Tool - Lateralus - Drums v2.0

[simplemusician]

Fuck. Yes.

[spooge4569]

exept for the hi hat part.. it switches right to left each diddle and after a few(its a feel thng to me, not count) you skip a diddle to go to a bell which you did on the cymbol which is fine.. all in all i guess it sounds the same tho... so anyway great cover = D

[spooge4569]

heh.. yeah.. is it rly that hard too watch what hes doing?!.. besides that best covers on youtube.. and besides THAT... i think you kinda look like mark wahlberg..kinda cool actualy... anyways thx for putn this up, ive learned much. P&P

[13TeK11]

does anyone know what is the pattern at 0:47 ?_?

[wisheye1]

Absolutely incredible cover Mr! Very very very nice work! 

[spqrmikerw]

nice job

[12345smith67890]

fair dudes mate that was a fantastic cover

[drumbasher]

Nicely done

[IFASSMMLOG]

Yeah, I prefer your cover to Meytal's. Great work.

[MrPlywood09]

That was fuckin weak!!! Danny would be ashamed!! SMFH

[er1k213]

sick cover dude, this song is difficult as fuck.

[cabonamigo]

You make it look simple, awesome! lml

[123sonor]

awesome cover man! \m/

[zbamer11]

Great cover! Seemed to not have enough snare on your snare. But it sound good.

[marceleugenehunter]

Love the sound of your snare. What model of Panther it is? And what drum heads do you use? This is obviously Remo, but I can't recognise them.

[thekillingjoke]

@marceleugenehunter The label says only it's an aluminum snare, 14"x6,5" and it's apparently been manufactured in 05/1997. There's no further series name or anything and I don't have the order confirmation anymore. The head must be a Powerstroke 3. These are like clear ambassadors, with an underlay to dampen overtones. (it's probably not even meant to be a snare head, but sometimes I just put on what I've got lying around in 14", no matter what).

[ivanhhh1]

the best cover of lateralus.

very dificult song to play in drums.

you need a band urgently...

[callingvoiceproject]

Great...Tool is not so easy to reproduce.

[scrumptiouspancake99]

very nice

[scrumptiouspancake99]

lol

[getsomemates69]

great work man! I'm a huge tool fan you really did the song justice

[AfterlifeBlack]

Perfect, but your high tom is tuned really high......

[sk8poika]

nice cover dude! couldn't spot a single mistake there

[TheMattPenner]

fuck yeah man!!!!!!!!!! I have trouble with the tom parts and you got it soooooooo solid! fuck yeah!!!!!!!!

[moonpeeple]

You got it good bro. Ive seen you do some 10000 days stuff flawlessly with those mandalas! Very good. I have a mandala pad but I dont have anything to make it work yet.

[mbturner625]

How did you find a track with guitar and bass only? I'm looking for a track with drums only, incidentally

[thekillingjoke]

@mbturner625 this is just the normal album track. I don't think there are seperate tracks for single instruments anywhere to be found.

[Swupperdupper]

Perfectly played mate! Well done.

[YngwiesDaughter13]

yes.

[bankai11]

very nice man ;)



[AudioAngerCinema]

Imagine trying to play this off tab

[Tzimtzum1]

awesome

[Snizzlewiz]

Anyone who can play Tool, is a good musician, great job!

[TheMikoras]

Well done!

[SocratesWIZ]

great cover, amazin!

[iWentToNam]

@MrLolDrummer its fkin easy

[AceHigh84]

Wahsinns Performence...echt Respekt!!!

[cvj2311]

Cool man. I wish I could play with you

[Nola213]

Amazing tempo, God Damn dude!!!!

[Lvduggo69]

Kick ass ! You're hired !

[BrownBear96]

@thegermanchannel212 i didnt know, that a man can look like a german :D

[DefOs1977]

Great job! A bit too stiff on that tricky part from 4:50 onwards, if I have to name a posible are of improvement. Less fom the arm, more from the fingers!

[PottsPBtE]

Great job, dude.

[eddiegeorgie]

@ 1:20 he loosens up and bangs. THUMBS UP

[XDariXx]

klasse leistung ^^ ich bekomm das mit dem hi hat während der strophe echt NIE hin x3

[bmyers0686]

really nice job man

[thekillingjoke]

@thegermanchannel212 the hihat is 14", and the crashes 14/16/18.

[thekillingjoke]

@thegermanchannel212 yes.

[boothole312]

i'm lovin it man you killed it

[auralpeak]

very very nice....bravo.

[bradst91]

U rocked it dude

[yesternightsdecision]

I can't figure out if I'm more impressed by your ability to play that or remember what to hit when... both are special.

[theiconoclasm]

hey man i REALLY enjoy you're videos. i've always wanted to see danny carey playing all the songs he uses electric pads on upclose but there arent really any videos. thanks

[chrisadrumz]

What's the china?

[thekillingjoke]

@chrisadrumz a 18" Paiste Alpha Rock. May it rest in peace.

[BrianWilson720]

@thekillingjoke

haha what happened? did you break it/sell it/throw it away (not recommended) ?



[thekillingjoke]

@BrianWilson720 I broke them... all of my alpha cymbals except for the ride, actually. :-O

[passion4drums]

do you do drugs?

[delabrue]

good job bro

[metallicaxf]

he kinda looks like burton from fear factory

[scrummerscrummer]

beautiful additional gong!!

[bryantmcrae144]

fantastic man, how long you been playing for? did you take lessons? if you did, for how long?

[thekillingjoke]

@bryantmcrae144 I've been playing from ~1992 to 2001 and since '07, self-taught on the drums, but I've been to music school from about age 8-12, learning keyboard/organ playing and some basics like score reading/writing, etc

[bryantmcrae144]

fantastic man, how long you been playing for? did you take lessons? if you did, for how long?

[Bangheadda]

Damn respect Man! You´ve learned how to play Danny Carey´s fabolous Drum Set! Much Respect from Germany! It´s one of my Tool´s fave Tracks. I tried to play it on Drums too but i have to learn it better and repeat the crap dammit :).

[thekillingjoke]

@Bangheadda ist alles machbar, musst es nur ruhig angehen und Geduld haben.

[Bangheadda]

@thekillingjoke Du spielst wie ein Gott! Du hast Recht mit Geduld und Disziplin gehts schon. Was ich an dem Song besonders fies finde ist die Bass Drum. Vom Rhythmus sehr ungleich abwechselnd zum eigentlichen Beat. Ich glaub die macht mich am meisten fertig :) Was hast Du eigentlich für ein Drum Set? Ich hab mir erst von knapp einem Jahr ein Gretsch Catalina Ash gekauft. Ist ganz gut aber die Felle nutzen sich schnell ab. Chinaklump halt. Die müssen nach und nach ausgetauscht werden.

[thekillingjoke]

@Bangheadda habe (noch) ein Sammelsurium aus den Mapex Mars Pro / Meridian Serien; Details stehen auf meiner Profilseite. Diesen Monat müsste aber mein neues Sonor-Kit fertig werden, dann wird das hier zum Zweitset.

[azombiestool]

Not critique your drums what so ever, (cause I think they sounds great!), but does danny carry tune his toms that high? I think he does, but his first two toms are alot smaller, correct? just curious.

[thekillingjoke]

@azombiestool good observation; originally the toms are much smaller. the tuning here's just an experiment... didn't work out very well. 

[azombiestool]

@thekillingjoke Indeed, I suppose good observation :) haha. Yeah, his toms really are so small. But This is an older video of course. I watched your new right in two video. Its quite nice. Your snare doesnt seem to sound nearly as high tuned as Danny's of course, but I still LOVED the video. I love all of your videos to be honest.! Keep em coming.

[MsLink2]

man! that beat at 4:46 it's so fucking hard!! great job!!!

[jiltednut]

I'm trying to learn this song. If i can nail it like that....happiness. Great job.

[Deathstudy]

are you danny's brother ?

[lukaszkulwicki]

man youre awsome

[javzero]

Nice tempo man !! That´s very clean. Congrats !

[javzero]

Nice tempo man !! That´s very clean. I LIKE IT

[nzxsin]

Eres el mejor que he visto hasta ahora tocar ese ritmo. Me parece muy limpia y exacta la forma en que tocas... Eres como Danny que realmente no necesita de tantos adornos en la batería para tocar con armonía y calidad. Muy buena tu ejecución!

[LTLfilms]

what hats are you playing?

[thekillingjoke]

@LTLfilms 14" paiste alpha rock

[LTLfilms]

@thekillingjoke thanks :)

[KillerDrummer88]

just a couple of advices,seen that your work is REALLY REALLY good, I try to share the things you did differently: the part at 7:40 the strokes between the crashes are the first at high tom and the other 2 at snare drum,not all 3 snare drum;) and anyway I really suggest you to work on double strokes to do the rolls snare-crashes that he does in the 2"soloish" parts (3:17-3:58 and 5:50-6:30),and actually Danny (and me :)) does the part at 4:10 with doubles too (you know,the 5/8 thing) AWESOME btw

[thekillingjoke]

@KillerDrummer88 yeah, I've got some weaknesses with certain rudiments, because I've never had any drum education and am completely self-taught. A teacher might have locked me in just with a snare and two sticks early on. ;-) Thanks, though, much appreciated.

[KillerDrummer88]

@thekillingjoke ;) I can see it, but you really found your way into the drumming, and it's a pleasure to see!! Keep it up, man! good luck

[KillerDrummer88]

your knolwledge of the song is amazing! ;) great work!

[titaniumfish]

Dude that's was frickin awesome!

[lambda99]

Nice job man! Enjoyed that!

[Jaymegomes00]

awesome!

[Emericanskater4life]

I LOVE how he actually tunes this drums for this exact song, unlike any other covers.

[blackfeiticeira]

Nice tribute my friend :)

[Naabenstadt]

I play the tomtom beat in the verse exactly like you. It's not actually correct, but it feels good, and sounds cool.

[thekillingjoke]

@Naabenstadt Really? If there's one part I'm 99,99% certain about, it's this one. What do you think is correct?

[Thenerdydrummerguy]

@thekillingjoke

With the toms I've seen many people go slightly more linear, so I think it's something like this on a standard 3 tom setup:

K K HT HT FT MT FT FT FT FT

K HT FT K MT FT K FT FT K

K is kickdrum, Ht is high tom, Mt is mid tom and Ft is floor tom.

[ioctoberdrums]

@thekillingjoke yeah, thats exactly how i have played it for years, and im pretty sure its verbatim from the album.

[blackfeiticeira]

@Naabenstadt Show your video!!!

[tatour1]

Love this song,

And you did it awsome!!!!

[Fastweb]

I think you, tbartels007 and MachineGunSmith should get together and have a massive drum duel. And then post it on YouTube. The only problem with that is that the three of you would be committing mass murder since anyone that watched would die due to having their head explode from the epic awesomeness of it. Btw, that is one helluva nice sounding snare.

[bumcookie1]

it's funny how u see drum,bass and guitar covers of tool but u never see a vocal cover. i guess it would be difficult to master the mjk creepy singing stance and voice. great cover by the way!

[bateriasautosil]

Great job man... rock on.

[khalq8]

good sense of music! i enjoy watchn you play. iam a tool fan myself. basiclly all of maynards work even his wine lol post more buddy

[carpazzz]

the pattern at 4:48 is quite difficult, isn't it? it's easy to figure out but difficult to let it flow like danny.

[JuditasDude]

Awesome cover man! I actually like the how the toms sound!

[beastrevor]

you were right about the toms sounding bad in this song.. no offense though haha

[rarivera23]

Great job overall and on the 5 section in the middle. Seems like you've got some good technique. Keep up the good work.

[7OnTheRun7]

nice work bro

[Trav4011]

Damn... I have the utmost respect for anyone who can pull off this piece of art, with it's complex polyrythms and it's demands for endurance. With just a few minor snafu's (and I mean very minor), you did a badass job with it! I know that I can't play it! ;)

[jquinn57]

- Finally someone who can actually play the verse. Great work on the song, but a couple things I'm gonna point out.

First, you need to tighten the resonator on your snare, because at 3:48, it sounded like a highly tuned tom.

Second, you gotta start using rim shots on your snare, it's the loudest part of your kit, but not if your only hitting the head.

And last, heel toe. During the verse you were using your double pedal alot. So I say take the left pedal off and work with a single pedal.

[Katasdfff]

Wow, that was an impressive cover, great job!

[swakzie]

yoh! you rock men!

[GAMINGGURU101]

Looks like too much concentration on 4:48 to 5:28 lol dont use too much wrist movements, gotta learn those good techniques with grips using your fingers aswell

[macthecomedian]

dude, that "gong" hit was perfection haha

[plolipop]

the only thing that misses on this is the tabla drum in the beginning. not a rhythm problem, but rather a sound issue. otherwise really nice!

[23DNicholas]

Hey man, great job. This is definitely D. Carey approved, that's for sure. 

[LordxOfxThexDrums]

how do you get good at the polyrythms in the beginning? im trying to learn the song and i cant get my pedal technique right

[thekillingjoke]

@LordxOfxThexDrums try to slowly practice each hand/foot seperately, then both hands only, both feet only, both hands and one foot, both feet and one hand... and at some point it hopefully will miraculously "click" in your head and you'll be able to play the full thing. That's how I practice those polyrhythm parts. But you have to make sure you can conveniently reach all toms and don't have to strech or turn your back too much.

[AllYourFriendz]

Love how you added a pan from right to left on the mandala, everything is panned so nicely. Recommend listening with headphones!

[albundie3]

Your toms sound just fine

[musomuzo]

Good man! You nailed the mini drum solo thingy right before the breakdown at the end. I love that bit. Used to play this song back in the day and know that that part is uber satisfying. Also good job on the 5 over 4 part part. Such a bitch of a groove but you dominated. Great job :)

[FoxRaysing]

very well done :)

[shanecombs1993]

You fuckin nailed it! Nice work

[moejo]

respect.. must have been very hard to accomplish. if i try to play tool songs iam only able to follow the basics..

but i guess ur effort will be rewarded in the future because playing the songs of the masters makes u a better artist.

hope u find a nice guitarist and base player to form a group XD

[WhimsicalMayhem]

Thumbs up. You are a fantastic drummer, my friend. Really excellent job. Thanx.

[scarsontable]

AWESOME!

You play like Danny himself!

[lankymanback]

Hey man nice work!! especially with managing the 4 16th kicks in the 5/8 section with a single pedal!! I'm currently working on mastering this (In the past I have cheated using a heel/toe action between my double kick and hi-hat trigger). I see (In your other videos) you have the Carey signature sonor snare now....sounds nice, maybe I will have to invest soon....

[WXXDZY]

sweet pedal!!!!! how do u rank it? im looking at upgrading.... i just got an old school chain driven Gibraltar dbb kick from 1998..... still goes alright for its age

[thekillingjoke]

@WXXDZY it's a fine pedal, i've got no complaints. it has those thick iron letters printed on the pedal surface, though - and i always play bare-footed, so the first few days have been quite painful. without shoes it can be a little uncomfortable, but i'm used to it now.

[ricardoieci]

do u guys play in any band?, and could u please explain me how u tune your drums, u follow any system, u tight more the resonant than the batters, and how do u tune your snare to sound exactly like dannys , u have your resonant strainer loose or tight, sorry for the tons of questions and thanks.

[thekillingjoke]

@ricardoieci no band, but i'm in the songwriting phase for a little recording projct, will yet take a while though. i'm really no drum tuning expert and don't have a system. but i try to tune the batters and resonants so that there's an even tom pitch that doesn't go up or down. the strainer tension is somwhere "in between", not very loose or tight. in the old vids the snare doen't sound very carey-ish, and in the new ones it does just because it's the same brand/type of snare now.

[WXXDZY]

cant say much more than that is a killer effort!!!!! quick quiz? what double kick are u running with????

[thekillingjoke]

@WXXDZY Thanks! The pedal's a dw 8002.

[ricardoieci]

never get tired of watching you vids man, your drums sound great, have u any mufflin in you bass drun?, and when u say u use automation for the toms, what u mean?

[thekillingjoke]

@ricardoieci Now I've got a thick rubber mat in the bass drum, like the ones to put under washing machines for noise reduction; and a small woolen blanket.

Samplitude has an "automation" feature, you can draw effect curves for volume, panning, etc. into the recorded tracks with it. I draw volume curves for each tom and set the curve to zero volume when the tom's not being played, and pull up the volume for each tom hit.

[ricardoieci]

I,ve tried those eqs , but the sound is still pretty crappy, please i need some help,

[thekillingjoke]

@ricardoieci that's hard to say without hearing anything. there might be a hundred reasons, and EQing is just one. Can you upload something? Just the audio would be enough, if you don't have a cam.

[mantra101]

awesome video, what kind and what sizes are your cymbals?

[thekillingjoke]

@mantra101 Thanks!

The crashes are 14", 16", 18", the china 16" and the ride 20"

[ricardoieci]

Do u use any plugins for recording?, any advice about drum eq, thanks. And great drumming.

[thekillingjoke]

@ricardoieci I don't use plugins except Battery for the mandalas. I like to put a little compression to most mics, not too much though. I also use a lot of volume automation for all toms - the tom tracks are muted unless I play the toms, to keep unnecessary track bleedthrough out of the mix. EQ: high- and lowend boost for the bassdrum, lowcut on the overheads and a little EQ to support the natural tom/snare tones. This vid hasn't the best sound, though, I like the new one of vicarious better.

[ricardoieci]

how do you record your drums ?, it sounds sick.

[thekillingjoke]

@ricardoieci with an audio interface (RME Fireface 800) into a notebook running Samplitude.

[Bangheadda]

Much Respect for your Patience to learn this complex Track! Nice Greets from a European Drummer Colleague!

[namlits]

dude, very very nice. the one and only thing i would say is that in the break down, your kicks (the four of them) are just barely fast. other than that, fantastic performance

[declan1212]

This guy is nowhere near the best on youtube, at least 3-4 times he fucked up and either stopped or did that poor roll/snare thing. Sorry man but this isnt THAt good

[RodAAG]

APRETA EL CLUTCH !!!

[rideride02]

nice palying man!! u got skill..im diggin the sound or ur set, wut do you have?

[thekillingjoke]

@rideride02 thanks! the set is an old mapex mars pro set... i've got an equipment list on my profile for details.

[partyboyrocks69]

@thekillingjoke THIS DESERVES ANYWHERE FROM A MILLION TO 6 BILLION VIEWS MAN, BEST COVER I'VE SEEN OF THIS SONG :) AWESOME JOB! AND YOUR TOMS SOUND AMAZING!

[MrEngine51]

verey good man that was an amazing cover....but can i give u a little tip try tuning the snare just a little higher it sounds a little too garagey no offense

[SavaiOrDie]

Super sick bro!

[bakedbean12345678]

great cover, cant fault it from where im sitting.

you can see you were really concentrating during that 5/8 bit though. tricky stuff.

[luisete993]

just perfect; its better than everything i saw before

[elsimpo]

awsome dude now all you gotta do is figure out a way of making danny carrey disapear with out being directly connected and manipulate your way into being his replacement... i also had a plan about you sewing his face on yours.. but.. well the point is good job :)

[JimmersThomas]

Wicked, man. Not a massive fan of the Pinstripe on the snare, but can't argue with the drumming. Top marks from me

[arronmetallica]

That was excellent, really enjoyed it.

You play great!

[jesusfernandez]

buenisima, con el 99% de los detalles del tema felicitaciones, aunque en la parte 4.47m te sale un poco trabado el golpe de la caja, es por que es bien cabron el ritmo pero super bien

[lilzarbos]

fucking awesome from 6:30 on man

[65VC10]

4:45... This time signature separates the boys from the men...

You pretty much nailed it. I thoroughly enjoy watching your drumming vids. Thanks for sharing. It's amazing how technical TOOL's music really is.

[keenafarrar23]

another fucking awesome video

[DRUMedina]

nice work dude, i have a question, did you use tabs to learn this song or just hearing??...PD: sorry for my english

[thekillingjoke]

It's mostly listening to the song, and if i'm not sure about how a certain part is played I look for live videos on youtube and any bits and pieces I can find. I use tabs only as a second (or third, fourth...) opinion if I still have doubts.

[batallin]

GROOVEE!! xD

[Ilsdrak]

wow....incredible stuff.

Just out of interest, is 4:47 the hardest rhythm in the song?

Great work btw

[thekillingjoke]

Thanks!

I think 5:30 to 6:30 is the most difficult part to memorize, just because it's so much stuff going on and no two bars are the same. 4:47 as a concept is a little easier to get a grip on, but it may be hardest one to really master, yes. I still tend to get a little stiff on that part.

[BloodWolfspawn]

You did an amazing job nontheless keep up the good work. Also were do you get your tabs?

[Schivi086]

that was very great, fuckin awesome!!!

[xxjedixknightxx]

dude that was fukkin .........SICK u get mad props

i wanna hear u play 3rd eye

[duddy74]

this goes to show that you don't need to have a massive kit to kick ass on drums. props to you man. flawless cover.

[jesusfernandez]

bueeena weon la tocaste un 99.8% igual

[SoulKorn662]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck you play amazing

play tool is not easy :B

[HoboCabbage]

AWESOME JOB MAN!! good shit, my one tip (not like i feel all mighty enough to tip someone who is doing a fine job on their own) but that middle section with the open hats. try doing the beat without the open hits. then try doing it with eliminating or simplifying the kick part. or work on simplifying it anyway that makes it easier for yourself to phrase and piece together in your head. That worked for me anyway.

[MercOhra]

DUDE !!!! That is fucking amazing !!! Ahh I wish I could find a drummer with talent like this. 5 star's brother !! Keep it up

[SAXZIOUS]

@jamiesonesp what did that mean ?? lol

do u think that because his from US, he's talented? with american powers?? hahaha wtf. the only americans are native.