Jeff-Ray [Genesis - Watcher of the Skies - Drums cover]

[biodag]

awe man thats a sooperb cover!!!

[tomaskejr]

bravo-very nice

[davypeep]

THOSE CROSSOVERS WERE INSANE

[PearComputingDevices]

Great job! This is the best cover I've seen of this song hands down. Nice kit, and swell delivery. I openly am a fan. (Hope to see more)

[waltermcbobom]

great cover

[MrTrebond]

nice job!



[tributando]

Sounds good!

Now, please, see my cover of Duke's Travels.

Serch "Duke's travels cover by pino lettieri" ENJOY!

Ciao!

Pino Lettieri

[MrMetantropo]

Considero a PHIL COLLINS el mejor baterista de la historia y si puedes tocar una canción tan difícil como es Watcher of the Sky me quito el sombrero y te felicito!!! Eres un muy buen baterista

[shootingalbatross]

Fantastic! Very well done. Did you learn this by 'ear' or do you have a transcription?

[JeffrayFiset]

@shootingalbatross I learned it by ear.

[gonfus1]

niceeee! i think u need cymbals :)

[17drums]

Excellent!

[bigiainw]

Very cool and very authentic- respect!

[35april]

This song taught me how to play the drums 11 years ago! Excellent cover!

[dominiccarter77]

Awesome,just awesome!

[douzilles]

perfect!

[TheHitman1990]

Perfect drumming and editing! Loved the initial video and the song ;) Phil was a genius, but you're one hell of a drummer as well

[EyMeng]

I dare you to try the live version from Genesis Live (1973)

[mlhbrx96]

Nice playing - all off it looked true to from a la Phil Collins, but I was hoping for those fills in the end to be with one pedal, as Phil plays a single pedal on his kick drum...

Great job though! :)

[steelstud7]

From a fellow drummer : Super Job mister. Hope you will check out some other great prog. music like Transatlantic, Spocks Beard, Pendragon, and play some of that for us as well. Very very impressed.

[derneueuntergang]

you are a very great drummer ... much fun to view

[annelles]

wow that's impressing. So perfect. Amazing memory. I hope you have a mini drumset for your performance cause installing all this one must take you half day. well that's show business

[brianmann01]

Quite good, that was really tight, I used to love jamming out to tunes on my kit. No you tube back in the day. Great job. keep up the god work.

[dartagnansblade]

Brilliant...

[zotzklof]

Cooooooooool! Great pleasure to listen to, great pleasure to watch! ^^

[BiaginiAlessandro]

simply beautiful cover...genesis are great!!!

[dpatrocchio]

WOW BRAVISSIMO!

*****stars

[remnrone]

wow, that snare really sings!

[Bitsforboats]

Top banana, great stuff!

[chrisbern75]

Phantastic perfect timing after 6:00 and I love the fill ins after 6:20. Great!!I hope for more Your Genesis drum covers. 5/5!

[dreamfor21]

Great cover and good choice for that. Old Genesis rules!

[jisa39]

who else covers the drums of this song in YouTube?

[020djm]

I did not download your item BUT - if that is your drumming , then I congratulate you [and wish you well].

[armsby]

Wow - thanks for that - !! :)

[Flightsoffusion]

Real nice stuff, Jeff.

[Jez2008UK]

That was absolutely amazing !!!!!!

So, well, well done !!!

It just confirms to me that I *never* ever would have made it as a drummer, my playing is just sooooo basic !!

Plus, I'm very undisciplined. I bet you can play that again and again and it'd sound just as good/the same each time. Man, I just want to improvise all the time and can never do what you do.

Plus, aren't PC's pieces so much harder when he was younger ?!?!! My playing is about the level of 'Duke'.

Sincerely, hats off !!!

[WithoutTheFezOn]

this was fantastic!

[rocknroro1]

c terible super car le morceau et difficile

[Utcheeow]

From a huge Genesis fan and also a drummer just like you: A-MA-ZING

You nailed it and you also nailed the way Phil used to play it, there's the right feeling, the dynamics and everything is at the right place.

Greetings and congrats from Italy :)

[JeffrayFiset]

@Utcheeow Thanks!

[herrkaliyuga]

Cool!

[kamwrites]

I LOL'd at the stick toss! After hearing this wonderful music for so many years, I'm loving seeing people play it to perfection. Cheers to you!!

[benoitrh]

Very good drumming techniques and very good rendition of this great song!

[70srules]

Great performing!

[tomaskejr]

absolutely great and beautiful-many thanks tom drummer from Prague

[cupertinomiranda]

Hi,

Excellent. Could not even notice any difference !

First one I saw. Looking forward to see some more videos. ;-)

[pastalavista]

Thanks! I have to learn this for next week. Makes my job a lot easier!

[mulleops]

If one broke in at yours and stole one of ur cymbals u would never know :-)

[paperpichu]

Good lord you have a lot of cymbals!

[andykelly]

Phil would be proud

[PorterMcCartney]

Great job brother! 

[mikemcglohon]

Really enjoyed it! Now... maybe 'The Musical Box' or 'Return of the Giant Hogweed'?

[ozthekeymaster]

Superb! Really impressive AND just shows that people who slag off Collins don't have clue 1 what they are talking about. Cheers for the video - loved it.

[MauroPWA]

hi Jeff.. good drumming!! :) i'm also a drummer.. what is your drum? and your snare?? (great sound):D

[JeffrayFiset]

@MauroPWA I made my drum myself, I explain a little bit about ir on my channel but I plan on making another bass drum. Maybe I'll make a video "how to make a drum"... to be continued...

[MauroPWA]

@JeffrayFiset great!! ..thanks! see you soon

[lupardi]

Very well done!!

[Funkbird]

you missed a couple kicks during the c part, otherwise, not bad

[rickyp73]

absolutely phenomenal drumwork ,Man.....2 thumbs up for sure!!! :)

[chuchilco]

Great Work Jeff

[AlForgione]

Fucking awesome!

Great song choice. Awesome skills man, keep up the great work!

[puck5]

Your kit is mixed real nice!! Those cymbals are awesome. Beutiful work!!!

Inspiring...

[drebatista]

how about a "virgual genesis" cover band??

[addesorman]

Standing ovations!!!

[semajttam]

VERY well done!

[JBSpudster]

Awesome job man! ^_^

[GREENENERGYDFW]

It's genius.

Pure and true tell the end.

I bow.....

[JeffrayFiset]

Thanks but I ain't genius... Phil Cllions was... ;-)

[GREENENERGYDFW]

Yeah, you ain't bad either.;)

[TheOffspringRule1]

YES!!! There it is! Phil is a genius!!!

[pdva04]

@JeffrayFiset Hey man !!! Great job !!!! Very good and great job !!!! Good, good, great job !!!

[82osammot]

just a bit tighter the snare.

[BauerAlejandro]

Congratulations!!!! Her you can perfectly see how sofisticated music has been arranged in the 70s by groups like Genesis, great dynamics, very well done!!!!

[hemantsharma]

Outstanding!

[BenWilliams2112]

I'd say he was wearing an in ear system as if you look he's got a cable coming up his back and into his ears, only noticeable if you look really carefully!

Well played,!!!! :)

[boanerges144]

Keep On Rockin dude!

[jwchancey]

nice job at 6:16 perfect !! tough part !!

[Wakinshaw]

Great! Faithful cover! Grats!

[acent2112]

Jeff, you are really inspiring. I hope you might check my stuff out as well sometime.

acent2112

[folliepigalle]

Brilliant drumming.

And i love the drumkit

[Troutknuckle]

Bravo!

[bepmeth]

Straordinario.

[missdanseclassique]

It s brilliant and sympatich to listen congratulation

[Aggersmusik]

and one more thing to add, the way you pulled off that ending made the hairs on my arms and the back of my neck raise!

[Aggersmusik]

Absolutely BRILLIANT!!! A pleasure to watch! You totally blew me away mate!

[ONTHEWAVE]

FANTASTIC TRIBUTE to the GENESIS THAT WAS! Excellent Technique !! Took me right back to seeing them perform at the Roxy!

[ognibandyrrah]

Really well done, a great song and a proper chance to see one half of the rythem section work.. keep it up..what about "21st centuary schzoid man" from early chrims for desert?...

[ProgFan67]

Dude, you rock! Thanks for posting this!!!

[SoBeastProductions]

what program do you use to get both camera angels in on the same screen at the same time?

[JeffrayFiset]

WIth Sony Vegas you can put multiple video tracks and put them where you want. I think adobe premiere does the same thing.

[valdostaguru]

DId you learn this from listening/hearing or do you have a drum chart to guide you then you memorized it?

If so, where did you get the chart?

[JeffrayFiset]

I learned it from listening and write it down on a chart. There's some tricky fills but it's really fun to play!

[strykertube]

Well done...a real pleasure to watch!

[tntiger84]

Great stuff :D

[woderr]

sti cazzi

[edguitartorres]

that was great jeff- loved it!

next do a YES song and after that an E.L.P. song lol!

great job!

[miniphil2007]

Nice cover! I love those songs! I don't know if it's because of the video or of me or if it's really like this, but your shells seem very thick. What brand is your drum kit?

You should play Apoalypse in 9/8. I think you would like it!

miniphil2007

[JeffrayFiset]

Yes my drums are very thick, they're made of stave shells wich means it's maple plank glued together (it's not plywood).

[bfmv580]

Just what i was looking for, the drums to this song i mean.

Thanks for posting, and great cover :)

[daz6546]

Credit where credit is due.... that was pretty impressive. well done thanks for posting.

[xwowiex]

Pretty cool dude!!!

Nothing more to say, ...

except, DO THE APO in 9/8 ;)

keep rockin'n'lovin

[irons60]

Interpretazione fantastica, mi hai incollato al video!!!

[kombo3000]

amazing cover! :)

[CatWantsCake]

Awesome job!  This kind of music really separates the men from the boys. Anybody can drum to a lot of the crap that's out there now masquerading as progressive rock. You were spot on. Balls.

[manonthemoon2001]

Fantastic job, You've really got the groove for this tune. I'd love to see you do a version of Apocalypse in 9/8.

MOTM

[Plastrondrummer]

Thanks Jeff! You are a great help putting watcher up for us all! My band Tribute might be covering this song. Now,You helped me (on drums) get a bit closer to how the parts fit together, especially the part at 6:15. It took me like 33 listens to get it right. Now its practice getting it tight with the band. Thanks again. ~Roy

[Oceansandblue]

I literally am just getting this song down pat on the drums, and boy is it fun to play! 6/4 is how i have been counting, but i have an eaier time feeling it than playing it! By the way, Fantastic cover! i couldnt of seen it done better! SOO good!

[borg69]

I seen Genesis do this live with Pete. Fox, in Atlanta. I became an instant fan when I seen them on Midnight Special. Your drumming is perfect. Phil once claimed he drumed too much in the older songs. I say he was perfect.

[fbertucc999]

how you count the beat to watcher of the skies

[jayseppie]

1e&a 2e&a 3e&a 4e&a|1e&a 2e&a||

[JeffrayFiset]

You don't count, you feel it... ;-)

Ok if you want to count, the song is in 6/4 which mean that jayseppie was right saying 1-4 and 1-2 (which totalize 6)

You can count the main pattern 1234 1 1 1 12 123 123 or 4+1+1+1+2+3+3 or 3X32th+5X16th+1X32th+1X16th+2X­32th+1X16th+2X32th+1X16th

Thanks for your interest in playing this and for your comments to all of you.

[fbertucc999]

thanks had trouble with beats 5 and 6

[NastyGreaser]

I am a guitarist myself and I cant stop wondering where all this good drummers come from!

keep the good music alive!

[jpjm44]

Drummer to drummer: very well done! Love the older Genesis, saw their most recent tour last year......I've seen them 5 or 6 times live but have never seen them play this song. This is one of my all time Genesis favorites.......please post more! (In the cage.....?)

[raelarise]

Very nice - like your control and not being flash. Rock solid and make it look easy, which its not.

[rodcrippler]

great job dude! you should also do a "21st century schizoid man" cover

[mangray49]

I used to play this song back in the day... you really have it down well. Very very nice.

[manonthemoon2001]

Very good. You've got that sounding very solid. I've tried to work on this from the live version but it's just too much. I think I'll try the original version.

MOTM

[maxddmax]

avoue que cette toune la est meilleure quand c moi qui chante!!hahaha!! max

[baccio62]

Very good !!

Bravo !!

Baccio62

[claptonsolo1]

Jeff,

I am a huge Genesis historian. I have to tell you.. that is probably one of the best drum covers I have seen from anybody. Would love to see more of your work posted. Keep doing those great old songs. I won't request Supper's Ready!!..LOL. Abacab would be great!!

[JeffrayFiset]

The next one from Genesis will be Firth of Fifth, I already recorded it but it's not as accurate as i want it to be, so i'll have to re-record it. I'm considering filming the intro from my keyboard player, Simon Larin. Anyway i'll probably post old prog in the future cause it's where inspiration comes from in my case. ;-)

Thanks for your comment.

Jeff-Ray

[82osammot]

less crash please!

[HotBobZeppelin]

Too cymbals IMHO. Anyway (and this is a Genesis song lol), you play very well!!! 5 stars!

[brianedmunds]

Good job

[garsbaby]

killer

[mungoape]

great vid, keep em coming!

[TheTayMan]

great job, please, do more!

[dmrg31]

AMAZING!!!:D

[oze1ot]

EXCELENTE

[moti88]

That was amazing, i just love Genesis and this song is one of my favourites! :) Thanks for posting such a good cover of it! Great job! :D

[RigoStar]

excellent! en passant je suis de Montreal aussi. J aime bcp ton style. J espere que tu vas continuer a monter d autres videos. Un peu de Rush cette fois ci?

[JeffrayFiset]

Je travaille le mix de firth of fifth. Je travaille aussi sur octavadrumedley(même concept que sydrumedley) mais je m'en vais en voyage pour 1 mois, donc ca devrait sortir autour de fin février début mars.

[AntoineDufour]

Hey! It's even cooler when we play it together Jeff!

Good work! Keep it up!

Antoine Dufour

[proto35]

very nice man, love your drumming glad you started posting again and i love that drum kit, sounds amazing and of course SABIAN FTW! stay sic man... stay sic

[foopa123]

nice!!!

thats a really cool song you did.

GOOD JORB!!

[celethon]

Great to hear some more of your playing man, you're extremely talented and your drumkit is awsome!

Anyways, great cover and thanks for reminding me of an album I haven't listened to in far too long:D