Joseph Wesley Arrington | "Numbing Agent", by Royal Coda

VF Artist Joseph Wesley Arrington performs a drum play through for his band Royal Coda's new single "Numbing Agent."
Directed and Filmed by: Tom Flynn
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[@xMetalManiac94]

absolutely amazing player. my personal favorite and one of the most criminally underrated drummers out there.

[@himsaplimsa]

You know that you are a badass when you're using two different beaters on a single pedal.

[@RiceCracker619]

Alright cool it’s not just me who noticed that

[@cletusbojangles1436]

@@RiceCracker619 I was just about to say something about this if it wasn't already brought up!! What is with the two different beaters?

[@RiceCracker619]

@@cletusbojangles1436 the big fluffy beater should add more of a dampened sound but honestly I think it has really good stage presence. The other is a typical felt beater that gives good definition on the head

[@RiceCracker619]

@@cletusbojangles1436 oh I am sorry I misread you lol you meant it sarcastically! 😅🤣

[@prettyponymonster]

real answer is probably they filmed the fluffy beater first. then when they went to do close up shots of the feet it was in the way or didnt look good so they changed it. then they didnt refilm the other shots because who really cares? lol not like its a plot hole in a movie or something just kinda funny

[@richardnash3499]

Clever how he changes bass drum beaters so quickly. And very good miming.

[@coreyw5981]

I fell like an idiot im confused by this beater joke. I think i missed something on first watch

[@richardnash3499]

@@coreyw5981 At 20 seconds (close-up of his foot) he has a double sided beater (felt and hard plastic), then at 29 seconds (from above) he has a round fluffy beater. Hope that explains it. Cheers.

[@coreyw5981]

@@richardnash3499 ahhhh!! Haha i see now! Wtf?

[@thisdaymnedkid]

the beater is the same color of his shoe. it makes perfect sense to change the beater to white so you can properly see what the kick is doing from the birds eye view shots.

[@richardnash3499]

@@thisdaymnedkid In that case it would of made even more perfect sense to leave the beater white and fluffy for all the takes/shots. What might of happened is they filmed it all first with the 'two coloured' beater then decided to change the beater and re-do the overhead shots not retaking the ground shots due to time constraints (or decided it just wasn't worth bothering about).... and let us pedantic people with too much spare time discuss what could be one of the least important things in the history of mankind.

[@necrohavenrecords2277]

Very tasteful playing. Hadn't heard of him or his band before. Reminds me of Scale The Summit, but slightly less proggy.

[@IIsonosheeII]

This is just one of his bands. Hes been in Sianvar, We Came as Romans. Amity Affliction, A Lot Like Birds and Chiodos

[@tylerseidel1049]

@@IIsonosheeII He wasn't actually in WCAR, Amity or Chiodos. He played for them on past tours.

[@TheDillpickle345]

Joe is hands down my favorite drummer, I'm really glad he's getting some love.

[@jonesyDRUMZ]

I’ve met this guy a few times and even had the pleasure of opening for an old band of his a few years back and he’s such a humble person. Completely down to earth and incredibly gifted behind the kit. A true artist

[@devildog621]

ALLB?

[@jarsofclaydude]

When he’s doing his insane ride part it’s so crazy it looks like the footage suddenly is in reverse

[@RonTotman]

One of the best drummers in the game. Phenomenal as always

[@DanielSchmall]

What an amazingly talented set of musicians. Don't get me wrong I love Kurt but I appreciate the product so much more when hearing it without vocals

[@TheNightdiver]

this made me enjoy not only Joe's wonderful patterns, but also the rest of the band's musicianship. thanks for making this happen

[@JP-Gurley]

He’s an incredible drummer

[@brianphillips9152]

Beautiful snare sound.

[@abduljakol9999]

music engineer: so how do you play drums with this song? Joseph: yeah

[@Mane1tokill]

His bands vocalist is pretty good,his name kurt travis,yall should check out the song with vocals and all

[@aqualust5016]

Kurt has a huge list of works he's been involved in. Very much a jack of all trades artist and does it well.

[@upgradedrayguns]

I got into Royal Coda because of Kurt but hearing this song without vocals I gotta say this shit slaps even harder

[@Cobalt985]

@@upgradedrayguns Have you listened to Sianvar? Basically this band but with Donovan Melero (Hail The Sun) on vocals rather than Kurt Travis

[@MatthewOceanXVX]

The drums are jazzy as FUCK and it blows my mind. The drags on the snare, and the ride cymbal work. Man.

[@Cobalt985]

Royal Coda is unironically slept on so hard in the swancore/progressive rock scene. Unironically one of my top bands. But whenever Kurt Travis appears in a band it suddenly becomes "another Dance Gavin Dance" despite the VAST majority of Kurt's career being outside of DGD.

[@JGBDYT]

Such a good feel playing in the woods

[@BJSTIXX]

My man joseph bringing the heat as usual!

[@hihihirenx1513]

Enjoyed it!

[@tryharder249]

Muito bom Joseph, parabéns!

[@chrismills841]

I just learned of these guys through the drumTrax app. Bunch of their songs but drumless. Thought I was doing pretty good until I saw this. Dude is damn good!

[@shanebrady7647]

This is sooooo good! My New inspiration Joseph Wesley Harrington

[@marc_randrianarison]

Underrated drummer... Jo Arrington is a true beast

[@yupanki8806]

Tocar en la naturaleza....lo mejor de esta vida 🎸🎷🎶 🎶🌿🌱🌲🌳🌴

[@gloria8464]

🖤🖤🖤

[@marccarmazzi1549]

Joey killing it. Rock on!

[@headwaystudio]

Best drummer in the game currently. The precision is nutsssss

[@Mr123pbd]

when he played with allb dood stayed at my house i remember we were all in the laundry room and i he was talking about knowledge he said "the best way to gain knowledge is books" one of the most important things still to this day

[@giuseppemodena9743]

Un sorriso potresti anche farlo , quanta sofferenza in qul volto , spero che non sia nulla di grave

[@artdamages]

i hugged this man at the brooklyn hail the sun show

[@alexandrecervantes4689]

1000% YES

[@tryharder249]

Great drummer, smart 🤘!

[@cbaum64]

SO CLEAANNNNNN

[@katefokina5119]

very nice!

[@soundgarden8885]

Matt Gartska will approve!! Good job

[@takonasu4217]

Legend

[@princeseaninc7043]

Tape underneath cymbals?

[@deedrum4271]

What a doll she is Makes you almost sick At the edge of the plate, that one was for you Then she tilts her head, just to take the rest While we’re all in the other room Finding out the truth Please tell me… I don’t want to know What was borrowed. Can you follow? Destruction of self This is old magic With all of its past and presents to share Numbing agent. Numbing agent. Destruction of self This is old magic With all of its past and presents to share Numbing agent. Numbing! Caps lock messages From the greediest grubby fingers Should’ve paid attention, too… Bleeds electric with the high five list Fucking god damn right I saw you up all night When you wrote to me, I was setting you up one more When you wrote to me, I was setting you up one Destruction of self This is old magic With all of its past and presents to share Numbing agent! Numbing agent! Destruction of self This is old magic With all of its past and presents to share Numbing agent! Numbing! When you wrote to me, I was setting you up one more When you wrote to me, I was setting you up one Destruction of self This is old magic With all of its past and presents to share Numbing agent! Numbing agent! Destruction of self This is old magic With all of its past and presents to share Numbing agent! Numbing!

[@jeffreyamores6915]

Wow. Mike Love on the Drums! lol

[@itsjordo]

Added to favorites*

[@frozenandchosen]

I love Kurt Travis but fuck this video makes me really crave instrumental versions of the Royal Coda albums

[@fuzzylogiceire]

They exist! Although I don't know if you can buy them, and they aren't officially on streaming services. But just type Royal Coda Instrumentals into KZbin and there's a whole playlist of them. I even managed to get them in my streaming app, because you can listen to music from regular KZbin inside the KZbin Music app.

[@Antlion161]

Crazy good

[@Arecaceae84]

It's so much nice

[@rwodiego]

Amazing

[@rwodiego]

now do the whole album

[@IDdrummer39]

Very nice beat my man!!! Way to lay the shit down. 👌🧘‍♂️

[@syko297]

man this could cure depression

[@BobSchoepenjr]

Big hand for Tom Flynn!

[@TomJFlynn]

Thank you sir! 🙏

[@marccusph]

nice content! nice job but, which of the two beaters was chosen for the sound? I think it's the featherless one.

[@maximilianoloayza3250]

Le pone cinta creo a sus platillos

[@hommerecorder7003]

das ist top super

[@christophecoste8471]

if you could publish the video with the transcription, it would be awesome! thanks

[@ShmollWilly]

I would also lovw to see the Notation to exactly figure out his stickings

[@Kaonashimusic]

Reminds me of old school chon

[@bobertmcdonkeypants8017]

2:24

[@bobertmcdonkeypants8017]

0:40

[@bobertmcdonkeypants8017]

1:44

[@bobertmcdonkeypants8017]

3:48

[@drummerjeroensimons]

Great drumwork!! That Gretsch serie isn,t around anymore I guess... I remembered Vinnie C played on the same kit (serie) on Crossroads 2007, Jeff Beck, John Maclaughlin...

[@drummerjeroensimons]

@Joseph Arrington Thanks for your kind reply Joseph!! I never got the chance to play Gretsch drums, I endorsed Pearl in the past. But I fell in love with that drumkit Vinnie played on and now yours too...;) Wish you all the best!!

[@matheusmatt9455]

Like 😍😍👏👏 Nice good 😨

[@joebuczkowski8605]

Is that snare drum aluminum or steel I can't tell.

[@groove4dayz]

Not one mic on the kit! ...but the guy definitely knows the song!!!!

[@MJBNAable]

How did you record it? Were there just ambient mics?

[@carlosloriacr]

I was just about to ask that! :O

[@erikondrums]

What kind of camera are you guys using? The kit have no mics and sounds THIS good! Great! The crashes sounds full and gorgeous and they have tape under them!

[@guusverschuuren8495]

Erik B Larsson ofcourse this isn’t recorded live. i think it was premixed and that only the video was recorded

[@frankmarano1118]

That's because hes just playing for the footage, you can see that it doesnt match the video perfectly. The track was recorded in a studio, not outside

[@jutengaiofficial]

My nigga.

[@adamis_____5]

Lembra o post metal do Isis

[@andrewpowell8074]

Is that Daniel Brian

[@circusf.7262]

Use only the right side of the head phones in the beggining

[@PunkAssSamurai1]

Who ever disliked this video should die cause this man is a monster on the set 🔥🤘

[@camilomateus]

Como se supone aque grabaron sin microfonos?... Por lo menos coloquen musica en vivo.

[@throne__]

Wait is that Chris Ramsay🤔😂

[@JoshuaDPrice]

They really need to release an album just like this, with just the music. I went to go purchase this on iTunes and found out that it actually has vocals over it and was disappointed. The singer’s fine enough but it’s way better with just the music.

[@frankmarano1118]

Dance gavin dance is a band that releases instrumental versions of all of their albums & very similar in sound if you havent listened to them yet

[@DaleJohnson678]

Ok

[@aversilf]

First

[@Crusuma]

Vic Firthst?

[@aversilf]

@@Crusuma ba dum tsss

[@king-manu2758]

I don't like how they process the drum sound for this style of music. It makes it all sound programmed. I love the grestch/Zildjian setup though.

[@DragonKidSlayer3]

What you mean process?

[@king-manu2758]

@@DragonKidSlayer3 they either use too many plug-ins over the original signal or even totally replace the sounds with samples.

[@DragonKidSlayer3]

@@king-manu2758 I gotta get a better ear for drums, idk if you get the impression it feels quantized at times. And i definitely agree with too much post production. That's why Theodore from the mars volta is so damn enticing.

[@geraldmurillo5022]

Will a fluffy bass beater give you a sound like that???

[@Schnacks_Beat_Lab]

gerald murillo haha you noticed it too! No it will not give you a sound like that if you’re seriously asking that question. They probably used it cause they were outside and need to have the bass drum quiet so he could hear the music playing if they had speakers. But all the side shots showed a different beater so that’s my guess in why they used it.

[@Philtoid]

Shame his kit isnt mic'd up

[@budaroddy]

killer drum track , the final shoot get me nausea thou, with that spinning camera ahahaha jk...almost

[@papapoodo6685]

He looks just like this homeless bike messenger I knew in San Francisco!! Wow

[@j.d.7208]

Good luck I hope you finally find your razor and shaving cream sir

[@kirbaceous]

Yeah ... but the taped up cymbals? That'd be like stuffing a pillow into your acoustic guitar.

[@MessyJoe]

Wrong.

[@hommerecorder7003]

nein. man kann sound kontrollieren. muss aber nicht zwingend sein.

[@JulianFernandez]

samples in today´s music is what reverb was to 80´s music. Mark my words. 127 is trash.

[@godbluffvdgg]

He's rushing and dragging...Terrible tempo keeper...Just sayin...

[@gSWG3R]

What? He literally isn't doing any of that. His ghost notes are perfectly displaced, his technique is great. Opinions are great, but yours is shit, and incorrect lmao.

[@Youcantseeme-c5f]

Yeah, you're wrong

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@gSWG3R You don't know how to play drums do you?...Nor do you know anything about music...

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@Youcantseeme-c5f Umm, no...I'm not...I just have a better ear and understand tempo, as a pro drummer for 40 years...Now fuck off!

[@gSWG3R]

@@godbluffvdgg Have been a drummer for 10 years you arrogant moron lmfao.