative. love it
Lovely playing Simon.
Very very tasty!
🔥🔥🔥
yeeeeaaaahhhhh !
The man has been in the pocket for 50 years and I can't see him leaving any time soon
🖤🖤🖤
Oh Simon, if you’re listening, blistering- saw you at the Hillside Holiday Inn for a Drum seminar-Chad, Wackerman and pat Mathenys drummer. What a drip. good stuff I lusted after a Tama art star kit couldn’t afford it. I play Ludwig Im in Chicago. still like sin after sin, you know what I mean oh your who tour was great
great I saw you in Wisconsin-a.k.a. Alpine Valley cheers cut my chops playing 707’s they’re almost like timbale sticks! oh, one last thing, I bought a pair of platinum new beat high hats-on your recommendation-good stuff loud Tony Williams stuff still use them with my alternative paiste 3000 sound edge hats
Wow
Саймон - один из лучших ударников планеты!
❤❤❤❤
🤘👍👍
Damn
This is the Mr. Philips setup
Hi , anybody knows which model headphones that he uses? Thks
Crack👏👏👏
Billy Cobham school
💥💥💥💥💫💫💫💫💯💯💯💯💯💢💢💢💢💢
That's about 20 to 25 grand worth of Tama Star drums right there
Are they using just kick mics and overheads only for this recording?
I can see cables running over the bass drums up the tom post. I am guessing he has some kind of internal mounted micing system. I know there was a system a few years back (MAYE) internal mic system that enabled you to mount internal mics by a series of bungie type chords that would attach to the lug bolts. You could float the mic inside the drum and run the cable out through the drums air hole.
Nope, just overheads and kicks. We might have mic’d the gong but can’t remember. This was 2017-2018 possibly 2019. I’m his drum tech, been doing it for 7-8 years now
😃😃😃
That Gong Drum made my Heart Beating Stop.
Toujours auss bon Simon ! Très musical en plus dne grande technique ! >>FROM >>>ruclips.net/user/shortshFKdry-KnQA?feature=share
Would be nice to note who the other musicians are.
They should call this "An off-beat symphony".
Gets better with age
what interesting sounds he was getting out of that china
3 different snare drums..open handed style..rudemental music reader..master of his craft
Anyone know what that delicious left china is?
This man needs no elbows.
This type of music may be technically very clever and i love what Simon Phillips always does but the tunes are absolute garbage and pointless.
I love what Simon did with Gillan, and still his video (yes video) of drum stuff from the 80’s .