Travis Orbin - Periphery Playalongs - "Sinus"

[slipkhein66]

where are the toms at?

[bourland27]

one of the weirdest drum setups i've ever seen, but he fucking destroys it

[iloveskateboarding45]

do you find playing with shoes on sort of removes you from the pedal? whats your take on barefoot playing?

[TheSaksutin]

Listened to the first 5 seconds and thought a fly was flying hazardously but gently in my earsight

[blrsycth]

Hey, I've been wondering. at 0:26, is that a reverse blast? Or is it just a hammer blast.

[j0gan673]

What inspired such an unorthodox setup?

[jakubrox19]

Chris Adler with out the beard!

[MK4vDubbin]

I'm really high right now, and this is fucking awesome. 

[basicbreakfast]

I don't know why but seeing that coffee cup reassures me. It lets me know he's human.

[BrandonSteczDrumz]

At 1:38 I like how he used his right foot for the hihats, and left for the bass

[kook1028]

what are the measurements on that snare? it looks deeper than 6 inches, 7 possibly?

[MrDlorean]

god

[Level80irl]

too abstract

[XxbanconandbeanxX]

@shaftninja can you please give me advice on growing independence with your non-dominant side. i love your playing btw

thanks man.

[Wolfparade51]

Always stacks of heads and cymbals everywhere.

[joshoates1]

I don't think he is actually reading. He probably has it up there just for show. Instead he is just thinking to himself, "whatever I play, will be fucking awesome. IMPROVISE TRAVIS, IMPROVISE!"

[Tinaerwinboy]

Every singles hit with those sticks landed in that tiny ass circle on that drum! How do you do it man?!

[basicbreakfast]

Is that Travis Orbin I hear being awesome? Yes, yes it is.

[corpsedd1]

@shaftninja why did you leave periphery? <------ noob here 0__0

[koelekikkers]

you have ONE crazy foot :O

[SyqLAWL]

did u write the drums for this song?

[mikeyjberlin]

1:00 is just unfair

[TheIceTitan]

Do you ever produce the compositions that you have written?

[anandflora]

what planet are u from?

[inimicalODDITY]

I happened to pause the video at :28 and freaked out at your hulk arm. O_o

[shaftninja]

@inimicalODDITY HULK SMASH STACK

[mawkheaf]

@shaftninja how about a cover of unleash the pwnies?

[d3tach3d]

what type of tabs are you reading? Standard notation?

[SyqLAWL]

bro

[mgrobis]

Anyone reminded of The Walk with this song, esp the second part?

[breakinknucklesruler]

whats up with the papers you cant possibly be reading those notes

[inimicalODDITY]

@breakinknucklesruler I meant to say that, yes, he is usually sight reading. It's nuts...

[Krazydeath66]

Your drumming is like chuck norrise's beat boxing. amazing :O

[jacosmith86]

This whole thing is completely epic. His drumming is so damned robotic. This makes me want to practice or kill myself.

[blueburnsred]

Is Sky Eats even still together?

[shmassacre]

badass playing. ..

[guitarinkrys]

DUDE! you are a true drummer, dextrous on both sides. Very rare to see these days, Amazing job.

[JamesSABIAN]

i dont know about you, but i think that not only is this the best tom tone but the entire mix.. i probably would have raise the left hand crash up in the mix a little bit.. (mainly so i can hear it so i can buy a great cymbal with my endoresment hehe)

once again, i love your talent !

[ddaae3]

HOW OFTEN DO YOU PRACTICE?!?!?!?!

[shreddmasterj]

One of my fave drummers ever, you never let me down bro!

[DrummerZM]

I love you

[quicklikeabunny666]

OH my godssss !!!! you just made my ear holes cummmmmmm everywhere......AGAIN!!!

[ST3MOCON]

i like the kick drum tone sounds good so does the snare. how do you eq/compress your kick?

[TheMrDrumsoloist]

this was sick. i cant read the drum chart attached tho. i understand it works the same as standard drum notation. but when it comes to the cymbals and toms i dont know what number is what. could u attach the key? appreciate it man.

[wjdsmith]

How are you liking those drums? They sound nice!

[Bruins8130]

I love that Truth set dude, I want to buy one just like it! haha great playing as always man!

[kingpin8393]

what pedals do you use? thanks

[HeavyMetalen666]

@kingpin8393 Pearl pro 1-V a-21 laser longboard speed king demon drives.

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[drummerkev66]

Looking forward to hearing about your recording set up my man.....the tones are wonderful specifically for this style of music/drumming......well done my friend, well done.....K

[shaftninja]

@drummerkev66 Thank you kindly, Kevin! I viewed a few of your clips... terrific playing!

[drummerkev66]

@shaftninja Travis!!!!, thanks my man. Got more clips on the way. Mostly some pop sessions and such. I play at Seacrets in OCMD with my band Star69....we know Ryan the soundman really well who knows you. Stop out some time and we can do a hang of sorts. Gonna go work on some chop busters and maybe post a vid later....fair warning, lol!!!!!

[shaftninja]

@drummerkev66 Big guy? If it's who I'm thinking of we're really delving into my past, haha. I'm not much of a Seacrets guy; I'm one of those boring people that doesn't drink, haha. Do you play anywhere else in this area, Dogfish Head perhaps?

[drummerkev66]

@shaftninja Ryan Rolig singer from a band called Lower Class Citizens who recorded at Taylors studio a while back plus he does sound at Seacrets, Bottle and Cork and other area venues.....the only joints we play in that area are Seacrets (this Friday by the way 10/29) and Nottinghams in Columbia MD, Bottle and Cork or Rudder in summertime....would love to catch up sometime and talk some shop. Be well my friend......played DogFishHead a bunch years ago with June Rich and Martin Sexton, good gig.

[chainsawcarroll]

Hypothetical situation. Say Matt leaves Periphery and they ask you to join again since Sky Eats Airplane is sort of dead due to Bryan leaving, would you?

[shaftninja]

@LunarLionheart THERE'S THAT WORD AGAIN-- "HEAVY." WHY ARE THINGS SO HEAVY IN THE FUTURE? IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THE EARTH'S GRAVITATIONAL PULL?!

[shaftninja]

@chainsawcarroll Correction -- we gave Bryan his pink slip (not the other way around) and no more details shall be disclosed. I didn't leave Periphery because I feared they'd never 'do' anything; much on the contrary, as I always knew they'd eventually see some form of success. I left largely because of a writing process that I grew weary of after almost three years; it was too stiff and and I was offered far too great of an opportunity to join a full-time touring band that wanted me involved...

[chainsawcarroll]

@shaftninja Fair enough, sorry for the "heavy" question. :P

For the record, I never said I wanted this to happen, I was just curious of what the outcome would be. Any potential new singers for yet?

[shaftninja]

@chainsawcarroll ...in every step of the writing process. This resulted in my having a large impact on the music to "Sound Of Symmetry" (the tune) and I even contributed a few lines, lyrically, on the album. If said process has changed since my departure, then... well, ya never know.

[Spacecowboyy]

@chainsawcarroll personally as a huge fan of travis i'd rather see him stay in sky eats airplane. that's just me. periphery seems to be doing very well with matt halpern anyway. his groove-orientedness better suits periphery, and orbin's monstrous technicality better suits SEA. that's my two cents.

[Veredika]

I just remembered that I wrote that outro riff. This song is crazy. Probably the most unique for drums am I right?

[666bosseh666]

crazy man

[mooktank]

That floor tom sounds heavier than a metric fat chick.

[jobencore]

absolutely nuts

[inimicalODDITY]

Man, you really got your moneys worth out of those demon drives; you even put the box to work...

[shaftninja]

@inimicalODDITY Haha, damn straight; what a great coffee table.

[Tinaerwinboy]

@inimicalODDITY Got a question what is a demon drive !!

[inimicalODDITY]

@Tinaerwinboy Pedals man!

[Tinaerwinboy]

@inimicalODDITY ok i am new at this drumming stuff !!

[JonnyVersusTheWorld]

@inimicalODDITY For the price, you would want to use the box :P

[tonkpils555666s]

Hell yea!!!

[drummerdude56]

Jesus cotton picking christ. That was insane. I think you should jump ships from SEA and join a progressive dejnty band. Dont get me wrong, you wrote some amazing drum parts in SEA but i feel that the music was saturated with the electronica which made it difficult to really hear everything else.

[davemr07]

oh my god, i cant wait to hear your playalong to The Walk, especially the Chris Barretto version, to me by far the best version since its your drumming and Chris's sick-nasty vocals! :D

[shrederiffic2380]

*Precums at the idea of seeing the playalong for The Walk*

[captainkunty]

..are you a robot? That wasnt humanly possible

[MrAmbidex1]

i know a good cover...

So Sweet

[DrewCdrummer24]

you should do a tuning video, and mic layout

[777EZekiel]

lol do you want me to die watching ?!

[truthdrums]

I agree with you on those tom tones! They sound loverly.

[metalphilipp]

I like the Tags! "Dennis Chamers, Vinnie Colaitu, Virgil Donati" :D

[jacoe99]

0.o

[amanky11]

so i've been taught at least 4 ways to tune a snare and idrk which one two pick. i'm curious to your approach to snare tuning. what type of heads do you use too.

[YourEverSoInviting23]

do you just drum or write all this amazing stuff?

[matnapp]

do you use the RSE on guitar pro? Or do you just use the midi? I cant realy tell haha. I am looking into making some videos of my own songs and was wondering what you use. Because your guitars sound amazing.

[shaftninja]

@matnapp Wat. This is a recording from Misha's (Bulb) SoundClick site. I EQ'ed the MP3 to remove as many frequencies from the drums as I could. I compose my charts in Guitar Pro.

[matnapp]

@shaftninja OHHH ok haha the way you worded it in your description I thought you wrote the guitar parts in guitar pro and was using the audio from that in this video. Sorry for the confusion.

[Varydrummer14]

when is it you get the TRX stax? cant wait to hear if it sounds as awesome as your TRX setup you have now :D

[shaftninja]

@Varydrummer14 I have a 16" on the way that I'm gonna compare with the 14" that I have now. I'll do a separate video for it (no playing, just a quick demonstration) in which I'll also address the offer of worldwide-shipped DVD-Rs as an option in place of the lesson video rentals.

[Varydrummer14]

@shaftninja sweet, i was looking into purchasing your lesson DVD, your playing has really influenced mine very recently. Will you adress any exercises on how to strengthen your weaker side?

[shaftninja]

@Varydrummer14 I can load up the DVD-Rs with whatever lesson(s) you'd like, it'll make sense after I construct the video.

[Varydrummer14]

@shaftninja that would be fantastic my friend :) i honestly wonder how you do it man, session work, SEA, teaching, and general life! You are beyond human sir :P

[MrAmbidex1]

my day just got better watching this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! aaaahhh

[Steve128967]

Are those the Vic Firth noise canceling headphones? Those are the same ones I have... now if I could only have 1% of your skill...

[shaftninja]

@Steve128967 Aye, and here's 1% of my skill as well *channeling*

[ayrabalii]

can you pleaseee do some more periphery? maybe some of the stuff off the album but orbinated?

[CkerCky]

this is terribly hard to play haha

well done

[HeScreamsEpic]

travis, ive been dying to see a light cover!

[LeblaunkDeAlau]

Anyone know the Periphery song that begins once this one ends? That's heard at the end?

[getondark]

Robot sex sound!!!

Haha cool drumming but wierd rythm....

[noclimate]

it all seems so random...

it's like you hit the snare whenever you feel like it.

[WhiteChapel0514]

@noclimate thats pretty much the game plan for poly rhythms

[ZeroSwitch]

@noclimate I feel like it's the difference between playing bass for a jam bluegrass band (playing fourths in a box) and playing in, say, Between the Buried and Me. Instead of just laying a structure, he does that on top of adding more to the music through his drumming, something that is lost in the idea of each band member having a role.

[jerma7x]

Do Light already.

[xninofm]

I like this angle way more, keep up the amazing work man!

[TheTinySlaps]

The stuff you do hurts my brain more than veil of maya's breakdowns, which are probably actually ridiculously easy for you.

[JUANito993]

youtube should pay you for putting up such amazing videos.you are the only reason why i use youtube!

[KNRyanKN]

0:59 to 1:02 fucking loved that mini breakdown xD

[Raidaanmazz]

I actually just fell in love.

[Slash01]

One of the best drummers of our time :)

[FriskyPingu]

jesus fucking christ, this is amazing!

[kustersguitar]

sick

drummer

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[biocideband]

so like on my 5th time watching this video i stared only at his snare

every single damn snare hit is exactly in the middle of that tiny ass circle.

fucking amazing

my fav drummer <3

[MegaWoogieboogie]

@biocideband me too :D

[PaulAJCMoreau]

WOOH! DEMON DRIVE!!

[LukeSnyderMusic]

I'm gonna have to agree with you on the way those toms sound, absolutely phenomenal! Your playing is killer as usual, what I wouldn't give to be able to play some of the stuff you do... I guess its back to practice for me, haha.

[TheOnlyOreoEver]

This shit sounds like it had a bit of a Dillinger-esque inspiration. Haha.

[shaftninja]

@TheOnlyOreoEver Hah, definitely. From Misha's SoundClick: "A sinus infection and a sudden urge to write music during that time are the muses of this new dose of 'Seizure Metal' that i call a clip. As with most of my ideas as of late, this one is still very incomplete, but i promise you, more will come!"

[Sibbi1987]

very very nice drumming !

[EricSes]

Absolutely ridiculous! That's insane! Awesome job!

[hypotc]

Could you maybe upload a pack with your guitar pro files? will be much appreciated!

[ryanvids1]

TRAVIS! Can you cover an Animals as Leaders song? :D Would be so awesome. You're awesome

[Peartyboy]

Hells yeah! "The Walk" will also be a LONG-awaited vid.

[hideki12345]

this is great

[Mosa0666]

Awesome, just as always!

[DeliciousNubbs]

Great vid! I agree about the tom-tom tones. If your mixing this stuff yourself, there is improvement!!

[Phergan]

2:02 poor impulse control! Haha.

[sextonrules]

Travis, you're out of your mind!

[matejsmi33]

the part from 2:00-2:10 is technically advanced and very hard to play...in my opinion everything else in this video is very easy...actually i play it on 5 billion notes per second with my left hand excluding the fact that I'm right handed....

[mentispesse]

Wish u were my drum teacher...

[SabianTamaDrummer]

I see you've moved to the longboard configuration?

[MaximeLathiere]

nice angle video. love this crazy old school periphery track...

[Spacecowboyy]

YEAHHHHHHHH.

[BleedingWalls420]

Wow. Great playing Travis! Any chance we could get some more Animals as Leaders play a longs?

[amjan]

Haha, this song is a completely pointless guitar wankery (except the ending rock bit).

The outro part beginning at 2:06 is incredibly sweet though.

I liked the beat displacement at 1:41-42 ;]

[macwild1234]

hell yes, looking forward to more Periphery.