Donnie Marple 2007 Guitar Center DRUMOFF WINNER (New York)

[xDaNiEldrummerx]

sooo he plays the same solos at every competition

[Moog167]

Dang he beat me by one point in Towson,MD.....but he's still my Big Bro from another mother though....lol.....

[godofdrums]

Sounds a lot like his winning solo.

[PonPonAndCarol]

it does

[edd562]

it is pretty much just improvised

[Sethlovessnakes]

shit yeah towson son! my friends went to school there. im from md myself, good to see some badass drummers emerge from the area.

[raddocnate]

no blast beats??

[italian5n1p3r]

it was creative thats how you win it.

[freshootoot]

damn....that was gud drumming...

[Musicaman12]

Hey there Methead8503, I played in the Guitar Center Drum off as well. I did not place the 1st year. But I placed the 2nd in 2007. But did not when to Distict. But I agree they have judges that don't really care about textures or grooves that much. Just how fast are your chops.

So I agree with you on not really being that professional of judges and whatever else.

But I am still going to do it this year 2009.

In Colorado.

TTYL

[kpwlek]

this guy is insane :) shit I have never seen something like this in my life. Mate F. Great

[gridironstar11]

Kinda reminds me of ELMWOOD!

[NYGSD]

reminds me of Thomas lang

[DDTdrummer]

That is excellent drumming.

[drummrguy]

thanks for putting this up this kid is insane i will never be able to play this good

[icepercussion]

i must have missed something

[lasticebreaker]

the cameraman should consider switching to de-caf

[thehockeykid1019]

lol nice

[doughdoughhead]

lol so much flash.. but still awesome. kinda like Lang

[ChroniCraig]

You laugh your ass off

but who won the DRUMOFF!!!!!?????

[z1265]

donnie marple!!!!!

he used that exact same solo!!!

[sksinha15]

yea i was gonna post a commen that said that

[gkdrummerboy]

So many innovative new stick tricks now a days...there should be a book made just for them.

[MattRox11]

actually he has alot of creativity he just found a solo that he knew would get him through and he stuck with it... :D

[timmidrummerboy]

I like his drumsolo n newyork better.

[mdrummershea]

they are the same

[Thomlistentoslayer]

hahahahahaha i can laugh my ass because he play the same fucking thing at each event lacks creativity!!!

[hewh0runswitwolves]

thats great for you but where does that put now

[MattRox11]

ya most ppl do that donnie changed alot around in the solo but most is the same but hew thought it was good enough for him to win so he kept it :D

[WonderfulFM]

Please don't anyone take this the wrong way. I thought this was an excellent solo and a great performance. But I noticed that this solo and the championship round solo were very similar. I just wondered if there was a rule about that. I saw that Donnie actually commented below. Seriously man I thought this was great, just curious about the similarity in the solos.

Thanks

[MattRox11]

LOL this is i think just 10 times cooler than any drum video ever just cause the crowds reaction about everything and how he did stick flips and other cool stuff in places you would never think of putting one and i love at the end when a guy screams YOU WON !!! YOU WON!!!

[vhsTenor2529]

this dude is CRAZY AMAZING!

you can tell he used to be in a drumline sometime haha

[dmarple]

Tenors Baby!

[vhsTenor2529]

awesome!!

i play tenors too!

[youthxx47]

were all tenor players up here!

[VSDRUMS]

very very good

[CrissAngelLuverCA]

IM HIS BROHTERS FREND!!!

lol

nathens friend

[ragglefraggle21]

mother fucker he lives in my town me and my friend got drum lessons from him.. he lives in moorefield and keyser west virginia and he performed earlier today at keyser high school and is performing tonight at 7 for 3 bucks.. and you must be crazy if you say hes "ok" because hes the #1 drummer in the world no doubt

[cheemooo]

#1 drummer in the world? I dont think so hes not that amazing. Best drummer living in my opinion is Jimmy Degrasso!

[cheemooo]

I dont like guitar center drum off is a stupid contest, think about it what does it matter if some so called judge likes one guys playing more than anothers does that make one guy better than the other, well it could possibly but for the most part its opinion and also I believe guitar center judges are biased and fixed about choosing only head honcho approved winners consiting of flashy styles with much showmanship and mostly only latin style players!

[metlhead8503]

I totally agree. I played in the guitar center drum off several years back when I was maybe 15 years old. Two of the three judges didn't show up and they were asking anyone to judge. They had even asked my dad who doesn't know a thing about drumming. I went up against a guy who had been playing for about 30 years and was destroying the kit. And then against a 9 year old who ended up beating me due to "cuteness factor" because his solo was not good. I can't take this competition seriously since.

[killu626]

@metlhead8503 even though they dont let anyone compete under the age of 16?

[Leheno]

@killu626 They used to but changed the rules when too many little kids won because of the "cuteness factor"

[ebflip26]

he's an okay drummer. very nice!

[drumminggod91]

an okay drummer?!

This guy is bloody AMAZING.

[drumminggod91]

He reminds me of Daniel Adair for some raeson.

[cheemooo]

ahh weird i thought the same thing!

[JungianTooL]

same style mabye?

I love the crowd explosion when he throws in behind the back lol OOOOOOHHH!!!

[brownpaiste]

man drumline all the way.

I shoot you not i used the double stick on the H/H application off a solo i did on the Marimba, the stick on stick from Micky Burmer's Snare solo, behind the back from stock quad solo stuff and stick flips inspired by John Blackwell on my Drum Off Solo.

Guess his judges liked it more than mine.

This guys brings the thunder. gratz on winning.

[funkydrummr382]

this kid is fuckin amazing and I dont say that about a lot of drummers. reminds me of that assaf seewi guy

[wtfilms]

man, this dude is sick. i work at guitar center in lynnwood, WA. so i has to root for paul. and paul is equally as sick. congrats donnie.

[derrick3131]

Yeah Donnie!! representin the class of '05

[Drummer7]

yes!!!!!!!!!!!!

[judybush71]

Congratulations from Keyser EMS!

[12340012340]

hey u know where i can get his winning vid, gc don't got it cuz this isn't it right ?

[dmarple]

Thanks VINNY. Donnie Marple (GC Drum off winner) GOD BLESS TO ALL!!!!