The Police - Murder by Numbers (Drumcover)

[@rebelguy9487]

Playing this song is like rubbing your stomach while patting yourself on the head......while juggling chainsaws with your feet and doing advanced trig. Stewart Copeland is the maddest of mad lads!

[@robvriens8812]

Hahahahhaa never thought of it that way! Thanks for the comment. It’s a great song to play.

[@perpetualjon]

My God... It looks so effortless for you! One of the more difficult drum lines I know of. Just wow...

[@andrewbochicchio2232]

That folks is what you would call a perfect drum cover

[@robvriens8812]

Thanks very much Andrew for your comment

[@Aerospacer77]

You make it look so easy! This is one of the most difficult songs for me to play. Great job.

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you so much ! Love playing this song

[@superchanneljim]

the whole setup sounds great. solid.

[@carlos_silva]

You just nailed it! ❤

[@rathodkaran6190]

Jesus man! Respect! That was literally sounding like the original, start to finish!

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you very much for your kind comment! Glad you liked it

[@karinmckerahan1463]

This is SO good!! One of my all time favorite songs. As an intermediate drum student I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to play this song but dang I am in awe of what you did here. Snappy hi hat work my friend!

[@JAMESlock1911]

I would definitely have trouble playing that one. Well done 👍

[@powlobo.m.b.]

you nailed this tough nut to crack! amazing!

[@maxbuld8666]

That was a resly nice cover !!

[@Loudjazz]

nice hi hat job

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you for the comment

[@amaury8879]

Congratulations ! What a great cover ! Stewart Copeland is my favourite drummer. You did an impressive work !

[@Denis-gd8yq]

Great one !

[@chrisfoster3349]

Awesome job!! Love the hi hat work! Such a fun song to play!

[@leojf1ca1]

Hello! Great cover of my favorite drummer. Can you do Bombs Away!, or No Time This Time? Would be great!

[@kingsecho3351]

That is the greatest drum cover I have ever seen on yt. Well done! I aspire to get this good on drums.

[@timsullivan67]

Good Lawd my dude! Well executed

[@anibalbianchi8925]

Excelente 10!!! Gracias 💙

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you for Your comment!

[@Thrybald]

This was really inspiring to watch honestly. Thanks for sharing!

[@bangyai3194]

Great cover of a drum performance that sounds deceptively simple but has a lot of difficult components. Nice job

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you so much for your comment! His playing on this track is very inspirational

[@jessekondostanos2688]

Such an awesome cover. 👍

[@Andrew_M_Ward]

I love the little smile when he nails that insane transition ... here: 2:57 this song has broken many a great drummer right there

[@Sungazerglass]

Tiny smile, but he knew he still had work to do!!!

[@CharlesGwinn-ep9pb]

He is very quick wristed.... I think Yoyoka has him beat on style and dynamics..That kid is amazing.

[@gambooyt]

Beautiful cover of a great song

[@robvriens8812]

It’s an awesome song!!!! Thank you

[@Averseinsomniac]

Very enjoyable to watch

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you very much

[@dominicmaribrasero2911]

Very accurate Stu told that was one take And got the idea of the beat while going down with the boys into his home studio

[@nicholasthorne1895]

Absolutely blown away

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you for your kind comment!

[@kjam4236]

Awesome Job... One of my favorite Police songs!

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you! It’s an awesome song

[@bepivisintainer2975]

😂 oh dear. You gave me shivers

[@robvriens8812]

Thanks I guess 🤣🤣

[@leberhueriba1230]

The first time I heard this song I never knew how to classify it, maybe as rock-punk? because it has a strange style, but it's a very good song! And your drum cover is fantastic !…muy buen baterista, felicitaciones !

[@mattritchey617]

Damn that's impressive. The various fills have bring such a complex element to it I'd have to imagine. (Admirer of drumming but not one myself)

[@LuckyOwI777]

As a drummer, I can confirm that this song is so much more difficult to play than it seems. The fills are so fun to play though! Once you learn them, lol

[@imoody_de]

Man that's so f**in' awesome! Love it!

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you for your kind comment, it’s such awesome song! Recorded another Copeland gem today actually

[@vr6jettar]

Bro! You're fantastic! You're definitely equivalent with Stewart

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you for Your kind comment. Nobody is like Stewart Copeland though!

[@vincent15755]

Great drummer 🥁 🎉🎉🎉❤

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you!

[@maxclassicman]

Awesome cover man right on !!

[@caseyalbiero2222]

That snare sounds amazing!

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you black beauty’s always do in my opinion

[@absting1]

Brillant...

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you for your comment!!

[@fabiangarcia1178]

Excellent 🙌

[@evyatarhadar8867]

Great feel and tight pocket man.

[@douglasrobertson6112]

great technique

[@boing844]

Fantastic. Please do more police covers

[@robvriens8812]

Ah another Stewart Copeland fan. Will do though covering Copeland is dangerous. Thanks for the kind comment

[@chezchezchezchez]

@@robvriens8812 how/why is it dangerous? Because it’s difficult to play his stuff perfectly? Anyway, Stewart Copeland was a master/genius. And you’re an excellent drummer so, it’s all good, go for it!

[@robvriens8812]

Jim Cheseborough Imeant when I hear me playing his songs it’s hard to get satisfied with the result. It’s a personal thing I guess

[@gixxerboy555]

please do Walking on the Moon...great Copeland drumming in there.. ;)

[@SteveHolmesDrums]

Nice playing!

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you so much Mr Steve Holmes! Used to go to your house of drumming site all the time. Checking out Dave and Vinnie stuff and your blush da videos. Great times!

[@COFFEEWITHJIM]

Nailed it.

[@rhythmkeeper]

Nicely done 👍🏼

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you so much!

[@antoniomisciali]

Fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sappermade6012]

GREAT JOB MAN!! Very tough to play the right way

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you! And it’s a lot of fun to play this song

[@Tolbens]

Great job indeed!!! I'm always confused where is the "one" or the "two" 😁 so nobody can blame you for the "...and if ".

[@jwdik]

Fan-tas-tisch! Geweldig(e) (onderschatte) track ook

[@robvriens8812]

Dank je wel. Inderdaad een vd meest onderschatte tracks van THE Police

[@jwdik]

@@robvriens8812 alleen al het intro

[@NOAHCASAS]

I LIKE WHAT YOU DID @0:20 I KNOW IT GETS HARD WITH THAT INTRO WITH THOSE OPEN HI~HATS AND BASS DRUM ACCENTS BUT MY GOSH 97% WAS ALL THERE AMAZING COVER KEEP IT UP ✌🏼OUT

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you! The intro is indeed really cool to play. Stewart did an awesome job there

[@michaelgeinopolos6911]

I love the sound of the splash cymbal that’s right above your hi-hat. What kind is it?

[@robvriens8812]

That is the 8” a custom splash

[@jon325]

Dude - this is so good! Effortless, relaxed, awesomeness! Been obsessed with this song lately and wanted to check out some covers of it. Great stuff! Sub'd!

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you very much! It’s a great song and a lot of fun to play.

[@carlocuturi7999]

And again great perfomance. That cross sticks groove looks like a sort of ...cha cha cha , or am i crazy?

[@HRBarranger]

Yo I didn't know John Smoltz plays drums!!

[@iRideuWatch]

Bravo!

[@chezchezchezchez]

I love it

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you Jim! The song is so great to play on

[@sebbarmorad8340]

Bravo

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you

[@kevinbozman2572]

How long did it take you to learn the intro to the first verse? That syncopation makes my head hurt but I love it!

[@BrzezinskiTV]

przepięknie!

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you!

[@H_y_d_r_o]

Wooow!!!!

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you!

[@photojunkysdronezonevlog]

F-ing Awsome. Subbed!

[@cgefkens4065]

Amazing! Could you turn up the mic on the bass drum a bit? This song has an amazing sharp bass on the record

[@ManuscriptRe591]

To a non-drummer, this doesn't look particularly challenging. It's very musically interesting though. What makes it so notoriously hard?

[@aronboyle4791]

It’s not EXTREMELY hard but it is hard. Look up what a polyrhythm is for context.

[@njdrummer7120]

Seriously hard to play. Tempo changes very jazzy.

[@richieboy6825]

Dude. Too many things to list. Trust us, it’s s byitch

[@reinoutklapwijk6670]

Prachtig Rob !

[@robvriens8812]

Dank je Reinout!

[@gzman1]

cymbal run down please?

[@robvriens8812]

I think Zildjian a custom splashes K custom 14 hats K custom 16 crash and prototype K 17 crash Old 20” a zildjian 40’s ride

[@anthonyziemba6920]

This guy looks like Brian Laundrie. Runaway shirt very interesting to have a guy playing. The drums with this song. which its a Gemaitria Effect murder by numbers. Message from the 80's and playing out today.

[@rikrdomalagon1485]

👏🏽👏🏽

[@robvriens8812]

Thanks

[@TheCoralClimb]

nice!

[@oliveroneill1388]

What it the time signature ⁰

[@TheEclecticSinger]

3/4

[@gixxerboy555]

Nice Rob but please you should check out Yoyoka's performance of this song..you'll be amazed.. ;)

[@enricobarchi8892]

I would prefer if you played with the left hand “jazz grip” as Stewart..anyway fine!

[@robvriens8812]

Thanks for your comment I played traditional for nearly 25 years so I’m actually technically more at ease there but I kept switched back and forth while playing which I felt stops the flow so in the last years I’ve been playing mainly matched

[@christophradig1329]

What an awesome piece of music. BTW your drums sound way better than Stewart‘s Tama set (IIRC) way back then 😀

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you for compliment SC playing is awesome on this track though

[@samirait-kaci-gf3bn]

Are you actually insane

[@Travyjbowen]

Amazing as shit man

[@davidenorth]

Bravo! For us stupid people what time-signature does the song start with?

[@robvriens8812]

Thank you ! You can either feel it as a 12/8 or 4/4 in 8 note triplets subdivisions. In both cases you count/feel in 4. At least I do.

[@watch2112]

Here's a nine year old's interpretation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpXImoCheNWGpJo

[@robvriens8812]

Great stuff. Another proof that the police stands the test of time!’

[@massimoviggiani3378]

So so...

[@crimn]

Where's the bass drum??? He is off in certain parts. It's good but not thst good.

[@TheDan0131]

All of your snare rim shot/clave strokes are the same volume. When Stewart is playing the 123 123 123 pattern on the snare, 1 is the loudest hit...2 is a little softer....and 3 is the softest hit. It gives it a pulse. This cover sounds too "robotic" imo. Listen to the original.

[@alejandropaez3110]

Bravo!!!

[@ATB995]

Bravo

[@alejandropaez3110]

Bravo!!!