Tour of Thomas Lang's drum kit 2015 PART 1

[@MrTonyFury]

I love that he can't help but solo while he's describing his equipment. Such a love for the instrument.

[@TheProfessorWilliam]

It is so refreshing to hear an Intelligent musician. You can sense that Thomas is firing on all thrusters. Even when he just first sits on his kit, his hands and feet go into groove mode. Thank you Thomas, for your pleasant and informative videos. In a business, full of BS artiest, it is nice to see the real deal.

[@jesseeek4418]

He's like Arnold Schwarzenegger on drums.

[@panzerken]

***** I'll beat back!

[@85Aheadstix]

he's Austrian i think.

[@Matthew_mello]

+GamerDares wins yeah he's Austrian

[@85Aheadstix]

+Matthew Mello So yeah he sounds like Annhnuld.... because he's from the same country

[@jonashoffmann3730]

I made that joke long before it was cool... Wait.. That's such a hippster thing to say *facepalm*

[@ZackAttack1798]

I love when he's showing off one drum he breaks off into a solo

[@frankievonbraunsberg378]

Mr. Lang, I'm a 17 year old drummer and I've been playing since I was a little kid and I want to say thank you so much for being such a massive influence on my playing and my chops have a great day thanks for the video!

[@eugenewalsh6871]

What a legend. This is what any drummer at any level likes to see and hear is what gear is a pro using. Great sincere detail. Nice work, thanks Mr Lang !

[@alexmok2]

"Listerine or vodka" I'm dying after that line

[@noemiorellana90]

anixben best line lmao

[@OU81TWO]

8:00 cool stand set up for the snare. Never occurred to me to do that. It saves room when you have double pedals. My double pedals are close together and the snare stand legs are always in the way to set them up just right.

[@sportsterfanatic6593]

Homeboy in a league all his own. By far the most technically proficient of any drummer I've ever seen. Every time I see one of his videos I learn something. I knew about the fast toms but didn't think about applying the same concept for the bass drum. Thanks for the post!

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Homeboy??? That's Thomas fuckin lang to a noob like you. "Aight"?

[@ultraphobic69]

I simply marvel at the pure ability of some people. I've been playing drums all my life and love the instrument but the level of dedication and practice you need to get to this level is incredible. Hours and hours upon hours of practice. Thomas seems like a really nice guy to boot. His drums sound simply beautiful

[@JRock1900]

Thomas Lang is probably the best technical drummer around

[@jaydrumoh4]

This drum tour turned into a marketing bit for DrumTacs, REAL quick.

[@ThomasLang00]

JayDW Sweet, sweet Drumtacs! Oh, sweet, amazing, durable and recycle-able Drumtacs! You should check them out: www.drumtacs.com/ :)

[@jaydrumoh4]

Hahaha touché! I gotta be honest though, you did convince me to order some!

[@ThomasLang00]

JayDW :) You'll love them. They're clean, efficient, durable and neat. I wouldn't recommend them otherwise. Thanks and enjoy!

[@dcmuzic2023]

well it worked, ima order some HA

[@calvintrainer1212]

To be fair, tho other guy brought it up, and what wrong with sharing the info? I appreciate it

[@stickdrumsnrocknroll]

I don't know how many times I watched these vids (kit and home studio tour) :D

[@larrytate1657]

Amazing Thomas. Even when you just demo the drums, I love it.

[@ivarivanovich]

He shows off in a way that is fun, like a teacher showing you stuff

[@Seblo_]

My god those kick drums sound amazing 0.o

[@BranMuzsick]

the 24x14 basses sound gorgeous,Thomas! The stick bag trick helps also

[@djoc417]

4:50 hear a glimpse of what that floor tom really sounds like with out the Mic & EQ lol

[@billyyee1618]

Love to see him play. one of my favorite

[@BW_Drums]

Two questions... 1) May I have your custom shop maple/mahogany kit of 2012? 2) Please?

[@Defundemorats]

Thank you for posting this I am finally purchasing a new drum set spending a lot of money to do so and and this video helped me in a lot of different ways.

[@frippertonics6421]

"I call them 'stealth racks' because they're so stealthy." Useful.

[@timmcgrath3416]

Super humble & passionate guy.

[@danielroik6065]

He Sound's Really Awesome, his Really Good At Playing the Drum's.

[@drumrocket99]

" I don't need that much sticks: maybe just 8 or so at one gig :D"

[@boots66683]

What he does just goofing off makes me feel meek. Such a master

[@mattycspeaks]

Love this guy! So many up and comers out there, but this guys rips

[@margovallen]

"Listerine or Vodka" Hahaha! This guy is amazing on his drum-kit. He's down to Earth and funny, too. Looks damn good while doing it. I'm subscribing.

[@CzarCustom]

Beautiful cymbals, diggin' those midget rack toms lol looking forward to part 2- César

[@louiscarrillo5873]

pure drum sound................lovely.........Thomas is a fine player...i suspect he could get a great sound on any instrument

[@nielsemilbechnaumann]

he pretty much already proved that. The thing is, when you get to a level, where anything sounds great, you get the chance to treat yourself with only playing the best. I do believe he plays whatever he likes, if he liked Sonor more than DW, he would probably have stayed with then, regardless of the issues with shipping. I was some years back, shortly in contact with him, right away you notice he is down to earth and polite and cool about anything. He is the kind of professional who inspires me the most.

[@djrosa773]

Thomas much love to you and your enthusiasm for drumming much of it is coming off like it's sounding all the same wish there was a little bit more beat unless trying to overrun the songs thank you

[@claystaggs8908]

I'm getting me some drum tacs and doing away with my moon gel boogers lol. I could listen to Lang all day!

[@jaystechroom]

I wanna spend a day with this guy. Great drummer

[@RobertEMuir]

Best rig rundown ever

[@nathanhenry3630]

Awesome Setup Thomas!!! You are Definitely my favorite drummer because you have the best style and explanations. I see you have a good bit of spring back on your double bass pedal and I've just started focusing on double bass... Is there a pedal in the $200-$400 range that you can recommend for intermediate level drummers?

[@Djamoekjouw.]

Thomas you rock!.....big fan!

[@1zui]

I wish you stayed with Sonor, I liked them more

[@AquaAnim]

If they were better with their tour management it would be better

[@FanaticDrummer]

He should have went to Tama

[@jareddoran6605]

DW is way better at hardware than Sonor though. Sonor and DW have relatively the same quality and attention to detail, but DW is a little less expensive. And to me personally, they sound very similar. But I'll take DW or Gibraltar hardware before Sonor hardware

[@som3body749]

That drum set is off the chain awesome.

[@tommystevens5491]

Smooth White Emperors for tom batter sides, but what's underneath? I saw the Powerstroke 3's on the kicks, and guessing Ambassadors on the rata toms?I need to know! 🤘🏻

[@j-bird6563]

Awesome video ,,love the Drumtacs!!!!

[@crisibarra1992]

Incredible video! but... aren't they octobans? He always says roto toms, but I think he's wrong.

[@ThomasLang00]

+Cristian Ibarra They are called RATA Toms, not ROTO Toms. They're not Octobans or Rocket Toms. It's just what DW calls their version of these drums. I explained this here already several times, these are maple shells and the 6" heads are sitting on the bearing edge like on a regular tom tom. Roto Toms are something completely different but also a lot of fun to play!

[@crisibarra1992]

+Stick Trix. thank you very much for explain me the difference! my english is not good enough to realise the difference in the pronunciation. Anyway, love all your videos, I hope to see you in Mallorca whenever! Thank you very much!!

[@Bassett457]

This video was brought to you by Drumtacs

[@ThomasLang00]

Bassett457 No, it was brought to you by Thomas Lang- who really likes Drumtacs! Clean, green, recycleable and reuseable Drumtacs! The best dampeners out there. Check them out, you'll love them! www.drumtacs.com/

[@Bassett457]

I lol'd

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

Stick Trix kinda makes all the time i spent cutting and putting foam rings inside of my toms & snares all for naught, but i think i may look them up. thanks for the tip, brother.

[@markcoleman9213]

Mgdjc Z

[@billynicholsdrums8530]

I'm a fellow drumtacs endorsee and I love the company! JC Clifford is the man! They really have changed my drum sound!

[@markjoven3007]

2:39 those groove man!!

[@TrashMojo]

oh my god thats fucking brilliant. i cant believe ive never thought to do that with the stick bag

[@Matthew_mello]

"it could be Listerine or even vodka." - Thomas Lang

[@LesPaul01100]

Ever considered doing an Animals as Leaders cover? You should do "Kascade". It'd be so cool!

[@michaelmattice4986]

Love the Pumas...used to have same pair!:)

[@Giovani25x]

Thomas when are you going to have drum battle with Virgil Donati ? That would be cool to watch

[@Alex_Khouri]

"I hate it when I see a lot of rack...." I couldn't disagree more ;)

[@ThomasLang00]

Alex Khouri In THAT sense I have to agree with you Alex! ;)

[@63Baggies]

+Alex Khouri LOL....

[@larrytate1657]

Anyone know how Thomas adjusts his dw 9000 kick pedals?

[@josteinv.jordet257]

Dont like to see much crack

[@ringostar3128]

Мой кумир... Я не знаю ни одного из известных чтоб они смогли повторить то что делает Томасс. Браво .

[@johnbascones3721]

wow ! incredible drummer

[@Slicklickz]

Those kicks sound great.

[@albertchaboya9944]

I was just wondering why you weren't using the Randy May mic. system on your current set up?

[@sionlewis827]

Love your setup. I have a question for you, why have a double bass drum setup if they are the same size and depth when you could have the one bass drum and use a double pedal?

[@JDProductions76]

The left pedal on double pedals always tends to lag. Also, with two bass drums the pedals strike the heads right in the middle.

[@michaelmattice4986]

Lang is so funny...he just cracks me up...oh yeah and he can play too!:)

[@joshfeenai8363]

What was the trigger module for? I don't think it was the bass drums as there were some dynamics when he played them.

[@griiseknoen]

Octobans, not Roto-toms. Right?

[@zdresser]

griiseknoen he's saying "Rata", that's what DW calls their "Octobans", which is a Tama specific name I believe

[@FanaticDrummer]

Octobans are Tama’s exclusive name. Most knock offs are “tube toms” or “tube drums”. But these sound really bad compared to Tamas Octobans because they really lack the sound Tama gets from its resin composite. I just dont like DW’s drums at all. Sounds hollow and weak, flat even.

[@mateuszrgames]

Post a video of your 2017 setup

[@johnmhearton3986]

His playing is insane!

[@markpeytonennis149]

Fantastic....

[@KayZee1957]

Ha, Ha. Great physics lesson. At 1176 feet a second, just how much difference is there in the arrival time between a 8 or 10 inch deep tom?

[@platecrumb7161]

Loved your movie “Shooter”. Oh wait sorry,,, that was Mark Whalburg

[@landonpeckham7752]

Is the sound coming from the camera or the mics. If you can remember, Thomas. Either way your drums sound phenomenal!

[@arsonne]

What's the bracelet he seems to be wearing often? Something to do with his wrist surgery?

[@JirkaMichalik]

That Meinl crasher is mounted on a Meinl percussion mount?

[@brian2496]

Well Drum Tacs are good too I suppose. I hope Thomas got lots of Drum Tac money for this. (: Love the kit! I wanna see Thomas use a birch kit.

[@luisardox]

I am shocked when I hear that you have so much freedom in the legs hopefully I Could Make The Same But Dreaming does not cost anything. haha, watching from South America :)

[@Thorshammer59]

now I know where to place my octobans.I like it!

[@LamnethRush2112]

Hey Thomas! What Are The Bass Drum Skins That You're Using? Thanks!

[@JoshM3Yeah]

What was those shoes? I want a pair of them!!

[@7yph0onXno0hpy7]

The right hi hat should've had much more comment about it. In another video he calls them 'bells' but depending upon the manufacturer the name changes. I've found some Sabian (I prefer Sabien is all) called: Sabian 9" Radia Cup Chime or Sabian 7" Radia Cup Chime which fit the bill. For something I've never seen another drummer use, the 'bells' need SOME info so here I am, trying to help others. THIS is what Meinl calls them: Meinl Cymbals HCS Bell Cymbal - 8" and they all sound bad ass. Hope I've helped people out here!! ROCK ON!!

[@ditoarch06]

2 microphones for each kit, I wonder how many blend module you are using.

[@shanedorsey8349]

Thomas Lang is awesome

[@juicedocrawvegan85]

hey thomas what heads are you using on the bottom of your toms??

[@sejauhtimurdaribarat7085]

this gear DW drum setup is i very like it, well I think this is the best setups after your Sonor X-Ray setups, and now with DW Drum very huge drums with a lots of cymbals and toms with gong bass drums also with melodicaly roto toms

[@ajellosushi]

Were you using your signature sticks or what? They didn't look as like, esp without the logo and not-as-white look. And hey - Drumtacs!

[@Garanon5]

For a sec, I thought Shooter McGavin was demoing drum sets now.

[@professorike7033]

What size is the snare? I couldnt hear him say it

[@spencerboyum6086]

Those bass drums sound like their triggered! Amazing! So beefy!

[@silasbarlocher6753]

Hey Thomas :) Ich habe 3 Fragen und ich hoffe, du kannst sie mir beantworten. 1. Welche Felle benutzt du für die Bass Drums ?(Schlag- und Resonanzfelle) 2. Wo kann man deine fantastisch tönenden Roto-Toms kaufen? 3. Wenn ich meine Set ''micen'' will, muss ich es innen UND aussen oder reicht es wenn ich es nur aussen mache? Vielen Dank!

[@ThomasLang00]

+Silas Bärlocher Hallo Silas, Ich verwende Remo Powerstroke 3 auf den Bass Drums und die Resonanzfelle sind DW single-ply logo heads mit einem 4" porthole. Die Drum Workshop Rata Toms (nicht ROTO toms, das sind komplett andere Teile von Remo) kannst Du bei DW direkt bestellen. Um dein Set aufzunehmen braucht Du auf jeden Fall nur aussen mikrophonieren. Ich verwende die internen Mikro's nur um EQ's zu vermeiden aber das ist etwas sehr spezielles und nicht unbedingt notwendig.

[@DanyNMacF]

you say the drum-tac mufflers are versatile + that you can use them on almost anything to muffle the sound: can you also use them on a woman who talks too much?

[@whitebaer3034]

If you put enough in their mouth

[@LevitatorMusic]

Is it difficult getting your kick drums to sound the same?

[@mrthundaboots]

Sick feet,bruh! What are you dampening the kicks with?

[@LimitIsIllusion]

odd, i love to see rack

[@griffinlawmusic]

I don't even use 8 pairs of sticks a year...what even

[@mjm5081]

Those floor toms!!!

[@mr.d7429]

Ich mag diese Nasentrommel! 24 inches bass drum for life!

[@AquaAnim]

Hey Thomas, using such large drumsticks, do you find yourself breaking cymbals very often? Thanks

[@MeleDrummer]

AquaAnim He breaks them with his big biceps!!!!!!!

[@evanpragliola4947]

Break cymbals a lot : bad technique.

[@63Baggies]

Evan Pragliola Well said...

[@AquaAnim]

Evan Pragliola I 100% agree, I was just wondering if using practically marching sticks, had any ill effect on the lifespan of his equipment :)

[@63Baggies]

AquaAnim it should be mentioned that Vic Firth use a far less dense hickory for their sticks.

[@robmurray2310]

Woah, when did he defect from Sonor?

[@elcucuy138]

I didn't know Jason Sudeikis played drums so amazingly.

[@engoodz]

_"Stealth Racks and DrumTacs. Listerine and Vodka."_ -- Thomas Lang, 2015

[@brodyc50]

Is your drum room in your own house? this is like the ultimate man cave for drummers. i wouldn't see sunlight if i had a room like that!

[@bretdorton]

Thank you, sir

[@krenwregget7667]

are we sure that Thomas Lang wasn't engineered in a lab somewhere? Dude is a beast.

[@larrytate1657]

Thomas ever experiment with lighter beaters in the 9000s?

[@patrickbrandsma]

+Larry Tate I think the standard beaters are perfect for him. He needs some weight to maintain power while playing fast notes. Don't forget he is playing marching sticks too, also very heavy.

[@stevefranchini4980]

With lighter beaters your feet are gonna be on fire. Literally.

[@dedrickp]

The footwork is like GOD

[@tsavavaa]

Hey, good info! I like it.

[@thatoneguy-qc6gf]

Does he use triggers on his bass drums?

[@ThomasLang00]

Nope, no triggers on any of the drums.

[@literatetree8394]

I want your drum set

[@chaneppchannel_365]

Oh i like dynamic on playing.