Simon Phillips - Playing 6/8

[@danielmadariagavaldes893]

It’s incredible how Simon play simple stuffs but sounds great and then you wonder if is really simple. This guy has his own identity.... One of my favorites

[@jeffcullen6573]

Great ideas. Laser precision. Big dynamic range. Tasteful use of well thought out kit. What a beast!

[@krang07]

one of my all-time fav drummers

[@241mrmark]

Just totally dig this. This is very difficult to play and keep it in pocket. Bravo spot on...

[@drumsport]

Ambidextrous, independence of limb. Superb eye candy.

[@sleeve51]

Happy Birthday Simon. One of thee absolute best.

[@misanthropingthewind]

If I could play the drums like this, I'd be performing with Toto. Simon Phillips is one of the most creative and technically proficient drummers in the world. Period. An absolute phenomenon. Giving credit where it's due. I have heard that he is extremely humble, and it certainly appears to be true in interviews of Simon that I've seen.

[@charliegunnar789]

Instablaster

[@jonorocko1]

Absolutley amazing best drummer in the world no doubt about it HE'S AWESOME!!!

[@nuthoose]

Superb - lost for words really....

[@Basskat100]

Great drumming. Very nice flow in timing. Combined with excellent Sycopation accents. Good stuff by Simon. Basskat Detroit MI.

[@aakkoin]

He is so technical and precise it's ridicilous... damn fusion...

[@RedVynil]

There was one song I heard for YEARS, maybe DECADES and it ALWAYS sounded like the drum part was backwards (snare where the bass should be & vice versa) until half way into the 1st verse when it magically straightened itself out without anything changing, then, a few years ago, I FINALLY heard it the right way & understood what it's supposed to be!! I think it took me starting the song a few seconds in before I was able to hear it the right way! lol. Couldn't tell you which song it was, though.

[@241mrmark]

Love 2:02. Perfectly executed it was set up a few bars earlier...

[@nexdrums]

SPECTACULAR SIMON!

[@dreamopeth]

Reminds me of the underground Mario levels, lol

[@catalinbadalan4463]

Or Jazz Jackrabbit 2 :)

[@YTDSoM]

Both are awesome drummers.

[@harnois75]

Phillips has done a lot of solid rock in his time - Michael Schenker, Whitesnake, Nazareth, Gary Moore, Judas Priest, The Who, Jeff Beck....

[@MrBoombast64]

Anmd many more....

[@ricoholic]

i feel soooo goood...

[@ueichwuihcibuwcecb5833]

Why do some parts of Simon's playing sound more like half time shuffle to me？And I can‘t help myself counting them in 4/4 rather than 6/8. It really confused me.

[@yvindt6362]

Yeah i feel the same

[@SirOlsen1]

That is really the essence in what he is trying to explain in his instructional video with this track. The thing is he uses the fundamental 6/8 where you actually can divide that into anything. Pretty spot on, if you ask me :) So your half time shuffle feel is as right as anything :)

[@SirOlsen1]

But listen to the bass line... that makes it easier to count it in 6, even when he feels like playing in 4 (which he actually does across the 6)

[@grasshopper0274]

the title holder counted along with the guitar listen carefully the guitar is on 6/8 😂😂

[@lamecasuelas2]

Can you count 6/8 as 3/4 ? Would that work?

[@davidvelazquez8386]

Musicalidad....técnica....y precisión!!!

[@oscarj08]

The technique at 3:11 that gives the ilusion he plays in 3 bars of 4/4 while stills 6/8, is called hemiola, you can use this technique by give accents to quarter notes on compound times grouping by 3 where originally are 2 beats (is a 3:2 polyrhythm). Also check "aenema" by tool made full by hemiolas.

[@leonkechayasdrums]

@TheDarthnick Exactly! All Drummers are different and are all good in their own ways. Its like comparing Steve Gadd with Simon Phillips - thing is you can't, because they are both different players.

[@dingdong--7z]

God damn I love this.

[@hyderhydra3269]

I CANT BREATHE

[@longano_drummer]

lay back playing....great sound =simon phillips

[@tdrum21]

Love that fill with flams @ 1:54

[@BenjiGaming08]

Si and Joe actually did play together on the Mick Jagger tour back in the late 80s. I know, the music is nothing like this (or any Simon/Joe song) but they did play and it sounded great!

[@magickriver]

Phucking phenomenal!

[@stevejones466]

The best!

[@iggiguggi]

wonderfull drumming

[@edson.almerindoeddallas3415]

2 melhores instrumentais de uma forma impressionante Parabéns Philips o seu bater a 10

[@karlbaird3385]

His drums sound absolutely killer!!! :)

[@jeepercreepers54]

Masterful.

[@La_sagne]

yeah i see what you mean... sometimes my brain just wants to divide it into another time signature and it just makes me hear it that way then too...

[@samtraygis1337]

Mesmerizing grooving

[@biesmusik]

this is good stuff

[@harnois75]

2:39 is a lovely 'out of leftfield' moment.

[@JonP1961]

@yoshihisa75 man? i thought it was a metronome!!! i'm not a drummer but it sounds like he's right on time most, if not all, of the time. growing up w/a brother that played drums, i remember he said that 'listening' is the most important thing. what i dig about these series of lessons is he gets a groove going that i can lock into, then he works on the style points with all the little things he does around that basic beat. If all he did was the crazy stuff, he'd lose me pretty early on.

[@interwoven222]

Reminds me of Final Fantasy VII for some reason.

[@antztudio]

Hi mate,bozzio is awesome mate!cheers

[@DrummerGrrrl]

Thanks! It IS confusing, but it's not your fault! LOL. I need to find a book that explains the entire concept of odd times and really learn this. Thanks for your help.

[@drsteve0487]

This is from 1991. Notice Simon's subtle use of a one handed gravity blast buzz roll at 1:22, while keeping the shuffle ostinato going with his left hand. Short , sharp, perfectly placed. This is truely masterful use of a technique that many overuse to an extent which just wears out the listener.

[@21DAZ12]

Could someone please direct me to a place where I can get all the songs he is playing to, they are amazing

[@georgeduhon]

Amazon has a decent selection of Protocol music for download.

[@SuperFunkDoctor]

deezer

[@bo9718]

they are all from his 1988 album simon phillips- protocol

[@DrIIGerMusic]

Who else plays like thus man? Nobody. Or close. Nobody .

[@groovesville1179]

Ageless 👍👍

[@Paitsch]

2:59 He hits the underside of the cymbal. Interesting effect.

[@ZacStaylon]

anyone know what patch, keyboard, or what sound is being used in the intro? I believe its a pad of some sort but not quite sure.. its very " Australian " sounding.. What I mean is it has that outback Desert feel to it.. Anyone catch my drift? Towards the end it kind of sounds like sine waves or square waves maybe? Idk back to Omnisphere.. lol

[@nielswil]

When i hear this song it reminds me when i drove thru Austria on my way to Italy. But i have the same question about that sound, what keyboard/synth is used here.

[@Trout636]

Why would anyone dislike this?? Jealousy?

[@miguelbatera__]

Essa figura é tocada no chimbal de forró

[@Law0086]

Just needs Stevie Wonder singing. I'll be ol Stevie could play this song down.

[@bolie08]

ich hab den beat schon in " Bottom of your soul " genial gefunden... macht lila laune

[@EILIVSAGRUSTEN]

@SpiffaJ I wouldn't try to say Simon Phillips takes wrong, if I was you xD

[@harnois75]

Simon Phillips plays on the Joe Satriani track 'Banana Mango 2.'

[@cesarvaldez112975]

No, it's not a stupid question. Yes, 6/8 is counted 1-2-3-4-5-6; but it's the emphasis of the dotted quater that makes it 6/8 and not 3/4, but there are exceptions to this rule. Dotted quarter= 1-2-3. If you Count to six and snap your fingers on the 1 and 4 then you have 6/8: (1)-2-3-(4)-5-6. If you snap your fingers on the 1,3 and 5 then you have 3/4: (1)-2-(3)-4-(5)-6. 3/4 and 6/8 = in value, differ in phrasing. But as i said before, there are exceptions. Hope this wasn't to confusing,

[@WazzupDoc69]

a rhythm 's scientist

[@bobsuruncle7801]

New 2022 instrumental CD out on Spotify!

[@TheMichaelseymour]

is this available commercially ? Anyone ?

[@sabatasusu]

ecco come si suona la batteria!

[@koby84]

bernard purdie's tecnique

[@vinskilindqvist4554]

No, Simon Phillips' technique. It is Bernard Purdie's influence

[@drummerfromoly]

@emiel4sma think of the bar as in half, so a 7/8 would be 1,2,3, and 1,2,3 and, etc.

[@darienbrown5179]

simon is your birthday coming up?

[@kareltjoelker]

Are these video's also available in audio? :-) I want to listen to it on my ipod !

[@MrBoombast64]

I know this is late, but use a Yt MP3-converter..... :)

[@DrummerGrrrl]

Yeah, he is a really good guy. He doesn't have an arrogant bone in his body. I like drummers as human beings as well as musicians and that's why Lars Ulrich doesn't do a thing for me. HE is an arrogant jerk! AND, he's not all that great a drummer, in my opinion. Jeff Porcaro was a great guy, Steve Gadd is a humble, great human, etc.

[@duncandunorlan9166]

Spot on. Playing is an expression of personality, attitude, empathy and humility so, to be a great drummer, one needs to have all these qualities. Those that do will have an emotional connection with their bandmates and create something special, and those that don't end up being twats like Ars U Lick.

[@nickavenoso7851]

@@duncandunorlan9166 Lars is just an arrogant idiot. That’s why I never like him or his drummer, it’s just pounding on the drums, and almost no technique. What makes a great drummer, is personality, technique, etc.

[@zznick660]

That's why my favorites are Danny Carey and Gavin Harrison, just such humble human beings but MONSTERS behind the kit.

[@laloservin]

Name of this song? Album?

[@ThomasMetal75]

Sounds like Final Fantasy music!

[@LeJaxx]

@SpiffaJ @ 3:00 listen to the pattern on the bass drums, definately 6/8

[@Ekkerrr]

have some 12/8 in there aswell.

[@La_sagne]

just count with it... you'll see that you always get to the and of three until it starts over again

[@RedVynil]

Sometimes I have this "ability", if you will, to hear other timings going on besides the ones foremost, and that's what I was hearing on 1st listen, but I hear the 6/8, now. In a way this "ability" can be a bad thing, like, when I come up with a really complex beat and I want to figure out what it is I'm doing, as soon as I try to figure it out, it all falls to bits and I usually end up losing the beat completely. If I just go ahead & play the beat without dissecting it, I can play it any time.

[@drsteve0487]

Oops, my bad. It's nearer 1:20 and its a group of 3 double strokes. Didn't see his left hand come across the first time ! It just looked like he was rocking his right stick on the rim.

[@Flaitesexy]

@SpiffaJ you can count it both ways

[@BenMichalowicz]

the footboards kinda look like the speed cobra ones.

[@philkimber8086]

Ben Michalowicz hey back then,early 90s I think Simon was still using Tama Flexi Flyer pedals. The cheapest and most basic pedal but super fast and light to play on. I’ve still got one,some times use it and love it! Pedals have become to complicated in my opinion

[@antztudio]

RETURNS??He never left....

[@evhfan5150]

it isnt really a shuffle grove it is really just a triplet feel

[@SMWhit3out]

I really feel like the ending was 7/8......

[@evhfan5150]

your right but it easy to see where the 6/8 might fool some. clearly 4/4 triplets

[@andresetc]

F#ck me silly...

[@lobituso]

@tamaman65 have you studied music?, if you say, 6/8 ,,, you say 2 bars of 123 456 / 123 456, and he´s doing 123 456 789 101112, like playing truplets in hi hat when you are playing 4/4, if that what you are saying it´s true, "hold the line" it´s in 6/8, and it is NOT

[@joromark]

Ringo Star.. Hahahaha... Hey JoeJacari..., Let Ears play with Happy, and leave the drumming to Simon :) Don't care about Ling Ling.. Cute story though

[@petehill8885]

needs an 8" splash

[@lobituso]

0:50 it seems 12/8 for me, but it is just a opinion

[@lobituso]

@MrSchizos yes, maybe, it could be so

[@stickypalmping]

@Allplussomeminus that s what I counted also 1-2-3-4-5-6

[@tdrum21]

2:40 fill too

[@DeadlyNinjaDrummer]

@jon6132 agreed.

[@Pandamasque]

I'm hearing a Purdie shuffle at 4/4. What gives?

[@benfinnell1771]

little late, but it’s all a matter of subdivision and how you count it. you’re not wrong, you can count that part in either 4 or 6, try counting it in 6 and you’ll realize that it works too. simon uses polyrhythms a lot as well, which is probably another factor (playing a straight 4/4 groove in a song that’s in 15/8, for example)

[@RedVynil]

Sounds like 8/8 to me.

[@DrummerGrrrl]

Okay. You all are going to crucify me for asking this incredibly stupid question but how does one actually count odd time? I only play basic beats and some shuffles but I taught myself those. Simon is playing 6/8, so would somebody just count 1-2-3-4-5-6? That can't be it, that would be much too easy.

[@Slickmickyoyo97]

1-2-3, 1-2-3. Isn't this more 3/4?

[@misanthropingthewind]

@misanthropingthewind ...Or Simon being hypercritical of his own phenomenal playing.

[@nielswil]

6/8? Not a shuffle?

[@MartinDee2000]

What's the point of the video if the count isn't shown at all times? Missed opportunity.

[@Enthalpiste]

6/8 is more like...3/4...

[@shoe_bird]

u both have no clue, nothin changes, its a normal 4/4 with played with triplets instead of 8ths. normal shuffle groove all the way.

[@andy80sdrums]

10 people clearly know nothing about music and groove.

[@harryxiro]

12 now!

[@andresetc]

15 now... They need Jesus

[@241mrmark]

17 Now. Unbelievable.

[@stevejones466]

Not human😡

[@alraune6666]

Drummer ranking is a great bullshit !!!! Evry good drummer has a own style !! Can you play drums, Antiks72 ? I think no !!

[@EATMEIMADANISH]

WHT PETE TOWNSHEND OF THE WHO HAD SIMON DRUM ON HIS SINGLE ALBUMS……..CHECK OUT ZACH STARKEY( Ringo star son) WHO DRUMS FOR THE WHO,FILLING IN KEITH MOONS SHOES