MEINL DRUM FESTIVAL 2012 - Matt Halpern - Part 1

Part 1 of Matt's Performance at the MEINL DRUM FESTIVAL 2012

[@evanthibeault3934]

Meinl is getting pretty creative with their new hand percussion line

[@zackgalldrums2445]

Your talent will show no matter what you use to do it , this is great versatility

[@MirkoFustinoni]

That's creativity...and that's what I do every time I am near a desk :D

[@91earthlink]

this man was born to hit things

[@CincoDrums]

Some may think that this is an unconventional drum solo, however, as most drummers know, this is where the majority of practice occurs for serious drummers.

[@johanneswarn5488]

no massively exaggerated V-neck t-shirt in sight... This clearly isn't Matt.

[@RichmondVillanueva]

I think it's Benny Greb just had his beard cut and went to the gym. :))) JK.

[@Ronohable1]

Glad to see the drum set Periphery used to record their latest album is getting some respect outside of the studio.

[@NGrubbe]

Today is my last day at work. I'm gonna bust this out right before I leave the building.

[@DxC04]

Just an awesome concept

[@doomedelk]

this guys just having fun. and thats awesome

[@MrMagicpantz200]

Little known fact: After the series finale of The Office, Matt Halpern actually starts working at Dunder Mifflin, and this is what he does.

[@JR-bd1jl]

what brand is that stapler, it sound amazing.

[@wilhelmo360]

Probably meinl office series. If you want a zildjian one it will cost twice as much for the same thing.

[@AnTastySammich]

Most metal drummers don't just play metal. They just play it because their band does.

[@oriondrums2]

This is hilarious. I love Matt.

[@causeXeffect23]

A message to Periphery fans: Stop wasting your time responding to these trolls. They only use the right side of their brain and therefor it is IMPOSSIBLE to make them understand the art behind the music. You'll never change their mind, they were born that way, just ignore them and be thankful you can hear what Periphery offers musically.

[@olivierpeartnoy]

Why am I so entertained by this? haha

[@timwaterson1791]

Great Job Matt we use to get shit in school for drumming on desks and I bet you did too Now your Making a Living out of Playing so CONGRATS

[@moonodude17]

This makes me want to get a desk job just so I can do this! =D

[@joshuachan56]

This guy if full of innovation and creativity. Love him to death! :D

[@ZakkCadwellDrums]

where is part 2!!!!!

[@TheDrumEquation]

difference is... if he started doing this in class, everyone would start dancing

[@ryanlindforsdrummer]

What brand of desk is that!!! Sounds warm.

[@GBWagner1]

:) IKEA drum? I made my grandma's head ache playing similarly - but less well - on the table after lunch. But the table didn,t ache when I played on my gradma's head. (Only softly...:) Anyway Meinl cymbals are the best - to me.

[@FakeMessiah94]

Go look at some other video's of him them, considering this ain't on a kit

[@SabianTamaDrummer]

just insane.

[@DecibelMasher]

There's a drumset behind him, has anyone told him?

[@BvdLNL]

Well someone has been watching STOMP for a number of times..

[@danielpeci]

awesome

[@matteobdrums]

Amen

[@rrrw.01]

"Here's where I'm going to be playing the clinic? Seriously, oh well..." *finishes, gets up* "Oh, wow! There was a drum set here this whole time?!"

[@AnTastySammich]

style of music their band plays

[@szeshingsiu]

I wish i have a meinl stack in my office lol

[@BlackenedNL]

pretty cool

[@mr.wayneTV]

thanks to idea man.. i want to do it to my office desk

[@drumtastik244]

Yes he just play the desk. YES!!!

[@kalj3]

Well, good to know, now go watch him then :)

[@sambrown9943]

*awesome

[@MErickson11]

2:22 Can't tell if rehearsed, or a complete accident. Either way, best part of the video.

[@maaxalvarez]

Matt IS Stomp

[@ivarthurvi]

I was threatened a few times with write ups because i'd tap my feet to music while waiting on hold working in a call center for Time Warner Cable... daily.

[@domcurlz]

Is this the table form Lulu?

[@SabianTamaDrummer]

PART 2 PART 2 PART 2

[@croustipate11]

I agree with you.It was just my opinion.

[@DustinMooreLB]

I can see Matt so bored at an office job he WOULD be doing this haha. "fuuuck paper work. *starts playing on a desk*"

[@MsCathydoll]

DA BEST

[@mamanatare1]

i wish i had the money and time to buy drum mics and recording equipment for me desk...

[@rushour144]

He moved his hand in between the file cabinet and bottom of the desk really fast haha! Mind trip!

[@ptrcklynch7350]

Jim Halpern, Thunder Mifflin paper company. Check and mate.

[@SlipknotFan129]

he was very good at school

[@Dimii256]

Everyday, I get in trouble at school for doing this shit!! LOVE YOU MATT!!

[@corysolis3414]

trippy table beats..

[@maaxalvarez]

i can't tell you how many times i got in trouble in school for doing this.

[@vwreisadrummer1]

i do the same thing at school. my teachers get really pissed!

[@Oli4drums]

This is what I'm like at school, haha.

[@SuperMolamola]

benny dint play???? =(

[@Hheawy]

This is... fucking genious, holy shit!

[@MuirC100]

Matt's trying to hint to us that this is all that they've done for the other album they recorded...

[@ssoulrakk]

Haha yeah. Looked like fun anyway!

[@SermonFapple]

what i do in school all the time ^_^ my teachers hate it

[@trippler786]

high school musical?

[@AtrueDjentleman]

And after all that, he still failed to kill the fly.

[@AnTastySammich]

Yes, yes, but as I said before, you are insulting so many great drummers by claiming Matt Halpern the best. It's like, "hey, you're a great drummer and all, but you're not the best because Matt Halpern is." Saying he's ONE of the best, or my favorite, etc. would be better. I know that it's meant to be just a compliment, and it is, but can you see that it's kind of rude and hurtful to the other great drummers who don't have top comments on their Meinl drum fest vids saying "Best drummer ever"?

[@Phico001]

i swear this is me trying to do homework

[@Gruuv_]

I didn't know Meinl made desks!

[@crazyguy2260]

Did anyone else start laughing at 2:25? Or am I just easily amused?

[@PrestonColling]

I'm not high enough for this

[@mariosergiorubina]

JAJA very interesting , there is a beta91a on the desk , ,now you know how to mic a desk jaja

[@oh_itschris]

Me pretty much when I'm pushing carts at work. :)

[@croustipate11]

sorry,If I are hurt to you. i just wanted to make discover another drummer. sorry i don't speak english correctly.

[@YellowInABottle1]

Well, someone watched the "language of drum by Benny Greb"

[@TehJaytius]

I love how he's borrowed Mike Johnston's stack cymbal :)

[@robinstein8696]

this is me in my office job... ;)

[@johansst83]

Ikea drum festival

[@eliseabellon]

benny greb did this in his kitchen. watch his language of drumming dvd. :) wait while you're on the menu screen..and then benny will perform ;)

[@drummurdroid]

yo kids.. stop postin solely to see how many "likes" you can rack up. anywho, funny vid :)

[@derekchamberlin]

this video makes me feel a little more normal . . . HAHA!

[@7xmetalcullen95]

this what i do in class too bad i get in trouble

[@chickenbeforeegg]

And a cymbal stack just for good measure, aha!

[@phantomfatty]

So matth halpern inspired the part in the Disney's Tarzan where the gorrilas make a music video in the humans camp? Bahaha

[@jaydoode15]

I don't know what that was...

[@AnTastySammich]

You're killing me here. Let me reiterate. Yes Periphery is a metal band, but you can't really compare them to other metal bands. The sound is not the same. You can't just say Matt Halpern is the best drummer when he's playing in a band that is entirely different from most of the regime. I'm not saying Matt Halpern is bad, he's my favorite drummer, but saying he's the best is insulting to other drummers that are just as good, but don't have the chance to show off their chops as much do to the

[@monkeyinvalid]

Still cool with no V neck

[@DoctorCameo]

Haha, me too, brother! ;)

[@1_rjc]

annnd part 2... where the fuck is it?

[@allmetaliswelcome]

GREAT but it would sound so mutch better if the glass of water wasn't on the table

[@russelrenznerosa8969]

Get creative, that's the spirit...

[@JoMommaa07]

Chris Adler

[@CobTheDrummer]

Bleed at : 1:52 ;D

[@deathmetaldrummer93]

i think thats what you call improvisation

[@Michael_Michaels]

Perhaps he didn't see that drum waiting next to to him...

[@thedutchdjentleman]

1:53 bleed by meshuggah!!!

[@Luemm3l]

3:12 Nooo, he hasn't

[@nickpryme]

And they wondered why he brought a cymbal to work.

[@STIXAHOY]

Nope - Stomp did this long long ago

[@ajacob12]

Matt Halpern is an amazing drummer and very creative, but this is so stupid lol

[@dididie158]

Why? :D

[@dannnnny86]

this made me more stoned

[@dallasbaldwin8881]

Jesus Christ with those hands he would be the fastest pimp slapped on the planet O.O

[@colbra3]

i think the idea is that a drummer is always drumming on something... always looking at different shit to make sounds that relate to the kit..

[@bboycrazymonkey]

I wish i had a stack next to my desk haha

[@JustinWh0a]

It's weird, because I think of this as like some sort of fetish video. When people know he's too good on drums, so he downgrades to beating on an office desk, just to humiliate people. But in turn; people are like "OOooOoO Yesssss beat that desskkk!"