The Little Kit & The Blue Kit (HD)

[coffeeblackneggwhite]

this is so good!!

[calyz07]

your sick!!! i really love your style.. damn wish i could play like you.. can you give me any techniques or can you teach me how to become you!?? lol seriously man! your good!

[SgtPeterFuck]

 tasty!

[blulama]

Hey bro, awesome playing! Juast want to know what software you use with the ZoomH2? I just got one

[richardblabla]

beautiful drumming and kits

[solazytofindaname]

john I simply love your blue kit, mahogany is so tasty and I cannot get enough of it. Yet I must say I am simply amazed by the feeling and energy you show while playing the lil kit. So I am going for the lil one :)

[FrettedFreak]

tiz blue

tiz litttle

[Motown199]

hey whats the ride? im feelin it

[pedronuno91]

Man I've been watching your videos, and you know.. you got talent :) and the way you play guitar or drums seems easy but you do some really good stuff. I'll subscribe you. Do you have a musical carreer or you just play for fun?

cheers

take care.

[SupraJin]

aisha duo!

[Evangelo04]

i prefer the sound of the little kit to the blue kit.

[pitman71]

Nice camera, you said you're into photography now so is it a stills DSLR? and it looked like a zoom mic - is that right?

Love you're drumming too, another one to add to my favourites :)

[milkmit]

I could listen to you play the drums all day... wish there was more on youtube that had your talent and could play with as much feel.

[theslacker072]

Wow!!

Great stylistic playing!

What ride is that?

It souds sweet!

And rep for rocking the suit!

Do you do a lot of like "cover band" band work like all-round wband work...weddings and that sort of stuff?

You could deff do that.

Really nice playing!

Oh and yor kit sounds awesome.Nice clean tom sound no too much ring..nice tone...perfect.

[eliassensicy]

What sticks do you use? =)

[perBjarkov]

Awesome camera, awesome drumming... you win ;)

[Spidey2391]

Sweet camera sweet drumming !! YOURE BACK !!!

[KajiDrifter]

I love those snares! Both of them sound great and are tuned very well. :)

[ricardoestrella11]

the little drums remind me of ringo starr

jeje

[broomiester]

orange amps rule

[trey1O]

its awsome when you use the maracas

[idodrum50]

You are groovin awesome dude, great job

[1juspe]

Awesome playing :O

[trey1O]

i love the way the snare sounds on the blue kit!

[airsoftguitardrum900]

good sound for a 4 lug drum

[jones8585]

Great job! Keep up the good work.

[schtat]

Superb as always! I'd love to hear you tackle the theme from Mad Men...should be right up your alley.

[itsyourownpath]

snare sounds better on the blue kit

but i love the sounds of the toms and cymbals on the little kit

[mattieboiback]

Fuckin sick once again dude!!

[bleed0range]

Hahaha nice video. I'm still practicing the drums to this day. Still trying to not suck! lol.

[thesoftsquid]

I quite enjoy the blue kit. Crisp sounds.

[musicftw1]

i love the little kit, should make more videos with it.

[rhythmatheart]

nice..Aisha Duo

[ondjima]

snare is definitely better on the blue kit

[betoavb]

Amazing johnny!

Man... i'm just crazzy here....! Nice drumming !

And great image too!

Regards from brazil

[193lespaul]

what camera are you using i really like the opening footage

[johnnyonline]

EOS 500D.. or the EOS t1i if you're from the states. but it's the lenses that make the biggest difference. i used 2 fast prime lenses. a 50mm 1.8 and a 35mm f/2.

[spikyjake06]

fair play.. i haven't seen ur videos for a while but i just remembered about them today and i remembered why i liked them so much. There brilliant. I love your grooves i always seem to pick up lots of ideas and patterns after watching them.. keep up the great work..! loving the kits by the way!

Jake

[di0h]

Wich mic did you use?

[johnnyonline]

the zoom H2, you can see it at 5:38

[HiRAx999]

Your style is sexy...

[videosonny]

I liked it Johnny ! Cheers from Canada.

[nickwelsh]

congrats my friend on the new camera. the shots on flickr look good as well. :)

[SimonBak90]

What is Johnny's Flickr name?

[johnnyonline]

hi there.. on flickr i'm 'johnxlewis'

pretty easy to find.. that's where all my creative energy goes these days, photography

[chuchukam0]

is that a ludwig sparkle?

[Drumminman4U]

Really nice work there! Love that little kit and you play very well. Lot's of variety. You might get a kick out of my short vid clips on youtube. I'm under "Drummer Richard Gray". Thanks!

[killswitchawesome]

where did you place the zoomh2 for recording the drums?

[Kingoify]

well i hpe that i wont have hes facial hair... but the clothing could go, and man thats some nice fills!

[wickedfastdrumer]

is it me or do all jazz drummers look the same?

[johnnyonline]

haha. never heard that actually.. who do i look like?

[wickedfastdrumer]

you don't look like anyone in particular its just i see alot of jazz drummers and they all seem to have the same type of facial hair clothing ect, nice playing btw

[jekof4]

oh, you made me love drums!

[cookiekath]

:) :) :)

[wouwser]

once again, great footage dude!

[GiovanniAv]

Great drummer, great camera! Congrats!

[mattykarasch]

happy to see a drum video up again. you rock man. keep it up

[skump13]

yess

[najtrows]

very nice :)

[dmy986]

where did you place the recorder during playing?

[johnnyonline]

on a mic boom above the kit just out of the shot.

[psychedelicliam]

I wouldn't call it weird, i saw the way you were looking at it, you want one. oh yeah im going with the Saturn :) haha i keep changing my mind but this time im set, ill tell ya more on thursday!

[psychedelicliam]

you could say i am fairly disappointed you didnt put that clip on this vid of me playing, but neither the less, go the little kit whata beast

[johnnyonline]

haha.. hey liam. that rainbow vest was awesome, i could still post it if you like.. i'll just call it "johns weird student".

how's that evans head sounding?

[proto35]

man i have missed your drum videos

[dwjames]

What do you use to dampen your dolphin kit's bassdrum? great vid man, awesome quality!

[johnnyonline]

well it's fitted with 2 remo powerstrokes, front & back as well as a 3 inch wide felt strip along the inside of the front head opposite the hole.

sitting against the batter head i have a rolled up hand towel.

[katanaxi]

i have to say, i absolutely love your drumming feel

do you have any stuff on record outside of youtube? and if so, where could i find it?

[johnnyonline]

just youtube :)

[Keith63]

Nice work with the percussion as well as with the Canon. I am a professional trumpet player and I can tell. :o)

Tripod always makes the difference with movie shots.  good work.

[tomtom819]

Love your style of drumming, it is very lay back and effortless

[joshuag94]

i love the one at 2:50, but i wish the bass drum had more of a "boom" sound

[johnnyonline]

thanks :)

2 reasons for the "little" kick sound being a bit flat. the kick drum is tiny. it's only 20"x9" so it'll never sound massive. plus i'm using a small portable audio recorder, not the usual dedicated drum mics and mixer. consider this an experiment. the next drum video i do will have bigger sound :)

[samuelshepard]

you've got those bonham triplets down witht he tom and kick

[ihaveanibanez]

bravo

[siddacious]

Nice video! I never noticed this much about your playing, but you make very good use of the few pieces you have in your kits (compared to a huge metal kit). Nice grooves, sweet fills. The camera work is awesome too, by the way.

[pattyww]

Diggin the stache... Glad to see you back behind the kit.

[handidrummed]

Glad to see a new drumming video. I honestly think this is your best one. That little kit sounds amazing. People shouldn't judge a kit by its size :)

[54ringo]

very nice articulation and dynamics. Really like those kits too.

[blackhawkG]

Very nice! was that in 720p or 1080p?

[johnnyonline]

720p @ 30fps. the Canon 500D can shoot 1080p but only at 20fps, so that mode is kinda useless, besides youtube only displays content at a maximum of 720p anyway so 1080p would be wasted :)

[johnnyonline]

shut up nerd :S

[blackhawkG]

kool, it came out well.. I have picked the T1i\500D and was wondering which mode I should film in. For me 1080p was way too choppy.. so from what I see 720p works great! thx

[johnnyonline]

cool. the other thing to be aware of if you did shoot 1080p for some reason is that image wobble/rolling shutter is far worse. whereas it's pretty controlled at 720.

[willdotftw]

Nice new camera. Hoping to see alot more videos from you soon! Keep up the good work mate.

[jriktor]

i really like those hats!

what kind are they?

[johnnyonline]

on which kit? i have two sets :) on the little white kit, they're Sabian AA 14" Light Hats. on the blue kit i'm playing 14" Avedis Zildjian New Beats. both sets are at least 20 years old so there's a little more warmth than in a shiny new set.

[jriktor]

i was referring to the white kit but the 20 year age is what drew me in. mmm the warmth of a hi hat.

[kellan6]

jesus man, you can really play. 2:53, man i'm just a sucker for those funky high-hat double stroke beats.

sir you have humbled me greatly!

[yourbuddy7]

dood u use an H2 also!?! thats awsome i love that little device u can use it for everything

[johnnyonline]

well it's the 1st time i've used one on my drums, it's borrowed from work. not bad. obviously not the same as mic'ing the while kit properly, but not bad at all.

[itsme16688]

i like

[tzsch83]

a new video from johnnyonline? of course we like it!!! keep them coming!!

[hiddenbase]

look at the GQ man in the blazer...great stuff bro

[crimson639]

great quality :>

[crazyjake29]

hey jonny, are those cymbal stands both pearl C-800W on the blue kit?

cheers

[johnnyonline]

yep, one was a BC-800W but i swapped out the boom arm for a straight one to make it lighter for gigs.

[crazyjake29]

clever idea... do u know any drum dealers with cheap hardware by any chance?. i need a c-800W stand!

[johnnyonline]

if you happen to live in the south-east suburbs of melbourne i can give you a discount over at cranbourne music. otherwise, ebay :)

[metamurph]

Great camera work and playing..I was hoping with it titled and everything that there would be more "story line" but this is very nice bits

[hughman174]

that groove around 1:30 was off the chart

[olicc]

Wow, you recorded that using an $800 camera and not a camcorder?  I guess the lines are blurring.

[johnnyonline]

The big sensor of the dSLR and nice lenses makes for much nicer video than any little camcorder. don't think i'll ever go back.

[killswitchawesome]

keep making more, i miss the tuna fort night challenge

[Zeppelin211]

Holy shit, what kind of camera is that?

[influenzaa]

It says at the end..

[NGBeats]

YES. Man, I've been in Johnny withdrawal for way too long.

[ThoughtScientist]

drummylicious

[etabone1]

wow a vid from Johnny!!!!what a treat!!!

[LeetSheepy]

Where've you been man?! We've missed your videos!

[KIRKIN2112]

Nicely done brudda! Cool new cam too. Shine on!

[4WhomMetallicaTolls]

oh my god, you ARE still alive. =D

[xXMessedKrisXx]

Love your drumming man =]

[HesterMcLester]

rack focus. superkickass.

[johnnyonline]

it'll be even better when the HD finishes processing.. c'mon youtube!

:)

[lespaulgtars]

does blue have di cast hoops?

[johnnyonline]

yessum. that's the Pearl Masters series.

[lespaulgtars]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! finally!!!

[soohungry]

OMG! U havent made a vid in SOOOO LONG!!! Dammit! Finally! New HD Camera Aye! Very Nice!

[internetisgood]

Cool.

[Steeveness]

Your back!

[LovaBoij]

guess what? FIRST!

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