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  • his toms <3

  • looks like an angry kid throwing a tantrum

  • and this is why ladies and gentlemen. drummers shouldnt talk haha

  • puta que pariu o cara e foda mesmo

  • 33 likes on this video. 33 times he said "like". I LIKE HIM.

  • His first sentence starts with "like". He's cool

  • He's higher than me.

  • he cant speak correctly, so he speaks through his drums.

  • He said 'like'.. 49 times

  • i like...like this guy is like breast performence like the skateboard and like things.....like

  • what kinda ride is that?

  • @iDrum628 you mean what kind of crash is that? :P

  • @krombee the cymbal above the 2nd tom

  • @iDrum628 it was a joke cos he play's it like a crash

  • @krombee i get it, can you just tell me the cymbal

  • @iDrum628 It's a 24" Avedis ride, i think.

  • Looked like the hi-hat cymbals were gonna fall off .

  • I was going to like this, but the I took a Thomas Pridgen to the knee...

  • 343+ "likes" sounds about right...

  • I love how you can hear him just yelling things interjected between hits at the very end.

  • Beat the fuck outta those drums thomas!!!!.........I'm sorry

  • he "is like" awsome

  • You know, amongst those "likes" and stutters, his skateboard analogy is probably the best thing anyone has ever said about drumming.

  • I wish my snare could stand on the snare.

  • Is he using the DW copper snare in this vid? I know he has used it in the past and i want the one he is playing here. . . obv :D xxx

  • 38 times of "like" in 3 minutes

  • Killer drummer...awful speaker.

  • be hes so happy when he plays... im form the bay too so i like say like all the time too its just natural.

  • Beast

  • Thomas ...please protect  yours ears !

  • like x 18

  • wtf?! it's about how he plays and not about how well he talks!!! when i listen to him i really don't care about his "likes"...

  • .. Kofi Kingston?

  • LIKE

  • thats a one fuckin big hihat out there

  • @gkvirkvia

    they are 2 Crash Cymbals :) hahaha awesome aye's :D

  • ...it's like ...

  • I counted 32 likes (give or take a few), so that is one like every 10.3 seconds. Well played Thomas.

  • i also wanna see aaron spears shirtless when he play for god sake!

  • Better to be remain silent and thought to be an idiot, than to speak and remove all doubt. Like, like, You're not stupid you're intellectually challenged. Never, never, never like under estimate the uuuhhh, uuhhh like talent of the stupid.

  • damn i didnt know dave chappelle was so good at drumming!! :D

  • fucking ape

  • @razzydazzle99 I thought he was playing the drums.

  • the snare barely stand on the snare…..

  • thomas pridgen wearing a t-shirt! i cant believe it!!!

  • anyone know the stickin for the "alotta older like chops like"??????

  • @animalnoise1 its pretty much an inverted paradiddlediddle. the pulse is emphasized Rllrrl Rllrrl Rllrrl instead of Lrllrr or Rlrrll. R is low tom, llrr is on the snare and l is high tom. the high tom leads into the down beat of the the low tom.

  • @animalnoise1 its pretty much an inverted paradiddlediddle. the pulse is emphasized Rllrrl Rllrrl Rllrrl instead of Lrllrr or Rlrrll. R is low tom, llrr is on the snare and l is high tom. the high tom leads into the down beat of the the low tom.

  • @animalnoise1 its pretty much an inverted paradiddlediddle. the pulse is emphasized Rllrrl Rllrrl Rllrrl instead of Lrllrr or Rlrrll. R is low tom, llrr is on the snare and l is high tom. the high tom leads into the down beat of the the low tom.

  • @Gpatick90 cheers my man, thats it! i knew it was some kind of parradiddlediddle! also theres a bass drum leading into to floor tom, right?

  • He's ok until he opens his mouth and speaks.

  • "After a while I just be like - Let's play drums - you know?"

    Every great drummer I know thinks like this. Chances are if they actually know what all their cymbals are, they are average at best!

  • hahaha just imagine, Thomas Pridgen for the church band just fucken breaking out a solo and all the Christians just being like :O

  • LIKE!!!! Dude!!

  • i was like like uh i was um uh like uh DAMN HE IS GOOD!!!!

  • This guy has got some serious chops. But to be honest, I'm not a fan of his style. I don't hear much of a groove in any of his drumming. It's like he's just hitting random stuff.

  • @DragonFlopp if you thinking he just hits random stuff, you clearly don't understand his playing style.

  • @XxStrongDrums1996xX Yep. I guess I don't. And I'm okay with that. Haha.

  • @DragonFlopp i actually found a video I think you should check out. I can't post links through comments so you should shoot me a message.

  • @DragonFlopp Not exactly. Look up "Day Dreamer" by the Memorials. He does a sick groove, even with odd time as well.

  • i vow to never say "like" again in my life.

  • The ride is hitting the rim. THE RIDE IS HITTING THE RIM. O. C. D. AGH.

  • @gtrocksyosocks i think you mean the really big crash :D

  • It's all kind of "JIZZ" put together! 2:23

  • snare barely standing on the snare!

  • @GloriaChiever Ohhhh that snare!

  • it´s like liking!

  • thats the biggest hi hat ive ever seen

  • he got his style from colaiuta. vinnie is more unpredictable as here we can see some solid ostinato. but they certainly mastered independence - of words and thoughts i mean. >;p

  • didn't this guy win the guitar center dum off?

  • @jordanhitsthings he just played at the finals (multiple times i think)

  • @c0d3x001 well what am i saying 'just'... he's imo better than most of the winners

  • got a bit of a buddy rich type fills. i dig

  • this really was not that impressive... the guy is exactly like what Gavin Harrison said is the drummer he does not like, one who is all about speed and fast chops. this guy has no tasteful fills at all... he may be a drumming prodigy but I was highly disappointed.

  • @dwattzdrummer yeah but he's impressive. He rages on the drums and clearly loves every minute of it. Nothin wrong with that. He is who he is. peace

  • @dwattzdrummer Oh whatever, Gavin Harrison plays just as many fills as this guy. Listen to any recording Thomas Pridgen has been on, he always plays exactly what the song calls for.

  • i like want like to like press like like

  • i like how he doesnt even give a fuck. just playin and doin whatever he feels.

  • yeah man tatz It !! I lUv Like ThIs dRuMMinG...

  • His credo is exactly like mine. Rock out on whatever you are handed or go away. Peace..great footage. :D one of today's top Drummers!

  • Will Calhoun ....

  • I like how he takes the fuckin' everything and throws it on his set haha XD

  • not the brightest bulb on the christmas tree, but who cares, he's friggin epic!

  • @boredomisexciting just because his vocabulary isn't the best and he's a hyper-passionate dude about what he does, doesn't mean he's not intelligent. There are more ways to be intuitive than preconcieved man-made objects of learning.

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  • @boredomisexciting yeah I can see where you were coming from, I just had to voice that I don't think it necessarily meant he was lacking intellect because I'm so at odds with the idea that you have to learn something in a school for it to count or be official etc etc.

  • @alphaguitar2 no big. i can see how that would be aggravating

  • How big is his hi-hat?

  • He's wearing a t-shirt!?!?!?!?!?!?

  • is it just me, or does he just play super fast? I don't really sense any type of rhythm or beat, he just goes crazy all the time. Don't get me wrong, I'm really not trying to hate on him or anything. Maybe it's just my personal taste, but when the only thing a drummer does is go wild like that without any type of beat or buildup, i don't really find it impressive. As long as your in good enough shape, can't anyone do that after a bit of practice?

  • @chessgod34 dude he can play fast or slow if he wants too, every drummer has their own unique style

  • @chessgod34 I appreciate your comment...I still don't believe that I personally could play as well as Thomas (after lots of practice)...he does have a certain higher level command of the kit - but most times I've seen him (videos), his style (which I still admire) is as you described...I wonder if he could play (e.g.) straight jazz like Erskine or jazz fusion like Weckl or Titiz...having said all this, i still applaud Thomas' great skills and his enthusiasm...

  • @davss5 Listen to his playing with Christian Scott. If that doesn't show he can play jazz fusion, nothing will.

  • @chessgod34 Also - in praise of Thomas - I really enjoy how much he includes left-hand work (ghost notes, etc.)...

  • Wooooooow, is that the trumpet player from Hypnotic?

  • the dislikes that people put need 2 get there heads out of there asses

  • it'd be awesome to see this guy jam with Chris Pennie!

  • I can clearly see that you are a total amature just by looking at your drum set dont need to hear you xDD I mean sabian cymbals only ? :D while choosing cymbal you have too be really deaf there are muuuuch better cymbals on the market. About the solo ... really basic rolls and rhytms your wrist ist not used propely with fingers and arm and so on so on truly only another amature can apretiate this so if you see negative comment you know that is a good drummer and not deaf YT user.

  • @setnewer what's wrong with sabian cymbals? Its a matter of taste....there's plenty of amazing drummers that swear by sabians...dave weckl, chad smith, matt abts, yael, zoro, terry bozzio-the list goes on and on

  • @boredomisexciting and mike portnoy ;)

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  • good thing he plays drums and doesnt have sumthin to do with speech. 

  • I love the zildjian A crash hi-hats.

  • i stopped watching after 1:48. Too many "likes" for me

  • the like bar is actually counting how many times he has said like.

  • @dreid1955 He said like 32 times :|

  • this dude probably takes speed pills before he goes on stage...

  • A fucking vibe genius

  • The Thomas Pridgen drinking game. Take a shot everytime dude says the word "like."

    Call me if you don't die within 20 minutes of listening to the man talk.

  • This dude is stupid as fuck..

  • @Independentschlueder Pisses all over you in every sense though...

  • He really like drums.

  • nice ¡¡ :)

  • beast?

  • CAKE TKO

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  • People like their absolutes. They watch a video like this and go "Thomas Pridgen said he plays whatever, so every drumkit is as good as any other, caring about specs is stupid, etc". The fact is that a bad drummer is a bad drummer on any kit, so yes, what you play is ultimately secondary to how you play, but a good drummer cares about his kit as it defines its sound.

  • classic Thomas Pridgen smile

  • what the hell does he mean by trying to switch em'. like trying to play it backwards or flipping the hands? wtf!!?

  • @ImaFez what i think he meant was, to change up the different licks or "chops" that he was demonstrating, and kind of change the order in which he plays them to be creative and come up with new phrases or ways to play them.

  • @docterblack aaahhh, n ice interpretation.

  • love the haters man. hes a drummer whos nice enough to let you see what hes doin and explain it. stop bein haters he kills it and thats what you watched it for right?

  • I can't say that I always enjoy what he plays, but i'll be damned if it isn't batshit insane and fucking difficult.

  • is like is like is like is like is like.... is kinda like... skateboard

  • what kind of tom heads are those??

  • @cuetip1212 Evans. But I dont know what kind it is

  • @cuetip1212 Well they have those rings around them, so I'll guess Evans EC2s.

  • @smerhej1234 thanks

  • a very fast drummer

  • @MrTconga Ok . HE´S A ROCK DRUM PLAYER!!! Not a Doctor or a classical piano player. He can talk however he wants, because THATS ROCK OLD LADIES!! And if u dont like it, u dont have to listen him talking, and thats the reason why he play drums, because maybe he don´t like another things like smoking a pipe while u critizise a Cortazar book... So, shut up and listen his music or at least proof me that u´re better in all ways than him...

  • @MrTconga he said him self, he just wants to play drums

  • why are ppl talking shit? ...dude is a BEAST!

  • chops like wwwwow

  • he said "like' 31 times

  • he can play.......certainly. mostly 'really fast'.... bombastic, riffing. like a very immature player, with big Muscles,  whose recently discovered his own "powerful" reach, over the drumkit. but i'm not hearing or seeing a lot of 'refinement' or a true 'deep' dynamic, delicate, sparse, musicality...... from him. it's all this Blinding, "Hoo- Ahhhh" muscular speedy, Self-Indulgent Riffing. he's still learning.............

  • @drumdude46 so you can tell what a player can do in 3 minutes? your pathetic.

  • @tisBenG no, not pathetic my friend, perceptive. the comment there, that seemed to 'really get you hot'.(lol) was merely an observation of "THIS" particular 3 min. - whereas, the dude is just attempting to 'blind you' with all his muscular speed and riffing. this is FAR from a great solo. it's a young, pumped-up,  yeah, somewhat-capable, but, immature flailing, that he will probably learn eventually, to..... drop. great drumming is more than this........sorry for you anger

  • @drumdude46 if i was angry i would be cursing, i am not. anyway the point is he is at a clinic teaching, so therefore is showing the viewers the fills he said he learnt, he then shows it put in to playing. To add, in your previous comment you said he was still learning, which points out you do not know anything about this particular drummer. He plays in a successful band, the mars volta, has numerous endorsments with drum/cymbals companies. I feel he does not have much more to learn.

  • @tisBenG You never stop learning on the drums. Vinnie Colaiuta says he still tries to learn things everyday. And he's not in the Mars Volta anymore. He has a new band called the Memorials.

  • @mrtconga He's not dumb. He's just uneducated. Pridgen plays some very complex drum parts

  • @MrTconga this is his way of doin it. hes fuckin rich and happy too. he cleary did his shit right

  • @MrTconga Okay now I get what you're trying to say. Fair enough. But like you said, not everyone will get it. Not everyone will get art, nor will everyone have your preferred linguistic skills - Everyone's different. And to be fair to him too, he did alright and nobody cares as he did his talking on the set, that's what matters in his profession. Some people are mysterious that way, its up to you to figure what's really going on. Peace.

  • @MrTconga what he intended to express, you heard it from his drums. Not everyone are 'smartmouths' but artists like Thomas, they express themselves through their music. Imagine a quiet, mysterious painter, put him on a stage, he'll shake, but put a brush in his hands, you'll SEE what he's trying to say, depends on how you interpret it. Beautiful world isn't it.

  • dude has such a fucking derp face LOL

  • he sounds like dave chappelle doing rick james

  • haha. are people really getting after him about the way he talks? who really cares? he's sick drummer. leave it at that.

  • Dude is incredible. "Its like,Its like,Its like,Its like,Its like,Its like,"

    Keep rocking

  • cake ur a bitch

  • @EluStatus

    my boy was tellin me about this dude cake who was up in SF and i find out later he's the drummer for the mars volta n shit. gotta give it up.

  • i think he needs a bigger set of hi hats

  • does anyone know what practice set he is playing on?

  • the dw pactice pads

  • bad.

  • you guys ruined this video for me now now all i hear when i listen to it is like

  • those cymbals don't even know what hit them

  • What a nigger.

    

  • @jjdrummer108 he may be a nigger but he kicks ass at drums

  • But not as nigger as you are

  • @jjdrummer108 ...if a nigger is a musical prodigy who's a thousand times the human being than you could ever hope to be, then yes he is. Please jj, do not procreate.

  • Sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Snare barley standing on the snare!

  • get this man a double pedal and put on stage next to George Kollias, we will see who wins now

  • that's a beautiful dw kit

  • LIKE who gives a fuck how he talks

    he blows all of our shit out of the water

  • i think he's stoned

  • That paradiddle chop is awesome, really worth learning

  • who gives a fuck how many times he uses the word "LIKE"...

    he can be my drummer anyday ...

  • Does anybody knows how the practice -set 0:50 is called what he plays when he explains his playing. Or maybe the brand of it?

  • @MothersCake DW practice kit

  • that stack sounds fucking amazing

  • he can say whatever he wants be he's so much into the mars volta style !