7 year old Jacob Armen video

[gonefishin]

Gotta give credit where credit is due, this little dude is awesome.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8cvKImVadE"]YouTube - Jacob Armen drum solo, seven years old!![/ame]

[late8]

This is the second time in a month I've felt like selling my kits and take up basket weaving.....this kid is just phenominal!
Thanks for posting!

[Drumbledore]

Never mind the kit finish.....check out his chops when he was this age!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD8h5-b8MLQ"]YouTube - Jacob Armen & Father Drum Solo - Best Drum Solos[/ame]

And the guy still rips!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtIUyPukSTM"]YouTube - Jacob Armen Drum Etude #11[/ame]

This guy makes the Armenian community so proud....

[tah821]

Gotta give credit where credit is due, this little dude is awesome.

YouTube - Jacob Armen drum solo, seven years old!!

Is this late8 when he was little? Looks like the kits are about the same size!

[late8]

Is this late8 when he was little? Looks like the kits are about the same size!

I wish!!! but not by a long shot!

[gonefishin]

Thanks for posting Drumble, I loved the solo with his dad and his current set is unbelievable.

[Drumbledore]

Thanks for posting Drumble, I loved the solo with his dad and his current set is unbelievable.

Anytime G/F......I heard of Jacob way way back, I think it was in an article by Drums And Drumming magazine, then I got to hear about him again through Armenian family friends who had seen him in the States. Heck, if a kid was already gifted playing those tricky time signatures, then you'd know he was already onto something!

[pastor_bob]

Kind of cool the see the progression through the years. Thanks guys!

[xsabers]

During his Drum Etude #11, listen to the dynamic control he has with his feet. There is a point when the kick pattern is involved in a long crescendo while his hands are going up and down the dynamic range including a few phrases that begin with an sfp attack. Think that is hard to pull off well?

[jaguar36023]

Wow that is incredible. I definitely noticed the current bass sound levels too Sabers. He's crazy talented.

[xweasel]

During his Drum Etude #11, listen to the dynamic control he has with his feet. There is a point when the kick pattern is involved in a long crescendo while his hands are going up and down the dynamic range including a few phrases that begin with an sfp attack. Think that is hard to pull off well?

Heck yes. His bass drum dynamics are what made me seriously impressed. The only way I can double kick that softly is after I completely burn out my legs!

[xsabers]

Try playing a pattern, even a simple one, where your feet (or foot) increases from ppp to fff while your hands are doing the opposite. See how smooth you can make it. There should be a point in the middle where they cross and for an instant they should be dynamically equal. Master that then make the patterns more complex. Record yourself and isolate the elements to see how true you are staying with it. I sense a lot of frustration in my imediate future...

[xweasel]

Try playing a pattern, even a simple one, where your feet (or foot) increases from ppp to fff while your hands are doing the opposite. See how smooth you can make it. There should be a point in the middle where they cross and for an instant they should be dynamically equal. Master that then make the patterns more complex. Record yourself and isolate the elements to see how true you are staying with it. I sense a lot of frustration in my imediate future...

That reminds me of something I saw at music school when two percussionists from the States came over and played some John Cage stuff.

One thing that seriously impressed me was when one of the percussionists (who was playing a really gorgeous Sonor Artist Series snare) started playing softly and slowly with left hand while playing loud and fast with his right hand. He then started speeding up and raising the dynamics of his left hand, while slowing down and lowering the dynamics of his right hand. Both his hands then gradually passed each other so his left hand was playing loud and fast while his right hand was playing soft and slow.

It was REALLY mind boggling.

[xsabers]

Yep, we tend to think of independence from a rhythmic point only. In fact it is musical independence incorporating all of the variables that we should be striving for...


Or we could just play LOUD and FAST...

[xweasel]

Or we could just play LOUD and FAST...

Which is what I do most of the time

[Drumbledore]

Which is what I do most of the time

Yeah....it's really hard to all of a sudden to go fast and quiet, takes quite a while and a lot of determination to do.