The way he coaches himself through the beat and manages to play such a complex song in one take is just masterful. The way he hit the time changes so smoothly really impressed me.
I feel like this original video is the best in the series, hands down. I’m a fairly new drummer, but I know enough to appreciate just how amazing this is. Samus did DOZENS of different fills in there, and from I could tell, all of them were different. IMO that’s pretty hard to do on the fly while keeping it that clean. Just amazing, such an inspiration ❤
Been watching Samus for some time now, he's clean, precise and can jam out like nobody's business. I really enjoy his takes on music and how he plays. He killed this!
From now on I will be referring to the vocal audio cues as "The Samus Method" or "The 66Samus Method". I think we should all do the same. The man may have just revolutionized how we play the oldest instrument.
First and only take, baby! That alone is mindblowing to me. And he didnt know this 10-minute song before. Maybe audio queues are a thing nobody uses but should learn.
Dude lives in my town, I found him by accident like 8 years ago when he was only a few thousand subs... I love watching him. This was the first time I have ever heard this song, and his version is as good or better than Bonham
Samus is obviously a top tier drummer. When I mean top tier, I'm talking on the Portnoy, Lombardo, Rich, Krupa level. Samus is a damn good drummer. To put laughing emojis at the suggestion that someone enjoy his playing better than the original is some fuckin sillyness.
@@lyndoncmp5751 Because I had never heard this song before, and only heard the drumless track first, I felt very strongly that Samus' version was amazing. This was confirmed when i dedicated 10 mins of my time to listening to the LZ remaster. Maybe its due to Sam being a great drummer? Maybe its due to the song being recorded in 1975 and the audio fidelity just isnt as good as what Drumeo put out? Maybe a combo. Who knows? But yes, this version was as good as Bonham's rendition. I would pay for a single of this version.
okay so the slowdown bit has three things going on: dotted quarter is the new pulse 5/4 time 6tuplet feel which is insane to go in and out of first try, especially for someone who isn't super experienced with odd times
Now that I’ve watched the whole video, I wanted to thank you for taking the time to kind of break this performance down! You definitely earned my sub ❤ 45:26 I could be wrong but it sounds like he matching his hands with feet in this fill right? I’ve only been playing drums for 4 months, and learning double kick for 2 months so I’m probably wrong lol I’m so excited for Samus’ 30 day double bass course to roll out on Drumeo! Drumeo is the reason I have gotten where I am today in such a short amount of time, definitely worth it!
Drumeo is awesome, I don't have a decent drum teacher in my area but starting from complete scratch I was able to pick up the basics in a few days and my first song in a week :)
@@martinarscott3524 yeah, me too! I had never sat behind the kit before, so I decided to try Drumeo’s 30-day free trial and by the end of that 30 days I was reading sheet music and playing full Metallica songs! It helped me a lot to have a structured course. Drumeo is legit!
I'm not a drummer (tho my bro played professionally for over 20 years), but this was very cool! I happened across this 66Samus plays Achilles vid last night, so to see YOU react to it tonight is pretty fuckin meta, lol. My only complaint is I would like to have seen alonger reaction by 66Samus TO the song. There were a couple (at least!) of Bonzo's moments of thunder- and - flourish I would like to have seen his response to!
I'd love to see you react to Baard Kolstad drum playthough of Rewind from Leprous. It's from several years ago but it's amazing. Small spoiler, there is a stick drop in the middle of it that he left in but he recovers wonderfully and might be a good teaching moment for your students to show them!
David Diepold & Matt Garstka are definitely drummers you need to check out. I know you said you struggle with odd polyrhythms but you will marvel at Matt. Great reaction, a masterclass on breaking down a track right here 🤘
Hello from New England land I'm a new sub I came across the channel searching Samus vids This is pro level studio playing/learning We all know John Bonham was one of the original GOATS of heavy drumming yet Samus does such a good job I could listen to both versions haha I'm a heavy hitter and pull all kinds of stank faces when I'm playing calling things out singing along haha I noticed in your playlist you haven't gotten to Mario Duplantier from the mighty Gojira He has released a number of drum solos vids pro-shot studio quality with lights and all When I discovered Gojira Mario's playing changed my approach forever including the art of tasteful creative cymbal work as fills instead of replying more on the skins along with more technical aspects like subdivisions syncopation and the capacity to change riffs passages and section seamlessly Please do some MARIO DUPLANTIER Thx
13:50 Yeah, Bonham was a good drummer, but keeping the same tempo throughout a song was not his thing. The BPM range on the typical Zepplin song, even in studio, slides quite a bit.
You should check out Chris Turner. Drummer for Oceans Ate Alaska. He has a solo album. He's got power and speed. He also prides himself on not using triggers or snap to grid. Maybe start with his first solo song called "40 roll". And another one on the solo project is call triggered and is him and thomas lang finishing eachothers phrases. Absolutely nuts
@@metalgaming420 If you think Chris' solo album sucks, then you really don't deserve to have metal in your name. Even if you don't like it, as a metal head, you should respect the talent. But since you don't even respect it, you're not a true metal fan 🤷♂
@@robbiedrumss6415 UA-cam man replied! I kid, Cursedman here :) I have a treasure trove of non drum based stuff, as well as possible drum stuff for you :)
@@robbiedrumss6415It's a piano video in the same format as these Drumeo ones, but prepare to be amazed. ua-cam.com/video/FwPjdlBMcOc/v-deo.htmlsi=hUtyLOLvj6zuoqyc
At the end of the song Page had to have more alone time with the audience, he was such a attention hog. But brillent with a guitar.I did like Samus' ending was better
As much as I enjoy the classic sounds of the NES, it is so loud and overbearing in your video I couldn't watch more than the first minute. I am sending this as constructive criticism. Best of luck
@@BrysonPagh yeah I realised that during the edit and it wasnt changeable at that point annoyingly! The level has been changed so hopefully it will be less overbearing in the future! It's all a bit of a learning curve at the moment 😁
I've watched the video released from Drumeo....66Samus is amazing......so I wanted to watch reactions from other viewers...I have to be honest, I stopped watching your video at just over 12 minutes. .....your mic was way to loud, and the lip smacking was to much for me...!! an adjustment needs to happen somehow...!!
I mean no disrespect here. 66Samus is a great drummer but this is the best example of overplaying I have ever seen. Today's drummers just overplay the shit out of everything. There's no space in drumming today, just a bunch of unnecessary fills with an insatiable desire to choke and bloat every song played. There really is a lot of truth in less is more. Just my opinion though.
And I disagree. Some songs just sounds better being overplayed, whether it be the drums, the guitars, keys, or the vocals. And not like we don't have classic songs that have unnecessary levels of fills as well. Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Rush, Zappa, they all overplay. This is the same "back in my days" argument again where people forget to check themselves first.
@@RejectHumanityReturn2Monke there’s a huge difference between over playing and playing the song. Most drummers today are soloist who happen to be playing in a band instead of being a drummer in a band. If you find any musician having an epileptic seizure on his or her instrument the entire song cool then have at it. It’s your opinion to have. As far as this being a “back in my days” argument, if you’ll reread my first post, I respectfully said it was my opinion. You mentioned all of these old bands that were the epitome of what I’m saying. They all knew when to play and when NOT to play and that is a dying art. And exactly who are you to tell me to “check myself”? It’s my opinion to have and I’ll stand by it. Disagreeing just to disagree is stupid and childish. 66Samus is still a good drummer either way.
His audio cues are so simple but so next level. Literally helped make his first playthrough seamless between transitions
66Samus is SO fucking good dude. It was an absolute pleasure to watch him here, and I'm actually really excited to watch his Drumeo lessons.
The way he coaches himself through the beat and manages to play such a complex song in one take is just masterful. The way he hit the time changes so smoothly really impressed me.
I feel like this original video is the best in the series, hands down. I’m a fairly new drummer, but I know enough to appreciate just how amazing this is. Samus did DOZENS of different fills in there, and from I could tell, all of them were different. IMO that’s pretty hard to do on the fly while keeping it that clean. Just amazing, such an inspiration ❤
Been watching Samus for some time now, he's clean, precise and can jam out like nobody's business. I really enjoy his takes on music and how he plays. He killed this!
His cymbals sound majestic!
That was the best I’ve seen in this series so far. Amazing
From now on I will be referring to the vocal audio cues as "The Samus Method" or "The 66Samus Method". I think we should all do the same. The man may have just revolutionized how we play the oldest instrument.
SamCues!
First and only take, baby! That alone is mindblowing to me. And he didnt know this 10-minute song before. Maybe audio queues are a thing nobody uses but should learn.
It's amazing the space he finds 🤟🏴
66Samus revealed the best way to learn songs. If you have in ears, do this!!
such a good song ^^and samus killed it🔥
Dude lives in my town, I found him by accident like 8 years ago when he was only a few thousand subs... I love watching him.
This was the first time I have ever heard this song, and his version is as good or better than Bonham
As good or better than Bonham? 😂 😂 😂
@@lyndoncmp5751 In this one instance, yeah.
Samus is obviously a top tier drummer. When I mean top tier, I'm talking on the Portnoy, Lombardo, Rich, Krupa level. Samus is a damn good drummer. To put laughing emojis at the suggestion that someone enjoy his playing better than the original is some fuckin sillyness.
@@lyndoncmp5751 Because I had never heard this song before, and only heard the drumless track first, I felt very strongly that Samus' version was amazing. This was confirmed when i dedicated 10 mins of my time to listening to the LZ remaster.
Maybe its due to Sam being a great drummer? Maybe its due to the song being recorded in 1975 and the audio fidelity just isnt as good as what Drumeo put out? Maybe a combo. Who knows?
But yes, this version was as good as Bonham's rendition. I would pay for a single of this version.
okay so the slowdown bit has three things going on:
dotted quarter is the new pulse
5/4 time
6tuplet feel
which is insane to go in and out of first try, especially for someone who isn't super experienced with odd times
Now that I’ve watched the whole video, I wanted to thank you for taking the time to kind of break this performance down! You definitely earned my sub ❤ 45:26 I could be wrong but it sounds like he matching his hands with feet in this fill right? I’ve only been playing drums for 4 months, and learning double kick for 2 months so I’m probably wrong lol I’m so excited for Samus’ 30 day double bass course to roll out on Drumeo! Drumeo is the reason I have gotten where I am today in such a short amount of time, definitely worth it!
Drumeo is awesome, I don't have a decent drum teacher in my area but starting from complete scratch I was able to pick up the basics in a few days and my first song in a week :)
@@martinarscott3524 yeah, me too! I had never sat behind the kit before, so I decided to try Drumeo’s 30-day free trial and by the end of that 30 days I was reading sheet music and playing full Metallica songs! It helped me a lot to have a structured course. Drumeo is legit!
Me thinks the audio cues are giving Samus the time to find the space 🤟🏴
open mouth is a relaxation technique
I'm not a drummer (tho my bro played professionally for over 20 years), but this was very cool! I happened across this 66Samus plays Achilles vid last night, so to see YOU react to it tonight is pretty fuckin meta, lol. My only complaint is I would like to have seen alonger reaction by 66Samus TO the song. There were a couple (at least!) of Bonzo's moments of thunder- and - flourish I would like to have seen his response to!
I'd love to see you react to Baard Kolstad drum playthough of Rewind from Leprous. It's from several years ago but it's amazing. Small spoiler, there is a stick drop in the middle of it that he left in but he recovers wonderfully and might be a good teaching moment for your students to show them!
David Diepold & Matt Garstka are definitely drummers you need to check out. I know you said you struggle with odd polyrhythms but you will marvel at Matt. Great reaction, a masterclass on breaking down a track right here 🤘
Hello from New England land I'm a new sub I came across the channel searching Samus vids This is pro level studio playing/learning We all know John Bonham was one of the original GOATS of heavy drumming yet Samus does such a good job I could listen to both versions haha
I'm a heavy hitter and pull all kinds of stank faces when I'm playing calling things out singing along haha
I noticed in your playlist you haven't gotten to Mario Duplantier from the mighty Gojira He has released a number of drum solos vids pro-shot studio quality with lights and all When I discovered Gojira Mario's playing changed my approach forever including the art of tasteful creative cymbal work as fills instead of replying more on the skins along with more technical aspects like subdivisions syncopation and the capacity to change riffs passages and section seamlessly Please do some MARIO DUPLANTIER Thx
I've never heard Octobans called Rocket Toms before, and that's an absolute travesty. Rocket Toms should be the default name.
Samus, Drum Rally Navigator lol!!! Unique Technique i think.
The background music is fine but it should be very quiet.
13:50 Yeah, Bonham was a good drummer, but keeping the same tempo throughout a song was not his thing. The BPM range on the typical Zepplin song, even in studio, slides quite a bit.
Makes it sound human. Something missing nowadays.
Hi nice video, just some feedback:
Maybe mix the starting music like half as loud as your voice. i have trouble understanding you to be honest 😅
You probably seen it but I would like to hear your thoughts please 🙂 Vic Firths vid “Danny Carey Pneuma live” Great vid again! 👍
Check out craig reynolds play fortune teller!!
Move to the right and do the rush beat...genius!
Ride not right
Just a thought about the mouth being open. Is it to quiet your breathing so you can hear better?
if you make it in audio you don't need to count or get lost... and get cues 4 bars before any change
Topic: How to oversaturate..? :)
You should check out Chris Turner. Drummer for Oceans Ate Alaska. He has a solo album. He's got power and speed. He also prides himself on not using triggers or snap to grid. Maybe start with his first solo song called "40 roll". And another one on the solo project is call triggered and is him and thomas lang finishing eachothers phrases. Absolutely nuts
@@metalgaming420 If you think Chris' solo album sucks, then you really don't deserve to have metal in your name. Even if you don't like it, as a metal head, you should respect the talent. But since you don't even respect it, you're not a true metal fan 🤷♂
Do you only react to drum stuff or would you be looking at music/vocals in general?
I'm interested in reacting to anything! Drums are my specialty, but I studied music as a whole for five years 😁
@@robbiedrumss6415 UA-cam man replied! I kid, Cursedman here :) I have a treasure trove of non drum based stuff, as well as possible drum stuff for you :)
@@robbiedrumss6415It's a piano video in the same format as these Drumeo ones, but prepare to be amazed. ua-cam.com/video/FwPjdlBMcOc/v-deo.htmlsi=hUtyLOLvj6zuoqyc
At the end of the song Page had to have more alone time with the audience, he was such a attention hog. But brillent with a guitar.I did like Samus' ending was better
would love to see you react to some of Delta Empire's videos
Remove that background music its loud
Nice reaction. But please, skip the annoying Mario soundtrack.
Please turn off the background music. It's hard to hear what you are saying.
@@petrfila339 it has been sorted in further videos 😁
What is the name this song?
Achilles Last Stand :)
As much as I enjoy the classic sounds of the NES, it is so loud and overbearing in your video I couldn't watch more than the first minute. I am sending this as constructive criticism. Best of luck
@@BrysonPagh yeah I realised that during the edit and it wasnt changeable at that point annoyingly! The level has been changed so hopefully it will be less overbearing in the future! It's all a bit of a learning curve at the moment 😁
@@robbiedrumss6415 Totally understandable! Thank you for taking the comment in stride as it was intended. Take care!
I've watched the video released from Drumeo....66Samus is amazing......so I wanted to watch reactions from other viewers...I have to be honest, I stopped watching your video at just over 12 minutes. .....your mic was way to loud, and the lip smacking was to much for me...!! an adjustment needs to happen somehow...!!
Has no John feel...kind of sad
Are you crazy? He totally has the feel down!
I mean no disrespect here. 66Samus is a great drummer but this is the best example of overplaying I have ever seen. Today's drummers just overplay the shit out of everything. There's no space in drumming today, just a bunch of unnecessary fills with an insatiable desire to choke and bloat every song played. There really is a lot of truth in less is more. Just my opinion though.
And I disagree. Some songs just sounds better being overplayed, whether it be the drums, the guitars, keys, or the vocals. And not like we don't have classic songs that have unnecessary levels of fills as well. Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Rush, Zappa, they all overplay. This is the same "back in my days" argument again where people forget to check themselves first.
@@RejectHumanityReturn2Monke there’s a huge difference between over playing and playing the song. Most drummers today are soloist who happen to be playing in a band instead of being a drummer in a band. If you find any musician having an epileptic seizure on his or her instrument the entire song cool then have at it. It’s your opinion to have. As far as this being a “back in my days” argument, if you’ll reread my first post, I respectfully said it was my opinion. You mentioned all of these old bands that were the epitome of what I’m saying. They all knew when to play and when NOT to play and that is a dying art. And exactly who are you to tell me to “check myself”? It’s my opinion to have and I’ll stand by it. Disagreeing just to disagree is stupid and childish. 66Samus is still a good drummer either way.
The reaction videos are equivalent to stealing ..
at least the effort to play drum, just because it is a drum's channel
Bye Felicia
This is low effort. Going minutes without even saying anything is just straight stealing content man.