Josh Freese Live with Nine Inch Nails – Letting You
As you may know, Josh Freese has quite a few videos online, but very few are drum related. There are ones that he has posted himself, most of which are really quirky, and have nothing to do with music, and there are ones taken of him from random sessions, gigs, etc… but the sound quality is not great. Recently he has been posting videos of himself playing with NIN. This is his latest one called “Letting You,” and my favorite of the three he’s posted so far. Enjoy!
Josh Freese Playing the Song “Wish” Live with Nine Inch Nails
Josh Freese just posted a new video of himself yesterday, playing the song Wish on tour with Nine Inch Nails in 2008. Josh recently left NIN for good after touring with them for years off and on. This video was taken with a few flip cameras that Josh set up around his kit, and looks and sounds incredible. Enjoy!
Josh Freese Playing with Devo in Chicago Nov 12, 2009
This is a great video of Josh Freese playing with Devo, who he has just recently come off tour with. This Video is of Josh in Chicago on Nov 12. Enjoy!
As you know I’m a huge Josh Freese fan, and not just because of his ability, but because of the demand that circulates around him. He works as much, if not more than any other session/first call drummer in the business, and is currently periodically touring/gigging/recording with Weezer among others. Weezer recently did a couple of nights on David Letterman, and Josh Freese was makin’ it happen as usual. The following video is of Josh playing with Weezer on Letterman the other night, so enjoy!
Josh Freese Playing with Weezer on Letterman on 10/29/09
Josh is a hard dude to keep up with as he works with multiple big name, legendary artists such as Weezer, Sting, Devo, and The Vandals on a regular basis. He is about to go on tour with Devo, so with any luck I’ll be able to snag some live footage of him with them soon. Keep checking back for the latest vids!
As I have said before, Josh Freese is one of my favorite drummers of all time. My true passion is recording, so I love finding videos of my favorite session guys in the studio. In the video below, Josh Freese is recording for the band Evanescence. You will see him interacting with the producer, and doing multiple takes of the same song. The song is called “Imaginary,” and below the video I have put the finished recording of the song from the record so you can hear the difference between the live sound of the drums, and the finished, produced tones. In the video, notice the consistency of the overall sound, and especially the snare drum. Enjoy!
