TAMA - MARIO DuPLANTIER (Gojira) "The Art of Dying" Drum Play Thru // Audio Engineer & Wifey React

[@roooooooory]

That initial pattern is insane because it takes like 45 bars to come back around again. So yes. Hard.

[@musikbyjh]

Man!!! We don't know and love these kind of tidbits. Thank you!

[@bankerjumper]

@@musikbyjh a channel by the name of Yogev Gabay has a great video about the intro to this song and how Mario's modulation works over 4/4 time.

[@CheyEG]

He basically divides the 45 beats into sections of 5,5,5 3,3,3 5,5,5 3,3 where he hits the first three beats of the 5s with the kick and the 4th with the snare. On the 3s he hits the 2 first with the kick and the 3d with the snare. Now repeat this for 45 iterations and your good🤣 It’s an insane section and frankly just tapping along with your hands is hard enough in the intro without the other instruments.

[@CheyEG]

Oh yeah, and he also breaks up the pattern after 45 iterations and hits 5 6s with kicks on the 3 first beats and snare on beat 4 and 6🤣

[@deportedsouls3165]

"Is this a hard beat?" You didn't notice the irregularities, try to count it and identify the snare-pattern!!!

[@dangerx7697]

Extremely technical....... the time signatures and differentiate timing from the bass drum the snare and the ride alone is unbelievable and there's only one Mario

[@DasJo]

Mario is an animal. He’s so practiced. Drummers tend to make it look easy to reproduce their playing. But just sitting behind the same kit as the drummer cripples your confidence and all the accents and tiny details in his playing… you can’t copy that just because it looks easy. I mean watch El Estepario Siberiano. He isn’t even flinching or making a face. He’s just beating his kit even if it’s already dead and makes it look like he is just starring a hole in his wall. He doesn’t even look like he is thinking about what he’s doing. Same with Mario.

[@maureenwagg5305]

Mario is Animal. Literally. Watch the live Gift of Guilt and you go "OH! There's Animal!" lol

[@jez_77]

The whole intro pattern is based on constant 4/4 on cymbal (first ride, then china) but double bass and snare are doing two smaller alternating patterns of 5 5 5 3 3 3 and 5 5 5 3 3 where the 5th beat of every group of 5 is a 16th note pause that makes it even more "uneven" for the brain. It circles around every 45 bars but with a small break of 4 bars with groups of 6 between every iteration of the whole pattern. Ive seen many non-drummers saying that it sounds like he is hitting the snare randomly since they cannot predict where the snare is gonna hit and I really think its amazing that its not random at all actually and every hit is an effect of a very clever and unique pattern that Mario came up with. The whole song is like 7.5/10 to play imo, but to play intro pattern tight and without any wrong notes or hesitation is really like 9/10 or maybe even 9.5. To come up and compose something like this would be like 11/10 at least Edit. the 5 means group of 5 notes that go kick-kick-kick-snare-pause and 3 means group of 3 notes that go kick-kick-snare

[@musikbyjh]

Excellent comment - thank you so much for taking time to explain. SUPER helpful!!! @DreadDrum, check this out! Thanks again, @MotorhitPL. Hope to see you again soon!

[@jez_77]

@@musikbyjh Sure thing! I enjoyed the video, you have my sub guys. There's also so many more Gojira songs with sick drumming you can react to, check out The Heaviest matter of the Universe or Backbone for example! Or Where Dragons Dwell live with stupidly long double bass outro. Mario's solos are wild too

[@musikbyjh]

@@jez_77hell yeah. I love that. Those are some good songs. Mario is ridiculous. And I def didn’t think the snare was random. It almost never is random. I just couldn’t figure out where it was. So cool. Cheers! 🤘🏽😎🤘🏽

[@jez_77]

@@musikbyjh Yeah, I know you didnt think that and tried to figure this out, Ive seen other people reacting to this and some of them, mostly non-musicians at all just assumed its random or he hits whenever he feels like. Also I added a small disclaimer at the end of my initial comment to clear it a bit

[@musikbyjh]

@@jez_77yeah, dude is a technical beast. I just can’t even imagine. I feel time signatures, but can’t count them. I mean, I guess I could if I tried, but I’ve always just felt where changes are. If I were better at theory, I’d probably be able to figure it out easier. lol.

[@BrianYates-ue8hf]

Yes as a drummer of 41 yrs this song is hella hard Helpful hint to beginner/intermediary players trying to figure out what time sig a song like this is in Pay attention to the pattern of the right hand on the crash or ride cymbal regardless of what the other hand is doing bc those off beat snare hits makes it sound skewed and you can get lost in the pattern And yes on those snare hits he does use one hand for ghost notes to keep time during that fill It took me 2 months to transcribe this not to mention sitting down at the the kit and actually working it out That's when the real work happens lol ✌️🤘🧐

[@musikbyjh]

OOoohhhh...we are lucky to have you weigh in here, Brian. THANK YOU!! Really good info; makes us re-listen, just to see what you mean. Only when you have time, we could use your advice about our favorite Chimaira breakdown....we just released a video today of Jeremy's "10 Fav Metal Breakdowns", and had a whole discussion trying to figure out how Austin (the drummer) did this part. Here's a timestamp to the exact part (again, only if you feel like weighing in...fascinating to us!): kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpCVZZxvotOmqKcsi=X7Wu4RZfBfIuPW9a&t=671 Thanks again, @BrianYates-ue8hf ! 🥷🏻❤️

[@BrianYates-ue8hf]

@@musikbyjh Thx for the info I'll definitely check it out I was worried my explanation was to technical for non players lol but I guess it worked ✌️🤘🧐

[@darkdrum288]

This is drumming at the highest level

[@wdcegtjdh]

Very technical and very clean, fluide and groovy

[@michaelscoggin8835]

10 for sure but once you get the rythem of it you have so much damn fun playing this whole song!

[@lucasflorencio6076]

the difficulty is underestimated because he´s such a genius that make those patterns look easy, but they only look easy with mario´s hands

[@GregJonson]

Mario is the Igor Stravinsky of drums.

[@Drummer2585]

Gojira is such an amazing band lol fun fact Gojira is Japanese for Godzilla 😎👍

[@musikbyjh]

We actually knew that one!!! In one of the other videos Jeremy did with Matt, his drummer friend, they have a whole convo about GOJIRA (godzilla!). Thanks for the fun tip!

[@JeffLaChance]

Also check out Evgeny Novikov from Slaughter to Prevail…he plays with the butt-end of his sticks…he crushes. Ok I’m hogging up the comment section. Have a great day.

[@musikbyjh]

You got it, thanks for the tip! Love STP!

[@paulatreides1354]

by the way go check more Gojira live ..it's objectivel one of the best live band of all time , oroborus live erockeene 2009 , flying whales live at brixton , pray live at red rocks , the heaviest matter universe live brixton ,silvera live hellfest , the art of dying live vieilles charrues , just to name a few

[@musikbyjh]

Promise, Jeremy is a MASSIVE Gojira fan. We even went to that show at the Red Rocks!! Thank you for supporting Gojira and helping spread the word, so awesome of you!!

[@paularger2841]

Mario started drumming at 7 years old and studied jazz drumming. And doesn’t it show? The guy is unreal - he’s half man half octopus! I’ve never seen anyone who can change pace like he does either.

[@joaoaugustolandim]

Not many people know a cowbell is literally a bell for a cow LOL It's made as a collar to identify a cow and find it.

[@switchboardrevelry4275]

There's whole videos just explaining the first part.

[@RussInCanada]

He's practiced. I can tell.

[@werewolfhunter1347]

Understatement of the century

[@JeffLaChance]

Mario’s independence is ridiculous. That groove is much harder than in looks…I’d say 7 is pretty close.

[@jez_77]

Id say the whole song is around 7, but the intro pattern is around 9 for me (maybe if someone doesnt play death metal he may struggle with those 32s and blast beat later in the song a bit). The pattern itself not that hard to understand, but to switch your brain to do those polyrhytms is not that easy, and also to keep focus and play it without hesistating or getting lost or sloppy at any point is tough af. Not only Mario's work is complicated but it also requires great feeling and dynamics, that what gives like +1 to the scale of difficulty every time. Theres a lot of people who can play it correctly yet they dont sound nowhere near as good and tight as Mario, very few nailed it so well to be even close to the great Mario

[@martineandrieux5259]

Mario the best

[@KittyNakajima27]

Matt definitely needs to chime in with some knowledge bombs.

[@musikbyjh]

We agree, but he's traveling so he gets a pass. @DreadDrum

[@MrLofwyr]

The intro alone, is insanely difficult to play.

[@markobratusa]

10 dude!!

[@SparkHoundCam]

Yes it’s a hard beat. That’s an understatement.

[@Lamren]

The song as a whole isn't the hardest or even far from it, however the beat in the intro is notoriously one of the hardest because of the extremely weird and hard to figure out time signature that keeps changing between two. It becomes apparent how strange it is when you try to listen by ear how many repetitions he does and find a pattern, it's super confusing lol

[@24HR.B.S]

Very technical and requires a lot of stamina to play.

[@musikbyjh]

No doubt!!

[@maureenwagg5305]

Groove is just exceptional and Super Mario is just the best in the world. Try Gift of Guilt or The Heaviest Matter in the Universe.

[@bloodblitzowns11]

yes that is a hard beat lmaoo

[@ericandrieux2614]

Mario the best in the world

[@paulprior9875]

Its a 10/10.

[@peterrmilner]

I think it's 45 so yes it's advanced as hell

[@edmundojrmata8377]

Master that guitar bro

[@Andyw1228]

What you showed wasn’t polyrhythmic, it was triplets on one hand and quaters on the other in a 3/3 meter. Polyrhythmic is when you do a 4/4 on the kick and 3/3 on the snare for instance. There are countless possibilities and normally the hits aren’t simultaneous, but after a few rounds they align eventually.

[@musikbyjh]

Thank you, Andy!! Definitely still (and always) learning. Appreciate the knowledge, thank you again!

[@FReQueNCieS_FRoM_BeYoND]

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[@Andfgkgcf]

Hard

[@thomasorn8009]

It is a really hard song to play!

[@peterlindroos4501]

9/10 ish,

[@intredastingvideos9365]

a polyrhythm means doing 3/4 and 4/4 at the same time, as an example. not hitting 3 things during a 4/4 bar lol.

[@JeffLaChance]

I noticed you have drumsticks on the wall, I’m assuming those are autographed sticks. Who ya got? I have a few myself

[@musikbyjh]

Nice @JeffLaChance !! Most were from gigs I worked as an audio engineer; a few from band members at shows I attended. Not all autographed. From top to bottom: 21 Pilots, Audkik (my old band), 311 (autographed by Chad Sexton), System of a Down, Incubus, Cypress Hill, Green Day, Deftones (signed by Abe Cunningham), 2 sticks from Pantera, 2 sticks from Travis Barker. How about you, Jeff?

[@JeffLaChance]

@@musikbyjhI don’t have that many, that’s a great collection. I have a pairs signed by Brann Dailor of Mastodon ( another drummer you should react to ) Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Dio) Jazz great Elvin Jones and Dale Crover (Melvins, Nirvana)

[@musikbyjh]

HELL YEAH, @@JeffLaChance !!! That's an AWESOME collection!!!! We had fun making the shadow box for displaying them. If you have a better way though, please let me know...always looking for new, cool stuff!

[@johannesaxeman4508]

10 "looks hard"? See how he works? Thats not a guy just doin it....thats a guy F....G doing it like theres no 2morrow.

[@musikbyjh]

Well said!

[@DrumC41]

Drummer of 20 years. Yes it's hard. First patterns difficult. 4.5/5 Verse is easy enough. Middle section and ending blast beats more of a stamina game.

[@musikbyjh]

Thank you, Drum master!!! 🤘🏽

[@muscless89]

If you try to count the drum line, you need to understand that 7 comes before 4 lol

[@musikbyjh]

Thanks for that!

[@Captn_No_Slappy666]

Who the f*** is Matt?

[@musikbyjh]

Hey @Captn_No_Slappy666 , thanks for watching!! That would be the one and only @dreadrum from @ShallowSkyMusic !!! Killer drummer, and used to be Jeremy's drummer wayyyy back!

[@anthonyking5498]

Yeah totally not uncommon to articulate beats with your hand but not actually connect. Did it all the time in marching band!

[@taylorrolley6277]

You gotta react his solos