Drum Teacher Reacts: YOYOKA 'Onyx' - SEVEN YEAR OLD DRUMMER! 川口千里 (Senri Kawaguchi) 7歳女子ドラマー”よよか” /

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 414

  • @byrondaniel4410
    @byrondaniel4410 2 роки тому +8

    The look on her face is like she's watching barney drums sticks as big as her arm and relaxed not rushed good lord

  • @M_1_L_3_R
    @M_1_L_3_R 2 роки тому +5

    She not only kills it but makes it look so easy she almost looks bored. Like someone with Ginger Baker's talent sitting in with an ACDC cover band

  • @brentlee1043
    @brentlee1043 2 роки тому +35

    When a 7 year old is the best musician in a band of professional adult musicians and she 11 now amazing 👏👌🙌 oh and at 7 i was still sticking beans up my nose

  • @salvadormonella8953
    @salvadormonella8953 Рік тому +9

    She brings tears to my eyes. Good ones. Bless her.

  • @equipmentmanagementservice2310
    @equipmentmanagementservice2310 2 роки тому +3

    From what I've read, she was actually 6 years old when she did this.

  • @sumasaum
    @sumasaum 2 роки тому +97

    Yoyoka is a gift to the world!

    • @gixxerboy555
      @gixxerboy555 2 роки тому +8

      she is a drumming Angel sent to us by Heaven..to make us feel happy .. ;)

  • @MrKevmomoney
    @MrKevmomoney 2 роки тому +6

    When you learn drums at the same age you learn to walk and read it comes as easy as walking and that is how Yoyoka makes it look.

  • @fayelawson5361
    @fayelawson5361 2 роки тому +27

    Yoyoka covering Peter Gabriel’s steam at 9 yrs old is fire

    • @wave8359
      @wave8359 2 роки тому +2

      AGREED !!

    • @emanuelmota7217
      @emanuelmota7217 Рік тому +2

      YES! "Stem" is ne of MORE phenominal performances.

  • @garyburnett7378
    @garyburnett7378 2 роки тому +65

    We are all born to do something great. She found what she was born for. Most of us never do. I’m 61 and still don’t have a clue. Watching Yoyoka play the drums just makes me happy.

    • @emanuelmota7217
      @emanuelmota7217 Рік тому +8

      I think that's a big reason why we all love Yoyoka so much. As middle aged (or more) adults we realize how rare and special it is that she's found her calling SO young in life, and she's SO GOOD at it. That's why I sometimes get emotional watching her. Yoyoka has been blessed, and it seems we're all happy FOR her.

    • @salvadormonella8953
      @salvadormonella8953 Рік тому

      Your comment is depressing. Does anyone find you useful? Helpful? Handy? Better than completely horrible? Not a sadist, nor psychopath? Your purpose may be doing "trivial" things that make a difference. Somebody's got to do them, why not you? Ever cheated death? I could say I'm in the same boat as you, but I have literally cheated death half a dozen times. Legitimate, no joke, supposed to die, by some odd miracle didn't. Again, and again, and again. I don't know what it is I'm being kept around for, but I suspect as soon as I complete whatever task I'll get hit by a bus. I suspect I won't even know I'm completing whatever I'm supposed to when I'm doing it. It'll be some offhand, trivial, inconsequential, and easy thing. Easy for ME. This is all just a theory, although the cheating death thing is definitely not. 6 times. I just can't figure it out. It's weird. At this point I'm not even sure if I walked off a cliff on purpose some weird occurrence wouldn't save me at the last minute. It could happen. Pipe that in your hat & smoke it.

    • @salvadormonella8953
      @salvadormonella8953 Рік тому +1

      @@emanuelmota7217 I've been following Yoyoka for years. I'm a musician, and I marvel at all drummers. The ability to move four quadrants independently is just marvelous. Also, I have a theory that female Asian drummers are like gold. That she packages that with once-in-a-generation natural talent, excellent work ethic, great personality, and devoted parents just adds to the equation. She can't lose. I believe she will in short order be the best drummer in the world. She's already better than many more experienced drummers. I just hope she doesn't get burnt out. Plus manages to avoid boys, at least for a while. Boys are poison. I know, I'm one. Mother Nature will of course bite her some day, I just hope she keeps her wits about her and doesn't go "boy crazy" like some girls do. We'll see, if we live long enough. Now that she's local I'd sure like to see her play in person. Some day soon, I hope.

    • @maurosartor990
      @maurosartor990 Рік тому +2

      Lei ha imparato a suonare la batteria a nove mesi .Quando è nata era solo troppo piccola per arrivare al pedale e ai tamburi .😅😁

    • @432b86ed
      @432b86ed 5 місяців тому

      @@salvadormonella8953 🙂

  • @kurtiswichmann4699
    @kurtiswichmann4699 2 роки тому +6

    ヨヨカはナンバーワン YOYOKA IS NUMBER ONE!!!!!

  • @Alpha_7227
    @Alpha_7227 2 роки тому +10

    The seven year olds that I taught bless their hearts struggle with twinkle twinkle and Hot cross buns on recorder

  • @gixxerboy555
    @gixxerboy555 2 роки тому +21

    Please do "Smoky" from Yoyoka..she was also 7 in there..so cute but sooo good.. ;)

  • @dianefreeman7194
    @dianefreeman7194 2 роки тому +10

    "You're not allowed to do that at age 7"
    Yoyoka didn't get the memo.

  • @tmech8183
    @tmech8183 2 роки тому +4

    Go back 10yrs from the beginning! Talk about a devoted family! The SOMA FAMILY are remarkable people! Yoyoka is testament to that! Check out SHIDO! Another star in the making!

  • @emanuelmota7217
    @emanuelmota7217 Рік тому +24

    Not only is she SO in the pocket here, at age 7, but what gets me most is how relaxed she is, playing out, with a band, in front of an audience. You'd think she was a 25 yr old, seasoned veteren. She is just phenominal.

  • @bobbyduke777
    @bobbyduke777 2 роки тому +4

    my little metronome

  • @bobbyduke777
    @bobbyduke777 2 роки тому +4

    She has a clock built into her soul

  • @vertigoz
    @vertigoz 2 роки тому +10

    Yoyoka, the greatest gift ever!

  • @patron40silver
    @patron40silver 2 роки тому +4

    Ah, ok. Almost 8. No sweat. 🥁💚YOYOKA💚🥁

  • @sexybob9766
    @sexybob9766 2 роки тому +43

    I am a 60 year old YOYOKA FANBOY! Very nice to see 7 year old Yoyoka appreciated in 2021.

  • @demonhoopa
    @demonhoopa 2 роки тому +6

    I’m most impressed by her meter. Talk about in the pocket.

  • @leo1314ok
    @leo1314ok 2 роки тому +13

    That's just f***ing INSANE! Simply awesome. It took me ages to get to grip with jazz type drumming and off beats though, despite not being a fan of jazz, taught me a lot about timing. But nothing anywhere near as good as this. Simply stunning

  • @Richard.Cabeza
    @Richard.Cabeza 2 роки тому +8

    Yoyoka is easily my favorite musician.

  • @didierleclerc66
    @didierleclerc66 2 роки тому +9

    Yoyoka is out of this world.

  • @TheRandian1
    @TheRandian1 2 роки тому +11

    She is the Gretzky of drumming. The great one!

    • @BostonBrian324
      @BostonBrian324 2 роки тому +1

      And Gretzky would say she's the Orr of drumming! Whatever we believe, she's in good company! LOL

  • @nathanmcintyre694
    @nathanmcintyre694 2 роки тому +42

    I'll never get tired of her videos!

    • @AndrewRooneyDrums
      @AndrewRooneyDrums  2 роки тому +5

      Me either. Just wished I'd seen them in order now! lol

    • @jeffgagnon7652
      @jeffgagnon7652 2 роки тому +1

      I would love to hear your analysis of Yoyoka playing Good Times Bad Times at age 8 compared to playing it at age 11. To a non-drummer like myself they both sound great with the performance at age 11 maybe sounding a bit more polished. I’m sure I’m missing all the subtlety and nuance in her playing and where she has improved.

    • @user-rq7hv6lf8c
      @user-rq7hv6lf8c 3 місяці тому

      ...tired...
      Maybe I watched ONYX 40 or more times. After a two weeks pause, I view it again. I don't know why. It does not become boring.

  • @AmbassadorJenks7086
    @AmbassadorJenks7086 10 місяців тому +2

    As soon as i find a match my studio is going up I flames. I been playing for 60 years. There is so much wrong and right with this. SEVEN!!!!!!!! She hits harder than me. She is so tight in time..ARRRRGGGGGHHHH

  • @MW-sw7so
    @MW-sw7so 2 роки тому +7

    You should invite her on your show!

  • @srv7464
    @srv7464 2 роки тому +3

    Oh my God‼️Yoyoka❣️『MVP』⁉️^^

  • @georgelogreco8810
    @georgelogreco8810 2 роки тому +11

    She always, always makes me smile.

  • @3dbacks
    @3dbacks 2 роки тому +7

    yoyoka is drummer others are others

  • @gigmcsweeney8566
    @gigmcsweeney8566 2 роки тому +12

    Came back to your reaction on this video for the umteenth time just because. It's great to see someone who really understands drumming react to the phenomenon of Yoyoka. Cheers from the UK (again)!

  • @mji1982
    @mji1982 2 роки тому +6

    HA! Age 7 is about the time I started banging around on my desk at school orat homeon the tables with pencils or my fingers, not even realizing I wanted to be a drummer. Took about 4 or 5 years till my mom, who actually was a semi famous country singer and guitarist when she was 12 years old and her drummer was DJ Fontana, she realized that I should be a drummer and my grandmother, who is a pedal steel guitar player and played the Grand ole Opry when she was in a band with Hank William's wife, she bought me my first drum set and lessons. Been playing drums for 26 years now and it's all thanx to my mom and grandma for recognizing that I had a knack for the drums. Been in a band for 12 years now and i love your channel! You should do a reaction to a video of yourself lol

  • @58harwood
    @58harwood 2 роки тому +14

    “Welcome to the Cutest Show on Earth”! 😎🇺🇸👍 “Our” little Yoyoka! 7 years old playing live, with a jazz/fusion band! Remarkable.

  • @weslove6018
    @weslove6018 2 роки тому +6

    Another fantastic phenomenon is "MIUMIU" the Guitargirl!! For her 8th birthday she played a cover of CANON ROCK!! I know guitar but it's worth a listen!! I believe YOYOKA will soon be the best drummer in the world!!

  • @garyalleccia2793
    @garyalleccia2793 2 роки тому +9

    Looks like someone was lost for words! We all are..
    She is amazing

  • @66catamaran
    @66catamaran 2 роки тому +16

    Really difficult to believe that a seven year old could play this. Most impressive video on the internet that I think I have ever seen. Excellent reaction Mr Rooney-Thank You.

  • @dougstitt1652
    @dougstitt1652 2 роки тому +10

    Can't help but smile watching her play just WoW

  • @KansaSCaymanS
    @KansaSCaymanS 2 роки тому +33

    This video deserves 100 times the views it has. Watch her body movements, head bobs, so relaxed, chill and feeling the groove while staying perfectly in the pocket, and yet casually looking around like, yeah, just another night in the club. She even appears embarrassed by the praise and laughs of amazement by the audience at her performance. Simply astounding!! Andrew thanks for reacting to what has become my favorite Yoyoka video.

  • @zangolli1963
    @zangolli1963 2 роки тому +5

    I can't help but watch this again. I want to be like her when I grow up.

  • @moneky
    @moneky 2 роки тому +24

    got my coffee and some yoyoka to watch, good times. makes me think of grown men having an existential crisis and some coffee watching mozart compose at the same age.

  • @marksharman8029
    @marksharman8029 2 роки тому +5

    Total Yoyoka fan here since she was 7. She is the business.

    • @marksharman8029
      @marksharman8029 2 роки тому

      ... her parents are amazing, musos ... hard rockers and clearly able to inspire providing both their children with opportunity

  • @markwilliams3623
    @markwilliams3623 2 роки тому +11

    So good. I am in tears

  • @myazstar
    @myazstar 2 роки тому +4

    Amazing, simply AMAZING❣❣

  • @BrianA810
    @BrianA810 2 роки тому +10

    Check out her Virtual Insanity cover. Another jaw dropping performance by this amazing girl.

  • @ptrlxc
    @ptrlxc 2 роки тому +3

    She makes it look so easy, like just another day on the job, but wow.

  • @matto9734
    @matto9734 2 роки тому +42

    The most "frightening" thing with Yoyoka is that she´s just having FUN and not losing a sweat + she´s a hard hitter too ;-)
    She really has the most supporting family background music wise. They do family sessions on YT too, simply amazing.

  • @danx3504
    @danx3504 2 роки тому +4

    God given talent ladies. God given talent

  • @PauloCarnaxide
    @PauloCarnaxide 2 роки тому +10

    Senri sparked a lot of young drummers not only in Japan but all over Asia. Some are just jaw-dropping like this one. Amazing.

  • @340rps
    @340rps 2 роки тому +29

    She just blows my mind, At age 9 she really catapults her skills. It is insane. I was telling my neighbor about her, she replied there must be a bunch of boys her age that are better.I just said they wish.

    • @kurtiswichmann4699
      @kurtiswichmann4699 2 роки тому +2

      Age 7.

    • @rolandkarlsson7072
      @rolandkarlsson7072 2 роки тому +1

      340rps - it depends on what you call skills. There is a 5 year old boy, called Caleb, that can play much faster than Yoyoka. He can play frightening fast. So, regarding speed he is better and at a younger age. He plays Slipknot and such stuff. But, as far as I can hear he lacks the musicality of Yoyoka. It is mainly speed. And I still have not seen any video where he looks genuinely happy and comfortable. Which I find a bit disturbing.

  • @mightyV444
    @mightyV444 2 роки тому +10

    I have absolutely no doubt that there's an Old Soul in that young body who'd already done this in a previous lifetime 😃

  • @jimmystangents
    @jimmystangents 2 роки тому +13

    Thanks for all the fun & insightful reaction vids, Andrew. That last portion of the song with Yoyoka's brilliant synchronized solo is the drumming equivalent of the grand finale in a fireworks show. Also, note the nervous laughter at the end where said Laughee (?) simply doesn't know how to react to such brilliance from a seven year old.

    • @AndrewRooneyDrums
      @AndrewRooneyDrums  2 роки тому +3

      Isn't it Fantastic!

    • @jimmystangents
      @jimmystangents 2 роки тому +5

      It really is. And to top it all off, at the end she does her now-standard instant metamorphosis back to kid status, here complete with almost-nose picking as she seemingly amusingly ponders how SHE should react to the off-camera adult laughter. Then the cherry on top is when she gives a silly little mouthed expression/phantom symbol smash (?) to someone off camera that, for me anyways, displays within a five second window a fascinating mix of real age silliness and beyond-her-years maturity.

  • @rolandkarlsson7072
    @rolandkarlsson7072 2 роки тому +10

    Her - in the pocket - drumming in this video is phenomenal. I do not think you can do it better - no matter your age or experience. The drum solo is extra icing on the cake, and it is fun. But it is not that one the impresses me the most. What impresses me the most is that she is a part of the band 100% and doing a great job. And as the drummer she is actually the driving motor of the band. She go slower, the band go slower - and she did not fail on that. Good job!

  • @Robindalmiras
    @Robindalmiras Рік тому +6

    I have followed her for some time now and she’s magnificent! Prodigy, really!

    • @user-rq7hv6lf8c
      @user-rq7hv6lf8c 3 місяці тому

      A prodigy achived huge things in terms of execution in a young age.
      She is now about twice that age, and she does more than execute something with perfection.
      It's like a good storyteller. Hearing the story from him is experiencing a story based on somebody elses idea, but relive that story anew.

  • @edwardwarner8256
    @edwardwarner8256 2 роки тому +8

    Yoyoka is amazing, Wow, I don't know what else to say. First time I've seen this one, I watch everything that pops up on my suggestions, I'm blown away every time.

  • @peterbulloch4328
    @peterbulloch4328 2 роки тому +16

    I'm not a drummer ( percussionist ) but I remember watching this one of hers about 3 years ago and was amazed but never really knew if it was great because I don't drum but now my amazement has been justified. I stumbled across Yoyoka on UA-cam, she came up on my feed cause I love Led Zeppelin and her entry in Hit Like a Girl Zeppelin track popped up. I'm so glad it did as I've followed her since then, discovered new tracks, new bands and just simply love watching her perform.

  • @zaqwertyfish
    @zaqwertyfish 2 роки тому +12

    what a gift for a kid... Mozart was 6 or 7 when he started composing...

    • @gillesgrindel7985
      @gillesgrindel7985 2 роки тому +2

      The gift is to be born in Asia where parents don't spoil their own kids, doesn't throw them away to be free to do whatever they want but mostly they still remember the importance to well-raise their child with the opposite idea of westerners:
      Asian people are looking for what they can do for their society when westerners are looking for what their society can make for them.

    • @halweiss8671
      @halweiss8671 2 роки тому

      And 35 when he started decomposing. Sorry.

    • @chrisegbertky
      @chrisegbertky 2 роки тому

      @@gillesgrindel7985 sad but true for many. Rie and Akifumi are outstanding parents. Love their family channel!

  • @davidclarke8398
    @davidclarke8398 2 роки тому +2

    Having watched Buddy,Gene,John and Louis she is already up with them love it .

  • @pa7226moody
    @pa7226moody 2 роки тому +5

    Yoyoka did play by ear her first years 😃 natural talent drummer #1

    • @prltqdf9
      @prltqdf9 2 роки тому

      Still does, to my knowledge.

    • @pa7226moody
      @pa7226moody 2 роки тому

      When she was 10 years she started taking note lessons.

    • @lurkmerchant
      @lurkmerchant 2 роки тому

      Her parents are musicians, so probably she was feeling music while she was still in her mother's womb. She definitely has the born sense of rhythm, perfect pitch and all that.

    • @user-rq7hv6lf8c
      @user-rq7hv6lf8c 3 місяці тому +1

      Hope she always protects them. Not following Beethoven.

  • @butchgifford1809
    @butchgifford1809 2 роки тому +41

    This little girl already has her whole future ahead of her very young age!! ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL!!!!!! AWSOME PICK!!!!!!

  • @marksharman8029
    @marksharman8029 2 роки тому +5

    You should check out Ian Paice's reaction to BURN

  • @keshanizm
    @keshanizm 2 роки тому +1

    Yoyoka. The Next generation!

  • @kaynesantor8136
    @kaynesantor8136 2 роки тому +66

    Maaan... this kid. Shes a phenomenon. I hope she keeps at this. She could do anything she wants, start a band, a label, be the best studio drummer on the planet. The world is hers to take.

    • @butchgifford1809
      @butchgifford1809 2 роки тому +8

      @Kayne Santor 🎯 🎯 BULLSEYE!! You speak the truth 💯%!!

    • @AndrewRooneyDrums
      @AndrewRooneyDrums  2 роки тому +7

      Let's see where she goes!

    • @gillesgrindel7985
      @gillesgrindel7985 2 роки тому +3

      I knew a bunch of very good musicians able to reproduce some song that exist perfectly but are in fact unable to create something good despite being very good in technics by starting from nothing.
      I knew a few very good musicians that completely stoped playing music when they turned in their late teen age.
      And I knew very good musicians that stoped playing music because the person who was with them didn't like their music mate.
      So let see, we don't know what life she would have in the future because a lot of talented kids completely stop to play music when it doesn't fit their life.

    • @gixxerboy555
      @gixxerboy555 2 роки тому +1

      @@gillesgrindel7985 She even plays on live stage with her mother..father..and little brother..they all live with music..and..check her latest videos..you'll be amazed..now..4 years later she is even much better..she drums like a real professional now @age 11.. ;)

  • @namorlam
    @namorlam 2 роки тому +4

    Wow hard to believe Yoyoka plays this song is only 7 years old, every time I hear her play a piece of music it's always a song with a high degree of difficulty. Thank you very much for your excellent comments.

  • @Glen.Black.
    @Glen.Black. 2 роки тому +22

    She really doesn't get nervous. She has only been nervous a couple of times. The first time was when she was getting ready to do a live TV show and didn’t get to rehearse. She didn’t even know that she was nervous until it was over. After it was over, she went to her Mom and said “What’s wrong with me, my hands are sweating?” Mom said, “You were nervous”…lol
    Another time was when she played with Fall Out Boy in front of 20,000 people. Again, no rehersal. But what actually made her nervous was she was asked to use a click track at the last minute. She didn’t even know what that was, and was afraid that she might start playing at the wrong time. So not much that makes this little wonder nervous! (From “Yoyoka Radio Vol.3”)

    • @AndrewRooneyDrums
      @AndrewRooneyDrums  2 роки тому +5

      I'm exactly the same. I'm only ever nervous when I'm not prepared. Thanks for the awesome comments here Glen!

    • @Glen.Black.
      @Glen.Black. 2 роки тому +3

      @@AndrewRooneyDrums Of course. Can you tell I'm a huge fan of Yoyoka....LOL

    • @goldreverre
      @goldreverre 2 роки тому +6

      Hi Glen... I didn't know those things. I hadn't heard that radio show before, so I've just listened to it now... It's delightful. Thanks for that.

    • @Glen.Black.
      @Glen.Black. 2 роки тому +4

      @@goldreverre Sure. She does so many things people don't even know about. She also played drums for a Russian Couple who sang the Russian National Anthem In Japanese. Ok, thats odd....lol

  • @sdjohnston67
    @sdjohnston67 2 роки тому +23

    Her time is amazing. She seems incapable of loosing the groove!

  • @martindekker8203
    @martindekker8203 2 роки тому +14

    Rock, Blues, Jaz? She can play it All!!. I'd hate to think how much better she can even get in years to come. Totally Bloody Jealous in the best possible way. She's An Absolute Star!!!

  • @robertramjam913
    @robertramjam913 2 роки тому +5

    Beautiful child so proud of her

  • @leggomyeigonosensei
    @leggomyeigonosensei 2 роки тому +6

    I commented on her video a year ago and I basically said the same. In my comment, I said I have watched many of her videos but that was probably her top performance (up to that point) when you consider the venue, the age and the sheer brilliant execution.

  • @harrydai1862
    @harrydai1862 2 роки тому +5

    On the Ellen show she said she had played 150 times in bar/ club and the family band has gone on the road to play

  • @SandraAlbarran-tq5xs
    @SandraAlbarran-tq5xs 3 місяці тому +1

    As a drummer after seeing this virtuous girl with a talent, an ear and a musical sense of God's mark, for dignity I would play only in children's parties or only at home for my wife and I would answer that the drums were just a hobby, she is extraordinary, her body is just an extension of the drums, Acapulco, Mexico.

  • @obionekenobi5783
    @obionekenobi5783 Рік тому +2

    Yoyoka. Una de las mejores bateristas del mundo. Nació con el Chip puesto.

  • @robertcampbell8027
    @robertcampbell8027 2 роки тому +4

    It’s October 2021. Yoyoka just celebrated her 12th birthday. She has continued to hone her incredible skills.

  • @samraney6192
    @samraney6192 2 роки тому +10

    this shit is crazy. See tons of young performers playing really complex stuff in a studio. Doin a live gig is another thing!
    Hope she had her plugs in. She got many years of live performance and hopefully lots of success ahead of her.

  • @58harwood
    @58harwood Рік тому +4

    7 years old! Unreal! Absolutely incredible Boketo! 🇺🇸🇯🇵

  • @lynnhutchens5606
    @lynnhutchens5606 2 роки тому +2

    Effortlessly

  • @calnative4904
    @calnative4904 2 роки тому +7

    Gives you goosebumps doesn’t it. 🐰🥁🐰🥁🐰

  • @calnative4904
    @calnative4904 2 роки тому +6

    Absolutely phenomenal 🐰🥁🐰🥁🐰

  • @khairilanuarothman3869
    @khairilanuarothman3869 2 роки тому +27

    My favourite Andrew reaction session. The teacher in him really came to the fore; appropriate, comprehensive musical adjectives soberly interspersing with sincere awe.
    Legality, morality and what have you aside, Yoyoka was the coolest 7 year old ever in a nightclub. That it was Senri's Onyx made it all the more so.
    Wish I could tap 10 likes! 👍👏

  • @Nickunparalleled
    @Nickunparalleled 2 роки тому +7

    This was a great video! Excellently placed Van Damme.
    Good tension... Good joy.

  • @joeniederhofer2566
    @joeniederhofer2566 2 роки тому +28

    Although not strictly a drumming video, please check out her latest where she takes you through the process of covering The Beatles' Here, There and Everywhere - playing all of the instruments herself (and all the vocals, too). Very impressive.

  • @svartmetall
    @svartmetall 7 місяців тому +2

    Stuff like this makes me think the future is in good hands :)

  • @autohmae
    @autohmae 2 роки тому +3

    6:54 this is literally the definition of a prodigy. Doing at 10 at an adult level.

  • @infinite7501
    @infinite7501 2 роки тому +5

    The sticks are bigger than her arms! Hell she's holding those stick by the very ends too. She must have some serious grip!

    • @iFoneVids
      @iFoneVids 2 роки тому

      I think in one of her vids, you can see her right palm has callouses already.

  • @michaeltaylor8835
    @michaeltaylor8835 2 роки тому +2

    5 years later!!!

  • @chrisegbertky
    @chrisegbertky 2 роки тому +12

    Thank you for this delightful and illuminating reaction video. Not too many words left to describe how the combination here of her age, the setting, the complexity of the composition and her inate talent create amazement. She did a recent interview with a university president who asked her several questions about her history with the drums. He then asked her if she could remember a time when she didn't play the drums. No. She played the drums before she was able to speak. She went gigging with her parents when she was two. They sat her on a cajon on stage while they played. Not backstage. On stage staring out at the audience. No wonder she is able to play so well in public. Playing in public with other musicians is normal. That's just what her family and friends of the family have always done. Remarkable. Very much like Traps the Drum Wonder aka Buddy Rich. His parents were vaudeville performers. He was fascinated by the drummers in the orchestra and would bang on the stage with spoons. He went on to become one of the finest drummers of all time and a real s.o.b. besides. I hope Yoyoka doesn't lose that charisma she has. I don't think she will.

    • @AndrewRooneyDrums
      @AndrewRooneyDrums  2 роки тому +3

      Thanks for the great comment Chris! I think she has her feet firmly on the ground :)

    • @chrisegbertky
      @chrisegbertky 2 роки тому +1

      @md 42jkl very familiar with that! Love seeing tiny Yoyo in that vid.

  • @patjcarey
    @patjcarey 2 роки тому +6

    I do enjoy your reactions, they are so informative. Yoyoka of course never fails to astound us all. Thank you. Pat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @garygraham2513
    @garygraham2513 2 роки тому +17

    She is just Such a force of nature. To understand music theory at 7!!!! Beethoven reborn as a drummer!

    • @AndrewRooneyDrums
      @AndrewRooneyDrums  2 роки тому +2

      Nice one Gary!

    • @gillesgrindel7985
      @gillesgrindel7985 2 роки тому +1

      Under 7yo, kids's brain is a dry sponge absorbing all intel, datas and news, it's easier to learn something at 5-6-7yo than it is to learn at 16-18-20. Westerners don't really know that fact as they don't think 5-6-7yo should be bothered by a cultural activity and should just have to play with their toys. But in Asia, a lot of children have a cultural activity next to school and the time to play is not the longer for them. Note bene. I don't think this is bad at all. Westerners way to raise child is bad.
      She is born in a musician familly, she must have look at them right from her first months of life and started hitting drums as soon as she was tall enough exactly because there is no need of music theory to play drums at the start and here, this song doesn't need good music theory knowledge at all to be played on drums.

    • @salvadormonella8953
      @salvadormonella8953 Рік тому

      @@gillesgrindel7985 You're almost right. In children all neurons are connected to all other neurons. Starting on average at 14 for girls, age 16 for boys, the brain starts to undergo maturation. Unused neurons are trimmed. Used neurons are fortified. This process takes roughly ten years to complete. It starts at the "lizard brain," the base of the brain stem, and works it's way until it completes at the cerebral cortex. So useful training time IS limited as you say, but it is not cut and dry by any means. Also, your characterization of "Asian" culture is both simplistic and incomplete, while also being slightly wrong. There is no "Asia" for there to be a culture, per se. Chinese are not the same as Koreans are not the same as Japanese, or Thai, or Taiwanese, or Indonesian, etc., etc. It is true that Chinese kids spend a lot more time at school than American kids, but a large part of that is because of Chinese writing. 50% of all elementary school time is spent just learning to write and understand those thousands of Chinese characters. This is also true of Taiwanese. Even more so, since they use Traditional Chinese. Other Asians use other alphabets, and some even use the Roman alphabet. Many Asian kids spend an extraordinary amount of time goofing off and not studying. The stereotype of studious Asian kids is not exactly true, or even mostly true. Their culture encourages behavior we would be aghast at, like cheating. There is a saying in China "If you can steal, steal. If you can cheat, cheat." Cheaters are viewed as "clever," so don't trust those test scores. China is successful not because of anything inherent. Tech was and is being stolen constantly from inventive nations. Their business acumen was taught to them almost entirely by foreigners, in particular, Taiwanese. I have done business extensively all throughout Asia in various countries, and have spent quite a bit of time there. I speak a smattering of Chinese. You don't need to trust me, but the things I state I know FOR A FACT. I have spent many an early morning on conference calls with folks around the world. Did you know Shanghai and Taipei are n the same time zone and Tokyo is an hour off? It's morning there now. No matter, Chinese tend to start late and work late. I know stuff like that off the top of my head,. I have done a TON of business overseas, and am one of the few Americans that has worked with Chinese in China on joint projects excluded by Chinese law from participation by others. Don't trust everything the news, or the media, tells you. It's mostly crud. I have so many stories and anecdotes it would fill a medium sized book. "Western way to raise children is bad?" Yeah, that's why Americans have invented more stuff, by far, than people from any other nation. Yeah, we're totally useless, morally bereft, losers. Go sell that to somebody buying that baloney.

    • @gillesgrindel7985
      @gillesgrindel7985 Рік тому

      @@salvadormonella8953 Tech was and is being stolen constantly from inventive nations.
      I don't agree on this point:
      All happened in the 80's: China didn't steal any invention at all, they made deals: They gave access to their market but in exchange, they had to produce in China and by so they had to transfert their technology.
      They didn't steal, it's a win win deal. Westerners companies BETRAYED their own country for profits, they wanted to make money and they made a lot of money.
      They haven't been steal at all: if you make billions of billions of profits, you can't say you have been stolen.
      "Yeah, that's why Americans have invented more stuff,"
      How arrogant of you and how blind you are to think it is still the case....
      I stay on my position: westerners way to educate their children IS bad. It WAS good until they decided to destroy the familly. Until they decided that kids have to be only spoiled, until the level of school education start decreasing WILLINGLY.
      Have you seen the actual level of school education of the last generation of westerners ?
      They don't even know why there need to be a common language.
      They think they can build the world better than mother-nature did.
      They can't even define what a woman is.
      They don't know why there need to be a hierarchy, laws, social and moral rules.
      They want to abolish the police
      they don't respect anything
      They want freedom and made our society a territory of individuals living side by side.
      They believe there are diversities when there is only marginality.
      They live in denial
      They can't deal with their frustration
      they take what they have for granted
      They are not taugh discipline, rigor and determination
      They think life should be 100% about having fun and 0% about being upset.
      They think all the people around the world are the same
      They pretend men and women have interchangeable roles
      And the list does not end here
      Sorry but the way westerners are educating their kid IS bad because the parents put forward their own well-being, their own comfort and their own career before the well-being and the comfort of their own kids.
      80% of wedding end up by a divorce and in 99% of the time, it's at the depend of their kids.
      As long as male westerners could NOT shut up feminism non-sense, the western world is doomed to fall.

    • @gillesgrindel7985
      @gillesgrindel7985 Рік тому

      @@salvadormonella8953 I forgot:
      They believe the money they didn't made is lost money, they don't even know that in order to loose money or whatever, you have to own it first.

  • @alastairbishop2450
    @alastairbishop2450 2 роки тому +10

    Great to see you reacting to this one Andrew. Although it's far from the most difficult piece she's done, I think it's probably the most impressed I've been by Yoyoka. As you say, it answers all sorts of questions and leaves you with the realisation that she really is just that good!

  • @sylsalmon4649
    @sylsalmon4649 2 роки тому +4

    Amazing👏

  • @zangolli1963
    @zangolli1963 2 роки тому +17

    her brain is a computer, my nephew is like her, they can play any instrument at an early age and fantastic in math, it's how they hear, it has to be.

    • @AndrewRooneyDrums
      @AndrewRooneyDrums  2 роки тому +1

      She's done something right!

    • @zangolli1963
      @zangolli1963 2 роки тому +2

      @@AndrewRooneyDrums Her family is incredible, they are the reason she can play so well with others

  • @mjrose6606
    @mjrose6606 2 роки тому +6

    Yoyoka is my spirit animal 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼thanks for the commentary.

  • @NotRKelly.
    @NotRKelly. 2 роки тому +3

    I’m done playing drums 🪘

  • @monk4258
    @monk4258 2 роки тому +2

    And she's probably thinking about Pokemon while she's playing 🤣🤣

  • @leightonwestbury92
    @leightonwestbury92 Рік тому +3

    She is phenomenal I absolutely love her cover of Aerosmith's "eat the rich" , you could almost set a metronome by her timing, I love your videos as always take care mate

    • @mmy5992
      @mmy5992 Рік тому

      I've just watched this cover a few days ago. And I love it too!

  • @rrdner5700sbcglob
    @rrdner5700sbcglob 2 роки тому +5

    Andrew! Could you PLEASE react to Yoyoka coving Deep Purple on Speed Kin?? Amazing speed and accuracy!!

  • @iFoneVids
    @iFoneVids 2 роки тому +28

    This is one, if not, my favorite (live) cover of her at 7. She’s a solid band member coz she’s Yoyoka ‘Pocket’ Soma. Like you said, her timing is phenomenal and she’s got a great ear. She listens to the band’s timing. And also, people forget to mention, she has a limited kit here compared to Senri’s and to be able to tackle the piece without losing the ‘gist’ of the piece is just so so impressive. And that last segment was my fave and just gold and also looked so effortless. To have the maturity to do that kind of phrasing 🤦🏻‍♀️. Like the piece is a piece of cake, nothing too special. SMH
    Thanks Andrew for the reaction. 👍🥁🤘🏼

    • @AndrewRooneyDrums
      @AndrewRooneyDrums  2 роки тому +6

      She's too good!!!

    • @gillesgrindel7985
      @gillesgrindel7985 2 роки тому +1

      @@AndrewRooneyDrums Here, she sound like a 2 years experienced drummer, the only difficult part is the double-pedaling. I heard what you said in the video and I don't agree for this particular.
      I totally agree that she showed very big skills on other songs but I have absolutely not been impressed on this one. I think this song has been given to her to learn the double-pedaling as it is the only difficulty I could notice.
      BUT the way she hit, her angle of hitting, the sound she made, even if the quality of the cymbal set is for a lot, this particular song of course is far to be the best I heard from a 2 years experienced drummer.
      Age doesn't matter, the years of practice are, if you don't look at her as a 7yo drummer on this video but as a 2 years experienced drummer, there is nothing extraordinary here.

    • @nathanmcintyre694
      @nathanmcintyre694 2 роки тому +6

      @@gillesgrindel7985 dude, give it a rest. just appreciate the music and move on.

    • @KansaSCaymanS
      @KansaSCaymanS 2 роки тому +10

      @@gillesgrindel7985 Seriously!?! It isn’t the difficulty of the piece that is impressive. This is a 7 year old playing live in front of an audience with a band, keeping perfectly in the pocket for nearly 4 minutes including a nearly 1 minute solo with those little noodle arms. If that alone isn’t impressive, I don’t know what is. SMH

    • @gillesgrindel7985
      @gillesgrindel7985 2 роки тому

      ​@@KansaSCaymanS
      1/ YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT DRUMS
      2/ You don't know shit about children.
      Two reasons for you to shut your mouth.
      Age doesn't matter at all, a drummer tells you that. You know to count until 4, you know all you have to know to play drums.
      You can start learning right when you're 5 years old and I would say the sooner the lessons begins, the better the child will be IF HE LIKES WHAT IS DOING and she loves playing drums.
      I know looking at drummer can make you think "how difficult it is" and you can be confused but this is BASICS, this is one of the simpliest song to make and this is why this song has been chosen for the video.
      Again, you know nothing about drums.
      You know nothing about children.
      So shut up.
      PS My nephew took one lesson. He already know where the 1 (on 4) is, where the 2 is, etc, etc.
      in one hour lesson, he's able to hit the 1 with his left foot (he's a left hander) on the drum bass, the 2 with his left hand, the 3 with his right hand, the 3 with his right hand the 4 with his left hand.
      The basic.
      Then he will learn to keep the 8th notes with his left hand while hitting the 1 with his left foot and the 3 with his right hand.
      There is nothing complicated at all, it's something that can easily be learned by a 5 yo, especuially if this kid is born in a familly of musicians and he's been looking at her parents right when she's born.
      It seems to be a female pseudo so I would say if modern spent more time with their own children as they should instead of having a career or sending them away to be free to do whatever they want, they would know what a 5yo is able to do.
      But as they don't, I have one who answered me a complete non-sense comment full of things she knows nothing about.

  • @tomtompkins7546
    @tomtompkins7546 2 роки тому +23

    You can teach lots of things, but you can't teach feel. Yoyoka has feel. Lots and lots and lots of feel.

  • @wxmaggot5669
    @wxmaggot5669 2 роки тому +38

    Unbelievable. At age 7, I was frequently picking my nose, destroying star wars figures actually playing with them, and running around outside because we weren't allowed in the house during nice weather hahaha. This is... Unreal.
    Also, your editing skills are top notch Andrew!

  • @Glen.Black.
    @Glen.Black. 2 роки тому +2

    Her first live on stage gig was at 4 yo. Very cute doing the drum rolls. "Japanese kids "Yoyoka" (4 years old ) cover Drum / The Beatles Come Together 4歳" よよか ua-cam.com/video/fKICpOE4OQo/v-deo.html By the time this (Onyx) video was made she was already giving lessons for over a year and also advising local well known bands how to improve their play (i.e., "I think it would sound better if you did it like this". They tried it and agreed!)