Jojo Mayer soundcheck at the Berklee College of Music 2-1-12

[@gabrielluigi10]

what blows my mind is how calm he stay while playing. absolutely amazing.

[@thugparty6709]

I'd really like to see him do some sort of collaboration with Death Grips

[@ericmsandoval]

Now THAT…..is an idea.

[@teraflux1988]

any synthesizer dreams to play like Jojo

[@kod1405]

1:38 = best drumming moment of all time! =D

[@aidencoxmusicguy5097]

I’ve never heard jojo swear that was weird

[@billybeeks]

This is the first time I am hearing JoJo this guy is dynamite!

[@Dickzilla]

The drums and the bass... literally

[@VictorNickel]

This man is pure dedication, may we all become like him!

[@twinimages2219]

WOW! I love the way he lays down rythems. My hats off to you,drummer of ,the MXW

[@DAPOOLPARTY]

So glad you posted this. That session was amazing to see.

[@jarrahdrum]

He also has the best tuition DVD ever. He has a real passion to share his knowledge

[@ScumOfCaligula]

Jojo never runs outta ideas.

[@mr_guy661]

Glad to say that I've seen this legend perform with my own eyes

[@jazzmac03]

Man sound quality is A+ dude!!! I hear EVERYTHING

[@331paradiddle]

You are spot on with this. I have had the same experience with practicing. I have been playing 45 years now and you are correct. It took me a long time to realize not to mess around when practicing but once I started to organize what I wanted to play and really practiced everyday for 3-4 hours my playing took off. You must identify your weaknesses and concentrate on them instead of playing what you already are good at. No magic just plain old focused hard work.

[@mechanicalpritam]

Oh my God. This is just awesome

[@Daddytang67]

the greatest drummer of our time.

[@drummakid101]

I'm so excited to go to school there!

[@wabj90]

I'm not sure what is more impeccable, Jojo's playing or his choice in clothes.

[@dirtymusicassette]

He is Awsome and it's great to see a young Robert De Niro behind him texting at phone

[@memzehni]

+LORIS GIAMMARINO ...yes, you're right, it's Bobby... it is him.

[@JavierScheuermannMusic]

He totally killed that soundcheck. Such a beast!

[@allmetaliswelcome]

that stack is SOOO sweet

[@SauloASFS]

he's truly amazing...jesus

[@1969portsmouth]

WOW super super cool, way to go man!!!

[@Sami-Gantz]

Fuck when he's playing around leading and staffing the beat early in the video mind blown 😱

[@johnnyrabbtv]

YES JOJO! Awesome my man.

[@N3V2-Nevto]

that power of the bass drum though :)

[@moisesespisan]

Jojo Mayer, Genious.

[@hardcore7298]

Incrivel! Fantastico!

[@deadlol1]

he is cracked out , i love it

[@goldy123123]

There is no Timesignature..just Jojo and his Dynamics from outa Space! Damn!

[@riceboy287]

yea bro, he's one of the most versatile drummers out there.

[@JerRonamo1024]

hes a king

[@caltonztopa]

Best best best...thx jojo....

[@joshbuddha6112]

yeah, I use to hate playing with long sleeves, but after getting with a jazz band in a suite, I've gotten use to it.

[@cuttmastercush]

my hero

[@AdamOuissellat]

Oh no, I've been a Jojo fan for years now. He is such a beast when he practices, that's why he needs to. His solo's on his DVD are ridiculous as well as some important gigs he's done. It would only take him a week or two of practice to be back at his best.

[@mikemike7345]

Jojo is the best .

[@jb4ever78]

Rarely do you ever see JoJo in a conventional grip...... Amazing!!!!

[@SarcasticElephant]

fucking awesome drummer thanks for posting this!

[@ZINCOVIX8754]

in the name of a bad scaffolding fall down the side of a grit stoned layered building..this is genius..this man is a machine

[@jarrahdrum]

Shhh, he's a real legend already. Just enjoy

[@nathans4957]

beastmode

[@mynameistomdunlea22]

Init! how the hell can you dislike this! thats cray!

[@kykiller2326]

Bob Ross is bad ASS on the drums!!!

[@alexcivijovskidrummermaniac]

and i have studied with some of the best teachers in Australia such as Ändrew Gander and "Milan Troha which has helped me alot as well

[@toninodrumlecce]

wow...wow...wow

[@tagewestergaard3541]

JoJo is a wizard 🎶👍

[@richardvanvliet7814]

"should I go with this fucked up shit?"

[@Greenevil89]

This dude can play on pizza and it will sound like the best pizza in the world

[@AlexFrenhane]

Lol

[@HungrySparta]

That jazz fill in the end

[@shadowseal22]

The cymbal cut out is an effect cymbal. It's supposed to replicate the sound of hand claps. Last time I checked Greenbrier Music was selling a few. Shoot them an email you might be able to get one.

[@bjhMus1C]

first time i heard jojo swear!! hahaha dude is too dope

[@hngodesign]

It's called "Glitter". If you go to Nerve's bandcamp page, you will find it for free. You can choose to pay for the song to support Nerve.

[@loveshy007]

This is very clean. I would love you to meet my friend Ron Clark from Binghamton.

[@speedingampalaya]

great stuff. funky grooves, unlike the usual mega-fast drum solos out there.

[@martinhrusovsky1733]

Jojo King

[@Dmac192]

I totally agree

[@boudou701]

OMG insane

[@BennJamesK]

I feel a catch phrase coming on!

[@Drum44er]

ah thank you

[@clarkwinfield646]

...as in HOLY SHIT THIS IS AWESOME!

[@jessicaanderson750]

Holy crap. This is where I want to be where I'm 50.

[@LazyBastard69]

It's an incredibly rare and absolutely special custom job called - wait for it - cut out cymbal. TADAAA, here you go.

[@AI-xe6bx]

So effortless. And he looks so human despite his cyborg origins.

[@Ch3moo]

Damn he's good.

[@Dwilliams3456]

JOJO can rock the hell out of an AFRO!!

[@SuperSkaJoe]

"should I go with this fucked up shit?" lol

[@TrickyMickTrucking]

Wow, he flows just so flowingly......

[@goseeaboutagirl]

His technique is some of the best of the world

[@lqddrums]

Mad respect...you can see some Spanky vocab integrated into his playing now,

[@ozzyisgood]

The x hat under his ride is a stack, he's got an x hat next to his regular hats, and then a sabian chopper on the aux snare side. So 4 hats of sorts.

[@rebecaalberici999]

es un capo

[@DustinMooreLB]

His technique is nuts

[@EastHere]

When I saw this comment I thought it was someone jokingly sharing something he was thinking, but then he actually said it hahaha

[@StevenChenDrums]

Yep. All this footage was before his clinic/show (hence the changing of drumheads halfway through, and the "fucked up shit" haha).

[@KennethKBBenson]

JOJO got some gospel chops!! #Born2Drum

[@cmdangelo]

23!

[@0509killer]

he mentions using matched grip occasionally on his instructional DVD.

[@maxxbradshaw7317]

It is most likely one of his signature Fierce crashes, and that ride is the 22 aax omni. Hope that helped.

[@jerrygamez5723]

Nice

[@keyframer.]

@runnaman90 I saw him a week ago play here in my town and he played match grip a lot - it was surprising. I knew he switched back and forth but I thought it was 90% traditional - last week it was more like 50/50.

[@ShittyMcPoopyBalls]

The cut out cymbal looks to be a lot better than meinl's version of a "make-a-regular-snare-sound-like-an-electronic-one" cymbal.

[@DJFiBa]

The broken beats are just tight as fog :D

[@dmangtr]

16 people grooved so hard to this that they accidentally clicked the dislike button

[@bplatz829]

it's called a chopper by Sabian, its been around for a while.

[@blapis89]

i think this is the most german gripped video ive seen with jojo

[@alstartheman]

i believe no one has answered yet, so i will. if you check out his Cymbal setup video from sabian, he explains it. it basically is a 14inch china with a 13 inch hi-hat on top, he uses it to get a little more "oomph". that's why it looks cut out!

[@tomaz320]

I can listen to 1:15-1:30 over and over

[@MonsieurTazGames]

i have to say, if that kit wasn't a sonor, i would definitely have to look at getting me one

[@brandon9507]

I read John mayer. You can imagine my confusion when the video started.

[@DavidJF123]

4:23 onwards is why I watch jojo mayer!

[@ZionGuySupreme]

LOL why does he look like he just came back from a rave in the matrix?!

[@heladoscuro5074]

ZionGuy LOL FUCKEN BEST COMMENT

[@mattpaquette5519]

hes bot even wearing his leather pants in this one lol

[@Joesfosterdogs]

Poetry in motion...just a technical clinic in how to this is wisdom personification...if he was an architect or engineer he would have absorbed the greatness of Da Vinci and made it his own...learning at the highest level here

[@MLjostein]

It`s a sabian prototype comming out this winter ;) called "rimcrusher" ;)

[@AndrewHershelChannel]

its 20 now

[@rogerbahakel]

yes,he's the best since buddy.

[@consequenceable]

ommagawd

[@mariodelgado4970]

🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@dreamopeth]

Dat blastbeat 0.04

[@BrianRussick]

3:56 awesome vibe

[@HipCovers]

Actually, if you flip over a drum head, and put it on top, it sounds really similar. I sometimes use an old snare head upside down on top to get that in recordings!

[@brucela100]

nice blasting technique