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  • so nice i had to watch it twice!! im gonna watch your parabola next!! :D good job man!

  • Its so awesome how he switches to the bell set from time to time xD

  • hey!..you use a paiste 2002 sound edge??

  • This sounds great. You should do a cover of Jambi.

  • Having listened Vicarious a 1,000 times and watched this video with more of a technical eye my conclusion is.....stunned.....blown away....simply jaw dropping. As you pointed out Danny's mastery is art. I would add to that by saying, replicating that mastery, in the way you did, is also art.

  • @Escher461 Thanks man, I really appreciate you taking the time to leave such great feedback. 

  • Good job man! I'm learning this now. The part at 3:19 is giving me trouble is it just a straight roll of 5 hits between the crash hits? or are there buzzes in there? Thanks!

  • @bobbyddrums Thanks man, and you got it - it's two sets of 6 beats with the crash on one and five snare hits between.

  • 2:41 yeah that just happened

  • @mikemichalkowdrums Thanks Mike, your feedback is much appreciated!

  • Nice Job John!

  • @tarheelfaniam Thanks so much man, that makes me feel great! If you haven't seen it yet I just posted a cover of 46&2.

  • hey man, just wanted to let you know how awesome of a cover you did of this song. This is my favorite tool song and the drums blow my mind. I seriously watch this video almost every day, its that awesome. If you lived in PA i'd definitely would want to jam out. Keep making videos man

  • whos the jealous ass hole with the dislike?

  • man awesome, you have inspired me now i cant stop learning/playing this song and i got a badass blister on my finger from this past week of drumming. All your covers are spot on and deserve alot more views Ive been doing my part showing anyone I know who is even vaguely into drums this great job anymore in the pipeline?

  • Somewhere at his home here in America, Danny Carey is watching this with a tear in his eye. Big ups to you! That's what makes Tool stand out from the rest of the other bands: their complex, multi-layered, riff-heavy arrangements. This is one my favorites and you did it justice! On a Guitar Hero scale: 100% Of The Notes Hit!!!

  • amazing......all you need now is a huge gong behind your kit.

  • It's nice to see the bloopers at the end. So many "YouTube drummers" edit their videos (some more successfully than others) to make it appear they did it in one take.

    Excellent job on the cover!!!!!!!!!

  • Sir, I'm impressed by your skills. Logically, not exactly as Carey plays, but somewhat closer. Great job!

  • Well done, probably one of if not the hardest drummers to cover. Impressed man, keep up the killer work..

  • fucking sweet. you deserve way more views than you get man

  • \m/ AWESOME JOB ur kit sounds good too \m/

    ur in my fav's...

  • Danny Carey smiles upon this video.

  • THANKS I REALLY I REALLY DIG IT DANNY CAREY IS TO ME THE GOD OF DRUMS, SO NICE JOB MAN KEEP DOING IT

  • MAN AMAZING GREAT JOB !!!

  • I wish I had your dedication. I'll hopefully one day... in the not so near future be somewhat be close to your level of play... -_-.. freaking amazing.

  • You look like a skinny version of Woody Harrelson haha. Great playing by the way, cheers!

  • GREAT job man from a fellow drummer/guitarist/bass player.  There is something about this song that just makes you want to learn it and be a part of it. I learned the intro on guitar and like you I am now obsessed with it. The 5/4 time is just amazing to play in and it's super fun.

  • @TenchiMozart Thanks so much for your encouragement, and I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who became obsessed with this song :) Actually, Jim, the guitarist who recorded with me on this track, wasn't even a big Tool fan, and once he tried out the intro also got hooked until he learned it. Let me know if you post a Vicarious video!

  • and i fucking love your china symbol in the mid right

  • @Metal6Sex6Pot6 Thanks man, it's a 19 inch Sabian Paragon China.

  • nothing is better than getting a song by tool down and being able to play it over and over

  • To play this you must be:

    1. Badass

    2. Legendary

    3. Inhuman

  • great job and by the way great cymbals

  • @Amylineee Thank you! I do love these paragons.

  • God dammit i keep having to go back to this video due to all the awesome.

  • @noxel99 Haha, thanks man!

  • [i just had to make another comment] ya know this is very inspirering it makes want to but drums and learn how to play and if i tryed to learn how to play this song and did i could never play it as good as you can because i mean the timing that you have is amazing i dont see how its posible and you just blew my mind and how much those drums cost i mean you are the only person i know who has that many drums and can play this good!

  • @TheKIRKisKING I'm glad you're excited about the drums, and I highly recommend them to anyone who is interested. I tend to have a serious look on my face when I'm playing, but I'm having the time of my life. As far as learning Vicarious, I'm not sure how long it would take a beginning player. But it's a great goal, and sometimes the journey is just as sweet as the goal.

  • @johnkew i can play uprising by muse and i love playing that it is a blast to play that song,,,,,,,,,,,,,do you have any recommandation for me,,and also i cant play song because i only have i cymbal and its the crash cymbal so that closes a gap in the songs i can pkay i only have1)snare 2)hi-hat 3) high tom 4) mid tom 5) low tom) 6)crash cymbal 7) and bass so ya dont have much

  • opps i meant i cant play many song at the beginging opps

  • @TheKIRKisKING Not one period was used.

  • i have never been so amazed by a drum cover, EVER!

  • GREAT work

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  • dude,i love this video...i mean do you know how hard it is to play this,,,,man you are one of the best drummers ive ever seen,and i am love watching people play any type of instruments. im a guitarist and i love to play this song and as ive read so do you so if i could i would thumbs your video 1000's and 1000's of times so keep up the good(great)work and hope you stay on the drums beacause your really,really,good!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!

  • @TheKIRKisKING Thanks so much, you really made my day with your excellent feedback!

  • @johnkew thanks

  • one word to describe this EPIC

  • just unbelievable, my hats off to you. very well done, holy shit! need i say more.........

  • Wow, one of my favorite Tool songs. An absolutely beautiful, beautiful cover man. Have watched/listed to this about 4 times now. Amazing! Look forward to more. Cheers!

  • Yet again, great job!!!!

  • dude well done my friend you are indeed a very good drummer.

  • at the end he shows you how many times he stuffed up. It just shows you how complex this song and danny carey's drumming is! love you!

  • i must say, you've mastered danny carey's drumming, amazing cover!

  • Hero.

  • this is by far the best cover of this song,seriously do you give lessons in awesomeness because you are for certai a beast

  • ya i got a request. jambi by tool or animate by rush. thanks bro

  • that is a nice set up....

  • Something is happening in my pants...

  • Can you do Lateralus?

  • This is AWESOME. And your set is beautiful too.

  • I clapped when I saw this vid dude.

    Great style ya got going on there.

  • Insane! Feel free to be my neighbor anytime!

  • Nevermind my previous comment, I suppose all this comes from having the drum and guitar track on top of the actual song. I guess thats why it sounds like that!

  • I think u play very nice and did acomplish the song at all, but without wanting to sound trollish, i think you should mic your drums more carefully. The snare sounds way to high, not letting the plates ressonate, and the quality of the sound is very fragmented, so i would consider covering the mics with sponge or putting them further away from the actual point where they are. Other than that, ROCK ON! TOOL OR DIE XD

  • cant stop watching this video, simply amazing man keep it up and dont stop posting videos!

  • I believe the person who disliked this was severely off his/her own mind, props to you, Sir. This has been one of the BEST covers i've seen of the whole list of Tool covers here in YouTube, i'm not even a Drummer, i'm a Bassist and i was completely blown away by your performance, keep it up, man!

    Cheers from South America (Venezuela)

  • @SadisticB1tch Wow, that's great feedback! It's much appreciated, and I will definitely be posting more drum covers. Any requests?

  • @johnkew I'd definitely like to see you play "Right in Two" which i believe is one of their masterpieces! If you play that the same way that you played this one, you must be Carey's brother! haha.. take care, mate. Looking forward to see Right in Two someday :)

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    Eulogy by Tool ;-)

  • @johnkew you should cover the grudge and the patient by Tool. Oh and you should do some perfect circle covers

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  • Amazing my friend!!!!!!! one of the best played!

  • holly fuck guy! i just watch that clip 3 times in a row. that song is so hard to do and you just fucking nailed it to a tee. best drum cover i've seen on youtube. thanks

  • @rogie2011 Thanks dude - that really makes my day to read your feedback. I still love playing along with this song!

  • Favorite Tool song! Awesome cover! Nailed it!

  • Wow thats totally amazing... Cant wait to c future posts...

  • @Lotavo73 Thanks man!

  • Bad ass, dude. If only you looked like Meytal Cohen, this would be the perfect video. :-)

  • @MayorODoyle lol, I'm definitely not as easy on the eyes as Meytal :D

  • so whats your day job? curing cancer?

  • @rizzbizzwizzfizz Haha! Not quite - I'm an archaeologist.

  • @johnkew are you hitting the snare with both sticks ? or just moving your right hand with your left?

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  • I find this easy to masturbate to.

  • Hot damn man! this is quality work.

  • Man you love the spotlight, i only saw the guitarist once in the beginning i swear.

    :P

  • @Jamsessionroom1337 Ha, we were planning on doing a full collaboration but never found a bass player. I asked Jim to do a recording video just so there would be something to put on the drum cover so people know he's playing.

  • damm!!! awesome dude!! this is the cover i've been looking for nice job!

  • @bassluc Thanks man, much appreciated.

  • Wow man amazing job, you put a lot of effort into as i can see at the end and what i read in the description. Loved that cover and just that song! Just wonder, did you want your snare to sounds like that (when it was on action)? I don't know just wondering, cuz I usually hear them more muffled but that might be the way the song is, haha, i'm a guitarist so i don't wanna tell you like "oo that's wrong"

    But great job and a definite like from me (:

  • @BangLikeABassist Thanks for your feedback! I did want my snare to ring/sing on this one. It's my personal taste, and Carey has a bit of a ringy snare too, so I asked ScalerWave (who mixed this) to bring up the mids in the snare. My snare is tuned and mixed more traditionally on other covers, like "No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age.

  • @johnkew Oo cool, thanks for the reply man (Y)

  • GREAT COVER! sounds fantastic. You definitely got good taste in music hahaha

  • @DrSterlingSimmons Thank you sir!

  • One person must meant dis-i-like

  • nice work man, it seems that your girlfriend does'nt like the video, maybe she wants you to stay with her instead of practicing, well that's my case XD

  • @MalcolmDrummer I was wondering who voted it down, haha.

  • Hi m8! Kickass playing ;) Since you write in youre descrition that you play both catalina's AND Renown maple drums, can you please tell me which drums that is renown's on your kit? You see that im looking for a Kit and atm leaning towards the Gretsch's :) Sounds like sick drums :)

    Cya!

  • @MrTbek88 The 10 inch tom is Renown, and the other toms and kick are cats. I think Gretsch's are a good buy for the intermediate drum kit market. And thanks for the compliment!

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  • Fucking awesome! Thanks for the message.

  • @OblivionGTR Thanks man!

  • niceee,the snare dnt sound good :)

    anyway,great cover :-)

  • woooooooooow, so f"ckn' great cover.

  • @llobatu Many thanks for your feedback!

  • Damn! :)  Great cover! Thanks for the post!

  • @jeg70 Thanks, your feedback is very much appreciated!

  • MORE VIDEOS PLS!

  • @aenimicvids You got it - I'm trying to find the time to record Parabola over the next few days, hopefully over the weekend some time.

  • One word: badass!! I'm learning this on drums and it's not the easiest song to play, that's for sure. I usually play typical metal stuff, but this song has opened me up to a different style of playing. Technical yet tasteful at the same time, and that's no easy feat to accomplish! Danny Carey rules.

  • @buriedinsmoke3 I agree about Carey - technical, powerful, yet tasteful and almost understated.

  • Awesome drum sounds!

  • @evomination Many thanks- a friend of mine mixed the drums on this one and did a great job.

  • 4:30 is about where I shit my pants in amazement.

  • @WorldofFood lol! Thanks for the feedback :)

  • Very difficult song to play. I learned this one a long time ago and it still really works me out every time I play it, I'm almost sweating when I'm done. Anyhow, very nice cover. I'm soon gonna upload my cover of this song. It's gonna be a remake cause I already covered it but it's not my best job. Keep up the awesome work bro (:

  • @horrorfestlover Cool, thanks for the feedback, and I'll keep an eye out for yours.

  • Great!!

  • Im diggin these covers man, I checked out your MuteMath - Blood Pressure cover too, super legit. I like how you added your goofs at the end too, it increases your credibility quite a bit, goes to show that even great drummers can make mistakes. Excellent work, keep 'em comin!!

  • @natemelfi1 Thanks man, and I had a good laugh when I was watching my first attempts, so I thought I'd share the fun :)

  • Such a nice cover! Perfectly played, I admire your talent! I subbed for sure

  • @Wosadude123 Thanks man, much appreciated!

  • Ex tracybrauer here, Still watching your covers!!!! frickin awsome!!!!

  • @T3hN00b1n4t0r Cool - why'd you change your username?

  • @johnkew I've been using it for too long, and I can't watch most of those " Flagged " Videos.... So I made a new Channel....

  • So Tool, Rush. Need I ask? DREAM THEATER? I request some good old Awake! Or A Change of Seasons!

  • @passion4drums Thanks man, I'll think about Dream Theater. I was a latecomer to their music so I don't really have a good feel for them yet, but I know they are great and will definitely put them on my list.

  • @johnkew if you are doing a dream theater song do honor thy father or glass prison..id say honor thy father cause the song is shorter haha

  • I take my hat off for you Sir!

  • Awesome! Perfect Timing! Could you do more covers from Tool? I'm learning this song now, mainly by watching this video. So actually you did all the hard work :p Thanks! And keep playing drums!!

  • @TheZaxc Cool, I'm thinking of doing Parabola next.

  • totaly nailed the crap out of it :D

  • @drown34 Thanks man!

  • Oh my lawd let me have your babies...

  • @thehornypuppy Lol! 

  • great dude!!!

  • i love tool man one of my favorite bands spot on. why so worried about hitting zildjian writing they are cymbals :)

  • @thebmeat Thanks man! You mean my spinning of the cymbals at the beginning? Just a nervous habit :)

  • you really like doing music ? don't you ?

  • @Lukikas751 I do, and thanks for watching!

  • Excellent!

  • Excellent!

  • i think he's crossfit

  • @DougS193 Haha, thanks man.

  • killed it

  • Hey man, AMAZING job. You've mastered this song. Could you do me a favor, PLEASE?! I've been wanting to buy 2 apex 435s to cover my whole kit, is there any way you could make a "sound test" with just those 2 mics on? I'd really appreciate it.

  • @SexyJowdan Thanks man! I posted audio clips of my drums with just the overhead mics recording. One is Vicarious with the Apex 435's and the other is YYZ with Digital Reference overheads. The difference is incredible!

    Check your inbox for the link.

  • nice footwork too

  • That is the sexiest drumset I have ever seen

  • This is crazy. Your style is amazing, I have no idea how you learned this! :P

  • OMG, you beast!

  • Indeed! By far the best vicarious cover on youtube! Thank you for the inspiration!

  • Indeed! By far the best vicarious cover on youtube! Thank you for the inspiration!

  • Wow !!! Loved it ! Sometimes I wonder if Maynard, Danny, Alex or justin check out their own covers ? In this case, DANNY would be impressed!

    Youre awesome!

  • @najedi87 Thanks dude :) I would hope that Danny would think I at least did the song justice.

  • Hi from Colombia ... friend, this is the best video I've seen of this great theme... my greetings and congratulations

  • @frankester3671 Thanks so much for the feedback - very much appreciated.

  • hit for hit. great job

  • @IAMTHEMONSTERMUSIC Thanks, appreciate the feedback.

  • Your sir, are amazing!

  • @theCeilingPancake You* :3

  • @theCeilingPancake Thank you sir!

  • What a great cover...That is so fuckin' awesome... next should be "Hooker With A Penis" by TOOL.... i would love to see that.

  • @Wonka9944 Thanks, and good song request.

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  • what the fuck is that huge cymbal to your left?! amazing cover by the way.

  • @axedstoninst It's a 20 inch Paragon Crash. The thing is massive, and can also be used as a ride.

  • @johnkew woah, it looks like a 30 inch cymbal or something XD

  • everytime i listen to this song now, i have to watch this particular video

  • @hotdoggravy Thanks man, so glad you like it!