#drumming

#drumming

His playing was very energetic, and I really like that. That's something I feel very comfortable with. I also love playing in a very energetic way.

Merlini is the current holder of the fastest hands on the planet. He's been measured at performing 400bpm single stroke rolls and over 300bpm with his bare hands, which is beyond blistering to those not in the know.

Their latest clip features Russian viral drummer Kristina Rybalchenko, aka Kriss, who Drumeo named as its "Instagram Drummer of the Year" back in 2022. Kriss has now amassed one of the largest social media followings of any drummer, even garnering the attention of Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit, who let her premiere one of their songs in a TikTok video.

That clip, which saw Smith absolutely crushing the drums on the song after hearing it for the first time ever (minus the drum track), has amassed 28 million views since it premiered in 2023. Two years later, Thirty Seconds to Mars drummer Shannon Leto recently paid a visit to the Drumeo studio. Not only was Leto tasked with his own "For the First Time" challenge with the Alter Bridge song "Metalingus," he was also asked to play along to a drumless version of Red Hot Chili Peppers' "By the Way." It was during that latter performance that Chad Smith himself walked into the studio and quietly sat next to Drumeo host Brandon Toews without Leto noticing.

Musician Frank Benbini is most probably known best as the drummer from Fun Lovin' Criminals and a latter incarnation of UB40, although as this documentary (which Benbini executive produced) reveals, he's got a lot of different irons on the proverbial fire; these include a beat combo called Uncle Frank and a reggae group called Radio Riddler. There are other side projects as well, musical and music-adjacent the occasional bit of barbering with an old friend from Leicester with whom he co-owns a salon,

I would have said YES in a heartbeat. Drumming with ‪@foofighters‬ was the best moment in my life.

People say that song 'Aurora' was his favorite to play, but that's a lie. His true favorite Foo Fighters song was 'Low,' though it was rarely played.

"If he wasn't in a band with Eddie Van Halen, I think he would be lauded as one of the greatest drummers of all-time."

As an Opeth fan, I give Nic full props for this. During his final take, I just kept muttering 'WOW!' over and over again.

At the end of it, a very sweaty and exhausted Stamos declared, 'I would tell every drummer that ever gets a chance to do this, 'Don't!' No, this was cool. Gimme another one.'