WFD Speed Drumming Champ Eric Okamoto update CBS's WRAL's News 5

[irmelee123]

Worst news reporter evar xD! not only did she try and make the drum sound but she said drubble stroke XD

[SoulnRasen]

@TheHaloReachGuy

@smileschannel1

Ignorant white people... hes japanese

[marcusag12]

The lady freakin said "drouble stroke"

[dc691nsomebody]

Woman: Drubble stroke...

Me: HTNHRENSHRSNUSHNSD IT'S CALLED DOUBLE STROKE!!!1!!!!11 YOU KNOW NOTHING!!

[TheHaloReachGuy]

leave it to a chinese person

[smileschannel1]

hes obviously chinese

[SoulnRasen]

@smileschannel1 he's fkin japanese you ignorant tard...

[Ichigod1234]

i think i have the same sticks as him xD

[DrivenBlack]

the double stroke seems pretty easy

[percmanDOTcom]

@DrivenBlack

Actually, it is, especially when used with a metronome to call out the number you want to hit on the drumometer.

[revenger102]

is he doing single or double be cause i can top that

[JuiceofVM]

Damn...so many people are impressed by speed alone.

[percmanDOTcom]

@JuiceofVM

That's true.

Eric

[ShadyJeff2014]

man i always feel like im gonna break an electric drum set cause i hit it so hard

[percmanDOTcom]

@ShadyJeff2014

I use a Roland V-Drum kit with mesh heads. I know what you mean because before this kit, I used the Club series with rubber pads. The sensors were just beneath it.

But with the V-series, it is protected by a foam rubber padding and placed well below the striking area. These are the ones for you if you hit hard.

Thanks,

Eric

[ShadyJeff2014]

@percmanDOTcom ok thanks man

[tiyenin]

AWK-amoto, eh? Y'all don't got mannya them Japaneezys out in North Caroliny, d'ye?

[percmanDOTcom]

@tiyenin

Hahahaha LOL. I grew up here so I am used to it.

You ought to see the follow up one from 2007.

[dubox37]

@tiyenin the best part is she said OKE-a-MAH-to the second time. haha

[percmanDOTcom]

@dubox37 I am thinking about spelling it differently and see what happens.



[compymasax]

LOL SHE SAID DRUBBLE STROKE

[parkins521]

thats in NC! woo!

[YouMoreable]

1155 paradiddles? That's pretty impressive.

[percmanDOTcom]

Thanks!

I hope to add on more rudiments later, but I am helping the WFD find a new venue to showcase the World Championships.

[TBAG1000LTDedition]

Impressive! Are you going to enter the single strokes competition someday? And how did you get this fast? I want to play faster, I practice everyday but I don't see results at all.

[percmanDOTcom]

I thought I replied.

I won the singles in 2003. but I wanted to expand to Doubles and other rudiments to showcase the drumometer.

To get faster, play relaxed for extended periods of time to build up stamina.

[TBAG1000LTDedition]

You did, I sent you a message back later on. My last comment was 2 months ago, but maybe I did something accidentally or something. Thanks anyway, and good luck in the future.

[tacos931s]

1600 beats a minute would be tempo isnt it strokes?

[JimmyJamJack]

If he can play 1600 strokes a minute, why can't you interpret each as a beat and say he was playing quarter notes at 1600 bpm? 16ths at 400bpm? 32nds at 200bpm?

[percmanDOTcom]

Remedyz0802,

It's embarassing, oh well......

Eric

[remedyz0802]

lol, "in the drubble stroke category"

[kingofcrazylegs]

can you teach me xD

[kingofcrazylegs]

can u teach me xD

[percmanDOTcom]

Where are you located?

Eric

[Loco801]

that intro was so corny hahaha

[percmanDOTcom]

Loco801,

Oh well, what can I say.

Eric

[n3cr0x]

skillzzz :)

[percmanDOTcom]

Thanks N3cr0x!

[likesXtoXsk8]

hey nice mahn , u made the news -keep drummin bra

[likesXtoXsk8]

nice job mahn made the newsw keep on drummin

[matt3333333333]

"well drum roll please breeaaaaaaaaa" LMFAO

[Drumgeek1]

Hey, can you please post a video on youtube when you take the world record next time? That would be cool! Keep up the druming, and good luck:)

[percmanDOTcom]

Dear DrumGeek1,

Thanks! Your right. Founder Boo McAfee owns the vids to the WFD events. He is so busy, but I'll try next time. Some in the audience took vids but missed the one when I set the record again. Oh well....Hope to see you there...

Thanks,

Eric

[doga63]

a drouble stroke? hahah!

[percmanDOTcom]

Dear doga63,

Drouble......I know, oh well......

BTW, I was on your channel and I accidentally hit a tab to report a profile image violation. Sorry...What can I do to help clear it up?

Eric

[percmanDOTcom]

Also, you are the first to catch that one.

Eric

[percmanDOTcom]

Dear doga63,

An addendum.

BTW, unofficially, I did a run [drumometer metronome at 150 x 12, or double stroked sixtuplets = 1800]and hit 1799. Hope to see you at the World Finals.

Thanks,

Eric

[huntsman0603]

Nice!