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  • prodigy material

  • if he mastered the rumba clave in the left foot and be still be able to play salsa with that displaced clave, I would consider him to be the closest to what a perfect drummer could be for latin.

    Though, he's still quite amazing.

  • He's awesome

    I wan't to play drums!!

  • i just want to dance upon u as u play zomg XD xx

  • @Babysumobee (the current aged Dylan am no peedo!!)

  • You r amazing!!!!

  • What I like in this guy is not his absolutely amazing technique, because this is something that I have seen before. It's this technique ALONG with his unbelievable sense of rhythm and groovyness, something that many amazing jazz drummers do not have. It practically makes your day and make you wanna start dancing! That's one of the roots of drumming.

  • you are the best drummer ever. I see few of the greatest (Palmer, Pearl, Bozzio, Porcaro) but you are out of this world!!

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  • @MikePostDrums Dude, don't judge the kid in his video at age 15. Watch some of his more recent videos and you will be astounded. It's funny that you used Porcaro as the gold standard of drummers... C'mon! Dylan blows the doors off of Porcaro. You're clinging to the 70's bro. Please don't insult this guy. He belongs up there with the best, and he's only in his early 20's!! I've been playing drums for 36 years, I know what I'm talking about.

  • @tikitortured Oh yeah, and he kicks Porcaros ass while juggling his drum sticks.

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  • @MikePostDrums Yeah, I'm pretty sure Dylan can figure out how to play the Rosanna shuffle. Porcaro was a legendary session player with a great feel for a tune, but he wasn't all that and a bag of coke. I've seen him play up close and personal when I worked on a Toto video way back when. Tell you what...you find the most amazing Jeff Porcaro video and post it as a video response to any of Dylan's street festival vids and let viewers respond as to who is better. Go ahead critic,take the challenge.

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  • @MikePostDrums Oh, ok tough guy. I guess you are afraid of my challenge... but it's understandable because you would lose and you know it. For someone who is clinging to the 70's, it's funny how you think the 80's were so long ago. I worked on Toto's Pamela video in the late 80's...I'm 48. Learn some math dumbass. Btw, Jeff was a helluva nice guy and a very talented drummer...but not astonishing like this kid. But hey, prove me wrong with a vid...not your mouth.

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  • @MikePostDrums As much as i hate to open up the possibility of being trolled, he's right. Have you even looked at some of his newer stuff? And before you ask, yes i do play drums.

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  • @MikePostDrums Except that's just it, he is one of the world's best drummer's. Maybe not at that level in this video, but in the more recent stuff he's legitimately amazing. Seriously, go listen to that stuff, and then tell me he's not one of the world's best drummer's.

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  • @MikePostDrums Im not sure if this will explain if you've seen the 2011 videos and don't understand /watch?v=U6Gl8HSZ4Tc His coordination is super human, and his fill speed is on par with Buddy Rich.

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  • @MikePostDrums No prob. Ditto to you. And question, do you play drums yourself? If not, it would explain. A lot of people don't realize that the hardest thing to do when playing drums is to come up with a good grove.

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  • @MikePostDrums Hence the facepalm....

  • when dylan came to my school last year he got me hooked into drums, and now im in a band! thanks dylan =D

  • 素晴らしい!!!

    感動しました!!!

    

  • I wish I had your chops and your foot/hand independence....this is pure genius!

  • You man are the best drummer since Buddy Rich!!!!!

  • The drum gods are ascending!

  • Oh my josh! Dude, I'm going to be studying your vids. You are a new inspiration! You are one hell of a drummer man! You should be Ankla's drummer ahaha

    Again.. sick.

  • I just cried....

  • Music is the best thing in this world....!

  • Join into my band and I'll make sure I'll spend everything you earn.. you get to be the only playing member and I'll get to be the only spending member. :D

  • How long have you been playing? Also who/what are you inspirations for playing?

  • this is sick!!!! Awesome talent bro

  • ...haha...hehe tabs? please

  • DUDE WHO IS YOUR TEACHER?!?!

  • This guy has only one video? lol

  • I'm frickin speechless

  • i'm a drummer's son from turkey. My father play drum till 40 year. He is 60 year old. He listen to much year gene krupa, buddy rich, dave weckl... But yesterday see in youtube dylan elise first time. with a chance. And he can't say nothing. Only say magnificent, perfect and same thinks. Bravo Dylan. Loves from Turkey

  • Very cool! As Gene Krupa said, it's not about speed, but keeping a rhythm. Next question, what type of recording have you done with all that talent? Clearly a jazz flavor, but like Jimmy Gordon who played EVERY style before losing his mind, is there an album out or in the works?

  • nice playing mate. Can I ask, have you always used the traditional grip for your left hand like from when you started? Or did you switch at some point? I've used the matched grip for about seven years and just can't switch but i really want to. Any tips or advice? It would be really appreciated.

  • mean skills Dylan

  • i am the 77.777st watcher

  • You don't need a metronome, you are the metronome. Very good lesson for old guy like me Thanks

  • You dont need a metronome, your are the metronome. Very good lesson vor old guy like me. Thanks

  • Impresionante men, saludos desde Costa Rica

  • sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet .......music!

  • i remember seeing you in auckland, blew me away. respect!

  • d.elise? Can he play with the band classic songs?

  • He is really good

  • OMG!! Dylan Elise I AM A FAN!!!!!!!! you came to fruitvale school in auckland i remember. You inspired me to become a drummer thanks man! :)

  • One of the few people to even approach antonio sanchez.

  • Oh my god...Dylan you move me. You are the best! Got you on my hyves site.

    Love you. xxx and visit me...cindymooij hyves.nl

  • Hey do you remember coming to Onslow College!? You've probably toured round heaps of colleges, but if you do remember, I'd just like to shout out and say you all rocked our socks clean off with your hi-hat solo bro!!!! With everything actually!!!! You're a mean musician, I hope you make it real far.

  • I looooove cowbell. Oh Yeah.

  • DUDE !!!

    can't figure out whether this inspires me to want to drum, or to just hang it up and get pure enjoyment from the guys and girls who really know how to.

    either way, thanks for the maori (or whatever you've got) soul.

    i wanna see you and royster, grooving with chambers, colauita, gadd, and weckl.

    all this talk about who is the best is a bunch of crap- the top shelf bottles all sit next to one another, and pop trickery alone IS NOT top shelf...

    you've got seamless tricks AND groove.

  • you're like the Jordan in drums, untouchable!

  • i saw you at st. peters college auckland. aewsome stuff. keep up the great work!

  • Amazing stuff. Post more videos, please :/

  • ur a mad drummer ...please keep uplaoding ,,,ive watched alot of ur drumming and love the style good job

  • Are you coming to the U.S for your talent to be further recognized?

  • Wow if i saw this dude walking down the street in australia or new zealand i would have thought hes in some fob gang or something, but hes a pretty good drummer!

  • This is what Jesus would sound like if he played drum! o.o

  • im so sad cause i know ill never be as good as him(not even half as good.. i dont wanna down myself but its reality)

    wish u all the best man! u inspire me to be better!

  • amazing, but your fake dylan right?

  • I hear your coming to our school Christchurch south intermediate some time soon I cant wait as im a keen drummer hope I can meet you face to face and maybe play for you!

  • That man is a hero of mine

  • HE IS VERY GOOD.AMAZING!

  • Amazing drum solo. ?

    I do not know what gallaxy your from but i sugest

    you return to planet earth in fifty years time and maybe

    drummers can understand what the hlell you are playing.

    we are simply not ready for you yet.

    ADHD dosn`t really come close dose it ????

  • the first video i saw of his was "amazing drum solo" and holy shit, i am INCREDIBLY impressed by the sheer talent here!!!

    HOLY SHIT I LOVE THIS!!!!!

  • dylan your the best at your age bro. did you take any lessons when you were younger or did you teach your self

  • whoa! Amazing, how long have ya been playing drums?

  • yo bro im fifteen and i wish i could play like this how long u been playin ive been playin for two years and have never seen anyone my age that can play like that nice!

  • heheh Dylan came to our school today lol.

    he is soooooooooo amazing lol.

  • seriously man, i have just started playing drums at the ripe old age of 23, but it has been a desire of mine since i was a kid. you are an inspiration, how long have you been learning?

  • ... what i'd give to see this guy perform alongside neil peart...

  • Dude how do you get all your limbs doing so much at once lol (manly your feet), ive seen you do some crazy stuff from some of your youtube videos, what exercises did you do to get to your level?

    Seeing you do all this stuff inspired me and I came up with the idea of playing paradiddles with my feet and then layering other rudiments over the top, tricky stuff at first man xD.

    Keep drumming bro!!

    much love.

  • hey man its great??!! where are u from again??

  • you came to our school

  • The thing that I enjoy about Dylan over the other "best drum solo ever" is that this actually has a or make that many beats that you can hear. All these other solo's on youtube are essentially just them hitting random drums and cymbals over and over again.

    Keep up the hard work Dylan, your shiat is amazing.

  • Dylan:

    I salute you from Honduras, Central America. Man, your talent is simply extraordinary. What I most admire about your drumming is your creativity. You would do so well in a prog rock band. Do you have a band? If I could I'd mortgage my house to bring you here and start a band with you. I'm really impressed, congratulations.

  • Awesome, Dylan! You're one of my favorite drummers!

  • Man, Mike Portnoy and Neil Peart move over for the next generation, Dylan you are phenomenal!!! .

  • Love your drumming. your skills are well developed.

    My teacher has takin me to a level that i am very happy with but when i saw this i was inspired to drive and not just be driven.

    You were obviously taught the basics and then made it your own!. Thanks for the push.

    rlrrrlrrlrlrlllrllrllrllrllrlr­lrrlrrlrrlrlrllrllrlrrlrrlrlrl­lrlrlrrl. I salute you! Irish.. Go raibh maith agut......Thank you.

  • Outstanding,fantastic,larger-t­han-life,as usually.....Pffffffff !!

  • That was thee most narlyest drumming I've ever hear bro!

  • You came to our school Takapuna normal intermediate

  • Thank you for all the wonderful comments people!!

    :-)

  • @DylanElise You're welcome, thanks for your hard work on exercising so much!!! It obviously pays off and I'm enjoying it by watching YouTube movies on your drum solo's :-)

    Make some more!

  • @DylanElise Hey do you ever come to the states to play?

  • fuckin prodigees...... : (

  • wow

  • 5* man, sweet solo

  • dam bra u u da bombs!!!!!! bet u getin dat shweaty!!! hahaha

    hope all is gud wif u n da fams...

    weas shakira at?? lmao

  • Haha who's this?

  • AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • One of the most diverse and Tight! drum solos I have ever heard!!! 5stars.

  • Holy shit, is this kid for real? I have never seen this much talent since buddy Rich!!

  • Outstanding!!!!!!

  • Seriously you could practice 24 hours a day...but talent like this is not latent, this kid was born to do this. :)

  • 100% true.

  • Haha hey man, unfortunately I wasn't born to play drums lol. This has all come from hard work! I had to be the most uncoordinated, most unrhythymical drummer when I started.

  • @DylanElise and when did you start? 2months after birth xD ?

  • @DylanElise i'm thinking of starting now. you have some of the most insane beats i've ever seen. as a performing pianist, i'm awe-inspired.

  • @DylanElise - well you must have started working hard from the moment you "popped out" :)

  • @DylanElise You give me hope kid! I'm starting out with about 30 years less than you've got...YOU GO, I'm gonna watch you go BIG!

  • @DylanElise uncoordinated most unrhhythymical drummer you are a lier hahshshahshhsadhshdshd

  • @DylanElise thats good to know man thanks lol, peace.......

  • As the kids would say, muthafuckah pwned my old ass.

  • Five points is just not enough! Respect!

  • i think i just got kicked in the face with pure awesome. :)

  • il me déprime ce mec ! ;-) il a tout piger sens aucun doute ! pas de leçon ( bonne leçon ) j'en merde les académie et leur méthode car il freine les gens qui veulent découvrir comment manipuler l'instrument j'ai appris avec mes oreilles et je reproduit comme il le faut. j'ai probablement perdu un peux de temps mais c'est efficace quand on VEUT et qu'on est près à vouloir du 100% l'essentiel est de jouer, comment on y arrive tout le monde sens fou ( si le résultat est bon) .

  • SUPERMAN!

  • What the f#@%ck!!!

    He is like Benny Greb multiplied by 2...give me a break or I'll just get a heart stroke!!!

  • nice

  • combination of ulf stricker, terry bozio and thomas lang.. akira jimbo too

  • 15.....

    im 16 and i am no where near his level in technicality!!!

  • I'm sitting here thinking i'm 12 and what is this

  • Damn' I'd wish that I could play like him. Only a bit of his skill would be enought to be freakyn good.

  • This guy is extraordinary. EVERY drummer should pay attention to this young man. He's doing things on a kit that are so multi-layered they seem impossible for one man to accomplish. Incredible.

  • I swear to God that Dylan is superhuman! This guy is a prodigy and a musical genius. What he does is incredible. The technical difficulty of this latin solo is extremely impressive and his sense/taste of of the style is filled with tons of emotion and conviction that comes out of his drumming. I am looking forward to seeing more vids of his recent playing. Modern Drummer and DRUM magazine should do a piece on this guy and he should have a dvd or something. I want to see how he thinks.

  • MOAR KOWBELL!!!! BLARGHHHAFARFDFSDF

    j/k. this was great.

  • He was fifteen and a half?!?!?!

  • holy crap!

  • i dont understand how someone so young can compete with the top drummers of the world. it boggles my mind haha. HES TOO GOOD

  • Only the top Jazz drummers can improvise in melodic rhythms, a development of small motives that evolve gradually but with the right timing of surprises that keeps you on your toes. Dylan is not only fast, agile and spectacular, he is also melodic 'sometime'.

    When he succeeded to create these kind of phrases, the audience went wild from understanding the subject (motives) thus becoming part of the rhythmic conversation. He is young & is getting there, the level where your drum sings poetry!

  • Wonder if he ever performed in a talent show before....

  • Friggen Amazing one man band

  • he came to my school 1 week ago he gave us tips and autographs (i lost mine =,() all the people who went to after school drum tutoring. it was cool

  • hey you all should hear him playing live it muuzh bettar

  • ugh lucky! he should come to California and play! )=

    this dude is so awesome!!!! =D

  • he came to our school today

  • DUDE NEEDS TO BE FAMOUS!

  • shit i tell you this guy,i've had ,lots of experience and know lots of drummers,and he is seriously one of the best.really-as in,top 5 in the whole world possibly

  • nice!

  • wow...this just goes to show me i really need to practice. lol great job! im very impressed.

  • NICE DRUMMING REALLY!!!!!

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  • Awesome!! I used to spend so much money on you when you were playing on courtney place but you are such a talented drummer

  • This guy is a genius... :S...

  • Holly Cow, I suck. I think I am giving up the drums!

  • OMFG IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY RIGHT NOW....

  • i have a new hero (2)

  • its nice to live cause i could see you play!

  • i have a new hero (3)

  • i have a new hero

  • omg me too, that is real?? this dude it`s ,,, i don`t know.....

  • w000t???? O.O  ?? is this possible??

  • is the description saying hes 15?

  • yea today he came 2 mi skwl and did that solo...was so awsome!!!!!!!!!!! live it is s0o0o0 sixck!

  • wow thats sad. apparently musicians can't recognize sarcasm. if you're better post video nah nah nah. just the shut the fuck up. obviously this kid doesn't need a drum lesson fuck face

  • wow he is a GENIUS!

  • if you are better, you should post a video

  • !!!!!INSANE!!!!!!

  • There goes my drumming hobby out the door, I'm blown away good stuff man! I live in Aussie but come from the Bay of Plenty NZ.

  • this guy is so fucking good, he's making me feel like a real shit on drums..this is bad:P practice hard guys !

  • Next antonio sanchez my friends. This kid is actually learning how to play drums. No jam band BS for this kid. Latin and swing beats for this kid. All down hill for this kid.

  • One of my favorite drummers of all time...

  • this kid makes me feel like shit on the drums

  • No kidding! i started playing 26 years ago and I can't do half the stuff this "kid" can do, and I'm not all that bad! I've recorded some pretty cool stuff, but he blows me away and I love it!

  • Dont like to say it but-FUCKING HELL HE`S GOOD.

  • he inspires me to practice badly!!

  • this kid is fucking amamzing!!!!!

  • Makes me proud to be a Kiwi drumer. But I live in America now.............=(

  • inspiring

  • Wow is all I can say!

  • I predict over 1 million views of this performance within 60 days. AWESOME!

  • Well, looks like that prediction failed.

  • LEGEN-DARY

  • HE IS SO FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!