Hardest Song I've Ever Learned

[@tingkagol]

You're out there playing these complicated stuff he wrote for you while he's just like "twieeeeywwww twwieeeeewww" on the guitar. Definitely a good guy

[@asabrown1430]

Thanks so much for this David! It's not often that we get to see a musician of your caliber get frustrated in the practice room and in a world of "perfect" Instagram clips, this was super relatable and refreshing. Got genuinely inspired seeing you push through! Blessings and peace bro 🙏🏾✌🏾

[@jocquidixonmusicproduction988]

Sheesh Glad you shared this. This really shows what learning/practicing actually looks like lol @7:43 if you havent ever hit this place in your practice room where you feel like absolute trash, then you havent practiced people

[@finnleithomczyk5292]

So true lol I’ve broken my sticks doin this

[@jerpaz]

So cool to see Chris Coleman's NAMM 2011 25/16 madness play out in song form. This is rad.

[@spawnage170]

Dude, that was so sick!! It seriously sounds so good. I’m off to check out the full vid now. Cheers David!

[@DavidColaDrums]

Thanks a ton man!

[@PezrulezHaakon]

I won't even be able to learn 20 seconds of this song in the near couple of decades. The whole song will never happen. Amazing job David!

[@wotamovie7664]

This is great stuff man. I love a peak behind the curtain of tricky session work like this.

[@B4XT8R]

This is some straight up plini drum parts. Kudos. Sounds great

[@jamisonandrewmanhorvaththe1124]

yep, very Chris Allison- esque

[@httr21skins]

This is a drum song with some easy guitar playing. Well done.

[@mikewilcox4244]

Thanks for sharing David... Long-time follower and I've loved watching your journey!.... As a fellow drummer, your skills behind the kit are mind-blowing!.... This video was next level!.. While I don't understand the need to compose a track with such complexity, I totally appreciate the musicianship required to perform it precisely. And of course, your performance was faultless as expected. Thank you for showing us your journey through it. You are a credit to the profession and an inspiration to us all!...Never stop sharing your journey with us :)

[@RobertJamesAU]

Man my head hurt just thinking about that odd meter bro. Respect Bro.

[@YanniDep]

You sir are an incredible drummer!

[@footnotedrummer]

You're a monster, David. Amazing persistence. I understand that this is your job and you need to be the best you can be in this crazy world of exceptional musicians, but still amazing persistence.

[@danielcutting2796]

Thanks, David

[@roytronstad7396]

Hi David. Thanks a lot for being a huge inspiration. This was awesome, and really shows what it takes and how dedicated you are. ! Keep grooving :) Greetings from Norway.

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

writing tunes where an arbitrary ridiculous time signature comes first is a rough phase we all go through

[@millcreekrange]

I have enough trouble playing in 4/4. Great work man!! 👍👍

[@RAULDIAZ-re9ju]

Wow... Respect.... Next level professionalism... U crushed it

[@mathumphreys]

Thanks for telling us what you are thinking as you break this down, that's gold right there!

[@squeedum4893]

7:52 is the mantra of every perfectionist musician ever, myself included. Even when we're nailing the part, we're our own worst critic. Rock on, bro.

[@jarrahdrum]

Fantastic, thank you for sharing this. Many people do not realise how much work/effort goes into making music

[@kendaljoshwright5275]

Killed it man!

[@BobSchoepenjr]

if I have to let this sink in through muscle memory I would have no more muscles left. Great piece of art!

[@footsoljier6468]

This is legit me every time I learn a new song except its not a hard song and I just suck

[@alexandregubio]

Great job, making drumming more human, loved :)

[@petersonalkintor4266]

Part of the game play boy....tackling difficult time signatures is what pushes your creative capabilities to the max....

[@-rr-4172]

First of all, ridiculous time signature, the just 16th had to be an odd 25; gross. But awesome job David!!! Seeing you struggling but getting through it is inspiring. Also Did anyone else notice the Uchiha clan crest on David's cap? I respect this.

[@craigchapman8220]

Well done young gun.

[@Innisfailman]

dope vid bro!!!!

[@onebadhombre7158]

Cola means butt in Spanish...David Butt 🤣🤣🤣

[@Shorts88898]

Keep up the good work and play on. Stay safe and healthy.

[@drewbocop]

It was ridiculously hard but the pay off was HUGE. That was sick

[@LeonWWWWW]

Okayyyyyy… And that’s why I’m a basement drummer 😮 that song is cracked. Holy moly

[@phaedrabacker2004]

Thanks for the insight. Play that kazoo!

[@ivandelvalle2784]

big brain drums...

[@ShankDrums]

Well done! this song is no joke!

[@calebsmith6826]

Hey, I love your videos. As lolla was this week I looked at your vlog and noticed how you talk about Ableton a little. Can you please do a full in depth video all about Ableton and how you get the tracks made etc.. I think this would be so cool and our band uses Ableton as well and think multiple people are curious and wondering about all the details and a dedicated video would be so cool

[@henrybartlett1986]

Oh my goodness! I have just gone insane.

[@JoanElPeruDrummer]

That grooves remember me some parts of animals as leaders by Matt gartska🔥🔥👌👌

[@ConradAdamsMrJUMBO]

Dear David, thank you so much for taking the time to prepare “BOXXXERS” for us drummers to learn. It has been a wonderful experience learning your composition. Below is a brief Bio of myself. All the best. Brief Bio: CONRAD ADAMS Conrad Adams is a dynamic young drummer from Hong Kong. Conrad Adams who is currently 15 years old began playing drums at the age of 4. Conrad Adams has been learning drums, percussion and bass guitar under the guidance of world renown Australian Drummer Chris Brien since 2014. Conrad has developed an extremely high level of 4-Way Independence on the drum set as well as developing a strong understanding of odd time meter, both skills being way above his age group. In 2017, Conrad Adams won the under 16 yrs category of The HKIDF drum competition. Conrad was the youngest competitor in the event being only 12 years old at the time. In 2020, Conrad Adams was runner up in The UK Young Drummer Of The Year competition, in Birmingham, UK. Conrad was one of the youngest competitors in this event. Conrad’s influences are Chris Brien, Jim Chaplin, Joe Morello, Dave Weckl , Virgil Donati and David Cola. Conrad’s other interests are Advanced Mathematics and playing the bass guitar. Thank you kindly for taking the time to watch my performance of Chandler Martin’s, Bobby Danzi’s & David Cola’s brilliant tune “BOXXXERS” ! P.S. Please click on these links: My take on BOXXXERS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHfQhaWgq6yJbqc One of my performances at UK YDOTY 2020: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHrWaWtrhq2md7c

[@DavidColaDrums]

Hey Conrad!! Great great great job on the track!! Can you send me an email so we can link up and talk! My email is [e-mail]! Looking forward to chatting more!

[@warrenscott5233]

Hey David, yeah, uh, you can have that one ALL to yourself. I'll sit this one out and watch. Now, whatever you do..... Don't stuff up!

[@ablackshedd]

Incredible job, dude! Two questions ...how? and why? lol. awesome. I'll give it a shot tomorrow, looks too insane for me though.

[@magik9653]

What instrument do you play?

[@DavidColaDrums]

Kazoo

[@landonpeckham7752]

Dang, I thought you played theremin

[@ridhrev]

YES

[@zaneleslie6932]

Big fan!!!

[@gdrums7733]

Frank Zappa would be very proud m, that’s insane.

[@dustin.1x]

Blue kit is back

[@marcushawkinsmusic]

dang son!!

[@isaacreyes1091]

The song is smooth

[@ronniek7748]

My head hurts 😮. Way above my pay grade! Lol

[@manuelzumaya4857]

Yeah right man.

[@kirjian]

David, you obviously had to make a decision about whether or not this song was out of your league, and you accepted. How can you tell early on that you'll be able to play it in 2 days? What are some things you know it would take more than 2 days?

[@lucacartner7247]

Could you explain to me the quintuplet shuffle and how that is 25/16? Every which way I think about it, I get 20/16 instead of 25/16. Everything sounds ripping and you sound unbelievably great!

[@DavidColaDrums]

Totally! Think of the quintuplet shuffle section (chorus 4/4 sounding section) as a big 5/4. Think of each 5/4 bar being 5 groups of 5/16 to make 25/16. If you listen to the entire section as a whole, the big 5/4 (25/16) is repeated 8 times exactly before heading back into the second section again. Obviously it’s easier to count in 4/4 (20/16 with the quintuplets), but if you truly wanted to you could count it in 25/16 and it would still line up 😂. The bridge section which I didn’t show is the same way - sounds 4/4, but its technically an implied 4/4 within 25/16 lol. That’s just my friend Chandler, he’s a music school bully but I love him

[@lucacartner7247]

@@DavidColaDrums Oh, that makes sense. Thanks for the information!

[@alfredoirizarry994]

Man! Your crazy and so young kip posting

[@BI5HOP]

The guitarist is really working his ass off while the drummer is basically doing nothing.

[@ajaytuk7416]

Hi David, Not sure if you mentioned it, but how was the original drum tracks done for you to copy- was it machine done- or is a song written and played by someone else? Awesome playing as always

[@DavidColaDrums]

Programmed drums!

[@ajaytuk7416]

@@DavidColaDrums man versus machine, I know which one I chose :-)

[@jdevore5417]

Whatever that dude is paying you…its not enough!

[@alexraymond7483]

Sounds just like porcupine tree! He even looks like Steven Wilson 😆

[@RoeShamBoe]

push and believe

[@chdrums9]

7:43 is extremely relatable

[@zebfernandez]

Weapon !

[@stuartbothwell6399]

Is a number to the drummer depression/suicide hotline the watermark for the sheet music? OMG! 4/4, 3/4, 6/8 (if I have to break out a calculator to figure the sub-divisions of the time signature, I will commit Seppuku (ritual Japanese suicide) with a 2S drumstick; and that would be painful!😳🤯

[@notforyoutube]

What ride cymbal are you using in this video David?

[@elroyjiek9776]

This reminds me of chris coleman 25/16 😍

[@insanedrummer89]

You’d have to pay me 10k to care this much about a session lol

[@TheMagicalArden]

At first I thought the metronome was part if the song lol.

[@joeovermoe2124]

When you’re learning a drum part, do you play along to the music? Or just to a click track?

[@DavidColaDrums]

Everything and all. Track, click, and also no click and track to make sure I really have it down by memory

[@voxextremos22]

You should try Icronic by Polyphia

[@drmlabs]

1) who's Chandler? 2) this isn't for church is it? Jeez I hope not

[@lyleelster4625]

what is the song called? sorry if i missed it, i really wanna try!

[@marcodrummer2760]

Wow

[@gruff8491]

Hi David , i have enjoyed your vlogs for for some time now and admire your skill as a pro drummer. But as a drummer for over 40 years now at various levels and genres of music , i,ve never listened to a more pointless piece of music than this song. You are worth more than playing this stuff other than a practice piece. Take it easy man .............

[@ARGBlackCloud]

Ok , yup that's nut's !! You don't suck , it's just a rediculous track . Question is are you getting extra pay for 20 hrs worth of practice time !!

[@kamish957]

What app do you use to write out the chart?

[@DmanDrums]

Did he compose the tune on this software?

[@adlisam5907]

Play that long enuf u can get a job in NASA

[@harpantonio]

omg those rusty bass strings! why?!

[@drumeoladfriends8662]

😁😅

[@patrickellerin111]

how many people actually know this song? yeah you’re crappy performance is not a big deal. it will keep you up at night for a minute but at the end of the day nobody is going to notice. Nobody

[@jeffreyduncan989]

This is the parallel to your buddy saying this tastes terrible you should have a bite… No thx bro 👎

[@paulleigh5351]

Unbvuevably tough to learn and play. I couldn’t get anywhere near it. It’s an awful song though to be fair. In my opinion.