Yes it's 5/4 played in a two bar pattern, but the accents on the hi-hat are played as if they are in straight time across 10 beats. In other words, for the pattern while the main sig is asymmetric, the accents are symmetrical. And this is not Copland. This was performed by Vinny Caliuto. She is not adding anything, she is playing a perfect pocket cover, note for note. I've been an engineer in this biz for 30 years and worked with thousands of drummers, including people like Vinny and others at that level. Yoyo is one of the best pocket players I have ever seen, and her repertoire is very broad. There isn't much she can't play. World class player, and many of us are paying attention now. You may want to check out her pocket live, check this out: ua-cam.com/video/uGHLGGpAB_g/v-deo.htmlsi=LznW7YqjW4ag2D6l
Thanks for taking the time to explain that! Super cool that Vinny is playing on that track...he and Copeland are amazing players. She is no doubt an outstanding musician! I checked out that video and it was amazing! Thanks again, my friend!
This is what natural talent, great intelligence, superb ability to manifest what she hears plus hours spent with a practice pad lesrning the fundamentals in s supportive home looks like.She is plugged into the spirit of music and the wisdom of this ascended masters. A remarkable human being and an astonishing musician!
What is truly astounding about Yoyoka as well is seeing her with a band she never played with before, playing a song she's only ever heard on the radio or the internet, after having only an hour to work it out with the band and just nailing it as if she's been playing it all her life. I've said many times that this is what will make her the choice for producers, artists and others who find their band's drummer can't make the gig - they'll ask for her because they know that she will nail it with minimal rehearsal. But then for more normal gigs she will amaze everyone of course lol.
As @harrydai1862 commented, the drummer was Vinnie Colaiuta, not Copeland. It is so fiendish that Vinnie Colaiuta explained it _Vinnie Colaiuta explains Sting's 'Seven Days'_ ua-cam.com/video/GwmCeon6aPo/v-deo.html (4m:35s). I like Yoyoka's cover playing live with high-end professional musicians she only just met, and no rehearsal: _Sting - Seven Days (Cover) / Jam at Drum Fantasy Camp in Los Angeles_ ua-cam.com/video/50xL4ijaLJ4/v-deo.html It's only recorded on an iPad from one side of the stage, so the sound, especially the vocalist, isn't great. However, Yoyoka is 'on it'. The audience appreciates it. Happy New Year. ☮
Ooops - I'm not a drummer, but if I understood Vinnie's explanation it is in 5, but with simple, familiar 'pulse' so that audiences can clap along. Vinnie also explains that it is a rhythmic core with space for improvisation. Again, Best Wishes
Vinnie's explanation didn't help me LOL other than it's in 5. Such a great drummer and for Yoyoka to be playing at that level is SO impressive! Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!
Yoyoka has done a ton of collaborations and one of my favs that you might check out is called "Kids Rock for Kids" where kids from all over are getting together to play amazing covers, and the proceeds from their efforts go towards kids in severe need. This particular collaboration where they cover Hysteria by Muse consists of everything from a boy age 9 playing guitar to a girl age 16 on backing vocals and everything in between. The groove that Ellen age 9 on bass and of course Yoyoka age 14 on drums create is just a thing of beauty, and that lead singer is going places. Enjoy! ua-cam.com/video/ApgUpGS6kAE/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared This second one is them covering Boston's Peace of Mind. ua-cam.com/video/RrLnEG4_PqA/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
This song is insanely difficult to play. YOYOKA played it like she wrote it herself. Her playing is simply brilliant. You should check out YOYOKA's cover of TOOL - Forty Six & 2 next. Equally difficult to play, let alone master. Check it out for yourself. I think you'll be equally impressed. Here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/yPlKo0LfViI/v-deo.htmlsi=vaZ06jxQe9HKDPFX
Great reaction sir! YOYOKA's dedicated fan base have coined "her coloring it with her own ideas" as "THE YOYOKA EFFECT". She frequently uses this supernatural power to improve most songs to be better than the original, regardless of how great the original drummer is. You might like this. Link down below. Taken from a recent live stream, where she was taking requests for songs SHE HAD NEVER HEARD EVEN BEFORE, and playing them quite well, some even like she had been playing them for years. This is "THE YOYOKA EFFECT" in all it's glory. Although she did know these two particular songs already, it will start in the middle of one song and carry directly into a second song. Crazy fills, and over plays the end of the first song, she got really frisky with them. Start it at 36:24, a little over 7 Min total. ua-cam.com/video/d1Z3fZsIkvI/v-deo.html The whole stream is a dream to watch. She will let you know before each song if she's heard of it before. You can tell it's legit. She always keeps it real. The song at 17:09 is a perfect example of one she had never heard before, played to me what "appears to me" to be flawlessly (seriously). How many drummers in the world can even do this. If you didn't know she had never heard the song before, you would think she had been playing it for years. She even went for a cymbal strike right at the end that wasn't there and stopped herself just in time. Simply AMAZING! At 6:33, not sure what happened. She just finished "Uptown Funk" (which she did know), and then "Play That Funky Music" just started playing. Caught her by surprise, but within seconds she was ON IT! She launched one of her sticks all the way across the room and she just kept playing with one hand, not missing beat until her brother SHIDO retrieved it. Must have gone to the moon because it took him a while...lol At the end of the song she says it was the first time for that song. She can be hilarious at times. She was also at her goofiest BEST on this live stream, which we always love. Thanks again Eric!
@@DrumAttic Cool! I was hoping you would at least check it out. Actually, I was pretty sure you would. You have great respect for YOYOKA's skills, as we all should! You'll love it.
Hey Eric! You know we love us some YOYOKA. It's the second pronunciation you said. Rob Yule and I saw YOYOKA at the Japanese Festival here is Las Vegas a couple of hours before she actually attended the Sting Concert here. It was Rob's first time seeing and meeting YOYOKA and he was really excited. He flew down from Canada just to see her. I put him up at my place and we had a lot of fun, and have become good friends since. He'll be here later I'm sure....lol She told us this was the hardest song she had ever learned up to this point. I wrote this before you were asking about the time signature. I'm not a musician so every thing confuses me, but the fact it confused you, who has a very good understanding of music makes it clear why this must have been a very difficult song for her to learn...lol YOYOKA frequently releases covers of the artists she is planning to go to concerts to see. It frequently gets her an invite to the concert or backstage to meet them (as it should)....lol Of course she only does that if she loves the songs and the band.
@@DrumAttic Here is how YOYOKA pronounces her own name. First 3 seconds. She is the only one in the world with this name because her parents made it up. It has special meaning, which I cannot recall, from the different syllables. That information came directly from her father's mouth to my ears...lol ua-cam.com/video/1NBR36EgxMM/v-deo.html
To me, Yoyoka is no different than any other drumming professional in terms of skill. She has stage presence, focus, creativity and an immense drive to move herself forward into a shrinking music industry. As of this week, across the board, even though the music industry is telling us they have 'record' sales, more albums being sold by Taylor Swift, Boynce, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah, what did they do? Massive layoffs, especially in the recording and production departments which means, no one is buying or listening to their talentless hacks they have been promoting since they started concentrating on entertainers instead of musicians. They can say what they want, but turn off the autotune and no one wants to listen to what they are shoveling. Case in point, if you look at their advertised revenue streams, where does the buld of their revenue come from? Catalogues. It is like there is almost an infinte number of hits or charted songs they can pull from. You think they would get the message, but sooner or later, the listening public is going to wake up and say, wait a minute, we aren't listening to rock classics, we are listening to oldies. When this happens, then you will see the record companies scrambling to put real talent back on their lables. Anyway, this is Yoyoka's dilema. She has the talent to play with anyone/group in the world. She is a professional musician. However, even with her talent level, which is off the charts one of her issues is that she is not marketable. She has yet to land a significant gig in terms of a commerical or other use of her talents for promotion. Her real problem is that she is weak, not specifically or necessarily her problem, but currently, she is unmarketable. Her yt #s are not of any real significance. Neither is any of her other smps. She needs to add an i to them where they become smips. Not that they can't be, but with a little work and hooking up with the right mcn she would/could be off to the races. I am aware that I will be critisized for what I am saying but you can't do both or be good at both. As an example, there is another Drummer, Sina who some people like to compare to Yoyoka, claiming that Sina is more technical that Yoyoka is regarding drumming skills. Kind of laughable when you look at, even today, on some of Sina's covers, which all she seems to post, you find where she missed fills, is off time and is in and out of the pocket, has roughly 7xs the viewers of Yoyoka and about 10x the amount of views Yoyoka has received. Yoyoka will post covers, but she does not live off of covers. When Yoyoka posts a cover, it is either as good as the original studio version or she manages to impove the original groove of the drum track. Then there is Nandi. Nandi is another drummer who people like to compare with Yoyoka. She has about 2x the amount of subscribers that Yoyoka has with the overall views being similar. That is about where the numbers are equal. The talent level is very different as one is that of a professional musician and the other is an up and coming drummer who is the first to claim that if there are flaws in her drumming that she is still a child. In Yoyoka's case, nothing but perfection. She is very similar to Senri Kawaguchi in this respect. Senri is, also, very week on social media. The other issue with Senri is that she has chosen to take her talents into a very narrow bandwidth. Yoyoka likes quarter note music which most females do. Most females like music, when it comes to dancing, quarter notes, which you could kind of say that when quarter notes are sped up they become eight notes. Women's bodies are wired for this beat and this rhythm. If you think I am kidding, when it comes to dancing, go up to a table of women or a woman at a disco, when the music shifts to off time signatures, ask one to go out on the dance floor to dance. She what the response is. Even when you look at artists such as Tina S. Tina S' talents are off the chart, but she never took advantage of social media. I guess my point is that that talent is not going to get you to the finish line, not in the current market. Like with record labels such as Sony and Universal and other in Japan, not one of them ever signed Yoyoka to a record deal. If you go on their sites like now, what are they up to? They are running contests for song writers. This tells you why they are throwing their own production staff members out in the street. They have been living off the past and neglected to bring in fresh talent along with creativity. The other issue for Yoyoka is that she is a drummer. When it comes to being out in the limelight, drummers are always last in line. The music industry has always had the habit of promoting the frontman over top of anyone else in a band, has nothing to do with talent. One of the things she has to start thinking about is her song writing. She has said that she will get back into singing. Part of her kick back on singing has been the changes which have taken place in her voice as she has relegated some of her previous singing endeavors to her younger brother Shido. Perhaps, since she is here in the United States, mastering the English language will help her get off the drum throne and up on stage front and center. The one thing Yoyoka has in her own music catalogue is songs worthy of airtime. She has her own along with cover songs, not covers coming out of her bedroom, but covers with worldclass musicians worthy of airtime. Okay, there is the argument that besides being a full time student and part time musician, she does not have the time to delve into social media. But the most difficult part I have with the music indistry, is as much as they want new talent and songs which they can put on the radio, musicians like Yoyoka, groups like Liliac and many others are ignored while they continue promoting entertainers instead of musicians. When it comes to watching musicians up on stage, I am not interested in watching people come out on stage and dance around while they sing or attempt to sing. Bring back the days of when musicians where up on stage where their fans voted for how good they were by buying tickets to see them perform. Many of the younger opening acts for established bands cannot play or open with what they want they are told what they can and can't play. I could go on, but I would like to see the up and coming young artists like Yoyoka, Klonica Nicx, Ellen, Miumiu, Evlee and many thousands of other artists out there, waiting for their comeuppance, become the new rock stars of the future. What they should do is pool thier talents and bypass the the record labels and the concert promoters. They should make themselves into a new version of the Wrecking Crew and put out their own hits on their own label. Let the record companies and media broadcasters come to them, not them hoping and waiting for big business come to them. There can be no doubt that many of these capable artits can put out music as good as the musicians that came before them. If I were in charge of a record label, this would worry me more than anything, the amateur musicians of the world getting together and forming their own union. Sorry for the long post, just missing the old days of music and wishing we could see the future of music play out in these new/younger musicians who bring such incredible talent to the table.
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate that. I agree with you and would rather watch a "real" band play even if it is imperfect than watch someone lip sync and dance. The masses eat up the later and I think that's why labels pour money into putting them out in front. Once in a while a pop song will come along that has some substance, but it's few and far between. Thanks again!
Yes it's 5/4 played in a two bar pattern, but the accents on the hi-hat are played as if they are in straight time across 10 beats. In other words, for the pattern while the main sig is asymmetric, the accents are symmetrical. And this is not Copland. This was performed by Vinny Caliuto. She is not adding anything, she is playing a perfect pocket cover, note for note.
I've been an engineer in this biz for 30 years and worked with thousands of drummers, including people like Vinny and others at that level. Yoyo is one of the best pocket players I have ever seen, and her repertoire is very broad. There isn't much she can't play. World class player, and many of us are paying attention now. You may want to check out her pocket live, check this out: ua-cam.com/video/uGHLGGpAB_g/v-deo.htmlsi=LznW7YqjW4ag2D6l
Thanks for taking the time to explain that! Super cool that Vinny is playing on that track...he and Copeland are amazing players. She is no doubt an outstanding musician! I checked out that video and it was amazing! Thanks again, my friend!
This is what natural talent, great intelligence, superb ability to manifest what she hears plus hours spent with a practice pad lesrning the fundamentals in s supportive home looks like.She is plugged into the spirit of music and the wisdom of this ascended masters. A remarkable human being and an astonishing musician!
That's an awesome description!
彼女のドラムは名曲の再現性、そして新たな解釈を加えた再構築、スティック運びの効率化、且つ遊び心、熱情、全てにおいて飛び抜けています。彼女がドラムカバーしたことによって私自身が再認識した曲が何曲もあります。それを聴くたびに自然と涙があふれてきます。
この日本語文が上手く翻訳されればいいのですが。
共有していただきありがとうございます！
What is truly astounding about Yoyoka as well is seeing her with a band she never played with before, playing a song she's only ever heard on the radio or the internet, after having only an hour to work it out with the band and just nailing it as if she's been playing it all her life.
I've said many times that this is what will make her the choice for producers, artists and others who find their band's drummer can't make the gig - they'll ask for her because they know that she will nail it with minimal rehearsal. But then for more normal gigs she will amaze everyone of course lol.
That is definitely a good skill to have! Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment.
@@DrumAttic She does not like to rehearse at all!
I’ve been following this drummer for awhile!!!!! Wicked talented
She is! It's crazy!
@@DrumAttic 8:01 as
Enjoyed your comments and of course Yoyoka is phenomenal thanks for the attention you given her.🙃👍
Thank you! My pleasure! She certainly deserves the attention!
As @harrydai1862 commented, the drummer was Vinnie Colaiuta, not Copeland. It is so fiendish that Vinnie Colaiuta explained it _Vinnie Colaiuta explains Sting's 'Seven Days'_ ua-cam.com/video/GwmCeon6aPo/v-deo.html (4m:35s). I like Yoyoka's cover playing live with high-end professional musicians she only just met, and no rehearsal: _Sting - Seven Days (Cover) / Jam at Drum Fantasy Camp in Los Angeles_ ua-cam.com/video/50xL4ijaLJ4/v-deo.html It's only recorded on an iPad from one side of the stage, so the sound, especially the vocalist, isn't great. However, Yoyoka is 'on it'. The audience appreciates it.
Happy New Year. ☮
Ooops - I'm not a drummer, but if I understood Vinnie's explanation it is in 5, but with simple, familiar 'pulse' so that audiences can clap along. Vinnie also explains that it is a rhythmic core with space for improvisation.
Again, Best Wishes
Vinnie's explanation didn't help me LOL other than it's in 5. Such a great drummer and for Yoyoka to be playing at that level is SO impressive! Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!
@@DrumAtticThe question of time signature came up in the comments on her cover of Home at Last. Someone responded "all of them" I know how they feel
Great reaction and others have told you not an easy song to do. Vinny was a master at this and yoyoka does a superb job with such a difficult song
She was amazing on this track! I couldn't play it...way out of my league and anyone that plays this well gets my admiration!
Great performance. Cool video DA👍🏻🥁
Thanks, brother!
This is not Copeland, it's Vinnnie Colaiuta, ........ another master drummer who can take any odd time and make it danceable.
Cheers!
Thanks for the info!
Incredible talent 👌
For real! Thanks for watching, Erica!
Awesome Talent!
For real!
Yoyoka is a legend in the making just like the others that came before her, Awesome
Agreed!
As a guitar and bass player, how she can roll triplets on then snare with only her left hand blows me away. Unbelievable control.
Blows me away as well! She's a force of nature!
Yoyoka has done a ton of collaborations and one of my favs that you might check out is called "Kids Rock for Kids" where kids from all over are getting together to play amazing covers, and the proceeds from their efforts go towards kids in severe need. This particular collaboration where they cover Hysteria by Muse consists of everything from a boy age 9 playing guitar to a girl age 16 on backing vocals and everything in between. The groove that Ellen age 9 on bass and of course Yoyoka age 14 on drums create is just a thing of beauty, and that lead singer is going places. Enjoy! ua-cam.com/video/ApgUpGS6kAE/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared This second one is them covering Boston's Peace of Mind. ua-cam.com/video/RrLnEG4_PqA/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
Sweet! I added those to my list! Thanks for sharing!
This song is insanely difficult to play. YOYOKA played it like she wrote it herself. Her playing is simply brilliant. You should check out YOYOKA's cover of TOOL - Forty Six & 2 next. Equally difficult to play, let alone master. Check it out for yourself. I think you'll be equally impressed. Here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/yPlKo0LfViI/v-deo.htmlsi=vaZ06jxQe9HKDPFX
Thanks for the suggestion. I have added it to my list. Much apreciated!
よよかちゃん❤かっこいいです
同意します！見てくれてありがとう
Great reaction sir! YOYOKA's dedicated fan base have coined "her coloring it with her own ideas" as "THE YOYOKA EFFECT". She frequently uses this supernatural power to improve most songs to be better than the original, regardless of how great the original drummer is. You might like this. Link down below. Taken from a recent live stream, where she was taking requests for songs SHE HAD NEVER HEARD EVEN BEFORE, and playing them quite well, some even like she had been playing them for years. This is "THE YOYOKA EFFECT" in all it's glory. Although she did know these two particular songs already, it will start in the middle of one song and carry directly into a second song. Crazy fills, and over plays the end of the first song, she got really frisky with them. Start it at 36:24, a little over 7 Min total. ua-cam.com/video/d1Z3fZsIkvI/v-deo.html The whole stream is a dream to watch. She will let you know before each song if she's heard of it before. You can tell it's legit. She always keeps it real. The song at 17:09 is a perfect example of one she had never heard before, played to me what "appears to me" to be flawlessly (seriously). How many drummers in the world can even do this. If you didn't know she had never heard the song before, you would think she had been playing it for years. She even went for a cymbal strike right at the end that wasn't there and stopped herself just in time. Simply AMAZING! At 6:33, not sure what happened. She just finished "Uptown Funk" (which she did know), and then "Play That Funky Music" just started playing. Caught her by surprise, but within seconds she was ON IT! She launched one of her sticks all the way across the room and she just kept playing with one hand, not missing beat until her brother SHIDO retrieved it. Must have gone to the moon because it took him a while...lol At the end of the song she says it was the first time for that song. She can be hilarious at times. She was also at her goofiest BEST on this live stream, which we always love. Thanks again Eric!
Thanks, Glen! I have that livestream pulled up in another tab as I'm typing this :)
@@DrumAttic Cool! I was hoping you would at least check it out. Actually, I was pretty sure you would. You have great respect for YOYOKA's skills, as we all should! You'll love it.
Hey Eric! You know we love us some YOYOKA. It's the second pronunciation you said. Rob Yule and I saw YOYOKA at the Japanese Festival here is Las Vegas a couple of hours before she actually attended the Sting Concert here. It was Rob's first time seeing and meeting YOYOKA and he was really excited. He flew down from Canada just to see her. I put him up at my place and we had a lot of fun, and have become good friends since. He'll be here later I'm sure....lol She told us this was the hardest song she had ever learned up to this point. I wrote this before you were asking about the time signature. I'm not a musician so every thing confuses me, but the fact it confused you, who has a very good understanding of music makes it clear why this must have been a very difficult song for her to learn...lol YOYOKA frequently releases covers of the artists she is planning to go to concerts to see. It frequently gets her an invite to the concert or backstage to meet them (as it should)....lol Of course she only does that if she loves the songs and the band.
That sounds like that was a great time! Thanks, as always, my friend! Also, I had to go back and listen to my two pronunciations LOL
@@DrumAttic Yeah, I couldn't really explain it in words. I would just confuse both of us!. lol
The first pronunciation is correct Japanese. The second is the American rendition.
@@ThePallidor This is how YOYOKA pronounces her own name. ua-cam.com/video/1NBR36EgxMM/v-deo.html
@@DrumAttic Here is how YOYOKA pronounces her own name. First 3 seconds. She is the only one in the world with this name because her parents made it up. It has special meaning, which I cannot recall, from the different syllables. That information came directly from her father's mouth to my ears...lol ua-cam.com/video/1NBR36EgxMM/v-deo.html
Hi, good video :) but this is not Stewart Copland on this track, this is Vinnie Colaiuta...
Gotcha! Thanks for the info!
yoyoka rule (ง ˘₎༥˘ )ว🌞
Agreed!
To me, Yoyoka is no different than any other drumming professional in terms of skill. She has stage presence, focus, creativity and an immense drive to move herself forward into a shrinking music industry.
As of this week, across the board, even though the music industry is telling us they have 'record' sales, more albums being sold by Taylor Swift, Boynce, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah, what did they do? Massive layoffs, especially in the recording and production departments which means, no one is buying or listening to their talentless hacks they have been promoting since they started concentrating on entertainers instead of musicians.
They can say what they want, but turn off the autotune and no one wants to listen to what they are shoveling.
Case in point, if you look at their advertised revenue streams, where does the buld of their revenue come from? Catalogues. It is like there is almost an infinte number of hits or charted songs they can pull from. You think they would get the message, but sooner or later, the listening public is going to wake up and say, wait a minute, we aren't listening to rock classics, we are listening to oldies.
When this happens, then you will see the record companies scrambling to put real talent back on their lables.
Anyway, this is Yoyoka's dilema. She has the talent to play with anyone/group in the world. She is a professional musician.
However, even with her talent level, which is off the charts one of her issues is that she is not marketable. She has yet to land a significant gig in terms of a commerical or other use of her talents for promotion.
Her real problem is that she is weak, not specifically or necessarily her problem, but currently, she is unmarketable. Her yt #s are not of any real significance. Neither is any of her other smps. She needs to add an i to them where they become smips. Not that they can't be, but with a little work and hooking up with the right mcn she would/could be off to the races.
I am aware that I will be critisized for what I am saying but you can't do both or be good at both.
As an example, there is another Drummer, Sina who some people like to compare to Yoyoka, claiming that Sina is more technical that Yoyoka is regarding drumming skills. Kind of laughable when you look at, even today, on some of Sina's covers, which all she seems to post, you find where she missed fills, is off time and is in and out of the pocket, has roughly 7xs the viewers of Yoyoka and about 10x the amount of views Yoyoka has received.
Yoyoka will post covers, but she does not live off of covers. When Yoyoka posts a cover, it is either as good as the original studio version or she manages to impove the original groove of the drum track.
Then there is Nandi. Nandi is another drummer who people like to compare with Yoyoka.
She has about 2x the amount of subscribers that Yoyoka has with the overall views being similar. That is about where the numbers are equal. The talent level is very different as one is that of a professional musician and the other is an up and coming drummer who is the first to claim that if there are flaws in her drumming that she is still a child.
In Yoyoka's case, nothing but perfection. She is very similar to Senri Kawaguchi in this respect. Senri is, also, very week on social media.
The other issue with Senri is that she has chosen to take her talents into a very narrow bandwidth. Yoyoka likes quarter note music which most females do. Most females like music, when it comes to dancing, quarter notes, which you could kind of say that when quarter notes are sped up they become eight notes. Women's bodies are wired for this beat and this rhythm. If you think I am kidding, when it comes to dancing, go up to a table of women or a woman at a disco, when the music shifts to off time signatures, ask one to go out on the dance floor to dance. She what the response is.
Even when you look at artists such as Tina S. Tina S' talents are off the chart, but she never took advantage of social media.
I guess my point is that that talent is not going to get you to the finish line, not in the current market.
Like with record labels such as Sony and Universal and other in Japan, not one of them ever signed Yoyoka to a record deal. If you go on their sites like now, what are they up to?
They are running contests for song writers. This tells you why they are throwing their own production staff members out in the street. They have been living off the past and neglected to bring in fresh talent along with creativity.
The other issue for Yoyoka is that she is a drummer. When it comes to being out in the limelight, drummers are always last in line. The music industry has always had the habit of promoting the frontman over top of anyone else in a band, has nothing to do with talent.
One of the things she has to start thinking about is her song writing. She has said that she will get back into singing. Part of her kick back on singing has been the changes which have taken place in her voice as she has relegated some of her previous singing endeavors to her younger brother Shido. Perhaps, since she is here in the United States, mastering the English language will help her get off the drum throne and up on stage front and center.
The one thing Yoyoka has in her own music catalogue is songs worthy of airtime. She has her own along with cover songs, not covers coming out of her bedroom, but covers with worldclass musicians worthy of airtime.
Okay, there is the argument that besides being a full time student and part time musician, she does not have the time to delve into social media.
But the most difficult part I have with the music indistry, is as much as they want new talent and songs which they can put on the radio, musicians like Yoyoka, groups like Liliac and many others are ignored while they continue promoting entertainers instead of musicians.
When it comes to watching musicians up on stage, I am not interested in watching people come out on stage and dance around while they sing or attempt to sing.
Bring back the days of when musicians where up on stage where their fans voted for how good they were by buying tickets to see them perform.
Many of the younger opening acts for established bands cannot play or open with what they want they are told what they can and can't play.
I could go on, but I would like to see the up and coming young artists like Yoyoka, Klonica Nicx, Ellen, Miumiu, Evlee and many thousands of other artists out there, waiting for their comeuppance, become the new rock stars of the future.
What they should do is pool thier talents and bypass the the record labels and the concert promoters. They should make themselves into a new version of the Wrecking Crew and put out their own hits on their own label.
Let the record companies and media broadcasters come to them, not them hoping and waiting for big business come to them.
There can be no doubt that many of these capable artits can put out music as good as the musicians that came before them.
If I were in charge of a record label, this would worry me more than anything, the amateur musicians of the world getting together and forming their own union.
Sorry for the long post, just missing the old days of music and wishing we could see the future of music play out in these new/younger musicians who bring such incredible talent to the table.
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate that. I agree with you and would rather watch a "real" band play even if it is imperfect than watch someone lip sync and dance. The masses eat up the later and I think that's why labels pour money into putting them out in front. Once in a while a pop song will come along that has some substance, but it's few and far between. Thanks again!
Vinnie Caliutta was the drummer on this song
I spelt his name wrong but you can figure it out
I knew exactly who you were talking about!