This guy is awesome. All his videos are worth watching.
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Another youtube drummer blowing my mind
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JimmyM
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Great player, but dang, that was just weird.
fusseltier
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He plays a lot of one hand songs and fast double bass, while drinking or lighting his cigarettes.
Very minimal kit too.
Very minimal kit too.
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Gcort49
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I have seen his videos in the past.....his speed is impeccable with left hand.. When I see things like this, I simply give up and walk away....
fusseltier
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Never give up. There are so many poor playing drummers that are famous and could never do what that guy can.
I used to be in the marching band in high school and broke my left hand and haven't been able to do a decent roll since 1980.
But I can still play plenty of songs correctly and once in a while get a roll only using match grip, can't play traditional grip for years.
Use matched grip, get your fulcrum in the right place and use your fingers and or wrist to get your bpm up. It's not necessary to play a roll with one hand like he does, unless you really want to learn the trick and practicing using the rim.
Look at Ringo and Charlie Watts, simple beats that are effective for what you need, not to show off. Never put yourself down just because you see someone else that can do something you might not be able to do, look how famous acdc and bad company got using very basic skills, and most importantly your timing is more important than incredible speed. If you haven't had injuries and I've literally broke both hands, my back, my left arm, i can't make a fist with my right hand, and half of my right foot is numb, and I still play, your speed will increase over time with practice, and if it doesn't, just make sure your timing is as good as possible..
Unfortunately for me, my injuries are getting worse and I'm still trying to play even if I have to take extra pain meds, because I've been playing over 45 years and I think I'd have a severe depression if and when I can't play my drums anymore. So I got a guitar to try to learn how to play, and a couple DAWS and an akai mpk mini mk3 and behringer uphoria interfaces just in case I can't play my drums anymore but still want to try to play or make music.
I'm scared I'll be in a wheelchair and not be able to walk within a year and then I'm screwed.
But when I was a kid my mentor was an old jazz great that had a physical disability and like a bad twitch, but when he played the drums it was almost like it fit in with playing. Of course he was older at that time than I am now so I'm not giving up just because I can't do everything I used to be able to do.
As long as you enjoy playing, that's all that matters and don't worry about things you can't do or control. There's always going to be someone better or faster but the most famous drummers aren't playing like that and probably can't either.
Stop stressing about it.
Yeah, he’s amazing. I started a thread on him last week based on a recommendation from Dennis Chambers.
He’s from Spain and goes by “El Estepario Siberiano” (The Siberian Steppe.) Real name Jorge Garrido, he just finished two years playing with a mid-level ‘90s Spanish metal act called Saratoga. It’s worth checking some of those videos out, if you’re interested, to put his abilities in perspective.
IMO that’s the best one of his I’ve seen so far. As YouTube phenoms go, he is pretty dang phenomenal.
If I had a week to just focus I could get up to that level and double the speed, but I’m endeavoring on other things in my life right now, other obligations.
In the meantime, I’m working on nailing my Mustang Sally. The song, not the Sally.
If I had a week to just focus I could get up to that level and double the speed, but I’m endeavoring on other things in my life right now, other obligations.
In the meantime, I’m working on nailing my Mustang Sally. The song, not the Sally.
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fusseltier
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I'll be 60 soon and my body is literally broken.
I'll never have the speed I had in the 80s and 90s.
Once in a while I do play some fast songs but not as often as I used to.
With all the injuries from my fall and broken back and the hit and run motorcycle accident, I'm lucky I can still stand up and walk and play my drums.
Sometimes I have to get my son to grab my hands and pull me so I can stand up.
But my timing is still good and that's the most important thing about drums not speed.
I'll never have the speed I had in the 80s and 90s.
Once in a while I do play some fast songs but not as often as I used to.
With all the injuries from my fall and broken back and the hit and run motorcycle accident, I'm lucky I can still stand up and walk and play my drums.
Sometimes I have to get my son to grab my hands and pull me so I can stand up.
But my timing is still good and that's the most important thing about drums not speed.
He just did a series for Drumeo as well. His approach is certainly unique in that his sole focus is pushing the limits of what he can do on the instrument. He’s just sharing that with the rest of us. Very intelligent guy and a crazy talented drummer.
DrummBumm89
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Dude is young, and dedicates most of his free time to this crazy drumming and admits it, which I love. He has videos where he talks about 1 ten second part took two days and many many hours. He's by far my favorite of the YouTube guys out there right now and should be getting all & more of the praise I think the Neut man gets.
He doesn't want to be in a band, isn't faking a personality, and just wants to take the drums to the extreme ala Virgil, Marco & Thomas have. Doesn't seem to have an ego, and his timing is good.
He doesn't want to be in a band, isn't faking a personality, and just wants to take the drums to the extreme ala Virgil, Marco & Thomas have. Doesn't seem to have an ego, and his timing is good.
Frank Godiva
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Afik he records all his videos with just the Yamaha EAD10
fusseltier
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When I play I enjoy it, but the length of time I have been able to play is getting shorter which is disappointing for me. I would have kept my old drums rather than spend so much on the star walnut set if I knew I'd only be able to play them normally for 3 years and only several times in the past 2 years. I don't know how life will be if I couldn't play anymore. I started playing in the 70s and was always a part of my life.
loser_wizard
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Ah yeah, I love this guy. His articulation at those speeds is great, and his syncopation exercises between hands and feet are fun. He muffles the heck out of his drums, too! That is not something I ever dive deeply on, but he has made it his complete sound which is cool, since I'm always aiming for wide open resonance.
My body isn't entirely broken, but I doubt I will get to his speeds and independence in my lifetime, but I've definitely learned some practice techniques. I was surprised how often he played open-handed.
My body isn't entirely broken, but I doubt I will get to his speeds and independence in my lifetime, but I've definitely learned some practice techniques. I was surprised how often he played open-handed.
fusseltier
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I've got muffling rings on all of my toms and duct tape on the bass head.
I want the studio sound but my toms sing like crazy and muffling rings were the only way to get the studio sound.
Yeah, believe he has a video talking about.
Seems very down to earth as well. One video he says his parents wanted him to go to college and get a degree and then do what you want.
Says he went and got 2 degrees, both not in music.
fusseltier
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My father was always against me playing guitar or thinking I'd be in a band. But I had a friend with a drum set and I would practice at his house. I started to play in the 70s and was in my first band when I was 14, and even playing in bars and clubs while I was under age, but the owners didn't really ask how old everyone was back then.
I was only allowed to play clarinet and sax when I was in private school when I was younger, which I hated. When I switched to public school I got in the marching band until I broke my left hand and had to quit. I went to school for electronic engineering and being a field engineer was my source of income, but I still played in bands in clubs, etc as a hobby and never wanted to be a rock star. I was satisfied with the music we played because we were playing the stuff nobody else played, priest, zeppelin, foghat, maiden, nugent, sabbath, acdc, thin lizzy, etc.
Great times playing in the 80s and 90s.
I was only allowed to play clarinet and sax when I was in private school when I was younger, which I hated. When I switched to public school I got in the marching band until I broke my left hand and had to quit. I went to school for electronic engineering and being a field engineer was my source of income, but I still played in bands in clubs, etc as a hobby and never wanted to be a rock star. I was satisfied with the music we played because we were playing the stuff nobody else played, priest, zeppelin, foghat, maiden, nugent, sabbath, acdc, thin lizzy, etc.
Great times playing in the 80s and 90s.
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He’s amazing! Plays much better than me with one hand while drinking coffee and smoking a doob with the other lol. Great sense of humor.
Not to hijack the thread, but ah fathers and sons. My father would grimace every time I said I wanted to be a drummer. He was a great trumpet player who gave it up to make a buck. His father was a professional pianist who abandoned my dad and his sister in a bar where he was performing. After that, dad and his sis had to grow up in an orphanage. And I had to get a degree in business before I could study drums. Ah fathers and sons.
