Dir en Grey - Lotus (Drum Cover)

Drum cover of Lotus by Dir en Grey. I used 4 microphones for this video rather than the usual 7. I did this because I didn't have enough microphones to put on every tom and the skins were sounding rather dead (no doubt because they are something like 2 years old).

The mic positioning is from the Glyn Johns technique.

No tabs for this one sorry.

[ASKMYMOM]

Shinyas patterns are so uniquely beautiful

[funkaforfan]

I was overwhelmed when you did Dozing Green.. Now I'm just silently jealous. Somehow you are playing it the mood shinya does. No one on youtube ever did so before. Jamming with you would be so awesome!

[draindrive]

awesome! You keeped a rhythm so politely and you were able to be equivalent to a phrase of the original music well. You looked like Shinya!

[chucky]

LOVE THIS SONG AND AWSOME I LOVE PLAYING THE DRUMS TO THIS SONG

[PianofanSUI]

This is absolute awesomeness!! thank you very much, I'm gonna try this, uuh, soon xD
You've got a new fan since now ^^

[whophead]

@Jivi It's amazing how you play such intricate stuff, but your style is so smooth and relaxed, it makes it seem easy :)

[grimslaughter]

I remember watching this cover back in 2015. it's been 8 it going?

[kanthrome]

great job man it sure sounds just like Shinya =)

[ICanHazBanana]

Simply amazing.
If only you lived close to me, we'd hopefully be in a Dir en grey cover band! :D

[reyshinryu]

DAMN I've been looking for this quite a while. Awesome stuff man. Could you do Diru's cover of Warsaw no Gensou too?

[Jivi]

@drumgroovy The hi-hat stand is actually only two-legged because I like to have other pedals like cowbells very close. A third leg often gets in the way. Because it's on carpet, it does tend to sway a lot. The black colour of the heads hides all of the scratches and wear haha.

[whophead]

Excellent cover man, i'm a long time subscriber and i love all your drum covers :) You should start making some a little more often! It's all what you like, i understand that, but maybe a illuminator cover? :D And btw, what snare is that? looks like a black panther.

[Jivi]

@whophead007 thanks! i'll check illuminator out, but yeah I generally pick something that's a little challenging but also fun. yes that's a black panther.

[kkjellykk]

the drum part for the song seems pretty slow and simple but man its awesome! awesome cover by the way.

[saeta]

Congratulations for your work, that was amazing!

But what chinese do you use? I don't like how it sounds at all D:

[Jivi]

@MrAidenAlexander Thanks, i appreciate that very much! New videos coming soon

[Jivi]

@xTokyoFashionKingx I started learning it a few weeks after Lotus was released. I just learned bit by bit every few days and then had to wait to get a camera to record it.

[Laharu_]

Oooo my god....!!!! That Is so fucking great!!! My little brother like it too, he got a drums too, And now He's trying to playing.... And he have 3 years.... He Is so cute!!!

[Jivi]

@MrMage95 In this video I had really old Evans Black Hydraulics and on the bottom was Remo Amabassador clear

[jovannimartinez]

You should Try Vinushka by them :D. Great covers though!