'hear the drummer get wicked!'

[adomakin]

every drum sound you hear is a single key stroke. this is dedication! after 1 min 20 youre thinking 'hes good at this...' from 1 min 50 it goes to a different level. Amazing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt-M2pyXZX8

[Rick Lee]

Sounds a tad like Dennis Chambers. Pretty cool.

[jluetjen]

That guy's good -- no disagreement there. But being a former (or is non-practicing a better term) drummer myself, I have to admit that it's often easier to do things with 10 fingers then with 2 sticks. If you watch closely, he's using some of his other fingers on occasion. Not to mention the inertia that you have overcome on the polyrhythems is easier on something as small and light as a finger as opposed to a stick.

Check out how many notes Danny Saraphine is "throwing away" in this performance. The video doesn't do him justice!



Or else there's the sticking master: "Ruddy Bich"

[jluetjen]

Or you'd be hard pressed to beat this clip I just found!

[jluetjen]

The fact that I couldn't even comprehend or imagine some of the stuff that this guy does is one of the reason that I came to the conclusion that I'd done what I was going to do on the drums, and it was time to move on to the next phase of my life.

[bell]

[azasadny]

Cool clips (except the Hasselhoff). Thanks for sharing!

[Rick Lee]

Repost of one of my favorites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9SWkPlyegk

[javadog]

There are so many good drummers today, I wouldn't know where to start. I have almost quit admitting that I used to be a drummer, of sorts. I wasn't even close....

One of my favorites is Rodney Holmes. If I was smart enough to post one of those nifty video links in this post, I would. Since I am not, you'll have to click this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFxUoPqnXEU

JR

[KFC911]

Originally posted by javadog
...One of my favorites is Rodney Holmes. If I was smart enough to post one of those nifty video links in this post, I would. Since I am not, you'll have to click this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFxUoPqnXEU

JR

Ahh...someone else here know's about Rodney Holmes He's been playing with my favorite guitarist (Steve Kimock) since 2000, after leaving his Santana gig. Rodney is simply amazing imo!!!

[jluetjen]

Originally posted by Rick Lee
Repost of one of my favorites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9SWkPlyegk

Wow. I'm sure I'll raise a few hackles, but that's the first Neil Peart track that I liked. Usually (specifically in regards to Rush) he always struck me as overplaying. But that was a good track!

[jluetjen]

That Neil Peart clip made me think of another guy who's been known for overplaying, or incredible virtuosity. Carl Palmer. It's just all a case of practicing the rudiments. Repeat after me...

Par-a-did-dle Par-a-did-dle
Rat-a-maque, Rat-a-maque

[nostatic]

Zigaboo would be the schiznit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpl17Uqs7Bs

As is Clyde Stubblefield

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmbBMiwJMrc

[arcsine]

I have always been a fan of Will Calhoun.

[Rick Lee]

I have a photo of me with Will Calhoun somewhere. Hung out with him on the Stones Steel Wheels tour and again on their Time's Up tour about a year later. Excellent drummer.

[Sonic dB]

Back to the original post...that guy is good....if he had been around in the 80s he could have made a bundle as a "session musician"...maybe he still can.

Of course, drum machines are a lot more flexible and better sounding then they were back in those days...

Here he is on a real kit...the kid can jam:




Thanks for the Danny Seraphine video... didnt think anyone else appreciated him.

And the Muppet...that little guy could stick!

[Sonic dB]

And then there was this guy...




So powerful, yet so precise.

A couple of years ago, someone uploaded outtakes of Bonzo from the In Through the Outdoor Sessions. It was basically his kit taken directly from the board....you could hear the track in his headset while he grunted and played along. It was amazing. I have them on a hard disk somewhere.