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stanbicknell » 4am - August 22, 2011

*Here is my Mars Volta Medley - Jon Theodore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMXRc1UDR3w This was filmed and recorded as one continuous, single take with no editing to the videos or drums in post production I put this medley together to show my interpretation of some of my favorite Tomas Haake/Meshuggah moments. I did this solely to challenge myself. Once I had chosen the grooves I wanted I arranged them using Ableton Live with no edits or tempo changes. I was aiming for flow, groove and climax with the arrangement. I committed the whole medley to memory and learnt it all by ear. I do not transcribe. I played along to the medley in my in ears with no click track except at 1:54 and 8:26 where the drums stop momentarily. The details of the tracks are: 0:00 'Stengah' - Nothing (0:00-0:48, 1:43-2:06, 4:20-4:44, 5:16-5:53) 1:54 'Glints Collide' - Nothing (1:11-1:24 x2) 2:21 'Rational Gaze' - Nothing (0:00-0:28, 2:24-3:00) 3:25 'Perpetual Black Second' - Nothing (2:47-3:13) +1 bar freestyle 3:52 'Spasm' - Nothing (2:32-2:46) 4:06 'This Spiteful Snake' - obZen (3:16-3:30) 4:20 'In Death In Life - Catch 33 (0:00-0:15) 4:36 'Dancers to a Discordant System' - obZen (0:48-1:03, 4:09-4:25, 5:57-6:11) 5:20 'Pineal Gland Optics' - obZen (0:00-0:30, 0:59-1:21) 6:12 'Electric Red' - obZen (1:01-1:45, 4:39-5:05) 7:23 'Lethargica' - obZen (3:03-3:30) 7:50 'obZen' - obZen (3:02-3:36) 8:24 'I' - I (16:01-16:18, 16:58-17:16, 19:59- 21:00) All songs written by either/or/and: Tomas Haake Fredrik Thordendal Marten Hagstrom I always play a four-piece kit but this cymbal arrangement was specifically for the medley. I am aware Tomas Haake uses more toms and cymbals. I proudly endorse and exclusively play the following gear: SONOR Drums UFiP Cymbals Trick pedals Silverfox Drumsticks In this video I am showcasing the following gear: SONOR S-Classix with Scandanavian Birch Shells in Stratawood finish- BD - 22" x 17.5" TT - 10" x 8" FT - 14" x 14" 14" x 5.5 Artist Series Snare with Vintage Maple shell in Blanched Roots finish UFiP Cymbals- (left from birdseye view) 13" Natural top/Extatic bottom Hi-Hats 16" Natural China 18" Class Crash Trash Stack made of cracked 18" China on cracked 19" Crash 18" Brilliant China 19" Class Crash/Ride TRICK PRO 1-V double pedal with DW Dual Beaters SILVERFOX Drumsticks (MR) Cheers Billy and Tony at Drum Partners Australia. Thanks to all my mates for a great day and specifically: Michael Tayler - Engineer and Mixing Paul Innes - Director This was filmed at Threephase Studios in Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia. Cheers Scott and Ben Please feel free to ask me any questions Thanks for watching Subscribe To My Channel

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