Drum Teacher Reacts: Archspire's SPENCER PREWETT | Drum Playthrough 'Lucid' | (2020 Reaction)

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[AndrewRooneyDrums]

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[spencerprewett]

Thx for the love dude. Let me know if you want some info on those techniques

[donaldlove]

Spencer: “I paid for the whole drum kit, I’m using the whole drum kit.”

[ricksulistyo]

the whole Archspire crew are certified insane...thanks for the vid btw

[ebenezerspludge]

I didn't think it was possible but I saw them live 2 times now and they are just about perfect live. Blew me away.

[xqspx]

Spenser if a fucking athlete! It really stuck with me what he said in some interview: he said that the songs are so intense that his breaths are all calculated (there are exact places when he needs to inhale and when he needs to exhale) and if he messes up and just one inhale or exhale is at the wrong place, he might not be able to complete the song as intended, because he runs out of stamina because of lack of oxygen. Now that's pushing drumming to the very extreme!
Also live he has a very commanding presence behind the drums. He looks like he could take out the entire crowd by himself, haha. Overall big respect, great musician!

[jasonlauritsen]

And this kinda stuff is why i absolutely love death metal. Every 10 years it just skyrockets in technical prowess and speed.

[Irokutarabelmont]

5:05-5:20 he's absolutely speechless lmao

[billybob]

from what i understand a gravity blast is like a double stroke, using the rim as a fulcrum point. you get one hit on the way down, and when your hand comes up, the stick pivots around the lip of the rim for the 2nd hit.

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Man... archspire is insane live... yeah they can do it live and they do it quite well. Sound just as good live as they do on a recording. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[Sanelora]

I saw these blokes when they came to Melbourne in 2018. Its honestly one of the most eyepopping shows off musicianship I have ever seen. These guys just did a phenomenal job

[austintate]

According to a video Spencer Prewett put out, he does the "crossing over" so blood can flow back into the hi-hat arm/hand and keep him from tiring out as quickly. It's a single hit on the hi-hat and a 4 stroke roll on the snare and he alternates what hand is doing what. He calls it a "switch blast"

[moxborol]

So glad you cover him! I love the band and the drum is exeptionnal, this guy is a machine!

[Zomutt]

A thought on the kick beaters being close to the head: they'll be using triggers as opposed to mics to record to bass drum sounds.
Once you get to a certain speed you just can't get the power behind each hit for it to be at a consistent volume compared to slower points in the song so instead of micing up the kicks they feed the notes in through a sensor connected to an electric drum brain instead, it's still note-for-note but not the organic sound of the drum. That's why they're stuffed chock-full of padding as well; to try keep the original sound from picking up on other mics in the mix.
The beaters are so far forward because if you don't have to worry about delivering with power at all you might as well adjust totally for speed.

[JeffDbury]

I saw Archspire in concert . Not only can he do everything live, he did it on Beyond Creation's drumkit! Astounding.

[DaniDogenigt]

I love how your just sitting there with a relaxed smile, cup of tea, "little of a Mario vibe there lol" while this dude is just blasting for his life :'D

[ferrisconfines]

Would love to see you react to either Ne Obliviscaris - And Plague Flowers The Kaleidoscope or Night Verses - Copper Wasp! Great drumwork and nice playthroughs too

[dapaintbrush]

This guy is so insane. Great reaction bro

[dexterj]

Spencer Prewett is the future of what drums will sound like when humanity catches up