Rock Drummer Reacts to Senri Kawaguchi DRUM SOLO [2018 Drumeo]

[@WavePotter]

POUND LIKE for hard work paying off in amazing ways!

[@nomusician4737]

I'm pretty sure it is illegal to check out young female Japanese drummers and NOT watch Kanade Sato. I couldn't choose which link to give you so here are a few. She's definitely a jazz/fusion kind of drummer and has been since she was a kid. One of the first songs she taught herself when she was three was Chick Coreas Spain. Yes, I wrote three... 11 year old, winning Hit Like a Girl: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYCzZJmiqbOrhbM 13 year old, playing Dave Weckl - Spur of the moment: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXumfZWIqJKWqqM 17 year old, playing Dave Weckl - Festival de Ritmo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5unh42Gr8uGZ8U 16 year old, playing Chick Corea - Spain. One of the first songs she learnt as a kid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2a1koB9rp6IoJI 7 year old, playing Chick Corea - Spain. Using a bit more perc in the backtrack: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnjHmpuHadygpKM 9 year old, playing Herbie Hancock - Hang Up Your Hangups: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYrbiKOcaah4mpI I could go on an link just about any song on her KZbin to blow your mind, but I'll stop here. If I was forced to tell you what to check out first I'd probably say her Hit Like a Girl thing. I can't wrap my head around an 11 year old playing that.

[@jimmorrisonisamaidiac]

Jeeez OK bro, subbed and destroyed the BroBell. The power of the mighty Yoyoka has you hooked also. Dig the analysis. Nice work man. Check out Yoyoka doing Onyx, a Senri song. Live cut, just turned 8 at the time. Then watch Senri do it. It would make a great double feature analysis (not reaction, you’re more than that) video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5zLeJqnjd6qi5o. This is right about her 8th birthday. AAANND here is Senri, skip to 31:28 for her doing the smash hit single, ONYX!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJ_FkqGGo56diKc

[@WavePotter]

Thanks for you for sharing this! AND the video suggestion!

[@jimmorrisonisamaidiac]

@@WavePotter Oh man, thanks for actually doing it. Really tho, check that link for Senri. The camera is on her 100%. From 24:40 to 25:40 is magical.

[@WavePotter]

@@jimmorrisonisamaidiac I definitely will!

[@ShikataGaNai100]

At this point in time, Senri is the best jazz drummer on the planet. BTW, Senri also completed her bachelors degree at Waseda University while a full-time jazz drummer.

[@waynelynch9557]

She's phenomenal Im glad that she and yoyoka are friends. Thanks for the commentary wave.

[@kl-hw8nq]

She is another phenomenal drummer!!!

[@pointlesswasteoftime]

Senri is extraordinary. Such a great drummer, and covers more genres than people give credit for. She's played live with AKB48, Guthrie Govan, Nick Johnstone, and many others as a session drummer covering pop, rock, and she's known to throw a few blastbeats in her solos when feeling cheeky. She coheadlined the Yamaha 50th birthday celebrations with Steve Gadd, Dave Weckl, and Akira Jimbo. Massive accomplishments at such an age fully due to hard work. That kit is the drumeo version of her set-up, I'm not a huge fan of the snare as normally she has a fully coated head that gives her snare an extra pop. The stick juggle is a permanent fixture since she's been doing it since she began solos. It's a fan pleaser. Her real ability is more than the solos though, and her skill is best shown in her music. So. Here. Wupatki. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKOre6KPa7etiJI

[@WavePotter]

Thank you! I was super excited when i saw Guthrie Govan! The Aristocrats are one of my favorite instrumental prog bands and Marco is my all-time favorite drummer! I'm really excited to dig more into Senri!

[@pointlesswasteoftime]

@@WavePotter Senri actually sat in for Marco in a performance (erotic cakes) and has done a (impromptu) stick tricks duel with him.

[@Hareemakun]

Senri have the sickest move on drum I've ever see😍😍😍

[@jimr4354]

Senri is the best female drummer in the world specialising in jazz though she does get a but erratic at times with the inverted cymbals. Her speed is unsurpassed in the female field and she sure shows it here at times. Have a look at her clips when younger. One when she was 12 performing with another prodigy Kanade Sato who was 8. Duelling and solos. It really is an impressive display. With Yoyoka,they're 3 of best drummers in the world.

[@iFoneVids]

I like Senri and I’m appreciating jazz fusion more and more because of her. She’s definitely a monster in drums. I wonder if Yoyoka has the same kit as Senri, what she would do with it. When she covered Onyx, she’s able to do justice on that song with only her ‘basic’ gear. Quite a feat.

[@semprini77]

Senri brings so much energy to prog-fusion, just as Yoyoka brings it to rock-pop-funk. My two favorite KZbin drummers! Love to hear your thoughts, especially because this style of music is somewhat beyond me.👍

[@popozz]

7yo Yoyoka played Senri's song "Onyx" at live. It might be interesting to compare both. Yoyoka(7yo) kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5zLeJqnjd6qi5o Senri(17yo) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqSkfomMbrGonbs What made Senri become a famous in Japan is her "K-ON!!" cover. This song is a theme song for an anime about high school girls who plays in a band. She faithfully recreated the world of the anime and played it. At the time, it was said this song was too difficult for a high school student to actually played, but she did it at 13. But now, an another 7yo girl played this song almost perfectly. Please pay attention to her as well. Senri(13yo) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHXRmKl4grllkMU Kii(7yo) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6WYomeVatOIq8U

[@chrisegbertky]

Yeah she is profoundly talented. Absolutely awe-inspiring! Not sure if Yoyoka will head in her direction i.e. jazz fusion or stay in rock but Senri is amazing. Love your comments Wave much better than some other commentators who perhaps do no research about the performer or the band covered. Please refrain from self deprecation. Or edit it out. Simply put you are good enough brother.

[@WavePotter]

I really appreciate you Chris, and i'm glad you enjoy what i do! Thank you. And i will try! :)

[@fastguitars4380]

Senri has blown another drummer's mind, ........It happens every time.

[@glenkelley6799]

Great reaction and Senri was the first female Japanese drummer that I became aware of, followed by Kanade Sato (I think she's 18 or 19 now). This is Kanada at around 11 in the 2014 "Hit like a girl" competition, she won the under the under 18 bracket with this one - kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYCzZJmiqbOrhbM

[@larrycom]

I agree with so much of what you said about her. When she starts that groove you don't know where she's goingn to end up, or even how she's going to make it through without changing it up again. One in a million. She's a Mozart of drummers.

[@WavePotter]

Well said Larry!

[@gchannel430]

Thanks fo the posting great video as always.

[@gizmotis]

my question is etc are they putting in the water over there? the list of amazing female drummers from Japan just gets bigger and bigger. maybe it's something in the water. ps I'm subscribed!

[@Glen.Black.]

Thanks Wave, as always a great reaction video! I knew this girl was great, but for whatever reason I have latched onto Yoyoka (and JUNNA) as my favorites. Probably because if I followed every great Asian Drummer Girl, I wouldn't have time for anything else. There are sooo many! Interesting fact about her on Top 500, I did not know that. I'm not usually a big fan of drum solos, but she knocked this one out of the park! She made this solo VERY interesting. Thanks! In some respects, I might be surprised if this was planned out because these girls are so amazing I think they could just sit down and knock this out by feel anytime they wanted!

[@Glen.Black.]

Thanks for the shout out! I hope you get at least a thousand Patreon Patrons! You deserve i!

[@cheneyrobert]

Senri = groove master 😎😜she is fantastic with amazing dynamics and creativity 👍🏻👏👏👏👏the only comparable to me is Larnell. Her kit here sounds great! Love her smile as she absolutely smokes the kit 👌😂😂😂 Kanade, Senri and Yoyo all blow my mind 😜🤯

[@Locky2701]

Junna also is great drummer

[@Iran_Al-Qudsy]

she is a jazzz drummer..killer i might add

[@tibetbill]

Best female drummer in the world, hands down. Too bad she went in the direction of fusion and jazz. But it makes her happy. I liked her when she had a metal band and then a rock band. She really kicks ass. Only Senri would wear a conservative dress and drum to play the drums. She is cool and I really like her. She and Yoyoka are friends. There was a female musician, not going to say who, that played with Yoyoka in a concert. The main bass player could not make the gig. One thing Yoyoka and Senri have in common is that they are both very wholesome. There was this one musician Yoyoka played on stage with and there have been no videos posted of that concert anywhere. Like the videos just fell off the face of the earth. I am sure that Rie said, no, no way. Heard that it was a real kick ass concert, mainly played Nirvana songs, but Rie is not going to let her daughter around certain people in the music business. Here is Senri jamming to Frankenstein, kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZzTmZyiod-Mf9U

[@stevegee218]

She has a subtle sense of humor and joy for drumming. She hides frogs or lizard toys on her drum set. When she was 12-13 she did a bunch of K-On anime song cover videos dressed as a charter from the anime playing an identical small drum set. BTW the pattern on her dress is popcorn.

[@tibetbill]

@@stevegee218 She does. Kind of seems to be a trademark with these young ladies. Youoka has her boketo on her kickdrum. I think JUNNA has a small teddybear attached to her drums. If you want to see something interesting, look at this old video and look at what Jack Bruce has dangling off of his bass, kzbin.info/www/bejne/npfXmKyqosyEnac

[@sigil_theband1953]

Proficient? That's hilarious...she's a monster of a drummer.

[@fastskipper777]

Senri is world famous. I am surprised you didn't know her before.

[@dangerx7697]

Senri kawaguchi best on planet Earth female drummers. And all the Jazz, jazz-rock Fusion, and y'all the other style she's Superior in she is impeccable

[@harrydai1862]

Yoyoka covered her song, Onyx when she was 7

[@iFoneVids]

I’ve suggested this to Wave before, I hope he checks it out. Love that vid esp. it’s a different setting. She’s such a pro. And check Yoyoka’s 43 second practice session of this song. You can’t hardly see her above her kit. She take these sessions seriously. Amazing.

[@kwokalisaur]

@@iFoneVids makes 3 of us!

[@ShikataGaNai100]

...and, Senri was fronting for a working jazz band when she was 7, playing in 7/4 time.

[@timperley69]

She is lethal!!! Just an amazing talent

[@randygentry2442]

Gotta love polyrhythmic transitions....especially flawless ones

[@Chumlamo_Ennio]

She is arguably the best drummer in the world.

[@mrz80]

Honestly, more than anything else, this recording she reminds me very strongly of Neil Peart and some of the off-the-hook solos he'd trot out in concert

[@freddiejupiter442]

Senri, Marco, and Gavin. The Holy Trinity for me.

[@dangerx7697]

Checkout senri kawaguchi Studio gigs and live gigs at the... Bee hive, got a bunch to choose from on KZbin and she has top-notch musicians in her band

[@Hootowl54]

Search 'Day by Dey' for a nice treat. 🙂

[@UltraCasualPenguin]

Sami Kuoppamäki used that same save during one of his best solos except it wasn't stick that broke.

[@raunohamalainen9667]

Senris mentor was a great Kozo Suganema!!

[@powbobs]

Supposedly Senri and Yoyoka are friends. Scary.

[@RiderOftheNorth1968]

Thank you for a great reaction, and yes Senri is a very "magic" drummer! I get exactly what you mean: She seems to have a Meta-sense over the flow, like she is flying above the rythm and sees it all in one look! ( NO, i am perfectly sober! Lol) EDIT: To the commenters here and elsewhere in this subject i will say this: What saddens me is all these comparisons between Senri-san and that kid Yoyoka. Stop that people, please! They are both great drummers in their own way, yours comparing is just based on that they are japanese girls. Is it r*cism or is it s*xism? I don´t know, but i do know that music is not a competition.

[@WavePotter]

Thank you for watching! I only mention Yoyoka because she’s the drummer I’ve reacted to the most and I know most of my viewers are fans of her. But that’s a good point! They’re both masters of their own different craft.

[@RiderOftheNorth1968]

@@WavePotter I realise now that my post is a bit unclear here. When i lament over comparisons i don´t mean in your video, i am directing myself to the comments. I am sorry for the misunderstanding, english is not my native language so i seems to have goofed the wording. I have now edit my post.

[@fernandoarias4846]

Maravillosa!!!

[@kristerlinder6042]

Hey look at Her Bagshow 2018 3 sets nr 2 & 3 Best Drumming Soo Far By Her She Is Amazing Omg ! Bye.

[@harrydai1862]

She is QUITE good

[@RahimRahmat]

Hahahahahaha...... "quite" he says 🤣

[@greghawkins1025]

Fly into a murderous, maniacal rage & beat the daylights out of that drum set. Dedicate you life to destroying that drum set. Go berserk making noise. Wake up the dead in your neighborhood graveyard. Hit hard!

[@Scotto_desu]

Yo when I first saw the thumbnail, it looked like she was kicking you in the head 😂

[@billasegan3261]

👍🥁

[@kyubigod9811]

Senri Kawaguchi is only 24 years old！

[@chuckbud1313]

I'm here for the metal aspect. And that cute smile of hers. Weird..

[@koukieric]

Algo está pasando en Japón

[@raunohamalainen9667]

Suganuma

[@MSIContent]

As much as I can appreciate the undeniable talent, I’ve got to say that enjoy watching Yoyoka more. Why? It’s the “feeling” I get watching Yotoka play. She seems to be at one with the grove. This gave me more of a drum-machine-technically-brilliant-but-no-soul feel. Just sayin’.

[@martinnikolausmehrtens4398]

🌹🎶👸🎶🌹

[@MarttiSuomivuori]

Senri's lightning-fast weightless technique is such an opposite of the heavy slow presenter. Sad/funny.

[@redalrt4]

Mouth.wide.open😃😃😃

[@humancaos]

well she is what 16 or something in that video and is amazing so why is the title 29 year old drummer reacts? should it matter what age you are, you could be 50 and she still be better, your age is totally irrelevant

[@dave3005]

She’s very good. But she doesn’t look like she’s enjoying what she’s doing like when you watch Yoyoka.

[@powbobs]

She and Yoyoka are friends.

[@matthewv789]

I don’t think you could have watched much of Senri playing to be able to say that. I know of few drummers who smile more infectiously while playing than Senri Kawaguchi, though maybe not so much in this particular video until the end.

[@federov100]

I wonder if you would make the same comment about a male drummer... Neil Peart, Gavin Harrison and Simon Philips don't smile either, doesn't mean they hate drumming

[@rolandkarlsson7072]

@dave - and how do you suppose she is that good if she do not like what she is doing? OK - that is a rhetorical question. You do not need to answer. I know enough about Senri to know she loves drumming. BTW - maybe you missed the part after she broke the stick. She was smiling the whole time after that.