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  • 8 people are mad cause they are deaf

  • what a wobderfull performance...

  • @DIEVISAyes yes woBderfull ! hahaha

  • Was this filmed in ATX? Looks like Texas landscape with the Live Oaks.

    

  • I can't get enough of this video! o/

  • @umdiscodevinil me neither, every time i see it i learn something different

  • Where did this song originally come from? I can't find it on iTunes or anywhere else!

  • @Waxxy57 jerry goodman did the original

  • who the hell disliked this

  • @D , I suspected it might not be his house and perhaps was a "rental" or loaned for the video shoot. The main point was that he's making a VERY good living playing drums - which is rare. He's managed to find a combo of session work, a regularly working road band (which is where the real good money is at) and now training and sponsorship- all, which I'm certain earns him more than most professional's can make in other fields of work. He's working REAL hard, but he's doing what he loves too do.

  • This is incredible!!

  • One of few drummers I've seen besides Buddy Rich and a hand full of others that can truly do an actual ONE HANDED ROLL and not even break a sweat. His feet are fast as lightening, he's got a brain-clock that can keep time to anything. The guy is REALLY SH T hot good. REALLY good. Beautiful home he's got there also. I've heard people ask, "why would this guy be playing with Styx?". Well, he can go on the road REGULARLY with them, probably pulling down $250K to $500K annual = HOUSE you see.

  • @cmsent11 that house is not of him, is of his rich friend. He explain it on a interview :D

  • This is exactly a 6/8 measure with a 7/8 measure with biriges in 7 and 9 and 12/8

  • @AsymetricDrummer  bridges

  • fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Fuuuuuckinggg Beaaatifullllll!!!

  • What is the damn timing? I am stupified! Ha ,  really one bad ass dude.!Todd U Rule!

  • you can talk about heavy metal all you want, if you can play this, you can play anything.

  • @btevoxboy6835 Wrong. I can play this, but i can't play anything.

  • this is just awesome. this is what great drumming is all about.

  • always difficult to find a good title for an instrumental song.T.O.J is perfect for this tune...powerful and delicate at the same time. Music is the way to other "planets"!

  • How do I get to that studio? Do I have to die first, 'cos it looks like heaven!

  • damn take that mike portnoy! haha nah they're both great drummers

  • Easier to count it to 4/8, 3/8, 3/8, 3/8

  • I have two masterworks toms, which I am slowly collecting and building a whole kit around. Todds kit has the greatest sounding toms I have ever heard, the kick sucked tho, open er up.

  • Beautiful studio too, wow

  • I want to life in this house and whant to drum there =(...

  • y'all need to chill and enjoy sure u can analyze. why not? Todd's frickin awesome and way beyond me. so i will. but i also listen too. i like the song, kinda Spyro Gyra, yellowjacketsish, i'm cool with that. i'll never play a song in 13/8 NEVER so i can appreciate what he's doing but as for me i'll leave it to guys like Todd and I'll play what i play and maybe he could appreciate me.

  • It isnt in 13/8, its actually in 27/8 (7+6+7+7)... it actually changes throught time but it basically stays in that numbers... although theres some triplet things going in there so u can count as 3/16

  • Nice job man!

  • FAIL at.... oh no wait. That was perfect.

  • come on people. stop counting and start listening..

  • @sh4p31y are you really telling drummers to stop counting and analyzing on a drumming video...? That's like telling people not to tap their foot to the beat of a song. That's just what drummers do.

  • @skater15153 sometimes, to learn a song, you just gotta listen and find the groove/feel of the song. sometimes, it's like learning to sing a pop song. we don't analyze and try to write down the notes in the melody, we just try to sing along.

    i was hoping to encourage drummers to look beyond drumming, and enjoy the entire piece of music. so nothing wrong with counting/analyzing (i am a drummer, but more importantly a musician), but we all need reminders to listen sometimes

  • @sh4p31y I don't really think that the two have to be entirely independent of each other...drummers should always be aware of the entire composition of the song. Counting doesn't necessarily ruin the ability to do that.

  • @skater15153 oh of course. i just saw a lot of comments on trying to count the beat, so i was just strongly (to say the least) suggesting to just enjoy the song.. more of an exaggerated comment than anything

  • Wow u r good wish I could meet u lol

  • Hey guys, all your methods to count this 13/8 measure may be making it easier to get the beat happening at first and stuff. Dividing it into two measures or whatever makes it even easier to write down and everything. But don't count like that forever, because it isn't the real 13/8. Count >1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 5 a 6 a 7< and you'll notice that you can play more fluently without sticking to two counted 1's in one bar. Playing that way makes it way easier to stretch your solo phrases...

  • Uma das melhores performances de Bateria que eu já ví!!!

  • It's alot easier to count I: 1,2,3,4,5,6,Sev,1,2,3,4,5,6 :I

  • damn hefuckin u.g.l.y

  • May I have that house please? K thnx...

  • I want his drum room (and the house too, yeah, that would be nice....)

  • ive probably got 2 or 3 comments on this video that have gone too far down the page to read because they where a while ago about how good this guy is, so im going to move on. that is one sexy looking drum kit :-p

  • This guy must get so much pussy...

  • i saw him doing this song live in holland that was so awsom

  • i love his snare sound

  • I'm gonna see one of his clinics in Rimouski, Quebec on May 9th! Gonna be awesome!

  • questa canzone mi pora un sacco di ricordi ..fanculo sto invecchiando cazzo

  • michael douglas ! ! !

  • this is in 13/8...

    it counts like a measure of 7/8+6/8

    so its counted 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3

  • @Jabarichonicles I have no idea why I'm on this video correcting like this but I'm pretty sure it's 13/16. If you count 16th notes in a pattern like this: 1234 1234 12345 you will notice this. It will of course also count as 13/8 but then you'll be couning on offbeats which makes no sense in my opinion.

  • @Chaszimash

    well...it feels better to count it like this, but if you feel like counting it faster, thats ok

  • @Jabarichonicles it just sounds like its in 4/4 over 5 bars or something. i cant be bothered to count.

  • @Jabarichonicles gah now you got me thinking about it too much xD

  • @heinzie5

    sorry, i teach music to kids...its kinda programmed...

  • @heinzie5

    and that doesnt mean i can play it XD...

  • @Jabarichonicles if you could play it you would be gaining a slightly older student :-p

  • @heinzie5

    lol that actually made me laugh out loud...

  • @Jabarichonicles Other way around. Listen to the opening. 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2. The pulse is on the 1s.

  • @rebelquints1

    it changes pulses throughout... from what i heard at that moment it was counted like that

  • @Jabarichonicles since when do you count with 1's ?! omg

  • @Padischah88

    no, im not counting it like that, but is it harder to say 1e+a 1e+ 1e+ 1e+ or the other...counting like this makes it easier to count out loud and for odd time makes it split up into easier measures to count instead of counting with words...its also just a personal prefrence...idc what u do, thats just how i learned it

  • @Jabarichonicles That would make it 4/8+9/8, which is the a completely different feel. The song does exhibit both the 7+6 and 4+9 feels, however.

  • @ChopsLikePuddin

    well it does change, but on the dvd this is the main sig that todd describes

  • Sick

  • I found out about this track a week ago and I've watched it several times. This is pure musical porn. Even the sunset is filmed.

  • i cant believe he got that good of a sound with all those hard reflective surfaces then again there could be a lot of panellin everywhere.

  • @christianschererer Dude... Stop trying to sound smart; his drums are miked.

  • @christianschererer Dude... stop trying to sound smart; his drums are miked. They could sound like that in just about any room as long as you have mikes and gates.

  • What a nice studio and playing!

  • what a nice account in bank ;)

  • About half those 67,000 views are mine.

  • That snare drum sounds like a dream!

  • I love this guy. He has been an awsome drummer for years. Although I love drummers like Neil Peart, Nikko McBrain, If I could choose who I would like to play like it would be Todd Sucherman. I play, but not as good as this.

    Thanks Todd

  • TODDDDDDDD

    omfg...

    unbelievable

  • Bela Musica!

  • But Joey Jordison and Travis Barker are way better. HA just kidding this is great! Love the use of the vertical bass drum, tuning and tom intervals are perfect, good stuff!

  • Incredibly beautiful!

    One of the most musical and tallented drummers in my opinion, and one of the best vids up there.

    Thanks ;)

    Bjorn

  • I watched him play this at a drum clinic. I was about 7 or 8 feet away. Trust me, this is even more incredible in person. Todd is really nice, too. I met him after the clinic and he gave me some awesome advice on stick technique and ways to avoid fatigue when playing a long set. Just a good, down-to-earth guy. Thanks, Todd!

  • beautiful house,this drummer is bilionnaire

  • @FrizzyDiouleBiGbonus that's what you get for being good. :P

  • 7 people missing the I Like button :P

  • This is one of the best drum videos on you tube.

  • i would like it but its at 311 likes but ill still do it cause this is awesome

  • Ummm He's kinda good.

  • the time signature is 13/8 i believe...

  • @2wakko true ! it's a mixed 7/8 + 6/8 ! Pretty puzzling since he doesn't accent on the beat most of the time ! :D

  • GREAT DRUMMER!

  • what's the time signature here?

  • I very much like his MUSICALITY.. and yes.. his style is a bit like Dave Weckl's in a good way... i am liking his drumkit... nice tonality and killer CYMBAL work... awesome fills at 5:03....

  • Nice.

  • About the porno thing... true. lol Great music, great drummer. One of the best drummers hands down. Cheers mate.

  • @Xatrocity1xx ... great drumming obviously , but regarding the song itself ... cheezy and on that thought , you rarely hear drumming like this in great songs ... as a drummer I love listening to something like this but the truth is great songs rarely call for drumming like this ... there are exceptions ...Seven Days by Sting is a good example , but they really are few and far between

  • About the porno thing... true. lol Great music, great drummer. One of the best hands down.

  • this is a dream come true for me, house by the beach with nice view and a great drumset you can play all day ... *sigh*

  • Mans Sooo Awsome

  • Reminds me of Weckl. That's a compliment btw :)

  • OMG i saw him play this at his clinic and it's fucking amazing he has got the chops and creativity of a master drummer no doubt

  • anyone know what heads he's using?

  • @amanky11

    He has Remo Ambassadors for all the toms.

    For the snare it is a coated Ambassador and on the kick drums he uses Powerstroke 3s.

  • I love his flams. They sounds soooo good.

  • they weren't kidding when they called it Tears Of Joy lol

  • :O Beautiful!!!

  • Feel free to call me over dramatic, but the man was born to play this song.

  • Jerry Goodman's Ariel is the name of the album. Violinist with Mahavishnu Orchestra and Dixie Dregs.

  • Is that his 2nd bass drum on the far right? Rawness!

  • @drummingninja43 What looks like a 2nd bass drum on the far right of Todd's set is known as a gong bass drum.

  • @ThomasMetal75 His isn't technically a gong drum. It's got two heads, for one thing. And the batter head isn't oversized.

  • Awsome snare touch !!! musicality !!! Todd Rules !!!!

  • Transcendent music, exceptional drumming. Bravo!

  • AWESOME !!!

  • amazing he has grove ;)

  • i have this DVD its amazing i saw he at day of drums:)

  • Amazing drumming todd!

    I wish i had your skilz =D

  • i fucking wanna live in that place!

  • most beautiful drum room in the world... i wish i had nice things :(

  • green screen? or is the background real?!

  • @RageMachineAgainst im pretty sure its his house

  • @itsamystery94 i thought this too haha! Its actually somebody he knows' house

  • Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap!

  • nice !

  • @graveborn So Portnoy has neither? Do your homework.

  • see this is how u can tell great drummer from the bad ones, the good ones mean everything they do, they make every move count and they don't hesitate to do something

  • @graveborn. Beat me to it man! I'd love to hear Todd in that environment.

  • I want that house.

  • fuckin love it

  • i started a new full time job a few months ago and got horribly out of practice on the drums. but every time i watch this video i get inspired. today i went and tuned them up and played for about half an hour straight and i think ive made up most of the lost ground :-D (it wasnt just today though. i could 2 or 3 10 minute ones over the last couple of weeks, and also benny greb has been inspiring me to play more as well but i just love this one)

  • Great drummer, totally gay tune. always the way. It is so bad to want to players show their chops, but with a listenable tune?

  • my penis just cried tears of joy

  • does anybody know if this is his composition?

  • @MetalCode This is by the Mahavishnu Orchestra.

  • @MetalCode This is by the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Drums are completely original though

  • this is pretty great, but he's no tommy lee

  • yeah, todd is better

  • I just love this, no wonder why they voted him best drumer in the world, Being a fan of the great like Buddy rich and many other, it's a joy to see and listen to Todd.

  • sittin here countin that rythm :D what the hell is it? can anyone tell me please? just freakin awesome :D

  • What kind of ride cymbal it is: Sabian...

  • The more I hear Todd drumming to the song, I more I like it (and I called it pussy rock in another video's comments from MD 2008 Live). Lots of easy listening, and 70's influences, but it's so groovin'!

  • The beginning is like a cheesy porno from the 80's

  • @jafadrummer so true !

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  • @timbali01 You don't have to be an expert on cheesy porno to see that the beginning looks like a cheesy porno. Just stating the obvious.

  • @jafadrummer i'd fuck to this...

  • His ride cymbals pretty far away!! Todd is awesome!

  • Tood Sucherman is one of the most influential drummers I've known. He skill is pretty much unmatched throughout the drumming world. And he doesn't need a ridiculously huge drumset to prove it. Just go watch some other vids with him using a little 4 piece drumset and you will see.

    I've been playing for 8 years and still can't figure out how the hell he is playing this stuff. It just blows my mind how specific and how precise his hands are with feet. It's scary. One of the best drummers.

  • @Xatrocity1xx

    As much as i love todd's playing he is matched if not bettered by alot of drummers. Im attending berklee college of music and tallent like this is found by just about all of our percussion teachers

  • @drgaga really? thats awesome man, how bout the students there? I wanna go there one day

  • @drgaga

    I'll agree with that. They are teachers at Berklee so they gotta be damn good to begin with. And if I recall Todd went to Berklee as well if that says anything. I'm sure there is some stuff that you don't see him play that hasn't been made public or on video though.

  • 13/16

  • And the house aint bad either. One of my favorite drummers.....

  • hate to say it but the drum solo part was so unnecesary! great song tho :P

  • wow that was awesome

  • Its hard to believe 6 people can miss the "like" button D:

  • @Rockband2stream Those 7 people should shame themselves of not liking this nice piece of music :)

  • Does the dvd come with a drumless track of this song?

  • @JoseVillaDrums I don't think so, but I'll see if I can locate it

  • @regomregs That would be cool if you could, thanks, let me know if u found it

  • Great drummer and a special human being too. He plays a Pro Mark "Todd Sucherman" signature stick. Sort or a longer 5B maple.

  • This guy is ballin'. Everything he plays, you're like, "how'd he do that?"

  • A W E S O M E .

  • this guy is clean

  • Second only to Gavin Harrison. Similar sort of styles.

  • @siobhan104 1st: i don't think that there are any first or any seconds when reffering to such high levels and 2nd: i don't actually think that Todd Sucherman is second to somebody.. he is in a level of his own, as everyone else as technically profissient and musically interesting as Todd..

  • hoooly shit thats awesome :O love it...

  • Does any one know what kind of sticks he uses?

  • @Eaststang91

    Autograph Series Todd Sucherman SD 330 W stick from Pro Mark

  • Damn that was fuckin super inspiring!!! Now im gna learn a 13/8 lick and groove on it.......ha, yea right =)

  • show de bola!!!! manda muito bem na tecnica!!! vou comprar!!!

  • Holy crap it is 13/8.

  • This is so prog. More please.

  • Great drummer -- seen him live: outstanding. Deserves accolades. A real professional. Great style and touch to his drumming.