The stuff that happens at about minute 5 just blew me away. None of that is pre-recorded and there's no pre-programmed stuff there. Every note was generated by Neil hitting/stroking/pounding something in that drum set.

He was using this long-pull, but extremely soft stroke on those electronic drums to get those long-lasting subtle tones that don't sound they came from a percussion instrument.

Directly tapping that same instrument produced a completely different tune.

Was cool to watch the first time, but on day 2, focused on the big screen to watch what he was doing.

The only drummer that I know that might be on parr with Neil is the dude from Dreamtheater. Mike Portnoy.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=53c_1179618070