Added: 5 years ago
From: DrumTVShow
Views: 48,923
Sort by time | Sort by thread (beta)

Link to this comment:

Share to:

All Comments (185)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • That was incredible!!!

  • buddy rich lives

  • He got so fast from drinking that 3&1 oil on top of his dresser!

  • This video was recorded 5 months after I was born.

  • @VoltageEntertainment It was recorded one month before I went into the swedish army for a year

  • face like SHIT

  • speed like RICH

  • A lot of people are criticising Art for just being a speed merchant. These vids are of him practising singles - so of course it's all about speed....

    But he is a very accomplished drummer. Trouble is, google for him and all you get is stuff about his speed records and 'worlds fastest drummer'.

    That's the trouble with going for these competitions, I suppose... you get a reputation for being a speed freak that displaces everything else.

  • I didn't know Tom Hanks played the drums, let alone this fast. Wow, he's talented! :)

  • WOOOOOOW

    vary faaaaast. XD

  • 3:30 was sooooo freakn fast!!

  • To all the people saying there is no beat, and speed means nothing - he's practicing single stroke stuff! Don't you guys practice? Ok, so the acoustics of the room aren't great, but what this guy is doing is great. I haven't seen Art playing with a band yet, but intend to try and find something, and I bet he swings like a bitch. Stop hating and appreciate this video for what it is. A guy practicing speed and endurance.

  • Your most excellent playing is so intense that it literally takes my breath away!! All of your videos are, by far, my favorites!!

  • @bilardoe Thanks!

  • Now lets see him lay down a groove.

  • buddy riches unknown brother?! O_O

  • Wat the hell man!

  • Dammmm! What the hell is he doing? Trying to have a brain-annerism!!

  • he's fast as hell but has like no fucking beat going...it doesn't sound shitty cuzza the room, it sounds shitty cuz he isn't doing anything except going fast...going 30000000000 bpm on a snare doesn't make you good...applying it to a beat and in a fill or something does...it's fucking annoying to even listen to AAHHH haha!!

  • To all the people that are saying it sounds horrible .... its simply because of the room acoustics that he is playing in and the fact that the sound was recorded by a camera mic in 1997.. If you put this guy on a stage or in a recording studio or , in an acoustically treated room he would sound amazing.

  • @jeffreythedrumma yes he did, lol

  • buto

  • that was really fast jazz , old school of fast drumming improvisation

  • UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoo­ooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!

  • I would hate to be his neighbor

  • good grief! i thought i was getting fast! sheesh!

  • Jesus Christ...this is guy is as good as Buddy Rich.

  • @jetfreak4 I dont think being able to hit all the drums in rapid succession makes you as good as Buddy Rich

  • @locobotics Exactly. I've seen dozens of guys just like Art. They sit and practice single stokes, triplets, and paradiddles 12 hours a day - then play them around the kit. Yeah, it's ridiculously fast. It also gets boring to listen to really quick

  • i am child of 4, be fast going sprug tug!! ^ ^

  • YEAH GRANDPA

  • LOL

  • My video kept stopping at 3:41, I don't think my internet can handle that speed!

  • wtf?

  • Hahahahaha! Sounds like an old air compressor I used to have. LOL. Good job dude.

  • lol it's fast.

  • butt cheeze wiff at 3;38

  • Does this guy always where the same outfit when he practices? (this is across multiple days...)

  • maybe he purposefully did that for the vid? to keep it consistent or something

  • okay... so who gave the epileptic a pair of drumsticks?

  • hahahaha. fucking nice

  • ROFL

  • @averysevenfold it was in the will from the guy that died from avenged sevenfold

  • yeah man! 4.02-4.04 is the orgasm! ahahahaha!

  • sorry 4:02

  • 4:03 i understand that he has an orgasm...

  • Buddy Rich "wanna be"

  • @mewness4lyfe well he does a damn good job of trying to be him lol

  • His bare knee bothers me, BUT he is an excellent drummer and Speedy, Can he drum up more gigs for the rest of us drummers?

  • Hes fast, but it doesn't really sound good.

  • He is copy of Buddy Rich, but not that good.

  • BOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

  • I'll admitt he is fast. But it just sounds horrible.

  • i saw another fastest drummer, some kid on a little pad, was nothing compared to this

  • I don't know a whole lot about this world record holder.. just saw this video and thought I would check it out. Being a drummer myself, I am impressed by his speed, but I am not one to accept speed being the only factor of drumming. The whole point is to make it come out clean and sound nice, as well as mixing that with speed. Obviously Neil Peart is a good example, if you count the use of his electronics. Also, Mike Portnoy. Speed isn't everything.

  • Comment removed

  • As a drummer myself, I don't quite get this whole wave of jealous drummers coming over here to slam such a technically amazing drummer as Art Verdi. His speed moving around a kit actually resembles me of Buddy Rich (and thats very rare). I 'd love to see some of these dickheads attempt this stuff as they would fail miserably. Art moves extremely fast, his executions are clean and hes able to mix up many different rudiments into his playing. If thats not technical proficiency I dunno what it is.

  • Can't you goddamn clowns just acknowledge a great drummer?

    Jeez!

  • he has a tummy

  • Good technique. It gets a bit tedious though.

  • ....seriously we just went over this. This guy has the world record and has been holding it for two years. He's not speeding up shit

  • Suislide1's inevitable lonely kid asshat reply in 5-4-3-2....Please everyone make sure you read it and tell him what a good boy he is :)

  • Err first of all I'm not even a kid so that already shows the kind of moron I'm dealing with here. Anyone can judge anything they wan't, you dont have to BE something to like it or not. You are just an elitist cock sucker who thinks he knows better than everyone else. Most people on here are saying this vid is fast but he doesn't do anything...because its CRAP.

    So the conclusion is...Art Verdi sucks in this video.

  • Err first of all, you just called a university professor (slamdunk9) a moron. I'm 19, and am pretty sure judging from your video that you're much younger than me, which means that does make you a kid...one with a lot to learn about many things, drums being but one. Mostly you seemed to be infatuated with gay sex, which seems very unusual when discussing a drum video. Finally you seem not to understand that the discussion left debating you and became making fun of you some time ago. Good luck.

  • That video is old, don't care university professors aren't always right.

    Anyways the rest of your reply sucks, this video still sucks!

  • BWAHAHA, so funny. mroachfan is actually doing a countdown and this suislide idiot comes yacking it up right on cue. I wonder if I can get him to mow my lawn using the same technique.

  • That's fucking stupid...you can judge anything...I don't direct movies so I can't judge them? Your logic is stupid.

    Get Art Verdi's dick out of your ass

  • Yes kid, people try to judge many things. It doesn't mean they can, it just means they're ignorant. Yes, you can judge all the movies you want. But it still won't be any more than the rantings of a teenage fool, arrogant enough to think he has a real thought. When you focus silliness towards those with thoughts, you waste their time.

    You should really practice more and talk less. Your hero Mangini likes Art. Maybe you should ask him why. And if tells you, actually try to listen.

  • Once again played fast doesn't mean shit and this Art Verdi shit still sucks ass.

    My playing has nothing to do with it, its just you guys are so full of shit sucking on Art Verdi's dick you can't see that this shit is absolutely horrid. There's like 4 billion drummers who can play fast and actually make something out of it compared to this joke. It's just awful and my own playing has nothing to do with it in the slightest.

    This guy is AWFUL

  • If it doesn't mean shit man, why is your own video a failed tribute to it? I agree with these guys. You're a pretty terrible drummer who's not even even close to being able to judge anyone. If you can't feel it or play it, how can you judge it?

    Fair question son, got an answer?

    Nope, that's what I thought.

    Funny too how arrogant little kids like this jump immediately to a homophobic reference when they have nothing to say.

    Pathetic.

  • he is not the world fastest drumer mike mangini is it

  • Art is a former speed drumming world champion. All of those guys are called World's Fastest Drummer Champ, because the official name for speed drumming championships is World's Fastest Drummer or WFD. Art held the world record for nearly 2 years before Mangini. Verdi plays over 150 gigs a year with some of the top jazz musicians in the world. This is a practice video released by someone else. This video displays practice and is not a musicality display. Everything said here is legit.

  • WHO CARES. Playing fast doesn't mean SHIT. Not only is this guy not the fastest, it sounds like crap...there is no feel, and no structure. OH WOW HE PLAYS 150 GIGS A YEAR WOOOO THAT MEANS ALOT.

    Who cares, what he is playing here is crap

  • I visited Suislide1's lone video and heard some of the worst attempts at speed drumming ever displayed on youtube. His playing was laughable. He is not only a joke of a drummer, unqualified to comment on any aspect of music, but a hypocrite who demonstrates by his own drumming wank fests that he wishes he was fast himself. I left a similar comment on his video but he wouldn't post it. Instead he came here to further his career as a musical jackass.

    Anything else Suislide1? Drum lessons maybe?

  • Suislide1 = pwnd.

    I just went to this kid's video too. It had 154 views and 15 one star ratings, meaning that one out of every 10 viewers thought it was some of the worst crap they'd ever heard. See kid this is what Matt Smith (one of the best drummers for his age) is trying to tell you. Until you can at least play on the level of a farm animal, your only job in music criticism is to step behind a tree and drink a big can of shut the hell up. And until you can play 1 gig, yeah 150's a big deal.

  • This sucks ass, sure its fast...but theres nothing else too it...

    Mike Mangini is faster anyhow and can actually put together compositions

  • lol, 0:18

  • He doesn't drum bad it's just that speed is useless in music.

  • @Nigrantis Well, that ain't completely true. I think you can be sure he can do some pretty relaxed 32' notes :)

  • no offence to anyone , but is nothinf but noise.Sure hes fast, but whats speed when the durmmer sounds like shit.

  • He's no neil peart, or keith moon,or mel taylor or John Bohnham, hes barely Carmine Appice!!!

  • dont be jealous bro

  • very nice

  • wow hes fast

  • this is two videos that are 14 minutes long so this guy is slow

  • this shit is DOPE! some snobby comments in here as if all drummers should appeal to these kids' lame standards, haha - tisk tisk. this dude is killlling it harder than most dudes could dream of. that's discipline son.

  • you fuck around as fast as that? yeah I bet :)

  • look at his face he's trying and looks like he's all into it.

  • he's fast but it doesnt even sound good. i do that shit all the time just fucking around

  • How do you know he's not just fucking around?

  • Because it sounds horrible?

  • Uhhh yeah, that means hes probably just fucking around...

  • Couldn't be worse. Yuck.

  • As always guys like LoudGuitr slam rising name rec guys like Art Verdi, when their own stuff is a pathetic joke with no apparent chance. Go to his channel listen to his band of smooth jazz wannabes slog through a set at some outdoor crap where they play for bicycles and yard pets. Funny how it's always like that, when all these bitter guys have to do is address their own sad marketing issues. They also need to hear this more so they can get their heads out of their asses and smell the coffee.

  • I prefer to keep my head up my ass, but I think the smell I'm getting is your mom.

  • Incadanceinperu got insulting, but you LoudGuitr started it. The issue was about trolling asshats making extreme comments while having only crap to show for themselves. Seeing that you do nothing to defend that pathetic collection of sounds you call music, I assume your last post was an understandable reaction to obvious frustration. You're just not good enough to be doing anything other than working towards not playing badly. Art plays with Phil Woods. You play in a park with dogs. Got it now?

  • The music on my page you are referring to is not me. Secondly, you know nothing of my professional resume. Thirdly, this Art Verdi guy is stating that being a jackhammer is musical. If he was a little faster, is that better still? Tell me where I can find art created by speed painters and speed sculptors. Who is the fastest dancer? Art missed his calling. He should have been a typist. Lastly, what I initially posted was my opinion, to which I'm entitled. It wasn't a personal attack.

  • LoudGuitr's first comment was not an opinion, it was trolling. Then he cried like a little bitch when he was called on it. This is a pro drummer you pathetic idiot. He plays in bands that surpass your limited comprehension. I would explain that to you but...well, refer to the previous sentence. That's not an opinion slick, that's fact. Wankers like LoudGuitr don't have resumes or they'd be bragging about them. That's what poseurs who can't help but get the last word do. Anything else?

  • Yes. Guys with resumes do not brag about them.

  • I have one question; Where does he find band mates fast enough to keep up?

  • This could be called....'Inside a Mental Institution'.

  • Very good .. but buddy rich was way faster

  • hahaha this guy is such a douche...but it's entertaining

  • he is amazing, but he sucks

  • yet he cant afford central air conditioning. that is a dumpy trailer.

  • this sounds like when I get on my buddy's drum set and just beat the hell out of it.... He's way faster than me...but just as shitty...lol

  • that makes me want to kill myself

  • PukeBucket...That's funny...it makes me want to piss myself!

  • He's pretty fast. Reminds me of Buddy Rich. Even resembles him somewhat.

  • no way he's the fastest in the wrold

  • actually when he made this video he was recorded as the worlds fastest single stroke drumer so yeah at this time he was the fastest and still is the around the 3rd fatest

  • Sure does play a lot of notes.

    but they don't mean anything.

  • wow, Art is a living LEGEND!!!! an amazing drummer.

  • Thats considerably harder to do according to my own experience on a drum kit. Having said that, Art is still a BEAST. His speed, POWER!, Gladstone technique and stamina are astonishing. I've always been a fan. Its a good distraction from Buddy's unfortunate departure from this world... (now hes possibly entertaining "God" and - possibly - teaching him how to play the drums. hehe).

  • Second, Buddy usually did transitions between snare to floor tom really fast and hitting a high number of single strokes per drum in the process. Art does not do it. His transitions come from the tom and then he goes down to the snare. This is easier than Buddy's - try it at home... its a matter of coordination. Its harder to make your arms when paralled one to another "travel" empty distances when going from the snare to the floor tom.. snare-floor-snare-floor and so forth.

  • Though I'm a big Art Verdi fan (his speed dedication is AMAZING), I should say some things I've noticed. First, we have many little fragments of different days and performances here. Someone could watch this and think "look! This guy was tireless!" wrong, he could not play all these things for 10 minutes in a row like Buddy Rich did SO MANY times during his lifetime.

  • he looks like buddy rich

  • This is boring.

  • i'd b kinda scared to meet him in a dark alley

  • fuck you...nig

  • Chuck Norris could play faster.

  • thats what im talkn about!!

    single stroke rolls are sick!

    Joey jordison sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • thats not even good. thats just ridiculous. thats a perfect example of someone who cant play their instrument for shit but wants to look good. what a fag.

  • Kenny G is actually the fastest drummer.

  • i bet that is the fase he gives whilst having sex lolz!

  • you guys are retarded, he is the fastest drummer...just fucking look it up instead saying dumb shit like, omg this is fake

  • What's up with people vouching for Joey as the fastest drummer? Joey may be better than me at the drums, but he isn't the fastest out there. Joey isn't all that creative when it comes to drums either. There's not really a whole lot of diversity in his drumming. Take the drum solo where we was on the raised platform. Shit. It was just a bunch of double bass and tom rolls. He's good, but he's not the "best". No musician is the best and any decent musician would know that.

  • I bet he could play faster if he jammed some more furniture in that room.

  • what about mike mangini for hands and tim waterson for feet? ( i know that art verdi isnt going for a feet record....but still)

  • uahuaaa Mike Mangini could not even think of doing this. The unique thing he knows to do is his 1200 ridiculous record - ridiculous technique. No volume, no power just "plug yourself in electricity" and you're done. This is ridiculous dexterity. Mangini is not even close. Open your eyes.

  • Look for Mangini's "traditional grip" single strokes' try and compare to THIS - I just laugh myt ass off. Art destroys Mangini. A whole lot more impressive.

  • Respect. 5 stars....

    All you crude haters need to be moderated.

  • Fake? You're faster? You're obviously not a drummer and know NOTHING about drumming. This man achieved world's fastest in 2001. So STFU and go away.

  • stop it!!!..the snare drum is crying!!!...please...

  • This scopion is just another of the tragically hip who posts cool videos of Townsley and Chambers to show how plugged in he is when he is obviously unaware that both guys love Art's playing...the very guy he slams here...oops. Dude if you hate this guy so much, why do you constantly troll his videos?

  • dude you suck!!! please dont claim that you are the fastest in the world!!! who do you think you are fooling deuchbag!!! I suggest you learn how to tune before you make these proposterous claim of being the fstest in the worl!!! get out more!

  • Ok, you go pick up some drumsticks. Either that, or shut up.

  • yea fastest drummer my ass Joey Jordison could kill this guy if hes not already dead lol scropion i kind of agree but i give him cred hes quite fast

  • good point, jordison would murder this guy on speed... this must be some kind of fucking joke, who is this old dick? any deuche with a camera claims to be the fastest on youtube... he is the fastest and I have a 24 inch dick.

  • HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!

    you, my friend, are a fucking idiot LAWL

    (btw, i'm not laughing at your joke, i'm laughing at you for your comments about verti and joey, i thought i should make that clear since you are pretty dumb)

  • Both of you are easily manipulated mentally retarded sheep.

  • WOW1 I thought I was fast. Kudos Art. You are the fastest I've seen.

  • You can't get the full effect of this video if you haven't tried drumming before.

  • wdf are u talking about, this guy has been drumming for years.

  • bet your neigbours love you hahaha good stuff

  • OMG yeah he is the worlds fastest drummer but he looks constipapted XD

  • hey its the malmsteen of drumming

  • Ehmmm

  • very fast and good drummer. shame he cant tune his kit ;)

  • i think i seen the year changing through that vid

  • awfull snare drum!! get a piccolo

  • boring

  • Don't you love the jealous noobs, almost all between the ages of 14-22 who think they have a clue about drumming based on their 20 minutes of experience, and know nothing about anything except what they listen to. Somebody just released a Verdi practice session, nothing more. He doesn't have to justify himself to wannabees.

  • he is boring... arghhhhhhhhhh this is not for me to be a good drummer...he is not versatile and fresh

  • its true he sucks my hands move faster then that and i am way slower then that haha he has either a very good movie editing program or he just played over some one else

  • to bad it sounds like shit

  • I'm pretty sure Gary Thomas is faster than this.

  • Art has a record of 220 single strokes in 10 seconds (that would be more than 1.300 in a minute... an absurd).

  • Art Verdi is ridiculously fast and LOUD. No one is as fast using traditional grip (maybe Buddy). Thrash/Death drummer couldn't stand a candle to this guy (he plays at full speed for more than 1 minute non-stop. Art is ridiculous).

  • this guy sucks.. gorgasm drummer is fasta yo all mother fuckers!

  • i thourght i was good get in 18 strokes in a second but this guy

  • blacksabbath111 (2 months ago)

    oh yea and derek rhoddy's faster than this dick

    what are you stupid? "worlds fastest drummer" it says it all

  • hes having an organsm

  • the tape is double in speed, he cuts up the video so u cant tell the clock in the corner is doubled, besides toms souldnt sound like that

  • it's not double speed. when you play jazz stuff, toms are usually tight like that. if you think this is double speed, then maybe check out buddy rich because everything he does is for real.

  • oh yea and derek rhoddy's faster than this dick

  • This guys shit, all he's doing is one handed rolls which require no musical talent

  • Lmao, he looks like he's masturbating! P.s he may be fast I give him that but it sounds like shit.

  • Fuck, i would hate to be his neighbor o.0, Now lets hear some eigth notes lol

  • Crap, I mena he is shit. How the hell did the fat, loser of a drummer play for those great guys. Come to think of iot they all played pretty much like that (in those days) except with coolness and class.