Drum Teacher Reaction: Earthside - "All We Knew And Ever Loved" (Ben Shanbrom & Baard Kolstad)

[@EarthsideBand]

Feeling the love!! ❤❤❤ Thank you so much (again!), Andy! We adore your very musical analysis of drum composition and the more expressive side of drumming. This was definitely a nerve-racking playthrough to record-performing alongside a drummer and friend for whom I have extraordinary respect (and as you said, is a damn badass!!). Just one note; this is actually our keyboardist Frank's composition. Baard and I had to the learn the very precise individual parts that weave in and out of each other (with us having more opportunities later in this playthrough to put our own flair in the performance). And a huge thank you to Mark as well! It was great meeting you on our recent tour and I greatly appreciate the awesome footage you took and you helping to spread the word about Earthside and me as the man behind the kit! Heaps of love, Ben/Earthside

[@infinite7501]

You're an amazing drummer my friend. I've spent hours trying to learn your drum parts. Impressive stuff! Keep it going. Earthside is some straight up Epic music!

[@2secondslater]

Amazing mate, gobsmacked

[@wolframreactor74]

Frank is a musical genius and a Badass as well. The ideas and dynamic musical structures he incorporates in his compositions are amazing. The drums are a musical instrument, not just a timekeeping device. Great when composers and drummers allow the rhythm parts to breathe and have its own life and voice. ❤

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

🙌 Love it!!!

[@opencasketfacelift]

👏👏👏👏Well done to all involved.

[@frankcsacramone]

Edit: firstly I should be giving credit to Ben and Baard, who are amongst my favorite drummers. They are so creative, yet technical…it was a perfect collaboration. Hey everyone, composer of this song here! First off, thank you Mark for suggesting our song. I wanted to write out a few points here because there's a lot going on in the production of this song, and we have no videos explaining anything we do haha... I actually came up with the two-drummer idea as a conceptualization of the struggles between humans (which plays into the broader concept of the song) - the togetherness and the fighting. I composed this as a fluid unit, with intentional beats, and fills that seamlessly moved from one drummer to another. So you basically have continuous drum fills that are uninterrupted, and in some instances while one player is doing a fill, the other is keeping the beat, so the beat and the fill never die off between the two drummers. 3:55 this part is actually extremely complicated and is basically one continuous fill carried out by both drummers. It also features an insane time signature interruption when the switches happen in the middle of the fill. In the middle section 4:39, the drummers never hit kick drums or snares at the same time. They are spaced so that they never overlap but create a continuous flow. The original song and this song both feature improvised drum trade-off patterns from Ben and Baard during the first 4 hi-hat beat trade-offs. But in this version there is much more improvisation towards the end of the song by the drummers. I'm not sure if I know of another song that is intentionally composed for two drummers like this, I've only heard material with trade-offs, or "shed" style battles. But this has intentional fills composed to work together between the drummers to tell a story. Also, the production features both drummers slightly panned to each side. This creates a cascading and swirling effect with the tom fills. And in the 4:39 section the snares bounce from right to left depending on which drummer is hitting. Thank you all for listening, and love your reactions Andrew! Cheers.

[@infinite7501]

Amazing Work my Friend!

[@2secondslater]

Your work is magic, absolutely brilliiant

[@commander-tomalak]

Great song, it's a true jaw dropper! FYI, two of the songs I know that were intentionally written for two drummers are "Triggered" by Chris Turner and Thomas Lang, as well as "Crimson Deep" by Tarja Turunen with the drummers Mike Terrana and Will Calhoun. The latter isn't remotely as intense as your creation, though :D

[@adamhenton6221]

I just saw these guys in concert with VOLA. They were an amazing set. The track the closest I've come damn near made me cry lol. Very emotional but capturing at the same time

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yes Adam. This is deep

[@benearthside]

Thank you for sharing, Adam ❤ It was amazing to be playing out again, and that song is such a rush to perform live. Just curious, which city did you see us and Vola in? Cheers!

[@adamhenton6221]

@@benearthside OMG so cool to chat with you. It was in Cleveland. I was front row. It was an amazing concert. Thank you so much for visiting and playing for us. After the concert was over I talked with your keyboardist. I had mentioned to him that I've never heard of you guys before and I felt bad because the music was so impactful and I enjoyed it so much I felt guilty that I had never heard of it lol. I think I've listened to A Dream in Static probably a dozen times. 🤘

[@benearthside]

@@adamhenton6221 No worries! Thanks for coming out and hanging with us. That venue was awesome; can't wait to come back 😁

[@adamhenton6221]

@@benearthside please do! I'll be there. Any chance you can tell us what future projects you have coming up soon?

[@scosstard3542]

Can't wait! But can already thank you for checking it :)

[@nathanmcintyre694]

I’ve seen both Baard and Ben at this point, and they are both unreal! Also your editing in this video is on point 😂

[@Kelly.sapphire]

Just saw them live for the 2nd time. Great guys and awesome live.

[@wolframreactor74]

When one drummer’s fill hits the bar line, the continuation of the fill hops to the other drummer!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yup that's trades!

[@TheDPM71]

You did the hello Andrew this is youtube here thing again lol

[@Lifeaccordingtochrizz]

these guys are both on another level. I thank you for showing me both of these guys over the last year or so.

[@donnelson6694]

Very enjoyable. Nicely written. Beautifully executed.

[@Arrow2theACL]

And here it is. What a great video. Great reaction. Thank You to all those involved in the making of this video. The full length video to this song is visually stunning and the story is amazing and not a word is said.

[@AirwavesEnglish]

When I saw this yesterday I just KNEW you'd find it soon enough. AMAZING jamming!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

YUP

[@TwoandaHater]

This channel can always use more Baard & more Gavin.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

100%

[@joshstribling7013]

I was excited for you to get to this one. DOPE!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

So good Josh!

[@spatulagames9881]

I noticed long ago that pulling up Earthside on YT will yield a ton of awesome prog bands.

[@susannebass5503]

WOW this was worth the watch AWESOME 👍

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Glad you enjoyed it Susanne!

[@Tarabulus]

0:03 Hey hey, what is up Andrew it is KZbin here. Riiiiight :D

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

LOL

[@t3hgir]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums I nearly spit out of my coffee when you goofed this unintentionally on an old video XDDD

[@MissingMars]

Fantastic! great playing & a great song!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

👌

[@infinite7501]

Baard is a Badass & Ben is The Shit... so that's some "Badass Shit"!

[@danomac]

Hey hey what up Andrew! KZbin here!

[@joturna1]

Maaaaaaaaan I always thought Chris Turner and Thomas Lang were sick but these two are from a whole different universe 😳😳😳🤤

[@GoGoGadgetJesus]

I have one for you, but I’m not sure if you’ve reacted to it or seen it already. It’s Michael Henry & Justin Robinett Dueling Piano/Drum Cover of Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean. Love your reactions and hope you’re gearing up for an awesome holiday season! Cheers!

[@philstilson4899]

I just checked this out. Super cool. @Jcole is right Rooney you need to check this out. You'll love it and you'll gain 10 BPM immediately if you do. Great reaction as all ways. These guys are killer.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Take it easy Phil. I hand out the free bpm's around here!!!

[@philstilson4899]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums 😂😂 at least I was only handing them out to you.

[@JoshuaPlaysMusic]

That's what she said.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

She always says stuff...

[@JoshuaPlaysMusic]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums HA! Can't believe you actually responded to my comment! I'm fan geeking! lol Thanks for making such great content!

[@rhythmicbeast]

❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@simonditheridge708]

the shirt is lilac...not purple..probably...lol....aaaanndd on to the drumming....although why not react to the song 'start wearing purple' by Gogol Bordello....

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

No Kiwi male would dare say ‘lilac’

[@Brian-zt9wz]

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@tristanjennings7977]

Hey whats up andrew its youtube here

[@Silentghos]

👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@Mayllee1]

How Baard didn't break one single stick, I don't know.

[@ManiacTobi]

Too many notes, no dynamics, no feel.

[@wolframreactor74]

thanks ~Mozart