12 y.o. drummer girl Kamelot "When the Lights are Down drum cover "second take"

[Shorty15c4007]

Definitely not bad! So you got a lil mistakes with the timing here and there, but you definitely did superb for your age. Thumbs up! =)

[Wolfareon]

it doesn't add up..

[pavkey88]

nice job. I think Casey would be proud.

[stino83]

Wow sounds great, specially (if I may say so) for someone your age!

Keep it going! :)

[JakeDomination]

You did OUTSTANDING with the FootWork but on snare and cymbals put more life in it

[Roger17drummer]

impressive, but... very sloppy. you do the fill correct but very sloppy. Great cover though. keep it up! Casey has a good student there

[WayneWiblin]

Im not going to fill my comment with allot of the "you should do this and try that" stuff, but what I do have to say is it is really awesome that you playing and working hard at it. I think this performance is amazing and look forward to future videos '...'

[07ssmonte]

@WayneWiblin Thank you ! if you like this Kamelot one you should check out my two other ones that are much newer (and Better) ones!

Jennifer

[FacingItAlone]

Your footwork is sloppy.. Do some exercises that'll help improve your gallops and your footwork in general, you tend to go off even though you can't hear the bass drum to well.. but you can clearly see you're struggling and you can hear it at some points. I'd look into investing in a mic setup so you can mic your kit too so you can get the clarity of what you're playing

[07ssmonte]

@FacingItAlone Ummm , o.k. thanks I guess . this was over a year ago though. Hopefully I have improved since then :) . I hear ya on the mics.

[herbiedrumr369]

@07ssmonte hummmm, i cant sey i can down the foot work,,,,,but,,,,,yessss much improvement sense this vid in drumming all together..

[herbiedrumr369]

@07ssmonte sloppy footwork????? shes never had "sloppy" footwork in my opinion, ESPECIALLY in this vid/song.

[doubaz]

good work man but you need to start hitting... there are some songs were you obviously need to keep quite like most jazz songs but in this song i would be thrashing the cymbals remember drumming is almost as much about the visual aspect than the playing... if the drummer looks bored the crowd will be too

[JandTnz]

Well done that was some very impressive drumming.

[MultiDrummerboy123]

u notice u smile at the end all the time u must be so happy after you r done

[MultiDrummerboy123]

where do u get these kits from

[07ssmonte]

@MultiDrummerboy123 what can i say except i have a great mom and dad ! my dad does all the work himself . can't wait till he finishs my newest snare !

[herbiedrumr369]

UNREAL !!!!!!! sounds great through earphones,EVERY kick start up is as strong and quick as the next

[07ssmonte]

@herbiedrumr369 thanks herbie for your support ! believe it or not i am still working on the song ! now that teach is back he pointed out what i was doing wrong and made me correct it , so as soon as i get it perfect i'm gonna do it again but it will be special the third time around :) ! i'm working on another kamelot cover also so stay tuned !

[herbiedrumr369]

@07ssmonte kewl kewl, i got cha back M.C. cat r act.. BUT i do see a thing or tew, i will send ya a mesg on, but not that it will help or hurt but "booboo" we gonna put some chucks on dim feets of yours :p

[willemttt]

I didn't see she has a lot of fun? 0_o

If you do some improvisations the cover were'nt so boring...

2*

[07ssmonte]

@willemttt guess i don't understand ! its a cover of the song , i wasn't trying to make it different than what it already is .

[IcarusComplexBand]

@07ssmonte the point isnt to play the song exactly, the way Kamelot performs it is a 'snapshot' of the song at that point in time, they dont even play it the same live, they mix it up and try things differently while keeping the overall 'feel' the same. So when you cover a song, it's much more fun to add your own feel to it, it also vastly increases your improv skills

[07ssmonte]

@IcarusComplexBand thanks for your comment i really appreciate it . i do understand were you are coming from and there are actually many little differences in the way that i played this . if you listen to the cd version you will pick them up right away . casey grillo is my teacher so if anyone would know about this and any other kamelot song it would be him . and you are correct , he keeps the main parts of the song but does change little things depending on his mood !

again thanks , jennifer

[07ssmonte]

@IcarusComplexBand also i noticed that when people do actually improvise a song they get blasted about not doing it " exactly " how the original drummer did it ! so it does kind of make it hard trying to decide what i thinks sounds cool and whether to change the way the song is played . have a g-day mate ! ha! ha! ha! :)

[IcarusComplexBand]

@07ssmonte not all the time, have a look at Cobus, he's probably the most popular drum cover personality on here, and he's one of the biggest improvisers i have ever seen.

[07ssmonte]

@IcarusComplexBand i understand what your saying , but cobus and a few others like jimmy kadesh (sp.) have A LOT more experiance than me so they know how to make it all fit . but since you mention improvising did you happen to check out my boogie woogie vid ? that whole song i improvised and yet no one has said anything about great job improvising ! maybe its the choice of song or maybe i'm not so good making stuff up . i don't know ...... again thanks for watching . jennifer

[MultiDrummerboy123]

when u gonna pmake a drum cover

[MultiDrummerboy123]

nice ive allways wanted that kit it is an amazing one

[mozidesigner]

nice! Though it seems your foot work "slipped" a little on the second verse. But don't mind me I am just being picky.

Keep at it!

[07ssmonte]

@mozidesigner its o.k. to be picky , i don't mind . for some reason the verse is hard for me . i'll get it straight mozi .

[herbiedrumr369]

we'll just call ya "feet" i do have an idea,"opinion" that may help ya on the rest, gimme a shout i'll tell ya bout it, keeeep jammin

[07ssmonte]

@herbiedrumr369 will do herbie

[abovethec]

your doing great!!! they fills are going good... thats some fast stuff..

I hope I can get back to tampa soon to teach you some more... talk to you soon.

casey

[07ssmonte]

@abovethec yea me too ! stupid volcano !!!! :(

[caffeineadvocate]

Very good, indeed. And you look like you're having a lot of fun, which is the most important part :)

[07ssmonte]

@caffeineadvocate thank you ! and i am :)