Astonishing Polys

I found this video taken during the recording of The Astonishing. Just Rich Chycki and me doing what we do. Raw Drums. Fun. This is NOT supposed to be, nor can it be "musical" to any brain not trained to process what it's hearing. Something like this never will until that brain earns it. The first chunk will sound like I'm about 2 years old. Maybe. But it is outlandishly difficult to repeat it. I'm being humorous with Rich, but still trying whacked out polyrhythms that never made the album. All were done over the same 1/4 note BPM. I tried the 5 tuplet that was phrased in a pattern taking 8 bars [I played it with my feet,] against a 7 tuplet with hands in the same 1/4 note, but phrased completely differently. But where did I want it to go? If you even heard what I really played(/recorded some takes with) for the 3-minute outro of New Beginning, you'd fall over. It makes the current of "Finally Free" look like 'beginners' work as far as actually difficulty to actually play and repeat it. But, I ended up playing NO fills or changes in that N.B. spot to say something; to send a hidden message; nobody has picked up on it yet that I know of.

Видео Astonishing Polys канала Mike Mangini® - Official YouTube Channel