Drum Cover - Caught Up by Usher

[julianpamplin1]

Good job. Great job expanding your musical horizons. I'm enjoying all of your videos this morning. Great playing.

[Maremotogiangi]

see my tube.... i play the same song!!

[pacitoloco89]

No feel wats so ever. Aaron spears rocks this

[YoHannahShutUp]

so.. many... FILLS!!!! epic drumming dude, keep it up

[spartanhardy]

I Want This In My Ipod!!! o.o

[duke121291]

U killed this song sounds so good its not even funny

[dionf23]

if you hit your toms really fuking hard would you like knock yourself out from the rebound????

[HenriTrakinasXD]

seriously, you raped this song. those fills we're so good. so in place. awesome work!

[1337DrummerNate]

LOL u actually made this song interesting!

[TwoBlessedFeet]

GREAT DRUMS !! AND EVEN BETTER SOUND! 

[kidkade251]

wow your awesome at drumming

[xXgSpRiTzTaXx]

33 people are guitarists 

[Saven44]

I just jizzed a little.

[lil1nkst3r]

i guess this is alright, but you look like a fool when you play( your verry hessitant)

[entex92]

@lil1nkst3r do better...

[travisbickleish]

awesome............really enjoyed that and all your videos,keep up the great work.

[drumkit0847]

love the fills

[Drummer89]

I just got MJ's book and I hope get to the point you'really at! Amazing playing! And an awesome song to practice to!

[halfblackhalfwhite2]

I was watching ths in class and I almost stood up halfway through the video and shit myself

[mazronho]

He also can catchup the beat of this song. But I love this beat too much.

p/s: me train this song for a long time but cant catch up those beats. damn!

[Zilidijian]

You guys saying he overplayed it need to chill. He's not playing it for the purpose of furthering the song or making it better, just using it as a template for some really sweet linear fills. Thumbs way up Tbartels.

[renathus]

know tom sawyer of rush? 

[Mikadrum87]

Uouuu, amazing, congrats man !

[Credative]

Liking the Aaron Spears inspired triplets (variants of R-L-K)

[BennyVengeance888]

I know its probably fine for you, but the angle of your toms look so awkward to hit at speed, especially the transition between the floor tom to one of the mid ones. But if it works for you then great!

[alsharpton666]

I guess the overplayed quality is obvious but you really showed where to throw in those fills. More of an instructional vid than an actual tasteful (not technical for the sake of it) cover imo. Those fills are pretty bad ass though :D

[snackeye12]

you know having the drums tilted the like gives them a different less full sound, and it is an easy way to go throught heads faster. i dont know if any one knows that

[jrand13]

love the hidden splash  under the toms

[EscapeTruth]

Your fills don't catch on sync with the beat everytime but I loved the cover regardless, i've only been playing for 4 years, you've been playing for 30. So don't take my advice by any means, keep em coming bud :]

[BXAssasinatorXS]

Hey TD whats the hardest song you've ever played, or tried to play?

[zackattack94]

mediocre

[BXAssasinatorXS]

@zackattack94 your an idiot

[zackattack94]

@BXAssasinatorXS ...LOL

[SamuelPnhyg]

Man, I love bullet for my valentine, and I like this song odksaokas, good taste =P

[viento00]

I find the fills a bit repetitive as you come out of them, almost everyone ends with a cymbal...

[6mini6ulrich6]

@viento00 well what do you suggest, out of curiosity.

[viento00]

@6mini6ulrich6 a silence, a displacement, something with the snare

[viento00]

@6mini6ulrich6 returning to the hi-hats, a displacement, a silence, not hitting the cymbals, a slide-dum kick, etc.

[MrDrumfanatic101]

okay dude your drum fills are epic....groove..okay. But if you look and listen to the video carefully, in 2:00-2:35, you were over showering the acutal MUSIC with drum fills that weren't even called for. then at 2:57-3:35, you're doin it again, while also losin time in the process. music is to be played with emotion and feeling. your showin emotion, but over showering everything else with u necessary stuff. If you were in a band...dude they would fire you. Play the music, dont just show off.....

[viento00]

@MrDrumfanatic101 I agree, I think the fills are amazing but not called for, at least not in this song. To me it doesn't need that many "noise", also silences, and spaces are necessary in music, you don't have to fill every single beat. I find the fills sometimes come to often, tempo-wise. I like what he did with the drums and love to hear more in a song that, to me, really calls for them.

[kriderox]

ur amazing

[strydizzah]

Amazing! Your fills are incredible!

[brimbles72]

woah, hidden splashes. epic.

[RATM4842]

i think you should try to remix 3AM by Eminem like Travis Barker did, except do it better than he.

[4evadrum]

stick to the metal drumming

[Halomad10]

Don't care whether you're better than Aaron Spears or not, that was real good to watch!

[anorthrop]

love it man. nice to see u branching out and trying new things, thats the only way to improve. If u get a chance, I would love to see some Mudvayne and Soundgarden covers, I think your style would do them justice

[ronkerjake]

I said "damn" out loud every 10 seconds or so

[bludygut92]

@askingrob haha tats true lol

[armedwithturtles]

you look really uncomfortable

[lordofthabeat]

Your groove sucks man. Before getting this crazy fills try to keep the groove in the pocket.

Sorry about my english

[MasterKief69]

@lordofthabeat it could be because he isnt used to playing this type of music. i don't know just a guess

[ninten321]

Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing is crusial. i need to work on that

[AskingRob]

You made a shit song good, dead serious haha

[drummeracealex]

Your better than spears and also why hip hop man, shittiest genre, don't get into that. and metalcore, eww.

[TheRic2345]

@drummeracealex Better than spears!??? HAHAHAHHA

[ReloadedTube]

Nice cover. The Mars Volta - Cotopaxi, I hope this can be interesting for you.

[JottSohnson]

Great Video! Sub'd.

[TheCorruptedyouth]

Sweet Crossovers at 2:14!

[eightshotringcaps]

Really good cover mate, check out mine i did. 

[vision314]

Dude you killed this!!!!!!!

[vision314]

Killed It!!!!!!!!

[slotho122]

no matter the style, you're one of the sickest drummers I've found on the webs.

[lukenfred]

Have seen the awesome drum cover by 4espritdrummer !?

It´s the Perfection, but yours is very good, too .! ; )

[HenriTrakinasXD]

you're talented. 30 year of drumming and stil wanting to improving. i admire you

[13RaFFa13]

Very Nice !!!

[ciewe]

nice style

[J21acTB]

Favorite You Tube Drummer! Man your awsome at every single song you play!

[Duncan3400]

I would love to see some Dream theater!! 

[deathskater15]

What kind of drum set is this?

[wafflez842]

tbartels is a drumming GOD! that crossover thing around 2:13 was EPIC. love your covers :D if this was the norm drumming for Usher songs, i would listen to Usher a lot more >_>

[iuzeify]

Drumgasm Much LOL

[orang3c4rt]

Nice drum covers, you are always very clean with the beats and am always on time. Btw i see that you hold your drum sticks with your wrists facing each other rather than them facing the ground (which i prefer to do) personally do you find any pros or cons in holding them like that or is it just how you were taught?

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[xpertdrumr]

strong pocket. good shit.

[THEra1DEN]

i like your snare :)

[halofreak1017]

what do you rate this song 0-5?! and how much did u pay for your drum set

[flipknut]

@halofreak1017 He couldn't rate the song cause he thought of the fills.

[luvs2spooge93]

i dont play drums, bran dailor from mastodon, does he use linear drum fills?

[thatonedude675]

so, i guess you're going to be doing some more pop/r&b/hip hop sorta stuff for a while now?

[ddontforgett]

Linear Drumming?

[AlboBmw]

This song is the least amount of work you're done in any of your videos, and actually you improved the original drums.

[themusicaddictislost]

you're doing pop songs now? great. id like to make a special request. i believe you should play never gonna give you up by rick astley. just sayin'.

[Theappleman115]

@sk8terboy1244 You do know he has other videos on his channel. And you do know that he has(in my opinion) the best cover of Ticks and Leeches by Tool and you probably don't know that Ticks and Leeches was named the best drumming track of any rock song... Just to let you know...

[halflife213]

@Theappleman115 THE Best?

Didn't Know That...

[MassTahDohnH2O]

@sk8terboy1244 There are many things wrong with your comment... First, "themost" and a verb that ends in "est" is extremely redundant. Second what does homosexuality have anything to do with this video? Third, what's wrong with Usher? Fourth, if you can't expand and reach out to unknown territories you are not a musician. Fifth, there is no real or fake drumming. Sixth If you don't try something new you will be stuck in the same spot for ever. Fuck you... Nice job on the song by the way!!!!

[classicalman114]

@MassTahDohnH2O Usher sucks.

[smurffy7]

@sk8terboy1244 is ignorant.

[flipknut]

@sk8terboy1244 haha you're a dumbass aren't you? You need to think and SEE what's in the column to your right faggot.

[tehDeepBlu3]

I love that you can play such complex fills in a genre that isnt made for it, and still make it sound fantastic. I may start playing Hip Hop songs just for fun to see what I can come up with haha.

[ZidiousSan]

You're did good but User sucks and the genre do suck too, try play Metal like you have done

[elipackard]

dude your like my idol, your a great drummer, how much do you practice

[Dubledekkar]

hmm, good fills but you really do get carried away and overplay, RnB music is all about holding down the beat & staying in the groove

[DrummerMax19]

good inmpro. but i think it's overplayed !

[1047piledriver]

great effort dude!

that song is just so fun to play, isn't it?

[Infinit3Sound]

You makes usher actually sound good... Kinda...a little... Ok Usher still sucks... But you are awesome

[HandPeopleHandPeople]

@Infinit3Sound Look up Aaron Spears and his drumming during 'Caught Up'

[TheJoshua12104]

my man its time for a new kit xD

[bomber143022]

Love your drumming mate. Couldn't agree more about Mike's Linear Pattern book, pure gold.

Hope to see more of your linear patterns. Your skill has really inspired my own drumming, infact just started Aenema and was just working out a part with your help when i discovered this cherry. Cheers.

[Dragonfreak2008]

why a rap song?

[MusicSpeaksVolumes]

@Dragonfreak2008 First of all, this is just my opinion so just take it for what it's worth. I think that a truly great musician should never limit his talents. This seems like a good song to practice the new fills.

[HandPeopleHandPeople]

@Dragonfreak2008 Because Aaron Spears made this more than just a rap song.

[ZidiousSan]

Why Shitty Hip Hop song? this destroys my ears.

[Zanantorcho]

Holy Fucking Fills Batman! That was awesome dude...

[metalgrande95]

that splash is really tucked away :L good cover to

[Emocore4everandever]

Close call but I have to say I like your cover more than Aaron's...

[sidewinder2132]

Hey, if you're looking for song that are like "blank canvases" check out the song "Sober" by Tool. It's got a nice groove and has lots of room for some good fills. Plus it's by Tool!

[laxdude142]

Did u improv the fills or did u plan them before from that book u were talking bout in the info?

[tbartels007]

@laxdude142 The fills are improv. If I tried to plan them I'd forget the order or whatever & it would be a mess. I just tried to take elements from the book & put them in as much as possible. It's tough to play patterns from a book over and over & then not play the exact pattern when it's time for a fill. The patterns are tough, but not overly so. It's implementing portions of them smoothly that takes practice. e.g. the fill at 2:31 is straight from the book & it's one of the lamest I played.

[fretmelta]

thats awesome mate... keep theory alive mate :)

[BENJ0Y]

Aaron spears can fuck off, this was SICK !

[11Phutureprimitive11]

bvn i read the description, thats pretty cool that your doing that.

[11Phutureprimitive11]

wtf? t? why?

[ShadyJeff2014]

definetly this song is a drummers best friend lol

[joegenius81]

dude, the linear drumming is awesome!

[axemrdrer]

fucking awesome!!!

[Dragonfreak2008]

why a rap song???

[ShadyJeff2014]

@Dragonfreak2008 this isnt rap its hip hop

[iDrumxHD]

This is good but i'd recomend anyone to listen to Aaron Spears version of this it is INSANE!!!

[iDrumxHD]

@iDrumxHD oh shit sorry just finished reading the description i take it back :P

[DRUMALLICA]

@GrZel7 Just to say he is an amazing drummer, he is trying something new (went from LoG to this shit) and i think he did very well and that drumming is very intricate and groovy. I couldnt disagree with u more! Btw i just looked on your channel and he is 50 times the drummer you will ever be!

[GrZel7]

one of the worst covers i ve ever seen ! Really ...

[jakemo136]

Hey man, I'm really glad to see you pushing yourself in new directions, that's the mark of a great musician- always pushing themselves to broaden their repertoire and technique. Good work dude. I look up to you as far as drumming in a lot of ways. I can tell you're experimenting with some new fills, and, like you say, some work and some don't. The most important thing is that you're trying. Rock on, man!

[mpeggenhuizen]

Great job again T...! you really demonstrate your impartialness for music genre, while at the same time displaying your ability to play drums well and for any musical piece. Hat's off to you my friend - you rock!

[BranmasterG]

hi nice cover!

Can you check out my BFMV walking the demon drum cover and give some feedback plz?

thx!

[bpearsondrummer]

Fills every bar don't sound cool man.

[decdlayhow]

@bpearsondrummer I much prefer this to any other version I have heard. Preference I guess

[bpearsondrummer]

@decdlayhow Don't get me wrong, the performance is good, but sometimes it kinda takes away from the actual song, if this was labelled as a warm up or something I can understand the insane amount of fills, but I'm all about simplicity and less is more.

But you are 100% right, personal preference after all, just my opinion.

[FoxandthePound]

When you say for the difficulty that it is whatever you want from zero to infinity... from 1-5 (like normal) what would u put as the difficulty for the way you played it?

[notsuchaclevername11]

holy crap

[tiki2188]

Man people, he said he wanted to practice fills. So maybe let up on the "theres so many fills!" Anyway, nice cover man! And the fill heavy drumming reminds me of Brann Dailor of Mastodon, would love to see you do some covers of that!

[RightOnBobbyD]

i know this song calls for fills...but geeze...soo many...almost got annoying after the 1000th one.......

[gosper55]

SICK FILLS.

the beats off.

[LanceDirk]

I've never seen anyone play alternating notes on the hi hat without uncrossing their hands like you do here.

[MixTheMetal]

i have nothing against the song. its got a great beat, even for a metal head like me

[fullergage]

do you have pearl exports? thats what i have with the four rack toms and looks exactly like your setup

[odcs2010]

man..you are amazing. you inspire big time. awesome dude awesome.

[Burn462]

sweet.

[FatalNemesis0]

no such thing as overplaying to me just play what you want and if you like being busy then do it

[caiao44]

Man, don't take it in a bad way... but you need to "practice" your feeling, your awareness in the notes, the simple ones... you have a nice technic, you have enough ability to do it so, but you got to keep the hi-hat closed most of the time, for example... I really like this one, but Vicarous was a killing one!

[WestBromSte]

phenomenal

[onehorseman4]

Hey its Very very Nice!

Good Job!!!

[xXSCREEMOORDEATHXx]

Not my style of music, but awesome drum cover.

[asianondrums]

awesome. versatility makes a better drummer. keep it up

[wagsterbrown4]

You are amazing and your licks are insane!

[aSprinkler]

I took marching band for 2 years, I played the snare, and now Ive been playing the drum kit nearly 8 years now. What practices do you recommend for accuracy, speed, and technicallity? I've kinda hit a bit of a speedbump and feel that i'm playing the same thing over again. Do you ever get that?

[tbartels007]

@aSprinkler 1. I try to play new moves/exercises/patterns slowly & without music. Then gradually work on them faster & faster. Lastly, I try to play them in a song setting. Identify some patterns that you don't know how to play & work them in this manner. 2. Every musician suffers from your malaise. The key is to be honest about your weaknesses & work to improve them. Find new musical styles & exercises to revitalize your enthusiasm. It's a constant challenge. Check Mike Johnston on YT 4 ideas

[aSprinkler]

@tbartels007 cool, thank you very much for the help and ideas! i'll definitely work on the suggestions!

[ryanthiessen19]

man this was totally not what expected as your next cover. I've gotta give it to you though, that's pretty brave of you to post such a different style of music. It's very cool to see how much your drumming progressed in the time you were off, not my style of music, but a great cover.

[dgarreis]

Great job!

[onlyinhuman616]

Not a fan of Usher or his music, but I"m glad you made the song worth listening too. The fills are great and you incorporated them extremely well. I'd love to see some more videos when you get the chance

[mildlyconfundeled]

that was pretty awesome

[metaldrummer726]

awesome. The fill was awesome.

What did you mean when you said the difficulty is whatever you want from zero to infinity

[GerardBlaize]

@metaldrummer726 i think he means you can do whatever you want with it, challenge yourself or be lazy

[1991ant1991]

@metaldrummer726 Because you make your own drum parts to it...

[steerj07]

aaron spears... meh. this is just amazing

[Scr33ms]

To be honest, that fill at 0:47, just immediately should negate any arguments about who is better.

[LanceDirk]

@Scr33ms That fill was cool and played well, but on the real, Aaron Spears is much, much better.

[MrDrumfanatic101]

@LanceDirk Yea....by far...

[MrDrumfanatic101]

@LanceDirk Yea...by far...

[PhilExXxTreM]

good job

[toyskater15]

Hey what size are those 2 tome to the left of ur set?

[Onabosslikeaboat]

dude you're too fucking good ! Have my babies pleeeeeeease! lol and omfg im so excited for the new tool cd because that means more tbartels!

[hesingshesobs]

Also tbartels007, nice job firing up the old rock vs hip-hop flameatron :-)

[hesingshesobs]

Like how you hit the "caught up" a couple of times with the cymbals.

[tiki2188]

Didn't expect this! It may be overdone but as you've said on other videos, each drummer has their style and all that.

I really like this!