Seether - Rise Above This (Drum Cover)

[BigIronTech]

ok ... a little late in posting but just saw this vid. a few things .. although not required in this cover, how do you reach those cymbals in the "back forty" comfortably when you do? secondly, great job .. simple beat but you did it great ... no flubs;) Thirdly, i guess looking at a wall is not that great. Basement?

[sharkhead7854]

Wow! Amazing sounding set, especially your cymbals! Great cover.

[TheMonkeysGoOoh]

sounds perfect!

[greendaypwns100]

so shiny

[airsoftdrummer101]

I WANT YOUR SET!

[ShevoMusic97]

Awesome cymbals, so shiny! I wouldn't know whether to hit them or admire them

[gotskinz]

Rock Out Chris!

[wafm14]

freakin awesome

[monkeymcman5]

ok typically i dnt go for zildjian...paiste or sabian is my pic but i gotta admit those cymals and drums sound absolutely perfect

[sk8ingdrummer777]

your hi hats.. are soo.. shiny...

[Aphizzle15]

shiny cymbals....i like 

[bilalatthedrums]

dude holy shit i love ur cymbals A customs are a bit outta my price range but otherwise something along that lines u got any advice for cymbals i have a mix between a zildjian pitch black, zbt's, sabian chopper, all i need is a ride any tips? anyone?! and a china cymbal included in the new one sooo if any one could help thatd be great

[christhedrummer1973]

@bilalatthedrums Thanks! I'm big into meinl at the moment you should check them out.

[bilalatthedrums]

@christhedrummer1973 alright man thanks a lot i just got some new ones i owe u big

[tecna64]

i love the a custom crashes, i have 3 of them on my kit and imo they are the best sounding cymbals on there, they sound better then the sabian aax crashes i used to have

[tr3v0rw3v13e]

great cover! and nice set. i wish mine looked more like that

[wind1123]

thats a fine @ss kit.

[littletinman]

can you make just a drum track we know what the song sounds like.... just like every other drum cover. can you re-do it without the guitar,vocals, and bass in the background. i wanna remix this on audacity

[christhedrummer1973]

@littletinman This is just a hobby, I'm pretty busy so I don't make vids often. This one is over a year old, so I no longer have the file in garage band. All I would need to do is delete the MP3, and I doubt I'm going to go back and re-record this. I'd rather take that time on a new song.

[mittensmonk]

This sounds great, now i have only been playing for about 3 months, but what is the difference between ZBT and A Custom?

[christhedrummer1973]

@mittensmonk The ZBT's are a beginner cymbals, They are sheet bronze A Customs are cast bronze. You'll see a big difference in price. I'd go to a local shop and hit a few to hear for yourself when deciding what to get. buy whatever sounds good to you. You can also check out Zildjian online to get a rundown of their different cymbal lines and descriptions

[joak1too]

@mittensmonk Ive been a drummer for 1 year and ive got ZBT they soundo great and are cheap in US( i live in Argentina where they are very expensive any brand but i bought them inUs) but you cant compare them with A custom couse though they are more expensive they sound awsome but if you are kinda short of money i reccomend Zbt they sound great and are durable and cheaper but if you can afford A custom buy A custom or K custom sound great too!

[mittensmonk]

Oooh your high-hit is so shiney. Mine looks like shit.

[creepingdeth1981]

great job dude!

[YTNimron]

dude ur amazing i have an 18" a custom crash and i love it

[christhedrummer1973]

Thanks!

[ZuLLeT]

your hi-hat looks sooo shinnyyy haha its like a mirror! =P

[Bauerlu1]

great drum

[MultiRomanow]

omg this kit costs 28800,00 ...

[heroalif]

dude what brand symbols are those?

[christhedrummer1973]

Zildjian A Customs

[heroalif]

nice :-)

[helloffire43]

nice shiny cymbals and good cover

[lightoverthedark]

Really great quality compared to many many other drum covers. Good job.

[JamesMag9]

theres only one thing wrong with this vid.

you spelled shiny wrong. ha, great cover brah.

[christhedrummer1973]

Ha! lol Thanks... never noticed that before lmao

[gafdilli]

lol that hi hat is the shiniest ive ever seen in my life

[JsDs1020]

why would he want to hit his cymbals hard it dosn't make you better if you do and it makes the break easier, so i dont see the point

[ericandjakek]

Pretty good. U gotta hit ur cymbals harder man. Just kill em. I envy ur set. It's really nice. Nxt time u make a drum cover don't play the song as loud. The vid should focus on ur playing (if wat I'm sayin makes any sense to u)

[Alortay92]

nice plying and nice set but you hit your cymbals like a pussy

[TheMightyIzakT]

Why are you people saying he needs to hit his cymbals harder? This isn't a fast heavy song. There is no need to hit the cymbals so hard, it would ruin the essence of the song and make it louder than necessary. It's a beautiful song, not meant for loud playing.

On a different subject, this was a spectacular video. Couldn't have imagined any better. You have an amazing kit, and I would love one myself.

PS: I saw your ceiling in your hi-hat. :P

[Sheishness]

Who cares how hard u hit the cymbals

[col000in]

@Sheishness whats wrong then how he hits the cymbals?

sorry for bad english im from holland

[Alortay92]

you hit your cymbals like a VAGINA!!!!

[brakingben4lyfe]

I want your high hat lol..awesome cover man

[drummmmer96]

nice

[ricohorton]

nice cover. i like Seether as well.

[3razors]

nice set :DD

[minus148]

Nice job man,check out my crude video

[Footnater456]

It's a easy song but you did it very well =)

Btw, could you cover breakdown of seether

[christhedrummer1973]

No mic's, i just run the vid through garage band and tweak it using a treble reducer to set the cymbals back, then I pull up a little mids and little low end to fatten up the kick and snare. I still have to tune the toms right because if there is any pitch bend I can't do anything with it in the program.

[kewl2009]

i cant get over how fuckin shiny your hihat is

[rockymagar]

dude!

nice cover

this is my one of fav song

thx

[CoverDrummer94]

Dude, awesome cover, your drum audio is just way too quiet. That's my only issue.

I just did a cover of this too, you were in the Related videos. Gunna check some more of your stuff out.

[coltonb48]

is this song hard

[christhedrummer1973]

No, it's real simple

[coltonb48]

how do yuns learn how to play those songs

[christhedrummer1973]

I just listen to them a bunch of times. If I can't make out a part I look for live vids of the song or other drum videos

[drummzz1]

nice highhat were u het one of those at and wat kind is it its real nice its probly polished isnt it

[drummzz1]

hey halodrummer09 i no wat ur problem is first of all go get sum coated drum covers i recomened aquarian and also the bottom of ur toms and tenner losen em up to were u can push ur thumb into it and it should push a inch in

[christhedrummer1973]

Go online and check out "The Drum Tuning Bible" it explains everything!

[Shoshomeroo]

do you have rings around ur drums to stop vibration?

[christhedrummer1973]

no, those are to eliminate unwanted overtones. They just make the toms sound better in my opinion.

[Shoshomeroo]

ooo very kool i think i need some for all my drums

[ThaTyger]

Nice clean playing. Like how shiny those cymbals are, what do you use to keep them this glossy?

[christhedrummer1973]

Pro Mark Groove Juice. Just spray on and wash off after a min. no rubbing down like the old school paste.

[ThaTyger]

Thanks for the quick response. Am going to check that out, sounds really easy to use, and the results look great.

[PasseCominToYou]

Look! I can see myself!!!

lol

Nice cover and kit ;)

[christhedrummer1973]

Thanks

[lolo2556]

all that musta cost a pretty penny

[christhedrummer1973]

Yea, It took a while buying stuff piece by piece.. I didn't get it all at once.

[spikeman23]

that snare is teh sex. how is it in the higher tunings?

[christhedrummer1973]

Great, The higher I tune it the louder and more crack I get out of it. It's a versitle snare that's good for all styles of music. Thanks for the comment!

[xxdarkdevilxxi]

i like your drums !! wow !! its freaking awesome

XD btw u rock dude :D

[christhedrummer1973]

Thanks!

[priestkilla]

Im a Pearl and Paiste guy myself but dude i love your set its just amazing and ya award for shiniest cymbals ive ever seen

[christhedrummer1973]

I love the Paiste signature series, I just tend to crack them so I tried A customs. If Paiste were a little more durable they probably wouldn't sound as good as they do, so there is my dilema. Thanks for the comment!

[paulpanch]

yes, this is the best ive seen. heads are set to get this nice sound...its nt by accident. award for shinyest cymbals...nice tempo...flawless bt i dont knw shit abt drums...nvr played.

[Deadchicken95]

i love ur drummin and ur kit

nice choice in cymbals A customs just deliever the sound for metal and rock

[Laugh0rElse]

im just learning this song on drums

good cover

[spikeman23]

kit sounds awesome. i have an all birch starclassicfperformer from 2000. one of the best sounding kits i've ever played.

[Deadchicken95]

you cant have played a pearl reference the

[ispogi]

2 thumbs up!!

[christhedrummer1973]

Thanks!

[christhedrummer1973]

Your talking about the first 8th note @ :21 I'm guessing. The next measure is real simple it's a 16th and 8th 1E&A 2& It is snare,tom,kick,kick,snare,cras­h . Your hands are doing 2 8th notes with the kicks after the tom and on the crash.That's the fill then another crash. I use the single pedal slide technique to get the doubles on the kick. Hope that helps you out

[JLD1964]

What brand and type of drum heads are you using in this video. LOVE the cymbals! I grew up with Zildjians with my Ludwig drumset in the 70's and 80's. Had to sell them because of the high cost of my divorce lawyer in 1991. Now I have a Tama with Sabian but planning to buy a set of Zildjian A Custom Series soon. I love their true sounds of real cymbals. Sabian has a different pitch and sound different than Zildjian.

[christhedrummer1973]

All Evans heads... Tom batters are EC2, Reso are G1 clears. Emad Kick batter, Snare batter is ST Dry, 300 reso, Also have O rings on all the drums including the snare. Sorry to hear you had to sell a 70's Ludwig, you don't get to run into those kits very often. I do love the A-customs but I started getting some Meinl MB20's for a little something different.

[JLD1964]

I have those Meinl cymbals as part of a package deal from the music store. They are not bad at all. The only problem with them is that they sound "too soft" when hitting them. You can't really hear the "open" crashing sound like Sabian or Zildjian when you hit the crash cymbals. I use them for blues/jazz music instead of Hard rock and Heavy Metal like AC/DC or Led Zep or Iron Madien or Van Halen. ROCK!

[christhedrummer1973]

Yea, I hear ya. Thats why I was planing on bzyance crashes instead of MB20. I really liked the ride and HH. I plan on mixing it up with Meinl. Thanks for the comment, you confirmed what I was thinking about when considering what crashes to go with.

[JLD1964]

Hey! I need help! How did you get your heads tuned up like that. I just bought some new Evans EC2 to replace Remo Pinstripes and couldn't get the sounds like yours....even with the rings too! They are all too high. any suggestions????

[christhedrummer1973]

Well, there is a lot that goes into it.. The bubinga shells are dark, I start by tuning the bottom head about a 1/4 to 1/2 turn past finger tight. Then tune the top head to the same pitch. I also try to hit a pitch that matches the shell so it resonates well. After I find the pitch I adjust the bottom head to eliminate pitch bend I let the rings and the EC2's take care of overtones. "SEATING" heads is important!! search for the drum tuning bible online on how to seat heads correctly. Rock on!

[christhedrummer1973]

I seat the heads for at least 24 hours but I try to change heads when I'm busy and won't be drumming so they seat even longer. They stay in tune longer, and they sound completely different if seated right. If they are seated wrong they won't ever get a good sound. The omni-tune makes it a lot eaiser to fine tune also.

[yohin2]

hot cymbals dude. personally i prefer sabian, but if I had to use zildjian it'd definitely be a customs. they're zildjian's best cymbals by far

nice cover btw lol

[christhedrummer1973]

Thx, These were the first A customs I tried, I used to play paiste sig. series which sound awesome but are too fragile for me. Now I'm starting a Meinl collection, after all my years playing I've never tried sabian... maybe they will be next who knows?? which sabian's do you like best?

[yohin2]

i like sabian's aax and aa cymbals. they're bright-sounding cymbals like the a customs.

[saskaenarut1]

frikken shiny cymbals yo. kewl

[christhedrummer1973]

5B nylon tip

[JLD1964]

What brand? Vic Firth? ProMark?

[christhedrummer1973]

I usually use Nova from musicians friend.. They aren't as good quality wise but the are cheap as hell...I think 12 pair is something like 25-30 bucks

[JLD1964]

Buy Pulse from MF for $10! I bought 2 bricks of 24 ROCK drumsticks! I use them for hard rock and metal stuff. I use 5A or 5B, depending on what brand, on lighter rock songs like this one because of the better (flexable) snapping sound than pounding sound of heavy metal. ROCK!!!

[spurious]

those heads dont do those drums justice, get a recording head set, youll be really glad you did.

[krisndallas]

i hate you. i only have part of the a custom set. you suck. naw jk your really good man. i want your cymbals though

[christhedrummer1973]

Sorry to hear you lost a good friend, Thanks for your comment!

[xXKRWXx]

i thought the same thing

[jessesweetest]

about how much was that whole set??

[christhedrummer1973]

hmmm never added it up before...If my memory is correct the kick 10 12 and 14 were about 3G the snare was around 500-550 the 8" was 400 and some change and a customs were (I think) 600 for the ride HH and 16" the 15 was prob around 130 the 17 was prob 150 the zil-bel was 90 and the china was prob 175 with about 100 a piece for the 3 splashes and 300 or so for the rack, add in the cymbal arms and clamps and you around 6000 (est.)

[Zgrant414]

that kit sounds awesome

[Slipknot5364]

they are ziljan A custom cymbals

[hermit96]

zildjian cymbals YUMMY

[gamertd]

very nice! :) :)

[christhedrummer1973]

Thanks!

[a1Drummer07]

maybe its just me, but every time you hit the snare your stick ends up near the rim like your swiping from left to right kinda, might wanna fix that habit

[momoentube]

agree...this is not a good habit for recording, adds a lot of phantom notes between hits...by the way, amazing drum kit....

[JackassKing95]

i like cobras but i am using a dw 8000 double pedal and its the best

[619booyaka619mysteri]

holy the cymbals are so shiney haha

[gregdunz]

nice cover man..gud song 2 play

[OHdaddio]

this is a really a simple song and u did good.nice kit

[OHdaddio]

love your kit

[simy0093]

Shiny!

[christhedrummer1973]

Thanks!!!

[christhedrummer1973]

Thanks! I use a tama Iron cobra pedal... even when I use the Yamaha kits

[NeverlineVideos]

omg, best cover ever i swear it is :O:O:O:O:O

dude ur fucking awesome! wanna join our band? ;D

[Bruins8130]

dude, BEST COVER IVE SEEN SO FAR!!!!!!!!!!

[christhedrummer1973]

Wow, thanks!

[RockDrumming]

I agree completely! A Custom is the best cymbals ever made, they sounds awesome!

Nice cover!

Check out my drum cover too :D

[tarojon]

I LOVE UR CYMBALS! especially the one on the right. the 17"

[msricey07]

Awesome cover man! Nice set up too. Looks comfortable.

5/5

[drummerdude6670]

shiny cymbals!!!!

[beandrumdrums]

lol im trying to collect some beautiful A customs too is taking a while:P

nice vid

[gocuathotmail]

u must b LOADED lol, holy shit man, look at those glorious A custom cymbals, im so jelous

great cover by the way u rock, and ur kit is well AMAZING lol

[christhedrummer1973]

Lol Thanks! Loaded? noooo It took a while to collect them all. The kit too seemed like forever, and now I'm going through it all again trying to build a Meinl MB20 and MB10 brilliant set up for the Yamaha.

[gocuathotmail]

well good luck man, hope all works out

[Sabiano]

MB20's are great! Got a few of them myself and they sound pretty good! Btw man, in the next vid you're gonna record, could u do me a huge favor? I can't decide wether to buy a SC Bubinga or a SC Bubinga Omni-tune and u can't really tell the sound from your kit apart from the track so maybe at the end of a song could u just do some soloing around on the toms and perhaps play each tom seperately so I can really hear 'em? Would appreciate it lots!

Thnx man

[christhedrummer1973]

I will but no promises when the next vid will be I'm usually busy as @#%$ and do these when I have a good run of free time. I kind of have a small bit of what your talking about in the saliva vid at the end...but it ain't much. The omni-tune really is great for precise tuning, you just can't match tapping the batter head while tuning the bottom... flipping a tom back and forth you won't hear the subtle changes that zero right in to whatever your going for.

[christhedrummer1973]

Thanks, I'll def. check out your vids.