Drummer Reacts to Leprous - The Sky is Red (Baard Kolstad) | Drummer's Commentary Ep. 3

[@flashpeter625]

"Hi, I am Baard. Please donate drumsticks."

[@jacobdouglas4896]

I’m actually lucky enough to have had a drum lesson off him and he showed me some of the patterns in this song. He’s a great guy and is even more impressive up close.

[@yjmetal]

@photag216 He is a Norwegian drummer, been at it since he was a young boy. Leporus and Rendezvous Point are his bands now, he has done a lot of other stuff, played for Borknagar, Solefald, In Vain.... And a LOT of various stuff, won the world champions ship on electric drums I remember. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3ukhZydZ92cgMU kzbin.info/www/bejne/onjMdGlsrLVmZtE

[@jimdevries9479]

Love Baard,miss Oysteen.

[@bongzilla4172]

Baard used to play a lot outside with buckets when I used to live in Oslo. Cool to see he has come this far.

[@SimoBG]

Oh man!!! I never heard of this band and now I’m totally hooked!! WOW!!! So good! 🔥

[@PatFlanigan]

Glad I helped you discover this band! They’re amazing!

[@jpgtr84]

Same here! Holy crap!

[@federicogavinelli6487]

Great drummer! Illuminate song is...total. But, your profile photo, is the Evolution Fest pick!!!!!

[@lhluvstool]

My favorite band of all time

[@jbar85jb22]

Best Drummer and lead singer in Prog

[@BrodownRVA]

I feel like when Baard is involved, a time signature is more a recommendation than a requirement lol

[@TheLarknessMonster]

Reminds me of Danny Carey in that regard. As soon as you think you have the time signature figured out, it switches and then your lost and confused if you even had it figured out to begin with. Danny never even plays to a click or metronome he hates them lol.

[@FLASK904]

Just watched them live in Baltimore...they were absolutely phenomenal. I wish they would do a tour as the main act and play a full set.

[@trulybtd5396]

They just did. 40 concerts in like 45 days

[@ErnestoPicazo92]

They did in México and it was awesome

[@markopuranen5910]

Baard is my favorite drummer atm. The level of creativity and musicality is sick. Not to mention his obvious chops.

[@thomasdinkelspiel1098]

He really is the complete package! Ever check out Luke Holland? You'd likely dig him as well. His playthrough of Tendonitis is siiiick!! Wicked linear fills 🤘🤘

[@markopuranen5910]

@@thomasdinkelspiel1098 Sure, I've seen him. Mad skills. I just prefer the style of music Baard plays.

[@stephenhughes5156]

Yep, my favourite too, along with Mario Duplantier.

[@jasonbelieve3556]

@@stephenhughes5156 Mario is my favourite too. And too bad he does not play this kind of music and now not even playing his usual style and makes simle songs i hope it changes someday i wanna see him play something like this song if you have not seen the 50 licks by Mario duplantier video you should check it out

[@bleedgoat]

I thought Baard tossed his stick at one point to signal the other drummer that the live dub was done, so i asked him. He said that was pure coincidence and that he breaks sticks so often, because he keeps playing with old sticks, that it's very common during takes for him to lose a tip or break a stick. This song was on repeat for probably 4 weeks when he posted the vid. And nice catch on the telephone receiver commentary.. yes some sound engineers will use defunct telephones, military radio receivers, and even old WWII headsets to record snares, high hats etc because of their exceptional upper range, and it gets really nice crisp layers to the sound. if you haven't already, check out his playthrough of "Rewind", the song that made me fall in love with leprous, and by proxy a big fan of Baard. you can also check out, a now quiet band, Agent Fresco. Keli (their drummer who looks a bit like the muppet drummer) is AMAZING, has an obsession with linear drumming and man can that guy make a groove.

[@ulfingvar1]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: this composition is one of the best "prog" compositions ever! It has great drama, great beauty and an unusual second half. Stunning music altogether..

[@WillEnj0y]

Not a fan at all of the second half, but the first half absolutely slaps, that’s for sure

[@DegraTrip]

This is probably one of my all-time favorite songs and I love coming back to this video. I think 'Moon' is his best drumming performance though. Love that video.

[@azuraug8693]

14:49, he notices the stick breaks and in the groove flips it over. What. A. GOD

[@Jononor]

Oh my, that was a quick flip. Had to watch trice to spot it, and don't think I would have unless he had not looked down to the side first.

[@teunsegersofficial]

This song is consistently in 11/4, from beginning to end, during all the sections. It sounds both natural and complicated at the same time. So cool.

[@chrismcintyre8814]

Thanks man. I knew it was 11 something. I hear it now.

[@jackillin]

I saw an interview with him recently & he said he like an extra snare with a lower pitch & lots of toms so he can play melodically, which kinda blew my mind!

[@suddenswarm5944]

kinda like danny carey from tool, I heard his drums are tuned to match the key the majority of their music

[@flataffect]

Sudden Swarm yeah, they also play in the same key for almost all their music for that reason

[@lonewaer]

What's really surprising to me, and a little bit sad I think, is that a lot of drummers do NOT do that. We often think of drums as a rhythmic instrument, but drummers have so much melodic possibilities if they take the time to look for it. His set altogether is not the biggest, but he actually uses all the pieces of his drumset a good amount in every song, unlike some drummers who have the biggest drumset they can, but rarely use a lot of it. He really makes good use of that slightly bigger-than-normal set.

[@SammyMakepeace]

😂

[@Motoloen]

The other guy that came in and played on the floot tom a bit is Simen Sandnes, another Norwegian drummer. He plays in a band called Arkentype

[@steevidrums]

Thanks for this video, Baard is an incredible drummer and Leprous are as an equally phenomenal band!

[@Anaelien]

I came across this playthrough video 12 days ago. It was my first introduction to Leprous and I have to say, I am hooked!! Mind blown. Nice to see a reaction vid that confirms I'm not just crazy. ;)

[@Brick.CYN.Weather]

Handing Baard sticks throughout was great. And the fills! Much wow.

[@iau]

Thank you! One of the few drum reactions that give some actual insight on what he's doing, like the 11/4 time signature, the stick and beater technique, the china placement, and "PewDiePie" LOL. Great video. BTW, Baard said the reason he put the china there is to avoid overplaying it. So it's uncomfortable on purpose!

[@PatFlanigan]

Thanks for the comment. I try not to make plain ol’ reaction videos so I’m glad you like the insight I try to give!

[@rokomarkota3786]

He is using that technique where his thumb is always loose. I think that gives much more stick weight manipulation then some standard techniques. Great video 😁

[@ResolutionInkPtyLtd]

One of the most interesting and expolsive players I've seen. He always blows my mind. So good to see him being appreciated by others

[@HCXWinchester]

Such an amazing commentary, insane drums. I listened leprous live this year and it was the most amazing live performance for me, ever. They are such a joy. Keep it up man!

[@jeffc651]

Good stuff! Thanks for posting this. I wasn’t aware of Leprous until watching your video and I’m really digging their music.

[@Naksuu]

My eyes are glued to those ghost notes.. It's not random, it has pattern too..

[@PedroDVC]

Hell of a drummer! He complements the music with his excelent taste and composition and doesn't over saturate it. Best aquisition to one of my favourite bands!

[@johnnyeproductions]

The accents, the syncopation and the technique was just off the fkn chains!!!!! Seriously man, that is fkn talent and a half right there! I've been playing since I was like 3, and I couldn't even have pulled off that timing to be so spot on with those offbeat accents, and the rudiments he was playing!

[@BBEDrummerAK]

Shoutout to the second drummer taking over that floor tom pattern and holding it down while Baard keeps doing his crazy Baard stuff.

[@jackillin]

That was the bands previous drummer that brought Baard on board with Leprous.

[@Motoloen]

@@jackillin Pretty sure that is Simen Sandnes from Arkentype

[@owenbenjaminshapiro6285]

Yup, it's not Tobias

[@jackillin]

Looking forward to seeing this. Been waiting ages for someone to react to this video. I'm not a drummer but I love the band & the drums are a huge part of why I love them!

[@henriquelourenco-atl]

I was waiting the same hahaha

[@ilBaccello]

I've seen Baard playing live many times. His drumming has a very distinctive sound, very personal and identifiable. IMHO he's one of the top drummers around. Thanks for the breakdown :-)

[@0_Ka-Bar_0]

Baard is giong to be the best drummer in the world when he gets to Gavin's age. The kid is in his twenties and he is killing it.

[@EXHellfire]

he's 30 now

[@samwerrell2104]

He’s got so much control with that main hand!!!!

[@Sabin41]

You'll notice Baard leads a lot of his sections with his head a lot. He's a very well-trained, experienced drummer. It's inspiring how aggressive he can be at times but also how composed and completely methodical.

[@Meatlooaf]

John Blackwell is the drummer you're talking about with the China. Such a tragic loss to the drumming community. He was amazing.

[@johnwhite3602]

Absolute monster on the drums.

[@maker000]

Boys, get this guy some more views so he can play his damn drumset.

[@PatFlanigan]

Haha Will the reason I can’t play is cause my studio was getting demolished so I was evicted and with the pandemic all the rehearsal spots are closed so I can’t get a new place... thanks anyway tho!

[@TR-ru7wl]

@@PatFlanigan that sucks man, stay strong

[@nikelodeon6852]

11/8 time meter sick.👍

[@marttihill8943]

I also was lucky to have a lesson with Baard about a year ago and we talked extensively about stick technique. He's got a very loose grip. It's pretty much thumb and middle finger.

[@retrohipster994]

I feel like Baard fit's into the same sort of category as Tomas Haake from Messhugah. As someone said in the comments on a performance of bleed, "Tomas is your drum teacher's favorite drummer." I feel like Baard is that for any drummer lucky enough to come across him. haha

[@belquerst]

Baard is a GOD. Probably my most favorite drummer of all time.. and he's pretty young..

[@Ryguypie17]

Love the analysis. This was honestly one of the best "reaction" videos I've ever seen. You broke down pretty much everything there is to analyze, and did it well and with clear experience and expertise. I'd recommend checking out the "Bonneville" drum play through by Leprous as well. It was my favorite until this play through came out!

[@deltatranslation7288]

I’ve, no kidding, watched this performance over 100 x’s! My favorite part is still when he misses that 1 China hit! The “oh well” look he gives is perfect!

[@TheBonzobonzo]

God leprous is just something else!

[@steveoooooo09]

Great stuff! Yeah, Baard is an absolute beast. The song is in 11/4 like you pointed out. Also a note about his China placement, he said that he puts it back there so he doesn’t overuse it lol.

[@PatFlanigan]

Hahaha that’s a good idea! Make the china hard to reach so you only use it if necessary. Love it!

[@martingjsmith]

Really enjoyed your reactions to, and analysis of this fantastic performance.

[@Psycorde]

My favorite prog band for sure, these guys are amazing.

[@dobrozner7784]

Would love to see you react to more Baard drumming! You provide great context. His playthrough of Moon is absolutely amazing, as is Rewind.

[@bubulle4697]

A little bit late but Baard indeed said on Instagram that it was 11/4 so great job :D just discovered your content, I subscribed, keep up the good work man !

[@Papatoothwort]

I love the outro to this so much. I still think of it as 11/8 (or whatever groupings of 11 you want to call it), but with the accents flipping every second bar. So if it’s a 2 bar phrase, the first bar has those crash accents on the on-beats (1, 3, 5, 7…) and then the second bar has them on the off-beats (2, 4, 6…). Such an interesting groove.

[@Spright91]

Baard is one of best drummers in europe

[@ThatMeansHesMad]

I'd say he's one of the best in the entire world 👍👍

[@trevbeats77]

Pat the look on your face on time 11;27 was the same look I had when I watch it.........This is just crazy timing and feels out of time but it bl@@dy works...Great Vidbtw

[@eamfos]

the time signature is Baard !

[@vince8081]

You said it, it's great music. And Kolstad is a beast. Great channel.

[@Opranius]

Leprous - Moon (Baard Kolstad) PLEASE!

[@PatFlanigan]

It’s on my list! Either that or Mirage.

[@Opranius]

@@PatFlanigan nice :)

[@Lavitz321]

@@PatFlanigan Moon, please. It so beautifully crafted.

[@daanschelen]

Definitely Moon. Way more interesting of a song imo.

[@alainvaudou]

insane vidéo. what a great drummer!!!! didnt knew him!

[@kirkbrandham]

Wow, this guy is really good! Nice work Pat, loving your videos : )

[@JuanTheDjent]

See them do this live - it's mind-alteringly good....

[@rafanj824]

Wow man, i will listen more Leprous right now, awesome song and oustanding drumming. So good!!

[@upnorth1650]

Baard is called a Prodigy by his former bandmated from Borknagar. He even recommend the new drummer to them when he leave and focus on Leprous. I believe he had a drum solo on their concert in Wacken 2016.

[@TheVadrigar]

A lot of sticks were harmed in the making of this video. Also great reaction. Keep it up please! Leprous are amazing! I'd like to request a reaction to Slave (live at Rockefeller Center) where they play with 2 drummers. Baard was a bit of a child prodigy. There are videos of him playing in the street as a teen.

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

Saw them open up for Devin. Totally blown away!👍😘🇸🇪

[@LordPillsbury1959]

Unbelievable. Amazing.

[@countbleck35]

you should react to his playthrough of rewind. also the morgan agren and fredrik thordendal vic firth spotlight.

[@eddieavakian]

That was intense. I loved it What a performance. I don’t have enough brain cells left to figure out the math on this one. 😂

[@djschweiger]

very nice. you might want to check out his playthrough of leprous' "rewind". beast performance

[@jen.g.]

I love Leprous and Baard. There’s something about him that is so entertaining and magnetic. This is by far my favorite song from their recent album. The guy who came in after the song started is Leprous’ former drummer, by the way. Enjoyed watching your reaction. 😊 Also, there’s a 12 year old drummer who crushed this song. Worth a watch. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2fbqmOlr8RgmJo Have you seen Dan Presland of Ne Obliviscaris?

[@Megadanxzero]

Hmm, is that definitely Tobias? Doesn't really look much like him to me, but I guess sometimes adding/removing a beard does make people almost unrecognisable.

[@jen.g.]

@Megadanxzero I can’t 100% confirm, but I’m almost certain it’s him. If I’m wrong, anyone feel free to correct me.

[@owenbenjaminshapiro6285]

No, it's Simen Sandnes of Arkentype.

[@jaenima7686]

The whole song is in 11/4. Baard is incredible 👍🏼

[@juanchoteado5046]

Baard is one of a kind. Wow

[@eriknorman7478]

Great reaction and commentary

[@daviddevilliers2828]

This Guy is fantastic

[@mrosenblatt]

The telephone could also be a part of a ClearCom style system, so he can pick it up and talk to the people in the recording booth. That's a very common thing.

[@PatFlanigan]

Pretty sure that in this case the phone is part of the snare sound. I’ve used a mic like this before. If the guy in the control room can hear the drums, he can hear the drummer talk. It’s usually the guys in the control room who need to setup a mic to talk to the performer (unless the console has a built-in one)

[@mrosenblatt]

Pat Flanigan You’re not wrong, but it’s also not uncommon for ClearCom to be used. It really depends on who runs the studio and their personal preferences. I know I personally prefer a traditional clearcom phone setup.

[@larseikind666]

It goes in 11/4.

[@banehog]

I find it odd that so many musicians reacting to this song struggle with the fairly straight forward 11/4 pattern (8+3 for the song, 6+5 for the outro). What Bård does brilliantly (which might confuse some) is layering the patterns, so he's got 11/8 and 11/4 running at the same time. Works great for these odd time signatures.

[@LEONARDRUM]

Thanks for your reaction, video is beautiful, your have really passion for Drums and Music! I suggest you to see other two songs of him: Illuminate and Coma........ Let me know :):):) Rock On!!!

[@surrendertoreasonagain5143]

wow - thanks

[@blankpage111]

Every time I listen to Leprous I feel that I listen Tesseract and Mars Volta at the same time

[@johnborat3113]

Brooooo, Aleluya for this Comment!!!

[@FlyteDanny]

John Blackwell Jr (Prince's drummer) was a genius, RIP.

[@gianvac5477]

it´s Polyrhythm and Metric modulation 14:00

[@jameschapman1442]

You should check out the live in concert version they just released, so hectic

[@AndrewThaxter]

11/7 variations of 1/4 measures to 16ths. Genius

[@tjingaling]

I saw Leprous for the first time maybe 3 years ago. Was a bit tipsy... and afterwards Baard and Tor sold merch. I talked with them and shamelessly asked for signed drumsticks 😂 And then I GAVE THEM AWAY 🤯😭🤣😭😭 To a dear friend who had been a fan for years. She was so happy. I really want to go back in time. Ask for more signed drumsticks. I am so stupid. Kind. But stupid.

[@chriswilldavis]

Amazing

[@rickybrenay6249]

Thanks!

[@baptoufragilise]

I would suggest checking out Mario Duplantier from Gojira playing Toxic Garbage Island 😁🤘

[@redirect008]

Ahh yes, the human metronome haha

[@puppetmaster8551]

Redirect Mario is an absolute master but gene hoglan is the actual human metronome. Anyway Mario is amazing, one of the best in the business

[@xaviersnyder2080]

Hey great break down of this song, its a wonderful song by a really unknown but great band. Keep up with the great videos!!! P.S. its 4 + 4 + 3 so 2 bars of 4/4 and 1 bar of 3/4

[@TIAGO4398]

john blackwell is the one who was drummer for prince and passed out, a total groove machine

[@victorstefanovsky6902]

Baard is the best.

[@Jeremiahx79]

George Kollias and Thomas Hakke..check them out.

[@EmilStuenes]

Baards use of polyrythms are out of this world

[@daviddevilliers2828]

Ho man, incredible musician

[@EatMoreWorms]

I'd love to see your take on Wintersun's Kai Hahti. There's a great video titled Pearl Artist Kai Hahto live w/Reference - The Way Of The Fire (RFP Drum Cam)

[@jamesgillam6478]

11/4 🤙

[@AslanW]

The song is in 11/4 for anyone wondering.

[@BrodownRVA]

I saw someone say "What happened to Baard on the new album? It's like he isn't even there." on a Leprous fan page. Yet this song exists... I think people confuse well mixed drums written for the song with "Easy drums".

[@attila-botondrazman44]

Actually, I've changed my mind, these videos are great... As long as you keep talking about my favorite drummers. Lol. Seriously though, these are better than other reaction videos, where the guy is like "woow, how cool, awesome, omg" the whole time, and actually says NOTHING useful or insightful about the video he's watching... That's so annoying. But your reaction videos are great! And I love your taste in drummers! Baard is one of the best right now... Sooo much power and feel yet tons of complexity as well...

[@PatFlanigan]

I swear every time I make one of these I think of your comment on that first video and tell myself the same thing... "please don't become a reaction channel" hahaha! The two that I've made before this one have been considerably more popular than any of my other videos, so I feel like I have to keep making them, but I don't want to do that exclusively. I want to keep making music, production tutorials, drum videos, reviews and all sorts of other things. Glad you liked this one too, though! And thanks for thinking that these are better than other reaction videos. If I'm going to keep making videos like this, I want them to add some value and be worth something...

[@juliogalvao7560]

@@PatFlanigan I'm subscribing to your channel for this comment (and the content, of course). But just seeing you value commenters' feedback makes me think you're a great guy. Also, the video was cool, and insightful, without being overly technical or chopped up. Way to go!

[@victorlopes5887]

10:30 John Blackwell?

[@PatFlanigan]

That’s it! Thanks!!

[@derrickcox6883]

check out Baards 2022 kickslip episodes downtempo and the uptempo videos. round 5 min into uptempo video is so fucking unreal. thought id pass it along. Hes a beast of a drummer for damn sure

[@skor_refs]

not Baard making me cry everytime watching him play lol

[@RJB_TV]

that muted "holy fuck" cracked me up.

[@woodypwx]

Did he miss china once at 10:03? Based on the head turn afterwards and the face screaming "fuck" I think he did 😁

[@thecheif00]

Check out Sebastian Lanser playing an Epilogue To Infinity

[@BernardoMartins_]

14:15 He learned that well from Dr. Haake

[@FabianGherca]

Thank you so mutch, you are fantastic. Witch program do you use for audio ?

[@PatFlanigan]

I use Logic Pro X exclusively! But I used GarageBand for many many years

[@FabianGherca]

@@PatFlanigan oh, thanks

[@FabianGherca]

@@PatFlanigan Hi, sorry, but I would like to ask you if you can watch my cover of "what a wonderful world". If you have time you would make me very happy. If you can give me some advice to improve I gladly accept them!

[@warofages13]

I’d love to see you react to Blake Richardson from btbam- he’s got some good quality videos of parallax!

[@bringeroflighteternal9789]

Ok WTF, is he playing!!! What a weird pattern. But this guy has some a major precision, I bet you this guy timewise is right on the money. His creative process on he attacks part of this song are like no other. Who did this guy study under. Wow , phenomenal, another class of drummers is what he is