Street Drummer in Toronto

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This is a street drummer I met in Toronto (Yonge & Dundas). He's got a lot of great talent. Before he started he was looking for his drum key, so I pulled mine out and said, "Could've asked a fellow drummer!" And we had a big conversation. It was great.
At one point he drops his stick, so I picked it up for him.

*EDIT*
I'm sorry for jumping to the conclusion that he was homeless. My bad. But I don't want to be here to discuss that, I wanna showcase his talent. Tell me what you think, or if you've seen him before.
*EDIT2*
Street drumming doesn't have to be just with buckets, in my opinion. Because he's on the street drumming, I believe that qualifies as street drumming. If you think otherwise, please keep it to yourself. I'm not changing the title to suit your desires.
*EDIT 3*
I'm getting more and more agitated by some of the heated debates and unnecessary comments being posted. I'd like to make some things clear. He is drumming on the street to make money. He's not backing up a band, or recording a CD. He's playing fast to capture the audience's attention. Also, because his audience is constantly changing he may repeat things he's already done. This isn't because that's all he knows, it's because he has a set routine in his head that is necessary for his constantly changing audience.
On the note of how 'technically impressive' he is, and his level of skill, I think it's quite obvious he has talent. I envy some of the people for the balls they have to argue that, but not for the degree of knowledge they share: minimal. If people continue to downplay his skill with pointless arguments I will disable the commenting panel.

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[Arkain9]

Better than Beiber...

[pdizzlerocker88]

i like the part when he plays the drums.

[cadmus98]

@broncosfan02 All good bro.

[broncosfan02]

@cadmus98 wow way to take a joke and shove it up your ass dude. i know how hard this guy must have worked his ass off to get to where he is today i know bc i used to play the drums, maybe nowhere near as good as this guy but i wasnt horrible and i know the hardship of practicing your ass off. chill out

[cadmus98]

@broncosfan02 Yeah... if by "coke", you mean the 8 hours practice a day for the last decade.

[broncosfan02]

imagine all the coke he did before starting,..

[xlr8ben101]

good drummer ... i want to see him in the future

[TheTimbo335]

i went to toronto all through the 90's and always watched this guy, he even let me play his drums once! great acoustics with all the big buildings around.

[CzarCustom]

Playboy shirt? cool

[thebob01]

I think his name is Mike. I've seen him play before. Awesome. Rad dude!

[smilyfacerockz]

He looks like the actor who plays forest gump, this guy is awsome !

[MrJeppeisen]

I love the way he play