Zedd is an internationally known EDM DJ/producer and an experienced drummer who has played since childhood. Drumeo challenged him to play drums to Pantera's "Cowboys From Hell" using a drumless skeletal track. Zedd had never heard the song or Vinnie Paul's drum part, forcing him to create an original drum arrangement in real time. His first playthrough captured the groove despite mistakes with syncopations, rests, and transitions. He identified structural elements such as a half-time section and adjusted his approach. By the second and final takes he matched kick patterns to guitar riffs and nailed ride cymbal parts, approaching the original performance.
For Zedd's appearance, the Drumeo team cooked up a real test in the form of Pantera 's iconic anthem "Cowboys From Hell," which features a concussive performance from late stickman Vinnie Paul. The problem for Zedd is that he's never heard "Cowboys From Hell" or Vinnie's drum part, so he has to come up with his own drum arrangement while listening a drumless, skeletal version of a song he's never heard before. No small feat.
By the second take, Zedd figures out that his kick drums should almost mimic Dimebag's riffs, re-adding the sonic weight that was nixed by extracting the original drum take. He then nails down Vinnie Paul's memorable ride cymbal work, and by the final take, things are sounding a lot closer to the original - which Zedd finally hears at the end of the video. "I su
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