Cobus - Usher - Caught Up (Drum Cover)

Laus Deo Semper

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This is a drum cover of Usher's song, Caught Up.

First off I should say I used this song as a warm-up.. It was inserted at the beginning of the third set and I used the verses to get the tightness going and the choruses for fills, loops, etc.
I really dig hip-hop, I love solid grooves and tight phrases.. LOVE it. So obviously this was then a LOT of fun to do, the song is pretty basic, I went a little nuts in the choruses, was so so so much fun.

I should also mention, this was totally inspired by Aaron Spears' performance of this song at the 2008 Modern Drummer festival. I saw a clip of this and HAD to cover it, looked like an insane amount of fun. I've also really gotten into the drumming of Aaron himself, aswell as Gerald Heyward.. unbelievably talented muso's, MAXIMUM respect. I am totally convinced you can't really play drums until you can groove, and these guys redefine what it means to get and to stay in the pocket.
(check out Aarons performance of this song, SO good,
just search "aaron spears caught up")

I have to emphasize, I know calling this a "cover" is wrong, seeing as I only PARTLY stayed true to the song's drums (or lack thereof), through the WHOLE song I play some variations of the beats, phrasing and fills, since 99% of what I play is improvised. Even though I have done my fair share of session and studio drumming, that has little to zero effect on these video's, I kind of see them as live performances. I'm NOT aiming to be accurate to the original drums, I'm just aiming to enjoy myself. And I thoroughly succeeded in doing that, might I add :)

Usher - Caught Up
from the 2004 release "Confessions"
is the copyrighted property of it's owner(s).

(External) Drums by Cobus Potgieter.

Category:

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• cobus
• potgieter
• usher
• caught
• up
• confessions
• drum
• cover
• remix
• deedlebag
• hybrid
• series
• 2008

[AaronSpears]

YOU are awesome!!!!! I wish we could have gotten up while we were both in Cali...We have to meet up one day...Be safe and keep inspiring the masses(myself included)...

-Aaron Spears

@aaronspears (on twitter)

[chrisfreemandrum]

@AaronSpears HOLY SHITT you are aaron spears!

[HorrorMovieReviewGuy]

Aaron and Cobus both rock. Im more into cobus but they re fun to watch

[jukka252]

@chrisfreemandrum no son.....he is THE Aaron Spears

[cenagang54]

you should make hip hop song drum cover man. that should be AWESOME!!

[XxXBlackRainxXx1]

cobus your better than aaron

yes aaron can bang around more than you

but your fills make more "sense" while his are just bleh

your drumming goes with the music a lot more than his

sorry aaron lol

[dscarmo]

after seeing aaron`s video i cant like this, sorry...

[MrHellTroll]

This guy is so overrated.... it makes me sick.

[drummer4thecross]

man aaron spears eats travis baker for lunch and crabs cobus

[HalfGermanBeats93]

@seahawkaholic12 Sounds like it could be triggered...?

[mathiasvbl]

@AaronSpears Dude :D you are AWSOME!!! (don't worry Cobus. You're awsome too). :D

[seahawkaholic12]

I hate how he hits directly in the middle of his snare, he dosent pop or crack like alot of the gospel players snares