Amateur

Filmed, composed, edited, composited and all in all made by Lasse Gjertsen in 2006.
Trivia:
The drum sequence was filmed in Norway, and the piano sequence was recorded in Italy, approximately half a year apart, but the whole thing was edited in a couple of days.

[@FilmCutterInLV]

Anyone else come back here 17 years later to remember the good old days?

[@TBoldi]

Make it 18

[@alyorvold4625]

I couldn't remember what it was called and it just popped into my head so yea...

[@inerti4]

@@alyorvold4625I typed "Scandinavian guy early KZbin drum" in Google lol.

[@eusebiusamselschlag1904]

17 years... f*ck! my first yt video. i can remember this day 😅

[@muyaho420]

Checking in

[@joppekim]

I remember watching this as a kid thinking he was far ahead of his time. Editing like this was a pretty new concept on KZbin back then.

[@AndyFelbab]

KZbin was a new concept back then. Editing like this was new to the world. Dude inspired thousands, me included.

[@supazio]

For real, man. This video was so wild because it was a good song, yet he couldn't actually play either instrument.

[@ohoto3896]

Yes. I keep coming back to it. I like his stance on not being a corporate asshole as well.

[@champnomnom7764]

Alot has changed so fast.

[@DeannaSusanHealy]

I still think it’s ahead of it’s time

[@RushAnthem69]

It’s a damn shame this video doesn’t have hundreds of millions of views. Lasse Gjertsen is a legend among OG KZbinrs.

[@seanbrogan8667]

15 years later I still find myself coming back to this classic

[@ramonh188]

Dude. I randomly thought of this 15 YEARS later. I couldn't find this specific video, searching "how to play the drums funny" etc. Finally, I just typed "faen" and there he was lmao.

[@JamesG12]

one of the first videos I ever saw on KZbin.

[@emanueletumminello2650]

+James G same and I still love it

[@kidsontheave932]

same lol, it's a trip seeing it after so many years

[@cpypcy]

I think youtube came with this video.

[@parissansfin8730]

You and the other are fuckin' right. This guys was there before everybody. Google should canonize him.

[@ghendatghendat1032]

James G and i still watching now 😂(2017)

[@122333andy]

If you look closely you can see that it's a little bit edited

[@njm92495]

Andr3wWw idk what youre talking about. it was in 1 take

[@JasonJia11]

Andr3wWw what are you saying? Clearly it's possible to be playing the piano and drums at the same time in different locations.

[@kamusohi3007]

Astroxy

[@MorseCodeStutters]

It took me a while to see it, but yeah it's clear now that the cigarette smoke was CGI. Everyone knows you can't light up indoors

[@altaccount3124]

Im trying my best but, no I can't see it

[@rojiroco]

14 years, and this song still plays in the back of my head sometimes.

[@Nicotine46]

Is it based on an actual song or is it 100% improvised?

[@Mustobey.mix0]

Hala Mi

[@jameskirkbydrums]

17 years now, and heres another comment to make you watch it again!

[@brandonwalker9245]

I remember just being a toddler watching this over and over again. Made me interested in drums and now I’ve been playing drums for 10 years

[@Watercolordragon]

Wow!

[@ChrisMorgan92]

I've never felt older than when I read this comment.

[@ScantaniouslyCombust]

@@ChrisMorgan92 oh god me too, lol.

[@IronMiddo]

@@ChrisMorgan92 feelin like old Rose at the end of Titanic holy shit

[@Deibodese]

This song has remained burned into my consciousness for over a decade. Finding it again is like digging up the list city of Atlantis.

[@azial]

Awesome comment.

[@jameskirkbydrums]

heres you reminder to watch it again!

[@goolug]

This video is the Winner of KZbin for me.

[@RobbinvdBor]

And still is :)

[@roadsect]

2019, and this still one of my fav video on early days of KZbin

[@DelugeQuebec]

Thats what KZbin was all about before...

[@jospu]

Let's take a trip down the memory lane! I'll start: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJ_Em3ysod2Wpqc

[@dustysparks]

Martin Molen of Wintergatan used this trick recently on the Marble Machine X kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIOVZoeGhdV6jMk

[@Nevir202]

same in 2021

[@TBoldi]

2024 and counting

[@Ponk_80]

People were so much more creative and original in the past. It’s been 18 years, and this is still the most creative way that jump cuts have ever been used on KZbin.

[@rakusko33]

KZbin Classic

[@dmmmdmm3924]

now

[@user-zj7gl9gk7j]

@@dmmmdmm3924 한국인

[@user-zj7gl9gk7j]

@@zzangssam 한국인

[@user-zj7gl9gk7j]

@유카루타 한국인

[@user-wc6xk5ql2x]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ왜 다 한국인이야

[@ARCHIEzzle]

People probably said it before but THIS IS one of the first vids I ever saw on KZbin

[@siraryx]

This is one of the few videos I saw before KZbin

[@notfadykamal]

You're mutual: 1- Timeworks uploaded a video called "Verified channels with less than 100k subscribers" 2- He suggested a video called "First 10 videos on youtube (answered)" You have less than 100k subs and you're verified, you commented on one of the first videos on youtube

[@batcird]

goddamn! i haven't seen this in at least 10 years, it still holds up today, amazing editing and a catchy tune. true OG youtube

[@doublex85]

Reporting here after Wintergatan did a drum-cut bit in his latest Marble Machine X video, _Playing the CYBER BASS._

[@bellemarematt]

That's what made me go back and watch this.

[@billkeithchannel]

Yep Martin Molin brought me here. #MMX #Wintergatan

[@jsawhite]

same thing... Was my first thought when he did the drum cut. Wasn't sure I'd be able to find it again.

[@SkyNetgr]

I was hoping he mentioned this video he surely got inspired by :)

[@LowOutput]

Likewise. But almost couldn’t remember this guy’s name.

[@BillyBobLife]

I remember seeing this when it had 5000 views. It was awesome.... it still is.

[@nazarenodistefano5724]

+Corporate Warrior me too!! in a pc of a friend, I had no computer^^

[@BillyBobLife]

+Nazareno Di Stefano I'm old as fuck :(

[@hahaharyanti]

+Corporate Warrior omgah i was just thinking of that. such old.

[@BillyBobLife]

+Nur Haryanti Sazali are you seeing someone? :D

[@clintflicker7682]

+Corporate Warrior i saw this when it had 100 views so i'm cooler

[@ahmedhosani5765]

I just got it... after fucking 7 years.. I just got it... The guy on the piano is the drummer... and the guy on the drums is the pianist.. thats why they both look so clueless in the beginning.. not even Slowpoke's got game on me..

[@OddManeuver]

Or they're the same person and he doesn't know how to play either instrument.

[@ahmedhosani5765]

Odd Avenger Well that's obvious. He's wearing a pianist's uniform on the drums and a punk rocker's clothes on the piano.. let that sink in.

[@OddManeuver]

I can tell what clothes he's wearing. It sounded like you were referring to the drummer and the pianist as two separate people, because you said "the guy on the drums, the guy on the piano."

[@LuckFx]

If you felt bad 3 years ago when you found out, imagine how I'm, feeling right now taking into account I just got it when I read your comment, and also saw the video more or less when it came out... T_T ten years after the fact xD

[@SpicyRikers]

LuckFx yeah im the same 😂

[@impossibleisNothing8]

이분께선 후, 노각오이님과 피아노천재(그러나 기타꽝) 께 영감을 줍니다.

[@SakeL]

5년전인줄 ㄷㄷ

[@쿼크]

선읍 김광읍

[@user-wv9pb6cj7m]

아닠ㅋㅋㅋ 진짜 5 년 전인줄 알았자넠ㅋㅋ

[@Paintu832]

한국인이 있누

[@kuzzbillington6392]

This deserves way more views. It's a piece of art that is hard to reproduce, especially under the conditions of the days when this was created. Simply astonishing.

[@what2125]

Yes I agree

[@johhnojj711]

Hes got 16M wdym

[@commenthismofo]

Yes, back then each frame was carved in stone

[@skch08]

I owe years of my life to this guy and this video. I was trying to quit smoking (December 2007), was desperate, couldn't focus on anything but the cravings. Until I saw this video and couldn't stop watching. I probably saw it like 100 times that first day. I would be still smoking if this video hadn't distracted me from the idea of cigarettes.

[@TheOddSavants]

Lol and he lights up during the middle of the song

[@brunodays]

10 years... time flies

[@H0spitaller]

Totally, I watched it when I was in 10 grade, damn man....

[@gabrielmargal6448]

H0spitaller same. it sucks how time flies.

[@DeanMk1]

11 years....time gains momentum!

[@monhkil]

I am from 2018

[@ilijazz]

12 years bud

[@user-xf6jb3tg4l]

댓글창을 열어 한국어를 찾고 있다면 당신은 한국인

[@user-xf6jb3tg4l]

@ꙮ꫞ ꃛ ㅎㅎ

[@user-ge2gw4qq7k]

ㅇ0ㅇ

[@user-xf6jb3tg4l]

@@user-ge2gw4qq7k ㅇ0ㅇ!!!

[@Junggu_lee]

😮👍

[@user-sz1go8qg8c]

최신댓글 안눌렀는데도 4번째 댓으로 나와요 ㅋㅋ

[@Panplease5308]

최신 댓글은 한국인이고 인기 댓글은 외국인이다 ㅋㅋ

[@wouldyouliketodancewithme]

이거 노래 제목 뭐에요?

[@Panplease5308]

@@wouldyouliketodancewithme 전 이 노래 잘 몰르는데..;; 딴댓글에 물어보세요;;

[@krudmuphinstudioz]

Wow 10 years ago now and still nobody has ever attempted to cover this in real time? Seriously i think that would be an amazing tribute if some musician could actually perform this song in real time (shouts, head smacks, and all)

[@adrienneprasad6530]

seriously i'd LOVE to see that

[@ascetic3312]

Lots of people have covered or remixed this. You just didn't look hard enough.

[@otto9141]

@@ascetic3312 That's nowhere near helpful.

[@FabricioZuccherato]

actually there are some cover vids

[@krudmuphinstudioz]

I have not been able to find a cover like I described. One that is not stop-motion, not slowed down, and not edited. I mean a full-speed drum and piano cover filmed in real time. If that does exist, please send a link because I have never seen one after years of searching.

[@TelecastPropellor96]

Never seen this before. How did i miss this when it was uploaded 10 years ago and has 15 million views.

[@cerroh]

The deepest and darkest parts of youtube are dangerous to mankind, take care on your journey friend.

[@deri5038]

you're not alone

[@KyotoMelody]

watched it some years ago, still return sometimes!

[@johnb820]

Maybe because there are billions upon billions of videos on the internet. I promise you there are billions and billions of more things you have never seen. Sitting in front of the computer wont show you everything....

[@saganini]

Made by Lasse Gjertsen in 2006.

[@drummaniaklifedrums7818]

I miss to see people with talent on internet, like him. One of my first videos watched on KZbin

[@vacafuega]

Watched this when it came out, showed it to everyone I knew, everyone blown away. Now a buncha years later, just heard background music in a Vox video that sounds just like this... I missed this video so much!

[@aw_shux]

every few years I go full circle on youtube and end up back here. 10/10 video pure wizardry edit: back again 5 years later still a banger

[@Michael-kp4bd]

I would go months at a time where I would wake up and this song (the piano breakdown) would be stuck in my head every morning. Back in 2010... even 2018 this would happen to me.

[@ittixen]

Did you guys watch his awesome "Consoul" video? It's got it all: music, animation, creativity... I got hooked on it too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lX7MqZdtqNhrabs

[@alienorbiter]

It's 2015. It's still awesome.

[@randomkidze]

+Sophia Harris 2017, it never stops

[@bearishwearish]

it stops at 2016

[@randomkidze]

Omg, its 2018

[@realair7734]

+Masterdikke no, its 2019

[@bearishwearish]

now it's 1998

[@silafim]

absolutely obsessed with how he timed the smoke placement and chair movement into the song at 2:10

[@sparrowhawk619]

I don't know why, every couple of years of I get this overwhelming urge to watch this video.

[@Hotshot2k4]

Same. I'm thinking it might be because _it's good._

[@Bargerland]

I think I saw a jump cut.

[@JeremiahFernandez]

that's ridiculous

[@eXDax]

If this was Reddit, you'd have gotten gold by now.

[@guilherme6818]

Where? GTFO you little hater

[@user-wc6xk5ql2x]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅈㄹㄴ

[@quizillafreak]

I remember watching this video in junior highschool with my friends around the time it first came out... This awesome.

[@Pompygxb1992]

I remember watching this vid as a kid in middle school. I’m 30 now and crazy to think how nostalgic this video is to me. I hope wherever you are Lasse you’re doing well. You were ahead of KZbin’s time when this video was released

[@zenia7267]

It's 2019 and this is still a youtube masterpiece! His genius was way before his time! I remember it seeing the first time in 2008!

[@PrezPoet]

I can't believe I haven't seen this before.

[@NotDingse]

Star Platinum Me too

[@dude-er1op]

Im *4* years behind you...

[@themachinehead4421]

Torch I’m two weeks behind you

[@JasonJia11]

How'd all of you come across this video if you haven't seen it before? It's quite an old video, in fact one of the oldest videos on YT at 12 years old. Was it on your recommended page or something? I remember seeing this as a little kid with my brother and sister.

[@Tuetenbratwurst]

​@@JasonJia11 Just saw this for the first time and found it on 4chan​.

[@LuffyAndMe]

10 years later, still one of the best videos on internet

[@kulianov]

I was 18 when I first saw this. Now I'm 34, I got divorced, my life recently changed but I finally found this masterpiece. Love from Russia everyone ❤

[@AllThingsMech]

This is everything good about OG KZbin in a single video. Please never take this one down, it will forever be a classic. Still amazing in 2023.

[@kogz]

I know this for years and still amazes me..

[@feralfoods]

i have to re-visit this video at least a couple times a year

[@dnddl9976]

Me too...

[@nostalgiaof98]

Hard to believe I was watching this in primary school... the best years of the internet were definitely 2005-2011

[@richinthefuture]

In Korea, the name of this video is "im not good at playing instruments, but super good at editing" lol

[@human34]

Yes

[@모음집_만듦]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@user-jo5wx2sl7v]

쿠쿠루삥뽕

[@user-io8zq1xw1q]

Zzzzz

[@Junggu_lee]

🤏😆

[@schwartznasution5610]

I was bored and started tapping my fingers on the table . Then I remember this guy from a clip I watched about a decade and a half back. Instantly got into youtube and searched for stop motion piano and this came out. Thank you for keeping me entertained even after all these years. Hope you are well, Lasse.

[@joshuasims5421]

I don't know what's better: that the drummer is wearing a suit while the pianist is wearing a t-shirt, or that when he's playing the piano, he moves not just himself to the each note but the entire piano bench. This is a work of art.

[@Vlad-kf7hw]

just found this video, i noticed it too how he has nearly the same position while pressing each note, and just slides along the piano with the bench, beginning at 02:00, it looks really amazing ^^

[@TBoldi]

Those arpeggi... just slay

[@kortekainess]

Still showing this to my kids 14 years later. |..|, Rock out Gjertsen!

[@WestsideNavajo]

This video was way before its time. I'm glad I have memories from when this first came out.

[@jlee1522]

I still come back every couple years. amazin

[@AnCapDanny]

You may claim to not know how to play the drums and piano, but just the sheer understanding of musical composition, I believe, makes you a musician, Lasse. 😊

[@sarcasm83g]

2:20 some of the best drum breakdowns that exist in my brain to this day (Show me anyone else with a solo with 4 bass drum kicks in a row.... and .... I'll.... probably really like it)

[@anubisawakened3250]

Amen. (-And I don't mean the break ;))

[@rxwh]

Sounds like darker metal might be for you!

[@royalnor]

First band from the top of my head, Fleshgod Apocalypse. You won't be disappointed :)

[@sarcasm83g]

@@royalnor Thanks! I'll check em out

[@user-tb8id1ek1h]

난 드럼과 피아노는 못치지만 편집은 잘하지

[@user-qv6kp5cm9i]

ㅋㅋㅋ 이게있네

[@Third_Comma]

드디어 찾았다 한 10년전쯤에 엄청 봤던건데 갑자기 생각나서 찾았는데 있네요. 음악도 좋고 영상도 좋음.

[@mattiasblomberg2388]

Man.. can't believe its almost 10 years since this masterpiece was uploaded. MASTERPIECE!!!

[@MrJstemen11]

L

[@min_______________]

L

[@dhonsinger]

14 years later, this song still rocks!

[@PiercingSight]

Boy this takes me back... I'm so glad this is still around. What a wonderful part of internet history.

[@scorpion52193]

Damn, 14 years later and still as good. And now that I'm 14 years older, I can really appreciate in awe and the sheer talent this dude has naturally. It goes from simple sounding, with the focus more on the visuals, like dipping his toe in the water. Then just goes from 0-100(mph) after, what, ONE drag of a smoke? I mean, in 2006, I'm not sure if software based quantization was a thing in basic video editing, if not, he must have literally had to mathematically quantize the length of each note, by taking 60/BPM giving him the length of a quarter note, then used that as the basis to calculate the length of the rest of the needed notes, with f***in' POLYRHYTHMS?!? Dude.... Legend....

[@Joe_P]

I was editing with adobe back then. quantization was and is still not (to my knowledge) a thing, with basic timeline editing. This guy blew me away back then and inspired me to edit better

[@peelzboyplays6089]

I FOUND IT! I had this stuck in my head for a couple days and I kept looking... I remember watching this in the early days of KZbin. Still amazes me. Thank you, Lasse 😄

[@maxmustermann194]

This is probably my favourite KZbin video of all time.

[@Twoyup2]

편집하는것보다 외우는게 빠를것 같은데..

[@BuMuZu]

@SethEverman Brought me here. love that dude!!!

[@qba89]

Me top ;) i watch this video 12 years ago 😎 Nostalgic 🥺

[@nostalgiaof98]

When did Seth present this video?

[@BuMuZu]

@@nostalgiaof98 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKmroaOFo9CKqJY @ 0:02

[@stockyphilb7663]

Videos like this built the internet, inspired creativity, and made me think there might be a purpose for it all.

[@danburycollins]

15 years on... Still total genius

[@IamOverburdened]

Bro, I want to show this to my kids one day and tell them about the glory days of KZbin. This just threw my ass back straight into my teen years. What a legend.

[@frjulianne]

To my surprise someone else had the same thought as me. I guess this means we're old now

[@IamOverburdened]

@@frjulianne damn right we are. What a childhood we had with legendary work like that though, huh?

[@XSpImmaLion]

Every now and again you watch a video that springs this one to mind. This is why you're here.

[@TBoldi]

Literally

[@kryptek2267]

Oh my god so much memories ...10 years have flown...

[@council1988]

16 years later, and I still jam out to this

[@whanowa]

I am so glad the original is still online. One of the first viral videos I ever saw.

[@brunomedice]

Took me almost 15 years to come back here and like your video, thanks for sharing it with us.

[@degenerategambler000]

2015 and still best video on KZbin

[@joelbeauman3085]

I HAVE FINALLY FOUND THIS VIDEO AGAIN!

[@IanWeaver]

Every so often I have to come back and watch this again. It's so damn good.

[@LaughingPat]

I have watched this at least once a year since you put this masterpiece out! Today I shared it with my 11 year old and she's watched it several times. Time to pass along the awesomeness to the next generation. See you next year!

[@UDCMComedy]

This was the first KZbin video I ever watched.

[@bobbyland6782]

My all time favorite video on KZbin!!❤

[@LeVagicien]

Still incredible. I will never forget

[@mrbeastcommunity5558]

This is the best video of KZbin in my book.

[@yuliaaisha5837]

You are a fake mr beast right

[@jakepollen6839]

Watching this during the global plague of 2020 - Best of Luck to All Humanity

[@suckersupreme4380]

Glad that we have our priorities in check 😂

[@fogbank]

Italian here. Despite the scary news, I must say we're doing pretty fine at the mo*

[@redsimonDE]

This comment aged horribly. :D

[@66tobi66]

Dude. COME BACK!

[@TheSystemofadownvevo]

Sauske please come back to the village. vær så snill

[@user-qe3rf9xd7o]

MordeCOGNeko ShinnyKaiser madaraaaaaaaaa

[@sushilpanwar1401]

Madara why didn't u killed naruto so we can't see the boruto one

[@cobralyoner]

2020 Wintergatan Gang

[@min_______________]

say "Um Jun Sik"

[@Molitul]

17 ans plus tard et toujours aussi fan... Great Work

[@edmunddantes7097]

God, editing this when this video was made must have been a nightmare compared to today.

[@MrGrandis852]

I remember watching this when I was 15 years old, and this made me start learning guitar and drums, time flies :')

[@mariokoller1364]

13 years since I've watched it for the first time and it is still amazing.

[@smshh33]

I remember first seeing this video like 10 years ago! Maybe more....one of the first youtube videos to blow my mind. Amazing.

[@mainammmm]

Lasse, the amazing art you gave to people in those years...I feel like crying just to think about it, it meant so much to me and it still does. It's not just this cut-n-paste video, it's your entire poetic language, your deep philosophy that hides behind anything you did in those days. All your videos were pure Weisheit mixed with tech skills - even the ones that could come off as more banal and simple. When Consoul came out, you simply put your name right next to all the great artists and thinkers of the last century. Wherever the fuck you are and whatever the fuck you are doing nowadays, be aware that you are a good guy who can do great things. Never give up, dude.

[@user-rv8ex4mw5j]

난 드럼은 못치지만 편집은 잘하지.

[@SakeL]

와 아시는구나

[@gretchman]

The first video I ever saved to my “favorites” playlist.

[@Hotshot2k4]

It was Tony vs Paul for me, but this was definitely one of my first 10!

[@tristancarr204]

Anyone else come back to this video every couple of years?

[@karlc.5786]

"1% Skill, 99% Editing Skill - The Origins"

[@omfgallusersaretaken]

9 years later and i still freaking love this.

[@chino852456]

i thought this video was not on youtube anymore, but youtube did its work and recommended me this video once more lol... here i am 12 years after i watch this for the first time... lol

[@bkmeahan]

I come back to this video every year or 2 and still just blown away.

[@mercenary820]

Finally KZbin recommends something awesome !!

[@gabe1302]

2024 I'm still here watching ❤

[@plumeetpixels7062]

For some reason, after 13 years, I still come here. This stuff will never age. Genius.

[@lawnchairman]

This is really a early KZbin memory!!! Lasse was really before his time as this is so great edited!!

[@christian2205]

Still one of the best on youtube. Greetings from 2019.

[@habbo45554]

He is laggin

[@capn731]

HMK NorwayHD Its called slowmotion editing smartass.

[@habbo45554]

Edgy Meme Bloke Its called lagg in gamers world.

[@capn731]

HMK NorwayHD du er tilbakeståendende

[@derlama12]

Edgy Meme Bloke lol you're wrong so you speak in a different language

[@Mikkelssoni]

Edgy Meme Bloke stopmotion editing *

[@TheLegendaryZed]

still one of the best videos to ever grace this platform

[@TedTrembinski]

This video inspired me to become a career audio engineer! Thanks for the inspiration Lasse - I still think about this even though it's been over a decade since I first saw it.