Lester Estelle Jr Drum Solo - Studio Session - TMNtv

[EXALTEDDIRT]

Lester! You broke Michael's heart!

[sahlomonic]

Amazing how much better he gets over time. I went to jr and sr high school with him and even then he always blew us away with his skills.

[spdcool11]

this guy is sick man i haven't herd drums like this in a long time

[jonzar26]

lester comback pillar you are the best! pillar whit you are its awesome......

[ChristisGain]

Favoright drummer of all time!!!

[kingodaskins]

Is he using a single pedal?

[N0TW4LIFE]

@kingodaskins Yes, DW 9000 and DW5000, which ever one he feels like using

[sailorstar1313]

I also noticed your Bonham influences.

[sailorstar1313]

I love your originality as a drummer.

[themeleed]

where'd the vid for this guy playing "everything" go? used to be up..

[kevinbothwell]

"you're good...but can you stop that? we want to record our songs..."

[dvdzpi]

Damn! your arms are huge!

[rod1o1ZH]

damn, he's sooo awesome !!

anyone knows what he's doing now or where he's playing??

[nickd5825]

He Plays on the country circut for Niel Mc Coy

[HooK116]

@rod1o1ZH He plays for a new band with Kalel called Stars Go Dim

[BassOnDrums]

@eivind-it was time for him to move on, plus he had better financial opportunities come his way.

[EivindS94]

anyone know why he left Pillar?

[noinfluenceuk]

i dont see how anyone who has played drums in their life can possibly dislike this video

[jangals22]

He is a great guy, and a sick drummer.  He is doing the drums for Sargent Avenue's first album they have coming out in January. Not to mention Noah Henson is producing it!

[apathyleadstoentropy]

I miss lester.... wish i woulda been able to meet him... but i met pillar back when kalel and boys were touring back in the "oringal superman" days

[MIND4eva]

He represents drumming which one just can do after hours being in love with a kit.

[TJDFlinn]

biggest reason why he's so great is because he's black lol

to be a drummer you need to either be black or a white boy with rythme lol

[thenewchance]

where did the video of him playing "everything" go?

[Bladeboy311]

@thenewchance I would like to know as well.

[Groovemaster2k]

I noticed from your solos something that alot of drummers even great ones don't have: u can get around the set extremely fast (not just fast in the wrists/fingers but the whole arm). Is there a particular exercise u use to increase that speed?

[abacacus]

@Groovemaster2k Practice moving around the kit. Do fast rolls with two hits per drum until your arms want to fall off.

[Groovemaster2k]

@abacacus thx man

[AEJS1]

dats a nigga wit rhyvm

[et720]

terrible transitions

[captddave9]

whens the dvd due out.

[spacitydrummer4JC]

He and a friend of his own Off The Wall Studios in Franklin, TN. You guys should check it out.

[otaru15]

very bad...

[noseriouslywhatsup]

@otaru15 ur an idiot



[dsleeperhold]

this is good, but its more of the same, i can stand those beats within beats that these Gospel choppers do all through all the time. got nasty good at two thirty. and if its a studio session why does it sound like ass?  cmon.

[BassOnDrums]

This is a studio session, but the audio you hear is coming from the mic on the camera.

[drummer4god4ever]

definitely one of the most underated drummers out there

[awdpth]

I love this guy!

[thenewchance]

I'm honestly more amazed about how unique his style is more than his skill. And he's the best drummer I've ever heard (believe me, I've been looking)

[ok333]

how do you get really good at ghose notes

amazing druming man

[wavovideoeditor]

Hey Love and Faith26 Learn to play smooth Jazz and you'll go from there

[rboeger]

yeah jazz is one of the hardest styles of music, not necessarily smooth jazz, but jazz in general. If you learn to play jazz, you'll get significantly better. You'll find yourself using dynamics and accents and harder rhythms.

[Andythefunkman]

great but always the same feel

[Bladeboy311]

Those drumsticks look like toothpicks in his hands. He's so ripped.

[LoveAndFaith26]

Anyone know where I can learn fills like that? And grooves like that? That's impossible. :/

[ShadowShelter]

practice...lol

[ARisenServant]

Practice! But to get started "the next step". Its an old video by Dave Weckl. It shows a bunch of basic patterns for developing singles and doubles between hands and feet.....lester does Alot of that stuff!...Go get it. The best way to learn from a instructional dvd is to study that thing for a year or 2. You will see improvement!

[smugglemeelmo]

cant learn from the book. get somethin ya like on ipod/mp3, and listen carefully, take out a pair of sticks and just air drum to it, then try it out on your kit to avoid sounding bad to the whole neighborhood :)

[drumtim234]

what works even better is just watch youtube videos and learn the licks from there. :)

[Gretsche87]

study the rudiments.  I'm serious.

[gshdrums]

alot of its just triplets mate

[1drumgod55]

good luck Lester Pillar wont be the same Im so glad I seen him w/Pillar at least 1x

[gshdrums]

2:22 that kicks amazing

[UnluckilyEnlightened]

Whats easy to do?

[CCLwebmaster]

Are these drums black or deep purple sparkle? I am endorsed with Risen and the kit I have was traded in by an endorsee and they are deep purple sparkle with black wood hoops. 13, 18, 24 setup.

[ARisenServant]

This is his black satin with black hoops kit!....I know your kit and And Iove it! Check my kit out!

I'm endorsed with Risen too!

[ARisenServant]

There black...I've seen your kit!

Thing is wicked looking....way cool!

[spacitydrummer4JC]

Last year Lester said he was thinking about using a double pedal, but he wasn't for sure.

[drummerboy278]

When and why did he leave pillar?

[Goooter]

He does use a single pedal right? What pedal then?Want to learn some tecnics to get like this :P

[bigbrown8888]

lester wants more studio work, not only as the drummer for Stars Go Dim, but he also drums for the country singer Neal McCoy and various other jazz/blues gigs

[joshtheff]

he's so white it's ridiculous

[dremkwil]

Yeah! Purdie Shuffle! 0:50

[rjt123456]

yep... purdie is awesome aye?

[spacitydrummer4JC]

Yep! Love It!

[stevensancho]

I would say that's more of the Porcaro shuffle

[Who2Are1You]

@dremkwil reminds me a bit of 'fool in the rain'.

[joshtheff]

i tuned my set to this video. i already had everything set up the way it is in this video. cymbals and everything. i got my toms to drone like his do. i tuned it to the same note too. i freakin love the way the toms sound.

[marksman469]

it doesnt look like hes using double bass

[ARisenServant]

He's not!....That's his foot work!

Pretty Amazing right?

[themancable]

That's some mindblowing shit. Incredible right foot.

[drumrollmusic]

yeah he isnt

[SanAntonio501]

he's not using a double bass.

[eugenerivera87]

hes a beast my total respect to him

[Flaxcon]

This guy is so amazing, I still am sad that he left Pillar. His solos sound so good when his drums are mic'd.

[SanAntonio501]

he left pillar?

[kasicarocks]

yup.

[eugenerivera87]

sounds off the hook

[joshtheff]

he laughs like an old man

[brandonT9406]

He's freakin amazing, sucks he left pillar.

[ARisenServant]

Yep!!!!!! Life won't be the same...lol

[spacitydrummer4JC]

Lester has called It quits with Pillar and decided to move on. His last show with Pillar was on September 26th of this year.

[BKSmasher787]

why did he leave?

[spacitydrummer4JC]

He has two kids and one on the way.

..just ready to do something new

[GretschDrummer12]

he has a kid and touring for months at a tim isnt good for that kalel left too for the same reason

[ARisenServant]

He's has two kids and one on the way!

[Rawk4Life]

Maybe to spend more time with his family. It could also be due to the fact that the other band he's in[Stars Go Dim] are stationed closer to his hometown of Gardener, KS and don't tour quite as extensively as Pillar does.

[ARisenServant]

His wife is pregnant with his third child..so he decided it was a good time to stay home with the family....and while he stays home..he going to be doing studio and session work...he tried out for "David Cook"

[jmstr101]

he now plays for a band called stars go dimb

[Demetriwalker]

That snare sounds crazy from 3:40 and on.

[GretschDrummer12]

snare sounds amazing the enire time

[skrew15]

he's awesome..

i just saw him perform live last night!

talk about Wonderful!!!

Pillar is just a blessing to the music industry!!!

God Bless Them So Much!!!

[ARisenServant]

He's an unstoppable....uncontainable force!!!!!!!!

[GretschDrummer12]

youve commented on every single pillar video ive seen which i mite say is quite a few THEY ROCK whats ur story with pillar

[LogicaLInsanity2007]

Hey he's REALLY Good! How do you do those fast rhythms on a drumset?

[TMNTV]

Practice. Practice. Practice.

[ARisenServant]

"Practice makes perfect"! thats the moto for all musicians.

[romeo505050]

i shall never close these eyes again

[ARisenServant]

What a God.................He's a drum GOD!!!!

[romeo505050]

quite calling him a god...i say he's a witch

[ARisenServant]

I know I can't help it.....He's so amazing GODLIKE with those skills!

[richierichdrums88]

i love that dude hes the best

[anestheticangels]

Thats my hero!!

[ARisenServant]

Why didn't you tell me about these earlier??????? It's been 2 weeks!!!!

I have to have my fix of amazing drumming by a GOD!!!!!

[brandonT9406]

Amazing!