Bobby Jarzombek - Multimasking

[LHondrums]

multi-igiveupdrumming.

[patbuket]

they should do this song w/o vocals...

[Easleytee]

It's easy to descend into pure technique and mechanical playing in this genre. However, Jarzombek elevates the rhythm and punctuates it with style and fluid dynamics.

He positively smokes Mangini.

[ACDCBoy62]

God knows why DT didn't have this guy audition. Whether he would have gotten the part, we can't say, but he's definitely more appropriate than a guy like Derek Roddy.

[cyberspace123]

somthing about his looks and style of playing reminds me of Nico McBrain of Iron Maiden

[lupine73]

@cyberspace123

Ya know what? I never thought of it that way... but you're right! lol

That's pretty funny. 'course the difference is, you can actually see his head over the drums :p

[jossy2112]

If only he was invited to Dream Theater audition

[fatsmut]

why all these fkn comments about bobby for 'DREAM THEATRE' lol wtf is DREAM THEATRE?without portnoy lol

[maurodreamtheater]

@fatsmut nothing... because is DREAM THEATER!!

[rottenwyrm]

godlike

[waylonbloodskull666]

i hear hes mike portnoys possible sucessor in dream theater, hes fucking amazing, if thats the case its apparent he wont dissapoint!

[MetalxXxMayhem]

@waylonbloodskull666 He would be a fitting addition. It would make Dream Theater sound very.....different.

[FPChris]

@KarateMastR57 Mainly the toms is what stands out to me. You can still be a great player and not have a good sounding kit. I said I had listened to severval videos not just this one. Go listen to Gavin Harrison if you want to hear a good sounding kit. Lighten up. It was an observation not an insult.

[despoiler78]

Bobby Jarzombek FOR DREAMTHEATER NOW!!!

[HataBlockaz1989]

All i have to say is, TONY ROYSTER.

[Thycid]

You know your a good drummer when the camera's frame-rate isn't even high enough to record you!

[FPChris]

Why does his kit sound so terrible? his playing is ok but I have watch several vids and it never "sounds" good?

[lupine73]

@FPChris

Because it's probably just an average cam set up in the drum room. Also, it's not coming through a soundboard, so it's just a live room recording. It's actually quite clear considering how "low-tech" the setup seems to be.

[FPChris]

@lupine73 It is clear enough just REAL flat and dry. The toms sound tinny as all hell. Like you say maybe it is the drum room acoustics.

[dolenslupus]

@lupine73 In fact, how good it does sound given the primitive recording set-up is a testament to Bobby's exceptionally accurate and consistent playing.

[RideTheSolarWinds]

@FPChris "his playing is ok" hahahahaha

[rallyhyde]

@FPChris sounds fuckin epic to me bro ;)

[a7xsuks657438374]

BOBBY FOR DREAM THEATER

[sebaswildboy]

@a7xsuks657438374 way to technical for dream imo.

[a7xsuks657438374]

@sebaswildboy na i think he lacks the true technacal for dream theater he sucks kind of cause he just pounds the drums like an idiot but mike portnoy actually have rythem unlike bobby i just picked him cause i liked his kit

[Thedudeisadude]

@a7xsuks657438374 "he lacks the technique needed to play in Dream Theater" ... ??? Is that what you so 'fluently' tried to say? "He sucks kind of cause he just pounds the drums like an idiot" ... Are you kidding me?? Bobby Jarzombek is a musical/technical GENIUS. One of the most skilled drummers in metal today. I LOVE Mike Portnoy, but if you are saying that the technical aspects of Bobby's parts don't live up to Mike's, you clearly know absolutely NOTHING about drumming. YOU ARE AN IDIOT.

[a7xsuks657438374]

@Thedudeisadude well of course hes not just banging drum like an idiot but it sounds that way an he is technical but he lacks the progressive an tech for dream theater

[Thedudeisadude]

@a7xsuks657438374 "he lacks the progressive an tech for dream theater" ?! WHAT THE FUCK?! Are you really THAT stupid?? If his playing still sounds random and confusing to you, then you simply can not comprehend his level of technicality. It has nothing to do with him not being skilled enough for your taste.

I dunno what to say... Obviously, you didn't understand a single word I said earlier... I give up: you are a hopeless idiot...

[guerson99]

no maaaa algun día tocare como el chingaaaa¡¡¡ si el puede yo tambn...amo esta cancion

[pooperscoopr69]

He can't touch Flo Mounier.

[BassRocker617]

@pooperscoopr69 Flo is an overrated hack compared to Bobby

[bronzehydra3]

It would seriously suck so much ass to have to set up that drumset

[pimphatandcoat]

so if you have the last name jarzombek your instantly good at any instrument?

[jrockzmyv382]

@pimphatandcoat

I'm legally changing my name tomorrow. Fuck it. I'm sold.

[TheMasenko]

Tha Jarzombiez

[ciudadneo]

dejen de habalr de portnoy este batero es 10 veces mejor..y hay como 100 mejroes q portnoy....este batero es la pata en el ocico el otro bueno tambiene s el de spiral architec,...

[calidamagia]

bobby can play all DT songs using only his dick

[xxxslayerxxx666]

@calidamagia i'd love to see him play an animals as leaders song(considering that their drummer can't even play it 100% correct because tosin abasi recorded the bass and guitar, and he programmed the drums) their drummer has even messed up live before(like a bad stumble, pause and start over kind of mess up), but the crowd forgives him because tosin abasi's ideas are just too insane to be humanly possibly....somehow navene pulls it off great!

[Tortoisech]

With a lot of luck, Portnoy only could be the Drum Tech of this guy, (If)

and of course Bobby won't be interested in DT, except for the amount of money he could receive obviously

Cheers

[ScreamxBloodyxGore]

@GuitarFulvio1 He's the best for Planet X or Spastic Inc. Dream Theater isn't the bar none most tech band in the world you know.

[roquero36]

I hope John Petrucci gives this man a call. I've been watching some of Bobby's drumming videos here in YouTube and the dude would be a good fit for Dream Theater, I think...

[mercoa]

just awesome, what a pair of brothers !

[Serillian666]

whys he hunched over so much?

[kangajohn]

@Serillian666 so he can make sure his penis doesnt fall off while he cranks some beats

[69stringibanez]

@Serillian666 well If you can only play 4/4 standard beats and you hunch over magicly you can play this

[domonly]

everything from this guy is great.. except his name.. bobby :P kidding.. but of him and his bro, i prefer ron. its him to create all that great music, bobby just fills the drum . all the creative part, concept.. check blotted science... its a whole world of theory, not only his crazy performance... anyway, check my 3 covers of blotted science if you're interested, with solos ! ;)

[YOTS1337]

It's too bad whatever cam recorded this didnt get any of the low end, the solo packs alot less punch without any bass.

[fatsmut]

definitely mind f... music! lol this guy has ultra skills

[Lobones0066]

That was amazing shit man Bobby owns

[bonuzround]

fuck me

[janverypower]

great drums.....riot the best

[Papillon78]

Very talented drummer! He's also very down to earth and an awesome man! Bobby, Bobby, Bobby!!

[BLITZKRIEGBOP84]

THIS GUY REALLY IS GREAT!!

[thenamelesscrow]

does anyone else feel like they're less then shitty drummers after watching this?

I better go practice now xD

[Drummoturg]

MegaRespect from Russia

[iLoveOlivaMunn]

this guy plays drums for Blotted Science..who orrigianlly was going to be Chris Adler of Lamb of god..

-food for your thoughts-

-uncle acid

[LHondrums]

well that's wrong. drummer for blotted science is charlie zeleny.

[d3vill0ck]

I wish that he was actually playing in Blotted Science. Charlie Z plays drums, not Bobby.

[sasquatchops]

Incorrect.

Charlie Zeleny is the Blotted Science drummer.

Bobby plays for Spastic Ink as well as his brother Ron, who also plays for Blotted.

[BusabosJumbo]

Ignorant!!

[COBHC279]

Along with Gavin Harrison Bobby is the best Prog metal drummer ever!

[EIMRAIZZU]

Damn yeah! Include Charlie Zeleny!

[sebaswildboy]

Fucking sicko on drumms, one of the most tech musician out there.

[icomefortheporn]

Yeah, I'm working on this song atm. It is so much easier using guitar pro. Without it, it would sure be impossible for me. I am doing it for my year 12 solo performance which should be interesting. I just need an average sounding backing track, sadly the one off guitar pro is horrible.

[BrendanClace]

You could just import the MIDI into pro tools, apply virtual instruments with XPand, and voila! You should have a decent backing track.

[Fuki385]

Sick fuck!!!

[OnlyDays]

i must agree with those who said that he's a great drummer . Althought , im not a big fan of his band . The singer have a ''strange'' voice and isn't a compliment . Maybe thats one of the reasons why spastik ink isn't a very popular .

[jerkass411]

pretty sure its because A) it was just a side project, that I'm pretty sure was created for Bobby's DVD, also listen to them man, no one but musican nerds would "get" it. I love it though. and icomefortheporn, I'm working on aquanet right now, should have it done by december.

[SabuPtolemy]

Spastic Ink was way too out there musically to ever become popular - even if they had Pavarotti singing for them. Some music does not have mass appeal. And that's perfectly fine.

[LHondrums]

or maybe it's because it's just a project and no real intact band. they never played live and will never play live :P

[guzbeth1]

stops criticizing the people, for what you say one sees that you are a failure who does not agree to disappoint of if same but also to criticize the others, better go to criticizing to your grandmother, that I do not doubt that you do

[icomefortheporn]

can anyone cover this song??

[Wiegieboard]

Love his drumming.

[shanebieda]

I like how he's playing the snare with his right hand most of the time.

[xx4door]

i fucking hate wuhan idk y any1 would wanna use em

[camarofan101]

Wow a profesional using Wuhan chinas haha cool video awesome drummer

[tasasaki]

How many legs does he have? Could it be that only two?

[jacobcs]

he was bor with three legs and an extra arm where a fourth leg would be.

[amjan]

Bobby decided to play drums because he thought drum machines didn't play tight enough.

[Draxx420]

that was just unreal

[masterpatric07]

it blows my mind when he plays with riot!!!!it is too wild.

[ThinkmanSAm]

shit... very impressive!

[glitched731]

Lol, he really reminds of the muppet Animal when he plays... WHICH IS BADASS!!!

[MaelstromWardaemonic]

This video killed me.

I have to go practice now. ..

[wolloolloo]

he drums like a caveman here tho O_o

[cheezruff]

Check out Bobby's playing on Ink Complete- Spastic's 1st CD- all instrumental, Bobby does some of the most advanced linear grooves and just amazing parts!!

[Acosmicist]

You're not listening. Try again

[TranslucentPlenum]

fuck you and your simple music shit take your 4/4 3min songs with verse chorus structures and stop polluting our superior musical endeavors!! fucking neanderthal both Jarzombeks

DOMINATE

[JeanDenisCote]

As much as I love technical music, you calling it superior and bashing other music makes me sick. Haven't you ever heard of "tastes" and the such?

[TranslucentPlenum]

Yeah, I have. Some people like the way shit "tastes." Not my problem that I like luscious and ripe fruit.

[bonuzround]

the vocal line is BEAUTIFUL

[osanan]

1:07 - I can hear every single note he plays on his hi-hat. All notes are very clear!! O_O

One of the most technical drummer ever!

[ironeddy666]

he is a great drummer and whit his brother ron they are a bomb nice

[Adamkooooooo]

Its very relaxation! :-)

[Donnie666]

ehhhh

[Granath92]

He's gonna have some serious back problems :p anyways great playing!

[isaacmurillo21]

lol...

[bluepowder2008]

They dont come much better then this guy............

[Davidinofunghettino]

spastic ink is one of the most innovatve contemporary musicians

[TheRager298]

Holy shit!!:O AMAZING!!:O:O:O Im like speechless..

[gjm1971]

11 STARS for this!!!

[Yngwie2112Matarrese]

all in one fuckin take! hail the jarzombeks

[SigDrums]

The Jarzombeks are like made for each other!

Awesome parents :P

[sitizenx]

The most even tempered, nicest person you've ever met. Both he and his brother Ron.... totally off the scale talent..

[restedante]

holy crap i can't seem to find the right words to discribe this guy... fast, precise, complex, cretive... he makes kind of sing his drums! he should be as famous as gadd, peart or weckl!

[primamater]

its like a monster o something like that,.. my god...

[wathiqi]

yel3an 2eri

[ClitCommandeer]

Whats He say Backwards?

[asdfasdsfsa]

just some stupid stuff about how it sounds very evil if you talk backwards :D ..

[sickpack82]

Imagine this in Hifi-Sound

[sickpack82]

Killer!

[5otodrum]

congratulation from; venezuela_!

[ravenchildxxx]

off the hook man !

[azacool]

THATS WAT I CALLL A DRUM KIT!!

[justaprogressiveone]

By the way, this is one of my favorites song!

Have you heard the trak in reverse!?

I have!

Listen to what the man saysssssss

[restedante]

how did you do to listen to it backwards? please answer!

[Walls1441]

you can use wavepad to listen to any song in reverse.

[justaprogressiveone]

He and his brother are fucking rocking machine!

They ruleeeeee

I love Spastic Ink!

There is one song in which sings Pain of Salvation's singer! Amazing!

Melissa's friend is the one..

see ya!

..FedEx..

[proggedout]

if you ladies and Gentlemen enjoy this prog then check out

virgil Donati (Planet x)

Gavin Harrison (Porcupine tree)

Neal Peart (Rush)

Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)

Danney Carey (Tool)

you all probably know these drummers but if not enjoy and I hope it boradens your proggessive horizons. Nice drumming.

[tylthomas]

Yes, you are very right. And Gavin Harrison is amazing!

[DavidOnBass]

Dont forget Morgan Ågren

He´s one of the best today!

[XxSconeManxX]

Don't even play drums, and I can easily say that man is a god.

[hunterkillercom]

men this bobby is a machine and his brother too

keep rolin'

[chrisjordison]

bobby is a fuckin moster one of my favorites drummers

[reignman2112]

check out Riot's "sons of society" cd, to hear maybe his best performance. when i first heard that cd, i was blown away by the drumming...and i've bee playing for over 25 years...

[SabuPtolemy]

His best, most versatile drumming with Riot is on 'The Privilege of Power' which has everything from scorching double bass monsters ('Dance of Death') to fat grooves ('Killer') and gnarly prog (the 'Al di Meola cover of 'Race With the Devil'). SoS is cool but it can't hold a candle to TPoP.

[MasterZachary]

can anyone tell me what planet bobby and his brother are from?

[giovana0000]

bien ah de l pt,

[Gatekeepah]

Damn, first Ron, his brother comes along, and is quite possibly one of the best guitarists and his brother on drums...amazing combo.

[inmortalkrof]

a cabron

[StentorMetal]

woooooooow, pinche prodigio de la naturaleza.

[myrideisa]

I'm freaking 57 years old and love to play...Every time I come here I see new amazing talents I've never heard of. If I had the money I'd ship his butt to my house and have him give me lessons every day for a month. I'd have to pay him alot to put up with my mediocrity!!!!

[iknowurwatching7]

Is it me or do his toms sound..well like paper?

[lupine73]

I'd say it's the recording quality. Looks like it's just from a personal cam propped up in the room.

[tiroso]

@lupine73 Right, the sound s recorded with a real bad camera and real bad microphones.

[unidenprizes]

@iknowurwatching7 old footy'g

[freakguitar1]

@iknowurwatching7

here one gets the real deal :D

[mapex75]

this dude ia amazing. i think hes on his 9,999th hour of rehersal by this point. posture is weird tho. he leans way forward and looks down...strange...but bad fucking ass as well.

[jaylo2341]

It was worked out by powers above and beyond the rest of us that to become completely competant at something specific, that is to say it becomes like second nature to you, you must practice that particular thing for 10,000 hours out of a life time. How many hours do we think Bobby J has practiced? :P thanks for the post.

[lupine73]

Just for everyone's info, I've removed "highschool's" messages from the comments. He has nothing of value to post here - even a criticism would be fine if he had a point to make. But he doesn't. He's just looking for attention and we've already given him too much. So, I'll be deleting his messages going forward.

[GianniStunato]

Grooves are not "needed" to be creditiable. This is why music is art, and not another subject matter. act with intelligence and tell us why it doesnt make sense to you. If you need it tabbed out, ask. Dont be afraid to tell us that you cant play something. This is counteractive. Push yourself to play and expand.

[GianniStunato]

First of all, I cant believe how a 28 year old acts like this to a master musician: respect needs to be given. As for the time, it can go from 4/4 to 7/8 to 12/8 to 3/2! I do not why you dont understand what he does as you are a drummmer too? This man has worked hard for this and with intelligence to boot. I hope you can admire that simple point.

[ianhaan]

you just aren't smart enough to comprehend anything other than 4/4

[FremontMetalHead]

He's not playing random time signatures you retard. He's playing complex rhythms. This isn't a fucking rock band. It's a technical Metal band (different from Dream Theater). He's not playing simple beats because the type of music they're playing here isn't meant for that. If you want to hear him play grooves and simple beats, listen to Halford, since he's the drummer.

Furthermore, take your Peart, Portnoy, etc cocksucking fanboyism somewhere. You're a fucking prat.

[UlrichPortnoyDonati9]

now why does someone have to always add something to someone elses comment? ... ...(and no you are WRONG)

[JulienDAmours]

bobby is god...

wtf with the posture....Go see Glen gould, he has the most horrible posture but is one the best pianist in the world.

[THEpearldrummer]

to anyone who trashes this dude, just shut the fuck up

hes way better than every one of yall unless you can proved that you can hold you own against him

[Caboose741]

Really though i dont care if i looked like a retard playing the drums, if i could play this id be happy

[UlrichPortnoyDonati9]

haha posture...okay...cause that mattered ...ever.... does this guy read music or does he just process this all by ear?

[4speedkillhate]

:) this guy can fuck your ulrich portnoy & donati .. ;)

[cheezruff]

Bobby is a sick music reader, he advises us mere mortals the benefits of reading in his DVD

[TheOriginalEntz]

You know what is sad? This guy gives Danny a run for his money.. but Danny is never the top voted drummer.. this guy isn't even IN the magazines... sad world.

[lupine73]

And on that note, I've never really seen Ron Jarzombek celebrated much as a guitarist and he's just as "up there" in his area. Magazine votes are often little more than popularity contests. I mean, I've seen Tommy Lee voted as a better drummer than Portnoy in the past. How much sense does *that* make?

[6669bpm]

you can have posture and play well. but if you can windmill in sync with the guitarist and slap mean skinz then you got something

[Nargaroth]

Yeah and Bobby doesn't have "something". Stop trying to discredit people. Why would Bobby windmill to this music anyways?

[lupine73]

I think you misread 6669's comment. He wasn't trashing him, he was complimenting him.

Replace "windmill" with "play" and replace "got something" with "got talent", and you'll get what he was actually saying :).

[axewarrior]

The funny part is these are very old videos before he really worked on his posture. If you look at his newer videos you will see that he has really cleaned up his posture, which probably relieves him of a lot of pain, haha.

[Nargaroth]

He plays like that, and all people can talk about is how he looks doing it..

Haha.

[VeganDragonflyKG]

seriously! The guy is so perfect you would think he's a machine! he can have whatever posture he wants!

[Chippy569]

holy shit does he have horrid posture. owch.

[hydralisk125]

He more recent videos show him with MUHC better posture.

[jakefghijake]

Yeah, "muhc".

[lupine73]

But those CHOPS!! O.O

[vriksha00]

Why don't you say: "It's a pity he doesn't look like Britney Spears or Enrique Iglesias". How he plays is the most important (at least at music genre he's in, I wouldn't like to see him on the scene together with Enrique ;-).

[deuceylicious]

who the fuck cares about charisma this drumming is second to none without them being all strung out on heroin

[Aberusugi]

The Jarzombek Bros are probably the least charismatic performance artists. It's too bad cuz they rock so much.

[hourspast]

who cares, they dont have to pull rock faces or do cool tricks, its already mesmerising to watch them.. bobby anyway..

[pleurislijer]

He sure knows how to hit stuff....

[hueseph]

With the slough of computer generated crap out there, it sure is nice to hear someone who has honed his craft. Long live musicianship!