the mars volta - take the veil cerpin taxt

[JBOsurf]

Great effort man. If you're not playing in a band you really should be.

[thomasryanbest]

I thought Pridgen was the best, but keep it up man.  You're sick.

[Turbovolver]

Theodore was the best Mars Volta drummer and you've got the best version of this song on youtube :)

[michaelmcmichaelson]

meh average

[wusinracun]

respect!!you the man..

[fernygii]

bad ass yo



[carpetmonk]

awesome.. id like to hear some of your drums mic'd

[AlanColeslaw]

BEASTMODE

[fandomewhisper]

"A MASS OF GALLON SLOTH!"----- i love the Volta's cryptic lyrics

[davidbaylorcarter]

hell yeah! let's be you tube friends! what a great album. only record i never get sick of..

[phoenixeye88]

Can you explain the time signatures beginning at 4:23 for the robot part? I have yet to find anyone tell me but you seem to be playing it spot on.

[keithmoonisalive]

this is brilliant! well done.

worst part - camera is too far away

best part - digging the bass pedal so hard you lift off the stool

[archergrev]

wow!!



[DeLL116]

yeah man....nice work.

[ImaFez]

i hate it when people play when theyre not suppose to play and they do at this shit like what he did on that wierd sound affects part.

[FruitLeatherYT]

where are you from?

[malice1337]

jon theodore is basically a modern age bonham i love playing this song as a drummer for 11 years this song was fun and challenging at one point and still fun i love the cover btw and this is coming from another experienced drummer

[sandman12]

clean

[ajaysie]

..... uh thats a solid cover...........nice!

[roflcoptercheckonet2]

solid. absolutely solid.

[samurai641]

I love your improv at the bass/guitar solo part. Wonderful cover.

[1000445555555]

best fucking cover on youtube!!

[AirHendrix91]

Best drummer on YouTube. Period.

[littlebilly666]

my all time favorite mars volta song, it is one of the most instrumentally challenging and in my opinion by far the most epic.

[lettrism]

@littlebilly666 yeah you are right man, i listen to this album & this song in particular pretty much everyday. this truly is a masterpiece. people will be talking about this music for decades to come.

[idiotsrus92]

that was a great vid! i just wish you would've turned the actual track down so we could hear more of what you played...

[691xaday]

Almost...and if I knew why my camera wont upload I'd show you

[dullowfish]

omg the song has the best ending

[thenuhn]

I'm not even a drummer, but majority of the reason I love this song is because of the drumming, and you did it justice. Great Job.

[Vvolta]

increible viejo, muy buen cover de esta cancion, muy buena guia para los q quieren sacar este cover jejejej yeah¡¡¡¡¡ TMV RULES¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[plakelakeutube]

awesome

[nordbergsongs]

That weird part is in 029384754

[RichRobinson]

That was epic dude. To learn bits and pieces is one thing but to play the whole thing like that must have taken some work!

[pbrbdem]

kudos

[TMVowns]

dude this was fucking amazing man do you have a band or anything? put more mars volta covers up man.

[dividad1]

music too loud bro we want to hear you not the track

[chud89]

you got those ghost notes right good cover was waiting all video for them lol kkep it up man theodore was awesome drummer sucks hes gone im now listening to pridgen very hard to change but had to i love TMV to much

[stevestjamesprogram]

welp you're going to have to change again because Pridgen left TMV a couple months back. sucks.

[chud89]

yeah i heard horrible just horrible i dotn think anybody will take tmv higher than pridgen did.

[691xaday]

@chud89 give me a break

[McGriff101]

very nice

[utilizador11111]

great cover... ;)

[zacfraser]

Your mean bro keep it up

[djkozmik]

The music is over-powering your drums, at 5:06 you can clearly hear Jons snare over your kit you can even hear the congas during the jam section. I can see you playing but cant really hear much of your kit..

[daviddmo]

what are you doing at the chorus??? mannn :(

[AlexFLooD]

You are very good.

[AirHendrix91]

You kick so much ass.

[ItsSamTime]

love your taste in music.

[cfountain77]

this is probably my favorite song of all time and i must say you did an absolutely fantastic job with it. thumbs up.

[tylertutu]

How the fuck do you count the middle section around 4:42?

It's truly amazing-I've spent months trying to figure out the counting for that and I'm still unable to.

[Theseventhknight]

@tylertutu i have HEARD that it's 6/8 with a 16th note triplet at the end and then 9/8 with a 16th note triplet at the end.

then again, i've also heard it's 19/8, so I don't know.

[redbullet3]

hahaha yea i dont even know anymore ive heard so many different time signatures for that part, all in all its fucking amazing that they all play in such a weird time!

[Theseventhknight]

@redbullet3 y'know, you play it well. What time is running through your head during the part? did you learn it by ear? cause ultimate guitar has a guitarpro file on that song with the part and it is in 9+4/8 and then later in 19/8..

[redbullet3]

i eventually just learned it by the feel. i just listened to this song nonstop since it came out, then i started playing drums and like my huge goal when i first started was to play this song so this was one of my very first times playing it.

[AirHendrix91]

@redbullet3 So wait you learned this by ear?

[RizzoSaurusRex]

@AirHendrix91 how else would he? lol I think something like this would be to annoying to figure out reading wise. I mean you could, but IMO it'd be annoying

[oldfashionguy9]

ohhh, i know you get high

[ThaDeeStylee]

very very tight. awesome job.

I love how you have the quarter accent on the 8ths like jon... its perfect. i dont do those and usually only play the first part, even though the last is my favorite part the song. i just have a solid 8th, so it sounds faster... and instead of hitting one floortom i hit two together in unison with one bassdrum on both beats so its louder. i dont usually play to the song, its just a fun ass beat.

[AussieYobbo]

awesome drum cover

[BigACOC]

nice work, but where the fuck is the energy like i get your trying to play the best you can but your also ment to get it to it a bit more dude, nice work on the song tho, i cant fucking play it haha

[barrybuttery]

oh but you played it completely wrong from 5.20 to around 7.23

[redbullet3]

yea well for the most part, i usually do my own thing there

[barrybuttery]

Yeah man thats cool. i generally mix it up during that bit. good work on the middle section tho, i can't even play that yet. fucking so hard.

[succiman]

i enjoy messing around with that part too cause theres just so much you can do with that part and it still sounds cool

[nothinghunt]

improvisation

[Eriksmolis]

@redbullet3 you nailed the polyrythm beat dude! FUN!! :D

[ifliXmahbiC]

and im pretty sure jon's got an aux. percussionist playing the congos with him, so im gonna go with he DIDNT play it completely wrong

the fuhnk-e part was badass. i want to just sit down and take an hour to perfect it but i never get to it. maybe now ill have to

[keithmoonisalive]

@barrybuttery lets see your version then

[keithmoonisalive]

@barrybuttery lets see your version then

[barrybuttery]

hey this is pretty good. You got the chorus spot on

[GoConnecticut]

PIMP shells, what brand is your set?

[redbullet3]

sonor, but i took the wraps off, restained the shells, and let my friends draw on them

[enginedown88]

solid.

[marioramones]

great job

[disgustopated]

You covered your playing up with the track being louder than you, but you actually played it pretty close. Definitely compared to all these other terrible drummers on youtube.

Work on all your rudiments for long periods of time on your bed, and everything will be smooth sailing.

[realrob4th]

i <3 u billy

[stillsearchingSF]

gg billay

[cohenmkarnell]

ice bell is evolving into wood block!

epic cover.