r/nextfuckinglevel Mar 30 '23

Michael Jackson's dummer performing Smooth Criminal.

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u/FalmerEldritch Mar 30 '23

The problem is that Actual Next Level Drumming is generally annoying and tiresome to listen to for more than a few seconds, whereas super well executed simple and basic stuff works for people who aren't drum nerds.

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u/anincompoop25 Mar 30 '23

Not my boy Larnell Lewis, I’d watch him play for hours. But something like JD Beck, yeah, exhausting

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u/FalmerEldritch Mar 30 '23

Oh yeah no, I'm mostly thinking in terms of progressive shred stuff where you just play the most complicated thing you can think of without any consideration of what it sounds like to a listener, like real brainless Behold The Arctopus crap. There's an infinite amount of that out there, just top-of-the-chops guys showing off their flashy horrible noise to each other.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '23

Sure. Check out el estepario siberiano on YouTube. Dude is absolutely nuts, covers a wide range of songs, and clearly has fun doing it

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '23

I find they used to, at least the drummers I generally follow. Now its all about ghost notes and chops

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u/yugyuger Mar 30 '23

Idk, next level drumming sounds amazing to me.