stewart copeland - tama starclassic signature

[@Rogers1977]

The Stewart Copeland snare is a monster. That thing will SLICE BUTTER.

[@scatpack440]

I love Stewart's hi-hat work!!! One of my favorite drummers for sure

[@rokstar807]

Finally, a REAL answer... "I got real lucky!" How refreshing to hear someone being honest, as opposed to all this fake/phony/political correct/corporate bullshit.

[@huberthunterdon9251]

And as for the configuration, all pics I've ever seen from the 80s seem to show him playing 8x12 and 9x13 toms over his kick drum, with any smaller toms to the left. This kit features an 8x10, and 9x12 over the kick, which is stylistically popular from a much later era (90s/00s). So I'm really not sure where the tech is coming from with that statement.

[@uzielis]

I remember Stewart's early 80s set up were 8x10, 8x12, 9x13, and a 16" floor tom. Included were his ever-faithful tightly tuned snappy snare, a 14x22 kick, and very long Octobans. Tama sounded good then, they sound good now. Cymbals by PAISTE, sticks - back then - by Regal Tip. He uses VATER now. Keep rockin', Stew.

[@Incognit05]

"Move the quarter note to the left. The right is taken."

[@Me-gt7oy]

Lmao

[@Justentime77]

I always dug the way he tuned so tight, which in turn gave him a very syncopated and precise sound that complemented his incredible technique! His drumming was SO much a part of the Police that made them so unique.

[@JuanVargasCalderon]

Hi am huge fan of the police, but I do not believe POLICE had catched all my attention without Stweart on the drums !!

[@Tubes12AX7k]

My favorite drummer of all time!

[@AllisterCooper2008]

So did I! Great purchase, I must say! I don't care for any live sets by most bands but the hidden gems, B-sides, and what have you, are great. Peace always! Yeah!~

[@chardrum]

@TylerSabian many large acts have triggers on the drums as a back up if a mic cuts out or moves, mainly on kick and snare.

[@pamelaFagan-px1bs]

King of Drums

[@Jordan-182]

amazing drummer and seems like such a nice guy too

[@pleased9]

SC is responsible for my kit's arrangement, splashes, etc. By the way, Thanks Stewart for the lessons! You made it all come together.

[@trayfordrums]

I'm glad when he says "coming back to his group" because in the end he did start it and it was his group.

[@cdcgb1]

@gd44 its the the reverb/delay and other modulation effects.

[@j88k001]

My first concert - The Police - Synchronicity - 1983 - Phoenix, AZ.

[@bellbrass]

The Tama snare was designed after a Pearl Jupiter 5" x 14" brass snare, which was the snare he used on all those Police records.

[@pillsareyummy]

Great drummer, great composer, great guy, and intelligent as well...

[@eduardoteixeirajj]

he's quite underrated amongst the biggest drummers...

[@Don1970]

Yeah, you can hear what the echo box did on this vid. Listen to the background music starting at 1:37. Reggatta De Blanc...love that song, and it's the song he mentions in the paradigm vid.

[@blica1]

@larkydozer RIGHT ! and the old heads he used most of the time were coated whereas these aren't !

[@larkydozer]

An exact copy of the 1983 kit, with the exception of the 8 inch tom, which is missing from this new kit. These drums have different heads from what were on the 1983 kit. In 83 they had coated Ambassador heads.

[@johnjamesmclaughlin]

It's so true about Tama its the way they sound and feel I had to get me some too

[@dulladavedrums]

the two best brands put together, tama and paiste

[@bellbrass]

Yes, it was indeed a Jupiter, made by Pearl. There's a video where he's showing an interviewer his music room, and he has "the snare" out for him to see - Pearl Jupiter chrome over brass.

[@Pianomanacymbal]

@PanekPL There is a police song, I don't remember the name, where the ENTIRE groove is moved one quarter note to the right, and so everything sounds really funky because the backbeat and downbeats are in the wrong place, same with the cymbal accents and such, every single bit of the song sounds strange and builds this weird backwards suspense.

[@jameswynne76]

Regatta De Blanc.... second track of the album of the same name.... Love it!

[@EXTIQUE]

i play TAMA ROCKSTARS,, but stewart,,if you ever read this,, ill give anything to have the EXACT tama imperialstar snare drum you used in the studio when you recorded 'GHOST IN THE MACHINE" !! it's simply the best sounding snare drum i've ever heard in my life!!! anybody who don't believe me,,listen to "one world" on ghost in the machine. that popcorn crack of his snare will definitely get a drummer's attension,,,FAST!!!!

[@abebg]

perhaps the greatest rock drummer alive

[@gd44]

@cdcgb1 That doesn't sound right. Effects work on incoming sound. Triggers send an electronic pulse to a sound module. A trigger hooked directly to an effects box would render no sound.

[@AllisterCooper2008]

Never lend your tour bus to anyone... good vid.

[@AllisterCooper2008]

TAMA must really love this guy.

[@jellyboy123]

i use them drums same sizes and i never even knew Stewart had a set. reason i play tama drums they can take a good beating, strong in design, the tone of the drums are nice, i like using a smaller drums because its the tone i like. don't like a deep sound when it comes to my tom toms.

[@AllenPendleton]

The triggers are most likely used to open gates and not to trigger samples

[@chwsf187]

Stewart Copeland is notorious for being "ahead of the beat" which really drives the music and as he says is "right of the beat." A good example of the opposite is questlove's drumming style on D'angelo's Voodoo album. He plays behind the beat and sits back quite a bit. And Stewart is right cause now Questlove is famous too.

[@Mp5Drummer]

@Animatronica Ah fair enough. Actually yeah that's a fair point, it'd be good to have your own sound but be able to change it to a triggered sound whenever.

[@Jordan-182]

man i love this guy hes awesome

[@ichigogohankenpachi]

he might have become an awesome drum solo artist

[@xXwallynatorXx]

when he talking about moving rhythms to the right and left he's talking about murder by numbers

[@meupeidomeubandido]

@toolkills congrats mate, that's a fine piece of art in form of drumkit XD

[@MSHRPC]

Ahh, a peek behind the curtain. Thanks for posting this, very informative.

[@giuliotec]

Il migliore! Grande Stewart !!!

[@psyne000]

A big hero of mine.

[@Me-gt7oy]

Copeland is a legend. Enough said.

[@Kazzzo]

I'm not normally an envious person but, damn to play like that.

[@generatrix999]

Getting lucky is an understatement.

[@jeffreygodspeed]

@McSnurf I can guarantee that the snare on "Oh My God" was not a Ludwig Supraphonic!

[@dspro86]

@zapskimmer0123 He meant overlaid with the other members of the band

[@TheMASDrummer]

@toolkills good for you im getting some sleishmans in tobacco fade soon!! if you just got a starclassic, then why are you on youtube???? im just saying

[@sgtpepper1138]

me too, I still pull it out every now and then, but i'm more of a drummer now

[@Fraeg]

he is one handsome looking dude.. and the skillz.. the skillz

[@uhoh38125]

i dunno about triggers? he does use echo box.....check out "paradigm for the cosmos" video...type that into youtube search

[@TheKinoEye]

Viewed his Octoban demo just only one time ;-)

[@larkydozer]

My biggest complaint about Stewarts tone these recent years is the drum heads he uses nowadays. In the 80's and 90's he still used coated remo ambassadors on all the toms, tuned really tightly. He's using diplomat heads which may last longer but you sacrifice some tone.

[@vulgarian99]

I'm about to get a Starclassic Maple in the Antique Natural Burst finish. Here's a question though, I'm getting a 18x22 / 8x10 / 9x12 / 12x14 / 14x16 shell kit... running about $3600 for the Maple. Should I upgrade to Bubinga for a similar price? If anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to give me your input...thanks -Jovi

[@Me-gt7oy]

Please tour again!

[@JamesCarmichael]

hes awesome on the guitar aswell.

[@grajdrums]

Normally I like drummers like Bonzo, but when I heard Copeland... He deserves to be called Rhythmatist. He's like a clock.

[@AllisterCooper2008]

A question: So many drummers these days place their rack toms on cymbal stands instead of placing them on a mount on top of the bass drum itself? Does the tube which penetrate the bass drum shell make such a difference on the sound?

[@seamusloyd]

AllisterCooper2008 not a significant amount of difference. For me it was 2 parts practicality 1 parts look. I can get my toms into the exact positions I want them in off cymbal stands. You are limited to some degree mounting off bass drum. Also easier to move on and off stage in smaller chunks. And lastly i kinda prefer the cleaner look in front of toms and bass drum. Everyone will have their own reasons though.

[@AllisterCooper2008]

Thank you, seamusloyd. Personally, were I to mount say 2 toms, I'd prefer to have a rack. I'm still debating whether to have one or two mounted toms :).

[@rdrake316]

Nope it's just a gimmick called virgin bass.

[@huberthunterdon9251]

I'm not sure how the tech got the idea that this kit/configuration was a "copy" of his Police kit from the 80s. For one thing, this kit has Starclassic Maple shells, which are basically the thinnest maple shells on the market now, and weren't even introduced until around 1994. That is also a lacquer finish. In the 80s, he famously played Imperialstars, which back then were 9-ply mahogany drums, with a painted coating, and were typically in wrap finishes.

[@larkydozer]

It's a copy of the 1983 kit, but the tom tom heads are a different style. Rather than coated ambassadors, these are thicker, uncoated heads.

[@blica1]

he made octabans famous..you can't see a set up with octabans without thinking of stewart !!

[@maartenvdheuvel]

@aliont OK, I'll bite: he suggests instead of playing the first beat of your standard rhythm on count 1 of the bar, start your first (accented) note on count 4 of the previous bar. Like he - more or less - shifted the main accent not on 1 but on count 2 (on 3, actually). To the right, as it were. Well, that's what *he* implies was the root of his success, anyway. Jokingly, of course.

[@hdtvcamera1]

Stewart Copeland you didn't get lucky, you worked your ass off.

[@goyolake]

@LtDeath10 Regatta de Blanc, veery cool song, from the self titled album

[@bhkidd]

@Bananapuddinpie Demolition Man and Spirits in the Material World both share this trait.

[@JAB5625]

I know little about playing the drums but I love music. Since Zenyatta Mendatta (when I was 10) I've thought Stew was the best. No technical reasons to back up my opinion... the guy just has a unique style and sound and his pure physical skill is sick.

[@jellyboy123]

i also like a nice pak sound to my snare drum.

[@magicdicko]

im learning one of his rides

[@partyboyrocks69]

i've started moving every beat 1/4 note to the left .... DIBS!

[@gijsphilip]

And he gives his secret at 3'55-4'20! Yes!

[@Jambalaya1337]

theres quarter notes in music a standard beat is 4/4 a jazz beat is 7/4 what he's saying is move it to a different quarter note

[@75DrummerBoy]

Why the sizes? I love shallow toms. I have used power toms for so long I now hate them because I can't place the toms low enough to play comfortably!!!

[@tanonamusic2198]

I just posted a few videos featuring a Tama Starclassic, see how you guys like the sound of the kit in a studio with a full mix!

[@toolkills]

today is a GREAT day for me :)....just picked up a tama starclassic bubinga/birch kit with the copeland snare!!!!....ive never touched a kit that sounds even half as good as this kit...and this masters signature snare is fuckin ridiculous

[@gijsphilip]

Is there already one drummer who made the beat to the left unavailable?

[@vladtepes97]

move it to the left. got it.

[@KarolMamot]

Although he plays Tama - you can hear ludwig supraphonic snare on a lot of Police records (like "Oh My God") :-)

[@PanekPL]

what does he mean about moving a beat to the left or to the right?

[@slivovich9821]

Very interesting, whats more interesting he has Shure SM57 mic for snare lol! Also is that pearl hardware he has?

[@Poulmy]

@TheQuigonjohn pretty hard to do it and still sound good and in the timing. Move the beat to the left isn't that easy ^^

[@pamelaFagan-px1bs]

Awesome!

[@gd44]

@gijsphilip James Brown built his whole career off the "beat to the left".

[@aliont]

I love his blue ride symbol:) also... could someone explain to me how you "move your quarter note to the left"? And, this man is a god when it comes to drums! :D

[@larkydozer]

I do see a tom there, but it's larger than 8x10.

[@raizumichin]

The bubinga really looks cooler, but the sound difference is slight. You could probably hear it when litsening carefully to the drums on their own, but in a band context the difference is negligible.

[@fs04pro]

what are those cymbals with films on them?

[@larkydozer]

It's not an "exact copy of the 1983 Synch kit" because it's missing the third rack tom.... I think it was an 8x10. It's missing from this new kit.

[@symboitesRul3]

IDK what's going on, but if someone is criticizing Stewart you're either trying to mess with people, or just dumb. He's known as a master of synchopation world wide, bringing reggae drumming into main stream music, and knowing almost every little musical technique. He's not a drummer, he's a rhythmatist master.

[@Tubes12AX7k]

As I recall, Stewart is actually a lefty, and I wonder to what degree that affects his drumming. Same for being left or right footed. I imagine his high hat work was influenced by that.

[@thomascompton800]

@Tubes12AX7k really ! i never knew that, i'm quite similar myself, obviously not as good, but it doesn't really seem to affect me

[@daveruckidrums]

i think it means you hit the note off beat and early

[@mauricioclaveria]

he have a DDrum trigger on the snare..

[@JAB5625]

I wish I could do anything as well as Stew plays the drums...

[@Mp5Drummer]

Why does he have a signature snare when he's got a trigger on it!?

[@phillip_costovski]

Check the copeland crossticking lick at 1:37.

[@HumanOnFire]

anyone knows what's the song at the beginning ??

[@AllisterCooper2008]

The first record of the Police is quite punk-influenced whereas the second one is more reggae-injected.

[@BlackHawk2029]

octobans. gong drum. dude. really? they started some stuff man.