Drummer Reacts to Mike Portnoy Learns Impossible Danny Carey Drum Part

[@GregMcNeish]

New "hears for the first time" with 66Samus. He's got a truly unique approach to note-taking that I think you'll love. Definitely worth reacting to.

[@VFFP54]

I second this.

[@andrewquintal1251]

+1

[@りんりす]

yess

[@annebokma4637]

Absolutely, and the reaction was cool too 😎

[@JadaMiller-1998]

14:49 I’m not a drummer and you are the only reactor I’ve found that explains these videos in a way that actually makes sense to a non musician! I don’t even watch the original Drumeo videos until you’ve done a video explaining it so I can understand all the nuances

[@thomas_the_cat]

they really made portnoy spend half his day on one song 😂

[@zevroman]

lmao...seriously..wow🤣😅

[@michaelday6987]

The edit on this is just as impressive as the drumming

[@JohnSmith-oc9iw]

Bs for clicks

[@nickjman1987]

The bit about covering a difficult song applies with any instrument. I can write things that are so much more intricate than I could pick up on quickly while learning someone else's part. Sometimes just goofing off jamming, you can stumble on a cool sounding part that it would be difficult to even explain or count for someone, and you just do it by feel.

[@coversandcommentary]

Absolutely! That's way better said than how I was trying to say it!

[@wavewithus4081]

​@@nickjman1987 also, i've written some crazy stuff in DAW and then went to learn it on guitar, melodies or riffs I'd never get to fiddling around or improvising/trying organically. A side-effect is that I forget a lot of those fingerings or songs within a week of recording them. Very technical songs with 10000 notes or difficult fingerings can have the same effect. I can show a recording of me playing it quite well a month ago, but ask me to play it now and it'll seem like I deepfaked myself onto a much more proficient guitar player for the video lol. Such a large part of music playing (especially at higher levels) really comes down to muscle memory and being well-practiced and rehearsed. I read an interview of Polyphia where the members said they all (have to) practice 1-2 months in advance of their tours, and there's no space for improvisation given their harmonies and tight/dense compositions.

[@alexhoyt9591]

also, what's really awesome about the is performance is you can see at the beginning he's super rigid and trying to play it perfect, but by the end you can see he's got the feel a little more and can really let loose a little more

[@JeebusJames]

The drums are mic'd so well too.

[@peterarmstrong6928]

Portnoy is a machine 🤟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@emilyhart579]

Nice!! Definitely one of the better reaction videos to this that I've seen. :). The whole time you were obsessing about the snares, I'm like, "just hang on, he puts them on in a minute.." Heh. And when he says "The vocals help" and you're like "nope, I don't think they will.." Heh. Same.

[@solarwinds9363]

Dennis Chambers played Schism on Drumeo, but it was one of the videos where the drum track is missing and the drummer does their own interpretation.

[@Kholdaimon]

And it wasn't one of the better ones of that series, IMO of course...

[@SecondSince]

Even better than seeing and hearing him play this is just enjoying Mike going through this. He is such an amazing character!

[@desireoverpain]

pumped for this vid!

[@JunkYardCardGuy]

Adam and Justin are basically playing King Crimson's "Frame By Frame," the actual drum line takes place "in between" their playing... It's a fascinating piece

[@dynamait]

You’re dope, easy to listen to, and I like your excitement mixed in with how you explain it. It makes it extra fun for me after seeing the original videos as I LOVE music but don’t have an ear for it lol

[@Zero-Fox-Garage]

six six five the neighbor of the beast...brilliant!!

[@dtpfeiffer]

Mike was a good sport with such a tough challenge. Not sure if you are aware, but his son Max that he mentioned is a drummer too. He has his own band Tallah, plus he's also been drumming for Code Orange for the last couple years.

[@brian1198]

You also need to check out 66Samus's recent Drumeo appearance as well. That episode is great too.

[@cerebralfailure8804]

the odd time signatures are bad enough but Danny Carey makes it even more complex by slapping polyrhythms on it as well

[@TheDivergentDrummer]

Oh, there is actually a similar video where Jordan Rudess did this same thing. It was friggin cool.

[@MikeTaffet]

The funny thing about Tool songs is that if you don’t worry about time signatures and instead memorize the melody, it all sort of falls into place. “Don’t count it, just feel it”. Then again I’m a guitarist lol

[@mapexzildjian6361]

You're right, I have to feel what I'm playing. I never count it. But, I do have to know the count "the code" before I can play it, to feel it. ...does that make any sense?

[@beussta]

i wish one day they'll do tetragramaton from mars volta, nice drum part on it too

[@dynamait]

Dream Theatre is one of my fave bands too ❤

[@stick80]

Danny is the goat.

[@odyssey232001]

The 5 hours it took to learn this song with the time signatres and him saying with dream theater we mess up the timing on purpose the goat prog metal drummer 😊🤘

[@klausbremner_autotelic_art]

Have you watched the Danny Carey drum cam that Mike is watching?

[@Dongsquad420BlazeIt]

Learning that song in 5 hours is absurd. A 10 hour song in 5 hours.

[@coversandcommentary]

Doing something like this should be listed as a war crime! 😂

[@MikeTaffet]

You gotta check out the Achilles Last Stand Led Zeppelin video they just put out

[@alexhoyt9591]

id love to see you react to 66Samus's video drumroll just put out

[@HellBrYnger]

i do believe having to learn that song in any given amount of time is against the geneva convention. because at the end of the day, it all amounts into torture

[@TheDivergentDrummer]

I'd be careful with that logo in the thumb man. Kind of misleading that it IS a drumeo video. Thanks for the content my man.

[@AgenteusaRR]

i never understood the fuss about this drum solo other than sounding good, Lombardo for instance would kill this :W with the notes ofc

[@coversandcommentary]

I mean, every drummer needs practice. Playing a complex song isn’t something anyone can just do. Especially if they didn’t write it.

[@AgenteusaRR]

@@coversandcommentary i never dissed Portnoy, it's Carey i dont understand why he's in high regards

[@coversandcommentary]

Oh! Got it! I’d guess it’s probably because of his surgical precision and consistent tendency to write songs with complex and odd time signatures. There are plenty of drummers who do that, but Tool kind of has a huge and dedicated following and probably extends to each member. But drummers lock in on Carey.

[@AgenteusaRR]

@@coversandcommentary Loved your gentleman response :P +1 I know what you mean, but if you want to take composition into this conversation, its a different beast. For instance , to me Stevie Ray was the best raw guitar player ever, but Brian May was more adaptive . Love them both. Maybe its my thing, never like Tool (although like i said and you said Pneuma has this creative drum composition, but its nothing special to me). Guess it's a matter of taste :), and i like the drum here, again but its nothing over the top for me :)

[@coversandcommentary]

Fair enough. It is music after all. Not all music is for everyone. But that’s fine 😁

[@jan.toledo]

Hey reacts to pneuma danny carey drum cam

[@Simon_Says]

You need to see 66Samus playing Led Zeppelin at Drumeo!

[@Unibear419]

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[@macko4l]

Still waiting on you to react to the 66Samus video 😢

[@coversandcommentary]

I have a long list! I’m working on it! 😭😅

[@freeck]

​@@coversandcommentary that video should jump ahead. The guy was very creative with hes sheats, and would help even Mr Portnoy in this song.

[@Unibear419]

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[@kenny0797]

One vote to Lovebites.

[@JohnSmith-oc9iw]

Please ,stop the BS!Of course he knows the song very very well.One of his favorite groups and drummer..I wonder how naive you must be to try to sell this nonsense to your audience?

[@coversandcommentary]

So… if you love a band and their music you can automatically play one of their most difficult songs either no issues? Even if you’re already busy with your own band and writing your own songs? Interesting fact! I had no idea! 🤯🤦‍♂️

[@BamaMatters11]

You talk.way.too.much and you missed so much that Mike was saying. SOO annoying smdh.

[@coversandcommentary]

Well, it's youtube. So if this isn't to your liking, you can always find another reaction/analysis video. Hope you're nicer to them. 😁

[@BamaMatters11]

​@@coversandcommentary I was nice. I was just being honest. Sounds like you have paper skin 😂

[@coversandcommentary]

My bad! I usually assume that people saying what I do is annoying means they aren’t being nice. Either way, hope you find a reaction that’s more to your liking! This channel focuses more on musical analysis 😁