Drum Playthrough: 'Lavos' by Monuments

Check out the full lesson with tabs on my Educational Site
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Filmed at Hohm Studios
Engineered by Ross Halden, Justin Woodward, Adam Steel
Filmed by Mike Malyan & Adam Steel
Mixed by Mike Malyan
Video Edited by Mike Malyan

#thisismonuments #InStasis #drums #musicteacher #djent

[MickGordon]

2:40 when you gotta adjust ur spectacles but still don't miss a beat

[shane]

What I love the most about your playing (besides the truckload of talent and hard work you clearly have put into it) is just the raw passion and power. Definitely one of the best! Keep going my dude!

[mikemojica]

I suffer from pustular psoriasis (absolute agony) and hope your psoriasis never gets to that stage. You are a treasure.

[chanman]

Awesome talent!! Some people were just born to be fantastic drummers. There are drummers, and there are born drummers. I like to think I am a born drummer, but those like you make me realize that my kind of technique is something I was taught and developed on. Some of the greatest drummers, you can just see the elasticity in their movements and rudiment that tells you they were not just taught to drum, but built on top of the art of drumming. You have got the natural talent that shows so well. Super great to watch you drum!! Excellent work!! Monuments should be proud someone of your caliber made a cover of their song!

[TobyHack-thguitarist]

I feel like you invented beast mode while smiling and just having the best time. Love your work.

[kvn_vgr]

Mike, you're pure inspiration. Love your style. The show in Hamburg was awesome.

[liveactioncow]

Love it! Please, please, please do "The Cimmerian" soon!

[obe]

I had the pleasure of seeing monuments plays in SF recently...love Mike's drumming. Very tasteful. They killed it and most importantly they were having a blast themselves.

[doofman]

It always makes me smile how happy Mike is playing the drums. I managed to speak to him before one of the UK live shows earlier this year, it was a little thing but it made a hard week a lot better. Thanks for being a great guy Mike!

[MalyanDrum]

Thanks so much for the positive response!

[DarkItachi]

Happy Malyan is best Malyan

This man loves every second on the drums I´m so stoked to see him in Cologne Rocking that smile

[cyanihilist]

Absolute killer! You always look like you're having such a damn good time behind the kit too.

[tomg]

I've been bait by the power of friendship <3

(Can't get enough of your drumming bro)

[JohnDunstonDrums]

Wow, great performance, great songwriting, and great technicality.

[johnokeefe]

Monuments killed it when I saw them last year in RI at the Met, shame there weren’t MORE people to see how sick they were. Keep up the damn good work

[ludoletono]

This sounds so raw and yet really crisp too. Love your energy, watching you play reminds how much fun music playing can be.

[thebogamin]

the drum academy sign up was a no brainer. really looking forward to the courses. i bought the transcription to the drums for in stasis but then quickly remembered i don't know how to read music 🤣 the academy courses are certainly going to make things quite a lot easier to hear, see, and read at the same time

[sterlingarcher]

Listening to you play it sounds like you would be all over the place, but watching you play it is so apparent that you are counting every fractal of every beat in your head and that each hand and foot is deliberately in sync to the time signature and the grove. It's almost hard to know what to watch. When you can transcend the counting of the beat and playing becomes an extension of feeling the rhythm and grove is a pretty remarkable thing to have achieved. Hats off to you sir. You are truly a master of the craft that is drumming.

[HKSMan]

Ahhh excellent way to spend lunch break... As always dude absolutely on point and what a journey you make a song with your energy :) get to NZ already!!!

[ibuiltthesky]

An absolute pleasure to watch you play my man <3