Drum Videos

[anp27]

Drum Videos
I'm using Pearl EXRs with Vinnie Colaiuta signature snare, and Zildjian cymbals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIM82Wn-EKI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5WkRHFm5Tk

I edited the audio recording into this video of me playing. Hope you guys like it.
Comments are greatly welcomed and appreciated, thanks!

[bigbang]

WOW...That was very good... and your a girl...ha ha
Not to sound sexist but , I just don't see alot of girls that play as well as you do !
Come to think of it I don't see alot of girls taking up drums.
You could school quite a few of guys here on this forum !
Very good ! Keep working.You look like you could make a career out of drumming.
EDIT; The moderators will no doubt move this to the " your playing " section , but I'm sure they' ll forgive you once they hear you play.

[anp27]

Thankx, bigbang (your nick actually sounds quite kinky hahaha) Don't worry about your comment, I'm used to 'sexist' comments like that. Cheers!

[Wavelength]

Great sound and good, solid drumming all the way. There were a few moments when your playing seemed a bit uncertain (mainly in the solo breaks, but overall a great performance! How come you're using the traditional grip on the right hand?

By the way, "Palikat" is a Finnish word for "sticks" -- I guess you were destined to be a drummer. :)

[TitanSound]

Hey great vids!

I see you playing open handed and trad grip on the right hand..never seen that before! Nice cymbals and kit too :)

[anp27]

Great sound and good, solid drumming all the way. There were a few moments when your playing seemed a bit uncertain (mainly in the solo breaks, but overall a great performance! How come you're using the traditional grip on the right hand?

By the way, "Palikat" is a Finnish word for "sticks" -- I guess you were destined to be a drummer. :)

Thankx,Soloing is always a challenge for me cuz I do so little of it, still working on being fluid. I've always played open handed, ever since I first started. i started using the trad. grip cuz I learned some jazz stuff, and it was always easier for me to do ghost notes with the trad. grip. I guess I'm pretty weird! Are you serious about the Finnish word? hahaha

[anp27]

Hey great vids!

I see you playing open handed and trad grip on the right hand..never seen that before! Nice cymbals and kit too :)

Yes, I'm one of those weird open-handers. Lenny White (drummer in Chick Corea's 'Return to Forever' 70's fusion group) was probably the 1st drummer to play trad. grip with his right hand, also an open-hander

[TopCat]

Digging that snare sound. Great playing.

[anp27]

Digging that snare sound. Great playing.

Yeah, well it IS a Vinnie Colaiuta sig snare anyway. Btw, I recorded this myself with Pro tools and my Macbook. I didn't eq any of the drums at all! It's 100% raw, I only added some reverb

[TriggerThis]

Wow !

And left handed with the ride and the hat to the left !

I'de like to see your hands while you play. Maybe next time you should think about placing the cam behind you or over the kit so that we can appreciate your style.

[anp27]

Wow !

And left handed with the ride and the hat to the left !

I'de like to see your hands while you play. Maybe next time you should think about placing the cam behind you or over the kit so that we can appreciate your style.

Congratulations on being the 1st person to post a reply, after 16 viewings!

Thanx, a few people complained about the bad camera angle. Sorry! i forgot 2 bring my tripod that day. the next video i post will definitely be better, promise! This video was really jus 4 fun, 2 see other people's reaction 2 a female, lefthanded drummer.

[Paul Quin]

Great stuff! I really liked the playing and you did a great job with the sound. Do you play professionally?

Paul

[anp27]

Great stuff! I really liked the playing and you did a great job with the sound. Do you play professionally?

Paul

Yes, Paul. As a matter of fact, I do. I make a living entirely out of drumming. I love it! I can't think of anything else I'd rather do

[JRH7]

I love the open handed playing! You have a very fluid style and great chops. How long have you been playing? Formal Lessons? Influences?Don't worry about the camera angle, if I remember correctly we mostly hear and feel drums being played not see them being played.

J.

[anp27]

I love the open handed playing! You have a very fluid style and great chops. How long have you been playing? Formal Lessons? Influences?Don't worry about the camera angle, if I remember correctly we mostly hear and feel drums being played not see them being played.

J.

I've been playing for about 5 years (technically),didn't have my own drumset till I was 20. I actually majored in Music Performance (drums/percussion), I love Vinnie and listen to him a lot. And weckl of course. I love the Beatles, the Police, too many to mention! Thanks about the camera angle, you couldn't have said it any better!

[JRH7]

Only 5 Years! Wow, I hope I can progress that much in 5 years. Do you play in a band? If not you should. Keep it up!

J

[Bernhard]

Congratulations on being the 1st person to post a reply, after 16 viewings!

No wonder and confusing when you make two threads for the same thing......

Bernhard

[anp27]

Yes, sorry Mr. Bernhard. My bad.

[anp27]

Only 5 Years! Wow, I hope I can progress that much in 5 years. Do you play in a band? If not you should. Keep it up!

J

I play in a few bands, usually as a sessionist. But I'm sort of a permanent member in 2 different bands.I used to lead my own band, but we don't really play together anymore. Thinking of starting a new one, actually.

[HardcoreLogo]

Good solid playing, I like your ideas and style, and oh ya, will you marry me(LOL) just don't tell my girlfriend(lol)

[goteedrumking]

That's Killin' babe
-Seth


www.myspace.com/sethmburkey
www.youtube.com/user/goteedrumking

[TopCat]

Man, we have some sexually frustrated males in the house.

[anp27]

Hey great vids!

I see you playing open handed and trad grip on the right hand..never seen that before! Nice cymbals and kit too :)

Check out Lenny White (Chick Corea's Return to Forever). Billy Cobham does it too sometimes

[jazzsnob]

Man, we have some sexually frustrated males in the house.

How are you surprised? This is the internet.

[HardcoreLogo]

Good solid playing, I like your ideas and style, and oh ya, will you marry me(LOL) just don't tell my girlfriend(lol)

Well, just for the record, I just ment I haven't met too many girl drummers, let alone ones that play like that, I didn't mean it to be taken as a come on or a sexist type comment, sorry if it came off that way........anyway, as I said, great playing, I like your style!

[anp27]

[QUOTE=HardcoreLogo;246686]Well, just for the record, I just ment I haven't met too many girl drummers, let alone ones that play like that, I didn't mean it to be taken as a come on or a sexist type comment, sorry if it came off that way........anyway, as I said, great playing, I like your style![/QUOTE

I'm not offended, not in any way. Don't worry, I won't tell your girlfriend

[Latin Groover]

Well thats the best sounding export i think ive ever heard, sounds like it would be great for jazz, and killer snare. Really nice playing you have smooth, fluid playing motions, awesome playing. And who is the artist for that song? What heads have you got on your kit?

[anp27]

Well thats the best sounding export i think ive ever heard, sounds like it would be great for jazz, and killer snare. Really nice playing you have smooth, fluid playing motions, awesome playing. And who is the artist for that song? What heads have you got on your kit?


I too love the way it sounds. the whole video was really an experiment, to see what kinda sound i could get from my humble Exports. And you know what, none of the drums were eq'd, everything is raw! isnt that cool?! I only added some reverb to the drums.

I think a huge part of the sound is due to the heads. I used Evans G2 coated for the tops of all the toms, and G1 coated for the bottom. The head on the snare is the default Grestch Permatone head.

The song is called 'Big B Little B' a song by the Dave Weckl Band, taken from the album "Rhythm of the Soul'.

[Latin Groover]

I just got some new heads yesturday, i got Coated G2s on the batter and although i was going to get clear G1s on the reso they didnt have them so i just got clear ambassadors instead. ooo trying to pull off a Dave Weckl band song eh...you did very very well, yet again awesome playing, and actually when i watched the 'main groove' vid i thought that your right hand motions looked similar to Dave Weckl...sort of.

[anp27]

I just got some new heads yesturday, i got Coated G2s on the batter and although i was going to get clear G1s on the reso they didnt have them so i just got clear ambassadors instead. ooo trying to pull off a Dave Weckl band song eh...you did very very well, yet again awesome playing, and actually when i watched the 'main groove' vid i thought that your right hand motions looked similar to Dave Weckl...sort of.

Yeah, i guess clear ambasadors. But i'm a real sucker for keeping all my gear within the same brand, I mean i like to have all my heads consistantly 'evans'.
So far, I've been compared to Lenny White AND Dave Weckl... its just too much!
Thanx....

[TopCat]

How are you surprised? This is the internet.

I had too much faith in this forum's morals.

[Joe Kearney]

With all of those open-handed shenanigans, do you happen to be a fan of Carter Beauford's? The vids clearly and Carter influenced but the set-up reminded me of him a little bit. Great drumming by the way, I like the Main Grove a lot and the solo was fun. Oh, I just bought a Pearl BSX Snare the other week, kudos for sweet snare drums!

[anp27]

With all of those open-handed shenanigans, do you happen to be a fan of Carter Beauford's? The vids clearly and Carter influenced but the set-up reminded me of him a little bit. Great drumming by the way, I like the Main Grove a lot and the solo was fun. Oh, I just bought a Pearl BSX Snare the other week, kudos for sweet snare drums!

Yes, I am a fan. Actually, I started playing this way even before DMB burst into the music scene.I have DMB's Under the Table and Dreaming, Busted Stuff,Everyday, etc...although I think I listen to Vinnie more than Carter. Good to know you like Pearl's, however the snare in the videos is actually a Grestch Vinnie Colaiuta signature snare. Have fun with your new snare. Thanx

[Joe Kearney]

Good to know you like Pearl's, however the snare in the videos is actually a Grestch Vinnie Colaiuta signature snare. Have fun with your new snare. Thanx


I was just saying kudos for good snare drums... KUDOS

[anp27]

I was just saying kudos for good snare drums... KUDOS

Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Still, Have fun with your snare drum!

[TriggerThis]

Don't worry about the camera angle, if I remember correctly we mostly hear and feel drums being played not see them being played.

Thanks about the camera angle, you couldn't have said it any better!

I hope I didnt offend anyone .. it was not my intention, maybe its because my english is not very good.

You are a very unique drummer. So much of what a drummer does and how he/she plays is influenced by the physical and mecanichal aspect of the drumset. A drummer works on and occupies a specific space defined by the way he/she setup his/her drum kit. Its not unlike a choreography (wikipedia: the art of making structures in which movement occurs). And it is different for every drummer because no two drum kit are setup the same way. For example, I cant play on the kit of a drummer who's hiehgt is over 5'9", because I'm 5'6" and my arms and legs are shorter, this would mean I would look like an idiot playing on such a kit, even if I would be a good drummer (I'didnt say I'm a good drummer). This also means that a drummers playing abilities are governed in part by the way he/she sets up the kit .. if its not put up together properly, it'll not be possible to reach his/her full musical potential.

Many beginner drummers have a hard time setting up the hi-hat properly because most drummes have to play with their arms crossed so that they can play the hat with their right hand.Thats a major mechanical difficulty to get over for drummers because of the way a hi-hat is made. You dont have that problem because you play the hat with your left hand on a "right handed" drum kit. I find that this might give you more flexibility because you can place you hat further away and lower because your left arm is the nearest to the hat and your right arm doesn't get in the way. You can switch from hat to ride faster than most drummer can because you dont have to go from right to left to get from the ride to the hat. Thats one of the thing I find very interesting about your playing.

Also, you are like 3 third (1/3) of a drummer put together (I mean that in a good way). You have a drummer's brain, right handed drummer's feet and left handed drummer's hands, but yet you play on a right handed drumset. Most drummer have a strong and a weak side depending if they are right or left handed. You are not like that, you play drum parts like everybody does (even better than most drummers), but your right foot is playing more notes than most drummers left foot would do on right handed drum kit even if you are left-handed .. your right side should be weaker, but its evidently not.

I could go on and on about this kind of difference in your style, but I think I made my point.

Thats why I am very interested in seeing your hands while you play!

[mind_drummer]

I hope I didnt offend anyone .. it was not my intention, maybe its because my english is not very good.

You are a very unique drummer. So much of what a drummer does and how he/she plays is influenced by the physical and mecanichal aspect of the drumset. A drummer works on and occupies a specific space defined by the way he/she setup his/her drum kit. Its not unlike a choreography (wikipedia: the art of making structures in which movement occurs). And it is different for every drummer because no two drum kit are setup the same way. For example, I cant play on the kit of a drummer who's hiehgt is over 5'9", because I'm 5'6" and my arms and legs are shorter, this would mean I would look like an idiot playing on such a kit, even if I would be a good drummer (I'didnt say I'm a good drummer). This also means that a drummers playing abilities are governed in part by the way he/she sets up the kit .. if its not put up together properly, it'll not be possible to reach his/her full musical potential.

Many beginner drummers have a hard time setting up the hi-hat properly because most drummes have to play with their arms crossed so that they can play the hat with their right hand.Thats a major mechanical difficulty to get over for drummers because of the way a hi-hat is made. You dont have that problem because you play the hat with your left hand on a "right handed" drum kit. I find that this might give you more flexibility because you can place you hat further away and lower because your left arm is the nearest to the hat and your right arm doesn't get in the way. You can switch from hat to ride faster than most drummer can because you dont have to go from right to left to get from the ride to the hat. Thats one of the thing I find very interesting about your playing.

Also, you are like 3 third (1/3) of a drummer put together (I mean that in a good way). You have a drummer's brain, right handed drummer's feet and left handed drummer's hands, but yet you play on a right handed drumset. Most drummer have a strong and a weak side depending if they are right or left handed. You are not like that, you play drum parts like everybody does (even better than most drummers), but your right foot is playing more notes than most drummers left foot would do on right handed drum kit even if you are left-handed .. your right side should be weaker, but its evidently not.

I could go on and on about this kind of difference in your style, but I think I made my point.

Thats why I am very interested in seeing your hands while you play!


That's exactly what I'm trying to teach to my left handed daughter. I'm sure if she can do it she will have an advantage over right handed cross over drummer...


BTW, I love your playing Adriane, you have bright future ahead ! Keep going and continue your good work.


Oh ! I almost forget, I've seen your pics and you're a cute little lady :-)

[anp27]

I hope I didnt offend anyone .. it was not my intention, maybe its because my english is not very good.

You are a very unique drummer. So much of what a drummer does and how he/she plays is influenced by the physical and mecanichal aspect of the drumset. A drummer works on and occupies a specific space defined by the way he/she setup his/her drum kit. Its not unlike a choreography (wikipedia: the art of making structures in which movement occurs). And it is different for every drummer because no two drum kit are setup the same way. For example, I cant play on the kit of a drummer who's hiehgt is over 5'9", because I'm 5'6" and my arms and legs are shorter, this would mean I would look like an idiot playing on such a kit, even if I would be a good drummer (I'didnt say I'm a good drummer). This also means that a drummers playing abilities are governed in part by the way he/she sets up the kit .. if its not put up together properly, it'll not be possible to reach his/her full musical potential.

Many beginner drummers have a hard time setting up the hi-hat properly because most drummes have to play with their arms crossed so that they can play the hat with their right hand.Thats a major mechanical difficulty to get over for drummers because of the way a hi-hat is made. You dont have that problem because you play the hat with your left hand on a "right handed" drum kit. I find that this might give you more flexibility because you can place you hat further away and lower because your left arm is the nearest to the hat and your right arm doesn't get in the way. You can switch from hat to ride faster than most drummer can because you dont have to go from right to left to get from the ride to the hat. Thats one of the thing I find very interesting about your playing.

Also, you are like 3 third (1/3) of a drummer put together (I mean that in a good way). You have a drummer's brain, right handed drummer's feet and left handed drummer's hands, but yet you play on a right handed drumset. Most drummer have a strong and a weak side depending if they are right or left handed. You are not like that, you play drum parts like everybody does (even better than most drummers), but your right foot is playing more notes than most drummers left foot would do on right handed drum kit even if you are left-handed .. your right side should be weaker, but its evidently not.

I could go on and on about this kind of difference in your style, but I think I made my point.

Thats why I am very interested in seeing your hands while you play!

Those were really beautiful words, Trigger This.you've made my point very well. And there's nothing wrong with your English! However, I can't take ALL the credit for playing open-handed, so many other drummers play this way: Lenny White, Billy Cobham, Will Kennedy, Carter Beauford, Simon Phillips, etc...In my country, I know a very, very good drummer who plays this way, and who also happens to be a good friend of mine, Gary Gideon. Not that many of us though.

I don't know why I play the way I do. I didn't pick it up after watching someone else do it, heck, I never even knew/ listened to ANY of the drummers I mentioned above! Growing up, I only listened to porp and rock. I only started listening and getting into jazz/ latin/ fusion when I came to Kuala Lumpur to studywhich was about 5/6 years ago. It was a bit of a shock for me, all this wonderful genres of music thrown at my face. But since I was so intrigued by it and eager to learn, I did my best to absorb it all. Watching DVDs and video tapes were really helpful, and I was delighted to find out there were other drummers who played open-handed, and I wasn't a freak after all!

Playing open-handed has MANY advantages. I like to think of it as being superior to the conventional way, if I may. You've already mentioned those advantages, so I'm not going to say it again here. But for me, I personally like the fact that your arms don't cross when you play the hi-hat, when playing open-handed. I don't know if its just me, but I think this effects the way you think as well. It certainly effects the way I think on the drum set. I guess the ONLY disadvantage being open-handed is that when you're in a situation where there are other drummers, and you have to switch the ride to the other side! hahaha

In the past, I have been laughed at for playing like this, someone even came up to me and asked, 'do you think that's the CORRECT way to play the drums?' There are no wrongs or rights in music. Just do what feels most comfortable to you, and try to do it well.

Also, for your information, I'm actually right-handed, I write with my right hand. I must have one pretty messed-up brain, I guess hahaha! I read somewhere that Paul McCartney actually writes with his right hand, but plays a left-handed bass. But like I said, playing the drums leading with my left has always seemed more natural to me.

Thanks for all the beautiful comments you've posted so far, and I will be posting more videos of me, with better camera angles of course!

Adriane

[anp27]

Originally posted by 'mind drummer' :
That's exactly what I'm trying to teach to my left handed daughter. I'm sure if she can do it she will have an advantage over right handed cross over drummer...

I'd definitely recommend open-handed drumming for your daughter, it has so many advantages.I hope that she will be open to it, and I'm happy that yet another female drummer has been born! Thankx

Adriane

[TriggerThis]

Also, for your information, I'm actually right-handed, I write with my right hand.

Right handed ... I have to change part of the last paragraph of my post then:

Most drummer have a strong and a weak side depending if they are right or left handed.You are not like that, you play drum parts like everybody does (even better than most drummers), but your left hand is playing more notes than most drummers left hand would do on right handed drum kit even if you are right-handed .. your leftside should be weaker, but its evidently not.

Your brain its actually working better than other people's :)

[anp27]

Right handed ... I have to change part of the last paragraph of my post then:

Most drummer have a strong and a weak side depending if they are right or left handed.You are not like that, you play drum parts like everybody does (even better than most drummers), but your left hand is playing more notes than most drummers left hand would do on right handed drum kit even if you are right-handed .. your leftside should be weaker, but its evidently not.

Your brain its actually working better than other people's :)

Hey Trigger....
I really don't know what to say. Thankx for showing so much appreciation in my playing, although I feel I really don't deserve it. I posted the videos for fun rreally, but I'm happy that I've inspired/intrigued some people along the way.
We're all in this together....
Adriane

[drummersgroove]

Yeah, well it IS a Vinnie Colaiuta sig snare anyway. Btw, I recorded this myself with Pro tools and my Macbook. I didn't eq any of the drums at all! It's 100% raw, I only added some reverb
The snare sounds veryyy nice, I'm struggling to get my head round how you managed to achieve that result with no EQ you say other than reverb, was that room acoustically treated at all? And what mics were you using?

Nice tasteful playing by the way, good job.

[TriggerThis]

It has to do with what I was saying about the strong and the weak side of a drummer, thats why I changed the last paragraph when I learned you are right-handed.

A large part of playing drums is about having a lot of coordination between hands and feet, hands are specially important in drumming. For a right-handed, keeping the beat with the right hand and right foot is usually the easier thing to do (along with some snare shot with the left hand). Its the right side (wich is the strong side) that leads, its easy so its where everyone starts when they learn to play.

At first, I tought you were very good at playing bass drum with your right foot, you should have less control over it if you were left-handed. But since you are right-handed, it turns out that you are very good at playing (leading) with your left hand. It is harder to play like you do for a right-handed, there is only a handfull of good drummers who play that way ... its very difficult, and you have to really work at it to acheive the level of control you demonstrate, because you are using a part of what should be your weak side to lead (brain working better).

Talking about intriguing... Another difficulty you seem to have overcome is that you have to do fills in reverse on a set of right handed toms (LRLRLRLR instead of RLRLRLRL). My brain cant understand if you really do those fills in reverse or if you are doing regular fills on a reverse set of toms !? I mean, your down beat hand is your left hand, not your right hand

I started playing only on a snare and a small 10 inches cymbal wich I positionned to the right of the snare. I played for months like that. Later, when I got a bass drum and a hi-hat (and a whole drum kit), I had trouble playing the bass drum, but I had more trouble with playing with my arms crossed. I made a futile attempt at shitching the bass drum to the left and the hat to the right after failing at trying to play the way you do. I think that someone who makes it where I have failed should deserve my appreciation :)

[anp27]

[QUOTE=drummersgroove;247418]The snare sounds veryyy nice, I'm struggling to get my head round how you managed to achieve that result with no EQ you say other than reverb, was that room acoustically treated at all? And what mics were you using?

I used a Grestch Vinnie Colaita signature snare on those videos, which is a VERY GOOD sounding snare. It sounded good out of the box!

I really didn't add any eq to any of the drums, honest to God. Many people may find that hard to believe and think I'm lying. One of the reasons why I did the recording was to see what sound I could get with my humble,'budget-level', poplar Exports But I did have good drum heads on my drums, Evans coated G2's on tops and coated G1's on the bottom. I think having good heads on your drums and having the ability to tune your drums properly can make a 'cheap' set of drums sound like a million bucks. (btw, I tuned these drums by myself.) Also, I didn't put any muffling at all on any of the drums, I have this thing against muffling. I want my drums to ring, for a considerable amount of time, I like everything to sound as open as it can. I always believe that overtones come from bad tuning, and you should be able to tune the drums to eliminate the overtones, or at least eliminate the overtones that are 'not pleasing' to the ear, and especially to the drum mic.

The room I shot/recorded at WAS NOT acoustically treated in any way. It used to be a coffee warehouse(!) but was recently converted into a rehearsal studio. This was another experiment. Did I really have to rent an expensive studio to get a good drum sound? Apparently not. However, that room is very special, cuz it has very high ceiling, I think this helps with the acoustics? Also, that room is FILLED with musical instruments, including a Gamelan set! Hardly acoustical treatment at all.

Drum mics. This was another factor that everyone was puzzled about.I used a 7 piece, Taiwan-made set of drum mics, that costed aprroximately $100-200 USD(!) a pair of Behringer C3's for overheads, a Sennheiser (cheaper model) for the snare, and 2 $20 USD Taiwan-made condensers for the hi-hat and ride, respectively. These 'cheap' mics have to be good somehow, since I didn't eq the drums at all!

Hope I answered you question, drummergroove. Keep on 'grooving'!

[anp27]

Originally posted by Triggerthis:

Talking about intriguing... Another difficulty you seem to have overcome is that you have to do fills in reverse on a set of right handed toms (LRLRLRLR instead of RLRLRLRL). My brain cant understand if you really do those fills in reverse or if you are doing regular fills on a reverse set of toms !? I mean, your down beat hand is your left hand, not your right hand

Unfortunately for me, ALL the books I work on are written with a right-hand lead, but I've learned to automatically reverse the stickings. 90% of the fills I play are played starting with the left-hand, the toms are not arranged in reverse, its the conventional, 'high to low' arrangement. There are some fills that I absolutely have to play starting with my right hand, becuase I AM playing a right-handed set-up, and it be more efficient to do so.Also, I have a 14" tom to my left.

[mattsmith]

You're a good player...really nice fluidity. I too play left handed trad grip. Here's one of my samples.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpc1D_D4fpg

[finnhiggins]

Fusion aint my bag, but that was good stuff.

I have student who should see this. She's 14, a lefty and plays open handed. Since she's been having a bit of trouble identifying with Carter (a 14-year-old white girl? really?) I reckon you might be a bit more in line with her aspirations ;)

[anp27]

You're a good player...really nice fluidity. I too play left handed trad grip. Here's one of my samples.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpc1D_D4fpg

Wow, means a lot coming from you! Did you mean that you play leading with your left hand, and play the trad. grip with your right hand? Cuz that's the way I'm doing it. I'm confused with 'left handed' trad. grip.

Oh, and btw, you're just awesome!

[anp27]

Fusion aint my bag, but that was good stuff.

I have student who should see this. She's 14, a lefty and plays open handed. Since she's been having a bit of trouble identifying with Carter (a 14-year-old white girl? really?) I reckon you might be a bit more in line with her aspirations ;)

I feel thrilled and honored.It's always a good thing when you can do the things that you do, and inspire other people at the same time. Cheers

[Mapex589]

Impressive playing. You sound great! Good luck.

[anp27]

Impressive playing. You sound great! Good luck.

Thanls! Here is a new video of me....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7AkxqyDK9g

[Mapex589]

That gig at the end of the video looks like a great gig. How long have you been playing?

[gr82bagn]

All your videos are fantastic, Amazing skill level for 5, 10, 15 or 20 years experience. That last clip at the concert must have been a real rush. Keep up the GREAT playing.

[anp27]

That gig at the end of the video looks like a great gig. How long have you been playing?

How long do you reckon? I've been playing 5 years...

[DrummerMom]

Great videos! I love your playing!

[anp27]

Great videos! I love your playing!

Thanx, are you the same 'drummermom' from the pearl forums?

[tamadrummer132]

wow.. looks like the guys like you

lol, jk

nice drumming. your the best female drummer iv seen... in fact the first.. but thast not the point


i also love your snare sound!!!

also please new camera angle!

[anp27]

wow.. looks like the guys like you

lol, jk

nice drumming. your the best female drummer iv seen... in fact the first.. but thast not the point


i also love your snare sound!!!

also please new camera angle!

Thanx! Hope the newer video has a better view of me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7AkxqyDK9g

[Shogun_warrior32]

You rule!!!!!.... now will you marry me??? :)

Jon