Professional Drummer Analyzes Justin Bieber (Questlove Drum Battle) 

i DoNt EvEn PlAy DrUmZ

I didn’t even know they had a drum battle lmao

John Bonham was in fact right handed. Apparently, Bonham triplets came about because he heard a double bass fill on a record, but didn’t know how to play it. So, he emulated it by using toms instead.

The biggest difference between Justin and Questlove was the nuance. Justin just had loud, loud, and more loud. Questlove has accents and ghost notes and feel.

Lol I like how when your showing the comments at 0:22 saying you got completely reamed out by them, there’s just mine saying good morning, and other random ass comments.

A few years ago I remember seeing a. Video that says that Justin does the exact same stuff when he plays drums.This guy showed many different clips showing Justin doing the triplets and quick fills.Shows meet and greets, challenges like this one, he does the same stuff

If it’s not in the pocket you can’t win. It’s all about keeping time. I worked as a drummer for 30 + years. Most in a tuxedo. Can’t read a note of music but I can just feel timing. I have eaten more stuffed chicken dinners than just about anyone you’ll ever meet. Because I was in a house band at a large function place. And they alway fed the band and charged the family so if there was a choice between stake and the chicken the chicken was cheaper and the band didn’t get to choose. Friday night dinner music in the restaurant. Saturday two weddings Sunday one wedding. I’m 72 years old so this was before DJ’s killed the General Music gigs. All above Union Scale good money. The band leader was a local TV - Radio personality. We were Union had no charts never had a rehearsal in the 17 years I played with this group. I also played drums because of my 7th grade music class teacher was trying to embarrass me by asking if I could play this claves rhythm. I could just came naturally.

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Yeah I believe Questlove just threw in the towel on purpose just to be a gentleman. If these 2 were to go at it again at something like Drum Fantasy Camp, Questlove would roast Bieber.

It's so weird to see 2 popstars playing a real instrument and being good at it.

You just can't mess with the quest. Periodt

Emc do a drumming wish haul!!

Justin did a good job....... better than many of us expected.

I preferred Bieber over Mars which had left me unimpressed. I appreciate you breaking it down like this. I think many of those that poo-poo’d Bieber was because it’s well, Bieber. And I think many were crazy for Mars well same thing. Someone had mentioned that Bieber always plays this same thing. Possible it’s all he can do...but how about Mars...maybe it’s the same for him. In the end, unless you can show me Mars has more than that, the best I can say is they’re overall equal

Never ever change your mind after giving a score. It make you look like you guessed it or you’re not sure about your score/opinion (which it was) and letting yourself being controlled by others just to keep them happy… why?? . Always stick with your first score. It’s simple as that 🤷‍♂️

I like turtles. I also like hi hats made from gongs.

I'm a right-handle, but i play drum fills simular as bonham triplet, i can't play very smooth at my right hand first, so i many times play triplet fills used left hand first! 😱

EMC: Uses Big Brain to analyze every drummer's techniques, etc. 🤓 Me: I just love Drums!!! 🥁🐔🥁

I think you have a bit of a bias towards "I can't play this very well, so it's technically difficult." To be fair, I think we all have this bias. So, Bonham triplets aren't something I find difficult, leading with either hand. Straight eighths on the hi hat foot come as natural as breathing. (IMHO that is kindergarten level independence. Even many non-drummer musicians will tap a foot to straight quarters or eights. An elite level of left foot independence would look something like playing a consistent 2-3 son clave pattern over some odd time signature in a polymeric fashion.) At the same time, I'm regularly floored by your tenor chops and hope that I can some day translate something like them onto the kit. I don't think you're quite comfortable enough to apply the full extent of your tenor chops in a drumkit context yourself, but if I did see someone applying them on kit I would think "this is very technically difficult and impressive," even if it might not seem so much that way to you. To put it another way, as a tenor player who sometimes messes around on kit, I think Biebs' performance appears more difficult to you because it's further away from what you're comfortable with on the tenors. To drummers though, guys who sloppily flail around with one or two relatively well mastered licks that get repeated ad nauseum... those are a dime a dozen. Last of all, Biebs' problem isn't tempo so much as general sloppiness. If you give a sloppy drummer a click they may have an easier time with the tempo, but they won't suddenly place all of their notes amazingly. In fact, if you had given him a click during that solo I think it's just just as likely that he would have lost it and gotten messed up than finding any improvement from it.

I got onto 2 EMC videos from one comment Now we go take the number one EMC spot!

I didn't find bonham triplets hard at all! Well that's because i'm left handed HAHAHA good stuff

Now this is what I like to call quality entertainment

I'm a right handed drummer but those triplets have always been easier left hand lead for some reason. Pretty sure I learned it that way because of Bohnam.

I think Bruno's solo was prerecorded. You can tell by the 1st shot on snare. It's absolutely impossible to have that meat and quality of sound with the motion he performed. It sounded actually like something from Travis Baker and the stick should literally be above the head before the shot.

The one guy that said “I like turtles.” 🤣

*drum battle yourself Congratulations, you played yourself

For anyone else who was curious, no. 10, 7, and 6 do not add up to 69. The actual score was 23 to 22. Bruno Mars winning by one point is still accurate, though, so it doesn’t necessarily matter, but still. I take math too seriously.

A metronome makes it impossible to play out of time? You underestimate me!

To JB, In the words of J.K Simmons , ARE YOU RUSHING OR ARE YOU DRAGGING? 😂

When you get to the number 1 emc channel you should play we are number one with chickens

Questlove let his guest win,he have a good heart❣️❣️❣️

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you should learn how to play the kit open handed style like bieber did. allows for much for versatility even if youre right handed; just have to get more dexterous with the left hand

Random but where can I find the scheduling for the commandant's own field show this year? I was an AAV mechanic at lejeune from 11-15 and I remember seeing the drum corps in 12 at mcrd san Diego when I was in del mar for my mos school

You know, I think the cuing of Questlove might have been another sign that he held back. Controversy opinion: he taught Justin the Bonham Triplets, and cued him into doing them during the actual drum battle

Now there's a drumming role model- Justin Bieber.

EMC v. David drum battle??!!!

Justin won because he was the guest on Fallon’s show. The guest always wins.

Could you analyze and cover the drum solo from the Jacob Mann big band's song - Hold music?

You should take a look at drummer Nicko McBrain🤟🤟🤟.

I don't even play drums. No, really, I don't play drums in the least. But speaking as a bystander, Bruno looked way more comfortable behind a drumset--Justin just looked so stiff and like he was concentrating way too hard.

Bruno mars… nice

I was searching for Steve Gadd rudiments… how the hell did i get here 😂

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Sooo ... What's mind-blowing difficult? Anyone recommendations to watch?

Questlove is the GOAT

0:26 why are u using a green screen?

The triplets were smooth from your cover. Justin wasn’t that bad.

My brother was left handed n learned to play right handed as well to be more versatile.

Justin Bieber is a good drummer but Questlove won that. A lot of what Justin Bieber did was just flashy and loud while Questlove used a lot of Jazz chops that were actually technical.

You should some videos on Whiplash

Cmon yall just Hate Bieber, bcoz hating of JB makes you look "Cool". JB Clearly wins here. Bieber been Playing Drums since he was a 2 YEAR OLD KID. Also, Bieber can Play 5 Different Instruments, while Bruno can only Play 3.

I think it would be cool if you learned to play a set, I mean considering you lack of leg exp you did pretty decent with that bleed video.

I always say I'm a drummer, I consider you a percussionist. I know they're the same, but that's how I separate the two.

JB isn't in quest's weight class. Heck, he's not even in his class class.

Do d and k cadence plz

what about dana carvey in waynes world?

Why is it that the third time I watch this video is when I realized that 7+6+10 does not equal 69 for Bruno Mars? XD

day 1 of asking emc to review bensons drum solo from regular show

Justin was gripping his sticks so tight

I am certainly not a fan of Justin Bieber but that was not bad at all. Keep in mind, if you do not play drums consistently you will play sloppy, be off beat and miss alot.

Made sure the Black guy won...in case the burned down his house...Lol

Good morning

I only care about those gong Hi-hats that were never made...

Hi im Belieber boy jsjsjsj :3

An 8 just for Bonham triplets? Nah.

Why does Bieber even need to play drums? He has a stellar Drummer from Alabama.

Bonham triplets are overrated heh. Maybe it's just my experience, but that was a year one lesson, getting down the Bonham triplet. I feel like most trained rock drummers will have this down inside their first year, probably to the degree Bieber had them down, maybe not quite as fast, but Bieber's been playing drums for over 2 decades (crazy huh). If you're not a kit drummer, then I can see where integrating the foot work on the hi-hat, and the triplet, would take a little bit of time, but if you've been behind a kit, solidly, for more than a year, it should be natural by that point. Some drummers even find it hard to take their hi-hat foot OUT of the equation, since they start using it to just keep time. I also want to push back against the idea that groove is easier with a click - that's not really how it works. It's a HUGE misconception that it's EASIER to play to a click, it is not. The click is unforgiving, meaning Bruno Mars needs to put a groove over a click, where a lot of drummers might sound stiff, and without groove. I think Bruno Mars is a pretty polished drummer, as in he's not doing anything ridiculously complicated, but what he's doing, he's doing well. Bieber is a little bit all over, you can hear him hitting the rims of the drums, he clangs a cymbal at one point, and the triplets, while fast, don't sound smooth. They should sound like a train going over train tracks, not a rock tumbler. So I'd easily put QL as #1, with Bruno Mars a solid #2, and Bieber firmly at #3. Bieber's not a terrible drummer overall, except when you factor in him playing for decades. And he plays drums a LOT, so I'm not sure why he hasn't improved - my guess is that he's completely satisfied with his current skill level, so doesn't see the need to improve. Seriously, watch him playing drums 15 years ago and he was playing the exact same thing.

if i took every drummer in my shitty local band scene and averaged out their ability, justin beiber would be comfortably in the top 60%

No way justin is an actual drummer

Ahh but can he play with a band?

Where is de professional?

Bonham was right-handed.

You're telling me I can beat Questlove in a drum off just by playing Bonham triplets? That seems too easy

Good morning 😡

Questlove won definitely no doubt

Idk who is good but i know Justin bieber is no 1

So is that why you're playing drum set this season? To get better? Great they are letting you work on your weaknesses. Awesome when an employer gives the opportunity for advancement

I love you

Why is everybody laughing with Justin Bieber, stop laughing with her hahahahahaha

Finally

it is a tv show who cares who won or not

Neat

I have came to a conclusion. I dont think he plays drumz

Bieber is not an A-tier drummer for being able to play a little fast and noodle out basic chops lmao.

For a kid, JB was good

Because it's Justin Bieber, he automatically loses. It's also fantastic that you used his mugshot!

Niether one of them are very good....

Neither can play.

Eric your “kit look” is worse than beebz yet your better than Mars thanks to marching arts

A non Drummer reviewing a drum battle 🤦‍♂️

The second battle justin won

They all talk well, but drumming . . . . ?

Kkk

Meow

Justin's triplets were garbage and quest love is totally overrated

Justin wasn’t that great.he’s rushing it you have to relax.👎

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If you listen to his intro without seeing the video it sounds like children are being slaughtered 0:31

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