There's a very clear pattern for the drummer's right hand, so "the formula is there is no formula" is very misleading. The right hand has a very leading role for the left and the kick, where it basicly plays right before every kick. It's a two bar pattern, playing (one eight, one quarter, one dotted quarter, one quarter) (two dotted quarters, one quarter) and on the first quarter of every second bar the right hand plays a bell. This pattern is the core pattern for the right both in the chorus and verse. The only change is when the righ plays on the china, where it plays the same notes as the kick. Really good video overall, Agent Fresco are one of the most competent bands today when it comes to songwriting!
@mastod0n15 жыл бұрын
As a former drummer the right hand pattern did seem almost natural to me in a sense so I was a little confused about his interpretation of it. Granted, this style of drumming is what I gravitated towards so I realize while it might have clicked right away with me that it might seem foreign to non-drummers or even drummers whose internal pulses don't naturally align with the style.
@Holistic-songwriting5 жыл бұрын
Super interesting, thanks for sharing!
@theguy43614 жыл бұрын
@@mastod0n1 yeah I realized the exact same thing with this song. It seemed to me pretty obvious to play when I first took a look at it and it went pretty well ans for the same reason as you. But looking back at it, I see how much it can be disturbing and hard to understand when you're not used to it. It's the kind of pattern that are easy once you've broke everything down. The kick and snare hits basically drive the whole thing and then it's often just a matter of placing a hit hat before the kick (often with a ghost note in beetween) and filling the blancks with ghost notes on the snare.
@amjan4 жыл бұрын
Exactly. The drums here are very simple and logical: he knew where he needed to place the kicks and how he wanted the snare to interract with the kicks. And the empty spaces in-between he filled in with the hi-hats or cymbals creating linear grooves. Just looke at the score - it's all linear beats. And as a drummer you fill those empty spaces without even thinking about it, 'cause it's all about the body triangle motion, the triangle of R hand, L hand and R foot.
@agentfresco5 жыл бұрын
Such an honour to be featured on your channel. Thank you Friedemann!
@Holistic-songwriting5 жыл бұрын
My pleasure my friend! :)
@linalisful5 жыл бұрын
We, the listeners, have such an honor of you being featured on our planet.
@alegiddings5 жыл бұрын
I CANT BELIEVE YOU KNOW ABOUT AGENT FRESCO I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
@erlings5 жыл бұрын
Oh wow! Did not expect to see Agent Fresco here! Really happy to see a great channel talk about this incredible band!
@musicman7005 жыл бұрын
Let's see if more "surprises" are about to come :P I would not mind having Leprous, Periphery, Plini, etc ;)
@Crgs05105 жыл бұрын
Fuuuuuuck! I love this band!!!! The band I listened the most this year!!
@Holistic-songwriting5 жыл бұрын
Same! :)
@nilsxvx5 жыл бұрын
Never clicked this fast on one of your videos Friedman Huge respect for talking about a smaller band like this!!
@warumnur902105 жыл бұрын
Agent Fresco is one of my favorite bands. I wish a new album in 2020 for a good year And a concert in 🇦🇹
@Golegator5 жыл бұрын
Holy hell I never thought I'd see Agent Fresco here. Huge respect!
@mfC0RD5 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite bands of all time for sure. It is awesome to see them here!
@TheSentinel9095 жыл бұрын
What a band, what a song!
@runaromarsson36555 жыл бұрын
Such an incredible band, love it, thanks for diving into this song!
@DrTacoPHD6653 жыл бұрын
Always makes me happy when bands openly share their music through sheet music, stems, etc, instead of getting hell bent over removing all tabs from the internet.
@SpringBeeLH5 жыл бұрын
So happy to see agent fresco on here! I’m going to have to really examine this one later.
@CesareAugustoGiorgini5 жыл бұрын
Such a great band! Thanks!
@exebor78245 жыл бұрын
Amazing song, great analysis, thank you!
@NiklasBlumenthaler5 жыл бұрын
I once shared the stage with agent fresco as the Keyboarder of the support band in Weinheim, Germany. I am super excited to watch this 😋
@franciscogomes34594 жыл бұрын
I love Agent Fresco! So glad you did this video about them
@FuerUndVon5 жыл бұрын
I notice you in all the good places. Now that! Good boy! :)
@tingkagol5 жыл бұрын
I always thought the drums (right hand) followed a pattern. The closed hats especially sound distinct but you'll find they also follow a pattern across the stanzas.
@WestseedGroove5 жыл бұрын
You're right, there's a simple pattern to it, so I'm surprised he said there is none.
@krizzi6665 жыл бұрын
Polyrythms, enough said.
@amjan4 жыл бұрын
@@krizzi666 No. That has nothing to do with it. The real answer is: playing drums. You have to know it to understand it. There's not just the musical level, but even more importantly - the body movement level that non-drummers don't know anything about. The pattern was very natural and almost obvious to play.
@alexkairis39273 жыл бұрын
This deserves more likes!
@hogblockula93355 жыл бұрын
I love you so much for this
@AronStandley4 жыл бұрын
Could you do an analysis of Ratatat? Love the songwriter breakdowns and exercises videos! Great channel 😊
@Mariel3514 жыл бұрын
Hello! I fucking loved this video. Thank you so much for creating this. 💜
@Skoopyghost Жыл бұрын
The song starts with G Emx2, then goes intob G Em Bm F#m. Simple, but affective chord progression. As a multi instrumentalist Dark Water makes me gitty.
@Mariel3514 жыл бұрын
Hipe you're doing well on this hard times. Mr! Is there any possibility I could get the transcription? I'ld love to analyze it ): Thank you so much, any answer will be well received (: greetings From Latin America
@sharpphilip5 жыл бұрын
I'm almost afraid to ask, but I've never been able to sort out exactly what's going on in "Angst," also off Destrier. To use Arnór's words, I feel like a Level 2 magician trying to sort out a Level 30 spell.
@sharpphilip5 жыл бұрын
Also, someone please let me know if Arnór ever does a vocal workshop.
@brianbp4f5 жыл бұрын
Where the bridge tho?
@olenaandrosiuk15313 жыл бұрын
Admire you for score transcription of the whole song!
@volvoxfraktalion52255 жыл бұрын
Wow
@dimospapadim18785 жыл бұрын
I want to propose a greek composer; Mimis Plessas, he has written many songs and most of them has been successful (he has compose the greek most popular disk; o dromos)
@napalonemamuskiztwojejokol39465 жыл бұрын
Please make something about Depeche Mode
@shagyy74495 жыл бұрын
I would like to see a video about Arctic Monkeys, especialy "Do I wanna know"
@angelo5855 жыл бұрын
can you analyze rex orange county?
@Andy-lb5ub5 жыл бұрын
Please analyze Pearl Jam 🙏🏻
@azzabmemories5 жыл бұрын
Do daft punk
@timonesjoaquin46105 жыл бұрын
I have a question? I do sincerely believe that I have a voice. I do covers and yes I do gigs. I'm not saying this to brag okay? I just wanna give you details of me. Anyways I really wanna right my own songs but why does my voice doesn't fit my own songs?? I seriously don't like it. People say it's good but I personally don't like it. Is this just a psychological thinking?
@tunestar5 жыл бұрын
Are you getting paid now to analyze crappy songs?
@tingkagol5 жыл бұрын
ok buddy. move along now.
@tunestar5 жыл бұрын
@@tingkagol I dont think so. I'm here for the top 100 songs of all time. And this crap is not.
@tingkagol5 жыл бұрын
@@tunestar i'm sure you are
@albertarason45025 жыл бұрын
Some people just can't understand that people have different tastes in music.