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[cliffisanarcissist]

Discuss this man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvLzStB03Wg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg92KHc_Xw4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG50qWw66rA
No conversation on his illogical set up.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ebnuwkLgXpc&search=hella%20zach
He also uses a single pedal.

[Josiah]

Stop.

[Caleb3221]

The second video was awful. The rest were mediocre. I really strongly dislike his drumming style. There are moments when it works, I think the last video is better than the rest. But, if feels like sometimes he's just trying to fit as many notes into a measure of odd time as he can. His best stuff is when he's not being "mind bending" and playing fairly conventional breakbeat/drumnbass type stuff(which he honestly dosen't pull off that well). Yeah, techincally he's not bad(though he sounds pretty sloppy, that may be intentional). He has potetntial it seems, but I wouldn't go far as to call that the future of drumming by any means.

EDIT: Damn, the last video just got a whole lot worse. There isn't really much melody to the playing, there isn't much coherence, and there's a lot of blazing chops that don't sound controlled. I mean, even listening to free jazz and some of the avant garde noise influenced jazz, and some of the other modern really weird stuff, you'll find it may be hectic and dischordant, but it at least makes an attempt to be musical and interesting, and this stuff is just boring. That's my take after listening to everything all the way through.

[Janeway]

The future of drumming is chop whores hitting like feral apes?
Yay.

[othankheavenfor311]

if the future of drumming is this guy and a bunch of punks with 4-peice sets....

I Quit

[CasB]

Man, it's horrible...

[FockerTheLopper]

I really hope this isn't the future of drumming.

[Auberge le Mouton Noir]

It's ok, they have machines that do that now.

[jalel]

He's not that good....

[Cocaberry]

That guy is the "Future of drumming"? ROFL :lol:

If that's the case, the future's looking awfully bleak.

[Janeway]

I don't actually get where future fits into this whole equation.
This seems very 80's to me.


I like to think of futuristic drumming as acoustic d'n'b with a lot of chrome, lazer penal enhancement, animatronic sex machines, spaceships, keytars, neutrality, and sneakers that have LED lights in the heels that flash whenever you step.

[Caleb3221]

sneakers that have LED lights in the heels that flash whenever you step.
Did you miss the 90s?

[Janeway]

Of course not.

But in the future, they won't go dead the first time you step in mud.

[DillingerEscp]

the future of drumming in hell \m/

[billdrum]

The future of drumming is all of you young folks on here and elsewhere. If you choose not to be lulled into that type of playing, then we're fine!

[crackpot_theory]

Did you miss the 90s?


I do.

[red n black]

I like the setup:)



*irony*

[Janeway]

I liked the 90's.

I was so innocent back then.

[Vannaroth]

Futures lookin pretty grim guys, nows the time to stock up on Rush CDs and drumming books. We can keep this art alive if we try our best.

[flyguy]

There was an article in modern drummer about this topic which had insights on what the "pros" thought about where the future of drumming was heading. I must say that it was a great read.

There are some great quotes in that one, check it out if you can...

[mamcdonald]

I saw Hella once. Rad band live.

[Sunshine]

As long as the future of drumming isn't Meg White, I think it can be fixed.

[PandaDrummer]

they remind me of another band that I hate.

[bstiffler582]

That music will never catch.

[Seafroggys]

there's been no Meg White discussion in a long time....

[Ellx]

Meg White is too chubby, and can't play drums well.

[Sharkey Boy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvLzStB03Wg

I like this one, kinda shoe gazey, reminded me of some early 90s bands in some ways , although its mostly the guitar im refferring to

[isp_of_doom]

reminds me of slipknot... ie... i dont like it.

[Sunshine]

Meg White is a robot =/

[blujelly]

I'm shedding a tear that was disgusting eurgh, that was crap.

The future of drumming is chop whores hitting like feral apes?
Yay.

Agreed.

[Chris]

He is in the most recent modern drummer. I thought his set up was really different.

I get what he is trying to do, but he is trying way to hard.

O yer, i downloaded some of the last viedo, well some of there songs. They are different, but yet good.

[Loser]

I think the reason these kinds of players exist: The crowd there. People are actually cheering his crap on, so he thinks it's good. He has been brainwashed!

[pitchfork]

If we knew what was happening tomorow we'd give up today.

[MNdrummer21]

Zach Hill? The future of drumming?:amaze: LOL.

[cliffisanarcissist]

this thread proves that art is dead

[CasB]

this thread proves that art is dead

Well...Picasso made art too, and I don't like Picasso...but this just was...well...rubbish...

[Damo]

Well, I couldnt be bothered watching the vids, but if its claiming to be the future of drumming Im assuming its a clip of jojo Mayer?

[isp_of_doom]

So, Damo, you think yourself beyond observing, absorbing and practicing like mad the techniques and ideas concealed in a video of jojo mayer?

[Caleb3221]

cliffisanarcissist-I don't think so. I personally don't dislike it because it's weird or unconventional, I dislike it because it's boring and sloppy. It's just kind of a mishmash of ideas that I've heard done better by other people in various contexts. I personally feel like much more progress is being made in other areas of music, and even similar music that's done better. I mean, I've been to a few noise shows and enjoyed them, and there are a couple of REALLY far out albums that I really like that have plenty of odd time signatures, distorted guitar tapping, techincal playing, etc. I have no problem with the "genre" that seems to be going for, I just think that these guys have a poorly executed and trite sound.

[Damo]

So, Damo, you think yourself beyond observing, absorbing and practicing like mad the techniques and ideas concealed in a video of jojo mayer?
You know, i COULD say yes to that...

OR I could say that I learnt more in half an hour of talking 1 on 1 with jojo Mayer than any footage could ever show me.

OR I could say that I was actually filming him from about 2 feet away while he played in front of me and about 200 others at a local clinic that I organised.

Or I could say... Nah I think Ive said enough :)

[Drum Monkey]

Or I could say... Nah I think Ive said enough :)
No you haven't! Go on, finish the sentence! :wave:

:lol:

-DM

[Panopticon]

Have you seen this guy's kit?

6.5x14 Keplinger Snare drum
10x12 Starclassic tom
16x18 Socko Floor tom
25x26 Jenkins fiberglass surfboard bass drum

15" 2oo2 SE hats
17" 2oo2 wild crash
24" 2oo2 ride with inverted bell
2 home made cymbals

no resos...emps on toms and snare and PS3 on bass

....and an IC

[Seafroggys]

some of the stuff is pretty good, like the cymbals and tom heads....