Meshuggah - Clockworks | DRUM COVER by Fryderyk Szolc

Note: Well, it's a song titled "Clockworks", so it has to work like a clock, as expected. When I was listening to it for the first time, I had no damn clue of what was happening. Seriously.
The whole track is based on very short groupings of 16th notes (that's some stuff for the music nerds, hehe). Those subdivisions repeat in a very specific order in each section of the song. So in order to play it all, you literally have to study it all. So I did. And it was worth it.
Hope you enjoy!
Gear: Roland TD11KV SE, ProMark 717, Tama Speed Cobra 310
Software: Final Cut Pro, Toontrack EZDrummer 2, Logic Pro

[@jonknestrick5219]

I hope you realize how insanely talented you are. You're in the top 1% of drummers. I played for 20 years and couldn't play this if my life depended on it!

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thank you so much, Jon. I really appreciate your words! 🤘

[@morganshibby8941]

New achievement unlocked

[@TheBadSpoon]

Dude, you nailed it. Congrats.

[@stephen77776]

So fucking clean bro this is perfect

[@opart]

I hope Tomas sees this. So clean.

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks so much!

[@ShawnFerrell]

It must be crazy to know that as young as you are, that you're doing stuff that most drummer's couldn't even dream of.

[@boston9511]

@Iwantpoptarts96420Okay upload a video of you playing it 😁

[@mcdj0nt]

The groove is strong with this one

[@M3-AZONE]

Incredible cover!! The snare sounds amazing

[@ayandey137]

Wowwww 😮😮 and dude the snare sounds orgasmically good!

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks so much, man! Sorry that it took me so long to reply, youtube doesn't always notify me about new comments for some reason and I find them months after.

[@DaybreakDrums]

Superb playing, superb sound, this channel is definitely underrated!

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks so much for your support! 🤘

[@JussiRu]

this cover is 🔥good thing you got that extinguisher near

[@FryderykSzolc]

Haha! Thanks a lot! 🤘

[@piuraz666]

Zniszczyłeś system!

[@FryderykSzolc]

Dzięki! Pozdro 🤘

[@AshishGupta16]

How is this even possible? Absolutely killer

[@shash3391]

Sahi baat hain bhai

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks so much, Ashish!

[@KIUACTO]

goddamn this is clean af. keep on going brother

[@TheTurbobond]

Holy crap. Coulda gone with an “easy” Meshuggah cover but he dives in the deep end. Well done!

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks so much for checking it out, man!

[@omnidirectionalhuntergodradar]

probably the most difficult meshuggah songs and you humiliate it, nice work man.

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks so much! 🤘

[@raakatz]

Holy shit man, so precise and clean. Insane playing. Pleasure to watch you play

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks so much, Raanan!

[@versane951]

fajnie, że rodak słucha porządnej muzyki! 😁🤟

[@ConnorQuimby]

holy shit. those ghost notes 😳

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks for checking out the vid, Connor! 🤘

[@MichelOliveiraOfficial]

YESS

[@FryderykSzolc]

🤘🤘🤘

[@DW_R]

Absolutely insane brother. Hope the love you obviously have for the drums lasts a lifetime

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks so much, David!

[@Tminus89]

Another nice cover, don't have anything original to say but the algorithm needs to be fed so you can grow your channel :)

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks a lot, man! Much appreciated 🤘

[@shubhankarbhattacharya1980]

yes bro, yes.

[@FryderykSzolc]

🤘🤘🤘

[@valentindonkov9585]

Nicely done 🤝 🤟👌🍻🤌

[@Whereismyson]

So good! Bro always got the steeze

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks a lot, man!

[@Memorydriven]

This is one I've been wanting to do for a while now. Such a monstrous song. Superb performance my friend!

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks so much! It sure takes tons of practice, but it is worth it, man! 🤘

[@Memorydriven]

@@FryderykSzolc Oh I fully agree! Such a rare accomplishment to be able to pull off such a technical song. You should be proud brother!

[@bentol86]

Killing it again 🔥🔥🔥🤘🏻🥁🥁🥁

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks, Ben! 🤘

[@kambion]

Hell yeah dude.

[@jebslept8515]

tight!

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks, man! 🤘

[@bl00ber99]

Ridiculously well done, dude! Must've taken a while to figure this one out haha

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks so much, Daniel! It really did take around a couple of months to prepare this one.

[@joan4269]

Very impressive, as usual. Great cover and great mixing!

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks a lot!

[@alexm9165]

Amazing stuff !

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thank you, Alex!

[@tduic]

AMAZING! Kudos. I think it's the cleanest cover of Clockworks from what I've heard so far, and there aren't many. One question: From 5:13 there's like 20 seconds where I hear hi hat, but don't see you hitting one.

[@DennisMartenssonOfficial]

Sounds like it's a mini-china or a stack maybe? Look like he's set up most of his pads to have multiple zones, during that period he's hitting the edge of that tom which seems to be mapped to a cymbal. (: He's also doing some awesome stuff with his rightmost cymbal, looks like the edge trigger is a crash, and the bow trigger is a china. (:

[@tduic]

@@DennisMartenssonOfficial Oh, I didn't know you can stack/map two virtual instruments to one "real". Ok, that explains it, tnx.

[@FryderykSzolc]

@@DennisMartenssonOfficial You’re totally right about the mapping. I’ve assigned a splash cymbal on the edge of tom 1 and a stack on the edge of tom 2. And the cymbal on the right triggers a china on the bow and a crash on the edge, exactly as you said. Thanks a lot for checking out the vid!

[@oxmopalmtg8547]

extremely clean! Great Work! Are you using a drum VST to control your v-drums? I've considered trying to find one for midi controls and covers like yours. GGD or Superior Drummer 3 perhaps?

[@FryderykSzolc]

Hey! I’m using EZDrummer 2, I put a list of the stuff I’m using in the description if you’re interested 😉🤘

[@TheHilari0us]

Fucking nailed it! Looking forward to more meshuggah! New subscriber right here

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks so much, man! Sorry that it took me a while to reply, youtube doesn't always notify me about new comments for some reason and I find them months later.

[@derbeak545]

I am absolutely stunned. You are uploading all these diccifult songs other the past years and months and I always ask myself "how the f did he learned that stuff so fast!?" I mean your skill is amazing and I can not tell if you are 15 or 25 years old, but your Skill-Level is like you only do Drums for like 30 years. Much respect to your commitment and love for this instrument and the songs you are playing. It would be very inetersting to see, how do you practice and how do you learn new songs, especially the Meshuggah stuff.

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thank you so much for that! I’m actually thinking of doing this type of a video where I show some of the practice methods since more than several people asked for it. And also, since you’ve mentioned it, I’m turning 18 soon and have been drumming for around ten years now. 🤘

[@derbeak545]

@@FryderykSzolc ... Jeez man, you got not only huge talent then, but also a big amount of hard practice! Respect that you can Master all these Songs at such a young age. It would be nice to see your practice methods. I'm a drummer myself since 15 years and I'm already struggling with the first groove of Stengah, no comparison to your skill 😂

[@thumb_bass_guy]

Insane playing ability

[@carloscordobes5268]

good job dude

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks, Carlos!

[@interlacedlowtech]

You madman...

[@javiersalas1420]

A tough one. Nice job!!

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks, Javier!

[@Connapasko]

really really good!!!!!!

[@lostkauz83]

wow !!!! epic dude !!!!

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks so much!

[@lostkauz83]

@@FryderykSzolc na man thank you , was a treat to watch your perfection 🤘🏻

[@TyroneStevens94]

awesome playing dude! its my dream to be able to play this one day

[@grizzlywhisker]

Great job. I actually took the time to transcribe this entire song on some music software so I could learn how to play it, but never got around to mastering it. There's a few parts that I'll definitely forget or slip up at because I haven't attempted to play it in quite awhile. The Violent Sleep of Reason is an album that I've been meaning to get around to learning more of the songs. Other than "Born in Dissonance" (which I play along to all the time because it's super fun,) I don't play along to this album very often. "Nonstrum" is a song that I really want to learn, I just need to put the time in to transcribe it and figure out some of the weird parts.

[@FryderykSzolc]

Agreed, man. I also had to thoroughly analyze these tracks in order to “get” them and then play them.

[@alphacheckdesigns4839]

AWESOME performance man ! you killed it !

[@Nil-nj3xm]

Fantastic job mate. It’s a goal of mine to be a able to play this song eventually, you make it look easy.

[@lukek1000]

Yaaaaasssss! Amazing again!

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks so much, Luke!

[@alee7275]

Fantastic job man. Legendary stuff

[@t.m.a6669]

FLAWLESS!!!

[@Steff_kjns]

My guuuuuyyyyyyyyyy

[@jasonvermey6369]

Unreal!!!

[@vladimirskripnik5568]

🔥🔥🔥

[@gaspardtombo1750]

Great! Perfect!

[@liamfine444]

Dudeee you're sick!!

[@UgE]

Great talent man!!

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks so much!

[@KolegaMaistor]

Insane!!!

[@cybergrind]

Kid, you rock

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks, dude 🤘

[@АлександрПанов-о2п]

Cool

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks, dude 🤘

[@CharliesName]

Just wow... superb timing and setup. Plus you're doing Tool and LoG too! I bet its only a matter of time before you cannel will pop off!

[@elMaco52]

Awesome cover, great playing!! I have the same drumkit and bassdrum. I was wondering how you anchor the bassdrum? When I use double bass on mine it bounces back and forth alot. Yours seems like it's not moving at all.

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks for your feedback! I’ve had similar issues with the bass drum pad moving before. You just have to make sure your drum mat or rug is laying nice and flat on a steady surface. Then anchor the pad down with the two screws and it should be good. Here I also put a piece of cardboard between the rug and the mat to prevent the screws from going through the rug.

[@NanoverseProductions]

Amazing brother! How long did it take you to learn this song?!

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks a lot! The whole learning process probably took me several months.

[@mariajosequintanalopez5479]

🤟

[@alexgamerz8963]

Gênio

[@ss_hat]

Hoooly, tight af! Just out of curiosity - how long did this one take you to learn?

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks man! The whole learning process probably took me several months. First, I keep listening to the track until I know most of it by heart, and sometimes it can take months of just listening. Then it's just a matter of figuring out the patterns on the kit, and getting up to speed with playing the entire track.

[@ss_hat]

@@FryderykSzolc Impressive! Have you heard of Clone Hero? I can't read sheet music but I this definitely helps me figuring out what goes where :)

[@youheme]

amazing job, just incredible discipline! I was wondering how to post a meshuggah cover to youtube without getting copyright struck. Would I just need a mechanical license?

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks a lot! In terms of the copyright, I always get a claim when I post the covers, but I’ve never had a video taken down.

[@QuiXoLP]

Very good job! And then there are girls who cover some metallica and got millions of views xD

[@lostknotdown4ever]

Very impressive. But please, anyone, WHAT is the pattern for the second part of the intro between the floor tom and snare, its the only part i cant figure out 😭😂

[@FryderykSzolc]

Hey dude. Would you want me to make a short video explaing it?

[@SomeGuyWithaKnife]

This is great! Super solid playing. Just a piece of feedback, the angle that's not the overhead shot should be capturing more of a profile shot of you playing. This way you get a more satisfying view of your playing but also your body isn't being blocked by as many cymbals.

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks a lot! In terms of the second angle, I actually put the camera this way so the cymbals don’t block the view of the other pads. If I had a second stand, I would love to put that one higher as well.

[@SomeGuyWithaKnife]

@@FryderykSzolc I understand, you're making the most of your setup. Keep it up!

[@chowderman2989]

watching this as a guitarist just makes my brain stop functioning

[@FryderykSzolc]

Oh I know the feeling, man. My brain also froze the first time I saw Tomas Haake's playthrough of this track.

[@Wookash666]

Podoba mi się ta gaśnica w kącie jakbyś za bardzo napierdalał ❤

[@FryderykSzolc]

Hehe, zapłon garów od nadmiaru meszugi 🤘

[@jeromesnail]

Oh no, there's another one of those aliens, we're doomed :/

[@jessekeiper9238]

🕰🦺🔥🔥🔥

[@FryderykSzolc]

🤘🤘🤘

[@thomasandolf7365]

first, great, great, great playing. I am very impressed. Some tiny tiny feedback. If you listen to the record and watch Haakes playthrough you can hear and see that the snare rolls he does before the all snare build up. You do the same time for all of them 03:55 while Haake does double time on the last two kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6mqn2mnmq97ma8si=jUv5vuNc7as5UUQO&t=235 other than that great plying keep it up.

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks a lot for your feedback! And you're right, I didn't really notice that detail there.

[@thomasandolf7365]

@@FryderykSzolc i have been listening to meshuggah everyday since 1993 and seen them live 11 times, so im super super nerd, so dont take my feedback as critizism, your playing is top notch! dont let anyone tell you different, im super impressed!

[@TheTurbobond]

I’m starting to think you could handle Soul Burn…..

[@astraluniverse5928]

Big Like to the cover. very good job! just one thing that bothered me is this snare sound. way too bright snare sound.

[@FryderykSzolc]

Thanks a lot for your feedback! The snare did turn out sounding this way because I wanted all the ghost notes to stand out among the accents since there is a lot happening in the track. So I kinda wanted to achieve that contrast.