The Mars Volta Medley Drum Cover Jon Theodore by STAN BICKNELL

Here is my 10min Meshuggah Medley This was filmed and recorded as one continuous, single take with no editing to the videos or drums in post production. I put this medley together to show my interpretation of some of my favorite Jon Theodore, The Mars Volta moments. I am not claiming these to be his or The Mars Volta s most challenging parts, they are just some of my favourites from my favourite Volta drummer. I did this solely to challenge myself. Once I had chosen the grooves I wanted I arranged them using Ableton Live. The only changes I made to the arrangement was to shorten double chorus s that led into sections I wanted to use. I was aiming for flow, groove and climax with the arrangement. It was important to me that all the parts worked together and I kept it at 10mins in length. I did not make any changes to song tempos. I committed the whole medley to memory and learnt it all by ear. I do not transcribe. I playe br, br,