Meshuggah - Bleed (Drum Cover & Lesson) by Troy Wright

[Sithreis]

Watched this three times today. You, sir, are a fucking beast and this video deserves many more views than it has.

[1nikhil2]

this is alright but can you play a 4/4 beat?

[linfoxjd]

@1nikhil2 It's in 4/4?

[1nikhil2]

@linfoxjd haha i was kidding man :) this is badass! i know its got a 4/4 over a 3/3 polyrhythm. just messing with ya :D

[linfoxjd]

@1nikhil2 Haha you can never tell dude! 

[ShreyasIyengar]

Hell yeah. :) This is some crazy shit man. Practically perfect. I assume this is your workout as well? :P

[ezt123dp]

I'm a drummer.. But the coordination that this song requires will give me a brain aneurism

[WyattTheGuitarist]

@ezt123dp How appropriate :P

[DOO1]

damn please imagine 1 fewer dislike from the vid :/, i loved this, accidently clicked dislike! hope me liking it straight afterwards canceled it out or something >)>

[stevo946]

@DOO1 i'm sure it does haha

[djpazzo4u]

@elboogero ur Australian HELL YEAH!!!!!!! I met tomas his a champion he let me film 3 songs on stage at the Obzen show in sydney UNBELIVABLE!!!!!!well done man ur AWSOME

[elboogero]

Jesus Christ!!! Gavin Harrison just wishes he could play like you even on his best days. I'm serious. I love Gavin, but boy, you are just OFF-THA-FUCKIN'-HOOK. Also, I love the fact that you share every little hit of your playin' with the entire world, that is so nice from you. Always remember who are. Keep on groovin' for ever and ever. Cheers from Buenos Aires! Pepín.

[elboogero]

@elboogero CORRECTION. "Always remember who YOU are"

[S1L3nCe]

7 people thought this guy was a Matrix agent... wrong kids, wrong. This guy is the fucking Neo of drums!

[theDRAMBUS]

what kind of pedals do you use?

[thewalkingdutchman1]

Every time i see a pearl referance kit i feel depressed... Im broke :(

[ifihaf2]

Wow. I love that song and I'm so impressed that you transcribed it, how long did it take you, and how did you not go crazy doing it?

[BioShockInfinito]

Do you use the heel toe technique?

[MrRemasters]

as much as i love your drumming, this song is pretty terrible, i hope all of their songs are nothing like this one song, because i'm pretty turned off by this band atm

[TheDerp24]

@MrRemasters

Derp.

[eviltube1111]

@MrRemasters double derp

[SpartanCarver]

@MrRemasters: Derp derp derp

[CowboyIncredible]

Who are the seven assholes that disliked this? Your just fuckin jealous that you never be able to play anything close to this, unless you soled your soul to satan himself, i can see troy wright has already done that. Fantasic performance!!

[MacheteProductionsTM]

Are you.. .. .. a demon? :O

[SpartanCarver]

This is absolutely phenomenal. Great playing, and your technique is spot on.

If I may make a suggestion about the mix, turn the treble / highs down on your overheads a tad. The crashes are peaking a little.

But seriously, kickass job man.

[hlslayer123]

Holy shit.. well done my man!

[mouchochi13]

DO SOME NIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEE­E

[BrowneMonuments]

Yeah man you fucking own, you play this flawlessly.

[atreyuXD]

You can see the pain of this song :o

[Ekim5786]

You sir... Just killed this jam. Enough Said.

[TerrariaIdiot]

Australian, big muscles, able to play this song. So, many many girlfriend/wifes you got?

[Callumseven]

LOOL i guess this week i going to be another meshuggah week for me haha.

[MetallicOpeth]

You should cover some Cynic man. Reinert is a beast.

[BDNproductions]

Those ghost notes are boss, easily the best performance of them on the tubes. Juuuust loud enough to be heard and scaled to the intensity of the music. Love your variations on the ride and crash too. You have an awesome sense of dynamics.

[desiGnampthia]

2:22 - 2:26 best transition ever....

[scotcheggtastic]

Awesome man, cheers for this vid.

[UnrealEcko]

The movement of your feet looks so smooth and natural, I love it. Super impressive cover. It's really cool of you to do the lessons after the song too. Awesome video.

[ritchie926]

Too sick!

[Zhaggysfaction]

Best cover of this song I've heard so far. Nicely done.

[mjakakilla]

@VepxProductions 18 for me

[iWentToNam]

for all you idiots who SOMEHOW cant define an aussie accent, HES DEFFINATELY AUSTRALIAN.

[catweazlex]

My penis just shrank!!

[catweazlex]

Bloody Hell!! You ARE up there with Thomas Haake,Joey Jordison,,Neil Peart,Vinny Paul etc..Your endurance is amazing.Beautifully done

[Sirdrummerdouche]

just gonna say....your a beast. and i think we are all wondering this, your australian, right?

[wafflewoffle]

Dude you make it look so easy! :D Great work!

[bratkee]

Nice foot tech!! Practise makes you perfect...

[MetallicOpeth]

excellent, excellent cover, fucking well done

[Richirida]

Tight

[TOTALANIHILATIONYEAH]

That's fucking awesome!

You should de-interlace your video though :)

[xxFuZioNs1]

6 people are jealous

[bassmanjoe]

Do you do any Gavin Harrison stuff?

[wrightdrums]

@bassmanjoe I love Harrison's playing. Might do some Porcupine Tree down the track

[DiamondDimebagDarrel]

@wrightdrums The sound of the muzak!!

[TheManSpider]

@wrightdrums Please, please, please do Anesthetize! :D

That song is boss, but so difficult in places. I think the middle section uses a few of the same techniques as in the kick parts in Bleed, but I'm not entirely sure...

[bassmanjoe]

So brutal but it grooves at the same time, you can actually dance to this. it's amazing!!

[bassmanjoe]

6 people are jealous!

[PearlDrummer89]

reppin the Pearl Demon Drives very well.

[gargaj]

My legs got cramps just from watching :(

[christiancobra]

6 people prefer to learn the drums of "baby" by Justin bieber.......so sad!

[forklift77]

Badass

[hittinskinz24]

Fucking BRUTAL man!

[killmeandit]

You are really good at making it clear what you are doing! THX MAN!

[joakimspotify]

BPM?

[MASSRCOR]

@joakimspotify 115

[zekatrekafiufiu]

Holy crap! Mr. Wright, can PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TAKE ON THE BEHEMOTH "I" EP?

[VepxProductions]

You sir make me feel like I have 17 pussies.

[JordDBdrummer]

plus i cant really read drum music so im also screwed in that sense

[JordDBdrummer]

so... to do this, when you double on your right foot, does your left foot have to fit in between the double and then another left again? like RLR L? cause..... i cant do that.... i can only do like a RRL thing and i cant do the song... i dont even know how to do this slowly.... so sad....

[belong2kev]

you should be careful young man you could have took your eye out at the end there :}

[critterbass]

Actually, now that I watch the video again, I think he looks more like Taylor Lautner. You know the ware wolf guy from the twilight movies. Maybe he's a Ronnie/Taylor Lautner hybrid?? Ronnie Lautner perhaps......

[critterbass]

Sorry I meant Mitch Nelis! Inventor of the "Mitch win" arm routine.

[critterbass]

How much does this guy look like Ronnie from jersey shore!

Anyone know what is arm routine is?

I hear he knows Mitch "Godzilla arms" Niels...

[sazlefraz]

those kicks look like its a death wish for me lol

[FeehDeedo]

simply perfect

[franciscomeza11]

brutal, awesome performance



[lanseri]

insane stuff you play, sir. =D

[ikillyourants]

Congrats man. Real solid performance. Just curious, do you prefer to learn the song before or after transcribing it?

[wrightdrums]

@ikillyourants the only way i can learn difficult songs like these is to transcribe it note for note first and the read through it, which also helps me remember the piece

[alicialydia]

looks like ronnie from jersey shore

[Meshuggaaaahhhhh]

I wonder how many women masturbated to this video

[bmac1911]

Nice work, man! \m/

[DavisGothsOfficial]

Amazing ! Great cover guy, and thanks for lesson !

[Wurek]

That is cool. Great cover and thanks for the lesson to. Meshuggah should name taht song happy feet :)

[zeroskater133]

What has two thumbs and is impressed with this drum cover? This guy.

[InvisibleCivilian]

Fuck.

[serondipity]

Woowww awesome man!

[Defienz]

what double bass pedals do you use?

[Ayriainen]

@Defienz He uses pearl demon drives

[ChrisAdlerPowaa]

TROY. Period.

[chimneyface]

dude...amazing footwork

[LazyKoreanBum]

So basically in order to play this song on drums i require:

Extra feet

Another brain

4 Hands

Australian.

Fuck

[GeorgeBennett92]

Awesome stuff mate. Thanks a lot for this video.

[packing999]

fuckin legend



[bubbasock]

Great technique! It's always hard to keep your finesse when playing metal, but you done did it. lol. Nice job

[GornSanders]

Trully inspiring. I think beyond the endurance and coordination this song takes, the shear commitment to memorize all the different patterns in this song shows what it takes mentally-what real drummers do, troy isnt just hitting stuff thats for sure. It's easy to program and write odd patterns on a computer like most of these bands, but to learn these patterns and really play it...awesome!

[dougxd45]

Don't care what others say......1 for 1.... you're cover is pristine.

[rjj0311]

Oh man what a flawless cover !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tomas Haake would be proud !!!!!! Absolute beast of a performance !!!! keep up the good work and keep on kicking asses !!!!!!!! \m/

[Lotsofzoombies]

in my opinion its the best video drum cover on YT its all complete nice job

[RazvanStrinu]

awsome drumming man !

[Neivlak]

anyone know why he is so fucking buff? is that all from drumming?

[bigclint55]

@Neivlak He probably lifts weights dude. If drumming built that much muscle, we would all be buff as hell lol.

[mariusel666]

Mr> Wright i only have one question : how can i fucking build endurance for this ...a response would be much apreciated ! thanks alot and keep rockin'

[wrightdrums]

@mariusel666 practice mate.. time on the kit - working on what you can't play. it took me at least a month to get over the endurance hurdle with this song

[mariusel666]

@wrightdrums thanks boss il do that . great day mate

[EXISTINFREEDOM]

@mariusel666 the endurance is the most frustating part. i suggest 2 things. 1) Give it time and practice. Also I recommend running in some barefoot shoes a few times a week, that helps your calves build up strong for endurance. 2) Try adjusting your pedals to having less of a battle with them. that was one of my big pillars in my way.

[mariusel666]

@EXISTINFREEDOM yea well i do play tight springs gotta loosen up my pedals a little and see how stuff goes

[DaftNews]

your playing is absolutely one of the neatest I've ever seen.

[JCordoba1001]

i was doubting whether or not to get that paragon china. your playing makes it sound great. I'm going to get it in brilliant. Great playing!

[m80kamikaze]

It is people like you that make god jealous. Great job, Great video. I loved the break down on how to play. I am glad I found this.

[Kelour3134]

His foot work just blew my fuckin mind.

[tarrosdaniel]

GREAT!!!!



[viperxl]

amazing coordination, well done

[hadninetails]

Thankyou so much for putting this up and giving the drum lesson for free.... highly appreciated. Let me know when i can buy you a beer.

[Nubnut]

Holy crap, you even do the ghost notes on the snare... Well I give up

[eatmybrainsss]

that was fucking intense.

[MikaelPetitNacid]

HUELE A GLORIA! brutalidad compadre ! excelente !

[giantcornhole]

Do you have those kick drums consent to pound the living shit out of them!?

[Wensteri]

Hey Troy. Since you've gone through the trouble of actually learning the whole song, I figured you'd have paid attention to the way Tomas plays this live and how he played it on the record. Do you think there are differences? Cause I can't hear the ghost notes on the studio version, and at 02:22 I don't think he plays the 16th notes in between the 32th note bursts, but he clearly plays them in live shows.

Keep up the good work btw. You're absolutely brilliant!

- Pekka

[ChronoGXay]

@Prolifejoe - I'm not sure if you're implying that I've been 'shown up'. If you are, then it seems as if you either don't realize or refuse the acknowledge the level of complexity at which I'm formulaically analyzing exactly what the music calls for regarding beater throws (which does not factor in any accents, be they natural (traditionally accented beats) or syncopations).

P.S. - I equate the phrase "beater throw" with the 'stick heights' for the feet. ('Beater heights', if you will.)

[gyger1234]

You are amazing! Your musical knowledge and ability is far beyond mine. I hope to be near this level some day.

[ilovemetaalll]

man you're pro

[metelidrummer]

Your drumming makes me happy :)

[pieterw72]

Holy shit you are playing this well. I have seen many, many people trying to play Bleed some better than others, but you are nailing it. And I really appreciate your break down of patterns to learn. Subscribing now!

[sonoraloco]

this is fucking insane... great job troy. but do you have your own songs or stuff from your creation??

[TroyallicA]

yo dude u got some serious skills, love the triplets, what kind of kit is that? ill subscribe in hopes of u subcribing to me too, ill have some vids up very soon btw we have the same name!

[syrken123]

Awesome work man !

Really stunning, keep up the good work !

[Ast1337]

Awesome work, really sweet drumming, and so Is your Obzen Medley! Would be really awesome if you made a cover of one of the old Meshuggah songs, a song from "Contradictions Collapse" or "Rare Trax" maybe?

Been watching your youtube videos a long time now :P I really want to see an old Meshuggah cover!

Keep it up!

[louhazosc]

I'm a guitarist but I thoroughly enjoy watching your lessons and your playing. You understand exactly what you're doing, notation, and explain it quite well. Then the fact that you can have each limb playing in a different pattern is mind blowing.

[nashtydrummer]

Well done with the Herta technique!

[RichardMisiak]

difficultly level: Australian

[theaiden1000]

@RichardMisiak dude awsome playin n teachin... if you dnt mind can you show d drumcover and lesson of dream theater on the backs of angles.....

[ireternalexistence]

@RichardMisiak Difficulty level: Haake

[wackeeshrea]

The 5 people who have disliked are FuckTards..

Dude! u r amazing..

i wish i could do this :( :'(

[zammo94]

pure awesomeness!!!

[HeisW140]

My god.... thats insane. Well done mate.

[SiriusAl]

You're unbelievable, my fav cover-drummer on youtube.

[ChronoGXay]

Maybe it's just me or the camera angle on your feet (or both), but it seems to me like your left foot/leg is a little bit rigid...

[wrightdrums]

@ChronoGXay The left foot is playing an entirely different pattern to the right foot. Let me explain. The right foot is playing a shuffle phrase or a repeated group of 2 (reason for all the movement). The left foot on its own is playing almost straight singles to make up the 4 note opening phrase in the song (reason for less movement or "rigid" in your words)

[ChronoGXay]

@wrightdrums - I understand what the feet are doing; I've worked out a physics-like formula for a more exact approach to relative stick/beater heights, and have been hypothesizing about a drum set application to 'finger sequencing' (a concept used on piano for playing scales), which tells me pretty much exactly what each finger/hand/foot should be doing. My percussion instructor (a band director and active musician) verified the equation, but I have yet to show him sequencing.

[ChronoGXay]

@wrightdrums - By the way, I just looked at what equipment you're using, and strongly recommend you check out Charles Fisher's 'Off-Set' double bass pedal. (found here: 1) [web.mac][.com]/kleidy1/Off-Se­t/Double_Bass_Drum_Pedal.html

2) [theparadiddler][.com]/2010/09­/01/interview-with-charles-fis­her-off-set-bass-drum-pedal-co­mpany/

3) /watch?v=rFs510cQ_3Y

4) /watch?v=PU_U2PQhoMs

(If you like it ask about the "rigid (direct) drive" mod he just made. Maybe tell him Ben W. sent you?)

[iloveskateboarding45]

@wrightdrums i noticed that in a drumcam vid of tomas, its very neat how the left foot keeps straight singles. tomas makes it very obvious in his footwork, well done to you!

[DoughBoy112196]

@wrightdrums i love you

[ChronoGXay]

@wrightdrums - If you think about it another way, your right foot is playing the first two notes in an eighth note triplet, while your left foot is playing eighth notes displaced by a thirty-second note, making the beater throws of your right foot--if we were to assign an arbitrary value for the throws related to the pulse, and the dynamic level never changed--1, 2/3, (pause) [1...], while the throws of the left foot would be 1, 1/2 [1...], or 1, 1/2, [1/2...]. I know the feet. ;-)

[ChronoGXay]

@wrightdrums - ...or maybe it's really LF: 3/4, 3/8, [3/8...]... (I've been working out a mathematical approach to determining stick heights and pedal throws for the past several months... there are still bugs to work out--I can see it right in front of me--but while I know the rhythms I put forth are right, their stroke values are correct only if each rhythm is outlining different pulses and are not unified in expressing a single pulse... >:| )

[ChronoGXay]

@wrightdrums - Ha, yeah, here it is! (I was trying to look at it in a different, DIFFERENT way, and wound up confusing myself.): Right foot: 1/2, 1/4, [1/2...]- Left foot: 3/4, 3/8, [3/8...]. Got it? (Though it's not as if looking at each foot as outlining different pulses wouldn't possibly allow the stroke height values to be increased to where finer movements would not be necessary, but then it seems like even greater skill would be needed in order to do that...

[gyger1234]

@wrightdrums it's also easily explained if you watch the beaters.

[froman2461]

@wrightdrums the feet are playing hurtas, hence the shuffle on the right and off beats on the left foot!!! killer chops

[weirdangel]

@ChronoGXay lol, you used to be drummer like him, but you took an arrow in the knee !!!

[fiercetruth2009]

everytime I hear that bass drum lick, it invokes every emotion.

[JordDBdrummer]

how long have you been drumming!???

[wrightdrums]

@JordDBdrummer about 12 years mate

[JordDBdrummer]

dude you are fuckin amazing i want to be like you. i wish i knew odd time signatures better though.... damn

[mergim100]

@JordDBdrummer or the most of it.

[wrightdrums]

@JordDBdrummer this song is all in 4/4 man. we could set up a lesson on bandhappy com/troywright

[thefreezingmoon1]

Its so tight its scary...

[DillingerEscapeMan]

You should do a Pendulum medley as joke (because so many of the beats are basically the same). I'm not dissing Pendulum (I think a lot of their music is fucking great).

[shuszzam]

every metal drummer should pay homage to Bleed's double kick..

[reherthor]

great man..very well done,and with attitude also, when i see drummer like you ,makes me wana drop my sticks lol...!!!!

[superodo17]

AWESOME!! NICE WORK

[magikarpp]

magical

[MrLA7X]

easy

[wizzpig666]

fucking brilliant video man! thanks for spending the time to do this!! =D

[TheJackieoo]

5 people are bleeding and jealous right now

[frankrizzo442]

Very great video of your playing ability as well as your teaching. I wish I could give it more than just 1 thumb up.

[ACDClover76]

@frankrizzo442 You can if you just believe!

[trinity63]

dude you are truly a skilled musician.. are you in a band presently? if so, where can i find some of your stuff? how big is the metal scene in the gold coast? keep rockin brotha!!

[DeathSchuldiner1]

nice work !

[OTDRUMGOD08]

Sick....you awesome bastard

[OTDRUMGOD08]

Sick. Just sick. Faved and subbed. You bastard

[assfixer]

Nice work dure! and thanks for the explannation ;p

actualy Im i guitar player but l like drums I actualy play the foot stuff but whene it comes to right hand I screw it up :s !

and what is this snare's ghost notes stuff is it crucial to play the song or what ?