Derek Roddy: MD Fest 2008

Derek Roddy performs at the 2008 Modern Drummer Festival

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[ThePrutrude]

I can assure you, Jazz drummers can't do what he does, just as he probably couldn't do what jazz drummers can.... People are complete idiots in thinking that jazz drummers can do EVERYTHING. I assure you once more that they cannot blast at 260 bpm. That is just an ignorant traditionalist statement. Seriously quit with the "play all styles" bullshit because no one can be a master of all. A person can be a jack of all trades, but a master of none....

[Xanadude575]

@ThePrutrude

I have seen Derek tear it up in the jazz realm. He told me he started with jazz/fusion and came to metal last. He is a very versatile player. Anyone who has met and hung out with thw guy knows this. In fact, after hanging with D a few times (he played on my kit at home once) I'm even more enthralled with him as a musician.

[killswitch3ngag3]

@gust0743 can i get to see a video of 260 bpm jazz?

[crusha747]

@crusha747 oh shit, i forgot Inferno!

[crusha747]

Derek Roddy, Hellhammer and Nick Barker are the most creative drummers in extreme metal

[theneongray]

@duddy74

You know why I care? I posted on Derek Roddy's message board for years and stopped when he wrote "Obama had nothing to do with Osama Bin Laden's capture" along with some other things Derek has said, "Calling himself a world class drummer, worth $10,000 per album" for session work. Derek is youtube famous, but he couldn't play better then Tim Yeung in Hate Eternal, he can't play better than Tony or George did with Nile, Dave Culross did better in Malevolent Creation...etc

[orange911sharpie]

buddy I think your snare is broken.... cant hear that shit

[duddy74]

@theneongray who gives a shit if the dude is republican? that's just stupid judging him based on that. i'm a democrat but i understand that both sides make sense and i'm not dumb enough to say that anyone who doesn't feel the way i do about everything is an idiot.

[NIKONGUY1960]

@ThePrutrude Hey, don't be talkin' smack about Mike Portnoy, He's the best drummer on the planet. No one is faster or better and he can play anything, ANYTHING YOU CAN THROW AT HIM.. You can see it on this RARE drum solo vid. (tongue in cheek, folks. Get a grip)

Couldn't agree more.Great post!

[adykhanna]

So much for a snake breeder.

[gust0743]

@ThePrutrude "A jack of all trades" - I've never heard anything more stupid in my whole life! You are talking like if you can blast at 260 bpm it makes you a master of metal. Tell you what - Some of the fastest swing jazz goes in 260 bpm and the Gravity-Blast technique comes from jazz. But it isn't about how fast you can play. It's about HOW you play! As a musician i'd say: You're a master of music in the moment you can make it sound good. No matter how few or how many genres you play!

[metalmike601]

It's nice to see these guys also play jazz and shit. Him and Bittner both gave some insight into people who think that all they can play is blasts and double bass