This is unreal!! I'm 63 and have been actively listening to jazz and jazz fusion since I was 12 years old. I've heard drummers from Buddy Rich to Billy Cobham and many more of the greats. Simon Phillips is absolutely one of the best I've ever heard! He can play any and every type of music with incredible precision and understanding and self awareness. And even though he has a huge kit, he doesn't overplay... ever! He is an amazing drummer. He's one for the ages!

@KONAMAN100

Жыл бұрын

Look at his who-he's-played-with-CV, it's crazy. There's a reason he got all those top gigs, he's brilliant and a great pro.

@robertreedy414

Жыл бұрын

Great engineer too! That drum sound!

@pointuout2020

Жыл бұрын

I agree, when I got this drum clinic video. It has been awesome nerdy music to enjoy. Simon has a great talent to play drums better than I can and I’d like to think I’m pretty good. But, he come off very technical in his playing.

@okisuprayogi6928

Жыл бұрын

​@@robertreedy414indeed - his technique is effortless 😍. I think since in the 80s records, that drum sound&tune we can identify he's the one behind the kit. Love his works until today....

@shannonmiller5648

Жыл бұрын

Indeed. People to often undeservingly label drummers as one of the greats but truer words have never been spoken about this guy right here. I’ve studied his playing for so many years that I’ve developed post traumatic stress disorder trying to wrap my head around how good this guy is lol. The man is so sick he definitely qualifies for free healthcare

Amazing video! Incredible performance, even compared to today´s drummers, so fast and unreal performers, but this musicality is other world.

The secret to his talent lies in the TAMA spandex pants.

Incredible discipline is what it takes. Depending on the venue, Simon plays what is necessary never too much never too little, always just right. He teaches every time he plays.

One of the most amazing sounding kits I've ever heard, just perfection

@jente3989

7 ай бұрын

Don't forget he is a audio engineer too..

@PrecisionMach

7 ай бұрын

Tama Artstar

Master of Dynamics...

Simon is certainly pure peak perfection here. These 3 masters do stuff I can’t even dream cool enough to hang. Precision Gems. Thx.

Wonderfully technical and awesome playing from all concerned.Simon and Anthony also playing together in Hiromi's trip.

@ajb7615

5 ай бұрын

I just saw Simon and Anthony with Hiromi; Incredible!! I got goosebumps several times during their performance. Hiromi ain't bad either!!😁

Wow! Amazing Simon my idol..

If Rush were ever to do one last tour for say, in memory of Neil Peart, Simon would be the number 1 choice. He's just as musical and unique as Neil ever was, but of course in a different way.

@SuperflyTNTdaShizzle

Жыл бұрын

Peart couldn't begin to play a lot of Simon's stuff!

@shannonmiller5648

Жыл бұрын

As a drummer of going on 25 years and a massive fan of both drummers in question I couldn’t even begin to agree with that sentiment. Phillips has always been comfortable within a wider variety of musical genres than Peart no question but Peart absolutely had the technical ability to play anything he wanted. That being said Peart didn’t have the natural feel for all genres and had to sit a learn things outside his comfort zone. In some ways it made his limited ventures outside the progressive rock realm seem a bit rehearsed and more robotic. Probably makes Phillips the better drummer but Peart was still a very technical player and absolutely had the technical ability to play anything. To say he couldn’t begin to play a lot of Simon’s stuff would be an inaccurate assumption. However I would have liked to see Peart venture more outside of progressive rock. I guess we’ll never know what all he could have done. Regardless of how much credit anyone is or isn’t willing to give Peart, he was a brilliant human being who certainly deserved better than to go out the way he did. I’m still pretty devastated over it honestly

@theonecalledvino8165

8 ай бұрын

Why not? he played for TOTO. He would kill it with RUSH.

@papettoutcourt8483

Ай бұрын

Or someone else named Gavin Harrison ?

I´ve been growing up with this VHS. Simon inspired mi a lot!!!

Mesmerizing.Simon is incredible 😊

I've seen this video many times, but never as clear as this! Thank you so much for doing this. Had the good fortune to see Protocol 5 in Seattle 2 nights ago and it was spectacular. Afterwards Simon was kind enough to sign my Zildjian K China cymbal! I was like a kid a Christmas.

I love his stair climbing technique. Also his ability to close the barn door. He can inflate without oversimplifying like no one else!!

@joshuakatz2499

10 ай бұрын

Ok, I don’t know what any of this means.

I wish they would have toured with this and I could have seen it live!!👍

my favorite era of Simon... and thank you for uploading such a quality version of this. Sounds amazing!

Love this! Simon and AJ are real chameleons. World class musicians in multiple styles. Ray’s not too shabby either!!

great sounding drums . I love it

Astonishing. Thanks for uploading this. Amazing to think I saw him in several clinics 8 years before this. He was really at the peak of his powers here though. Wow.

Simon is Sensational with whoever he performs with ! Fantastic video

I memorized this when I worked at San Francisco Guitar Center in the 90’s.

THANKS FOR THE HQ 60FPS VERSION! 👏

master at work!

Love clean rudiments with the pocket grovve, nice!🥁🤘😎🎶

phenomenal

I've been touching drums from Simon Philips, we've stocked his drums in Ragtime shop in Opole/Poland. Lots of cases. One of the best festivals are in Opole. Philips, Royster Jr. Virgil Donati, and many more were there.

I love how even his "patterns" are still listenable and good music. Some drummers nowadays have such ridiculous nonsensical background noise masquerading as music during their clinics.

This is so god damn good!

seen many times wonderful

Astounding !

trascinante e sublime

Simon has great attack and dynamics. I like Gavin Harrison for the same reasons plus their drum tone are alike also.

I have the 2 VHS tapes ... I can finally see them again. Simon Phillips is the complete drummer

Simon , the best ! ever

Super! Thanks! Simon rules big time! A living legend! Cheers, Rolf/*\✓™

For me Simon Phillips is a top rated world class Drummer best & Perfect Successor of Jeff Porcaro

@gilespotter8274

Жыл бұрын

Successor, not predecessor

@kausikghosh9968

Жыл бұрын

@@gilespotter8274 I am really Obliged & Great-full to You. There is no limit to Learn from Great Masters like you. Thank you from the Bottom of My Heart. God Bless You.

impecable

Simon has always been just a monster on a big kit

Perfection

THE BEST

The best❤

I saw Simon do a drum 🥁 clinic when I lived in St. Louis in 1987. I wished I had changed to the open handed technique back then. I knew at the time he was considered the best double bass drummer in the world 🌎. Does drumming get much better? Maybe some of Dave Weckl's work. But that is splitting tiny hairs. Also discovered Weckl back in those days. Dave's St.Louis Drum Teacher was in the audience for his drum clinic. Wonder what that felt like as the teacher of a master player.

@shannonmiller5648

Жыл бұрын

No. Drumming doesn’t get any better. Dave is certainly right up there along with cats like Gavin Harrison, Danny Carry, Curt Cress and a handful or so others. None of which I’d say are any better or worse. When players make it to this level of skill it’s no longer a matter of who’s better. Just different. At that point it’s just a matter of who’s personal flavor resonates with you as an individual the most because the playing field is otherwise level where skill is concerned.

Even the young simon played so tastefully

@241mrmark

Жыл бұрын

Very !

a young simon OMG!!

Thank you ! great video with this master ! (from >> for you friend ! >>>>

Intresting that he still reverts to right hand lead for uptempo jazz ride pattern of the second tune, then switched between left hand and right hand lead.

Це щось неймовірне космічна техніка виконання

Фантастика

A monster…

The Best 👍🇫🇷🇫🇷

Dave Weckyl, look behind you, somebody's coming!!!😮😅

25:28? PRICELESS!

C’est un de mes préféré batteur bien explosif un génie mais c’est dommage de joué sur une musique sans âme! Merci infiniment, musicalement et amicalement votre 🎉😅

@christophekoppitz2345

Жыл бұрын

Salut c’est de la musique de démonstration pour les solos 👍👋

Anthony Jackson!!! He is doing his thing @3:25!

27:47 whaaaat, he's switching to the traditional grip on the RIGHT hand just for the hell of it! Cheeky!

Tasty double hi hat work on that first song

Wow it's all just so 80s

I love Tama drums.

man, you can tell who Dream Theatre emulated.

@notasilicaanimus

Жыл бұрын

Mike Portnoy on Awake most definitely, but apart from that I don't really hear a great deal of similarity.

The best drummer of all ages, and that with distance to the second one - for me it is Ian Paice, for you it may be Billy Cobham or Ginger Baker or Buddy Rich... My list of the best 5: 1. Simon Phillips 2. Ian Paice 3. Lee Kerslake 4. Gerry Brown 5. Steve Gadd

What's the name of the Protocol song played at the end of this video?

Simon is simply incredible, he's one of my greatest influences and just a really nice guy.

The Time signature for the 33/8 (13:52 min.) should be this way: 1 bar in 4/4 1 bar in 3/4 1 bar in 3/8 2 bars in 4/4 200 bpm quarter note ca. Or... 1 bar in 6/4 1 bar in 5/8 (the one on the octoban) 2 bars in 4/4 The second section is in 5 dotted half note (15/4) + 3/8

Anthony Jackson?

31:04

@hugolafhugolaf

2 жыл бұрын

So sick.

@MultiGTAlover

Жыл бұрын

Simon said that this groove is his "escaping point", when he has no any new ideas :)...Same pattern can be heard in Yokohama in 1999 with Toto

@thanos_tiro5075

Жыл бұрын

@@MultiGTAlover I know you are right!

Simon sounds great but the fellas on bass and axe are up to the task. Great trio.

Tell me, who else plays in exactly the same style?

Halliooo erstmal...ich möchte nur wissen ,wann oder in welcher Zeit es aufgenommen wurde...Jahrzehnt wäre besser ! Vielen Dank an den Menschen ,der es mir beantworten würde ☘🤜🏻🤛🏻

@SafezoneExpert

Жыл бұрын

Das war in den 80s. Schau Dir die Klamotten an. Auch das Kit (ich tippe af TAMA Granstar) lässt darauf schliessen.

@traumadiffuser3705

Жыл бұрын

Anfang der 90er. Erschienen 92.

@naitsabeskoohn3769

Жыл бұрын

Das ist das Simon Phillips lehrvideo.Das gab es damals 1992 als VHS....Mega das Teil....

What ride cymbal is Simon using here? it sounds great! ... anybody knows?

@KevWhitehead

6 ай бұрын

I think Simon was on A Customs around this time so would have been a 22" A Custom!

REMINDS ME A LITTLE OF CHICK COREA ELETRIK BAND... VERY NICE!!

It would be nice to know who the other amazing musicians are

@DonaldSturgeAnthonyMcKenzieII

Жыл бұрын

Anthony Jackson on bass

@seanh1

Жыл бұрын

And Ray Russell on guitar

The songs remind me of the Weather Channel’s local forecast circa 1994, when I’d wait every 10 minutes to jam out.

I like the guitar player a lot. What's the name of the band?

@groov2581

5 ай бұрын

protocol

One way to stay slim.

Would love to get a closer look (and listen) at those 16" hats.

Doesnt get much better

Jack Nicholson on guitar!

@waltgilbert

Жыл бұрын

I think you mean George Carlin.

@TonyKorologos

Жыл бұрын

@@waltgilbert Him too!

@markjgobrien

Жыл бұрын

I think you'll find him to be Rufus from Bill & Ted.

@waltgilbert

Жыл бұрын

@@markjgobrien pretty sure I just said that...

@markjgobrien

Жыл бұрын

Ha - didn't know his real name!

djent

Help I'm a rock

From the days when Simon looked like he was going to run track after playing his tunes...

I agree, when I got this drum clinic video. It has been awesome nerdy music to enjoy. Simon has a great talent to play drums better than I can and I’d like to think I’m pretty good. But, he comes off very technical in his playing. Instead of just sitting backing and grooving. But that’s what separates professionals from assholes like me!

What year was this recorded? Simon plays so smooth. Awesome!

✌️🤠💥🌟🌀🌐 @#rolfdejonge@