Silas drumming Mew..The Making of Documentary

[missburn]

Silas is amazing!

[Schlitzcat]

Silas is an underrated drummer. I think he's quite amazing and inventive.

[audarocka]

Beautiful how Silas says beautiful.

[foosgirl08]

Great One, I like it. Keep rocking Silas. : )

[MereyToy]

me too. maybe they record them separately because the snare drum needs special sound effects....

[neelshiv]

Can anybody ID the snares? The big boy up top is a Sonor snare, perhaps a Horst Link Ferromanganese (hilarious name, I know). The one on the left looks almost like it has ludwig lugs, but most of their snare shells are beaded, so I'm not sure what it is. I'm not sure what else he has. The resolution is pretty poor.

[aTriumph4music1]

I want to make love to Silas' drumming.

would someone be so kind as to make that possible please?

[Aljeos]

He's amazing!!! It's like a game for him... I like his style

[neelshiv]

Louise Louisa, Apocalypso, Saviours of Jazz Ballet, Circuitry of the Wolf, Why Are You Looking Grave, Small Ambulence

[lovo356]

what is he doing with recording partially only the cymbals?

[playswithpassion]

@lovo356 I believe it was done that way to really capture the cymbals and the drums serperately so that everything together would blend nicely. I've never recorded like this personally but it seems like an interesting idea and from how Mew's ATGHK's sounds, one that works well in their case!

[ThePinkofCondition]

1:12-1:45 Apocalypso

2:55- 3:21 Why Are You Looking Grave

Two of their best songs! I had no clue he records drums and cymbals separately.

[Frengerita]

Hihi! I love "small ambulance" (3:25) One of their best..

[denkel86]

i just love this video. silas is awesome!!

[retroremo]

2:15 - 2:47 circuitry of the wolf drumming straight up

[ArchangelMaria]

Could you post every part where he actually talks? I know its too much to ask, but please?? lol

:D

[cvalda8]

Silas is great. I wanna have my hair like his.

[rasmusholberg]

Where can you find the full documentary?

[Maecenas22]

His style is somewhat reminiscent of John Bonham, which can only ever be a good thing. That beat from 3:30 - 3:55 is awesomely fat. Great stuff from Silas.

[retroremo]

whats the song at the end, thanks :)

[juve333333]

It is small ambulance

[neelshiv]

I wish that song was longer.

[andsometimesi]

how rare, he's recording drums and cymbals separately.

[smallambulance]

I really don't know much of anything about drumming, so it's an instrument I frequently take for granted when I listen to music...except with Mew. Silas' rhythms are so unusual and infectious all at once.

I wonder what songs Michael's referring to when he mentions "Dino(??)" and "the hit song". And I like Bo's "bee-yootiful" at the beginning. Haha...

[SteelBiscuits]

There's a CD for sale on Ebay- that's some sort of early Kites Demo. A nasty money-grabber has put it up for £200, and it's been up again and again for ages, apparently, but on that CD the tracks include some familiar Kites tracks, but also, "Dino," and, "Lost a friend." It's said that Mew warned fans not to waste money on it. Fascinating.

[smallambulance]

Yeah, I was actually one of the forumers who chipped into the pool to buy it and inadvertently caused the seller to jack up the price. I really hope some poor sucker doesn't bid on it for that ridiculous price.

Oh, I think "Dino" = WAYLG, and "Lost a friend" = Seething Rain.

[SteelBiscuits]

Ah... Dino, as the guest singer was from Dinosaur Jr! That makes so much sense now.

[aline411989]

OMG I CAN'T STOP WATCHING THIS

[aline411989]

I LOVE SILAS <3

[sweetgeri3]

I LOVE SILAS

He's awesome <3

[octoberdays]

My gosh. I love this man. Such subtle genius. And the one time I saw them live, he was so spot on, I never would have known it wasn't the album!

[smallambulance]

Wow. I just realized you can actually hear the faint jangling of the bells Bo is holding on the studio version. Awesome.

[smallambulance]

And I'm talking about Small Ambulance, of course...haha.

[dbj156]

woa... silas the magic drummer! love it