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  • i wonder if he can rip up a drum set cause you cant get groove and feel like this with out drumming first

    this sounds like im watching damn modern drummer dvd

  • @africanmaan. he´s one of the best drummers I´ve ever seen. And I have seen many! One day I could watch him set up his drumset, and even that was impressing.

  • he should collaborate with charlie hunter and rule the world

  • Cool...

  • Beautiful!

    

  • @BoazPelegRocks i think the foot pedal is a hihat pedal

  • Whats crazy is that he is not hitting a wrong button. I have a drum machine too and I am always tapping a wrong button by accident. It sounds too clean unless he has several buttons programmed with the same sound so if he does hit a wrong button it won't sound like he messed up...I dunno...

  • @r0b0tj0n3s: Be shure he can. This guy was the Tour-Drummer of Prince a few years ago!

  • it would be more impressive if he actually was playing this on the drums

  • @r0b0tj0n3s he probably can. This is just the way a lot of jazz and fusion drummers play. The impressive thing is that can actually replicate it on a midi instrument with just his hands. It's just an amazing accomplishment from a drummer and producer's point of view.

  • @r0b0tj0n3s He's a friend of mine.... and believe me... he can. We had a gig together. Dave was on the kit. Someone passed him the solo. He starts soloing on the kit. Puts one stick down, and starts soloing on the drum machine with one hand, while the other hand is playing fills on the kit. This guy is gifted!

  • @r0b0tj0n3s actually he can. LOL!

  • Search Youtube for: afro cuban & ethnic rhythms part 1

    You'll see.

  • Demasiado talento parcero!!!

  • you're amazing!!!

  • amazing!!! very good job.

  • DAVID MOTHERFUCKING HAYNE

  • C'est dommage de faire du jazz de tarlouze avec des possibilités pareils.

  • LOOK UP CODIEBOAKES <<< OR LOOK UP MY PROFIL to see my RIFF ***/song**

    CLICK ON VID AND IT PLAYS RIGHT AWAY NO TALKING ***

    S0b Me? I S0B u ** :):)

  • I love this! The rhythm constantly evolves as does the melody. I could listen all day. Thanks for sharing your talents with us.

  • As a drummer, obviously drum machines seem stupid, BUT this has such a traditional approach to it, its really good and I respect this guy.

  • Cool.....nice groove dude¡

  • crazy man! with two fingers and technology you have blown away most drummers.

  • not to take anything away from the vid but drum machines are quite a bit easier than real drums, just as e drums are easier than acustic.

  • @mogul1265 then u probably saw he plays real drums too

  • @mogul1265 I dunno I disagree having those finger drums sound like an authentic drummer by just using your fingers to control rudiments and dynamics as well is easier said than done.

    Plus he has a hi-hat control for hi-hat things as well too...

  • @mogul1265 u done it before? lol

  • your nuts dude wow nice job!!!

  • Me thinks the emperor needs to locate his cloak.

  • Something tells me your darkshining star isn't exactly a bright one. There is more than one way to do just about anything. Expand your horizons and maybe even your f%^%$#@ vocabulary.

  • Any comment would encourage you to randomly come up with more insults. Have a nice day, sir. I'm sure you play as well as David Haynes on acoustic drums...

  • BLOOZ976-darkshiningstar3 is a troll don't pay him any mind.......lol.......

  • this guy rules!!!

  • Yes he is that amazing on the real drums! I just saw him the past two nights at the Blue Martini in Columbia, SC and he was killin! So much fun!

  • dude are you this good on real drums... Insane

  • it should be a close-up of his hands instead of a shot of him just sitting there.

  • but he does even nicer on the real drum but this is why he's wicked cause he proves that electronics can make good stuff on the right hands.. fingers I mean.. LOL he played for prince on tour for a whiiiiile.. guess he'd know his deal.

  • what MIDI controller is he using ?

  • Alesis HR-16

  • Jejeje... this looks unreal, I'm not saying it is not, but looks like... this guy is so cool jeje. Cheers!

  • Dear David, I guess that there many guys right here wondering the same I do: What set up you might be using in all of your videos. Maybe you could post to everybody and specify you set: machine, computer, soundcard, computer, acessories. Thank you, kind regards. Keep on

  • @pipi333 You actually thought he'd answer you?

  • oh my god... man... my gooooooooooooood

  • that was hot man..

  • Awesome the way he can translate his drumming experience into 'programming' drums as well. A true double threat in today's studio world!

  • and now on on a real drumkit!

  • All you need to do is look to your right and you'll see other videos in which Mr. Haynes is playing a real drum kit.

  • Yep, pardon me

  • To me it wouldn't matter if he could play real drums or not, this is truly talent shining through.

  • David u r truely blessed & gifted. I have known u 4 along tym but c n u play tells me more about u than i ever knew. im impressd. I bowe down 2 u...u r the true 'PRINCE' of drums. love u always n 4ever ur friend n heart. Jacki Bratton

  • Pretty incredible playing - the drum machine lacks the dynamic and timbral nuances of real drums though, so it would be pretty hard to play expressively.

  • with the advances in touch sensitivity and the abilty to change dynamics and timbre in post production you can approximate the nuances of a "real" kit....but alot of expression of drums comes from the human timing and 'swing' in the playing...so david gets more feeling out of a drum machine than anyone else because he is 'playing' pads not just setting up programs.....so he pulls off nuances and expression other people with the same equipment cant fathom...

  • Yeah - I am not denying the guy's groove and rhythm, I just like the sound of acoustic drums better. I think I prefer electronic stuff when it isn't imitating acoustic instruments. Check out this guy's drum pad exercises - unbelievable!

  • and actually a lot a "real kit" players dont play with such nuances so ..

  • Well done. At least you playing and not "sampling". That's amazing. I know alot of real drummers who cant even do that on drums.

  • wow...i'm blown away. ace stuff man!

  • Awesome!

  • Behold! The man with 20 fingers

  • =D lol man the ladies must love it!!

  • Yeah! That is a real musician/drummer. It matters not that his concept comes through a drum machine.

    I have seen a bumper sticker that says "Drum Machines Have No Soul." Well this video again proves that the musician playing the drum machine can have soul. Well done.

  • Awesome!

  • Whoa I'm a drummer and I've never used a drum machine. Man that was funky fresh! I loved every minute of it. I've gotta try one of those. Looks easier to carry than a set. lol

  • this is awesome...TRU TALENT!!!!

  • HOLY CRAP DUDE!!!

    your INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!

  • this is the best !! sorry about my heated comment.. but it was in response to this kknob who said that an 8 year old could do this..

    anyway unbelieveable skill man im inspired and practising my gospel chop :)

    ivan

  • wow O_O just wow xD hes GOOD

  • he may be one of the most skilled electronic drummers EVER

  • just WOW

  • That is soooooo awesome! like, really!

  • Amazing.

  • can anyone tell me what brand of drum machine is he using?

  • That one is an Alesis HR 16, but he is VERY skilled. He could make practically any drum machine sound good, and there are many drum machines from different brands that are out there...

  • But he is using it to trigger the drum sounds on the computer...

  • here, here hamak...

  • BEAUTIFULL

  • Simply the best.

  • hey!!! is that a simple keyboard of pc what are you using to play the program?

  • thats a macbook/powerbook g5/15" (cant tell exactly, though it is a mac

  • Yo, where do you get all of your music from. Im getting into contemp. Jazz and i really wanna practice to these tracks.

  • i really don't understand can do all that with your fingers and in perfect time.. that electronic toontrack drum program is the shiz as well. :)

  • i hope that drummers won't look like this in the future (JOKE), with all those effects on the keyboard or whatever, he can still manage to play drum beats with lots of variety even dynamics (what brain). just great man, got nothing to say.. peace...

  • this guy should be more famous hes got such a Talent.

  • It's about time all of us finger drummers got some exposure. I have NO IDEA how you can get so much expression out of teeny pads like that. Amazing. I do it on keys, but I'm no where near as amazing as you are. Do you use the right foot for BD at all?

  • Almost like real percussion :P Cool music though

  • Excelent!! but I hope that this stupid techno drum fake sound never replace the clasic drum set with a real sound

  • this isnt "stupid", of course it'll never replace the real thing but its another musical instrument to be utilised so why not? don't be closed minded.

  • you have no idea what you´re talking about!!!!

  • Why didn't you become a famous millionaire dj making "stupid repetitive music" if it's so easy?

  • he didnt become a milionare yet because he is an 8 year old

    and dont blame him for not knowing what hes talking about either

    hes an idiot. so let him be

  • ....shut up

  • where the fuck did this dude come from and why is he commenting on this level of skill for .. DUDE YOU HAVE NO IDEA! GET LOST! AND YOU WULDNTKNOW REAL TALENT IF IT RUBBED ITS ASS IN YO FACE.. shit you dumbass piss me off. just dont comment. fuck

  • where the fuck did this dude come from and why is he commenting on this level of skill for .. DUDE YOU HAVE NO IDEA! GET LOST! AND YOU WULDNTKNOW REAL TALENT IF IT RUBBED ITS ASS IN YO FACE.. shit you dumbass piss me off. just dont comment. fuck

  • who fuck said his not good? SHUT THE FUCK UP FUCKING RETARD!!!

  • if an eight year old can make that music, you must be able to. why don't you post a video of you doing it.

  • He is very good drummer,check him out you tube

  • This is cool.

    But if he did it with real drums, it'd be cooler.

  • Damn, Whys this guy so talented?

  • Damn, Whys this guy so talented?

  • Man! This guy is SERIOUSLY talented!

  • Man, you´re a genious...

  • Very impressive David. I am just learning to drum and also using EZD triggered from a midi kit. Drop by and check out "Smile" where I've shown how I've got EZD hooked up and running live in the video.

  • wow! you sure know he's a drummer! If I didn't see the vid, I couldn't say if it was real drums he's playing.

  • this is o u t s t a n d i n g!!! David, You are a one-in-a-million- talent!

  • Rediiiiiiculous!!! Incredible talent! You have been blessed, thanks for sharing your gift!:)

  • what a great groove, it's the holes he leaves, ya know?

  • WOW,I need him to help me make some backing tracks..brilliant job!

  • Outstanding! Brilliant!

  • DFH Software = David "Fingers" Haynes.

    I love it.

  • amazing!!

  • Dude you are awesome, I want one!

  • Tight

  • you are right squeakD.  David is a real drummer who has played with the likes of Chaka Kahn, and Stanley Jordan. I met him briefly in GC and He was just real cool people. So to the haters, don't hate. Just learn to do something unique and let us "the tubers" judge. Then you'll see.

  • fuckin awesome fucker!

  • just awesome

  • you're a natural..

  • Dude this is so rad

  • yes you are a best fingerdrumer.. in brazil all brazilians lister you performace.. congratulations you are fantastic

  • THIS IS SOOOOO SICKKKKK (0_o)

    Keep up the good work...and god bless you;)

  • good !!good !!jazz !!salsa !! yes !!style dave weckl !!good!!

  • cool

  • It's funny how quick people are to judge without knowing ANYTHING. This guy is a REAL DRUMMER too. He plays the kit as well. Watch some of his other videos before you start hating on him, and then try to do what he does on a drum machine.

  • Awsome

  • Que mas da que uno lo haga con una bateria o un aparato digital, lo importante esta en el ritmo, expresion y sentimiento que le das a lo que tocas. Se sale!

  • a genius!!!! check out his website, he really is the best drum player i've ever known!!!!!

  • Nice one!

  • 1.) i don't play drums.

    2.) i can APPRECIATE music

    3.) what's so amazing about this is his PRECISION

    4.) STOP HATIN! :)

  • No computer could do that without being programmed/played by a human. Get a clue.

  • he is doing that on a snare drum stand...lol

  • Very talented young man!! I am very impressed.

  • very nice but i hate the sound of the snare

  • you are a crazy man!

  • DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)

    Man you are playing the DFH Superior with the Alesis HR 16 drum machine....! WOW! How many velocities can you get out of that drum machine? ? ? ?

  • So, you´re the DAVE WECKL of the electronic drumset ? Wow! You´re amazing!

  • Nice groove, great fills, great high-hat sound. A blind listen would have most thinking your are playing a kit. At one point it sounds like a kit and a percussionist on the side.

  • Sweet!

  • OMG

  • oh and David, since this is your own video? I wanna say everything sounds great except that snare crescendo at the end that was so uneven but I guess it's very difficult

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  • if you say "all he does is press buttons" isnt that the same for instruments like guiatrs .... you just press a string down on a fret and for brass and wood instruments say a trumpet you just press down the buttons....

  • I think this falls along the lines of a piano, or more accurately a keyboard in terms of technique. It clearly can't be compared to guitar, wind instruments or drumset.

  • I give him respect. He has a great ear, and nice timeing It's also good to know that he can play a conventional kit as well as the drum machine. You don't see many people that use drum machines try to master a kit.

  • great! he´s talented

  • anyone who thinks this isnt good sucks at hand drums and set.

  • If you do or don't play the drums...this if incredibly hard to do...the guy is talented no matter what you think about his music...

  • He plays it like it was the bongos. Great job.

  • unbelievable.. I loved it

  • It's cute and all, but come on, is this really that impressive musically once you get past the fact that he's hitting buttons? Don't watch the video but just listen to the music with your ears; is this really that great musically?

  • you try it then.

  • if this dude can play these beats and fills on the drumset he's a drum god in my book.

  • yes

  • TO ALL THOSE WHO SAY ITS EASY, AND ITS NOT DRUMMING....Where are your video replies to this. You must know someone who has a drum machine, lets see you do it better.

  • it's like five two-handed drummers

  • this guy is better than most drummers i know of

  • your a natural ,needs 2 be showcased asap, before the million dollar idea naturally stops! jlv

  • WOW, that was very impressive, but for anyone to say that it's more difficult to play a drum machine than a conventional kit then they don't drum. Anyone playing on a drum machine outnumbers a drummers limbs 10 to 4. He has 10 fingers which can be used on ALL keys, drummers however can't use our legs to play our toms, nor our arms to play our bass (not in the conventional sense anyway). It requires much greater co-ordination, rhythm and stamina to play that (or any groove) on an acoustic kit.

  • In case you can't tell, he has different areas and buttons to press for different notes. He must vary his patterns on the various buttons (while never even barely missing) in order to make a realistic sound. He doesn't have the option to just hit the same drum in different ways. Additionally, there are no sticks, which can lead to very different notes with minimal technique change. There are no rimshots, no bounces, and no placement in general. . . .

  • . . . You're right, for this music there is enough inter-drum playing that it would be harder to completely move your arms around than using your fingers. Still, it is very conceivable that a drum machine could be much harder to play in many situations.

  • wow know i know the morons of youtube xD drum machine is what rappers use to make beats so if you morons can do 2+2...more people listen to rap less people listen to rock so depleting the number of jobs for drummers btw i really didnt say anything about David Haynes exept for he is good is if you would stop making uprandom stuff.

  • whats the point of this??? I just dont "get it" I guess.

  • omg wow im truely not even gonna comment on you morons read what i said and stop making shit up.

  • Because your argument is stupid. Instead of blindly asserting yourself to it with no more ground to stand on, realize that, please.

  • Amokian... i can garentee this guy has more rythem and skill than every hater out there. this is alot harder than a real kit in my opinion. it seems to be a bit easy to hit the rong black button than it does to hit the rong tom. duno if thats just me? anyways gr8 and sick drumming. well done

  • What a jip!! This ain't drumming.

  • In some ways this is harder than playing live on a conventional drum set, try not be so ignorant

  • nice

  • omg wow you guys are morons but whatever maybe you should read what i said twice to get it through your right wing minds Yes we all love including me and yes i can play this its pretty easy if u have any talent.Oh and i wasnt saying anything about this guy so if you would close your mouth.

  • Get a video camera, a live drum machine, and prove us wrong.

  • this is drumming

  • wow...nice job

  • Yes we all love this but think about how many jobs drummers have lost becuase of technolgy o wait you dont care do you?

  • you are a dip shit.

  • I'm a drummer and I don't honestly care.

    If you're a drummer and you can't compete with a drum machine then you don't really deserve the spot the machines taking.

  • I agree with the non haters =D This is freekin'awesome! Funny what you can with "just buttons" ;) Great dude

  • Some of these people are haters this is amazing and if he has the rhythm to do it on that machine he can do in on the drums.... I loved it