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"Cygnus X-1: Part 1" by Rush

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Uploaded by on Jan 26, 2008

Here is my take on one of the craziest 7 minutes in drumming history. This one took a LOT of work.

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  • Dooood! Way to clock that shiT!!! I play bass and drums and I can only imagine how many hours you practiced this... Good job!! One of my faves from RUSH!

  • @dinomaui The hardest -- and sometimes most disheartening thing about trying to play this song is that you have to count to 49 really fast at the very end of the song, and if you get that wrong, well 8 minutes pissed away!

  • Question - Do you hit the hi-hat on its side hitting kinda hitting both bottom and top or do u hit the top

  • It totally depends on what sound I'm going for. Sometimes, I hit the bow of the hats with the tip of my stick. Sometimes, I hit where the two hats meet with the shoulder of my stick... sometimes I hit the hi-hat with the portion of my stick from the tick to the shoulder tangential to the bow of the cymbal. Watch my "hi-hat techniques" series. I explain all the choices and what I hit when.

  • how do you do it? That looks superhuman lol

  • Well, to be honest, this was probably the most difficult song I've ever learned on drums. I practised a LOT before I even attempted a full take. Incidentally, this IS one take, I just cut all the ethereal stuff out of the middle. When it comes together for me, it does. Once I make a mistake in a song, I kind of turf it.

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  • hey dude ur right fucking on.....im impressed...loved it.....necromancer next dude

  • Geddy scared me the first time I heard this song, when he screams at the end. Freakin' sick! Better than all those bands that actually specialize in screaming.

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  • @dinomaui i agree i dont know how someone could dislike this

  • gret cover bro a lot of people including me have trouble with odd time beats but you do very well

  • Amazing job, just amazing. Great timing and grooving!

  • 4:42 hahaha i do the exact same air bass when i'm drumming along to this.

  • the snare has a good tone, sounds like perts

  • what an amazeing job!! just perfect!

  • holy crap so this is what I'm going to play?!?!?!?! I found the drum score for this song and it's an epic mind rape watching this play and reading the score at the time. God Crap!!!! Wish me luck Youtube and amazing job btw!! ^O^

  • timing perfect!!!! great job!

  • Dude I saw Rush in concert like 20 years ago, you rock like Neil Peart!!! Keep it up, you are good.

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