Drum Prodigies Perform With Passion!
A 3-Year-Old Musical Prodigy JOYFULLY Plays a Complex Xylophone Solo… This Is Incredible!!
This 3-year-old is an inspiration for drummers of all ages. The expressions on her face as she plays the xylophone are priceless. I love how energetically and joyfully she plays. I think it is amazing that such a young musician is capable of playing such a complex piece.
This video is a good reminder of the reason so many people begin playing drums and percussion instruments in the first place. The drums are a very therapeutic and primal sort of instrument. The feeling of connectedness and the shift of focus while playing can often be transcendental.
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5-Year-Old Igor Falecki
At the age of five, Igor Falecki of Poland is already one of the world’s best known drummers. Through video feeds on the internet, his drumming has been seen and heard by close to 200 million people worldwide. He even has his own line of signature Vic Firth sticks.
5-year-old Igor Falecki is already sponsored by:
- Sabian cymbals
- Mapex drums
- Vic Firth sticks
Igor has been learning from Grzegorz Krawczyk, a Vic Firth drum instructor in Poland. Igor practices almost daily with instructors and with his father (who is a bassist) and Slawek Jaskulke (pianist) in a funk-jazz trio. Starting in 2007, Ivan began receiving private drum lessons from David Garibaldi (Tower of Power drummer and drum clinician) and Dom Famularo. Dom Famularo has worked with musicians such as Chuck Leavell (keyboardist for the Allman Bros. Band, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton) and B.B. King. Dom is also a well-known instructor of many young up-and-coming drummers.
Igor was selected as the best drummer in the “New Hope” category by Top Drummer magazine in 2006 and 2007.
Igor’s influences include:
- Carter Beauford
- John Blackwell Jr.
- Dave Weckl
- Dom Famularo
- David Garibaldi
- Buddy Rich
- Jim Chapin
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Tony Royster Jr. – Versatile Virtuoso
Tony Royster Jr. is one of the world’s most technically advanced drummers at the age of 23. He learned a lot from his dad, Tony Royster Sr., another drumming virtuouso. Tony Royster Jr. was an advanced-level drummer by the age of 12 (He started when he was three years old). Tony has continuously improved upon his technique over the years and has an exclusive contract with DW drums.
Royster Jr. is an extremely versatile drummer, seamlessly interchanging the styles of jazz, rock, latin, funk, hip-hop, and gospel music.
He has had the opportunity to play at drumming clinics with drummers such as Dennis Chambers, Billy Cobham, and Frank Briggs. He has also played with artists such as Jay Z., T.I. Jay Holiday, P. Diddy, and Envogue. He is currently playing with Jay-Z, playing for his church, and hosting drum clinics.
This video shows close-ups of his footwork on the single and double bass pedals.
A few of the techniques that Tony illustrates in this video are:
- bass pedal sliding and single pedal strutter steps
- ghost strokes
- rudiments
- double stroke accenting
- various paradiddles
- the Meoller technique
- alternating triplets
- dynamics
- playing in odd time signatures
- cross-sticking
