Homeboy has some finger conTROL!

I'm not impressed, that was dirty as ****. If he spent as much time trying to clean his diddles as he did trying to look cool while playing them, then he'd be decent.

And who the f*ck plays double traditional anyways. I hated seeing that **** when I taught/played. Inconsistent with his rimshots, he's dropping his fingers on his rolls.... blah.

This guy, on the other hand..... very cool.....

Complete limb independence, total control, uber-creative and great double bass skills. I'm jealous.

This is my second most favorite video from the same guy in post #2.

#2 Thumping on perps' heads with a nightstick does NOT make you a drummer, no matter how good you are at keeping a steady beat. In fact, in 2009, it makes you a "bad cop" and a "naughty boy". Now go to your room.

the only thing that impressed me there was the behind the back playing...................

It would appear that most of the people replying to that video (in post #1) feel the same way as Tbrochin.

Since I'm not a drummer I can't really comment, other than to say I see kids doing that all the time on recycling bins and 5 gallon buckets outside the ball stadiums.

Haaaaaaaa...#2, I never thought video game music could be so cool. LOL

This girl puts the "FUN" in FUNKY.

there's other related videos of her at younger ages.

5. Author: blackfoot11 Date: 04/29/2009 08:02 AM Reply

the only thing that impressed me there was the behind the back playing...................

Polish a turd, it's still a turd. I have no problem with visuals like that, but the kids now focus more on the visuals then on the actual playing. Playing *clean* comes first, tricks and showboating comes later. When I taught right out of high school, I made my drumlines play 8 on a hand for what seemed like hours. If you can't get 20 people to play 8 times with the right hand and 8 times with the left hand in perfect unison, then there's no gaddam way they'll be able to play in unison while trying to do tricks at the same time.

You must learn to crawl before you can walk, grasshopper.

This style of playing certainly has its niche, however. Look at how successful Stomp has been. Like you said, street corners in large cities have the same type of thing, with these guys (and girls) making money doing it. And certain colleges, like Southern and Grambling make this their #1 priority.... they're show bands. Certainly not going to win anybody over with their musical ability, but they put on a helluva show.

Why does that guy have his tom-toms mounted backwards?

^ I wondered the same thing when I first saw the video. When I played quints in HS I actually set my toms on my set just like my quints were..... 10" and 12" on the bass, with the 10 on the right and 12 on the left.... 14" tom on my right, 16" tom on my left. I liked it for a couple of reason.... 1, we weren't allowed to take our quints home to practice, so I could practice my songs at home with that set up. 2, I got used to doing it and it translated well for fast fills and such. You could do sweeps and crossovers on your set just like you could do on quints.

I've since gone back to a traditional set up, but that weird configuration worked well for a while.

8. Author: tbrochin Date: 04/29/2009 10:27 AM Reply

Like you said, street corners in large cities have the same type of thing, with these guys (and girls) making money doing it. And certain colleges, like Southern and Grambling make this their #1 priority.... they’re show bands. Certainly not going to win anybody over with their musical ability, but they put on a helluva show.

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Last year, at a Cincy Reds game, there was a fireworks show after the game. Between the game and the fireworks they brought out a group of these "street" kids to play on their recycling bins and buckets. People cheered and clapped at first...and then the fireworks were delayed a few extra minutes...they told the kids to keep playing...the atmosphere in the stands changed. LOL You could sense the, "ok, that's enough of this crap, let's move on" attitude. People actually started to groan...and some boo'd. I started feeling bad for the kids after a while. What should have been 5 minutes of fame turned into a 15 minute (seemed like 30 minutes) nightmare as the kids would begin to get into their finale (a couple times) only to look at someone just off the field telling them to keep it going. You should have heard the clapping and cheering at the end of their performance. It was almost like the clapping and cheering when they started, only for a whole other reason....THEY WERE FINALLY DONE!

TOPSY PART II

I was a high-school senior and it was jitterbug time.

JonR