"Separate Ways" drum cover by Ken Kreis

[born2fish71]

Great cover, dude! I must say that I like the unique setup of your toms...reverse! If you gave me to play your set, I would have gotten confused with the rolls! From Singapore. :)

[raisedfist80]

Next time don`t play with the sticks if you don't really don't how to do it LOL but the cover was excellent!!

[beckyzbooz]

and everyone needs to shut up who cares if he dropped the stick it's not like your perfect he's amazing at the drums i've seen him in concerts so learn things before you say it dumb losers.

[beckyzbooz]

good job your awesome

[MrLaxer55]

guys he doesnt blow cause he dropped a stickk? its like we havnt dropped a stick before



[amitzzxx]

not sounds good ...

[MissTeresa27]

I need to take lessons on getting new sticks when I drop them lol! Nice

[1ManuelAlejandro99]

great cover man!

[Viper124]

Nice save @ 1:12.

[Titleification]

Awesome mustache, just like hitler

[kursk39]

1:12 i was laughing my ASS off

[deadmon555]

ur a beast!

[MetallicaFan442]

1:18 adolf hitler laughs at himself lol no im just kidding your very good when i get my drumset im gonna learn from watching your videos your the only one that doesnt sound like a dying cat when their playing

[fredericpoulin]

you are very good!

[fenderstratjourney]

you are one of the only people on youtube that actually knows how to do those fills

[mejustinjohnson]

dude in the begining the bass drum is on quarter notes and tom are on beats four

[vidassoc]

@mejustinjohnson You are absolutely correct. I should have held back at the beginning and didn't.

[Drummerkid2495]

great cover dude! glad you left the mistakes in there, shows that not everyone is perfect, but you know how to recover from mistakes. i like that. check out my cover if you get a chance :) thanks

[mejustinjohnson]

@Drummerkid2495 dude is horrible dude its not good hes not playing right

[Drummerkid2495]

@mejustinjohnson man, he did good. not everyone's perfect. check out my cover of this song if you want :)

[pegwine4445]

Actually, this video was really good. Don't listen to the people that are giving you crap cause most of them can't do any better. Good Job ;)

[ocaseyiii]

I think the fact that he dropped the stick, recovered, left it in and laughed about it is pretty cool. It shows the guy has a sense of humor and is not worried about being just another YouTube ratings/views whore.

[larick65]

you took too many unnecessary freedoms with amateur licks. if you're gonna cover a master, listen more intently and do it right. your mirror is killing me and your gratuitous stick spins are like a 5th grade band student. other than that, i like your porn stache.

[r3n3gade420]

@larick65 LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[DougFnDrake]

thats cute, mommy just buy you a drum kit for christmas?

[2ndGenBuck]

Apparently no one knows that normal conventions for setting up a drum set can be changed... You people do know that some left-handed drummers play with their whole set reversed, right? Anyways, good job man. You handled that fill pretty well, I'm still workin on it

[stevefoxthebox]

nice 32nds man. thats hard shit right there.

[vidassoc]

@stevefoxthebox That lick is the highlight for the song. Even though I've taken the time to fully notate this song and practice that particular fill repeatedly, I still don't feel like it sits quite in the pocket. Steve Smith is an awesome drummer. Even back then he let you know that just because he was in a pop band, he still had way serious chops.

[gingersuck911]

HAHAHA you bloow you droped your stick haha and your toms are backwards

[vidassoc]

Clearly Darwin wasn't entirely correct.

[undahandeddrumma]

@vidassoc He wasn't right about anything, he didn't even believe in evolution when he died. Ever heard of Entropy? Educate yourself. That one word disproves everything about evolution.

[Smalo5]

@gingersuck911 some people like their toms like that dude

[2ndGenBuck]

@gingersuck911 Apparently no one knows that normal conventions for setting up a drum set can be changed... You people do know that some left-handed drummers play with their whole set reversed, right? Anyways, good job man. You handled that fill pretty well, I'm still workin on it

[LadyPohl]

haha the stick ! and magically appears other one

[RiceHarvester]

HOLY CRAP!!!! you make it look so easy! both playing the song and making a quick recovery using your cat like reflexes

[liam5332]

The stick twirl needs a bit more work!!......an your toms are arse about face

[AlexHitrick97]

GREAT job playin!

[themotocrossman83]

Dude!

 Your Toms are backwards! AAAAAAA!!!!

[88MANCHMAL]

Very nice. I like how you show that you can recover from mistakes and how you changed some things to make it your own. Great song by Journey. Keep up the good work!

[akuaku3000]

Ha ha, dropped the stick. XD But quick reflexes grabbing the second one, bro.

[iscareuiknowit]

@akuaku3000 I know, that was actually really cool!

[noyp1]

nice

[96Tearss]

hey hi ken, your video was very helpful for me, yesterday i recorded mi video of this song, so if you have time check it out and tell what do you think about it, thanks and greets from mexico

[96Tearss]

pretty nice cover, im trying to play this song to recording in these days, i love te drum fill at 2:00 minute, you played very good.

Sorry for my bad english, r

[Journeyfan241]

It's pretty good! :-)

[jaysonsalazar53]

ur good

[zchipperz]

hey, seems like your upper left tom speaks: uuummm)) buy him a ring))

and i lke it when you smile after having dropped the stick)) good job!

[Imajedimonkey]

hahahaha your bald

[Bas3ball4life26]

hahahahahaha funny 1:12

[Imajedimonkey]

you dropped the stick....

[vidassoc]

Yup. I made alot of mistakes too. I left it alone to show that I can recover from flubbed fills AND dropped sticks.

[ghelo19]

hey ken

can you teach me

[ghelo19]

hi ken,

my name is mark from the philippines, im also a drummer like you, but im not that good as you are

you amaze me of this song.. we want to play this song in our band but i dont know it.can u teach me how to play this song and the key rolls u made .

plss thank you ..

[vidassoc]

I explain the fills a couple of comments earlier. I could send you a pdf of the notation for the fills if you would like. I have not taken the time to transcribe the whole song. Sorry.

[ghelo19]

ok send me copy of your notation ..

thank you very much ken.

[gerberfletch]

Nice save on the drum sticks. That was pretty cool

[vidassoc]

My twirling/spinning/flipping skills need plenty more work. I think I'm actually better at recovering a dropped stick than I am at the actual twirl. Consequently, I will NOT play a gig if I don't have my handy stick holder attached to my tripod. Thanks for watching.

[jgfsan]

Hey Ken.

Very nice job on the song. You are the only one I have found that took the time to produce a quality video.

Could you share with me specifically what you are doing at 1:11, 1:44, 1:59, 2:14, 2:41 and 3:57. The fill you do at 2:41 I'm most interested in.

I would really appreciate your assistance with this.

Thanks.

James

[vidassoc]

Steve Smith is borrowing an old Steve Gadd lick, (which I personally think he got from John Bonham) and what you are hearing is the use of several variations of it to culminate in the signature fill at 2:41 which is a grouping of 4 of these in a row. It is played RH-LH-RH-RF (snare, tom, floor tom, bass). It looks really difficult in print, but is actually pretty easy to play and should be in every drummer's tool bag. I could send you a pdf if you'd like.

[Hayley2308]

I don't know the song very well, but I could see from your Everlong cover that you're a great drummer! Some people suffer from jealousy and are sad enough to sit there and pick faults. (It's better to find a fault in yourself rather than a million in others)

Keep up the good Work!!

Hayley

xx

[charlesneedham]

Dude, how did you get this good? What are the core things you practiced to get to this level? Anything you think of as really crucial?

[vidassoc]

Thanks for the props! I force myself into doing (20) 1 minute drills as a warm up BEFORE I start trying to learn new licks or new music. I hate doing drills, but I play SO much better after I've done them. If I were to pick out 1 drill, it would be left foot exercises. My playing is based on my feet. If my feet are doing well, my hands follow. If my left foot is strong and confident, everything else tends to fall into place. Hope this helps.

[Andee90x]

Very good sounding snare =) Like your cover =)

[NBAwannabe]

i agree great snare. i like how you dropped the stick in the spin. lol. pretty good job though

[Vikingjo5000]

dude u suck, ur not even drumming right!! Ur horrible, listen to the beat, ur way wrong

[vidassoc]

Perhaps you could be more specific/constructive. Sorry you're having a bad day.

[alakzamn]

Wth, he's like pro man!

Read the description before you comment! Even i can play better than you!

Anyway, great work there!

How long hav you playin drums? Im 1 year.

[laddieola101]

your snare sounds heavenly

[vidassoc]

Thanks! I spent alot of time tuning it for this recording. I really like the Evans reverse dot heads for rock. I keep toying with the idea of getting a deeper snare (this is a 5.5 x 14) because I'd like a little more ass out of it, but alot of deeper snares start to sound "tubby" and lose the high end crack. (ass, crack....it must be getting late...)

[laddieola101]

haha, asscrack. yea it must be late ! This whole cover is EXACTLY like the real song. Great job. Ive watched a ton of covers of this here on youtube, and the parts at 2:14 and 2:43 people never get right. not even me. great job again sir!

[kjrichy]

haha your great man

btwi liked the stick drop in the twirl lol

[comp1demon]

Great Cover - One of the best in my opinion. I hope you get more hits.