It's decided I QUIT !!!

[mind_drummer]

Damn I'm so far away


Seriously





That's far one of the best kid I've ever seen play

[DSOP]

Holy cow!

[cbrady]

Well Gents.... That just ain't right!

[YamahaPlayer]

That is AWESOME!

Hopefully he keeps with it. So many of the prodigies just seem to disappear.

[deseipel]

nice skills for his age, yes. As a rule, I don't like the term 'prodigy' because it sets the wrong expectation. Children are the best 'mimics' of any age group. They have more aptitude for learning than any age group. Some kids learn faster than others. Learning faster doesn't mean you're an overall genius. Example: Have you seen all those commercials to make your kids read at age 3? Learning a skill such as reading at a young age seems to set some kind of expectation that the rate of learning will be exponential. Not true. Once you learn to read ... that's it, you can read. Comprehension, or read between the lines, is a different thing all together. They teach this to a degree in schools, but not what I'd classify as critical thinking skills.

Most of the prodigies I've seen are doing what someone else has done before, albeit at a very young age. I attribute that to a child's ability to mimic. It's cool yes. But the point is, 'if I had a nickel for every 9 yr old prodigy video on youtube....'.

This all sounds negative, but I enjoyed the kids performance and wish all the best to him. Another part of me wishes kids would just be kids, you only get one shot at it.

[mind_drummer]

nice skills for his age, yes. As a rule, I don't like the term 'prodigy' because it sets the wrong expectation. Children are the best 'mimics' of any age group. They have more aptitude for learning than any age group. Some kids learn faster than others. Learning faster doesn't mean you're an overall genius. Example: Have you seen all those commercials to make your kids read at age 3? Learning a skill such as reading at a young age seems to set some kind of expectation that the rate of learning will be exponential. Not true. Once you learn to read ... that's it, you can read. Comprehension, or read between the lines, is a different thing all together. They teach this to a degree in schools, but not what I'd classify as critical thinking skills.

Most of the prodigies I've seen are doing what someone else has done before, albeit at a very young age. I attribute that to a child's ability to mimic. It's cool yes. But the point is, 'if I had a nickel for every 9 yr old prodigy video on youtube....'.

This all sounds negative, but I enjoyed the kids performance and wish all the best to him. Another part of me wishes kids would just be kids, you only get one shot at it.

I understand what you mean and I see it with young hockey players, they mimic what adult does but some are better than the others and more over they do it because they have fun and love doing it.

If that kid love playing drums and learn quickly and has inner self skills ability for doing it, go for it kid. I only hope he wont forget he's a young kid and there's life around not just drums...

[Rafael Dolinski]

[Gaddabout]

Why worry? In 10 years he'll be so busy as a clinician and touring the world with Elektric Band III he won't have any time to steal someone's gig.

[chris perra]

Wow. a clave pattern that doesn't make me itch when I hear it.. that was killer.....

[sjj123]

A little Beast...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnAXCo4HmcA&feature=related