Yes, I counted 22 different sorts of asses she kicked in that video.

And in anticipation of future posts...

Dude, she's 13.

Meh. Call me when your kit gets bigger and Pert or not actually becomes an issue.

Wow. And she seems to be enjoying herself so much!

Damn. That was impressive.

If a basketball player did the basketball equivalent of all those flourishes, he'd be called a showboat and a thug.

/she's pretty good

HappyHarryHardOn: Wow. And she seems to be enjoying herself so much!

She looks like she's enjoying herself as much as Peart does these days. That being said, that was impressive, but it would be more impressive if she could do it on the proper size drumset for that song.

She's really good for 13, but I do have to add that "for 13" qualifier - otherwise she's pretty average.

That MIDI file she is playing to doesn't help.

needs more cowberr

See? It's not so hard, a 13-year-old girl can do it.

ruined by the synthetic MIDI of the rest if the music she is playing round.


/not saying anything against her
//just could have presented it better.

Let's go get these kids as well and put on a show!

She can replace the bass and organ (new window)

This guy on guitar (new window)


/Why are they all Japanese?

Maybe its me but almost all asians seem to fall short musically. Yes, she was technically sound, but it really had no feeling. It sounded completely dry and rehearsed.

// Oh, and it sounded like she has sharp knees.

HappyHarryHardOn: Wow. And she seems to be enjoying herself so much!

If she doesn't smile like that when the they're recording Dad makes her practice 12 hours the next day instead of her usual 10. And No Hannah Montana for a week.

Hilarious. All you music critics kinda sorta giving her some criticism when I doubt most of you probably couldnt do half as well as she did. Ive been a Rush fan for years and think Peart is a pretty damn good drummer. Most folks just try to get through a Rush cover, but she seems to be doing a damn good job of doing it as close as should could manage with the crappy music for a guide. And being a 13 year old girl? She might have a future if she keeps up with her training. I think she did damn good.

/not a musician, justa fan

HoboSong: Maybe its me but almost all asians seem to fall short musically. Yes, she was technically sound, but it really had no feeling. It sounded completely dry and rehearsed.

// Oh, and it sounded like she has sharp knees.

What I don't understand is, there's always gobs and gobs of these young asian kids playing guitar or drums like they're the next Vai of Neil Pert, yet years go by and you never hear of them and not that many good bands seem to come out of Japan for example. Do these kids just lose interest after a while and move on to another hobby? Or are they just good at being technical but can't write for crap? The same goes for all these prodigy kids in general. They're these geniuses at 13, you think man they're going to rule the world some day when they're older. And then you never hear from them again.

meh...not terrible..but she needs to use less arms and more wrist action.

HoboSong: Maybe its me but almost all asians seem to fall short musically. Yes, she was technically sound, but it really had no feeling. It sounded completely dry and rehearsed.

// Oh, and it sounded like she has sharp knees.

Oh get your head out of your ass. She was twirling the sticks, looked like she was getting into it and having a good time. She had energy and it was a good performance.

How did it sound dry and rehearsed? How would a wet and unrehearsed one sound?

Hmmm... I'd be interested to discover how well she keeps time without a MIDI file doing it for her. One of the major duties of the percussionist is to set and maintain ensemble pulse; it's really, really hard to do well.

HoboSong: It sounded completely dry and rehearsed.

It is a poor song choice. Watch the first minute again. She starts to have fun when she gets into the (i suppose) more technical syncapation.

That being said, she needs to find some good musicians to hang out with. People like Bela Fleck, for example. She'd be amazing once she's really learned to jam.

the midi does take away from it a little. But yeah, she's good.

For a kid, it's not bad I guess. A lot of energy is wasted on all that arm movement, which is not good for stamina.

mr lawson: she needs to use less arms and more wrist action.

Yeah, but don't forget her arms are the size of your wrists...

clifton: For a kid, it's not bad I guess. A lot of energy is wasted on all that arm movement, which is not good for stamina.

Pervert.

Oh, you meant her drumming technique.

I guess you guys would rather she was eating cheetos, playing X box and preparing for the life of a suburban check-mailing nincompoop.

All of these 'musically talented young kid' threads seem to bring out the 'bitter empty husk' Farkers in droves. Jealous much?
Bravo, little girl. Wish I could do that at 13.

/Or 21.
//Or at some point in the future.
///I'm such a failure.

Marla Singer's Laundry: clifton: For a kid, it's not bad I guess. A lot of energy is wasted on all that arm movement, which is not good for stamina.

Pervert.

Oh, you meant her drumming technique.

I guess you guys would rather she was eating cheetos, playing X box and preparing for the life of a suburban check-mailing nincompoop.

Of course!

Awesome job kid!
/is jealous. I could probably learn this but I have no time, no drumset, nowhere to play, no money hahaha :)

Twigz221: HoboSong: Maybe its me but almost all asians seem to fall short musically. Yes, she was technically sound, but it really had no feeling. It sounded completely dry and rehearsed.

// Oh, and it sounded like she has sharp knees.

Oh get your head out of your ass. She was twirling the sticks, looked like she was getting into it and having a good time. She had energy and it was a good performance.

How did it sound dry and rehearsed? How would a wet and unrehearsed one sound?

Im sorry you cant hear it. Trust me, shes SOOoooo incredible at this age, just wait until she's 20, right? Trust me, you will never hear from her. She can rehearse and get everything "right" just like you can program a computer to do the same thing... but will it sound like music? Do you have an ear for music? Im thinking that you probably dont, or we wouldn't be discussing this.

Dear jeebus and that ain't holy.
I know this is fark and all...but still.

She's good. Pretty damn good. She was going a little overboard with the sticks and all, but that was it. Impressed me.

Oh justoneznot There are alot of great bands from Japan, but most of them are copies of American bands. I've heard it said before, that for ever big band in America, there's an exact copy in Japan. just an example Balzac is pretty much the Misfits.

tailormadebassist: Dear jeebus and that ain't holy.
I know this is fark and all...but still.

She's good. Pretty damn good. She was going a little overboard with the sticks and all, but that was it. Impressed me.

Oh justoneznot There are alot of great bands from Japan, but most of them are copies of American bands. I've heard it said before, that for ever big band in America, there's an exact copy in Japan. just an example Balzac is pretty much the Misfits.

Right. Japan is a nation of cover bands.

For 13 she is very good, I've been playing since 1972 and she impressed me. She is using her arms way too much though. She should start using her wrists and fingers a lot more; she will get a lot more speed and control. But that comes with time, she's doing just fine. She is definitely off to a very good start. And some nice stixtrix there too.

She looks like she's having the time of her life, which, for her age, is exactly what she should be doing! Rock on.

If parents force their 13 year old to listen to Rush, shouldn't the state step in and offer some kinda protection? It just seems right to me....

Litterbox: Hilarious. All you music critics kinda sorta giving her some criticism when I doubt most of you probably couldnt do half as well as she did.

Nickelback's drummer is better than I am, that does not stop them from sucking large. It's flawed logic to think someone is not entitled to an opinion unless they are themselves experts in the subject.

Yes, she's pretty good. Better drummer than I am. And she was having fun. However, if she was a few years older it would be a lot less impressive as the performance was not overly mindblowing. No one here said she was bad, there were comments about the lack of emotion to the playing which is quite standard for many kids like this. I imagine I would not play with much emotion either if I grew up chained to my instrument instead of learning it because I was passionate about doing so. I suppose I am making an assumption though. I guess it's perfectly natural and common for a 13 year old asian female to be an avid Rush fan. Right? Right?

ApatheticMonkey: Let's go get these kids as well and put on a show!



/Why are they all Japanese?

DUH! Because no white teenager can do anything worthwhile

ApatheticMonkey: Let's go get these kids as well and put on a show!

She can replace the bass and organ (new window)

This guy on guitar (new window)


/Why are they all Japanese?

Simple: they are not all fathers or stoned all day and night.

I'd hit it.
Hold on, there's someone at the door.

shadowself: I know a lot of "Asian" rockers who play wooden and have beer bellies, too.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

/To ApatheticMonkey , I say give her a Hammond B-2 or 3 with a piar of rotating Leslies on it, full pedals under it.
//let's see if she notices.
///She's as good as the drummer for the 5678s.

there was something about the midi file playabck that made it sound like it was off-time some of the time... making *her* sound she's off time [or maybe it actually was, or she was, or they both were]...

i mean, doesn't that song change time-signatures like a bazillion times thru 4 minutes? [overexaggeration] surely the lame midi couldn't measure up to the real thing, all the nuances time wise....

this kid's pretty good, and he was only 9 !!
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this kid's pretty good too... freakin awesome kit... lucky kid
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same kid as second one above... [10 yr] doing "schizm" by Tool
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oops.. i meant the 1st and 3rd kids were the same kid.

ndubyaj: All of these 'musically talented young kid' threads seem to bring out the 'bitter empty husk' Farkers in droves. Jealous much?
Bravo, little girl. Wish I could do that at 13

This is only impressive to someone who doesn't play drums.

I could do that at 13, and at that point during my drumming, I was an arm flailer, too (have since graduated to wrist action). There is mistake after mistake:

1) Using crash cymbals instead of the hat on the opening sequence

2) There's a whole segment missing near the beginning where the ride cymbal and bass drum switch from being played in time to alternating, and that was completely cut out (probably because it's fairly challenging to get right)

3) The "roll" was very, very rushed at 0:30

4) The entire session is uneven timing-wise

5) Most (if not all) of the fills bear no resemblance to the original

6) This is less than half the original song

The first thing I'd do, as her teacher, is to instruct her to knock off with the spinning of the sticks. Yeah, it makes you look cool sometimes, but most of the time it just wrecks your playing.

I knew several others who could do this at about the same age. The point being is that all of these supposed "whiz kids" aren't really all that. It's more of a reflection on the ignorance of the spectator.

She's good-for a thirteen year old. That's about it.

Seems she's more interested in twirling the sticks than she is in playing the drums.

I don't know how to explain it, but she's an awfully "cold" drummer. There's not a whole lot of feel, or "fluidity", if you know what I mean. I'm a bass player and I've played with my share of bad drummers. Just because you can hit all of the drums when you're supposed, doesn't mean you're a good drummer.

I doubt she'll go very far.

Litterbox: Ive been a Rush fan for years and think Peart is a pretty damn good drummer.

He's a great rock drummer. But he's no Dave Weckl, Marco Minnemann, or Jojo Mayer.

Dave Weckl (new window)

Marco Minnemann (new window)

Jojo Mayer (new window)

That kid actually rocked the balls out of it. Like was mentioned above, she'll grow into her "technique" with her arms and wrists, and the tricks were awesome (which I believe was the point of the video, to show those off - not that she can play YYZ).

I just hate to think that Dad is making her practice this all day long with that shiatty midi file - someone said that it made her sound like she was off. It'd suck if a kid with that much talent only learned it by rote, to play with an off-kilter midi file. I'd love to hear her with a real band, just see her enjoy herself.

Rock on, little Asian kid. Rock on.

marksman: She's good-for a (some qualifier). That's about it.

Exactly. Good-for a != Good.

That sucked.

justoneznot:What I don't understand is, there's always gobs and gobs of these young asian kids playing guitar or drums like they're the next Vai of Neil Pert, yet years go by and you never hear of them and not that many good bands seem to come out of Japan for example. Do these kids just lose interest after a while and move on to another hobby? Or are they just good at being technical but can't write for crap? The same goes for all these prodigy kids in general. They're these geniuses at 13, you think man they're going to rule the world some day when they're older. And then you never hear from them again.

Actually, there are a lot of AMAZING bands in Japan, but since Japanese multi-lingual education is so piss-poor (and since Americans are almost never interested in bands that sing in other languages), they don't enjoy much mainstream success.

You may or may not care for their various sub-genres, but acts like Tokyo Jihen, the Emeralds, Zazen Boys, the brilliant green, Anna Tsuchiya, TsuShiMaMiRe, Malace Mizer, Versailles, An Cafe, etc., are brimming over with rock-godhood.

For example, these chicks were the most fun I've had a bar show since... well... ever.

Click here for a crappy recording of serious ass-kicking. (new window)

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Because I am a grown man with a very fragile ego and eggshell balls I cannot possibly compliment this young drummer without stating that she is pretty good, for a kid. A 13 year old kid. A 13 year old girl that is. I mean, a 13 year old Asian girl.

But I could still kick her ass.

Not on the drums...I don't play. But I could so kick her ass. It is important to me that she know that.

/My 13 year old just played jingle bells on his saxophone. It sounded more like he shoved the saxophone up the cat's ass.
//I should probably go check on the cat.

berniex: needs more cowberr

I was going to correct your spelling untill it dawned on me, I see what you did there!

Rerry nice!

vid: What I don't understand is, there's always gobs and gobs of these young asian kids playing guitar or drums like they're the next Vai of Neil Pert, yet years go by and you never hear of them and not that many good bands seem to come out of Japan for example. Do these kids just lose interest after a while and move on to another hobby? Or are they just good at being technical but can't write for crap? The same goes for all these prodigy kids in general. They're these geniuses at 13, you think man they're going to rule the world some day when they're older. And then you never hear from them again.

It's because 999 times out of 1000, it's their parents who label them as geniuses/prodigies.

For example, I could program a computer when I was 7. I could write Z80 assembly language programs when I was 9. Does/did that make me a prodigy/genius? Absolutely not. But that didn't stop the unwashed masses from thinking so, because they had no context in which to judge the achievement! All it was, in my case, were parents who bought me a computer at an early age, and I had an interest in it, and where I spent most of my time. My choice. Nothing magical or special about it.

The same applies to this situation. One cannot judge the accomplishments or abilities of kids (or adults) without some form of understanding of the field.