Simon Phillips plays 'Pentangle' by Protocol

[@donaldpruitt6787]

One of rhe best drummers in the world and has been for years in my top five What a monster player👍👍👍🌎👍👍💯

[@SaS-Music]

Ain't that the truth?! I could listen to him for hours.

[@tomthowi3280]

completely right ! incredible !

[@funmakers2093]

Who else is on your top 5 list?

[@p47paul]

In addition to being one of the best ever, I would give him an A+++ for the tuning of his drums. Honesty, I love the way he tunes every single drum. And his mixing is superb as well. I will NEVER forget the sound of his drums in front of 80K screaming fans when playing with The Who at Vet stadium in Philly and Giants stadium in 1989! I remember thinking that I never heard drums sound so CRISP, CLEAR, and perfectly mixed! Just love this dude!

[@piotrstroiwas9398]

Pierwszy raz go zobaczyłem Warszawie na występie nie miałem wątpliwości , od razu wpadł w uch o ,specyficzna gra . Potem znalazłem jego nagrania z młodszych lat . Rewelacja ❤🎉

[@piotrstroiwas9398]

Pozdrawiam serdecznie, jak tylko mam okazję, słucham ,m nastrój niebo lepszy. Soul Polis

[@Joshstix95]

Very open sounding. Which I like.

[@josephgiarraffa6379]

He has always been one the best and a big influence for me His drums are big and sound perfect

[@jumpinjojo]

Thank his drum tech.

[@ralphmunzenberg3286]

For me, Simon Phillips has been one of the world's best drummers since the 1970s.

[@Hail_Sagan]

Simon Phillips will never cease to amaze me. Every. Single. Time! Bravo, Sir!

[@demonicsweaters]

Simon Phillips is just one of the best. I love how he never stopped using his monster kit no matter what type of music he's playing. He never plays anything but Zildjian As. His sound is always his, and he makes it work in anything.

[@Anglo_Saxon1]

Guitarists are 10 a penny but drummers like this are very rare.His groove is absolutely brilliant!

[@DrIIGerMusic]

The most musical drummer alive, period.

[@neilcraig124]

Tremendous, spectacular playing. Masterful. Every fucking time. Brilliant.

[@matthernandez777]

Fusion music at it's best. Incredible

[@Graystaff]

Hey Drum Channel peeps: there’s a solo Jon Anderson song called “Animation” that Simon plays on which has the quintessential “Simon” groove to it. Odds are HE hasn’t heard that song in a while as I believe it came out in 83. Apparently a fire destroyed the masters so that album never even made it to CD. It’s an obscure song, but the drumming on it is top notch.

[@anderszettergren4302]

Big thanks for this. The album is on Spotify

[@andynoakes5394]

I love that tune. Classic early 80s Simon. His drum sound is amazing

[@KONAMAN100]

What a sound. Simon's dynamics are the best. Best of the big (huge) kit players in my opinion.

[@andyspofforth171]

Continuing the Cobham legacy - for the 21st century,so few players can play open convincingly

[@derrickbadenhorst7329]

Oh my goodness. This is BRILLIANT. Greetings from Port Elizabeth, South Africa 🇿🇦

[@petermcintyreA1]

You know you've made it if you have Simon backing you up on those drums!

[@tomthowi3280]

Simon Phillips: Young people would say "Goat" 🤘

[@ThePoorBoy]

Simon is looking and sounding great, and he still has the best looking and sounding drum kit in the world!

[@patrickmuller9221]

Master ❤

[@rvlaar]

The amazingest of amazing drummers

[@funmakers2093]

Still got it! He’s timeless.

[@Stas091]

Such a master! So much musicality and sound! He shows that we don’t need gospel chops to make a culmination ))

[@srishtypatidar5746]

The sound and the precision 🔥🔥🔥

[@rccc5806]

Not a casual listener of jazzy-prog or whatever they played here but never got tired for one second listening and watching this.

[@justjosh711]

Brilliant playing by a brilliant player. Simon is and will always be among the greats. My hope is that I can achieve half the skills this man has.

[@miloscoopy2469]

Masterful! No overplaying, musical yet so tasty and groovy. His accents are all in a right places. Its a musical drumming, yo wont get bored hearing it over and over .

[@divinitymode9364]

Simon’s a god. And, damn, the sound of that kit. Drum heaven.

[@davidross8668]

What an absolutely fantastic drum sound.

[@ferminbarajaspazos6853]

Simon es, sin duda, uno de los grandes. Le vi en directo en Clamores, en Madrid, y fue una pasada.

[@oobenoob]

I really wish he could have kept this line up with Howe for another couple more albums. Much as I love protocol 5’s line up.

[@djcoopdrum]

a true musical GENIUS !!!!!

[@keyop6821]

Hands down the best of the best no question.

[@diegosanchez-fy2lj]

Fantastic drummer !!!!

[@hansvanhees5689]

Master of Perfektion 😊... ..I wish I had his tunebot settings...Perfektion in sound !!

[@willmason8421]

Amazing. I saw Simon at a drum clinic at Atlanta Pro Percussion in the early 1990s. I was blown away and became in instant fan.

[@williamshaffer5600]

Simon Phillips...truly amazing! And that kit! Sounds amazing! Love how he has his kit. Toms all flowing.

[@Metragnome_Images]

Most efficient drumming technique ever

[@eoTVoke]

Mister Master Drummer 👍❤❤👍

[@dftns]

The other unknown dimension for many drummers, including me, named: open hand drumming! 🤯

[@quixodian]

Love his work. In addition to all the other great stuff he does, the trio with Hiromi (piano) and Antony Jackson (bass) was astonishing.

[@rolfdejonge3915]

"Simon Says" more than enough! He "talks"with his drums! Simon rules "big time"! @#rolfdejonge@ ✌️🤠💥👍

[@philjones3131]

A true master! There all there because he uses them! Yes for real. nothing for show. A different level!

[@manem2535]

У этого Человека высочайшая культура исполнительского мастерства !!! Таких барабанщиков очень не много ! Успехов Вам Саймон !

[@yusufsupriyadi9406]

Uncle Simon is the best ever 👍🤘

[@peterwassmuth4014]

Awesome Thank you for Sharing! 💯✴

[@prsticks74]

Absolutley awesome , so fluid and relaxed .

[@psimmonz]

This is so so enjoyable. In an age of fake everything and AI assisted content, it’s so freaking cool to watch and listen to Simon play. Thanks so much Simon! Keeping it real. So please tell us what mics are on the toms? The sound and mix is wonderful.

[@Juupke]

No mics on the toms, only bass and the overheads, staggering right!?

[@nexdrums]

Simon is the man!

[@philipsummers9682]

That's playing 😁 awesome as ever Simon 😎 👍💯 , that can only inspire . The art of drumming indeed

[@MetalDad-Explozian]

Great dynamics and creative note combinations. Groove maximum

[@5ShotProductions]

So good 😍🙏 Simon Phillips and Stewart Copeland are my most favorite drummers, alongside with Phil Collins and Chester Thompson, because I admired the latter two so often when they played their Drum Duet’s on tour with Genesis. I‘ve been playing drums since 1993 (I got 15 in this year) and I would like to have only 5 percent of the skills a Simon Phillips has 🥴😉 All the best from Germany 🇩🇪 and thx for this awesome video, Philipp 👋

[@Harry1s]

Wow!!!

[@gldi8hr]

For some reason I can’t really explain why I admire open handed drumming/drummers, for me it feels like they’re a more developed human race. His setup is so interesting, 3 snares, hi-hat at same level as main snare which requires open handed drummers to be able to play. It’s a big kit compared to the average jazz/fusion drummers and I think it would be even more interesting sounding if he used smaller tons 🙌👏👍

[@097534]

It's because of seeing guys like this I retired from drumming

[@tonigenestar3298]

Excelent,thank you Simon.

[@jcdrums2798]

Master! Simon , my inspiration !

[@csalgar811]

my god that rhythm in the verse..... that's funky...

[@user-rv4fc4gq5x]

❤

[@MEGAMIGA]

Such mastery!

[@tommysonnier9848]

What a player!

Incredible!

[@andershv229]

Truly awesome!

[@wannabeadrummer]

Just pure Class

[@brianlynn5465]

The man has been in the pocket for 50 years and I can't see him leaving any time soon

[@hines1165]

10 10 10

[@sturla75]

What a well- balanced and greatly tuned kit. Worth noting that he doesn´t have any tom-mics here or snare mics and it translates so well, so I guess most of it is from the two overhead mics (and kick mics).

[@gadymarcus2362]

Bello/Magnifico.😱😱😱😱😱😱😅💥

[@robercasati]

the best

[@jtg2737]

OUCH! Damn good!

[@RicardoLonghi77]

Sensacional!!!!! Monster! 🔥🥁

[@martinalvarezpizzo]

Epic!

[@Shauncat1]

Yes Sir👌

[@pauloberlin316]

Awesome as always, Simon. I like the version of this song over on Little Big Beat Studios channel much better. Quicker tempo and more fireworks from Simon.

[@christianbaghino]

Impressive control...wow

[@ianmcluckie2336]

Epic

[@thomassaner2478]

Oh Simon, if you’re listening, blistering- saw you at the Hillside Holiday Inn for a Drum seminar-Chad, Wackerman and pat Mathenys drummer. What a drip. good stuff I lusted after a Tama art star kit couldn’t afford it. I play Ludwig Im in Chicago. still like sin after sin, you know what I mean oh your who tour was great great I saw you in Wisconsin-a.k.a. Alpine Valley cheers cut my chops playing 707’s they’re almost like timbale sticks! oh, one last thing, I bought a pair of platinum new beat high hats-on your recommendation-good stuff loud Tony Williams stuff still use them with my alternative paiste 3000 sound edge hats

[@76ableN]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Lumerdrums]

truely a master at his craft. so tight and creative. love it

[@zabaladrum]

🖤🖤🖤

[@crazyclownstudioaudio3122]

yeeeeaaaahhhhh !

[@stevewilcock4767]

Lovely playing Simon. Very very tasty!

[@chillywilly9611]

Wow

[@hasan_bahramian]

❤❤❤❤

[@Babadgy]

Саймон - один из лучших ударников планеты!

[@dagostinoification]

Toujours auss bon Simon ! Très musical en plus dne grande technique ! >>FROM >>>kzbin.infohFKdry-KnQA?feature=share

[@DrumTracksKM]

🤘👍👍

[@miguelruiz8183]

That's about 20 to 25 grand worth of Tama Star drums right there

[@73ariff]

Hi , anybody knows which model headphones that he uses? Thks

[@hoochrocks]

Damn

[@bogdantocut1278]

This is the Mr. Philips setup

[@UnHermanoHalconero]

Crack👏👏👏

[@ivanbajovic3476]

Billy Cobham school

[@miraclestudio9167]

That Gong Drum made my Heart Beating Stop.

[@AriocKaichi]

Are they using just kick mics and overheads only for this recording?

[@mancuniancandidatem]

I can see cables running over the bass drums up the tom post. I am guessing he has some kind of internal mounted micing system. I know there was a system a few years back (MAYE) internal mic system that enabled you to mount internal mics by a series of bungie type chords that would attach to the lug bolts. You could float the mic inside the drum and run the cable out through the drums air hole.

[@adamponce8121]

Nope, just overheads and kicks. We might have mic’d the gong but can’t remember. This was 2017-2018 possibly 2019. I’m his drum tech, been doing it for 7-8 years now

[@StudioTrumpeter]

💥💥💥💥💫💫💫💫💯💯💯💯💯💢💢💢💢💢

[@bill72pa]

Would be nice to note who the other musicians are.

[@CapellaOnDrums]

😃😃😃

[@rccc5806]

They should call this "An off-beat symphony".

[@mehdiqavi]

what interesting sounds he was getting out of that china

[@kennytesta9312]

Gets better with age

[@robertelovsson8344]

Anyone know what that delicious left china is?

[@jonwingate5535]

3 different snare drums..open handed style..rudemental music reader..master of his craft

[@theivory1]

This man needs no elbows.