Actually his brain is distributed across all his limbs in a vast neural network, much like an octopus... so if he loses his head, his body can still play the drums just as well.
@@plexus He's got 5 hippocampuses...1 in the head and 1 in each of his limbs. This way he can keep up to 4 independent rhythms basically on cruise control so he can relax and do some deep meditation techniques while drumming.
@@enlightendbel That's an interesting point. Just became hooked on playing Tool songs but I just started to noticing a couple spots where the polyrhythms sync with the guitar and I LOVE that. In Lateralus during the reconstruction of the guitar riff from the intro, I could hear DC really picking up the complexity of his poly and it totally went with the guitar as the riff was just about rebuilt - and then as DC sped up even more Maynard's lyrics seemed to get louder and sync up too. I think that's one of the most fun songs to play and that progression is all time inspiring-magnetic. Also in the (live DC camera) Pneuma, around 4: 30 the hi hat being hit open suddenly synced with the pairs of muted notes Adam Jones and I were hitting.(that sounded weird) and the fills DC does before the chorus/Tamba starts.
You guys are funny. Yeah there's a guy in his ear saying "play 11/4 in your right hand, 7/4 in your left, 4/4 with your foot....now accent here" hahaha!
No only do I love your comment, but I love your avatar, the King Crimson album cover. This will be Exhibit C in the case for "all King Crimson fans are awesome" :)
Clearly all these so called "reaction" videos of people claiming to be pros at one thing or another, aren't, they would know by watching just a few of Danny's interviews, Bill Bruford(who shook my hand, and I attended his last clinic) is his hero, GO BACK AND STUDY HIM, they don't understand the swiss triplet, and tasteful utilization of it, his use of improvisation, which is lost on most kids today, because they have no idea what Jazz it, I could go on....
Dudes you need to go through the Tool discography. No clicks, no pre-program. They are next level and have been writing stuff like this 20 years ago. Pnuema though is a jewel.
Freddie G I could basically point out Schism before this January. So I'm in that spot where it seems every day I'm realizing I'm noticing stuff all over the place. Yesterday, I realized the songs just after Lateralus are basically continuing the exact theme stem. I got swept off my feet by Pneuma and now it's Culling Voices and Lateralus.
@@freddieg Thank you, brother. I had no idea - I didn't have that friend to look me in the eye and tell me I need to listen to Tool's music now... ...that wasn't until I was 40, but he took me to a show in January and it was amazing. And I knew a few of the songs, but NONE of songs from FI
daweedian84 no actually he is the best drummer in the world period. Has been for a while now. The Mount Rushmore of drummers John Bonham, Neil Peart, Keith Moon, and the one and only Danny Carey!
No music director, no click track, no preprogrammed tracks. Adam Jones (guitars) and Justin Chancellor (bass) both play with their amp stacks on stage mic'ed up and blasting away. The only person that has in ears, I believe, is Maynard for the vocals, and he stands to the side of the drummer on a riser in the back. A lot of the synth stuff comes from the drummer triggering it with the pads or the guitarist using a Moog Taurus 1 (which is like piano pedal that you can play synth notes with your foot). I remember reading somewhere a Danny Carey interview where he said that personally, he thinks that drummers should never play to a click track, especially live.
Adam also plays an actual keyboard (in this song for instance, in that middle section), and I’ve even seen the keyboard tech walk onstage to play something when Adam is playing on guitar.
Also in Justin chancellor’s Ernie ball string theory, he talks about a lot of his riffs coming to him naturally while he walks his dog and more often than not, they come to him in odd times and poly rhythms
I’ve watched over 20 reaction videos to this Vic Firth vid. I played drums a bit as a kid, but nothing in the past 30 years. Every reaction vid brings out a little different appreciation, or a different layer of excellence to consider. Everyone focuses on the time signature, of course, which requires a PhD level knowledge to comprehend what is going on. Some focus on his absolute strength to be able to fall a tiny bit behind - on purpose - and then catch up and smash the final stroke of the fill exactly on time through brute strength. Another focused on the transition from double strokes to single strokes early in the song, and then kept noticing how fundamentally sound his “chops” are. Another noticed through all the strangeness, almost random sounding parts of the song the high hat is right on time. Through research others noted he doesn’t play with a click or any other electronic assistance for any of his songs. He feels his way through it all, in songs that have such a foreign feel to them. I can’t seem to get enough of this. And I don’t even like Tool the band, or at least I didn’t until recently. Just not a hard rocker myself. If this feeling and obsession I have with this piece is anything like what others feel when studying paintings or sculpture, I get it. It is at once bewildering and somehow also comprehensive. It is a spiritual experience for me seeing someone do exactly what they have worked their whole life to excel at. I haven’t found any other drummer who compares. (Not that I’m an expert at all.) Thanks Danny.
You took my exact sentiment and expressed it better than I could have myself. I'm having literally the same exact experience as what you express, in the past 2 days
This is kind of like watching a channel called "The Basketball Guys" saying, "Hey, we keep hearing about this guy named Jordan, so we're going to check him out."
I hear he’s pretty good but his dribbling and those weird last minute buzzer beater shots are nonsense......I’m howling over here when he said “this sounds like a bunch of nonsense “. Roflololol
Trust me, they ain't counting anything.they FEEL the music. I've played the drums in a rock group and when things get natural, you don't count anything, you just know when things happen.
@@kevkeisha Mate, calm down. When you play at this level you're not counting anything. It's ingrained into your system. The Fibonacci Sequence and it's relationship with this song has nothing to do with HOW they play.
every member of this band are on another level and the complexity it takes to not only write these songs but to perform them perfectly as they sound on the record is what blows my mind. Best band ever.
"It’s a sad thing when almost every band you see isn’t playing doing that, it’s the clicks and backing tracks that are keeping time. I’ve never played to a click on stage in my life…” Danny Carrey in Music Radar interview January 09, 2018
Clearly you aren't familiar with Danny. He's a savant. Guys there is a Reddit thread called "Who is a better drummer, Danny Carey or Neil Peart?" It's pretty mixed but a good post was..."First and foremost, we are comparing two totally different styles of music, which makes this an apples to oranges comparison. Neil is the pinnacle of stylistic range drumming. He can do rock, blues, jazz, hard rock, etc. There are more proficient players in each style, but in my opinion no one (or VERY few) are as good at so much as Peart. Danny Carey on the other hand has explored eastern and tribal drumming styles and rhythms, and has arguably the most solid and robust mathematical understanding of drum rhythms...Range notwithstanding, there is literally NO ONE who can hold a candle to Danny's rhythmic gymnastics. The best way I can describe it is that you can listen to his drum tracks, totally isolated without guitar, bass, and lyrics and have a near sexual experience with his patterns and rhythms. His drumming is primal, deep, and immensely complicated".
Joe Blow I disagree with your description of Peart. Been listening to both bands for 20 years plus. Never heard anything “blues” by Rush or Peart but would love to experience it?? Also, if you think Peart can’t play polyrhythms to an expert level then I recommend you some songs by Rush. Also, I suggest you listen to Neil’s drum cam on the song “Natural Science.” There is a difference between the two and you will hear it. I would say Pearts playing is more “crisp.” Now, Danny Carey is a beast of a drummer! The guy is amazing to watch an absolute genius. IMO, I would still give the edge to Neil. I just don’t feel as though Danny is a crisp as Neil. That’s where he falls just short. Also, Rush’s style was to mimic the studio version of a song when playing it live. I’ve seen some people talking about Danny and Tool making mistakes and being a little sloppy while playing live. I seen it as well. I’ve still yet to hear anyone say anything near that about Rush or Neil when playing live. Has Rush made mistakes live, obviously, yes. That point to me will make me give the edge to Neil, again. Love both bands, been blessed being able to listen to both bands and both monster drummers! Be safe brother!! Great analysis on your part too!
@@gregghelfi3304 I quoted a post in a Reddit thread that I found described Carey pretty spot on. I was less interested in his Peart comments. But I'll give your offering a listen. Thanks. BTW, you should go to that thread. There are some great comments, some of which are cogent and some of which are political ;).
@@gregghelfi3304 Peart did a cool Buddy Rich tribute which was pretty "bluesy" but I agree, Jazz and rock are what come to mind when you think Peart. Not so much blues
This was like the 3rd song in that concert, and they play for a good 2 hours a show. Danny always wears jerseys from the cities they are playing in, and yes, as hard as they play, wearing regular clothes would be a soaking mess by the end of the first song, let alone an entire show. And like pretty much all the commenters are saying, they are in fact superheros. They play to nothing other than themselves. They're all just that damned good.
And they’re not just jamming in that bridge part... the entire song (all of their songs) are meticulously composed and they do it every night live. They are not average musicians... that is your answer.
If my math is correct, 2020 - 1990 =30. So Tool has been on stage for 30 years. Danny Carey started playing drums at the age of 10. He is 58 now, so 48 years of experience will give you some unperishable skills and knowledge. And NO, Tool do NOT pre-programmed anything. This is pure talent and virtuosity. Carey ALWAYS wears basketball jersey on stage simply because his life dream has always been to be a basketball player.
One of the best drummers ever, playing a complicated pattern, "This sounds like nonsense!" Come on now. No click, no music director, everything is done live. This is not some average pop drummer, this is a legend at work. "No average musicians could do this" Exactly.
They don’t play to a click and yes they do this with feel. They love polyrhythms as you can tell. It’s all planned out. Well Danny does go ham sometimes and does some little improv stuff but he can play these songs from memory after some warm up.
A little about his set up. His snare is a Sonor 14"x8" cast bronze signature series drum. On each side of the hi hat are an 8" Tom and a 14" roto tom and to the right of the roto tom is an old wave drum. His floor toms are 14"&16". He has 7 Mandala pads that have 7 concentric strike zones that he tunes to sound like a regular drum, low pitch in the middle getting higher in pitch toward the edge. For pushing 60yrs old he can still beat the hell out of them. If you ever get a chance to see Tool in concert it's an experience you won't want to miss. Enjoyed your reaction and subbed to see what's next.✌🤘
@@rockdahaus , your right, I should have said programming the pitch. But the pads have 128 strike detection rings that Danny divides into 7 zones for practical purposes. The pads also have 127 levels of volume sensitivity that can be adjusted from greater than 0 to 127, which can be used for bending of pitch, changing delay and increasing reverb( and who knows what else).✌
He has a jazz background and he’s known to love the big fusion drummers, so that’s where a lot of his stuff comes from. They don’t even use a click in the studio, other than to count it in. Crazy musicianship, all around... And most of all, great music. Cheers’
If you listen carefully you will notice that while the vocals are happening he is accenting words and syllables, and when the guitar is in the foreground he is in sync with it; and throughout it all, he is filling in sounds so musical that he demands recognition as a musician and not just a timekeeper/beatmaker. None of this is accidental. He is a master of his art.
@@dan.j.boydzkreationz The sounds aren't on the pads, they're in a computer. He hits the pads with sticks which are not technically his hands, so not manually.
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Unquarked I’m not sure you know what the word manually means.
You all are in shock it seems..this is Tool one of the greatest bands ever. No click, no director and no programmed anything, just phenomenal musicians doing their thing. Danny Carey one of the GOAT
He's from Kansas, so his first love was the Kansas Jayhawks, hence the amount of time he wears their stuff. His NBA squad is the Lakers, but yes, when there's a local team he goes with the home team apparel.
Theres an interview of him where he introduces himself as the drummer for TooL, and a wannabe professional basketball player haha.. Such an awesome guy all around
You nailed it they are superheroes. They're on a different level. Great listening to actual musicians react to Tool's stuff. Makes a huge fan and someone who isn't musically inclined like myself appreciate them so much more (if that was possible).
This is actually an awesome reaction, despite most the comments making fun of these guys. If they haven’t heard or saw Tool much, you would think some of the things they say. I think it just shows that Tool is 4 guys that are that insanely good, it fcks with your head.
That whole bridge section, where you said he was playing 16th notes...I believe those were Swiss triplets. And like everyone else said...no click, no director. This is all from 3 musicians and a singer. Some of the most musical talent you’ll ever see in one place. They all just gel with each other.
Danny never uses clicks live. Leading into an album-and especially into a tour-he, Adam, and Justin practice together relentlessly. Tool songs are highly composed. They can do it live because they've been doing this a very long time-on top of just being incredibly talented. But yeah, they spend a lot of time dialing these arrangements in.
Understanding of course that neither of these fellas are TOOL fans I was almost offended when they started talking musical director or click...... What you have here are four top tier musicians and artists who gel so well together that everything that comes from them is amazing.Danny Carey specifically is one of the best odd time drummers alive. He’s also an incredible jazz drummer as well. Adam Jones and Justin Chancellor on lead guitar and bass compliment Danny’s drumming like non other. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Little known fact. After Tools first album, Danny traveled the world and spent much time (over 2 years) with various groups of humans in very remote areas and listened and learned their drumming techniques. He knew/knows that there are many others that have abilities that the world will never see. He just wanted to absorb and perpetuate those skills. Damn he did oh so well with doing just that....
By the way, they don't run a click and they have somebody signalling time changes or anything. He can sit down and do this anywhere, any time. It's absolute madness. Also, one of the most impressive things to me is no matter how many polyrythms or how far they take these strange beats and time signatures he ALWAYS knows where the beat is. It's so impressive. It sounds like he has to be improvising sometimes but if you watch them 10 times he will play it exactly the same every time.
I’m sure I’ll be corrected if I’m wrong I listened to an interview of Danny where he said during the “ten-year hiatus“ before the making of the record there was a five-year period where Danny Justin and Adam showed up 4 to 5 days a week and worked full days on this record. I think Adam the guitarist is the perfectionist in my opinion. And I say good on him for that
These 2 dudes. "Hey, let's review god." "He must practice." Difficult to review Tool and Danny when you blatantly are clutching at straws in order to say something. Knowledge of kit = 0. Knowledge of time signatures = 1. Knowledge of Tool = 1. Music directors involved = 0. Click tracks = 0.
They literally play to the song. No clicks, no playback, nothing. Danny has mentioned that he dislikes that stuff. Tool is real big on each concert being its own unique show in every way, which is why they are super tight about recording during shows. That’s why there’s no following anything. They want the music to develop its own ambience. It’s why his groove feels so authentic, because it is.
This song is in 33! Easiest way to count it for me is to think of the first bass note as the pickup note, then count 7 twice, and then 5 double time. That means two rounds of 14 to get 28, plus the 5 at the end for 33. Easy, right? Lol.
@@paultullo3275 Both are possible, and the nice part about yours is that you don’t have to tack on the last 5 unevenly like in mine, but the cool part about counting in 7 is that it ends up being the beat of the chorus too.
That pad he was playing at the beginning (and are placed around the kit) are Mandala pads. Danny helped design them. They have 7 concentric zones from what I've read so you could theoretically get 7 different sounds off of one pad. If you wanna see him go off, watch the Grudge ending played live: th-cam.com/video/OH7iLEufFdA/w-d-xo.html
He keeps looking at Justin and Adam. They stand facing him. That is where his cues are coming from. I saw this particular show live. This is an experience second only to my daughter
I've watched sooo many reaction videos of this outstanding performance by Danny Carey, and the commentaries vary greatly, in terms of insight into the music, and Danny's musicality and extraordinary skill. You guys certainly came to this from a Tool-naïve place. But I rate your video highly among them on one criterion: you show "The Master at Work" full-screen, and yourselves in a small panel. Which shows you've got your priorities right. ❤️
Y'all must definitely be new to Tool. They've mastered their craft over 3 decades and they're still going strong. It's simply the 4 guys making music with no help from anyone else. Watch some of Danny's other videos where he plays these polyrhythms with the guitar samples playing via headphones.
Tool always puts me in the mind of sitting in the left hand turning lane watching the all the turn signals. How if you watch long enough, all the lights blink seemingly random then for a moment, they all blink the same then go back to a random pattern. I like to count in between how long it takes to get back on the “ONE”
Danny’s nickname is the Octopus because he’s able to do all of his different limbs simultaneously as well as playing different time signatures at the same time.
The best band, a lot of people probably don't know. But oh man, they're fans,and there's a lot of them,sure know who they are. That video I can't get enough of.
The ploymetric that starts around 10:50 is 3/16 played over 4/4 where the flat triplet played over the top of the bar takes 3 full measures to resolve on the 1. The bass kick is going with the guitar. Also notice how he adds elements to the rhythm until there are 5 elements up top followed by 4, then 3, ending the buildup with 2 to come slapping back in. Tools music has no nonsense whatsoever. The feelings you get listening to their music are mathematically induced. Tool has genius music and Danny is quite literally a god with 3 brains.
As far as formal training, Danny went to the University of Missouri on a music scholarship and was a Line Drummer. He has amazing chops and an incredibly unique approach to drumming. Very few "Backbeat" type stuff, more layered grooves and polyrythm's, the dude's amazing!
Seriously, they don’t play to a metronome. That whole middle section is orchestrated, and they just have all the songs memorized down to the measure. They do experiment and play riffs slightly different live sometimes, and the drums are of course all live. No backing track. No conductor, other than Danny. You can see the other musicians turning to Danny for cues from time to time in the video. No two tool shows are exactly the same for this reason. Even their light show is live synced to the performances! Not to fanboy out too much, but this is why so many appreciate what they do. Not only are they playing crazy shit, it’s not all improv, it’s orchestrated, no metronomes, no directors. Awesome!
Wow. I can't believe how analytical they are of a musician they aren't familiar with. This is fricken Danny Carey we're talking about here guys. "Chops". He doesn't have chops, he lords over them. "Instinct". Lol, Danny's brain neurosynaptically breaks down rhythm to the quantum bit. Why wouldnt you just immediately and humbly admit that they are obviously far above average musicians and that you dont know whay exceptional musicianship sounds like until your ear listens to an entire Tool album from start to finish. :)
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Danny does not play to a click.
Danny has three brains and twelve limbs, all independent.
Danny Is A Beast! \m/
Actually I believe clicks play to Danny.
Actually his brain is distributed across all his limbs in a vast neural network, much like an octopus... so if he loses his head, his body can still play the drums just as well.
@@plexus He's got 5 hippocampuses...1 in the head and 1 in each of his limbs. This way he can keep up to 4 independent rhythms basically on cruise control so he can relax and do some deep meditation techniques while drumming.
With all the polyrhythms and switching time signatures, I suspect playing with a click would throw you off instead of aid your play to begin with.
@@enlightendbel That's an interesting point.
Just became hooked on playing Tool songs but I just started to noticing a couple spots where the polyrhythms sync with the guitar and I LOVE that.
In Lateralus during the reconstruction of the guitar riff from the intro, I could hear DC really picking up the complexity of his poly and it totally went with the guitar as the riff was just about rebuilt - and then as DC sped up even more Maynard's lyrics seemed to get louder and sync up too. I think that's one of the most fun songs to play and that progression is all time inspiring-magnetic.
Also in the (live DC camera) Pneuma, around 4: 30 the hi hat being hit open suddenly synced with the pairs of muted notes Adam Jones and I were hitting.(that sounded weird) and the fills DC does before the chorus/Tamba starts.
You guys are funny. Yeah there's a guy in his ear saying "play 11/4 in your right hand, 7/4 in your left, 4/4 with your foot....now accent here" hahaha!
yeah these guys really need to do some research before they make ignorant comments.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
No only do I love your comment, but I love your avatar, the King Crimson album cover. This will be Exhibit C in the case for "all King Crimson fans are awesome" :)
Clearly all these so called "reaction" videos of people claiming to be pros at one thing or another, aren't, they would know by watching just a few of Danny's interviews, Bill Bruford(who shook my hand, and I attended his last clinic) is his hero, GO BACK AND STUDY HIM, they don't understand the swiss triplet, and tasteful utilization of it, his use of improvisation, which is lost on most kids today, because they have no idea what Jazz it, I could go on....
Right, now who sounds like a dummy
Dudes you need to go through the Tool discography. No clicks, no pre-program. They are next level and have been writing stuff like this 20 years ago. Pnuema though is a jewel.
Closer to 30
Freddie G I could basically point out Schism before this January. So I'm in that spot where it seems every day I'm realizing I'm noticing stuff all over the place. Yesterday, I realized the songs just after Lateralus are basically continuing the exact theme stem.
I got swept off my feet by Pneuma and now it's Culling Voices and Lateralus.
Dannyk 8232 welcome to the rabbit hole. Enjoy 👊🏻
@@freddieg Thank you, brother. I had no idea - I didn't have that friend to look me in the eye and tell me I need to listen to Tool's music now...
...that wasn't until I was 40, but he took me to a show in January and it was amazing. And I knew a few of the songs, but NONE of songs from FI
“I wonder if they have a music director”. They do. His name is Danny Carey.
Lol do they have a click track? Yes his name is Danny Carey
They're superheros. Danny is one of the best drummers playing today.
I know that this might be a bit too much but I think he's THE best drummer playing today.
daweedian84 no actually he is the best drummer in the world period. Has been for a while now. The Mount Rushmore of drummers John Bonham, Neil Peart, Keith Moon, and the one and only Danny Carey!
@@tonysoto8949 Oh I agree with that selection ^^ I would add Tomas Hakke somewhere in there.
@@woochitelj Yes sir, Tomas Haake is an absolute monster.
No music director, no click track, no preprogrammed tracks. Adam Jones (guitars) and Justin Chancellor (bass) both play with their amp stacks on stage mic'ed up and blasting away. The only person that has in ears, I believe, is Maynard for the vocals, and he stands to the side of the drummer on a riser in the back. A lot of the synth stuff comes from the drummer triggering it with the pads or the guitarist using a Moog Taurus 1 (which is like piano pedal that you can play synth notes with your foot). I remember reading somewhere a Danny Carey interview where he said that personally, he thinks that drummers should never play to a click track, especially live.
Adam also plays an actual keyboard (in this song for instance, in that middle section), and I’ve even seen the keyboard tech walk onstage to play something when Adam is playing on guitar.
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Thanks for your insight
Also in Justin chancellor’s Ernie ball string theory, he talks about a lot of his riffs coming to him naturally while he walks his dog and more often than not, they come to him in odd times and poly rhythms
I’ve watched over 20 reaction videos to this Vic Firth vid.
I played drums a bit as a kid, but nothing in the past 30 years.
Every reaction vid brings out a little different appreciation, or a different layer of excellence to consider.
Everyone focuses on the time signature, of course, which requires a PhD level knowledge to comprehend what is going on. Some focus on his absolute strength to be able to fall a tiny bit behind - on purpose - and then catch up and smash the final stroke of the fill exactly on time through brute strength.
Another focused on the transition from double strokes to single strokes early in the song, and then kept noticing how fundamentally sound his “chops” are.
Another noticed through all the strangeness, almost random sounding parts of the song the high hat is right on time.
Through research others noted he doesn’t play with a click or any other electronic assistance for any of his songs. He feels his way through it all, in songs that have such a foreign feel to them.
I can’t seem to get enough of this. And I don’t even like Tool the band, or at least I didn’t until recently. Just not a hard rocker myself.
If this feeling and obsession I have with this piece is anything like what others feel when studying paintings or sculpture, I get it. It is at once bewildering and somehow also comprehensive. It is a spiritual experience for me seeing someone do exactly what they have worked their whole life to excel at. I haven’t found any other drummer who compares. (Not that I’m an expert at all.)
Thanks Danny.
You want another master drumming song from the tool catalogue. Hear Rossetta Stoned from the 10,000 days album!!
Wait...You love Danny Carey...yet you don't like Tool.................................... THAT math does not compute.
On the same ride, watching reactions to Pneuma. The song is addicting
You took my exact sentiment and expressed it better than I could have myself. I'm having literally the same exact experience as what you express, in the past 2 days
Same -
"There's no way an average musician can do this"
Danny Carey far exceeds average musician.
danny is the only thing china cant copy...^^
This is kind of like watching a channel called "The Basketball Guys" saying, "Hey, we keep hearing about this guy named Jordan, so we're going to check him out."
I hear he’s pretty good but his dribbling and those weird last minute buzzer beater shots are nonsense......I’m howling over here when he said “this sounds like a bunch of nonsense “. Roflololol
You are watching the BEST drummer alive today
There's nothing nonsensical about his drum patterns. Those are far Eastern Drum patterns...need to broaden those drum horizons
I don't think that was an insult though. I think it was more of a wow this is so complicated that it almost doesn't make sense.
Nope, this is all counting. They aren't average at anything. Masters, in fact
Trust me, they ain't counting anything.they FEEL the music.
I've played the drums in a rock group and when things get natural, you don't count anything, you just know when things happen.
@@MetaFootballTV They LITERALLY have a song they went out of their way to base on the Fibonacci sequence! Smh
@@kevkeisha Mate, calm down.
When you play at this level you're not counting anything. It's ingrained into your system.
The Fibonacci Sequence and it's relationship with this song has nothing to do with HOW they play.
@@kevkeisha Cringe
@@MetaFootballTV Yup. You're just locked in the zone, you feel it. Your subconscious counts it, not you.
every member of this band are on another level and the complexity it takes to not only write these songs but to perform them perfectly as they sound on the record is what blows my mind. Best band ever.
"It’s a sad thing when almost every band you see isn’t playing doing that, it’s the clicks and backing tracks that are keeping time. I’ve never played to a click on stage in my life…” Danny Carrey in Music Radar interview January 09, 2018
😂😂yea
Clearly you aren't familiar with Danny. He's a savant. Guys there is a Reddit thread called "Who is a better drummer, Danny Carey or Neil Peart?" It's pretty mixed but a good post was..."First and foremost, we are comparing two totally different styles of music, which makes this an apples to oranges comparison. Neil is the pinnacle of stylistic range drumming. He can do rock, blues, jazz, hard rock, etc. There are more proficient players in each style, but in my opinion no one (or VERY few) are as good at so much as Peart.
Danny Carey on the other hand has explored eastern and tribal drumming styles and rhythms, and has arguably the most solid and robust mathematical understanding of drum rhythms...Range notwithstanding, there is literally NO ONE who can hold a candle to Danny's rhythmic gymnastics. The best way I can describe it is that you can listen to his drum tracks, totally isolated without guitar, bass, and lyrics and have a near sexual experience with his patterns and rhythms. His drumming is primal, deep, and immensely complicated".
Joe Blow I disagree with your description of Peart. Been listening to both bands for 20 years plus. Never heard anything “blues” by Rush or Peart but would love to experience it?? Also, if you think Peart can’t play polyrhythms to an expert level then I recommend you some songs by Rush. Also, I suggest you listen to Neil’s drum cam on the song “Natural Science.” There is a difference between the two and you will hear it. I would say Pearts playing is more “crisp.” Now, Danny Carey is a beast of a drummer! The guy is amazing to watch an absolute genius. IMO, I would still give the edge to Neil. I just don’t feel as though Danny is a crisp as Neil. That’s where he falls just short. Also, Rush’s style was to mimic the studio version of a song when playing it live. I’ve seen some people talking about Danny and Tool making mistakes and being a little sloppy while playing live. I seen it as well. I’ve still yet to hear anyone say anything near that about Rush or Neil when playing live. Has Rush made mistakes live, obviously, yes. That point to me will make me give the edge to Neil, again.
Love both bands, been blessed being able to listen to both bands and both monster drummers! Be safe brother!! Great analysis on your part too!
@@gregghelfi3304 I quoted a post in a Reddit thread that I found described Carey pretty spot on. I was less interested in his Peart comments. But I'll give your offering a listen. Thanks. BTW, you should go to that thread. There are some great comments, some of which are cogent and some of which are political ;).
I will, thanks for the recommendation!
Danny plays in a jazz band in his down time.. he's very well rounded.
@@gregghelfi3304 Peart did a cool Buddy Rich tribute which was pretty "bluesy" but I agree, Jazz and rock are what come to mind when you think Peart. Not so much blues
This was like the 3rd song in that concert, and they play for a good 2 hours a show. Danny always wears jerseys from the cities they are playing in, and yes, as hard as they play, wearing regular clothes would be a soaking mess by the end of the first song, let alone an entire show. And like pretty much all the commenters are saying, they are in fact superheros. They play to nothing other than themselves. They're all just that damned good.
And they’re not just jamming in that bridge part... the entire song (all of their songs) are meticulously composed and they do it every night live. They are not average musicians... that is your answer.
If my math is correct, 2020 - 1990 =30. So Tool has been on stage for 30 years.
Danny Carey started playing drums at the age of 10. He is 58 now, so 48 years of experience will give you some unperishable skills and knowledge. And NO, Tool do NOT pre-programmed anything. This is pure talent and virtuosity.
Carey ALWAYS wears basketball jersey on stage simply because his life dream has always been to be a basketball player.
One of the best drummers ever, playing a complicated pattern, "This sounds like nonsense!"
Come on now. No click, no music director, everything is done live. This is not some average pop drummer, this is a legend at work.
"No average musicians could do this" Exactly.
They’re just distracted by his huge guns 💪🏼
They don’t play to a click and yes they do this with feel. They love polyrhythms as you can tell. It’s all planned out. Well Danny does go ham sometimes and does some little improv stuff but he can play these songs from memory after some warm up.
A little about his set up. His snare is a Sonor 14"x8" cast bronze signature series drum. On each side of the hi hat are an 8" Tom and a 14" roto tom and to the right of the roto tom is an old wave drum. His floor toms are 14"&16". He has 7 Mandala pads that have 7 concentric strike zones that he tunes to sound like a regular drum, low pitch in the middle getting higher in pitch toward the edge. For pushing 60yrs old he can still beat the hell out of them. If you ever get a chance to see Tool in concert it's an experience you won't want to miss. Enjoyed your reaction and subbed to see what's next.✌🤘
Mandala pads are not tuneable! They are eletronic drum pads with over 120 (i believe) strike zones, that you can program with any sound you want. :-)
@@rockdahaus , your right, I should have said programming the pitch. But the pads have 128 strike detection rings that Danny divides into 7 zones for practical purposes. The pads also have 127 levels of volume sensitivity that can be adjusted from greater than 0 to 127, which can be used for bending of pitch, changing delay and increasing reverb( and who knows what else).✌
I think he's using his signature VK 7empest snare. It's a 14x8 cast bronze (no. 7 of 33 made) ...seen here: th-cam.com/video/5KdrM6PCbgo/w-d-xo.html
His mandala pads can also sense how hard he hits them it's like just hitting a normal drum
He has a jazz background and he’s known to love the big fusion drummers, so that’s where a lot of his stuff comes from.
They don’t even use a click in the studio, other than to count it in.
Crazy musicianship, all around... And most of all, great music.
Cheers’
And his incorporation of Indian and African rhythms/vocabulary...
If you listen carefully you will notice that while the vocals are happening he is accenting words and syllables, and when the guitar is in the foreground he is in sync with it; and throughout it all, he is filling in sounds so musical that he demands recognition as a musician and not just a timekeeper/beatmaker. None of this is accidental. He is a master of his art.
Tool has a lead drummer and a rhythm guitarist and vocalist.
They don’t have pre programmed anything or play to a click.
Danny had preprogrammed sounds on his pads but he hits them manually
@@dan.j.boydzkreationz The sounds aren't on the pads, they're in a computer. He hits the pads with sticks which are not technically his hands, so not manually.
Unquarked I’m not sure you know what the word manually means.
Paul lollll
No music director either. Respect their genius and be awed in the presence of higher life forms
You all are in shock it seems..this is Tool one of the greatest bands ever. No click, no director and no programmed anything, just phenomenal musicians doing their thing. Danny Carey one of the GOAT
No pre program tracks. No click. This is tool. 3 great musicians and a great singer.
It’s TooL there’s nothing average about it!
I might not be the biggest fan of Tool. But I respect them as musicians and they all have their own personality and style elevated to the master level
Danny and Neil, two of the best rock drummers of all time. RIP professor 🤘🇨🇦
They are Tool
No click!
If you watch closely, Danny watches the bass player and guitar. He feeds off them. They are so in tune with each other.
I've watched that drum cam vid about 30 times and it still gets me every time how amazing it is!
Every NBA team makes him his own personal Jersey when they play in town, he’s a HUGE basketball fan .lol
Not just the NBA. Schools involved in NCAA basketball provide him jerseys too.
Name Surname Oh wow, didn’t know that
Yeah I saw somewhere he was a stud player and chose drums instead of college ball...he's definitely a beast.
He's from Kansas, so his first love was the Kansas Jayhawks, hence the amount of time he wears their stuff. His NBA squad is the Lakers, but yes, when there's a local team he goes with the home team apparel.
Theres an interview of him where he introduces himself as the drummer for TooL, and a wannabe professional basketball player haha.. Such an awesome guy all around
58 yr old at the top of his game. Tool in general for that matter. 🤘
There's a reason why this man has been 10 times world's best Drummer.
Hands down the Best
Average musician and Tool do not belong on the same planet let alone the same sentence. Glad you enjoyed it!
Again, they are SUPERHEROES. they do not have pre-programmed clicks. They are masters of the art. Listen and learn.
Tool makes more sense when you realize they have a lead drummer and back up guitars.
You nailed it they are superheroes. They're on a different level. Great listening to actual musicians react to Tool's stuff. Makes a huge fan and someone who isn't musically inclined like myself appreciate them so much more (if that was possible).
"There's no way the average musician could do this."
Yeah. Precisely.
This is actually an awesome reaction, despite most the comments making fun of these guys. If they haven’t heard or saw Tool much, you would think some of the things they say. I think it just shows that Tool is 4 guys that are that insanely good, it fcks with your head.
He's not just a drummer/musician. He is a mathematician of the highest order. The rest of the band are no slouches either.
No backing track, no click track, no director. They really are that effing good. Great reaction guys!
That whole bridge section, where you said he was playing 16th notes...I believe those were Swiss triplets. And like everyone else said...no click, no director. This is all from 3 musicians and a singer. Some of the most musical talent you’ll ever see in one place. They all just gel with each other.
Danny never uses clicks live. Leading into an album-and especially into a tour-he, Adam, and Justin practice together relentlessly. Tool songs are highly composed. They can do it live because they've been doing this a very long time-on top of just being incredibly talented. But yeah, they spend a lot of time dialing these arrangements in.
Let’s put it this way, there’s a reason they’re selling out stadiums all around the world and you’re making TH-cam’s at home.
FINALLY. The featured artist is center stage, and not the reviewer !!!
Understanding of course that neither of these fellas are TOOL fans I was almost offended when they started talking musical director or click...... What you have here are four top tier musicians and artists who gel so well together that everything that comes from them is amazing.Danny Carey specifically is one of the best odd time drummers alive. He’s also an incredible jazz drummer as well. Adam Jones and Justin Chancellor on lead guitar and bass compliment Danny’s drumming like non other. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I am glad you did this video. Now you need to listen to Tool more to find out how normal it is for them to play in different time signatures
I can't stop watching these
Little known fact. After Tools first album, Danny traveled the world and spent much time (over 2 years) with various groups of humans in very remote areas and listened and learned their drumming techniques. He knew/knows that there are many others that have abilities that the world will never see. He just wanted to absorb and perpetuate those skills. Damn he did oh so well with doing just that....
By the way, they don't run a click and they have somebody signalling time changes or anything. He can sit down and do this anywhere, any time. It's absolute madness.
Also, one of the most impressive things to me is no matter how many polyrythms or how far they take these strange beats and time signatures he ALWAYS knows where the beat is. It's so impressive. It sounds like he has to be improvising sometimes but if you watch them 10 times he will play it exactly the same every time.
No, they are actually just that good and it's absurd.
Tool are not normal musicians. They are indeed the next level of musical experience.
Danny helped develop those trigger pads. You can program 3 different triggers on each pad. A center target middle and outer target.
No track
No click
Just talent!
It's not nonsense, it's perfection!
This guy must see like in the Matrix, seeing all numbers! LOVE THIS - that's soooo Danny Carey. This man is the Neo of drumming. #Tool
He's the best drummer of all time
Danny is what you get when you’re 59 Uber talented and dedicated to always improving
One of the best drum performances of all time:
This guy: “That was pretty good”
I’m sure I’ll be corrected if I’m wrong I listened to an interview of Danny where he said during the “ten-year hiatus“ before the making of the record there was a five-year period where Danny Justin and Adam showed up 4 to 5 days a week and worked full days on this record. I think Adam the guitarist is the perfectionist in my opinion. And I say good on him for that
These 2 dudes. "Hey, let's review god." "He must practice." Difficult to review Tool and Danny when you blatantly are clutching at straws in order to say something. Knowledge of kit = 0. Knowledge of time signatures = 1. Knowledge of Tool = 1. Music directors involved = 0. Click tracks = 0.
Danny Carey is probably one of the top drummers on the planet, his sick insane time signatures and power is beyond imaginable.
LED ZEPPELIN + PINK FLOYD + RUSH =
👽TOOL👽
King Crimson too
All these guys are geniuses at their instruments. Period, no click
They literally play to the song. No clicks, no playback, nothing. Danny has mentioned that he dislikes that stuff. Tool is real big on each concert being its own unique show in every way, which is why they are super tight about recording during shows. That’s why there’s no following anything. They want the music to develop its own ambience. It’s why his groove feels so authentic, because it is.
Danny doesn't need metronomes to keep perfect time. Metronomes need Danny.
Great reaction to tool. It's nice to have full view of Danny playing. Awesome guys😃👍
Tool is one of the Greatest bands in the history of music! They are on a rare level of genius which few bands ever achieve
“I’m Danny Carey, I’m a professional drummer who wants to be a professional basketball player”. From an interview.
It's so weird watch/hearing people just discovering Danny Carey and TOOL. The guy is a God amongst men.
Danny plays jazz fusion in a local band. He does some local gigs in his home town with them. He is a student of the craft for sure.
This song is in 33! Easiest way to count it for me is to think of the first bass note as the pickup note, then count 7 twice, and then 5 double time. That means two rounds of 14 to get 28, plus the 5 at the end for 33. Easy, right? Lol.
I look at that 33 differently. 6-6-5 then 6-5-5 to get to the 33.
@@paultullo3275 Both are possible, and the nice part about yours is that you don’t have to tack on the last 5 unevenly like in mine, but the cool part about counting in 7 is that it ends up being the beat of the chorus too.
Yes, they’re superheroes.
Danny was classically trained in drums/percussion. One of the many, many, many things I love about this song is it starts the way it ends.
Cheers to Danny!.... AWESOME!
That pad he was playing at the beginning (and are placed around the kit) are Mandala pads. Danny helped design them. They have 7 concentric zones from what I've read so you could theoretically get 7 different sounds off of one pad. If you wanna see him go off, watch the Grudge ending played live: th-cam.com/video/OH7iLEufFdA/w-d-xo.html
Nuts. Living breathing legend
Danny Carey was 58-years-old when this was filmed. Think about that for a moment.
its only me or that dude looks like inspector gadget with that fan ? ??
Yes he does. Lol
"This guy has chops." Fucking understatement of the century.
Where have these guys been the last twenty years. Tool is the ultimate super band.
He keeps looking at Justin and Adam. They stand facing him. That is where his cues are coming from.
I saw this particular show live. This is an experience second only to my daughter
I've watched sooo many reaction videos of this outstanding performance by Danny Carey, and the commentaries vary greatly, in terms of insight into the music, and Danny's musicality and extraordinary skill.
You guys certainly came to this from a Tool-naïve place.
But I rate your video highly among them on one criterion: you show "The Master at Work" full-screen, and yourselves in a small panel.
Which shows you've got your priorities right. ❤️
Yes, you can do it 'instinctively' by ruthlessly practicing your craft: no click tracks, no programming, sheer dedication.
It’s a Van Kleef snare custom made for Danny from the UK
Y'all must definitely be new to Tool. They've mastered their craft over 3 decades and they're still going strong. It's simply the 4 guys making music with no help from anyone else. Watch some of Danny's other videos where he plays these polyrhythms with the guitar samples playing via headphones.
Dude is 58!!! FIFTY EIGHT!!! FITY EIT
Tool always puts me in the mind of sitting in the left hand turning lane watching the all the turn signals. How if you watch long enough, all the lights blink seemingly random then for a moment, they all blink the same then go back to a random pattern. I like to count in between how long it takes to get back on the “ONE”
Danny’s nickname is the Octopus because he’s able to do all of his different limbs simultaneously as well as playing different time signatures at the same time.
Would love to see you guys react to more Danny Carey or more tool!
The best band, a lot of people probably don't know. But oh man, they're fans,and there's a lot of them,sure know who they are. That video I can't get enough of.
The ploymetric that starts around 10:50 is 3/16 played over 4/4 where the flat triplet played over the top of the bar takes 3 full measures to resolve on the 1. The bass kick is going with the guitar. Also notice how he adds elements to the rhythm until there are 5 elements up top followed by 4, then 3, ending the buildup with 2 to come slapping back in. Tools music has no nonsense whatsoever. The feelings you get listening to their music are mathematically induced. Tool has genius music and Danny is quite literally a god with 3 brains.
Dont you dare to try to count with it. Director?...nope. these guys are absolute next level.
As far as formal training, Danny went to the University of Missouri on a music scholarship and was a Line Drummer. He has amazing chops and an incredibly unique approach to drumming. Very few "Backbeat" type stuff, more layered grooves and polyrythm's, the dude's amazing!
Seriously, they don’t play to a metronome. That whole middle section is orchestrated, and they just have all the songs memorized down to the measure. They do experiment and play riffs slightly different live sometimes, and the drums are of course all live. No backing track. No conductor, other than Danny. You can see the other musicians turning to Danny for cues from time to time in the video.
No two tool shows are exactly the same for this reason. Even their light show is live synced to the performances!
Not to fanboy out too much, but this is why so many appreciate what they do. Not only are they playing crazy shit, it’s not all improv, it’s orchestrated, no metronomes, no directors. Awesome!
Wow. I can't believe how analytical they are of a musician they aren't familiar with. This is fricken Danny Carey we're talking about here guys. "Chops". He doesn't have chops, he lords over them. "Instinct". Lol, Danny's brain neurosynaptically breaks down rhythm to the quantum bit. Why wouldnt you just immediately and humbly admit that they are obviously far above average musicians and that you dont know whay exceptional musicianship sounds like until your ear listens to an entire Tool album from start to finish. :)
Best reaction video. Not too much talking/interruptions and well made technical input. Thx.
Great analysis, guys! Subscribed!
Loved your analysis of this song. Please do more Tool!