Drum Teacher Reacts to Marco Minnemann - Drum Solo 

At some point, we all must admire just how much Marco resembles a human. I mean, how these aliens get the make-up just right, even the human mannerisms...amazing, yes?

What I really like about Marco's solos is that he could totally play it safe and still blow everybody's mind, but he always seems to try and challenge himself and push things further.

When Dream Theater auditioned for new Drummers which Mike Mangini won it was Marco that I personally liked the most.

You make hands down the Best resction videos. Very informátive and entertaining. So much wisdom

@Gary Williams You my good Sir,are without a doubt!! The greatest teacher of percussion,and the way you teach of other drummer's, is absolutely right spot on!!! I've been playing for close to 40 years.. And i was inspired to play the drums,the first 10 seconds of hearing Neil Peart's playing!! And I've always thought of Neil Peart as the greatest drummer of all times!! That is until i saw and Subscribed to to your website channel!! And you Sir,have thought me more than anyone of all my drum instructor's put together!! And I've learned to Appreciate all professional drummer's Abilities to play!!! And Even amateur drummers sometimes never cease to amaze me!!! Besides your Incredible knowledge of breaking down,and being able to tell your viewers of each and every single thing going on,beat for beat!! I no that I'm not alone,when i tell you!! That i absolutely enjoy your very hyped up Enthusiasm,while watching your teachings,of each percussionist,you put on your website!!! Coming from you at as far south of Ohio as it gets!!! And enjoying ever single one of your sites!!!! Your very sincerely Butch Gifford!!! Thank you for all your teachings,and to also be wide open to all others Drummer's!!!!!

Saw The Aristocrats live last year and seeing Marco Minnemann playing this stuff from only a few feet away was insane! He can literally play any style authentically like a native. There are only a handful of drummers at that level.

Hmm...You should listen to him when he plays with his band Aristocrats to know his playing in musical context.

just heard that Neil Peart passed away on Jan. 7th, what a great loss for the drummer-community. RiP

Your reaction videos are awesome! Your enthusiasm and technical break down is great to watch. Thanks Gary!

Man.. I really enjoy your channel.. We need more reactors like you. I love the knowledge and explanation instead of opinion. It’s extremely intriguing. Keep them coming!

Marco.....IS A BEAST!!!

Marco . . . splits his brain in 4 different places and limbs to follow. Amazing guy and that smile tells you he loves what he does, and fun to watch YOU Gary as he brings amazement to your face :). I'm sure you have, but sit down and watch him with the "Aristocats" playing some groovy songs. His "solo" stuff is hilarious (and plays all the instruments), more along the lines of Zappa, early Mike Keneally and Vai. The kind of humor I enjoy :D.

Double joy to watch both of you ! )

Amazing Marco....amazing Gareys reaction! 👍

Great video and analysis Garey thank you@👍😊

He's just an amazing drummer. Have learnt so much from him over the years👍

I actually was at that exact Aristocrats concert from which the drum solo video was filmed, in fact I was likely right behind the cameraman! A Marco drum solo is truly a sight to behold, and it was even more profound live!

This guy has so much headroom.... and he plays the guitar as well.

I had the privilege of seeing him with Aristocrats a few years back. Desert Tornado was such a pleasure to listen to. Drum solo too, like this... never gets boring.

Thanks for the review. It helped a lot.

I just love Marco's playing. His workout on Steven Wilson's 'The Raven That Refused To Sing' is soo good. But above all is his genuine happiness when playing, it just radiates, maybe not so much on this solo but many other performances.

I loved your breakdown of the extreme technique of Marco and its applications and the groove sensibility of Steve Gadd. I think if you juxtapose this solo of Marco's with Steve Gadd's Crazy Army the differing approaches to their music become very clear. Great reaction...again.

The finest drummer alive today.

Marco is such a unique awesome drummer!

I was just t the modern drummer drum fest in nj back in the 90's 98 i think. Marco was a guest, first time playing in the US i beleive.. Dude is an alien. He played a medley of cartoon show songs for his warmup while we were still outsude before the show. Everyone hanging out just shut up and were standing , listening to this craziness. He was the opener for the show and played the first song on his cd "the green mindbomb".. some really good songs. Some slow stuff, some weird sound sample stuffs. Im pretty sure he composes all the music not just the drums.. I listen to marco when i want to hear stuff only maybe 3 people on earth can play lol... most of the time its stuff like Pete ray biggin who just kills it with funk and groove, BUT still has the chops !! Love the vids btw

That tip/butt of the stick method...I used to do that on my 2 floor toms...a 16 and an 18.

Listen to him playing in Aristocrats. My favorite Drummer in the world right now, closely followed by Harrison and gadd

Tim Alexander, Jay Lane both have played with Primus, may be worth checking out. There are several of Tim's clinics out there. Jay had a cool improv video at NAMM floating around.

Thanks for the vid. Fwiw, your final analysis pretty much squares with my feelings on the matter.

The ONE and ONLY Marco Minneman!!!

Marco Minnemann is a monster! I suggest for the next video Eloy Casagrande, Sepultura's drummer

Unreal drumming by Marco whewwwww

Love Marco. His audition for Dream Theater is interesting as well. Requesting Dennis Chambers, please.

Ok, now you've reviewed the pinnacle of most genres of drumming, lets see your solo. Thatd be fun now. You are clearly very knowledgeable on the topic. It has to have double bass :)

One of the great old school guys - Art Blakey. Your take on him would be very interesting. There is also a video of a drum battle between Art Blakey and Ginger Baker.

I hope you get to bobby jarzombek at some point, my favorite drum player, absoulte legend.

Ohh wow,,what a BEAST!!!

TFW the drum teacher is finally taught by the ultimate drummer. Marco is seriously insane.

He was amazing with UK, matched and possibly surpassed the skill set of the band.

Hey, your chest drum solo is not bad either!

you should check out "unstoppable momentum" where he plays with Joe Satriani. great view, great musical context.

Go check Paul Gilbert's Scarified video. Marco drums with them, and the bassist is crazy too!

Marco's fills are pefect.

Would love to have heard what Dream Theater would have become with Marco.

Enjoyed the epic video...in fact, ALL of your videos are epic!! Big fan from Ont, Canada!! Please review Dylan Elise! if you haven't already done so. :)

Better than the last video !

Check out his solo when he played with necrophagist in the early 2000's. Its like buddy rich plays death metal. You may not like the music but he tore that solo wide open!!!

He's really great! I agree man, thank you for making this video. I want to suggest not to put your voice volume so loud on top of the mix of your editing. Please.

Friend Garey! I love your channel, very good. You must react to some video of Horacio "el Negro" Hernandez, the Latin drumming bomb! You will not regret it, greetings from Mendoza, Argentina

So , two snares, left and right, two hi-hats, ditto and twin bass pedals. matched grip to standard grip to that amazing "middle grip" where he uses both ends of the stick. I think the suggestion below is right, as to his non-earthly origins..... To use a phrase popularised by Adam Buxton from another video..."This guy must be a alien or sutin!"

Wow Marco M just wow.

Watch Marco drumming with The Aristocrats (with Guthrie Govan & Brian Beller) and Steven Wilson (the raven that refused to sing) - he is not just a soloist. He grooves!

Ladloodlladloodlladlloodlla!!!! He is amazing, no doubt. Love the video ;)

Watching play guitar. He's a badass

love your reaction, please react bobby jarzombek :)

I would like to watch a video from one of these ,masters : Manu Katche - Steve Ferrone - Tommy Igoe- Gil Sharone. Many thanks for your amazing videos.

Marco Minnemann...THE JACKHAMMER!!!!

I remember when some drummers considered Jim Chapin's Advanced Techniques For The Modern Drummer unplayable. What would they think of this performance?!

People are into reaction videos these days, you got it right. Some expect more from you as a great drummer though.

I was waiting for this review for months! Thanks. Marco is incredibly talented and amazingly able to do whatever his out-of-this-world mind. Dream Theater lost an one-of-the-life opportunity by not picking him.

Out of all the reaction vids so far, I think I like this one & Barrie Barlow's the best....😎

Marco's drumming on several of James La Brie's solo albums were phenomenal too!! Also had writing credits too...

Repetition is the mother of skill! But having a recognizable musical voice is more unique than speed.

Check out Luke Holland - tendinitis drum playthrough ...its not a solo drum track though its a great drummer & guitarist (Jason Richardson) teaming up... Also this guy is insane on the drums lol

Is he using a normal active grip sticks or some rebound ones???

First heard of him when he worked with Joe Satriani.

Great vids! Come on, people, help me! We need a Matt Garstka reaction!

För once i can say i met both. Gadd and minneman

Reac to Tomas haake from Meshuggah 👌

You should have a look at Thomas Lang and Matt Halpern they’re both insanely good. Thomas Lang has some of the most fluent rudiments I’ve seen in my life. Halpern is absolutely insane with polyrhythms it honestly hurts my head trying to decipher what he’s playing.

Marco is a monster!! Pleas check it out Keith Carlock!!

Please do Mr Virgil Donati. I think that guys really from another planet !

It sounds like hes rolling with his feet. The fastest feet I've ever heard up untill now anyway

I'd like to hear you play, got anything we can watch?

Please do Benny Greb. He’s a rubber groove monster... and he alternates between his pedals sideways as well...

If there were Olympic music games , he would win gold easily , and by the normal olympics , the gold for the best condition , and composing , for middle aged people

Please do the great Cuban drum kit player, Horacio ''El Negro'' Hernandez...

Anything from Virgil would be cool stuff! Solos or songs! Thanks and truly a quality take in the “react” genre! Thumbs up!

Ya guys. Marco is no JOKE

Had the great pleasure of seeing him quite a few years ago at the Cape Breton Drum Fest! It was like each limb of his body had its own brain and the interdepenence was mind boggling! darkeneddivinity.bandcamp.com/releases

If you haven’t done a Sammy davis Jr solo please do one 🙏🏻

Hi Gary,please requesting this,

reacciona a Tomas Haake -meshuugga y me suscribo saludos desde de chile

Please be my new professor. And rip Neil

Am I the only commenter here who saw Marco play live with Paul Gilbert AND Necrophagist?

Go and look up Fernando molinari here on RU-vid , there's a few tracks with marco drumming on them , prepare 2 b blown away lol 😁

Bobby Jarzombek

Yeah, he is a technical genius, however, can he swing? If he could play with Count Basie, how would that sound? Curious.

Phil Collins and Chester Thompson

I like his playing overall, dude is talented with excellent independence and ability, I do find his playing stiff and mechanical and his dynamics suffer because he plays hard- Im judging from many videos , not just this performance

Dream theater have to put 1song play this part drum marco play...

Love the passion and enthusiasm! Would love to see your reaction to: 1. Damien Schmitt’s performance in ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-D6J253b9r8I.html 2. And a Korean keyboard drummer in ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XiOrUXs-Qf4.html

You should check out Milos Meier drum solo

You've got to listen to The Aristocrats. Probably an allusion on the filthiest joke in history :) An absolute mega power instrumental trio with this guy, Bryan Beller, and Guthrie Govan. Guthrie is so far ahead of any other player out there it's kind of hard to believe he's even human. They play...it's hard to say what they play. It's a mix of many things, fusion one might say. Also I believe one of their records received parental advisory sticker, while containing no lyrics :D

The most inspiring Drummer of these days) for me and many others) are Minnemann, Mangini and Aric Improta - so please Aric Improta next..!?! Please..!

PLEASE REACT TO HORACIO "EL NEGRO" HERNÁNDEZ:SOLO IMPROVISATION!

React to Elliot Hoffman of Car bomb, he Is un other world

Why not react to the great Sheila Escovedo [ Sheila E. ] daughter of Santana veteran percussionist Pete Escavedo? Even here on Letterman years ago during his annual drum solo week, at age 54 and in a mini-skirt and stilettos, in this short solo, she was more than a little impressive: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RiD4STAUTxg.html

Thomas Lang is a bit of a monster as well, very similar abilities

I think he's "over" buddy rich already 😏