Episode 1: The Asteroid Field

Darth Percussious

I recently had the pleasure of recording and shooting video for a good buddy of my Dan Hegarty, a.k.a. Jedi Drummer. He composed some insanely cool metal drumming parts to one of the pieces of John Williams score for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.

YouTube is littered with videos of people playing to their favorite songs or, for the more creative, video game and T.V. theme songs but I haven’t seen anyone laying down some serious metal to Star Wars. I think Dan did an awesome job putting together drum parts that are not only interesting from a drumming perspective but are very musical as well.

We had a 12 hour day recording the tracks and shooting all of the video and I’m extremely happy with how it all turned out. Whether your a fan of Star Wars, Metal drumming or both I’m pretty sure you’ll dig this!

Enjoy!
Charlie

Synopsis

It is a dark time for drum videos. The evil Sith Lord Darth Percussious has taken control of the London Symphony Orchestra. Double bass and thunderous toms are bringing even greater fear and devastation to the anthemic theme of Darth Vader. However, a rescue mission led by the Jedi Drummer Even-Groove Kenobi is already under way. Even-Groove has infiltrated Percussious’ lair at Ultimate Rhythm Studios in Hollywood. The Jedi Drummer is attempting to bring the percussion arrangement back under control and lead John Williams and his musicians safely out of their Asteroid Field….

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