Donnie Marple Solo

[mattbassace]

Yea but i bet he can't play the triangle

[jakejjs]

my mind is full of fuck

[BR177]

BEAST !

[MadMaxDrums777]

MAN this is great.

[ninjarillarex]

This dude is a beast on the drums. Some of the best solos in terms of creativity and showmanship. Ridiculous.

[ljthetank06]

He is now with a band called Elmwood and currently on tour as the supporting act for O.A.R. for their fall tour!

[toallthekillas]

those drums sound awesome

[wulord]

At about 2:55, when he's doing crossovers from Floor Tom to hats, is he getting most of the sound from straight

32's or 16's or w/e on the bass drum, or is he doing that on the toms?

[hoopz2598]

i'm surprised this didn't get like 50 million views.

[ericmsandoval]

hoopz2598.....People are too busy watching Travis Barker videos.

[tpfaff6]

fuckin sweet, can i be that good? haha

[daltsman]

aww no....that's all wrong. He doesn't know what he's doing at all !

the wrists ! It's in the wrists !!! :-)

In all seriousness...that's a VERY talented kid right there. And Go 'eers !

[kazmasterk]

i think if he was doing it wrong i don't think he would have won guitar center drum-off =P

[bigSheaD]

can you read dude?? lmao

he made it pretty clear he was kidding around. did you even try to sound his last statement out?

t...t...taaal...talen...

[kazmasterk]

no i can't understand english, it's being translated from my computer. hahaha im just fuckin around, of course i know he was kiddin thats why i put =P

[bigSheaD]

god, that messes me up every time. there needs to be a notation for sarcasm for online and text speak, lol. srcsm??

really doesn't flow. srry dude.

[kazmasterk]

hahaha thats aight, it's def. difficult to pick up any sarcasm on typed text

[bunja3301]

Over 70% of anything read through text is taken out of context online. No bull shit or s?srcsm? Lol.

[techdrummer08]

What part of WV are you from?

[patman173]

gross recording gr8 drumming though

[ljthetank06]

I hear that! (to both)

[kellyfkn420]

fucking amazing.

congrates on that gold,

no question why you got it.

[Grinchstallion]

Impressive chops, but not quite a Marco Minneman yet.  I'd like to see him do some inter-dependance grooves.

[greg0716]

hater

[nickrd182]

you're obviously jealous

[Grinchstallion]

Did I say he sucks?? no.. I just said he's not quite there yet. He's young and will get better. It's not all about chops and speed.

[lukeanson]

and who are you to pass judgment?

[fnkdrmmr]

Great!!!

[PonPonAndCarol]

what the fuck....I'm speechless...

[jibbs888]

That ROCKED

[bladesofglory789]

one of the best drummers

[isaacleedrums]

This guy is handy with the drum sticks.

[sandovaln]

what snare does he play with?

[jkern7221]

is he a drum corps kid?

[TylerMosh]

Stick him in a heavy metal band, or something more popular, and he would back on playing in his garage, and be playing in marble rooms full of rich people shit :-p

keep it up, id much rather see the talent go into something more popular.

[salvadorwd]

i wish that one day i can play like you keep it up man your one of the best

[nickbundy62]

fail.

[CallofGirly]

siick stuff.

:)

[princessjwhome]

he took tha dennis chamber groove at the begaining of 1 min

[ljthetank06]

Well, TOOK is not the right word. Took is better used as ...Donnie TOOK the Drum off championship last year. This quick clip was a chance for you to see a prodigy IMPROVE Mr. Chamber's groove. Did you notice his time signature IMPROVEment to that groove?

[bradfick147]

improvement i don't think is a good word to use there, maybe...utilized for his own style? improving on dennis chambers isn't nessicary by any means. if anything, it isn't entirely possible. donnie marple is a great drummer for his age, but he's got a lot of room to grow.

[kikirune]

u mean the half time shuffle?

[Dorkhole]

now lets see him do it without double kicks.

[ljthetank06]

haha you guys crack me up! Post a reply of YOU doing it with doubles first! don't worry about trying it with a single... I would be totally impressed with you even matching this at half Donnie's tempo with your double kick.

[Dorkhole]

pfft. i dont even use double kicks. just like nicko mcbrain. only ever tried once. hahaha

i could match his tempo, just not the co-ordination =D

[ljthetank06]

Well I give it to you for saying you don't have the coordination... You just gotta hear him play now! Have you watched his winning performance and his other vids? He puts chills down my spne every time he plays! Its sensational... He's on tour with the Elmwood Band through Georgia and South Carolina and West V. where hes from this month... Sorry bout the negativity earlier.. everyone just seems to bash him anymore...gotta stand up for my brotha! you know how that is... Rock On!

[ljthetank06]

I filmed this clip. Yes it is a DW set guys. haha!

[musicmaker227]

man i just saw his band tonight, it was craaaaazy. I goin down to athens in a week or so to hear them again, it was intense. they did one song that was like 20 minutes long where there was like an arabic sax solo, and bass and drums solo. i mean, you can only imagine with donnie playing

[carpediemlask]

great drumming

[reidsutubeaccount]

that kicked butt

[pansypwner]

terrible audio, still a great solo though

[Phenom1025]

hopefully ill be able to this by next year, i can do most of what he can do, just need work up my speed and my skills a bit :)

[blook750665]

im not sure if this makes me want to practice alot, or quit

[Bt2BreakSkn]

O_O

I just pooped a little.......

It's odd how all the metal drummer get millions of views and you only rack up just over 10,000.

Why can't people realize REAL talent!

not that I'm saying that metal drummers don't have talent but the fact that they shine all too often.

[ke812]

Have you ever seen a metal drummer do a solo? Check out Marco Minneman or Bobby Jarzombek. The genre of music you play doesn't necessarily define your talent level. I'm sure this kid would be awesome at playing metal though..

[Bt2BreakSkn]

yeah hes pretty good

I already know who he is haha

I'm a drummer myself do yeah haha

[goozering]

i don't get it

[Meteors916]

and you never will.

[insanedrummer89]

well

its fast as hell

and clean as hell.

congratulations

youv mastered what every drummer wants to be able to do to impress people.

[Hotchoco6325]

is he doing teh w/ a single bass???

[SlayerFan1993]

He's got a double pedal.

[Bt2BreakSkn]

yeah and if he didn't he couldn't heel-toe that fast could he?

[ohmygizzzawd]

just as some people may not like it when he says God bless, Donnie may not like it when you tell him to not say God bless. Donnie lives in the United States, which is a country then you can freely express your religion in.

[skinsandsticks]

it clearly says DW

[Quezo7129]

not a dw kit bro...

[Quezo7129]

1st of all I am a DW player & this kit is clearly made by DW and the hardware looks identical to DW(Same company) but DW doesn't mount there drums stupid & Pacific/DW does! You know what I know Donnie personally I'll just ask him then if I am wrong i'll admit but if I am not I'll just blaze you how about that!

[badmanx13]

is his kit

a ludwig

[Quezo7129]

looks like a pacific with a DW front head

[skinsandsticks]

yeah that could be true

[z1265]

holy crap......

[gonzodrummer]

Incredible!!!! first class drumming.

[MarshallSnare]

Noticed the wvu hat. Is he from West Virginia?

[jenaya22]

Yep, he's from Keyser, West Virginia.

[archaicedes]

great

[primamater]

you hace problems with Time, TEMPO. horrible. NO FEELING AT ALL... buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[spartacusurf3]

Its a drum solo, you make your own dumbass! Now go play your tuba...

[jdandbarbie]

envious much?

[111lb111]

your full of shit shut the fuck up. u couldent half the shit hes doing.

[ConvictJones]

Yes Donnie God bless you, and all of your godamned talent. Did you sell your soul to the devil or were you really just born that way??

[riverdrummer]

nice groove in the contest! cool fills on this video!

[zeburoz]

too much speed, needs more groove see 06' champ.....congrats man

[drumcrazy21]

way way good

i wonder how hed do in a band?

[riverdrummer]

the Drum-Off solo was awesome! Congrats

[riverdrummer]

d the groove @2:45 is real nice then you play that cross sticking fill, switch back & forth between the groove & that fill.

[jamesdouglastx]

wow this kit must sound great in person, it dont sound half bad on crappy cam mic

[sn47som]

Wow!, What a novice

[jhoff]

wow dude did u look up all of his videos just to b a dick, looks like u have no life, and no drumming videos of urself to back up ur shit talking either

[rhylee90]

kool as shit just saw him in dennys in Keyser 3 days ago..lol

[drumguy122292]

really impressive speed, but needs more groove. Congrats on winning.

[drummer112233]

Why dont you suck a choad darknight7. Could you drum that well? This guy has got talent.

[darknight7]

he should not of won he's good but not but nothing that great the judges most of been high seeing his stuff live it was not really nothing better than some of the other guys there i know guys that did not go compete in drum off that are well more original than him but hey good for him he won my be my dog could win if i teach him to hold a drum stick

[ljthetank06]

That's great... What stage of the competition did you lose at?

[DavidJJWeller]

yeah i don't care what you hav 2 say he's good. he was even my drumline instructor. he could do anything! he defintely showed that he would b great someday and he DID!! :) congrats on winning!

[kikirune]

rofl i knew this guy wud win. did u just repost this video cuz i tried finding it again but i cudnt

[ljthetank06]

Yes Donnie advised me to take this video off the internet for the duration of the competition...Too many people were critiquing him on this practice solo and we both knew they wouldn't stand a chance against him...Also it was quality control on Donnie's part so none of his original techniques would be duplicated (attempted).

[kikirune]

o lol. its funny how i said this guy was gunna win before he actually did lol.

[dmarple]

lol

[juicyking97]

dude! awesome drumming. i was the drum off finals and ur family was sittin right in the row in front of us. they were goin crazy!. to tell you the truth, it was so close between u and the guy b4 u. glad u won!

[alaiyarza]

im presionante ke talentazo!!! aiba ke txorrazo!!!!

[FalLOuTbOyGuiTar]

= 0 Incredible!!!