Vinnie Colaiuta's playing on "Seven Days" by Nick Molenda

Vinnie Colaiuta

Hello from Seattle!

I hope you enjoy my best attempt at a note-for-note run on a truly great track originally played by one of my biggest drumming influences, Vinnie Colaiuta. The track is "Seven Days" from Sting's album Ten Summoner's Tales.

More and more, I've been getting into doing note-for-note transcriptions of many musicians that have influenced my playing in one way or another. Not only has it been a tremendous learning experience for myself, but I thought that presenting it to everyone in this format would be helpful to other drummers who might be wanting to do the same thing.

If you enjoy this video, please subscribe to my channel and share this video on Facebook/Twitter/etc. I'll be putting up more of these kinds of things in the near future for you all to check out.

UPDATE: Here're some links to instructional video's I've posted to this track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw4kREmWOKA

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I'd sincerely appreciate any and all feedback you may have and look forward to connecting with many of you in the future!

All the best,

-Nick

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[naedsukram]

great playing man, must have taken a while, I think you managed to perform it in exact detail of the original, best version I've seen and probably will ever see.

[nmolenda]

@naedsukram Thanks! Glad you liked it.

[odaydrums]

Really awesome job! But ? isn't there some hihat tom-foolery going on in the bridge that you didn't play? Some pattern that he plays with his HH foot? Just curious ...again GREAT!

[nmolenda]

@odaydrums Hey, thanks! There isn't any hi-hat foot stuff on the recording. Vinnie may have mixed it up live, but definitely on the studio cut, there isn't any there- just that backing track that plays through most of the tune. I appreciate the use of the phrase 'tom-foolery' though! :)

[jouxplan]

This is very impressive - a beautiful rendition. I love how effortlessly you play it. Great wrist action on hi hat. I love that you open the hat slightly every other hat accent on 2nd verse (as you should). Great 'middle 8' section before last chorus, with all the subtle ride and hat and even tambourine and splashes. Confident and accurate hat / cross stick lick at 4:12, and a brilliant outro section. I LOVE the almost overhead crash / china strike at 4:30 for some reason - so cool and relaxed!

[nmolenda]

@jouxplan As Nicolas Cage would say, "that's some high praise". Thank you!!

[habit1979]

same drum set, same cimbal set but you have the touch man, me not...

AWESOME

[EliteOfTheRad]

dude that is sick. awesome job

[azacarruthers]

Holy shit mate that is brilliant there are some really hard figures in this track and u nailed all of them with comfort GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!

[gmorton731]

Nice job man, u obviously disected &studied the hell out this--Well done!

[MrKeelanOHara]

Awesome man!



[Ruben8275]

very very very impressive , man!!!!!!

Congratulations!!!!!

My fav song by Vinnie Colaiuta!

Greetings from Italy!!!!!