Stewart Copeland al Modern Drummer Festival 2006

[drummerkareemovic]

I saw this live got a drumstick from him

[lhnfchncion]

he's copeland. To him playing drums is SIMPLE. explain that

[uzielis]

He plays simply, but with so much gusto. It's great. He just has a new approach. - Neil Peart on when he first heard Stewart Copeland.

[shed412]

that snare sounds so nice

[boss24musician]

Look up aaron gillespie. He is ridiculous

[0509killer]

He hits the snare with more conviction than anyone! i wonder if he goes through a lot of snare heads....

[PeterCrisslovechild]

@0509killer When I saw them on the Synchronicity tour with The Fixx here in Knoxville he REPEATEDLY busted snare heads...the roadie would snatch the burst one out and whip in a new one in with nary a beat missed.

[SJ987672890D]

This band fills up the space around Stewart's beats very nicely. It doesn't sound like the vocals are in English. I'm curious what language it is unless I just cannot make out the lyrics. Oh well, love this jam... great audio too.

[rockstopsthetraffic]

ahaha I had to go back to the game to find out which one it was...

Blowhard!

[AlexMPruteanu]

Copeland is good, he just seems to work so hard though...seems like he needs to figure out how to conserve his energy; stuff he does on the kit doesn't require this much physical effort. Watch Gadd work his magic...even JoJo Mayer who is so dynamic and physical knows how and where to conserve energy, especially in his drum-n-bass work. I grew up idolizing Copeland and Peart, but as I studied more, I sort of left them behind.

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

@AlexMPruteanu Nah, man. You got it all wrong. He's just really into it. I'm sure you've seen Bonham play. He made drumming look like a blood sport. Copeland as well. He just getting the most out of his kit while being really in tune with the music.

[manrayer88]

This sounds like spyro music

[The4thGuy]

@manrayer88 This man composed the Spyro music.

[m0nNickneim]

I think Stewart said in an interview that nowadays he started to appreciate simplicity because in the end what matters is not how good you are soloing and what new tricks you can do, but to make music (sounds cliche but it's true). I think that's what he tries to convey. Learn how to maintain a simple groove for 5 minutes.

[dangerrat456]

he is awesome.

[ClearGlue1]

is he wearing golf gloves?

[giosmrbig]

who's the singer ?

[drummolo]

@giosmrbig

the singer is Italian: His name is Raiz

[FurlanPaolo]

Stewart Copeland, the king of hi-hat.

[padistedor]

@FurlanPaolo When I met Stewart I told him "you redefine how to play the hi-hat". He just laughed as he signed my Zenyatta Mondatta CD cover. He also shook my hand, his grip is so strong that it actually hurt a bit!

[carribou92]

@FurlanPaolo he doesn't play with the hi-hat here haha! (only with the feet)

[ibanezmike]

nice, he even worked his spyro work into that.

[thickpooxbox360]

@ibanezmike :O were?

[Ebonyivorymusic]

Stewart seems to us various kits over time. Think all Tama for the most part. Great tight drummer with Character. Love that. Wayne

[FredericXVII]

traditional hand applied to rock? only copeland can do it !

[c0d3x001]

@FredericXVII virgil donati does it with even crazier stuff, but it is indeed freakin hard to do and copeland does it like a boss :D

[GunMetalSparkle]

hm... I think he was at his best in the early 80's when he rocked the shit out of the whole world with the police

[rockout540]

WHOA They wrote a jam groove from a spyro the dragon soundtrack song

[BuddhaTrixie]

@rockout540 Stewart Copeland made the soundtrack to all the spyro games :D

[rockout540]

@BuddhaTrixie Hahaha i know i have the first three game soundtracks. I just didn't expect him to write a full band piece for the blowhard level's track

[Drewberry32]

Stewie resembles Mrs Doubtfire a lot these days..

[jdaniel220]

Song fail.

[afheadra]

is to much simple...

[iiXxBeAStlYxX]

@afheadra look, drumming doesnt have to be fast to be good, just play a simple groove maybe pull a creative twist here and there, then you got some aweshumness :)

[afheadra]

@iiXxBeAStlYxX yeah a simple groove like simon philips, no this monkey

[VirusMan254]

I really appreciate his sense of beat, his sense of groove. It may be simple to play, but it's really nice to listen to.

[zeppelinrising]

@VirusMan254 i wouldnt call any of stewart copeland's drumming easy to play

[koala381]

@VirusMan254 he MAKES IT SEEM as simple...

[thobo14]

@VirusMan254 If you'll play it it won't be the same as this like the same technique for example stewart's technique is really great so you can't say it's easy.... but it is very nice to listen to!

[joegritschacher]

quite cool

[citronellus]

music is never impressive at a drummer festival ;)

[Gpatick90]

not that impressive. especially at a drummer festival.