Thomas Pridgen: Drum Play-Along - "Hypnotized"

[@jacques_mw]

I liked that fill from 0:02 to 4:08

[@revelationlimijaya]

Jacques Maupeu-Wise literally all of them loll

[@starcollection1]

😂😂 your comment was "must like" for me

[@revelationlimijaya]

@Star Collection technically yaaa I agreedd

[@revelationlimijaya]

Im back Lmfao

[@CostaKalogiros]

Thomas is one of the greatest drummers of all time . Period . I had the chance to meet him and hang out with before the Mars Volta concert in Amsterdam . He is a beast . Top notch .

[@Seba_rosales_codigohumano_]

yes!

[@coltonpugh9669]

He truly is one of the best drummers in musical history.

[@Seba_rosales_codigohumano_]

totallly

[@JorgeZapata-yi2hb]

Is that even a debate? Some of the best to have held a pair of sticks all agree that this dawg sits at the top of the

[@coltonpugh9669]

@@JorgeZapata-yi2hb It wouldn't matter to me either way if it were a debate. I was only giving my opinion.

[@brianrichards689]

The way he move around the set is amazing. He makes it look easy

[@davidseres3030]

I realize that some people don't prefer Thomas' frenetic playing style - but I appreciate it...he seems tight and in the pocket...and I love how he keeps his left hand VERY busy (being left-handed helps)...I've seen drummers who underuse the left hand...and he seems to be enjoying himself...

[@Bluesky35102]

Guys, the description says : 'Believe it or not, Thomas had never even heard this track before he played to it. This was live, completely on the spot, and he absolutely killed it. This is one of MANY play-alongs we have in our Drumeo members area. This song in particular, Hypnotized, was created to sound similar to System of a Down!' So stop saying it sounds like it, it was meant to sound like it --''

[@KOProcks]

Even though he stopped playing too soon at the end of the song, he perfectly got back on playing, proficiently kept on soloing, and did the same ending, which was incredible, accurate and awesome. Thomas Pridgen, you're a machine.

[@joshuadediego1952]

Hard to find anyone who loves what they do more than Thomas does

[@kariiamba7324]

The meaning of Hypnotize fired by Thoma Pridgen. This is simply mind-blowing drumming man.

[@pazenmaz]

The facial expressions and intensely creative, playful energy exude musical mastery and pure joy akin to a child in the sandbox playing with their most treasured toys. Even the mistakes are perfect lol

[@wafflesowns]

THIS WAS IMPROVISED?!?

[@DahakaCL]

Yes

[@MrEcho1213]

when you read the description mind = blown

[@TheMajorBlock]

MrEcho1213 i appreciate comments like this

[@blopenshtop]

Chad Wells What suggests it isn’t good improv?

[@sideoutside]

Holy Black Jesus, I never even looked! Yeah. Mind... blown...

[@snorgisborg2]

Don't know if that's accurate

[@andrebarbagallo8743]

Howw tff

[@jonathanwapner6262]

That part where just completely took his foot off the hat to really jam out on everything else was so relatable and so palpable. It's like he does everything you want to do -- just better.

[@Regshinkai]

Thomas Pridgen Is incredible 😱

[@joshuaguzman1064]

The Best drummer diferent technique

[@Sniffyy]

Love reading the comment section and seeing it loaded with people who judge Thomas's entire skill set based on this one cover. He's not always about chops. He can groove really damn well. Don't know why when as soon as a drummer wants to play a fast chop they're immediately just "making noise". People need to look past that and stop critiquing Thomas's playing off of this one cover.

[@thesolvent]

Thomas is so good that their criticism is praise.

[@bohdankotik]

love this guy, he is light years ahead with those singles

[@DevourTheBleak]

Brilliance in action…every time I see a new video on my feed it just reiterates are frickin awesome this guy is on the kit.

[@JoelAzia]

THE GOAT Playing it for the first time, yeah!! But never heard the song before? Can't believe it.

[@louisanthony266]

After reading the description, I'm very VERY impressed

[@ViniciusRodrigues534]

It's so funny when he forgot that should keep playing at 4:01. Ahahaahaahha. His react is the best.

[@cvnb77]

Vinicius Rodrigues read the description and you'll know why he stopped...craziness 🤘🏽

[@ViniciusRodrigues534]

Yeah, man. I firts made a comment, then I read the description. That was jawdropping. Unbelievable!

[@scottdoyle6690]

Yeah, honestly that's just where you know it's 100% real. I love his laugh when things get crazy like that.

[@revelationlimijaya]

That’s The Top 5 Best Parts

[@ZeeDog27]

Not 1 comment on how sick the sound of this kit is? I mean the playing is outstanding but the sound of the kit is mind blowing.

[@feuchtekehle]

Don`t know how many times i wathed this, but im blown away every time. WOW!

[@semitonedown]

Wicked drumming! And I'm so glad to see a pro drummer who has to take his shoe off to play. I've always felt weird because I can't drum with shoes on

[@coreyroberts47]

Some girl at a show called me a weird little dude when I took my shoes off

[@JeeniusGaming]

What a beast this dude is

[@garse70]

I love the bad brains. Best live band I’ve ever seen. This guy is good.

[@alecwilliams8425]

It's funny, SOME of the mars volta's best music was made with this guy behind the kit. Pridgen was unquestionably a worthy successor to Theodore's legacy, god bless this mans innate ability to shred behind the kit. Still one of my top 10 favourite drummers of all time the dudes just on another wavelength.

[@thecrimsonking187]

So incredible awesome this guy. I love his drumming. his style. One of my favorite drummers.

[@andrebarbagallo8743]

Thomas Prigen inspired me to stop playing the drums 😂😅

[@bucketstuck7137]

Lmao.

[@nextgenerationsshow]

Facts! I THOUGHT I could play a little bit myself. 😭 #nextgenerations

[@DuayneHoward]

IKR

[@Luminous_B]

Dead 😂😂🤣

[@dwfantom5892]

Lol!!

[@brianmyers8785]

sick. smooth and perfect. he so good.

[@Fozi92]

Is the track based on Toxicity by System of a Down, by any chance?

[@uovocosmico]

thought the same

[@JeeniusGaming]

exactly my thoughts

[@chadv6676]

Fozi92 it is, the name is a reference to the album Hypnotized, and they admit basing it off the band in the description

[@Fozi92]

Nice, thanks for that, I just only read the description of the video ^^

[@josuii118]

The description says so.

[@vanderszpak]

Beast. His feel is just unbelievable.

[@seansutton3194]

I wished I loved anything as much as this man loves drumming.

[@Surmoka]

If he'd never heard the track before, how did he know the burst-in at 0:11 seconds in the intro, or the very characteristic change at 0:37? To me it is obvious that he was aware of these beforehand. The intro chord by itself isn't even enough to get a grasp of the base tempo and he was obviously in perfect sync without any references.

[@JanPatrickLucas]

Mr. Pridgen delivering the goods! Inspiring track and drumming! I like!

[@HMonk-hd1zr]

👍× 1,000,000! So dope and to think Thomas had not heard this track before playing!👽

[@brandonpryormusic]

I love that Thomas remains in the single kick pedal group.

[@coltonpugh9669]

@@brandonpryormusic Him and Nicko.

[@ArlindoCardoso]

What a beast!!! So fkn awesome, Thomas

[@314drums]

Hall of famer. Talent level 1000

[@camilomateus]

Playing on the edge! Awesome!

[@AnthonyGhazel]

This is incredible, love watching Thomas play!

[@Chris-vw3yc]

I see 'Thomas Pridgen' and I hit LIKE. I am a simple man

[@devinbuchhorn]

Still blown away at how many of you will comment out of pure ignorance. READ THE DESCRIPTION PEOPLE. jeez

[@Hirfel]

I do not believe he'd never heard this track before. Check out the accents he plays at 1:34. How would he know the band would play exactly that?

[@xone8649]

The fill from 0:20 is crazy

[@realjuliagray]

Drummers are amazing people..Played through without even knowing the song, same thing I do too ;D ..Love this guy!!!!!

[@Drummerman02]

Editing made it obvious it was done in more than one take. Still top 3 best drummers of all time, well at least this century.

[@MrEcho1213]

Alex M why so? i mean it could be that they just recorded it with multiple cameras?

[@didybopintitys]

Alex M you do realize it was "shot live" like for one of there broadcasts before it goes on KZbin the only reason it looks fake to you is because you're now watching it here not trying to start anything just thought I'd say something

[@DrumeoOfficial]

It was one take. Come to Drumeo and we'll show you the original unedited file.

[@ThePiratemunkey]

how obvious? lol cause your very wrong

[@Drummerman02]

Drumeo I'd honestly love to come to drumeo. Maybe the angles got me.

[@RodrigoRaez]

Thomas Pridgen: amazing drummer.

[@twokidsmovies]

He has definitely heard the track before because there is no way he knew that the ending of the guitar riff would be sped up at 1:34

[@Kuroi_chō]

Our brains always predict things. As a musician you simply sharpen that skill. His internal clock for rhythm and timing is great.

[@simplygus103]

Woah, just awesome! The description blew my mind

[@LorinTone]

God damn, this guy works it as a series of exercises; he's rudiments on steroids. You can easily find videos of him going through his exercises...it's all about knowing every damn drill forwards and backwards, that's how he appears to approach it, and it's just incredibly fun to view the results from a safe distance.

[@Wezly]

1:34, mad that this fits so well for improv!?

[@FilipPietraszak]

How did he know how to play that weird time signature at 2:27 if he had never heard the track?

[@JarredWilliams23]

Filip Pietraszak he didn't at first you could see him syncopate the melody to the crashes after his first time hearing it

[@AaronLevyDrums]

7/8

[@RainerWillman]

Isn't that 13/8 + 12/8?

[@AaronLevyDrums]

Nope the entire section after 2:27 to 3:29 is 7/8

[@federiosss]

i though the same....

[@karthickondrums2847]

Thanking @drumeo for making available this play along ❤❤❤🙌🙌

[@schmittybeh]

One of the best feet in the game today.

[@emanhacker]

New favorite drummer

[@blapis89]

I find hard to believe that he can predict how the accents go at the end of the fills in 2:58 without hearing the song or reading the transcription. Could anyone be so kind to explain it to me? :)

[@justinratliff4562]

Mixed incredibly well. Wow.

[@ianfinch8532]

The drumming is amazing!...having said that, is the song not exactly Toxicity by System of a down?

[@utkuparlak7720]

what band is that

[@wardseyssens7474]

Man you're AWESOME

[@islandvibe1014]

that was dope and those hi hats are huge

[@sergembassi638]

😱😱😱😱😱 he's crazy this guy

[@RodrigoRaez]

The great detail is that he was playing it for the first time!

[@a-8702]

Incredible playing! Edit: Also, those hi hats are insane!

[@LanceWillMakeIt]

Did you know he played this for the first time when this was recorded

[@Seba_rosales_codigohumano_]

God of Drumming

[@karthickondrums2847]

How can I get this play along ?? Help me to practice 🙌🙌🙌

[@volt6675]

It’s in the description

[@starcollection1]

This Drummer is AWESOME!

[@eonstar]

I'm suppose to play along to this ._. ..............?

[@sbk1398]

eon star lmao!

[@BurnTheNuance]

eon star The track lol, not what he's doing.

[@eonstar]

BurnThePope Oh, okay XD!

[@musikman337]

eon star 😂😂

[@jarrahdrum]

beyond awesome

[@blainethompson634]

I dunno ,, I've played for 40 years,, and I think he's great. OK , ya he's quick , but he always makes it fit.

[@viktormuerte]

That's a great shirt. The drumming is cool too. 😅

[@RobJohansen]

Description isn't true, unless it was filmed way before it was posted. I filmed this in 2015: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ69iamDqNNgfa8&t=257 That doesn't mean its not still amazing, just giving the info for all the comments arguing about it

[@stevenfederico2594]

Anyone who criticizes this any way other than picking your jaw up off the floor Go back to your basement

[@revelationlimijaya]

That One Foot Shoe is “RAD”

[@josefasanandodrums]

this men is awesome seriously!

[@MDS-z9j]

Magnificent

[@pedrums1989]

Woww! Sick drummer!

[@joshuaguzman1064]

The Best drummer

[@marcuzzo65]

This is the first time that Thomas hear this song? OMG

[@davidesantiglia4594]

Great man!!!!!

[@coffyboy]

It is not fair. You have changed the melody and the rhythm.

[@JulianFernandez]

"Thomas had never even heard this track before he played to it" What the actual fuck?!?!?!?

[@ChrisBairDrums]

So good, gonna download this track and attempt to do at least one cool thing

[@binkymagnus]

Instructions when you bring in Thomas Pridgen to be your sessions guy for an overdub: "so, uh, yeah....just do whatever you want."

[@HHGdrums]

can you imagine if he did an album with AAL? fuck.... just one track even. that's all I could think of hearing this

[@ldrums4858]

Meytal did an amazing job with this track!

[@callummcarthur199]

never thought I'd see a bad brains shirt on drumeo

[@vasilischatzis582]

Great video guys and thanks a lot for keep providing invaluable knowledge to us all these years! I was wondering when Nicko mcbrain is gonna be one of your guests???

[@TheGeorgeH27]

Man whoever directed/edited this is constantly very cut happy. The cross fades don't help the addiction be any less annoying either. I love the drumming though. It just sucks to not be able to focus on anything because the video keeps constantly cutting.

[@Pacemasterx]

He is such a beast

[@tmargosian]

Anyone know what hi hats he is using?? Z custom something? 15”-16” ?? they look huge

[@Dafjalfrezi]

I remember reading a while ago they are two 18" or 19" Z Custom crashes used as hi hats

[@MarkZankerDrums]

omfg!!! so good man!

[@MattFecho]

Amazing drumming skills! And I like the sock-shoe combo for the pedals! But did he have an explanation for it??

[@federiosss]

comfort

[@ph93103]

So rad !

[@726Twister]

When you finally understand what he is playing... 😀

[@josephgiarraffa6379]

Just great and those drums sound well of course DW great

[@alessandrocanal6184]

That. Was. Insane. Oh my god

[@caiomafiaazul]

very good!

[@KesleyWend]

Very Good.

[@jorgeale4968]

Wtf so good Omg

[@dimension714]

magic, pure magic!