Neophyte Nation - Elastic Girl w/ Delicious Pi Filling

Album download available at http://christhornburg.bandcamp.com/album/livonia-the-best-of-neophyte-nation

I was the drummer for this band.
I played the drums on this album.
You can hear the whole thing.
By showing some love.
At the link above.

That wasn't a haiku, but I tried.

So, yeah... Chris Thornburg (vocals, guitar) wrote all the music. Derek Spiewak (bass) and I, well, we played our instruments. I think the only thing I actually wrote was the rhythmical part during the "Pi section" in the middle of this song...

I took the first 22 digits of Pi and I play them on the bass drum. Derek learned it with me on bass. I charted it all out with normal music notation for us to practice originally, which we then memorized. In this video I use a different (animated) notation for showing the digits of Pi and how it is played during that part in the song.

I chose not to chart the initial "3" in "3.14..." because it didn't sound good!

Also, there is another "3" in there that I thought would sound better as more of a "02" (you'll get what I mean when you see that part). Basically, I took some "artistic license" to make the digits of Pi sound good.

Oh, and so what is happening is that for every digit of Pi, there is a bass hit, followed by that many 16th notes of space until the next hit. That's it. That's what I "wrote". More of just a formula, really. I tried it using that-many-16ths-minus-one also, but again... didn't sound good.

I hope you enjoy. Thanks for watching. And for reading!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Neophyte
• Nation
• Elastic
• Girl
• Livonia
• Pi
• V-Drums
• TD-20
• Egyokeo

[miikkael100]

whats the index .html for pi :DDD

[egyokeo]

@miikkael100 index31415 dot html :)

[pccope05]

I love that set. I eventually want a roland. I'm a beginner drummer now, so I'm not sure it makes sense to get one anytime soon..

[egyokeo]

@pccope05 I wouldn't recommend electronic drums if you're still learning. They're way too easy to make sound good. You just hit them and you get a perfect drum/snare/cymbal sound. With acoustic drums, you learn how to hit them properly and learn the proper technique to get them to sound right. Once you have that, then playing on an electronic kit becomes fun, because you play them just like normal drums and they sound similar, configurable, etc. But definitely learn on a loud acoustic kit!

[offbeatturok0]

@egyokeo I've been on an acoustic set for about 3 years now and have been considering getting an electric set. Any recommendations? Also, I love your drum covers, always such clean performance. Keep rockin!

[egyokeo]

@offbeatturok0 thanks! If you can, I'd stick with acoustic for a few more years at least. It really helps with not developing bad habits, because you really have to play things "right" on acoustic before it sounds like what you're intending... I can think of a few places in some of my V-drums vids where I hit the hi-hat wrong, yet it sounds like I intended... that wouldn't have happened on acoustic. that said, for an e-kit, top-of-the-line Roland V-Drums is the way to go!

[monkeypoo1993]

I feel like the drumming in the song 48 Hours To Go by Colonel Claypool'd be right up your alley... if i saw a cover of the song by you it's just make my day. I love your work :3

[dnshshlidrs]

You're awesome man.

[Xagoroth]

nice fulcrums :D

[JHix37]

what model set is that? and how much did it cost you, roughly?

[rhythmantic]

Great drumming and sound. What an unusual song very complex both rhythmically and metrically. Great vehicle for your drumming ability. 

[caneut]

O my God I love you keep making videos!!