Not obvious to everybody. He handles both the hi-hat and the left bass drum pedal at the same time. But when I analyze this a little more I'm actually more impressed with his right foot with which he plays two beats between every beat with the left foot.
This is what practice looks like. It's tedious, boring, and I HATE IT!. But when you learn something new that you didn't even think you could do, the way it translates to music is fun and inspiring. I have to start forcing myself to practice more. I dig Kai's drumming in Nightwish. An extraordinary man brought into extraordinary circumstances, and I'm glad he's here. Thanks Kai!
What happened? Approaching 100,000 views. My second most viewed video has 6,000 and my third under 1,000. THANKS! Keep enjoying this guy playing this amazing drum solo. And post a comment. Cheers!
Nightwish sorta blew up on YT and I am seeing more and more of these Kai drum videos showing up in recommendations. 133,792 as of my viewing Sept 6, 2020 Kai is not quite as flashy as Jukka but he certainly is massively impressive on the drums, and really looks relaxed even doing stuff like this, which is just as impressive to me. Was watching an interview with him, and Kai joked he is trying to be a bit showier but he has almost hit Floor with a stick so more work was needed. He seems not only a great drummer but a totally cool guy too.
When I first hear he was covering for Jukka on the EFMB tour, I went and looked up some of the Wintersun videos and was all "THIS is who is covering for Jukka???" Then when I saw them like, I was all "THIS is who is covering for Jukka!!!" Was totally surprised in a very good way. He is totally bad ass and possibly one of the best drummers that flies under everyones radar.
