Drum Covers

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This week I will be talking about Drum Covers. To start off, I only have viewed two really good drummers. Luke Holland and Jared from Friday Night Cranks. Luke Holland is 18 years old and is already endorsed by Seven Drumworks and Meinl Cymbals. He has toured with numerous bands and is well known for his excellent hand/eye coordination.  Luke started making Youtube videos on July 28, 2009 and continues to post videos every now and then. Today I will be reviewing his cover of "Like a G6". 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHA19LoZtU8&feature=channel_video_title
I first saw this video about a year ago and was mesmerized by all of his stick twirls and skillful playing. It made me want to play the drums. Honestly I have not seen anyone else play the drums like this and I have several cousins and friends who play the drums. Apparently he is self-taught!!! For his excellent skill I do not know if this is true, but if it is than he is even more amazing than I thought!! I do not know too much about tuning or playing drums, but as far as I could tell, his cover of the song fit the actual song. Any improvising that he did stayed with the music and did not throw off the entire beat. Check this guy out...I promise you that you will not be disappointed. :)   
Next on the list is Jared. Now he is not the most skilled drummer and he has a weird setup, but his covers are really good. Jared is well known for his show Friday Night Cranks which you can view live every Friday Night on fridaynightcranks.com. Jared started his drum channel on April 6, 2009 and has uploaded videos not too frequently. Jared is 20 years old and has taken drum lessons. 
http://www.youtube.com/user/FNCJaredDrums#p/a/u/1/MicDzxPEVgg
This is my favorite video for two reasons, the first reason is that it is a catchy tune and I love this song now, the second reason is that the drum part in the song is excellent. Jared's drum setup is different. He said in his video explaining his setup that he likes how it is setup and feels comfortable playing that way. I honestly didn't notice that until I compared his video to some other cover videos. Jared stays with the beat and rocks out. Although he doesn't do anything too fancy, I love how he does different genres of music. This song happened to be a great song to jam to and it fit his skill level very nicely. Although his covers are basically copies of the songs, I would really like to see him improvise a bit and see what happens.
To sum up this blog, these two drum covers are the best that I have seen so far and the drummers doing them look like they're having so much fun doing them. If you don't want to play the drums after watching these videos, then there's something wrong with you. Just kidding. Please check these guys out, subscribe to them, and remember to comment below about other videos I should review. Keep in mind this is my first review and am kind of just going on and on and on. Trust me these blogs will get better in time :)


Mary