Student of mine in young drummer of the year 2011

Cheers.

There's a few pics I took with the phone, really crappy out of focus I'm afraid.

Winrar Stephen second from left front row, grey sweater.
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Upstairs foyer custom cymbal and drum promo displays. After the show, a few kids were allowed to thrash the flock out of them. :D
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Maccy said:
He played brilliantly, what did he win then? :D
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Well just the glass trophy thing he's holding, and they all got a bag of drum goodies worth about £400 apparently. More importantly for him, he showed me his recent emails today. One from NYJO (national youth jazz orchestra) who want him to come along. One from ITV for a new show this summer called 'Born to Shine' where talented people educate celebrities in a skill and the celebrity has to perform that skill live after a month of training. So he might be training a famous person on the telly :) Also, a few drum clinics including a possible support tour to gavin harrison of porcupine tree. Also, a few people have contacted him to record albums and single songs.
 
Ah I couldn't make out the trophy from the video, your reaction from holding the camera was brilliant :D

He should definitely go for NYJO, something I never managed to get into. He'd learn a lot and make some great friends/contacts. I joined NYWO for a year and played with some amazing musicians my age who really showed me talent, and the tutors there taught me lots of small things that I had never considered.
 
Wow, that kid is great, you really should feel proud to have had a hand in getting him to that level. Regardless of age he really is a cracking drummer, christ knows how good he'll be in five or ten years time :eek:.
 
Hi Merlin,

I thought you might be interested in constructively criticising my 9 year old nephew.
His main problem is that his drums are way louder than the music he can hear and he has ear protectors on.


I just hope he keeps it up.
 
He's a left hooker like Phil Collins.

He can keep time and if you can do that then the rest just clicks. I have seen some very proficient drummers at gigs who are technically very good but their timing often goes to pot.

What kit is that DmP ?
 
Von Smallhausen said:
He's a left hooker like Phil Collins.
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He started off playing right handed because we encouraged him to do that but when his tutor found out he switched him.

Von Smallhausen said:
What kit is that DmP ?
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Hmm, Yamaha, hmm Pro, hmm not sure but it's his Dads (doesn't play anymore) and it is top notch.
I have a Yamaha Stage Custom and it's way up from that.
 
I put my trust in the fella who runs a small drum shop. I said I wanted a second hand kit and had a 500 quid budget give or take a few. He asked if he could have a week to source something which was fine.

He came up with a Ludwig CS Accent custom and it does make a good noise.

I have tweaked it a bit with extra cymbals and a sizzle ride.
 
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