MUSIC DIRECTOR REACTS | Zildjian Live! - Larnell Lewis 

⏩Video Question: Have you been to a headphone mixed concert before??? I could have spent 30 mins in the first segment of the drum solo. This video is gonna get on on rinse and repeat listening For live content catch me on Twitch. www.twitch.tv/drumrolltony

"Oh yeah, the sock on the bass! ... I forget his name." Almost died laughing, cause it's all over his guitar, hoodie, hands, and probably other spots: gotta love our boy MONONEON!

That's a drummer on the second set of keys. Multi-talented players. Grammy awrd winning players.

*IMAGINE* being IN THAT ROOM and seeing that music being made!!

The beauty of the music is that it is just a conversation between musicians that just love what they do.

Top 5 drummer of all time! I need to see if you covered his City Lights solo. I swear it's a modern Moby Dick legend solo. Larnell is A BEAST!

7:30 YES YES YES YES YES. Microdynamics are everything.

Sometime when you have a chance, jump over to 13:15 and check out the technique he uses to get a swell effect out of the hi-hat. Damn. Larnell is such a boss.

Larnell Lewis, is amazing, especially with how he's always coming up with combinations that have you taken a second look, "What Just Happened ".

Oh man! Love this! There are a lot of great Zildjian live performances. You ought to check out Nate Smith on Zildjian live. Nate grooves SO HARD (as always) and does some really impressive timing stuff (as always)

Great reaction! Hope you'll do Gergo Borlai, dude is a complete beast!!

This was a great reaction! I enjoy your commentary

He threw that 10 second Jamaican swag in it OUT OF NO WHERE!!! Wow

Bro you missed when he hit the cymbal lock clean 13:25 😁

Thank you for doing larnell lewis zildjian live. I knew you appreciate how good he and ghost note are. Most people can watch this and not catch everything going on. Also there is a version of this with just the drummers camera view only. But I like to watch all the musicians and their tightness. Never get tired of watch this video. Also I would recommend johna nilsson and Steve vai on diamond ring

Met my son and a few members of the MIT Jazz Ensemble at the Newport Jazz Festival in 2019. Ghost Note was on one of the back stages. I wasn't familiar with them at the time but loved their set and have followed them ever since.

Look for Larnell penciling a drum solo on the spot. He literally writes out a drum solo while hearing the music for the first time and hits it on the nose. When you get your degree in music, it's another level of playing. Hence, Dirty Loops is ridiculous because they have degrees in music and composition. I have a BM and I did my graduate work at The Juilliard School. My classmate was world renown bassist Christian Mcbride.

Sweater: mononeon MONONEON Stickers on bass: Mononeon Mononeon mononeon MonoNeon MONONEON Mono Neon Writing on left hand: Mono Neon " I forgot his name"

The musical director on keys with the hat on is Robert Searight Snarky Puppy's other drummer.

13:24. You looked away and missed the coolest part where he plays on top of the cymbal screws. Hahah. I saw another reaction video where the same thing happened. All laughing at the floor Tom tension trick.

As a non-musician (mostly) who just listens deeply and has some past music experience and some random theory, I feel like I can geek out on music like this pretty similarly to a musician. I might not know the words to talk about what I'm hearing properly, and I certainly miss the deeper stuff, but when something like that big metric modulation in the solo hits, I get it. I instinctively feel what he's doing even if I don't have the music experience to fully appreciate the details. I absolutely love his cymbal work. He's able to create so many different textures thanks to having an hell of a setup here, and the intricate rhythms he'd stick in here and there (like the 5s, or other neat patterns). This stuff is beyond the sort of thing I can visualize in terms of rhythm games lol. This is the kind of thing I'd need to go over like 1 second at a time, over and over, for months if I were to try to transcribe/chart it in a game. And that would only roughly transcribe some small bit of what's actually going on due to the limited number of inputs you can press in rhythm games.

Larnell Lewis's right foot might be his fifth most impressive tool. Only because his ear, timing, pocket, and internal metronome are soooo strong!

I LOLd off my couch when u said "I can't remember his name" about Mononeon...

Yes I have been to two headphone mixed of Zildjian Live shows. They are awesome!!

0:50. . "I forget his name". . . . *DUDE!!!* . . He's got his FRIGGIN' NAME ALL over his bass and his clothing!!! MONO NEON!!

HAVE to watch Stanton Moore and Gergo Borlai from Zildjian! Have to Bro!

Bass player is MonoNeon.

My man you have to react to this guy in Drumeo, the one who play enter sandman for the first time!! ITS INSANEE!

The keyboardist taking the solo is V.Keys. He has a video where he does a tribute to gospel legends, Commissioned and he plays ALL THE INSTRUMENTS. Definitely check him out, because he does all the vocals, too.

So far to all the reactions I've seen, no one realise (or don't care 😀) that Mono Neon is playing with his bass upside down !! Lefty palying with a right hander bass. Good call M8 !

Oh my god that snare

I need to buy a better headphone and ve back to that video. GODDAMMIT BRO!!! Larnell is unbelievable, OMG!!!

JD Beck Zildjian live dude!!!!! You have to react to that 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Sound engineers level: god

What a Great Canadian Drummer from Toronto, Wait was I talking about Larnell or That Drummer from a 3 piece Band called Rush oooohhhh what was that drummers name again ohhh yes Neil” Peart , Maybe both

We are gonna turn you on to evry great musician out there. I opened for Commisioned while in college. He played every instrument and sang all vocal parts. Phenominal job.

He is an accompaninist for the keyboardist. Great musicians are excellent listeners. He creates and environment for the keyboardist to grow. That is why everyone wants him to play for them. Texas drummer, through and through. His percussionist is from Snarky Puppy.

Mono Neon's real name is Dywane Thomas,Jr.

Amazing reaction my friend Tony!!...I have seen your reactions to Dimash, the best male singer of the world (In my personal opinion)...Now I want to invite you to meet, who is considered one of the Best Female Singers of the World (The best in my personal opinion)...The passion and dedication when Dimash is performing a song can only be compared with the person who has influenced him to sing leaving everything on stage: His idol, the queen, the incomparable, the Goddess: Lara Fabian.....Lara is the best female singer and performer of the world...She is a lyric soprano with a amazing vocal range and incredible breath control...She speaks and composes in 5 languages and sings in more than 15 languages....That's why she is the inspiration for Dimash and several singers around the world...You can see covers of her songs on RU-vid made by singers of the stature of: Dimash, Diana Ankudinova, Forestella, Sissel Kyrkjebo, Floor Jansen, Diana Navarro, Morissette Amon, Gabriel Henrique, Katrina Velarde, Cakra Khan and others...Please react to her songs, all masterpieces, in LIVE versions, because Lara is more impressive when she sings live, so you can see why she is the idol of Dimash...Try to do it in this order and almost all songs are from the same Lara’s concert “From Lara With Love” in Montreal 1999, one of her best works: 1) Je Suis Malade (Singing in French)...2) Caruso (Singing in Italian)...3) Je T'AIME (2002 Live version in Paris Singing in French)...4) Perdere L'Amore (1999 Live version Singing in Italian)...5) Adagio (1999 Live version singing in english)...6) Broken Vow (1999 Live version singing in English)...7) You are Not From Here (1999 Live version singing in English)...8) Quédate (1999 Live version singing in Spanish)....9) Ti Amo Cosi (2019 Live version Singing a trío with Dimash and Aida Garifullina)....I hope to see you first reaction soon and if you don't mind, I'd like you to mention me as the person who recommended reacting to Lara...Here you have the link of her amazing performance of the son>g “Je Suis Malade”....ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eHSyk4SGtuY.html

Live this track so much

Drumroll Tony... You gotta come to Texas. There is music all over this great state.

Awesome stuff man I just started watching your reactions! I’d love to see you hit on Devin Townsend! Either kingdom live or DEADHEAD. Both guitar and vocals are reaction worthy!

If you like these Zildjan live series I recommend all but personally the one with Marcus Gillmore is another favorite of mine ! Feel free to check it out

Yep, others have pointed out. You missed it. At 13:25, he hit the lugs, not the cymbals. You turned away to laugh lol Love your reactions, keep it up!

So Many people miss that split second where he purposefully hits the nuts

Yeah, that pocket, man. Another track that comes to mind with insane pocket-playing is "World On Fire" by Dirty Loops.

Personally, Tony, I wish you WOULD do, like, a 45min. (or however long) breakdown on Larnell's playing. I'd watch it!!! And save it!!!!

The bass player is Mononeon. He is indescribable.

Your CPU is processing information at a much faster speed if you’re Larnell Lewis.

That's Spud on keys. He replaced Larnell when Snarky Puppy got really popular, but he is a drummer. And a sick one at that.

Just Thanks man!! Your insight is spot on. next up for Jinjer " Judgement and Punishment" She did it in one take!! Then you have to give Twelve Foot Ninja a listen. There songs consist of how can I put this, I guess multi genre they combine Metal, Funk, Lounge, Caribbean and whatever and it works. the guitar player has a guitar that is modeling with no latency from a Strat to a Les Paul to a classical, tones from the dirtiest to the cleanest and so on and they do it perfect live. They will challenge your perfection I'm sure you will enjoy them. Oh did say there Aussies and they are nuts.. First up "Coming for you" it is a mix of, just give it a listen, then Luna, Deluge, Kingdom and the collaboration with Tatiana from Jinjer "Over and Out"

Just seeing this reaction. If you want to hear world class "space" in a drum solo, check out Larnell's "The City Lights" solo. You won't regret it--we might, though, because you'll have to stop every 4 bars to analyze what's going on lol Link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Fit9lDhXCQ8.html

You should also check out the Drumeo video where Larnell listens to Metallica and then plays it.

You got V. Keys on primary keyboards. You gotta check out V doing his Commissioned medley by himself. Another bad brother who Fred Hammond had to compliment. (2218) V.Keys Meets Commissioned - RU-vid

Did you catch all the room Larnell leaves for the rest the band to stretch. Even in his solo's If he's busy they can't stretch. I'm sorry I was so long winded, I could go on for hours about Larnell.

Please do JD Beck's Zildjian video!!! Or anything by JD Beck & DOMI

I'm double dipping on your reaction. Six months old video, so you may not even see this. Your comment at around 7:35, about restarting at a solo, is a very old concept. It's employed in all forms of music, even in classical music. It doesn't even have to be a solo. Often, but not always, when any music transitions from one section to another, this is employed. There are songs that are heavy from the first downbeat to the end of the track, and they obviously have their place. But it's nice to have the luxury of these types of transitions at your disposal. As with all musical arrangement choices, it's wise to use them tastefully. It's crazy to me when some musicians don't get that. What people understand and appreciate or don't, is a mystery to me. Like Arron Copeland, a great American composer said in his book, Copeland On Music, rings true. I paraphrase greatly here: Two people can sit side by side at an Orchestral performance, one will with the hair on their arms standing up and goosebumps on their skin while, the other is nonplussed. There's no way to explain that.

He's playing drum box and you think it's a live drummer. All his arrangements.

Gotta check out Zildjian LIVE! - Gergo Borlai if you haven't seen it. Also ridiculous.

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Dude, they're fonky like an open hamper...fonky like a dirty pamper.

Why don’t you do a Rush Reaction ?

V. Keys on keyboards.

Does larnel show up already sweating

Please Thomas Pridgen from that series!

Foot pedal movement like that is common is church

Drummers? There's only one and only: Danny Carey from Tool. Check out Pneuma Live, whole video is set to Danny and shows his excellent skills, sense of rhythm and polyrhythmics.

Vola -> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I4L7vOpz21U.html&start_radio=1

Larnell has a degree from UNT. Some of the baddest jazz musicians come from this school, hence the 2 Grammys for Snarky Puppy. You think football is a religion in Texas, quality music is a religion. They don't turn out junk.

See you have young drummers there and they have students that follow them like groupies.

LL is a tidy player tho, is he not?! LOL #CrazyTalent

I call it Cymbal Sex !

Since you enjoy Jazz style drummers. I'd like to introduce you to one of the worlds top drummers in that genre. Senri Kawaguchi. You can find several of her solo vids on her channel. And on the Yamaha , Drumeo channels as well. And then when your ready to be amazed. You can check out another child prodigy. Yoyoka Soma. She's currently 12 and some consider her one of the best drummers on the planet. Check out her channel. She has an amazing collection of drum covers/live performances.