Brent Rodgers - The Contortionist - "Language I - Intuition"

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Language was definitely one of my favourite releases of 2014; an incredibly refreshing approach to heavy music. This track in particular, for me, was one of the standouts, so I had to tackle it for a vid.

Embellished a few parts with extra LH ghosts/LF hat chicks/etc, but tried to keep it all in the spirit of the song.

Hope ya guys dig!

Notes:
0:15 - 0:41- Ghosted hi-hat swipes on every "a" to reinforce the shaker pattern in the background.
0:49 - 0:56 - Filling in the "a's" on the ride, along with some splash accents
1:03 - 1:10 - Ghosted hi-hat swipes on every "a" to reinforce the shaker pattern in the background.
2:07 - 2:15 - Moved some of the LH ghosts to the hat, and added some extras between RH doubles
2:15 - Simple flam-based fill, accenting the same notes as the hat pattern
2:16 - 2:44 - Opted to chick quarter's on the hat underneath this entire section (I'm feeling it in 9/8) just to add another layer to the groove
3:21 - The ONLY left-foot bass-drum stroke in the entire video, haha.
3:22 - Filling in the "a's" in the RH ride pattern when possible

In this video:
Pearl drums:
Session Custom SMX 20x18, 10x8, 12x9, 15x13
Reference Brass Snare 14x6.5

Sabian cymbals:
14" HHX Legacy TOP / 14" AAX Stage BOTTOM
18" HHX Studio Crash
20" AA Raw Bell Crash
11" Max Splash
22" AAX Omni Ride
20" HHX Legacy Ride
18" HHX Evolution Crash over 17" AAXtreme Chinese
19" AAXtreme Chinese


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