Brody Taylor Smith - Invent Animate - "Shade Astray" - Drum Playthrough

I'm very stoked to announce that I'll be filling in on drums for Invent Animate on their upcoming North American tour with Erra, Alpha Wolf & Thornhill!
The band just put out this song "Shade Astray" a couple days ago & it's an absolute banger. It's probably my favorite IA song & the live debut of it will be on this tour!
Invent Animate is a very rad band that I've been following for a while so I'm really excited to get to represent their music with them onstage. I love music like this & playing it is the best. These songs are definitely still tech, but overall, I'm just trying to hold it down & hit hard which is honestly super fun & satisfying.
Come out to a show if you're in the area!
7/15 - Birmingham, AL at Zydeco*
7/16 - Atlanta, GA at Masquerade (Heaven)*
7/17 - Tampa, FL at The Orpheum*
7/19 - Houston, TX at Warehouse (Studio)
7/20 - Dallas, TX at Trees
7/22 - Mesa, AZ at Nile Theater
7/23 - Anaheim, CA at Chain Reaction
7/24 - Los Angeles, CA at Teragram Ballroom
7/26 - San Francisco, CA at Great American Music Hall
7/27 - Roseville, CA at Goldfield Trading Post
7/29 - Portland, OR at Hawthorne Theater
7/30 - Vancouver, BC at Rickshaw Theater
7/31 - Seattle, WA at El Corazon
8/2 - Salt Lake City, UT at The Complex
8/3 - Denver, CO at Marquis Theater
8/5 - Chicago, IL at Bottom Lounge
8/7 - Detroit, MI at The Shelter
8/9 - Cleveland, OH at Beachland Ballroom
8/10 - Toronto, ON at Velvet Underground
8/11 - Montreal, QC at Fairmount Theater
8/12 - Allston, MA at Brighton Music Hall
8/13 - New York, NY at Gramercy Theater
8/14 - Philadelphia, PA at The Foundry
8/16 - Pittsburgh, PA at Enclave
8/17 - Baltimore, MD at Soundstage
8/19 - Indianapolis, IN at Emerson Theater
8/20 - Nashville, TN at Basement East
* - Thornhill not performing these dates
I proudly endorse Meinl Cymbals & Meinl Stick & Brush.
Cymbals:
15" Byzance Traditional Medium Hi-hats
18" Byzance Traditional Medium Crash
10" Classics Custom Splash
22" Pure Alloy Medium Ride
19" Byzance Traditional Medium Thin Crash
18" Thomas Lang Super Stack
18" Classics Custom Dark China
Sticks:
Heavy 2B Sticks
I tried my best to play this song as close as possible to the original recording. There's ONE kick hit that I accidentally added at 1:39. This was my best take so I decided to let it slide lol.
My personal social media -
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/ brodysmithhh
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Check out Invent Animate
Spotify: open.spotify.c...
Apple Music: / invent-animate
/ inventanimate
/ invent_animate
/ invent_animate
Check out my band Satyr's new album!
Spotify: open.spotify.c...
Apple Music: / totem
Thanks so much for watching!
If you'd like to contact me for session work, tours, lessons, drum programming/transcribing or anything else music related, feel free to send me an IG/FB message or an email at [e-mail]

[@irizaga]

that snare tho! amazing playthrough, man. And congrats on the opportunity, it's clearly well deserved

[@sweetgregt]

That hi-hat groove though. Felt that. 1:35

[@dotwav4424]

that breakdown really reminds me of vildhjarta!

[@PleaseForgiveYourself]

*T H ∆ L L*

[@keenman0403]

Marcus probably brought a little bit of that with him from Sweden haha

[@evanbates4097]

Man that fill at 3:44 - 3:47 is so clean.

[@ItsGentleChris]

You have some serious drumming skills. I love your work on the snare and the double bass. Which china cymbal do you use?

[@Brodytaylorsmith]

Thanks! I’m using a Meinl 18” Classics Custom Dark China in this vid. Full cymbal specs in the description.

[@Jigsaw2533]

Damn congrats! Invent Animate is one of my favorite bands! I've also been listening to Totem since the release, it's awesome, you are a very skilled drummer, hope to see you live some day :)

[@Brodytaylorsmith]

Hell yeah, thanks a lot for checking the Satyr album out!

[@sasaki9825]

No freaking way! Congrats on the gig opportunity!

[@slumped1163]

Took me a few minutes to realize this is invent animates drummer this man is goated

[@professorhunter84]

@1:45-2:00 will ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS be my favorite groove. absolutely nasty

[@realtealcovers232]

You absolutely deserve it man! Also, amazing job on the song.

[@TearOpenTheSkys]

Did Brody write the drum parts for this song? It really seems that way.

[@Brodytaylorsmith]

The whole album was essentially finished before I even met the guys, so no. Trey & Keaton programmed the drums. I’m, however, the first person to’ve played it on a real kit haha.

[@theexisting1514]

so sick! It makes me sad that the snare hits at 1:12 got so buried in the final mix. well either buried or taken out. it was my favorite part of the chorus

[@KirkWilson86]

The talent and hard work you must have to fill in for Trey is immeasurable. You are a beast bro!

[@linker94]

The first time I heard that section at 1:47 - 2:00 was when you released the instrumental version, I was so mindblown. Its such a satisfying part and hearing it now under the the rest of the layering is a real treat, I love it. And it was always there, I just didnt hear or focus on it

[@GLUTENX]

damn you fucking MURDERED 3:43

[@joejoefaqt]

This is fucking tough

[@bigolepotato]

You crushed it in Tampa! Glad I got to hear this live.

[@AshStGreen]

unreal player

[@dduem]

Bro what snare is that. That shit is crackin

[@fr0zoneLay3r]

this IS the best metalcore song ever made

[@vinnyvicente6136]

Simplesmente perfeito, parabéns pelo cover!

[@MrMjsce]

god you make this look like so much fun

[@keenman0403]

Sick playthrough my guy! How long did this take you to learn, and what was your approach to doing so?

[@Brodytaylorsmith]

Thanks dude. Took me about a week from the point where I began learning the song to when I filmed this vid I think. I started by transcribing it & then I learned the whole thing at a slower BPM. Learned it by reading my transcription measure by measure.

[@Terdfertersen]

@@Brodytaylorsmith that’s that grind bro. That’s what it takes. Great job taking up treys mantle btw.

[@a.miroshin]

Killer drummer!

[@BlaKKoutGT]

god mode

[@flsein4592]

Sheesh !!! You so good.

[@Typerhaze]

BROOOO!!!! You fkn killed in Dallas at the trees! Absolutely amazing show

[@brennanpeters8112]

He needs more recognition i absolutely love his drumming

[@omegashenwolf4852]

I've been meaning to find out who replaced Trey ..and geez 🔥

[@loganhunter5734]

Saw some guys at the Tampa show wearing shirts that said “BRODY F*CKS.” I see what they mean

[@strochild]

Nastyyyyy. Good shit bro! Hi-hat work is filthy!

[@PleaseForgiveYourself]

My dude out here killing it with Satyr and now an opportunity to tour with IA....fuckin HAILZ!

[@nicolasalves9193]

wow, you deserve it! amazing playthrough

[@john_does_stuff]

hell fucking yes, man. Very well done

[@EatnCereal]

Fuk yeh man. Congrats. Stay safe out there 🤙🏽

[@clunt2548]

Awesome work man, Im glad I finally found your channel, absolutely love your work in Satyr!

[@sleepytako_]

Those drums sound damn punchy. Nice job!

[@RetiredRobot]

Thanks for the cover, enjoyed watching Also congrats on filling in for their NA tour, what a crazy experience!

[@TyroneStevens94]

Tight as! Love that mix too👌🏼 You gonna kill it on tour dude!

[@adilfadhilah4334]

I really love this song, thank you

[@randykuhn3596]

So fucking good dude, I've been obsessed with the drums in this song. You killed this. 🔥

[@taylorryandrums]

Some real tasty shit in there! So tight, dude!

[@justevan877]

Just saw you play on friday night!

[@wimmeltje]

This is awesome! Sick playing

[@VirtualAlec]

DUDE!!!!! FUCKING AMAZING 😭😭😭😭

[@stevenheart-tongue2977]

See you in Portland! :D

[@JonathanLewismusician]

Excellent job man.

[@stephenkennedy3080]

Nice kit, snare is on point. Excellent work man, keep it up.

[@JackCrashes]

Dope, keeping the best band alive in time. amazing

[@ryangreen1588]

Awesome man thank you and enjoy the tour!

[@evanlentz417]

Fantastic man! This song has such a fun jam to it on the drums. I need to give it a go.

[@MarkLePage]

You KILLED this. Kit sounds mint too.

[@EGrin_z33]

good shit !

[@seifdog6244]

This is going to be so sick to hear live in a couple weeks

[@thehollow2546]

Sick cover man 🤙🏼

[@jonfarah8529]

Zamn

[@cgrind3000]

Hell yeah IA is sick

[@santiagogarmenta]

eres un duro 😎🦾

[@FountainCitySoundscape]

Just unreal

[@georgeleggott5340]

So clean

[@Quartercaste]

Brooo, so sick!

[@jjjjjjjjjjjhjjjjjhjj]

Brody is sick!!!! so glad to have him apart of the band