My God. He's Phenomenal.
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- Опубліковано 23 лис 2023
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I had so much fun reacting to Drumeo's video with Chad Smith, today I'm going to watch Drumeo's video with Megadeth's drummer Dirk Verbeuren who is plays along to The Killers' song Mr Brightside. How has he never heard it before? It's always playing somewhere!
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@@juliaokami7123 Angela Bright made it.
Are there no end to your talents Mr Awkins?
Lovely piece of joy after a dark week, lifted me right up, thank you Mr. Brightside 👍🤘
@@JustinHawkinsRidesAgainhe's the current megadeth drummer
What Dirk does to this song is nothing short of phenomenal.
We're all familiar with the almost happy go lucky feel of the original song but by changing the drums slightly it makes the song actually heart breaking.
The impact the drums have on a song should never be underestimated
Well said
Yes! "I'm coming out of my cage, and I've been doing JUST FINE." Sounds very self-depreciating with the half-time. Very sombre.
Just amazed at how he created that after listening to the song once. The song "map" he developed was effortless and just so impressive, showing he has intellectual mastery over his talent. It's next level brilliant and gives me a whole new appreciation for musicians and their abilities. Like that looked like super smart shit and he did it so quickly. That's a man who is a master of his profession. Phenomenal
Exactly. He also seems like a super humble and down to earth guy. Read a comment from a Drumeo cameraman saying basically exactly that and how great he was to work with.
Nice to hopefully see him getting some recognition from people outside the metal community.
Thank you!
Dirk Verbeuren is/was a legend way before Megadeth - imo they were lucky to get him. Love or hate the genre/s he got known for, when it comes to blast beats/death metal ... he is routinely counted among the best. He brings the "Ringo, Bonham, and Rich" mindset and inventiveness to those genres. He's solid as oak, and has this thing for making familiar sound songs sound fresh. His fill work is amazing.
Absolute truth this is. His Soilwork era is my favorite. His presence is always very significant in the band and his drums affect songs a lot.
I loved his drumming on the Devin Townsend song Juular, it was so constant and up tempo on the double kicks that the blast beat sections were the most restful part for him.
Hey Justin, when playing double kick you will typically add a drop clutch to the top hi-hat cymbal which allows you to set an "open" spacing which can be closed by hand - either closing it with your fingers or tapped by a drum stick. This allows you to play with a tight or washy hi-hat sound without using your hi-hat pedal, although you can still use the pedal to close the hi-hat if needed. You can see it in some of the close shots of his left hi-hat. He also uses a remote hi-hat on the right side, which can also be a different size to the main hats for tonal variation. Hope this helps!
Band-Maid also uses this heavily. You can watch a lot of their videos and see her doing this because of just how fast she's pedaling the kick.
don't think they had those in the 70s 80s 90s?
I can't decide if it's your musical knowledge or your sense of humor that keeps me coming back, but regardless, I always walk away having learned something new and am always smiling if not laughing aloud. Thanks for all you do, you are much appreciated. 🤘🤙✌️
I feel the same
same here...
Drummer and Drumeo member here. I don’t play double kick but know that for those who do, the left foot moves between hi hat pedal and left kick pedal. Also, Drumeo just released an another video in this series where a Julliard Jazz professor plays “In Bloom” by Nirvana.
Yes!!! And most of us who play double kick either have a drop hi-hat clutch (which is pretty nifty. Lars, for example, uses it) OR two hi-hats, one regular and another one by the ride cymbal, either closed tight or half closed, kinda shimmery.
When playing double kick I like to have my left kick pedal tucked in as close to the hi hat pedal as possible, so I can keep my left heel on the hi hat and play open/closed hi hat patterns while being able to throw in double kick triplets.
When I'm fully wailing on the double kicks, I'll use a hi hat clutch as necessary, like @NikkLiberos mentioned above.
Drummond nerd here too. I just finished the Nirvana one and that was a blast to watch as well.
Disappointed in the Nirvana video. Didn't seem like he was putting in the effort as other drummers did.
As an old school drummer (been playing since I was 6, I’m 58 last week) I would like to inform drummers everywhere that those are bass drums not “kick” drums. Do you kick your drums? I do not. Don’t really know where that perverse nomenclature came from, but we need to fight this tyranny of words!😂😂😂😂
Dirk is an amazing drummer. It's nice to see you take a peek at his work.
His peak was fueled by drugs. So great, right?!
@@sean-ew2qv Dirk is an amazing drummer. It's nice to see you take a peek at his work.
@@sean-ew2qv TF?
@@sean-ew2qv like all the greats you kiddo
Thanks for your insights into what Dirk played. Your enthusiasm and respect of other musicians is so infectious. Thank you sir!
He's as high as the dead addict.
Justin is such a respectful dude! ❤
After Soilwork's "Figure Number Five", I wasn't expecting much for the next record. I picked it up and was blown away. Not only was the songwriting and mix so much better, but it was Dirk's first album with them and I'd never heard drumming like that before. He's a legend in the metal world for his abilities and feel.
My brother had the pleasure of touring with Soilwork several years ago. He said Dirk is the sweetest dude and he'd pretty much grown into the role of running most of the logistical machinery behind the band. We've been happy to see him get the Megadeth gig, though it does bum me out that he can't really be "Dirk" in that band. But I'm sure he's enjoying the perks.
Dirk Perks
I love Megadeth. And it’s not always easy with Dave! But, the best thing he’s been (mostly) consistent with is surrounding himself with top-of-the-line musicians. Dirk is no exception!
Exactly!
I wonder if that’s the reason why he fires them!
@nima665 because its Dave 😂
@@nima665 I wouldn’t be surprised if that was a motivating factor behind at least one of them.
@@nima665
He fires bandmates like Axyl Rose eats catered trays of food. . One after another after another.
Drummer here! You often get very special clamp for the hi-hat stand that bolts it to the kick drum. This eliminates the need for the extra legs that make the stand a tripod, normally. That way you don't have to span quite as far from the left kick to the hi-hat pedal. They're side-by-side once you've done that. I dunno what maniacs like Ginger Baker and Nick Mason did, back in the day. There may have been some hacksaw-and-gaff tape magic at work.
As for what you do with the hi-hat while you're playing that extra kick drum: A lot of the time the drummer just moves his right hand to the ride cymbal or floor tom. A lot of guys keep their hi-hats fairly close together, even in fully the open position, so that if they are playing hi-hat while doing the dugga-dugga, it's just a bit of slosh. Sterling Campbell keeps his hats so close that you can barely slide the tip of an ink pen in between them, even though he plays single pedal pretty much all the time. Honestly, how far do you need the hi-hats to open, after all?
I'm a drummer and Drumeo member too lol and I have absolutely loved this series where they present drummers with unfamiliar songs, but Dirk was legendary, love his Megadeth stuff!
I'm a lead guitarist
I'm contractually obligated to take the Mick out of drummers.
But I've become addicted to these drumeo videos.
The jazz drummer doing nirvana is brilliant.
Apparently drummers have talent, who knew 🤣🤣
I've watched this Drumeo episode at least a hundred times! Dirk is an amazing drummer. He has given some really thoughtful interviews including one conducted by his fellow bandmate Kiko. It was fascinating to get an insight into Dirk and the reason why he is always smiling! A very talented drummer!
Dirk is a phenomenal player. I first saw him in 2005 at ozzfest. I was and still am blown away at his abilities. He is just ridiculous.
Dirk is super-human. People may not like me saying this, but I believe that Dirk is the best musician Dave Mustaine has ever had in Megadeth.
But Marty
@@khaiuschill310but kiko
But everyone
You can't forget............
🤘MEGA-DAVE🤘
He taught everyone to play guitar, just ask him.
Kiko is crap compared to Marty.
Dirk is a great guy to fill in for Nick Menza while he's busy teaching drums in heaven/hell.
In Dirk's notes, I see "not 2nd time" after "Epic" and "Guit Big" after "Chorus." Big guitar! Dirk's a tremendous player. Fun stuff.
As a kid i was obsessed with guitarists but when i hit my mid 30s i got a massive appreciation for drummer's and the contributions they have made to music.
I love how his drumming gave the song a completely different feeling.
The time stamps mentioned are from the original Drumeo video, not this Justin Hawkins video...
His left foot has access to two pedals. One for the hi-hats and one for the left bass drum. You can see him using those hi-hats at 3:24 during the intro of the song. The hi-hats are clearly moving up/down. On the above head camera view a 3:38 you can see his left foot on the pedal for the left bass drum, and to the left of that you see the pedal for the hi-hats. These hi-hats are the normal bronze color, they're Meinl Byzance series.
His setup also includes a secondary set of hi-hats, which appear to be setup without a pedal. So those hi-hats are always closed. It's not unusual for hard rock or metal drummers to do this. Some will use a remote pedal which uses something similar to a clutch cable to work the system. Dirks appear to just be mounted and always closed. This pair of hi-hats are black, they're Meinl Custom Classic Dark series. This pair of hi-hats is to the right of the third rack tom, above the ride cymbal. So when you see Dirk striking what sounds like closed hats, with his right hand, he really is hitting closed hats with his right hand. You can see clearly at 3:38 that his right stick is hitting the secondary hi-hats, not the ride.
The opening rudiment is called a drag with two grace notes followed by a normal note.
He also has two hi-hats, a right and a left one, each set with varying degrees of decay.
His secondary hats are the same series as most of his crash cymbals. And they appear to be mounted closed w/o a pedal, which is not uncommon.
Dirk is a badass and seems to be a fine, fine gentleman. Love the Drumeo stuff,...especially those hear the song for the time redos. Awesome.
The best part of this is the joy it brought everyone in watching and those in the booth even the camera man let alone spell himself
Dirk is an absolutely killer drummer. Not a metal fan but you cannot go past his technique, feel and ability. First time hearing the track without drums and he busts this out… amazing.
Both descriptions of bad drummers - ‘Less swing than a broken arm’ and ‘shed-builders’ - sent me 😂
I've been fortunate enough to have had Dirk write and record drums for MY RIFFS! An absolute legend, one of my favorite drummers ever (check Scarve - Irradiant).
Fun fact, this makes me removed by 1 degree of separation from Megadeth (and 2 from Metallica!!)
Cool!
Dirk is awesome. Has his own blastbeat.
I love his creativity and the sound of the kit. Well done.
Justin Fucking Hawkins Rides Againnnnn!!! 🎉🎸🎶🎶🎶
Agreed. This Drumeo series is A+ content. Wish we had more of them.
Baard Kolstadt from Leprous is another example of a loose grip drummer. He's my my favorite drummer all-time and he isn't even 30 yet. You could probably react to his drum playthrough of The Sky is Red. Their singer is incredibe too.
Justin should have more than 2 million suscribers , TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST !!
Drummers can really make or break a song. I was listening to some earlier Radiohead albums and I realized they probably wouldn't have gone very far without Phil. The way he could listen to Thom's and Jonny's kind of ephemeral walls of sound and put a beat to it to enable the song. Brilliant.
Anyway
Much love to you Mr Hawkins ❤
Phil Selway is a human metronome, I'm sure of it.
Dirk is awesome! My fav Megadeth drummer next to the late Nick Menza. Hes brilliant and seems like a super nice guy! 🤘🏻
That was an awesome interpretation. Very talented 😊
Love this series by drumeo so much. Its really fascinating. This performance, for example, makes it like a power rock emo thing, totally changes the vibe. Makes the vocal performance wayy more dramatic feeling lol
I’m a rock and metal drummer but started playing jazz so my foundation is rooted in fundamental rudiments, improv and swing. It’s helped my fills and comfort with trying new genres. I would love to do something like this.
Love Dirk. I saw him with Soilwork some years ago.
Ps: He played in Scarve as well. Great technical French metal band.
I love these Drumeo videos, it’s a pleasure to hear your commentary!
Hey Justin, to answer your hi-hat double kick question; when you’re playing double kicks/pedals the hi-hats tend to usually stay open for the duration of the part. Some drummers use their heel to try to keep the hats down whilst the balls of their feet operate the other pedal, sometimes they have half a foot on the hi hat pedal and half a foot on the kick to keep the hats pulsing.
Another cool thing that exists is a clutch that the drummer can hit to drop the hi hats if they need them closed-ish and stomping on the hi hat pedal locks the clutch to the cymbal again opening it up once more.
If they’re not doing that, they will have a completely separate hi hat that is always closed or is operated with a remote pedal or sometimes even the latter with a clutch.
There are many options out there. I hope it was informative!
Love this! Those fills gave me chills :)
Nice rhyme.
Wow I would never have found this dude without your reaction video and channel. So glad I checked out the full version. Insanely good...no pun intended. Thank you👊
I saw this a month ago and it was phenomenal. So much so that I tried to get everyone to watch it. Crazy. Plus dude seems super chill and humble.
D.V. is an absolute BEAST.
His speed, technique and how relaxed he is, is an inspiration to me. I've been playing drums for 30 plus years and I never stop learning something new.
And by the way, yes, you do take your left foot off and put it on the hi-hat.
Great upload Justin.
Take care,
~Jonny5🥁
Amazing drummer. Where I live it was hard finding good drummers, and the one that I got to jam with for a bit ending dyingfrom drugs. Drummers are royalty, don't take them for granted !
These drumeo sessions are awesome!
Awesome! You should do more of these.
I stumbled across this video a bit ago and had to dive head first down the Drumeo wormhole. Absolutely brilliant. I love this one and also love all of the ones with Domino Santantonio. Really fun premise.
i watched the OG vid awhile back. Im glad u covered it. Awesome cover!
Hi Justin. I’ve always adored the classic jazz muso joke… “So many drummers, so little time”. Thank you xx ❤️
I love that Drumeo channel. I don't play, but I still go there from time to time for the interesting content. They have a few other drumers who regularly do the same premise of learning a track on the fly. It's always fascinating to watch
Dirk is amazing! One of the best drummers out there!
Dirk did some session work for me at the beginning of this year. He's an amazing person to work with and an excellent drummer.
If you haven't tried the one where Dennis Chambers has to play along with Schism without knowing anything about Tool that's probably my favorite (and he's astonishing). The ones with Domino Santantonio are fun, too (she does a couple,: Slipknot and Mastodon).
This I the first time I've ever heard Mr. Brightside to, I've heard of the Killers, but I couldn't tell you a single song. Great video as usual, much love
Justin, to do the 6 degrees of separation thing with you and Dirk is very easy. Dirk used to be a session and touring musician for the incredible Devin Townsend (Pandemic from the album Deconstruction is a riot!). Darby Todd of the former your drummer role is now the current touring and session drummer for the venerable Devin Townsend. It’s a small world.
Appreciate much your generous approach to your commentary Justin. Lovely!
Personally my favourites of these videos drumeo have done have been the ones with domino, her attitude is infecitous and they genuinely push her right out of her comfort zone with the songs they give her but she still absolutely kills it.
My brother had the pleasure of touring with Soilwork several years ago. He said Dirk is the sweetest dude and he'd pretty much grown into the role of running most of the logistical machinery behind the band. We've been happy to see him get the Megadeth gig, though it does bum me out that he can't really be "Dirk" in that band. But I'm sure he's enjoying the perks.
I've never heard of Dirk before but I appreciate him as an extremely skilled musician, I love watching experts do their thing with generosity in sharing their techniques with others, thanks JH and youtube for filling in some time of my insomnia.
Excellent! Enjoyed this. Thank you!
I love Dirk. He’s amazing. Great reaction! Cheers.
I first heard DIrk like 15 years ago with Soilwork (obviously a metal band), and fell in love. He's so good and just fluid, he can play fucking anything. Recently, he's been sessioning for one of my favorite death metal bands, The Project Hate, and absolutely killing it - on top of, obviously being the Megadeath drummer.
Dirk is brilliant, so talented and humble.
Just surfing around at 130am and came across this, found you to very entertaining to watch. You have a great sense of humor and explain things so even those of us that have zero musical ability can understand the nuance of what is being done.
He is simply brilliant, I am well impressed by Dirk
Dude. It is AWESOME to see you crushing it.
what a time to be alive, enjoy an artists take of an artists take of an artists work
I love watching professional musicians like this. So smooth, so intelligent.
Incredible talent. I'd love this version of the song.
He has two sets of hats. Left set is standard operated by the pedal and one on the right to play open handed that is fixed in distance between cymbals to give he sound you want. In this case an open washy sound. You can also get remote hi hat operation for those that prefer to play the hats open handed so pedal i=on oeft foot as normal but hats to the right of the kit👍
I love this take on the song. Works great.
And today I have learnt to have a brand new appreciation of rock drummers. Wow. Dirk is a phenomenal musician.
this was so cool. a good friend of mine is an amazing drummer and hearing him talk about it like mathematics leaves my brain melted - i can improv and drum quite well . . . but nothing compares to this -what fun
There is no nicer person on the internet than Justin
Dirk is a such a cool dude. I met him when we toured with his old band soilwork. I can see why he got the megadeth gig. He's not just a great player. He's an awesome human. No ego. Super approachable.
Wow! Most of the technical stuff about this goes over my head, but what I draw from it is that he’s an accomplished musician 👍🏻
Eloy Casagrande playing Rescued by the Foo Fighters is awesome too!!
He has two sets of high hats, one over by the ride that is just always open. When he wants to do intricate hi-hat work opening and closing them, then yes. He moves his left foot back and forth from the hi-hat stand pedal and the left drum pedal.
Yeah I'm NOT a drummer and seen this Drummeo and Dirk video . That guy's amazing .
I have been a Megadeth fan from the beginning. I fell off around 2000 and until Dirk joined them. He’s awesome 🤘🏻💥🔥🙏🏻💯
I love the whole concept of this video. It shows how much the drums can change the feel of a song. The half time verses totally change the song.
Merry Christmas Justin
Thank you for the fantastic concert at La Cigale in Paris. Une fois, deux fois, trois fois, quatre fois, cinq fois .. je t‘aime. You should do a record of this song. Unbelievable charming Merci 🙏
Dirk is King 🤴🏽
I like that you show these and your analysis is very well done. :-)
That was fun! Great take
Dave can pick great bandmates, it's like he's trying to form a metal allstar team every 3-5 years.
It’s more that he can’t get along with many people on a long term basis. He burns people out and they either quit or get fired once they’re fed up with him. It’s sad really, I’ve met Mustaine and he can be a thoughtful person. But in the band setting, he’s the control freak micromanaging boss that you can only handle for so long.
Your show in Paris was spectacular, what an amazing experience !
Cheers,
Karaoke Guy 😁
yeah these are wonderful!
"allo Drummer here, Dirk has a second high hat set up to the right that would be set to sizzle mode for double kick sections. His main hats would be set to be pretty tight as he wouldn't be keeping time with the left foot as much as a a jazz drummer would. Droppin the knowledge peace out.
As for hi-hats, there's multiple ways double bass players play them. Dirk has two, the main one is a regular hi-hat with a pedal stand so it's open when he plays double bass, the right one a remote one without a pedal and it is tight closed.
If you want to use just one hi hat - you can use a switch lever on top of your main one which is operated by hand - where you can switch it from open to closed.
Needs more Dirk blasts!
the word youre looking for justin, is mellow drumming. i love this...
I watched this when it first came out. I had never heard of Dirk. At the end, I knew who I wanted to call if I ever needed some session work
Just love your commentaries. So much knowledge and humour! =)
When using double bass drums, there is usually either a clutch that will release the top hi hat which will reengage when the pedal is pressed, or a remote hi hat that is always closed. 🤘
You can see that Dirk is using a pair of Meinl Darks as his secondary hi-hats and they're always closed. They're to the right of his last rack tom, near his ride. Which is probably why Justin Hawkins said Dirk was using the ride, when Dirk was actually using the secondary hi hats.
Love this one, he totally changes the song by going half time on it. You should check out the one that Domino Santantonio does on Slipknot also!
This is a fascinating thing they're doing, playing them the songs without drums, leaving them to interpret the song. I didn't expect Dirk to take this approach to this song. He looks to be an excellent drummer. This is fun!
"I like that saucy hi-hat work" ... Me fucking too Justin, nailed it there.
This is the kind of reaction content I like. You've got a lot to say about everything you hear in this performance, good stuff.
I'm not a drummer, but my understanding of the high-hat problem is; let's say my left foot is my 'off' foot, ironically meaning it's both bass and the high-hat, but, if this makes sense, I'd have that foot diagonally placed across both pedals for a heel-toe action kinda thing