Jojo Mayer - European clinic tour 2011 in HD [1/5]

Jojo Mayer's incredible performance at Session Music Frankfurt [15.04.2011]. This was the last day of his drumclinic-tour through Germany together with Mike Portnoy.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• jojo
• mayer
• drums
• clinic
• drumming
• drum
• ´n
• bass
• jungle

[davidflood]

Wow. The german audience know a fat groove when they hear it. =) Where are the bobbing heads???

[indiscipline]

@davidflood we germans love to clap on the downbeat but maybe the audience has no clue where to begin...? or maybe they want the support act to finish so that kraftwerk can hit the stage?

well, just kidding ;-)

their brains are too busy with transforming jojo's drumpatterns into a complex threedimensional scientific poem about the financial crisis, backwards of course!

you wouldn't suggest they all have sticks up their asses, would you...?

[kasponya]

@indiscipline Jojo Mayer is a good old friend of mine, we first met when he was 15 and I was 17 in Zurich where we both grew up. We played together through the years in different situations. Although a funny stereotype, there is some truth to germanic people clapping on 1 and 3, I think it goes back to centuries of Folklore and Polka rhythms which are all based on 1 and 3 (oompah), never on 2 and 4 like many rhythms of afro american music. Many can never shake it off, especially non musicians:)

[indiscipline]

@kasponya thank you for the traditional insight - sounds reasonable. actually it's kinda wrong to screw up one's nose about 1&3, as if there was a wrong and a right way to count and feel music. imagine traditonally rooted clapping in quintuplets - these folks would smile at all you 2&4 guys... ;-)

[kasponya]

@indiscipline I agree. I didn't mean to be condescending with my "1 & 3" comment. It's just an observation. Regular indian people grow up hearing ragas that are rhythmically so complex that not many professional western musicians can even play them, yet they probably sing along to it like we sing along to "Rosamunde". On the other hand some of the greatest music ever came from germanic roots.. Bach, Beethoven, Techno......

[indiscipline]

@kasponya ...I should have written "all of the 2&4 guys (myself included)"! and concerning raga? couldn't agree more ;-)

[MrVopnafjodur]

@peacefultorture shit,then i need more off days.....

[Membraphonics]

is that ring on his second snare something someone sells? i want one...

[heinzie5]

*guy with hair blocks camera and proceeds to talk over jojo mayer because he probably came to see portnoy*

O_O

*i grab a bat and head for the door*

[infantfinite]

@NerfLad it's basically the edge of a cymbal cut out to fit that snare. Not only is jojo one of the greatest players out there today, he's also pushing the drums further as an instrument.

[kwince24]

Amen uscdrummer m6

[TheMusiclife1]

Jesus Fuck....no offecnce ya'll... But when are you bringing a clinic to Perth Australia PLEASE JOJO!!??

[unable]

he should produce a commercial spot with Swatch Clocks

... like you see jojo playin and 10 minutes later

"swiss accuracy combined with style and coolness"