#thank you drumeo

[sleepytoken]

[eepymonstrr]

collecting hand crumbs like i’m getting paid

[ghost-inthe-hall]

He's ridiculous

"Look but don't make it obvious!"

me:

[cads-the-cat]

Eepies, i got a treat for you. Playlists inspired by each Sleep Token Member!

They contain songs that match their vibe, where the title matches the person, songs that I've seen used in video edits of them and just other fun stuff and things that relate to them with lots of submissions from Sleep Token fans over on my IG. None of them contain any songs of from their old/other projects so it's safe and spoiler free 😁 but what they all contain is Ocean Eyes by Billie Eilish because they all have such pretty blue eyes🫠

Vessel - it started out fun and ends really sad but I've mixed up the order so prepare for an emotional rollercoaster that will give you whiplash (it's maybe 7% fun and 93% sad british man music)

ii - this one was a bit hard to figure out but it does work for him. It's kind of a short one just like him😂😘 (I'm still looking for UK dance music suggestions because he cites them as inspiration in the drumeo interview and i don't know much about it)

iii - ngl one of the best playlists ever. Unhinged, chaotic, all over the place just like iii. Absolute life of a party. If you ever need some hyping up, this is the one for you

ivy - how do you make a playlist with vibes as cool and chill as iv? Don't really know, can't lie that it was a bit of a struggle. Why is Gasolina on the playlist? That's a really good question that i cannot answer. Why is there rap music on this playlist? Because someone on tiktok calls ivy 'soundcloud rapper bf' and i can 100% see it. Anyway, enjoy

Anyway, if you have any suggestions, send them my way and I'll add them♡

Thanks to all the people who have submitted stuff so far and come up with things i couldn't and make those playlists an experience. The playlists will always be evolving and new stuff added

[saatmans]

II is the person I know most about the creative process because of Drumeo. So thank you Drumeo for getting the man to explain the work he does, if not, he would go to the cave with the others and come out on tour.

What's wrong with talking about the creative process? Vessel, I need to know how you create my existential crises.

The same for III and IV, I want to know everything about the techniques and other things.

I hope that after the Drumeo II period it doesn't disappear. By Sleep, don't do this.

[lifemod17]

I JUST FOUND YOUR MUSICAL BLORBO IN THE WILD

MY BELOVED HUSBAND BLORBO!!! Babygirl you are so strange and off putting ilysm!!! God the Drumeo promo pics were so memeable 😂😂

Nurt, this made me very happy, thank you bb!!

[kaddyssammlung]

I want to nerd out for a few minutes here:

In his interview with Drumeo II said about the process of coming up with drum parts for the music:

“Most, if not, all of the time, I try to pay close attention to the vocals and figure out any specific syllables that can benefit from accents on the kit. I sometimes use the vocal line as a guide of sorts to dance in between what's being sung to. Filling in those gaps. Typically speaking, songs don't start from a particular drum part. Although, this isn't necessarily deliberate. Another element I look for when writing are any specific syncopations that the drums must match. This could be a pattern on the guitar, a breakdown of some sorts or something electronic. But I feel this takes away a lot of the guesswork when initially writing parts and provides me with a clearer idea of the song in question.”

This made me think of something.

I once saw a video by Adam Neely. It was about something in American Hip Hop Music called “scotch snaps”.

The way that we speak has something to do with the music that we write.

Here is some science stuff about what I mean. I took that from Adam's video which I will link.

This rhythm of a metrically accented sixteenth note followed by a dotted eighth note has a name. It's called the scotch snap, named because of its use in traditional Scottish song and dance, as well as the Lallans Scottish accent.

So why is this rhythm showing up so much now in American pop music?

Well, it might have something to do with how Americans speak English.

A foot is a basic unit of rhythm used in language.

A trochee is a foot that has a stressed syllable followed by a weak syllable. So, for example, Teenage, mutant, ninja, turtles. The stressed syllable in this case falls on what we might consider the musical Downbeat. In many dialects of English, the accented syllable is very short. One corpus study suggested that among European languages, English had the highest percentage of patterns with very short stressed syllables, many as short as100 milliseconds.

This number is significant in music making, because a hundred milliseconds corresponds to the length of a sixteenth note at 140 beats per minute. As L.A. Buckner on PBS Sound Field has mentioned, modern trap hip-hop tempos range from about 110 beats per minute to 140 beats per minute. So what this means is that by using the cadences of certain English trochees, we will naturally, in fact, tap trap rap Scotch snaps.

Now, the average distance between short and long sounds in a given dialect can be measured by something called the Normalized Pairwise Variability Index, otherwise known as the NPVI.

We alternate very quickly between short sounds and long sounds. Latin languages with lower NPVI, like Spanish, often use the foot of an Amphibrach, or a stressed syllable placed in between two unstressed syllables. For example, Lo siento, te quiero, el mundo, mañana. The rhythms used in modern Spanish rap follow that pattern, like in the song Mi Gente, which itself is an Amphibrach. (which leads to reageton) It would make sense that the rhythmic characteristics of languages would be reflected in the vocal rhythms of rappers and singers, right?

It just kind of makes sense.

But what's interesting is that those very characteristics might show up also in the music itself.

For example, consider the Dembo drum groove, characteristic to Caribbean-derived Spanish hip-hop and pop music. (reageton)

The English musicologist, Gerald Abraham, would write that the nature of a people's language inevitably affects the nature of its music, not only in obvious and superficial ways, but fundamentally. Some interesting new research has actually backed that up.

One study found that the NPVI of American jazz musicians and their speech patterns was reflected in their musical choices, how quickly they switched between different subdivisions.

Thank you very much Adam Neely.

I love his videos.

[theforbiddeneden]

An Offering From Drumeo | Sleep Token II/ Uma Oferenda da Drumeo | Sleep Token II

II: I am II and this is an offering from Drumeo.

II: Eu sou o II e esta é uma oferenda do Drumeo.

Interviewer: Well, to all of you out there watching – this is going to be a really special Drumeo live feature, because this is the first recorded video interview that any member of Sleep Token has ever done and we’re honored that II has decided to do this with us. So welcome here, thanks for tuning in! And for any of you who don’t know who II is: he’s a founding member and the drummer for the anonymous band Sleep Token. They just put out a brand new album this year called Take Me Back to Eden, which is one of my personal favorite albums of this year – of 2023. I highly recommend you go check it out because it’s unreal and II’s playing is incredible. But before we jump into the interview – what you see here on the YouTube channel just scratches the surface of what we do here at Drumeo. Inside of our membership, we have thousands of song transcriptions with drumless tracks, including tons of stuff from Sleep Token. We have a full method that will teach you anything and everything about playing the drums. So if you want to check that out, there’s a link down below – drumeo.com/trial – and you can see everything we’re up to in the members area. We’re going to get into it: we’re going to be talking about II’s drumming, we’re going to be talking about some Sleep Token songs, and II is going to be playing a bunch of tracks. Let’s get right into it! Here we go.

Entrevistador: Bem, para todos vocês assistindo – esta será uma entrevista especial ao vivo do Drumeo, porque este é o primeiro vídeo gravado de uma entrevista que qualquer membro do Sleep Token já fez e estamos honrados que o II tenha decidido fazer isso conosco. Então, bem-vindo! E para qualquer um de vocês que não sabe quem é II: ele é um membro fundador e o baterista da banda anônima Sleep Token. Eles acabaram de lançar um novo álbum este ano chamado "Take Me Back to Eden", que é um dos meus álbuns favoritos deste ano – de 2023. Eu recomendo fortemente que você dê uma olhada porque é incrível e a performance de II é incrível.

Mas antes de começarmos a entrevista – o que você vê aqui no canal do YouTube é apenas uma amostra do que fazemos aqui no Drumeo. Dentro da nossa assinatura, temos milhares de transcrições de músicas com faixas sem bateria, incluindo muitas coisas do Sleep Token. Temos um método completo que ensinará tudo sobre tocar bateria. Então, se você quiser conferir, há um link abaixo – drumeo.com/trial – e você pode ver tudo o que estamos fazendo na área de membros.

Vamos começar: vamos falar sobre a bateria do II, vamos falar sobre algumas músicas do Sleep Token, e II vai tocar várias faixas. Vamos direto ao assunto! Aqui vamos nós.

Interviewer: So, from the drums, you can hear lots of influences just in your playing. You can hear rock, metal, electronic music. How do you apply all of this within your drum parts?

Entrevistador:Então, pela bateria, você pode ouvir muitas influências apenas na sua maneira de tocar. Você pode ouvir rock, metal, música eletrônica. Como você aplica tudo isso nas suas partes de bateria?

II: I’ve always personally taken a lot of inspiration from the UK dance music scene. Listening to various subgenres of drum and bass, specifically, allowed me to incorporate stylistic traits from those genres into my vocabulary as a drummer.

II: Sempre tirei muita inspiração da cena musical de dança do Reino Unido. Ouvir vários subgêneros de bateria e baixo, especificamente, me permitiu incorporar traços estilísticos desses gêneros no meu vocabulário como baterista.

Interviewer: So, over the three Sleep Token records, how has your playing evolved from the first to the last album?

Entrevistador: Então, ao longo dos três discos do Sleep Token, como sua forma de tocar evoluiu do primeiro ao último álbum?

II: I would say that while my stylistic approach and goals have generally stayed the same, my vocabulary on the kit has expanded. I try to work on not always using the same phrases, or using those phrases in the same voicing, to ensure the parts remain somewhat interesting. However, this in itself is a continual work in progress. As a player, I will admit that I – like others – don’t always achieve this. But to me, that is very, very much all part of the journey itself.

II: Eu diria que embora minha abordagem estilística e meus objetivos tenham permanecido geralmente os mesmos, meu vocabulário na bateria se expandiu. Tento trabalhar para não usar sempre as mesmas batidas, ou usar essas batidas na mesma voz, para garantir que as partes permaneçam um tanto interessantes. No entanto, isto por si só é um trabalho contínuo em progresso. Como músico, admito que eu – como outros – nem sempre consigo isso. Mas para mim, isso faz parte da jornada em si.

II: As I mentioned, I’m also a big fan of R&B and pop, which has worked its way into my playing. I grew up primarily playing metal, so the next obvious step for me was to blend these other styles in amongst heavier playing to add versatility to my drum parts.

II: Como mencionei, também sou um grande fã de R&B e pop, o que influenciou minha forma de tocar. Eu cresci tocando principalmente metal, então o próximo passo óbvio para mim foi misturar esses outros estilos com uma forma de tocar mais pesada para adicionar versatilidade às minhas partes de bateria.

Interviewer: So, when you’re developing your drum parts for the albums, are you just coming up with those yourself before the rest of the song is built or are you hearing the other instrument parts first and then basing your parts off of that?

Entrevistador: Então, quando você está desenvolvendo suas partes de bateria para os álbuns, você mesmo as cria antes do resto da música ser construída ou você está ouvindo as outras partes do instrumento primeiro e depois baseando suas partes nisso?

II: Most – if not all – of the time, I try to pay close attention to the vocals and figure out any specific syllables that can benefit from accents on the kit. I sometimes use the vocal line as a guide of sorts to dance in between what’s being sung, too. Filling in those gaps, if you will. Typically speaking, songs don’t start from a particular drum part, although this isn’t necessarily deliberate. Another element I look for when writing are any specific syncopation[s] that the drums must match. This could be a pattern on the guitar, a breakdown of sorts, something… something electronic … But I feel this takes away a lot of the guesswork when initially writing parts and provides me with a clearer idea of the song in question.

II: Na maior parte – senão em todo –do tempo, tento prestar muita atenção aos vocais e descobrir quaisquer sílabas específicas que possam se beneficiar dos acentos da bateria. Às vezes, uso a linha vocal como uma espécie de guia para dançar entre o que está sendo cantado também. Preenchendo essas lacunas, se você quiser.

Normalmente falando, as músicas não começam com uma parte específica da bateria, embora isso não seja necessariamente deliberado. Outro elemento que procuro ao escrever são quaisquer síncopes específicas que a bateria deva corresponder. Isso pode ser um padrão na guitarra, uma espécie de quebra, algo… algo eletrônico… Mas sinto que isso elimina muitas das suposições ao escrever inicialmente as partes e me fornece uma ideia mais clara da música em questão.

Interviewer: So, around the kit, you can see you’re using lots of different linear stockings and sticking patterns. What are some of the ones that you would say define your drumming?

Entrevistador: Então, em torno da bateria, você pode ver que está usando muita bateria linear(linear drumming) e padrões de baquetas(sticking patterns) diferentes. Quais são alguns dos que você diria que definem sua forma de tocar bateria?

II: I’ve always been a big Eric Moore fan, and gospel drummers in general, that I’ve taken a lot of influence from. A couple of Eric’s licks find their way into my playing. As an example, I use an eight-note linear phrase, which is played as right-left-right-left-kick, right-left-kick. That, along with a phrase called the ‘3-1-3-2’, which is a triplet phrasing of nine notes played as right-left-right-kick, right-left-right again on the hands, and then finished with two notes on the kick. What I particularly like about this phrasing is that it’s three notes short of resolving itself. So, as a drummer, you’re forced to be creative with those last three notes and finish the sticking – the phrasing – in any way you see fit.

II: Sempre fui um grande fã de Eric Moore, e de bateristas gospel em geral, dos quais recebi muita influência. Algumas batidas de Eric entram na minha forma de tocar. Como exemplo, uso um ritmo linear de oito notas, que é tocada como bumbo direito-esquerdo-direito-esquerdo, bumbo direito-esquerdo. Isso, junto com um ritmo de chamada '3-1-3-2', que é um ritmo triplo de nove notas tocadas com bumbo direito-esquerdo-direito, direita-esquerda-direita novamente nas mãos e depois finalizado com duas notas no bumbo. O que eu particularmente gosto nesse ritmo é que faltam três notas para ele se resolver. Então, como baterista, você é forçado a ser criativo com as últimas três notas e terminar com as baquetas– o ritmo– da maneira que achar melhor.

II: Additionally, I’m a big fan of the standard paradiddle. I use this as a chop starter often, as I feel it’s an organic way to prepare the listener for a slightly busier section within the drums themselves.

II: Além disso, sou um grande fã do Paradiddle Padrão (Standard Paradiddle). Eu uso isso frequentemente como um ponto de partida, pois sinto que é uma maneira orgânica de preparar o ouvinte para uma seção um pouco mais movimentada dentro da própria bateria.

II: I also use the six stroke roll often in various elements of my playing – whether it’s groove- or fill-based. Another song I enjoy playing live is entitled ‘Like That’. This is from our second record. Arguably, the drum parts in that song are, to this day, my favorite that I’ve written.

II: Eu também uso o rulo(Stroke Roll) de seis tempos frequentemente em vários elementos do meu jeito de tocar – seja baseado em groove ou preenchimento(fill-based). Outra música que gosto de tocar ao vivo se chama ‘Like That’. É do nosso segundo disco. Indiscutivelmente, as partes de bateria dessa música são, até hoje, as minhas favoritas que já escrevi.

Interviewer: So, when you’re performing live with Sleep Token, do you try to stay true to the record or are you actually taking quite a few creative liberties in the live set?

Entrevistador: Então, quando você está se apresentando ao vivo com o Sleep Token, você tenta se manter fiel ao disco ou está realmente tomando algumas liberdades criativas no set ao vivo?

II: I would say that most of the parts that I tend to play in a live setting vary drastically to what was tracked on the record itself. This happens for a number of reasons. Sometimes, when I have more time to sit with a finished track, while rehearsing for a tour, I can look at it through a different lens and subsequently come up with a more interesting variation live. On the other hand, these things can happen more naturally and take on a different feel or sticking due to simply playing a certain song for long periods of time across touring. There are, of course, certain parts in each song that must remain true to the original. This could be a syncopated guitar part or even an electronic part on the pads that serves more of a supporting role within the song.

II: Eu diria que a maioria das partes que costumo tocar ao vivo variam drasticamente em relação ao que foi gravado no próprio disco. Isso acontece por vários motivos. Às vezes, quando tenho mais tempo para sentar com uma faixa finalizada, enquanto ensaio para uma turnê, posso olhar para ela através de lentes diferentes e, posteriormente, criar uma variação mais interessante ao vivo. Por outro lado, essas coisas podem acontecer de forma mais natural e assumir uma sensação ou aderência diferente simplesmente por tocar uma determinada música por longos períodos de tempo durante a turnê. É claro que existem certas partes em cada música deve permanecer fiéis ao original. Pode ser uma parte sincopada de guitarra ou até mesmo uma parte eletrônica nos pads de bateria que desempenha mais um papel de apoio na música.

Interviewer: So, who are some of your favorite drummers who have influenced your playing over the years?

Entrevistador: Então, quem são alguns dos seus bateristas favoritos que influenciaram sua forma de tocar ao longo dos anos?

II: When I first started playing, I – like many others in my generation – were heavily into drummers such as Joey Jordison, Matt from the band Mudvayne, as well as the more extreme speed players, such as Derek Roddy.

II: Quando comecei a tocar, eu – como muitos outros da minha geração – gostava muito de bateristas como Joey Jordison, Matt da banda Mudvayne, e também músicos de velocidade mais extrema, como Derek Roddy.

II: I was very much obsessed with the gospel style of playing. I spent most of my early adulthood studying players.

II: Eu estava muito obcecado com o estilo gospel de tocar. Passei a maior parte da minha vida adulta estudando bateristas.

II: Tony Royster Jr., Eric Moore, Thomas Pridgen. Slowing down … Simply slowing down YouTube videos in a feeble attempt to understand their concepts, their stickings and influences. These days, I would describe my playing style as a mixture of that signature Abe Cunningham, Deftones-inspired heavier sort of grooving with a linear style gospel influence.

II: Tony Royster Jr., Eric Moore, Thomas Pridgen. Desacelerando… Simplesmente indo mais devagar os vídeos do YouTube em uma tentativa fraca de entender seus conceitos, suas dificuldades e influências. Hoje em dia, eu descreveria meu estilo de tocar como uma mistura daquele tipo de groove mais pesado, característico de Abe Cunningham, inspirado no Deftones, com uma influência gospel de estilo linear.

Interviewer: So, II, what are some of your favorite Sleep Token songs to perform live?

Entrevistador: Então, II, quais são suas músicas favoritas do Sleep Token para tocar ao vivo?

II: I’ve always enjoyed playing a song from our first record entitled Sundowning called ‘Higher’. The parts in that song have always felt very interactive to me, very fun to play, while maintaining a fair deal of variance across the song itself. In regards to any newer material, I enjoy playing a track called ‘The Summoning’ due to the live addition of a drum solo that gives me a little a little more creative freedom, as well as its challenging feel.

II: Sempre gostei de tocar uma música do nosso primeiro disco, intitulada Sundowning, chamada ‘Higher’. As partes dessa música sempre foram muito interativas para mim, muito divertidas de tocar, embora mantendo uma boa variação na música em si. Em relação a qualquer material mais recente, gosto de tocar uma faixa chamada ‘The Summoning’ devido à adição ao vivo de um solo de bateria que me dá um pouco mais de liberdade criativa, bem como a sua sensação desafiadora.

Interviewer: Well, that’s going to conclude this stream with II from Sleep Token. II, thank you for being here and sharing your insights into Sleep Token’s music. And with that, we’re going to close with some final pieces of music from Sleep Token and I’ll leave this one to II. Take care, everyone!

Entrevistador: Bem, vamos encerrar esta transmissão com II do Sleep Token. II, obrigado por estar aqui e compartilhar seus insights sobre a música do Sleep Token. E com isso vamos encerrar com algumas músicas finais do Sleep Token e deixarei essa para II. Se cuidem, pessoal!

CR:

Transcription English Version, click here

Portuguese translation theforbiddeneden

[kindahoping4forever]

DBA coming back faster than I expected. First of all thank you for the lovely words. I feel almost honored to have a special tag on your blog. Secondly, the reason I came here. Idk if anyone picked this up yet. But drumeo released a 2 hour documentary about Phil Collins. It features a load of famous drummers, including a very favorite drummer of our own as well. Figured you'd like to know that 😉

Ooooh DBA back so soon and with a hot tip! You're right, I don't think I've seen anyone mention this appearance yet so thank you for the heads up! 😌🫶🏻

[blanchebees]

have you watched II on Drumeo?

I really enjoyed watching him talk about his style & how he creates. he was so thoughtful & articulated, a very interesting man

I thought of your art right away...the way you draw them so perfect & kind of translate their essence so well🙌🏻

what did you thing? & if its not a secret, are you working on anything ST right now? always love seeing your work❤️

Hey! Yes i did it was very interesting indeed, i enjoyed his cute accent and how in tune he was with the rhythm.

Thank you so much, that's kind of you to say :)

I have several wips, many ideas, planning more complex art!

[spoiledleaff]

got my silly little poll results in for some possible future sleep token fantasy au installments!!! thank you to everyone who participated because now i’m so excited, haha!! i’m already rough drafting and polishing up the ascensionism piece because the idea for that one hit me like a goddamn vISION and wouldn’t leave my brain until i started writing it, haha!! but this one also features a little more worldbuilding than the vore piece, specifically through one of eden’s monsters uwu also some extra smut for you guys i’m sorry, i know the vore piece was mostly just me gushing about vessel and ii’s relationship dynamic, haha!

but because i can’t contain my excitement any longer and i wanna talk a bit about it!! just a bit!! here’s what i have so far for the ascensionism installment!! ♡♡

ascensionism will be another character study/porn fic that takes place before vessel’s ascension + before the events of the vore fic. primarily focusing on ii i’m sorry, the brain rot is real with all those drumeo interviews i can’t get him out of my brain!!! as well as introducing iii to the au! yippee!! haha! this fic will also feature some extra lore surrounding vessel’s future military once he’s king + some extra lore for ii and iii! i’ll also be introducing this fic’s monster — the forgotten embrace, ascensionism!

i kind of wanted to challenge myself by writing a god complex, haha! i felt it was the most appropriate, haha! but, for this fic, i’m adding a little extra challenge by writing both a physically manifested god complex as well as an internalized superiority complex featured in two different characters uwu since pretty much everyone in this fic is a soldier/fighter of some kind, there’s gonna be some mentions of combat, some wounds, some ✨wound cleaning✨, as well as some general homosexual things, haha!! it’ll have a primary focus on ii/iii, but!! this actually brings me to my next poll, haha! if you’ve managed to read this far, kudos to you!! i’m smooching your silly little brain cells as we speak, haha! ♡♡ but i’ve also got one more poll for you :3

the ascensionism installment does primarily focus on ii/iii but… i couldn’t resist the idea of adding ascensionism into the mix as well, haha! this poll is honestly just for me to have a pretty good idea of what people might be looking forward to with some of these fantasy au pieces :) that’s all!! ♡♡

[frothingatthemaw]

😈

Who are your favourite drummers, maw?

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! okay yay 💖 i’m not sure where this is gonna go, but i’ll list my favorites so far and why i like them so much.

ii from sleep token - is obviously my all time favorite (at least for now… no offense). his playing is just… so mesmerizing. so beautiful. i love the parts he writes and i love to hear him talk about his voice in his parts. very cool!

dirk verbeuren from megadeth (drummer since 2016, formally part of other bands, one being soilwork) - my second favorite so far! he is. SO FUCKING COOL! i love his energy. in the way he plays, in how he talks about drumming at all. i love hearing him talk, i love how he explains things, and i love his perspectives. his playing for megadeth is really cool, even if he’s talked about staying true to the originals. i really need to listen to soilwork where he’s said he’s put more of his style into. completely different sounds of bands too! i’m excited to hear soilwork. i really hope i like their stuff.

chad smith from the red hot chili peppers - honestly i really like how easy he seems to find everything to be about playing, i like the feel of him playing drums. he’s also really funny. i watched a video on drumeo where brandon, the guy who basically runs the youtube channel, or is at least the face of it, learned “suck my kiss” by rhcp and went to chad’s house for help on it. it was nice to see chad be of guidance to that. i also watched a video of him and this other guy (don’t know who it was) teaching this 11 year old some drum things. big respect for him and his willingness to share his secrets and knowledge of the craft.

tosh peterson (mostly known as tosh the drummer) from many sources (aka playing live for jxdn, the kid laroi, filled in for fall out boy, has played for lil nas x, etc.) - i’ve known tosh for longer than any of these other guys. i fucking adore jxdn’s music and so i know tosh from being the live drummer for tours (travis barker from blink-182 plays the drums for the recorded songs). fucking love his energy, he puts his entire self into his playing. i love his passion so much. he adores playing. it’s truly admirable how quickly he can learn songs as well. he’s had to learn many many songs on such short notice and it’s very mind boggling to see how well he does under that pressure. an example of that being him having a day and a half to learn the set list for his fall out boy fill-in. crazy! such an incredible memory. yeah… tosh is cool as fuck.

i’m only listing this many because these are the favorited ones i’ve found so far! to be honest… dirk could take my all time favorite place because i just love him that much. he’s such a cool fucking dude. ah!!! anyways, i hope what i’ve said makes sense and i didn’t repeat myself too much. i just… i’m having a fun time hyperfixating and learning what smalls bits i have, i also just love listening to all of this at all. it’s been much fun!

thank you for allowing me to ramble <3 this is a catastrophe of autism TvT

[maximuswolf]

Call back and thank you to who ever recommended Jellyfish as unappreciated.

Call back and thank you to who ever recommended Jellyfish as unappreciated. Was just watching Mike Portnoy (drummer of Dream Theater struggle to learn Pneuma by Tool, in just 5 hours, on the Drumeo channel. It was an amazing watch. But 2/3rds through I realized Portnoy was wearing a Jellyfish shirt....and I was like 'Fuckin A! I know that obscure band'....Because of this subreddit.Thanks people who called out Jellyfish. Totally under appreciated band. Submitted May 28, 2024 at 09:25PM by Squido85 https://ift.tt/5CqTaE7 via /r/Music

[saatmans]

Okay, having some thoughts on the members of Sleep Token.

These days I stopped to think about a statement that ii made during Drumeo's video, one of the first, I won't remember exactly which one. In it, ii says something like "I spent a good part of my adult life studying the styles of various drummers."

That really took up some time in my head. Firstly, it is obvious that I feel a deep admiration for him, for the professional he is and knowing that everything about him is the result of a lot of study and is still

Another thing was thinking about him talking about his adult life, so I stopped to think about his age and the other members. I believe and I say this not as an absolute thing, Vessel is the youngest of the group. Probably.

II, III and IV must be very close in age to their 30s. I return to my thoughts, imagining a young II deciding that he would be a drummer and starting to dedicate himself to the project he thought of for himself. I think then, how incredible it must be to get where you thought.

Let's face it, we always have those grandiose moments in our mind about our dreams, even if it's just 15 minutes and then you feel a little or a lot disgusted with reality again.

But seeing someone I admire so much talk about his journey as an artist touches me in deep places. This is why I would so, so much like others to open up and talk about their processes. It is very encouraging and generates a connection, a more human perspective.

The question always crosses my mind: How did these four different and wonderful people meet? How did they become friends? When did the idea for a band come about?

I also ask mentally how do they feel now? What's the most amazing and most challenging thing about achieving something like this? What fears come when a dream becomes reality?

Anyway... I hope that in the future these things can be said by them. When they feel comfortable doing so. And I reiterate my fan thanks to Drumeo for all the interviews and videos on II.

[sierradeaton]

https://www.drumeo.com/beat/drumeo-awards-2023/

Till midnight, you can vote for Ashton for best pop drummer!

thank you for reminding me!!! support ash gogogo vote everybody! 💖

[a-s-levynn]

First of all go and vote for II (and check out the rest of the drummers) if you have not yet done so.

BUT I FIGURED IT OUT! Why the caption feels a little bit wonky for me, that is. First, that "I" in there. We are not used to them being referred to as individuals. But in this case it can't be "we" and certainly can't be skipped so it get's a pass.

What truly feels off though is that it's not "with [insert adjective] gratitude" nor "with [insert adjective] appreciation" towards Drumeo or something along those lines. No. It's a simple

"Thank you"

And that is what makes it not read like the regular ST captions. I love this so much. Dunno why but it's precious.

I don't know if this have been shared before but Drumeo has a drummer award vote for 2023 and our beloved tiny drum beast is up in a few categories:

Edit: adding his IG text for it because it is so cute how he tries to use the usual st vocab for basically 'please vote for my arse, thanks' and kinda feels like he is kinda failing with it