{"id":35306,"date":"2022-05-23T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=35306"},"modified":"2022-08-22T14:31:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T21:31:26","slug":"dennis-chambers-funk-drummer-schism-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/dennis-chambers-funk-drummer-schism-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"We Dared A Funk Drummer To Learn &#8220;Schism&#8221; By Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rVwyAsU4dus\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p>What if funk\/fusion drummer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/dennis-chambers-james-brown-drum-beat-fatback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dennis Chambers<\/a> was the drummer for Tool?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Don&#8217;t tell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/danny-carey-genius\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Danny Carey<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dennis is known for his legendary backbeat and funky style. So of course we felt mischievous and we dared him to try playing &#8220;Schism&#8221;, one of Tool&#8217;s biggest tunes. It&#8217;s full of odd time signatures, quick, complex changes and unexpected accents, and Dennis had never heard it before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But we didn&#8217;t ask him to learn the real drum parts: we wanted to see what he&#8217;d come up with on his own after hearing the song once. While you&#8217;ll hear the song with drums in this video, Dennis was actually listening to a drumless track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is not me,&#8221; he warned us as he listened through the track, but &#8220;in my younger days, this would&#8217;ve been up my alley!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How will Dennis Chambers not only learn a song he&#8217;s never heard before, but in a style he&#8217;s unfamiliar with &#8211; and in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/odd-time-drumming-tips-simon-phillips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">odd time<\/a>, at that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the song doesn&#8217;t have a drum track, he listens for two things: the style and the time signature. Watch Dennis&#8217; playthrough where he gives it his own spin. It&#8217;s solid, it&#8217;s groovy, and there&#8217;s some unexpected footwork later on. It&#8217;s amazing how much a song can change with a different approach on the drums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ve never heard Schism played like this before!<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve challenged other pro drummers to play songs after hearing them once. See how they did here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/fusion-drummer-attempts-metal-larnell-lewis-enter-sandman-metallica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Larnell Lewis<\/a> (&#8220;Enter Sandman&#8221;)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/this-is-why-sight-reading-is-so-important\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greg Bissonnette<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/3-steps-to-learn-any-song-by-ear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rashid Williams<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/how-gil-sharone-learns-a-drumless-song-by-ear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gil Sharone<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you like Dennis Chambers, he has an entire 12-lesson course on funk drumming for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Drumeo members<\/a>. 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