Solitary Glen covers Dream Theater - Fatal Tragedy

[GuitarSkash]

MAN!! you are fucking awesome , keep on rockin!

[drummerchris22]

this is why pearl is the drums to play

[chelaco]

My dear lord!!! u are amazing!!!! he it is really nice to see you playin drums, i´ve seen many guys like you playing those songs, but no one put the effort and showed love for drums as you do in every song... thanks for that and pleas don´t stop playing...

[Metallboy]

good JOB BROW!

[symphox1]

Yo ur mad good, but part of being a good drummer is knowing when to shut the fuck up... shut the fuck up in the first 30 seconds lol

[d1ez3]

..but only a transition....

[SystematicChaos08]

haha loving the quote there

[jesuspisto]

Amazing!

[Yebanoshi]

You're just... amazing... Deep respect for this man... keep on' playing...

[Facunddo]

5:12

[LeetGuitar]

my fave song from album

[TDesaster]

Fucking good! And in 1 scene!!! But... be more enthusiastic. show fun.

[Marc28031984]

though i usually dont like that song that much

you made me actually loving that song :D

GREAT!!!

[Marc28031984]

awesome as always

and here in this video you could hear the doublebass much better

[julio11090]

¿?¿

[ngenechen]

the last minute: amazing

[CHABIEPORTNOY]

thats a cute mistake at 3:55

[d4p1p0]

3:55 haha ^^

[martinmetall]

hmm your base drum sux but the rest is pretty good, good job man!

keep on drumming

[ashrox0793]

ya not good. timing was off and cymbals were not right along with double bass.:(

[CheckinLee]

awesome job! you like Mike Portnoy! :)

[BigLittleMidget]

Great job bro, sick drumming

[japeto1]

shrink and grow ! :)

[18891889]

No man its so great work....i 98% perfect keep up the good work...i used to play dream theater covers but u better than me...keep going but work more on triplets but u're great man..i swear...good luck bro

[akashijustin]

Not perfect.(Mainly about speeds)

But 50％ good.

[peachy901]

the time change at 1:57 is so epic!

and i bet its hard 2 play!

awesome job :)

[petrucciadapta]

yeah men you are awesome fantastic drummer congratulations

[aaaaaaa2002]

hi man!! nice covers... i see all your dream theater's covers jeje are so nice...hey man a question ¿have you a band? it's to listen your own work, because yo are so nice drummer but i want to listen your work with a band or solitary, but your own songs! thanks man, keep working!

[blacky156]

You call that messing up? Sounds good to me.

[skater15153]

not "messing up" but he could definitely tighten up the screws a bit. Overall not bad though

[MikePortnoyz]

well he gone widely out with the time... understandable anyways... what's really bad it's that he screws up in practically every fill of the song... unless that is just his interpretation

[tdrummer123]

its always the best parts you mess up on

3:47 has to be tighter man

i think you should do this one again

[engiejoe]

you have the best dream theater covers on you tube by far.Its cool you also dont copy everything portnoy has,paiste cybals are a way better choice than sabian.

[Gudes69]

just not portnoy...=\ but still very nice!

[weefek]

There is no substitute.

[441greenleaf]

dude u are awesome =) and awesome kit too =S..sounds perfect and ur cymbals mate..really sounds perfect.which cymbals u using?! especially the ride =)

[gspot27]

Thank you! My cymbals are listed on my channel page.

[amundead]

soo cool

[Ahmedmagdi]

does it sound dis much amazin widout an amplifier system ????!!

[Nighthawk919]

ahaha love the drum solo intro thingy xD

[mikespike8]

excellent !

very nice :-)

dt & mike r rockin' !

[basslova]

that was really pro dude, you producin???

[49871151005]

maestro la tocas igualita felicitaciones

[jargen07]

im more of a guitar person but that seemed qutie good, are you in a band? 'cos you should be, i dunno how you can stay sane with playing like that!

[gori914]

i liked it, 5 stars =D

[Funebresto]

good dude

[Arkii123]

It's OK, but you could have been a lot tighter at some points.

[Cross6666]

not bad........but I've seen better

[bodybreak01]

perfect.

[Budsoda]

you rock man........keep up the good work

[plastickosoul]

Nice performance,have you seen tony royster jr?

go and check it out

[luismtz87]

he is crap compared with dave weck antonio sanchez and dennis chambers.. for mentioning a few...

[Teknibaal]

Great :)

[illinifan05]

that was effin SICK bro, awesome work

[metalhansen]

nicely played! ...now go check out my version ;)

[NYspeedDrummer]

Sweet! That is always my favorite one to play along to. It's almost like you watch his drum video and he gives all the secrets away, and learning it yourself isn't fun anymore. Nice work!

[NYspeedDrummer]

Lets see The Dance of Eternity next plz. You are good, but all this can be accomplished by watching Portnoy's video, the ease of learning the time signatures, etc. Good job none-the-less!

[gspot27]

Check out my channel page. I did The Dance of Eternity almost a year ago.

Thanks for watching.

[glebuccio]

Man, are you the God?!

[restedante]

dude your cymbals sound great! what are they?

[gspot27]

Check out my channel page for my cymbal setup.

Thanks for watching.

[LOGdrummer500]

really tight dude, awesome job, love your kit

[NelisTheGreat]

damn you are almost the new mike portnoy!! good work

[daifuku74]

That's real nice I just discovered that song and it's a gold mine for drumming onto. perhaps its even harder to memorize it than playin it. Youre doing both great anyway!

[deththeater]

your doing a great job man..im 16 years old and i drum dream theater songs too...its a great way to improve my drum technique...but im curious if you know who are meshuggah...you should try to drum there stuff...there drummer is insane..since i play there songs im a much better drummer...and if you can do a video of you playing meshuggah it would be great...continue your nice work!

[nexusdejavu]

AWESOME!!!!

[WolfFenrir]

Good job man. I admire your entire work. Keep going!

[JohnnyF18]

that was tight. when did u do this vid, its a different angle (and kit?) to ur other videos. still, ur fast becoming my hero lol.

[gspot27]

Back in July '06. It is the same kit just set up a little differently.

Thanks man! I am seriously considering doing this one and Overture 1928/Strange Deja Vu over again from the opposite angle.

[mOrtpengu1n]

how long have you been drumming gspot27?

[gspot27]

25+ years

[coheed09cambria]

you play very well.

[flekzout]

you are amazing.. nice job anyway.. some of the comments in here are rude, or can I say jealousy? lol.. please look at your self before you post something bad and give bad rating.. because not so many people can do like he did.. cheers..

[SweetJesusItsJack]

A few slip-ups here and there, but overall it was an excellent performance.

[omglolffs]

Nice job, you didn't overdo it like all the other amateurs! ;)

[mOrtpengu1n]

wow..that was pretty awesome

[restedante]

good work dude! at last i find a descent amateur drummer

[b1tchplzthxcu]

dont try to be like mike portnoy. create your own style. and btw you wont get as good as him in your whole life

[gspot27]

I am not trying to be MP. I just happen to love his playing and DT's music.

[lgeoghegan]

has this guy ever looked at how many guys play dream theater on drums?

there's a ton of people who do,

a lot of the stuff i play is dream theater, it's because it's more challenging and sounds better than the majority of metal music

another perfect video gspot,

i used to always do the same "psych" too, lol

[XxCarCrashHeartsxX]

the death is not the end - but only the beginning

[XxCarCrashHeartsxX]

wow i noticed i said that wrong. i'm such an idiot

[XxCarCrashHeartsxX]

holy crap that was amazing

[gspot27]

Thank you!

[XxCarCrashHeartsxX]

your welcome. it's more like your welcome master drummer man. :] haha. if that made any sense

[ANlevant]

MY!!! nice timing sometimes it get a bit slow but is very impresive

[kerdani28]

WOW MAN !! ur awsome....shit i'm impressed !

Too bad i cant cover any mike portnoy's tracks cause i have no stax.....

[Magus2002]

awesome man! =) like someone mentioned earlier, mike himself would be dazzled by this, doesn't get any closer to perfect than this, I'd say Almost even better than the original xD

[adil36]

is that you mike ???? you changed alot

[gspot27]

LOL..nope, it's just me.

[jarthe]

that's tight drumming dude. nice tight dbl bass. i'm impressed with you cover. drum on my fren! =)

[jungmans90]

damn

[ccole1981]

very cool

[SSMarrow]

nicely done. My bro can play dream theater stuff on drums also. Too bad I cant play the guitar part to acompany him :(

anyway, good job, sounded great.

[Stereotypus]

awesome!! thats a challenge... :D

[alangranadeiro]

VERY VERY NICE!!!!

[vtxmann]

Very nice! Mike himself I believe would be proud of that performance!

[alexdrummerspain]

Oh! man, you are the best drummer that I see in You Tube. I play drums too and I can assure that you are THE BEST!.

Post more videos please.

[KillerKeyboards]

not bad... not perfect, but not too bad..

[grahammoorhead]

Amazing...first person I've watched drumming this song and im impressed. Could never do that haha. Keep it up!

[gspot27]

Thank you!

[Siamon19281928]

This is not solid.

[SpeedGuitar19]

jajajaja... it is joking man... you are such a GREAT DRUMMER... the drummer of my band play that song too... but.. i dont think he do it better.... i will upload a video soon so u can see iy.. keep up man.. you really have talent... you ARE a drummer

[SpeedGuitar19]

Nice.... but... the drummer of my band play it better and he is just 15 xD

[gspot27]

Cool! I'd like to see a video!

[DarkEnchantress]

Amazing man, even though it's not perfect, but who is?lol. As far as rythm, it's very good, you see the effort made, timing, little off at parts, but it's very not that much noticeable for non-musicians:P Keep up the nice work mate

[gspot27]

Thank you very much!

[fomb19]

my favorite dream theater song..and still is

[JerkStoleMyName]

Very nicely done. Have you ever tried Dance of Eternity?

[gspot27]

Looks like you found it.

[Godines83]

You fucking moron, youtube it's not a privilege place, you don't have to be good in what you do to post a video, it's for common people to show their asses to the rest of the world from their living rooms, so shut the fuck up and go practice yourself if you even play drums. By the way, great video!

[gspot27]

Thanks, bro!

[Godines83]

This is for Crazydrumer: It's increidible how in every guitar/drums/whatever video in youtube, there's always some asshole criticizig just for the sake of it...and I bet my balls most of them are north americans.

[liminaldust]

some of you have no clue.. even though between 6:00-6:15 is kinda funky, the rest of it is high quality stuff. I'd agree that it's a different feel from mike, but then again this isn't recorded in the same environment either. fatal tragedy was an awesome choice and this greatly exceeded my expectations!

[gspot27]

Thank you!

[hellboyjc]

please stop saying hes not playing it right, he can't his kit is too small and he has no double bass.

[doisneau]

Best part of Scenes from a Memory.

GJ!

[gspot27]

Thank you!

[tizzdizz]

dude, you haters have no idea how hard that stuff is. He's just doing what he loves and sharing it with people. Just because it's not perfect doesn't mean it's not awesome. Better than 99% of any of the drummers I see on youtube showing their stuff. Way to go man!

[gspot27]

Thanks for getting my back on this. It's better coming from someone other than me!

[thispagesux]

power toms fucking rule, i hate those shallow tom kits, they suck.

[crazzzy93drummer]

Dude,do you know what "rythm" means?You can't play the riffs too!And you're out of the rythm too many times!Sorry,but that's the truth.You are doing good on the bass drum.

[onuraltunsaray]

if only you had the emotion that mike has..but ur good..

[dalkavuk2]

great man!!

[Andinator]

Far from Mike's feel...But this still a fucking great effort!! Top notch mate!!

[darknessjack]

out of rythm many times too many times..u must work

[guyglick]

you are grate!

keep it! =]

[fixxx3r]

what for, if you know what is wrong, just practice it to correct, you I don't play drums, but believe that I know what music is about, not mentioning I know all Dt songs by heart. I'm playin' guitar though

[fixxx3r]

1 thing to point out, too many times you're out of rythm

[gspot27]

Let's see your perfect video performance. I bet you don't have one. I don't. I even poke fun at myself sometimes. Tell me something I don't know.

[fixxx3r]

far from perfection

[gspot27]

Thanks for your comment. Could you be more specific? I like constructive criticism.

[dojo123]

oh, sorry i didn't know that. i'll check next time. i'm surprised you knew what i was talking about.

[dojo123]

when you were hitting the mini chinas, he only hits one

[gspot27]

That wasn't a mess up, that was intentional. I added a little of myself in there. I have had some very positive comments on what you are refering to.

Thanks for watching.

[dojo123]

you messed up on the shrink and grow part of the song

[gspot27]

really? which part exactly?

[maxulyses]

great man reaaaally great. And some parts were like improvised right?

it wasn't like PERFECT PERFECT , but man! really CLOSE xD

awesome I say!

[deadaim713]

drums were a lil overpowering agenst the song, but what i could hear sounded straight on, good job and keep it up

[siilentt]

nice

[biggm89]

very very good...question for you..is it possible to have original music without the drum part on it...thanks! merci beaucoup

[gspot27]

Thank you! No it is not possible. I am just playing over Mikes drums.

[monaso]

great

[0MachucA0]

waton culiao malo.

[apokolips]

FANTASTIC DUDE! how long did you take to learn all those Dream Theater songs?

[RanulfoKnox]

very nice dood... the final part was sick! u played it perfectly =)

have u ever tried playing some Angra stuff? i love that band and aquiles priester is the shit!

keep up the good work !

[failureobject]

dude...this was totally perfect....such a pleasure to see this...excellent...

[darylld911]

What's with all them boxes? I thought you moved like over a year ago?  :-D

[gspot27]

Just stuff that's in boxes that we haven't done anything with!!

[ddteagleeye]

"What a phenomenon"... :D

Very nice work there on the so called "Shrink & Grow" section, dude!

[mcbabe526]

Come on!!!!!! This is PERFECT*!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Septicaemia]

Reminds me of Bobby Jarzombeks kit set-up, hahaha. Nice job.

[olliegraham]

man

iv been lernin theis song for like 3 weeks and its fuckin hard work lol

u make it look easy!

your amazin

[yurileo]

woooooow...very nice dude

[FremontMetalHead]

Dude, that is one insanely nice drum rack!

And of course - your drumming, is nothing short of spot-on and spectacular. Good job..

[gspot27]

Thanks dude!

[cconnors98]

so many drums...and clean...yummmy :)

[vberga]

Very nice!

[ducorrea]

ass kicking

very nice

congrats!!

[shinedowner1]

what kind of snare head is that? sounds just like mike's.

[gspot27]

It is a PowerStroke 3 coated w/sound control dot w/Remo Slam pad. I added the slam pad that came with my new kick drum head recently.

[gspot27]

Thanks everyone!

[MetalHeadXi158]

Your so awsome defintly one of my drum heros haha and someone I can say hey I wanna be like him because hes the shiz!

[thealien666]

Don't mind XxFadxX. He's probably like a guy (Tristenpaul) who put me down on one of my videos and told me he would show me how it's done...I'm still waiting for his video a full month later...

For someone who learns by ear and remember by heart all those parts, you rock!!

The only thing I could suggest, is maybe get a little more tight on the timekeeping...

[Thirdgen83]

Good drummer, man...

[benji2112]

sounds good....but can i ask what your middle splash is (between your 2 rack toms)

[gspot27]

Thanks! It is a Sabian AA 10" China Splash.

[benji2112]

cool....sounds oddly cleane and yet trashy i like it....oh btw i know you are on the mp forum (me too...i am benji aka the octobarn boy)

[Zildjian232]

an overall god job, but somtimes you were a little bit sloppy and missed some drum parts

but good job!

[Knightmetal]

killing song you know, by the way the bass drum sounds good.

[XxFadxX]

yeap.. uploading my vid it very very soon... and hey.. nice drums.. and DT bros man.. its hard to find ppl who plays DT... \m/

[xiong937]

Hey dude, nice watching your video that you uploaded.

[XxFadxX]

Nothing good.i can play what you play dude.. Anyway.. keep it up.. cheers...

[gspot27]

Thanks for commenting. I would like to see your video then, yes?

Keep on jammin'!

[nitaportnoy]

wow man! that was fucking AWESOME! congrats (y)

[GrimReaper69]

leave the solo stuff for the end, not the beginning

[gspot27]

I'm not really soloing, just kinf of messing around during the intro to FT. I was going to cut that part out but decided to keep it for some reason.

Thanks!