The Diva Dance - Eric Serra - Drum Cover

My favorite movies are by Luc Besson, and he usually has Eric Serra doing the music. I own every Luc Besson movie and every Eric Serra soundtrack. This is The Diva Dance from The Fifth Element.

I recorded myself playing this song 4 different times, each from a different angle. When editing I just cut to each clip where I played my best idea for that part of the song. I never play a song the same way twice, so with this approach I was able to put together my best ideas from those takes into this minute and a half.

My basement's a mess. I don't even check to see which one of my kids' toys was in view until I'm editing!

Thanks for watching! And The Fifth Element is a great movie -- you should check it out if you haven't seen it.

p.s. Here's someone doing a pretty damn good job at singing this! Some passages are clearly vocal simulations on keyboard, so it's really ambitious to think of attempting to sing this for real...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgo0CDL6bd0

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• Eric
• Serra
• Diva
• Dance
• 5th
• Fifth
• Element
• Luc
• Besson
• Roland
• V-Drums
• TD-20
• Drum
• Cover

[Xformat01]

Once again, this just amazes me as you're doing all of this on the V-drums! Makes me wonder if I could have done anything like this on my old TD-7 before they were stolen. Astonishing work!

[egyokeo]

@Xformat01 Thanks a lot! Yeah, when you put the headphones on (gotta be very isolating ones, where you can't hear the outside world with them on), and you play the TD-20's, it feels like an acoustic kit, even the cymbals. I think it wouldn't quite be the same feel on TD-7's, but still... if you just pretend you're playing on acoustics, I bet it would sound good. The TD-20's are only better (I think) because of the feel of the drum heads.

[egyokeo]

@Xformat01 that sux they were stolen :((((

[EmilieJune]

nice. i sang without instrumental for this song. XD

[egyokeo]

@EmilieJune nice job! watched your video. I think it's amazing you and a select few people can sing this song. I don't think it was sung the way it is on the recording. I can hear the digital edits on the voice so I know it was "mostly" sung, but the crazy parts had computer help to manipulate the voice. So, it's incredible that mere humans attempt to cover it!

[MRtSAM1]

He does do it in sections because the top left tom drum changes sound -3 but still… Amazing!

[egyokeo]

@MRtSAM1 Thanks! Yeah, I used a single camera. So I did 4 takes from 4 different angles. Then just cut between them in the video editor, keeping the drum track in sync with whatever camera angle I chose.

[JesseWikipedia]

I think this style of drumming is so cool.

metal drumming has nothing on this.

[o48Mike]

You're still missing the point. Thrash metal has and probably never will be complex. While progressive rock/metal and jazzy stuff which is played here is VERY complex. We don't know the full extent of Lars talent because of the type of music he plays.

[Xformat01]

@egyokeo You're right in that the Roland TD-7s were all little 6 or 8 inch pads with very rigid heads. Once you get used to it, it's sort of ok, but nothing at all like a real oil-filled drum head like I have with Tama Mahogany shell Royal Star kit. The big problem that I ran into with the TD-7 is that the pads are all so small. You literally have to be nearly perfect when playing an aggressive style of music.

[EmilieJune]

@egyokeo thanks i have fun with this song. i think you're fantastic! i could never play drums. no coordination for that. watching this video mad me smile

[limaozito]

awesome! 

[twjung]

Watch the special edition of 5th Element and watch some of the behind the scenes and director commentary. The director point blank says her voice wasn't electronically altered or altered at all for this song. That is just her and her vocals doing it. You will find several recordings here on YouTube of women doing the same exact vocals with no electronic alteration or overdubs.