Gavin Harrison & Simon Phillips [Part 3] Guitar Center's Drum-Off 2010 Finals

[@drummermil]

These guys are geniune, top-of-the-tier MASTERS of total musicality. They've got it all - finesse, control, chops, dynamics, melodic & harmonic playing. All four parts of this is . . . simply mind-blowing, . . . truly fantastic. Awesome performance Simon and Gavin! Keep 'em coming.

[@moon1593]

I cried. This is the most beautiful thing Ive ever seen in my life.

[@steadypocket]

Each possesses a very deep understanding of their instrument. Masters indeed. If you don't love this, you don't love drums.

[@christopherandersonreed9612]

True masters of their instrument are the ones who make the instrument look like a natural extension of their own bodies. Watching Maestros Harrison and Phillips is a textbook-perfect example.

[@rosradley]

All drummers need to watch this video to learn how to play like musicians and not drummers. Too many drummers forget that music is theme/variation and tension/release. Too many drummers just play random crap to show off how fast they can play or how many different things they've learned with no regard to composition, form or structure. Obviously, Simon and Gavin are not just drummers, they are musicians.

[@jakefrierson5441]

this is the first drum duet in 20 years that I thoroughly enjoyed. Excellent musicianship and beautiful chemistry. Gavin is in a leauge all by himself. G.O.A.T. as of 2015... Who knows what drummer lurks in the shadows waiting for their shot.

[@jubankta1627]

That was incredible!!!nicely done guys!!!!

[@MrMaximoo01]

ok- there are NO WORDS in any language..... perfection is close

[@DanDeePee]

its amazing how well these guys work with each other, every little note fits, they have perfect timing, and they keep the beat perfectly

[@RodyCar]

la miglior performance a due mai sentita da due tra i primissimi al mondo... Grazie! e grande Sonor

[@geraldmellon740]

Proof that drum duets can hold your attention.

[@DnaFighter1]

I do not understand people who give dislike.

[@EllipticGeometry]

2:46 The bell on Simon’s hi-hat is so mesmerizing. Why don’t we hear that more often?

[@Kaikojo]

Easily the two wisest musicians in drumming.

[@pizz81]

Best drum duet ever seen

[@zebonaut]

WOW!!! I just realised that this got reborn with King Crimson on the last tour!!!! The theme on the toms on 0:59min

[@xUMR]

btw, I love how it sounds like sliding slowly on a fretless bass when simon's strokes are getting faster on that gong bass drum, increasing frequency. But then it becomes compressed...

[@muso123456]

1:55 the best drummer in the world.

[@soothdoom]

its just 2 drumkits guys....seriously. but i dont blame you for being able to hear pianos and violins and flutes. thats the magic of these two.

[@Kingding6]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sooo goood

[@christoffera]

Simon my hero!

[@slomofo]

that was impossibly good

[@MichaelMcCabe43]

Its both inspiring and depressing to know that i'll never be that good.

[@shawnhapney3915]

Bravo!

[@CLoi8]

hey GuitarCenterTV. do you know if mr Gavin Harrison was using his BumChum. they are magnificent if you saw it or used it.

[@TheBrickCraftsman]

Till today I still wonder how simon plays that beat 2:14

[@mdrumjack]

God!!!!, even Gavin's mistake at 3:16 sounds good...

[@salvat5757]

Notable!

[@ChristianSchonbergerMusic]

Repeating myself: Chester and Phil (Genesis) updated by the masters. Love it!

[@jasoncavitt2043]

Christian Schonberger You could have used any time sig for your avatar... and you pick 4/4??!!!

[@ChristianSchonbergerMusic]

Jason Cavitt what you didn't see is that I used a vertical bar line before the treble clef. This is technically wrong because the clef makes it obsolete. I did it for graphic reasons and it pleases me. And why should I use any other time signature? I could have chosen a more exotic clef as well. Instead I opted for what represents music and what pleases me. I thought "C" for common time looks boring and stuff like 13/8 or 7/16 and would a) make me look pretentious and b) would raise your very question even more: "why exactly this time sig?"

[@jasoncavitt2043]

It was a joke dude.

[@ChristianSchonbergerMusic]

Jason Cavitt Well there was no way I, or anyone, could tell it was a joke. So I opted for an explanation what thought process went into it. Also: you are using "Cascadia" (a proposed flag) as your Avatar, which further enhances the feeling that you meant: "couldn'd you come up with something more original. Besides: I am German-born. We have absolutely no sense of humor ;-)

[@jasoncavitt2043]

Christian Schonberger _"There was no way I, or anyone, could tell it was a joke."_ So you missed the absurdly liberal use of exclamation points, eh? It appears your choice of the word "pretentious" was right on the money.

[@TheMakyoura]

This was done with Gavin's finger injured check how he continuously lick the blood of his finger

[@logansdrums]

@xUMR someones head was about to expode!

[@StevenMcPeterbilt]

It's a hybrid maple/bubinga shell.

[@UnofficialSimonPhillipsArchive]

The Armand series were born out of these prototypes.

[@TheBrickCraftsman]

Does anyone know how simon was playing that part at 2:20.

[@robbertheintz3850]

Unreal they're both GREAT

[@robbertheintz3850]

Crimson is lucky to have gavin

[@xUMR]

2:27 Rage!

[@penisbreath952]

god. how did gavin mess up at 3:15 ? @_@

[@TheMegaPaintballer]

what kind of zildjan hi hat?

[@lawlesswatson5653]

pheewww!!!!!!

[@jonorocko1]

They're Zildjian 14"s

[@moon1593]

At 2:27 they actually go back in time and kill a witch. You can barely hear it but it happens. Oh...it happens!

[@ajrigel]

@MultiMiichii octobans

[@MUSICTEACHER2012]

I like GAvin's stroke. I like his drumset (not so big)

[@ChristianSchonbergerMusic]

I love both drummers. I have seen Simon in a duet with Gerry Brown and bass player Helmut Hattler back in 1884 at the Frankfurt Musikmesse - I was blown away. Gavin has five toms (three rack toms, I guess 8", 10" and 12" and two floor toms. Simon has four rack toms and two floor toms. He also has two bass drums while Gavin has double bass drum pedals. So they are not that different. Simon is more "old school" (Think Chester Thompson of Genesis live) - besides playing open handed = hi hats and ride are played with the left hand. But that's all. I'm very happy these two awesome drummers are buddies and play together so well. Both would be (Simon even was) 100% perfect for two of my all time fav bands: Genesis and Toto.

[@kleshj]

COOL VIDS, MOST I LIKE THE TRIPLES THEY SOUNDS GODLESS

[@mcufre]

not really, playing along another person is even harder because you have to be super locked in or else things will start flamming and sounding like crap. You don't even imagine how hard it is to pull off something like this, these guys are like orchestra maestros of the drums , and they only had like two days to rehearse it.

[@therealTOTOfan]

fuck me .. when simon rolled the gong drum it sounded like an old plane passing over o_O

[@useltrummis]

gavin for president election

[@MultiMiichii]

@ajrigel noo;) because he looks so angry to gavin ;D

[@MrShawnfagen]

I wouldn´t call a cymbal-cut an injury.

[@sreekanthr1171]

Weird how Gavin is much larger than Simon but the latter still has the larger kit of the two 😂

[@WwDATwW]

I wanna see one person playing the drums, with two people it give the illusion that their better than they really are

[@bluesdrmr2]

So why are you watching a drum-off?

[@MultiMiichii]

3:05 simon: "wtf is he playing?"^^

[@chenz1971]

Yes two great drummers but not a patch on Phil Collins and Chester Thompson drum duet.