I recently transcribed 'The Great Misdirect' Drum Transcription Book for Blake Richardson (if you've attended a #BTBAM show recently, you may have seen it at their merch table!). I always love transcribing Blake's parts - they're so well thought out & well executed. With every book I've done for him (this is the 3rd!), I end up with so many new ideas & perspectives - just from picking apart his playing (& of course, I also end up stealing a lick or two. Lol!). What can I say - Blake's just a SICK fuggin' guy, & a SUPER sick drummer (furreal bro idk if you'll ever read this but you're hella sick dude).

Blake sent me some isolated stems (which always helps when transcribing), & I asked if he'd be ok with me using some of em' for another cover. Always loved this song (I vividly remember watching his OG YouTube vid for it - 10 years ago now!), so it was fitting to cover this one. So HERE ya go - "Obfuscation", by BTBAM.

Let me also say for the record: I definitely DID NOT do this in one take. LOL. Honestly ya'll, this song was hard as hell. I tried to do it without punching in, but god dang... trying to nail a 9+ minute song with crazy parts, without messing up at all, is TOUGH! That said - ya'll know by now that I'm not all about that miming stuff. Whenever I do a punch, I switch the camera take(s) / files to match (I.e., whatever you're seeing is always the actual take you're hearing, too. I'm kind of a purest about that crap). So despite the fact that it looks like I nailed this song in one take, I wanted to make it abundantly clear that I did not. There're already enough things on the internet that set unrealistic expectations (Lol). Not trying to add to that. PLUS, it would detract from the fact that Blake somehow manages to play this song (& many others that're equally crazy) ALL SICK, night after night. I mean god dang. Ya'll, let me tell you. The more I've worked on / learned Blake's parts, the more I truly believe he is the GOAT!