Tool - Right In Two - Johnkew Drum Cover

This song was another outstanding journey for me trying to learn it on the drums, like every other Tool song I've played. I'm so impressed with the musicality on this one for the band as a whole. The vocals, guitars and bass, and drums are are a real piece of art. I love how they were able to incorporate the sitar and tabla tastefully in a song that rocks so hard it can melt your face. While they're not the first to use Indian musical elements in a rock song, that they were able to do so without losing their distinct Tool flavor, or sounding hippie-ish in any way is a testament to their originality.

I was debating playing the tabla solo on this one because I know that Carey worked hard to learn how to play them. But I'm not pretending to be anywhere close to Carey's skill level, even on the regular drums, and since he plays this part on the mandalas live (and possibly in the original recording if Wikipedia is correct), then I figured I'd give it a go on the Roland pads. And playing along with the tablas just really completed the song for me. So I gave it a shot, of course with no disrespect to Carey's drum mastery. As always, it was a humbling experience playing along with Carey's drumming.

I noticed that Carey's playing on this song evolved quite a bit since the original recording. If you watch the live recording from 2011, there are a lot of new elements, in contrast to other songs such as The Grudge where he keeps it pretty true to the original. So I incorporated some of the 'evolved' playing into this cover, and kept it closer to the original in other places where I really liked what was on the recording. The drums are harder to hear in the mix of this song than most of their others, so as I was learning I had to sometimes play what I thought sounded best without being able to hear exactly what Carey was playing. One example of using a live-version idea: starting at 0:45, I tried to play a melody on the pads similar to what Carey tapped on a synthesizer in the live version rather than his alternating patterns of three on the original recording. I used an Ultrabeat setting called "Space Bells", which I programmed for notes which harmonized with the guitar. It sounded good when tracking the drums, but while mixing it, the bell sounds just didn't quite seem to fit. So I turned them way down in the mix, and now I wish I would have just stuck to Carey's original pattern. And at 6:45, I rode the floor tom instead of the ride cymbal like in the original recording because I felt it provided good separation from the previous section (similar to how Carey changed it in the 2011 live show). I like how this sounds, but you can still hear Carey's ride cymbal behind the mix. Anyway, sorry to bore most of you with this overly technical talk, but I know there are many hardcore Tool fans out there who also enjoy peeling back the layers and might want to know that I did think deeply about how and what I played, and didn't just bang it out on the drums. I'm very happy with how the song turned out, and I hope you all also get some enjoyment out of this video.

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Tool Right In Two drum cover recorded on Gretsch Catalina and Renown maple drums, DW Steel Performance Series 14 x 8 Snare, Evans EMAD bass drum head, Evans G2 batter drum heads Evans G1 resonant drum heads, Remo power stroke snare head, Sabian Paragon cymbals (20-inch crashe; 19 China; 22 ride), Sabian HHX Evolution 18-inch crash, Sabian AAX stage 18-inch crash, custom stacker with 14 inch Sabian AAX Xplosion crash on bottom and 12 inch Sabian AAX china on top; Hammerax Crash Course stacker; Paiste Novo 20-inch China, Paiste 3000-series 14-inch heavy hi-hats, Paiste 8 inch Dark Energy splash, DW 9000 double pedal, DW 3000 hi hat stand, Orange County drum throne, Pro Mark 747 sticks (Neil Peart Signature), Apex 435 overhead mics, Audix D-series mics on toms and kick, Audix i5 and Shure SM57 mic on snare, M-Audio Profire 2626 interface, Logic Express 9, Canon T2i, Canon Vixia HF M40, and GoPro HD Hero 2 cameras, Westone UM1 in-ear monitors.

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