Rob Brown Looking forward to the lesson on that fill! ;-)

Yes, if anyone can explain it, it’s the great Rob Brown!!

You did it!!!

Thank you for guiding me to this gem! Great lesson Rob!

Good catch Rob. It reminds me this reaction in the recording booth after a crazy fill from Simon Philipps kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9aSoq6p29XPnas.html#t=01m10s

I'm the guy at 4:49. Yeah, Bob's solo was so shockingly hip, it distracted me away from keeping an eye on the score. (I'm also a drummer ; )

​@@MeowfaceMusic I was just thinking if Vinnie watched this, and saw your smile, what would he feel? To be so good at something that even the guys at the board are smiling and blown away, man that's talent.

That part reminded me of Inca Roads

drummer here too, I had the same reaction

Rene Emidih agreed. Excellent solo

That just means that you're a musician that plays drums. Loved that solo as well.

Seriously!

That solo was KILLER. Drummers are surprisingly good at kicking down praise for other musicians' talent.

It's funny you should mention that. The jazz drummer Ralph Peterson in one of his instructional videos on You Tube said that learning different instruments made him a better drummer. One of the other instruments he plays is trumpet - he's very good on that too.

@@RhymesWithCarbon Agreed. While guitarists and singers are notoriously envious of other players, we drummers usually do not care about the negative crap. We are likely to compliment someone, when they play something nice, no matter what instrument is being played. 🤝

@@MeAndTheBoys_ 100000% agree

It's so!

LMA UK Clever!

Bloody hell! He even played on one of Megadeth's records, with perfect metal assimilation. I had to check it if was him and, yes it was. That man can play just about anything you throw at him.

Thanks Miguel!

Miguel Echeverria agree.

Yes!

Are you the guy in the background in 0:58 ?

Skylar Shadows haha he does like a lot like him

In fact that is written in the part, but yes Vinnie played it beautifully

Brian Eisenberg Beautifully written piece Mr. Eisenberg!

Thanks!

Thank you!

Thank you sir!

Erich Nunya those hats!! What r they?!?!?!!!

pretty sure they're paiste signature dark energy hi hats 13" but might be wrong

Just found someone down the thread saying they're probably his signature paiste formula 602 modern essentials 14 or 15. Anyway, whatever they are is 👍🏼

Paiste traditionals if I'm not mistaken. Looks like a whole set of them too 😮. Most of this line are discontinued which is a huge disappointment. I have a few and absolutely love them.

Paiste Signature Traditionals

Preeach!

Any day is a good day for Seven Days live

@@JonathanSinger absolutely. Stings 40th birthday and great live version in Norway.

Check out a recent song he played on, Dream Like a Skylark by Mili. The drums track is like Seven Days 2.0.

Agree

Just another day on the job.

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I'm sure if VINNE sat in without a rehearsal he would read off straight away, great sound the band {trombones}

@@mortonthomasbayliss9177 I'm sure he read that straight away with no rehearsal actually. If you look at this face and pay attention, he was reading the whole, he even counted a bar out loud. He was very careful with certain parts, only giving it his all during the fills. Other than that, he simplified his played a whole lot, especially during the part where he played snare+floor tom on 2 and 4 only. Surely there is a better level of drum arrangement here than in most big bands, but still, he decidedly kept it extremely safe. I would be you serious money Vinnie *was actually sight-reading*. It's not the hardest big-band piece in the world. I couldn't sight read it that good, but he kept a lot of silence on purpose, to not waste anyone's time in case the arranger wouldn't be happy with something more complex, and it serves the song. Only his fills were 90-95% of his ability, and that's fine, that's great. His timing wasn't the best here either. You can tell a lot of them are sight-reading, the guitarist too. Big band stuff is *mental*, you spend more time annotating sheet music you're gonna sight-read than actually rehearsing, because you need to sync 15-20 people. It's a LOT of sight-reading and the budgets are nowhere near those of a classical orchestra, and not proportional, even if it's much smaller than a full-size symphonic orchestra of course. Vinnie did a great job as always. He was professional. Those fills were unmistakable and the rest was what to expect of a good studio pro :) Not his best performance but he's always getting the job done and driving the band.

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Thanks Duane!

Thank you!

Thanks Patrick!

Muchas Gracias Senor! =)