r/BeAmazed • u/aryan_jandyal • Sep 08 '26
Skill / Talent It was supposed to be just a school presentation, but a John Bonham came over the kid, and that was the result 😅
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u/Parking-Position-698 Sep 08 '26
The title is misleading i think. This looks like a school concert which will often do solos for their more talented students.
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u/Tariovic Sep 08 '26
Yeah, you can see all the other kids dropping their instruments into their laps, they know that a long solo is about to happen.
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u/boognine Sep 08 '26
And those kids don't seem that impressed, as if they don't know Led Zeppelin's drummer, or he's done this many times in front of them
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u/B35TR3GARD5 Sep 08 '26
A 1-hr drum solo? I don't think you could handle that on strong acid man...
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u/Bart-Harley-Jarvis- Sep 08 '26
Also, if the title were true, John Bonham would be arrested.
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u/Indigo_The_Cat Sep 08 '26
Depends, does he have a side hustle as a politician or religious leader…?
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u/darnclem Sep 08 '26
It was always fun. My high school band had 4 all state musicians my senior year, so every performance would feature a Clarinet solo, a Trumpet solo, a Euphonium solo (that's me), and a Tuba solo.
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u/falcons1583 Sep 08 '26
you still playing and did you follow the music? That's some insane talent to have, congrats
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u/darnclem Sep 08 '26
Not really, I still bring out the trombone for fun from time to time, but I went to a fine arts college for instrumental performance and quickly came to the realization that as a talented euphonium player, I was still almost certainly going to end up barely eating if I tried to make it my career. Got a business degree instead.
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u/allkinds0ftime Sep 09 '26
This kid should be the only kid allowed to do a solo at any school he is ever at. Ever. The other kids will all need counseling, and I’m OK with that.
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u/GoatEnvironmental661 Sep 08 '26
Whiplash
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u/InvalidUserNemo Sep 08 '26
Yup, guess it’s been a few months so it’s time to fire that scene back up!
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u/Squanchedschwiftly Sep 08 '26
I wanted to rewatch but they took it off netflix 😞
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u/gymtrovert1988 Sep 08 '26
😂 is it just me or does it look like he's done this before and his classmates are sick of it?
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u/NarrowEbbs Sep 08 '26
I used to be in a highschool stage band, you gotta remember how many times they've heard this in practices for MONTHS prior to this. This is also a trillion bars of nothing for the entire rest of the band, so many they aren't even counting them, just waiting for whatever he plays 2 bars before they next need to play.
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u/forbins Sep 08 '26
That first seat sax is giving him the stink eye the entire time.
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u/NarrowEbbs Sep 08 '26
First seat anything are always such divas, probably felt like he deserved his own solo.
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u/Practical_Guava85 Sep 08 '26
Sax players are like that. It’s good for him to have to share the spotlight.
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u/det4410 Sep 08 '26
the other kids: there goes johnny again showing off. i hate that bitch
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u/cold-corn-dog Sep 08 '26
At least he knows more than wonderwall like my old roommate.
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u/barredowl123 Sep 08 '26
Is your old roommate named Donut?
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u/3rdlifekarmabud Sep 08 '26
How did you know that?
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u/hnglmkrnglbrry Sep 08 '26
It's 100% a planned drum solo and not some crazy deviation from the program. But as anyone who has ever been in a band will tell you drum solos always go about 45 seconds too long.
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u/Even_Dog_6713 Sep 08 '26
Exactly. He was doing exactly what he was supposed to do, and he showed off his talent. He had some sections of the solo that were very well done and musical, and a lot of filler that should be trimmed down, and the whole thing went on for too long. But that's very on-brand for a ~13 year old kid who gets a chance to show off.
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u/Head_Razzmatazz7174 Sep 08 '26
Our regional band director said 'I have Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Band, but it needs someone who can play the trap." Every single person from our school and a few from neighboring schools pointed directly at our lead drummer.
The director basically let him loose on some of the longer sections, and the trumpets started giving him a supporting beat as well. It was the centerpiece of our concert and we had a blast.
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u/Xiqwa Sep 08 '26
I think the first saxophonist next to him is his number one fan. Also, the calm focus the other orchestra members are exhibiting is called active listening and demonstrates a professionalism & maturity that you might learn from.
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u/Ambitious-Ad2653 Sep 08 '26
definitely lol, I don't know how to put emojis. Is that a phone only thing ?
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u/Alternative-Dare5878 Sep 08 '26
All the wind players are pissed their instruments aren’t cool enough for a solo
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u/RianJohnsonIsAFool Sep 08 '26
I was going to say. They look decidedly unimpressed.
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u/Jumpy-Impact3265 Sep 08 '26
I think it's just the little dudes looking side eyed because no allows a tuba solo and this is cool AF
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u/Delicious_Rabbit4425 Sep 08 '26
I dunno, those saxaphone kids looked like they were itching to get in on a jam session.
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u/Weird_Albatross_9659 Sep 08 '26
I’m sorry, John bonham did what to the kid?!
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u/NotThatJoel Sep 08 '26
Conductor - “Alright next we have an obo solo from Jason.”
Jason - “I’m good.”
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u/jabbajabbablahblah Sep 08 '26
Stop making the kid with the triangle look bad.
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u/fakermage Sep 08 '26
As the kid with the triangle I would rather of not been there but myom made me.
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u/BJonker1 Sep 08 '26
As a fellow triangle ‘player’ I feel you. This seems to be the story of every triangle player lol.
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u/bumpy_disposition Sep 08 '26
Heard several different drummers happening in his solo. He is very good.
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u/Azalus1 Sep 08 '26
Yeah that kid is insanely good. The tempo adjustments, the improvisation, he's going places. he probably already is in places how many high school kids do you know have microphones set up to record their sessions.
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u/DaddyD68 Sep 08 '26
I used to play in a band and went to school with Michael Bland, who would eventually become the drummer for Prince and the New Power Generation. By the time he was a senior in Highscjool he was already rated as one of the best drummers in Minnesota.
This reminds me of school concerts back then.
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u/wereweasle Sep 08 '26
There were two moments that stood out to me.
2:02 that synchronization is so tight, so musical, and so purposeful, he must've practiced it incredibly well.
1:04 those bass drum triplets are an incredible practiced skill, and I'm pretty sure that is on a single kick pedal.
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u/Gudthrak Sep 08 '26
if he's in a music school he will have been playing 8 hours most days. Drilling every rudiment there is.
The bass drum triplets are a good exercise to get speed on the kick, John Bonham used it in many a drum solo which made it his sort of signature, moby dick being on of them I believe. He ofcourse had other telltale signs, the big drums and the laid back pocket for example.2
u/cnskatefool Sep 08 '26
You time stamped the moments based on time remaining, but I agree those were clean AF
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u/wereweasle Sep 08 '26
Oh true! Maybe that is because I am on mobile, that it appears that way? Normal on desktop?
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u/old-legs-623 Sep 08 '26
He will never go hungry
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u/catattackcat Sep 08 '26
But he will be homeless!
(Classic joke about drummers)
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u/bobdoleghostboy Sep 08 '26
For a second I thought he was about to launch into the entire In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida drum solo, which would have been spectacular!
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u/Zestyclose-Smell-788 Sep 08 '26
At times he sounded like Peart. Parts sounded like the Exit...Stage Left solo
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u/noxondor_gorgonax Sep 08 '26
Yeah, Neil Peart 100%
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u/Zestyclose-Smell-788 Sep 08 '26
But lacking some of the maturity and complexity. It's all shades of one color. When he matures, it's going to be incredible.
I can't believe there are kids in Rush cover bands! Have you seen some of those videos? We were high school seniors, and weren't that good. Humbling.
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u/Emotional_News108 Sep 08 '26
Yeah I was waiting for the Bonham triplets and kept hearing everything else until they finally dropped. Still yeah amazing.
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u/IndependentLove2292 Sep 08 '26
That saxophonist is just looking like, ah hell Jimmy's off his Ritalin again.
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u/mthenry54 Sep 08 '26
The sax player was like, “But can you play “hot cross buns”? I don’t think so.”
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u/Christian_Potato Sep 08 '26
You can tell they are used to it and tired of it cause it takes longer to get home
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u/kickasstimus Sep 08 '26
We’re going to see this video 20-30 years from now about how whoever this is was playing like this way back when.
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u/Gudthrak Sep 08 '26 edited Sep 08 '26
Probably not, because nobody really knows Tony Royster Jr. outside of the drumming community. Yet in 1997 at 4 or 5 years old he did a solo much more impressive than this, now he's a studio drummer touring with the likes of Jay-Z.
I remember that because my dad almost quit drumming after watching that, and incorperated some of the kids chops into his own drum solo, one I copied from and play to this day.EDIT: he was actually 12 during the solo, my bad, He started taking drumming serously at 4 years old is what I had it confused with.
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u/sonofmufasa Sep 08 '26
Can people with experience give a perspective on the level of skill represented by this kid? Given that he’s looking quite young I’m deeply impressed but I honestly have no reference whatsoever. Thanks in advance!
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u/Bardfinn Sep 08 '26
Yes.
This kid fluidly moved from style to style, playing pieces that professional drummers have to rehearse for weeks. Solos that you’d find in jazz, stadium rock, pop music, etc. Solos made famous by Buddy Rich, Neal Peart, and others.
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u/epic-mentalbreakdown Sep 08 '26
Hahaha he gave it all! Great performance.
He stole the show.
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u/Fun_Bit7398 Sep 08 '26
We had a drum prodigy similar to this kid in my elementary school in small town, rural Connecticut. I was also attempting to learn the drums in band at the same time he was in band. A handful of us from middle school started going to the high school every day to practice with the older kids and learn our instruments. He was so good at 9-10-11-12 years old, that those of us that were in concert with the rest of the band were (4 of us) reduced to playing practice pads during and band recitals/concerts. It was fairly embarrassing looking back upon it now. I don’t think I should air him out on social media and mention him by full name. But just by the off chance he reads this, his first name was Jeremy. Watching him, and how far ahead he was of the rest of us, pretty much made us all quit after that first concert. I don’t think he went anywhere with it in the long run. I moved away before the end of my junior year in high school. So I really don’t know anything for sure. I looked him up a few years ago out of musical curiosity and he still lives in the same small town, married with children, to a local girl. Man he was crazy good! The kid in this video reminded me of Jeremy’s natural talent behind the kit.
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u/ima-bigdeal Sep 08 '26
Growing up, most of the drummers in my city were under the shadow of Deen Castronovo. This was true even before he played with Bad English, Ozzy, and Journey.
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u/Emotional_Fix6230 Sep 08 '26
This happened at my daughter's school when she was a senior, but the drummer was also a senior who was so amazing they gave him a solo. They turned off the lights in the auditorium and all you could see were his glow-in-the-dark drumsticks.
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u/NaziPunksFkOff Sep 08 '26
I'm a drummer and I have to say that this kid's technical skills are outstanding.
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u/oldbastardbob Sep 08 '26
Fantastic skills kid.
I expected an episode of "NYPD Blue" to start at the end.
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u/Puckdogg420 Sep 08 '26
All his classmates are like "not this again." They're very unimpressed. Lol.
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u/CoolBlackSmith75 Sep 08 '26
So why doesn't anyone start in with a sick electric guitar riff?? Plenty of opportunities there
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u/Professional-Mix-562 Sep 08 '26
My band teachers definitely would have stopped this, props to theirs for saying “let the kid cook”
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u/incrediblepony Sep 08 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/ISFvQeB4b8BmRQBnuo
He's an absolute beast - and for that age. Hopefully he will keep playing!
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u/throwawayinthe818 Sep 08 '26
Reminds me of an old joke. Anthropologist visits a remote native village and drums are playing day and night. He asks if they ever stop and people just look frightened and tell him, “When drums stop, very bad.” Finally he asks an old man what happens when the drums stop. Old man says, “When drums stop, bass solo.”
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u/doktor_wankenstein Sep 08 '26
So much for the school band's rendition of O Holy Night for the Middle School Christmas concert...
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u/Due-Economics-6702 Sep 08 '26
There’s some seriously jealous people on here, just be amazed at what such a young prodigy can accomplish and let it be.
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u/slayerfan666 Sep 08 '26
I swear I heard little dude bust out the beginning to Territory from Sepultura part of the way through that.
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u/MrMuscles1221 Sep 08 '26
Man did he make his Dad so freaking proud.
You stole the show little champ.
Pure talent from a skilled individual
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u/fathompin Sep 08 '26
Unfortunately the snarky comments about boredom etc. really are misplaced here, True they are very appropriate for most instances of a drum solo by mediocre and even good drummers, but not for this very talented drummer, I could listen to his perfect execution for a very long time,
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u/Gudthrak Sep 08 '26
And that is how you do a musical drumsolo that's enjoyable to watch, even for non drummers, you constant, overly complex lick chaining, pieces of..
Kid's got places to go, he got a modest solo, nothing too long about this, it's obsviously his time to shine and he delivers with the relaxedness of a master of the insturment. His speed on the single kick is impressive. I love how he visited multiple genres to show he got the bases down of a lot of the western ones.
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u/Virtual_File8072 Sep 09 '26
Every boy holding a flute, their penis just crawled back inside of them.
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u/Curiouso_Giorgio Sep 09 '26
Don't give a drummer a drum solo if you don't want a drum solo. Guitarists talk a lot of shit about drummers, but a drummer in the zone can't be denied.
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u/Itool4looti Sep 09 '26
In his head the fantasy was that he was at a Rush concert and Geddy Lee came out and said, "Can anybody play drums"?
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u/HopefulTechnocrat Sep 08 '26
This kid is really good. Also, I’m probably wrong, but it sounds like the intro to Nine Inch Nail’s Wish Remix.
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u/ThisIsMyBigAccount Sep 08 '26
8-10 years from now this kid will be center snare for a top drum corps. Nicely played.
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u/Thundermuscles Sep 08 '26
Yeah this guy was definitely allowed to watch Whiplash too early and completely missed the point
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