[Metahedron]

Originally Posted by Drew

Also, the "best" drummer is a horribly subjective discussion, but Carey's my favorite drummer. He's studied indian tabla playing for a number of years now, and there's this "circularity" to his phrasing from about Lateralus onward that just blows my mind - he phrases unlike any other drummer I've ever heard. If you play a couple ragas and then throw Lateralus on, it's really kind of remarkable how he's taken a lot of tabla concepts and made them work in a hard rock/metal context, and the tabla is a sound I've always loved, from very early on.

That is definitely a majority of my affinity to his playing: the Tabla. I adore middle eastern influences in music(From East Bay Ray to Bela Bartok) to such a degree that a majority of my melodic voice on the guitar is Oud inspired(a concept few collaborating musicians have been able to grasp).

[huber]

Oh man, for some Danny Carey craziness from the electric part of things listen to Intension. I just got that on shuffle and OH MY GOODNESS that is incredible electronic work.

[All_¥our_Bass]

+1 on the ethnic influence, he does sound VERY unique.