About a year ago, a friend turned me on to a new DVD called Secret Weapons for the Modern Drummer. That DVD reinspired me to pick back up the drive I had a long time ago to practice and refine my craft even more. JoJo Mayer has done the same for thousands of drummers across the world. His DVD was voted DVD of the year by Modern Drummer magazine. This is a huge honor. In my opinion, it is the best DVD on technique development I have ever seen. I highly recommend it.
I was at NAMM 2009 this year and the opportunity to see JoJo Mayer play LIVE at the Sabian Cymbal night. IT was needless to say the most amazing display of drumming I have ever seen. Now, I prefer more straight ahead music that is less fusion and drum n bass when it comes to my listening preferences for drumming ideas. However, the sheer mastery with which JoJo is able to execute his techniques with a relaxed, greasy control, leaves me amazed. I don’t particularly like drum n bass stuff, but watching him put the “STANK” on it is really cool.
I would love to see JoJo, play drums on a mainstream pop record. I would love to see how his style would translate to that type of music. Maybe one day, but for now he still remains up there in my list of most influential drummers of all time.
I hope you enjoy this video clip of the show.
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Jojo and his f. great push-pull techniek.
To bad you can’t see wat he is doing exactly.
Put as you sad, he explained it al on his DVD.
Video and sound is great by the way,
Best regards,
Sjors Ooteman
Posted on March 23rd, 2009 at 2:57 pm
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