Luke Holland - Starboy

Some of you may know, this was taken down immediately for copyright. Let's see how it does this time!
Improv to Starboy a few months back.
Filmed by Jeremy Tremp, audio by Cameron Mizell.
Thank you DW Drums, Meinl Cymbals, Remo, Vater, 64 Audio, Young & Reckless.
I'm using my Signature Artist Concept Series 'Bullet Stack' with Meinl Cymbals, you can pick it up at your local music store or order it online.
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[@PrimordialKrishna]

Here's to all you fucks who complain about Luke covering "pop" music/anything that's not metal: As a drummer for more than 8 years I can firmly say that playing non-metal can sometimes be waaay more enjoyable than simply covering a metal song. For example, if you're covering a metal song more than likely you're gonna try to play it more for note to display your precision. However, covering a pop has more entertainment value for a drummer as we can display our own style and funk to it. Starboy is an easy song because it's not a band focused tune. So there's plenty of room for creativity hence why Luke called it an improv. Plus constantly playing metal is annoying as fuck. That's why most metal musicians (as long as you're not try hard edge lords) listen to other genres of music. A great musician will ALWAYS have many styles under his or her belt. No matter the skill if you can only greatly play metal, you'll be known as a "great metal musician" not a great musician. So on behalf of the real musicians, please stop bitching about the song choices.

[@sussybaka8050]

playing along pop Is WAaayyy more fun I can test my abilities

[@martyfrancis1011]

Krishna Bhola - I couldn't agree more. Luke is probably the most versatile drummer out there right now. I love what he is doing. He can play any style of music out there effortlessly. His ghost notes are on-point!!!

[@artw0rk]

Agree. You need to explore other genres to grow and explore yourself as a musician.

[@miguelmoreno1044]

Agree, it does not have anything wrong at all playing something more than Metal.

[@PuR3G4MingMin3cr4ft]

Krishna Bhola so to simplify your point, if you play the drums you should have fun. And thats what luke holland has by vary between different styles of music.

[@riizm]

Been here since thecomputernerd01 shouted you out in like 2010. Never disappoint with you covers.

[@lauren-corley]

T wrist N same 👊🏻

[@cordsn_]

Yoooo same

[@CuteCoreKid]

T wrist N same x

[@razvan1391]

same

[@brandonwalker9245]

T wrist N sorry bro but your support means nothing to him. if it did he would have acknowledged you by now. stop kissing his ass

[@micahjodhan5420]

@1:50-2:00 is THE MOST swaggerful fill and transition ive seen in a while DONT THINK THOSE KICKS FLEW PAST MY EARS. luke you are the man brother

[@WishMount]

Slick af

[@JsJustace]

yeah that shit gave me goosebumps

[@RobertLegereIII]

his fills are always insane. this one is special tho. :)

[@mattyb6263]

I scrolled down to find this comment once I saw the fill, took 2 seconds to find, very good youtubers.

[@ceejay7150]

Luke what you've done?

[@rabbi1743]

Ceejay Griffin ha haha ha ha

[@АнатолийЕленский]

he's motherfuckin' starboy

[@firdavs9990]

stfu

[@tylerviney93]

2:20 gets me every time, such a simple but smooth transition to the next section of the song. It's the little things that makes Luke's covers so enjoyable for me, great work my dude.

[@dannycostorf393]

I need to get as good as you at ghost notes. You're a huge inspiration

[@Dadude12341]

That stick toss at 1:52 Holland seriously just looks like he's having a blast.

[@kilometersbennetdyson2399]

I'd listen to any genre of music if it had this level of complexity and imagination on the drums. Great stuff, as always.

[@Hotshot2414]

Plays Normal Speed: Hmmm this is pretty nice. Plays 0.75x Speed: *maintains consistent stank face*

[@DaltonHartgrove]

Holy shit what is that china cymbal you're using for accents in the chorus? That thing sounds so nice.

[@chandler7270]

For real, 1:08 - 1:18 sounds so clean, I want to know what cymbal that is.

[@ashleyjohnston9257]

i think its a meinl byzance 14" china

[@jamesmooredzn]

Meinl's website has his cymbal setup

[@clever8088]

its a 16

[@didybopintitys]

Dalton Hartgrove it's called the bullet stack it's his sig cymbal by meinl, sorry if you already know I know this is kinda late lol

[@garyschleehauf6081]

I never liked pop music, but watching luke playing makes me enjoy it. Keep doing these I love your work. Instant like

[@flippyhairFTW2407]

Sick as always man. I can't get over your fills and ghost notes. They are mind blowing.

[@dizzyharris2658]

Absolutely love the technicality in this. Luke Clearly has studied Jazz. The Ghost Notes are amazingly accented and you can see his commitment to this piece as he works through the difficulty of the polyrhythms between his Left and Right foot. I did get a go laugh out of this though. First time I've ever seen a percussionist choke a hi-hat.

[@KarenAlolor]

why's the video not available? 🙁

[@MarcosIx]

Karen Alolor its blocked in ur country bc of copy right

[@CuteCoreKid]

Karen Alolor just open it in your phones browser and select request desktop site should play fine

[@foxfiremusic8387]

Haha that satisfied smile at the end was great XD GREAT video as usual Luke!! I literally jumped when I saw your video in my feed!! I've been waiting for what seems like forever for another brilliant video from you and as usual, you did not disappoint :)

[@JesseKoukku]

Holy S**t! Talking about skills.. you, sir, have plenty. Awesome, just awesome.

[@Saeeya]

i love it, like all of your covers. Your drums put something into every song so i even like the ones i wouldnt hear otherwise. Thanks Luke, looking forward to everything you do in the future.

[@TIAGO4398]

am i the only one who wants a tutorial on how to flick the stick like he does at the end of his videos???

[@RightHandOfHell]

1.You put the stick on the snare 2. you hit the stick with your other stick 3. ??? 4. Profit For real though thats it

[@TIAGO4398]

yeah i know , but i tried it a million times and it doesnt get up as high as luke's sticks ,not even near

[@noobie1to9]

same

[@JakeInBeastMode]

debkamal mullick not an illusion. I worked on it for 2 weeks and figured out how he got it so high every time. You gotta put the stick on the snare to where the stick can touch opposite sides of the rim and you flick at the middle with a SUPER lose grip (your back grip has to actually come off the stick a bit) and just rebound the hit as if you were playing a mallet instrument . After a little bit of practice, it gets up there:)

[@Samford404]

its one of the basic ones you juts spin the stick from your index finger to the last one then you need to pass it back were it was by doing a little trow that when you are moving your arm up to hit the other stick helps you then you hit the other stick in the middle and quichly right after you back up the arm to let the stick bounce up its easy after you get it

[@ryanlee9150]

Could someone please explain how to do that really short but fast snare-bass thing he did between 0:30 to 0:32??? Notes would be appreciated xx

[@treasure674]

Saw you with Richardson in Orlando a few weeks back, just wanted to say you're a monster bro. My friend had you autograph her iPhone, she loves you lmao

[@treasure674]

Of course! Come back soon :)

[@cody181818]

the best day of my life was playing drums with you Luke it was at a Clinic you did at the warped tour shows you would teach ppl. ani still remember the shit you taught me!

[@alynmarcelinariyadi9360]

why the video is not available😔😭

[@MarcosIx]

Alyn Marcelina not available in ur country bc of copy right

[@Spiritboylover]

No kick-cam? ):

[@5T4Yx3DG3]

Those drums don't even sound real.

[@Drewski720]

Drum mix is drowned out by the music :/

[@TheLangWang]

Andy Everest yeah I was sad when the climactic fill around 3:00 was.. hardly.. audible..

[@thdrknight]

I would rather say it fits perfectly in

[@Soulful_Oatmilk]

i think the point he was trying to making is mixing the beats from the song with his own drums to make the beats more interesting

[@fischerbro96]

all I hear is the music mixed with his cymbals.

[@LightYagamiVSL]

It's just you. Sounds great on everything I've played it on.

[@justyntimedrums2263]

So awesome to see you and Jason Richardson live here in Portland, Oregon! I got to say, you're probably one of the most humble dudes I've ever met. You've been a huge inspiration for me and it was a truly humbling experience meeting you in person :)

[@buzztrucker]

Your artistry on drums reinvigorates my drum craft. I put down my sticks for a while but when I stumbled on your vids and saw you on Drumeo I was awestruck by how you tell a story on your kit. Keep up the good work brother.

[@Deadweight8]

you and Jason should seriously just quit beatin around the bush and start a legit project together with some killer dudes and just create a super group of sorts. fragments had a killer sound and you guys could seriously do hella well as an actual band not just a solo project :) i know its more stressful but ya'll would do helllla well :)

[@andrewdavid308]

Why isnt he playing for Dream Theater

[@lostgriff]

I've watched this like 20 times! Such a badass cover.

[@Sqvusz]

Was just watching your older videos, and then you just uploaded this one. Sounds good! A lot of progression with video/sound quality and playing each video. Hope you make it to the top!

[@cuzapenescu6656]

Man this is your best video/mix/drums tune, also the best cover written by you till now. You’re a freakin monster dude! Tnx for inspiring me daily.

[@nikodrumsmg5192]

Bro this was your golden era of remixes, please come back to this

[@organicmilk5]

Check out Chon if you havent already, a cover from them would siick

[@MEnubnub]

I wish Luke Holland would come for SIngapore Drum Fest LOL

[@spooferzach]

Love those fills! Seems like paradiddle-diddles just with the right hand doing eighth and no diddles @ 3:27. That right? Looks really good visually too!

[@tehcupuk007]

thats right

[@wriddhirupdutta7417]

This is the coolest drum cover I have seen in last month. I am playing this for the 50th time i guess

[@mistakenintegrity]

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST! How amazing is this guy?! The fuck was 1:48 - 2:00 !

[@dolphinsb131313]

It's so cool that you can consistently take songs to the absolute next level with your drumming! Love the work my dude!

[@swanson684]

it's Fucking bad ass!!!!! Fuck the negative shit!!!

[@8886MrShawn]

@LukeHollandDrums you should really cover Cognitive contortions by AAL. I know you could do it and it's such a jam!

[@josephackley]

Absolutely sick brother. Been watching you since the beginning, your talent still amazes me

[@peterjsmcleod3341]

Fantastic playing. Great engineering. Shame about the copyright issues, try the fair use copyright claim?

[@connorholzner880]

can anyone tell me what kinda cymbal stack he's got all the way to the right? or what kinda cymbal you need to put on top of the China to get that cut out trashy feel? currently have sabian 19" holy Grail China, zildjian a custom 18" China and a zbt 16" China available, thanks

[@djseanashton]

Luke! Do a cover of Zedd - Stay! - It needs your magic!

[@prometheusxc]

some decent stuff (when what you're playing is complimenting the music), but this was mostly just overkill. I really had to stop the song. improv though, so I assume you were going into full drummer mode without caution like we all do when we jam out by ourselves.

[@joshanonuevo3881]

I'm totally deeply in loved on how the cymbals sounds .HAHAH

[@abednegosteven-4423]

ohh my!! dat hi-hat so trashy!

[@grahmys]

Привет тебе из России. Ты крут. Поставил "like" Молодец, Luke/. Да прибудет с тобой сила.)

[@sethdexter8317]

only good thing about this video is Mr. Hollands drumming. Any chance you could isolate the drums?!

[@edwinlopez30]

Not bad. Chorus is a little sloppy. Thumbs up too!

[@GravetoGhost]

I would freaking love to jam with this guy man holy it would be amazing to just rock out with a drummer of this level there is like zero drummers where I’m from and the ones that are here are all flakey one day they are this die hard band member the next they quit and just play in there basement for years they are all the same where I’m from and the ones that are able to commit to a band aren’t that great never practice and can’t play to a click in the studio so ya it is so amazing to see the level of playing give me hope lol ♠️

[@dananddean1431]

Big fan of yours Luke. Love your vids...but pleaseeeee re-mix the audio on this!! You've got some insane chops and groove going into this, but all being lost under the loops.

[@MrWest_GU]

i dont get why some copyright claims take down videos. This is free advertisement for the original.

[@DeathToRealMetal]

I hate this song. Ive never on my own chose to listen to this song. But ive watched this video several times. His technique is enjoyable to watch. Love all the ghost notes( i think tgats what they are called)

[@jameskingiscool]

This is crazy. best cover. 😎🤘👍🖒

[@natanaelgalvan7821]

Luke, luke... always the same sound!:/ scks, in my opinion. Haha

[@sophieh7428]

It's unavailable here in the U.K. 😪 damn copyright

[@BenmacBlog]

If it gets taken down again just upload it to vimeo

[@davidvandevliert6094]

why do you guy's overplay so much, why can't you guys just play it in the right way so it sound good with the song?

[@koyokyo5555]

Also watch my drum performance!

[@ciewe]

Insane as always! You never disappoint, great work man

[@sinaidepp]

his smile at the end hahaa priceless

[@FREY.1]

Hey Luke Im a HUGE fan of your channel and you've inspired me to grow my channel as well doing something I love to do. I was wondering how did get around KZbin's copyright issues with your drum covers? I dont see anyone talking about it but with a page as big as yours I figured somehow you've cracked the code...Any Tips?

[@captainrex9016]

Saying it's not available for me :/

[@polarispkk]

Hey Man, I recently ran into the same issue and sucks to put so much work into something to not be able to share it with the world! Would you be able to shed some light on what you did different that allowed this cover to be displayed? -Eric

[@chamx591]

"this video is not available" why is that?? :( -philippines

[@jawsh6027]

fck copyright, this cover is dope

[@Organnabis]

Needs more cowbell.

[@ellyoddle]

Kinda wanna layer the drums over the Panic! cover of Starboy...any way we could get the isolated drum track?

[@Bennykaay]

rad!

[@mikemckerracher]

this is sick man, so is this 100% improv? or did you have a basic outline with beats and just improv majority of the fills? either way it's awesome..

[@Majorkip]

Michael McKerracher clearly says a few months back in the description he doesn't improve shit. he writes it just like a guitar player rights a verse.

[@mikemckerracher]

ya... as in he improvised it and recorded it a few months back.. that's why he re-uploaded it. It was taken down from copyright months ago.

[@valarievals693]

*Always been here supporting keep it up*

[@thetiger7474]

it's available on the computer!!! thanks god for allowing me to watch it...

[@membuzz]

Almost 200 dislikes?? :o I feel so bad for them!! So sad when people aren't able to appreciate great music.

[@danthemanmillan]

dude the drums are barely audible in the mix

[@mexican707]

what's up Luke!! it was a pleasure meeting you at the noodle company in Vacaville. You're one of my favorite drummers. Lol you'll probley never see this comment but keep doing what you are doing bro.

[@antoinerouquier1622]

Incredibe tech, maybe a little too much.. u are out of the music.

[@booyahcubes5941]

This is Starboy if it was in The Bedlam In Goliath.

[@supratimjana.98]

What a cover superb luke👏

[@akbartriono_]

Just add a free proxy on your PC if the video didnt come in.

[@Lucas-ne5su]

I wish I could play as half as you can someday

[@shaunden-bakker8166]

Shame you can’t get Luke’s stuff on Spotify

[@ArtyomKarpovxo100]

When will you release song with Cameron Mizell?

[@andrewsmoker2246]

la verdad no me ah gustado :/ que lastima , pero gran trabajo

[@dmacleod89]

Any plans to notate this song? I have to know what that fill is at the end!

[@kriskenard]

I prefer this to his Humble remix

[@tt.djk.meletsewarlimont6809]

Inspired! mind melted! there it is # Thanks Luke... WP! you r 2 legit to ever quit, That's some massive Soul-train!! Word UP!. Destiny can't believe in coincidence!!# Smadjshrdjent_Amulgamtion!

[@jetthogan3772]

Anyone know what Luke is wearing? I like his style

[@Joey-yd7ll]

This video is not available? WTF

[@sionnachs_workshop]

super technique, congrats

[@wormpie4932]

Beautiful as always!

[@HaroldUntersee]

Hi Luke! Love this cover! I was wondering if it is possible to know what miss you are using on your drums ?

[@sameditings]

wtf was that lick at 1:50 until 2:02 anyone have a transcription of this ?

[@Menoetius.]

Myth Sam I have no idea what's going on there as usual lmao

[@orlissgamer1842]

If you download it you can see it, I do it and it works

[@caydnlofton]

Surprised people aren't talking about the intro. Perfect re-use of a great intro. Fit this song super well!

[@Jaaackish]

Even though your drumming only adds to the songs and gives them more flavor, does it not help with writing titles like [Cover] or [Starboy by weekend gets Luk'd] to kind of say, Hey, chill out. Thanks for your videos and sick stack beatings over the years!

[@drfachry]

im playing on phone. and the video is not available

[@IzhakIb]

videos not available man