The Warning - Pau Just Playing Drums

Paulina Villarreal of The Warning, just playing drums - one of her MANY talents

[@dariosatira8170]

Nuclear Pau (to much energy in a little package)! She was the one who bait me into the rabbit hole

[@don-music]

hahaha awesome title for Pau!!! yea.... I was thinking "I'll just make a short video of all her best clips". But I just gave up and went with the first few amazing ones I had handy.... I will probably end up doing several of these videos for each of DPA... they all have so much of interest to highlight. But really, Pau is so extremely diverse in her talents that it will be impossible to ever summarize her in short videos.

[@dariosatira8170]

@@don-music totally agree with you Don

[@rexwave4624]

Me, too.

[@williammoore4646]

PAU The Powerful, The Talented, and The Beautiful!

[@don-music]

So many appropriate words to describe her... but we may need new words to really do her justice!

[@louiebee6745]

Take it from this lifelong drummer, Pau's the total package. Technique, feel, groove, dynamics, musicality, yep it's all there! Oh yeah, she sings and writes too.🤘🤘🤘

[@don-music]

in case you see a thumbs down about your comment, I hit the wrong button LoL. fixed it! Cool - a drummer! Yea that's great to hear.. I agree completely - I play drums, but am not a particularly highly trained or practiced drummer.. I know enough to know how to play what I want to play sufficiently for recording my music in the studio, but I also know enough to know how amazing great drummers are. I will be dealing with her other talents/skills in future videos

[@randymarple9830]

When Pau's face is pointed at the snare drum, but her eyes are staring straight at you...... holy crap!!!! I love the PauCam at concerts. So much we don't see/hear is totally exposed to us. The way she floats all over her kit amazes me. And the fact that all three sisters are playing and singing to perfection........icing on the cake!!

[@don-music]

yes... I've seen some poses and motions by Pau that make me think of a Raptor... and yet she's mobile and fluid and makes it look so easy

[@roywall8169]

My hero! 🤘🏻❤️⚠️

[@don-music]

Totally! To dominate the drums like that.... astonishing!

[@andgar923]

She has a great groove and feel even while smashing the drums. Great vid thc

[@don-music]

amazing that she does, and you're totally on point! thanks!

[@Captain_Kirk116]

You're right that drumming is just one of many talents she has. You can tell that Pau was born to be a musician and performer and she doesn't want your attention when she's on stage, she demands it😊🤘!

[@don-music]

She is absolutely meant to be a star!

[@alsanmartinez4462]

This young lady has put a spell on me. Her magnetic personality is over the top infectious. I'm ok with it! Hope you are too! 🤟⚡️💘

[@don-music]

oh yes.... her energy is infection for sure!

[@charlielightfoot7006]

@@don-music There's probably an injection for that infection. 😉😵‍💫

[@spit7201]

Pau i love her so talented an gorgeous 😊❤ya

[@don-music]

absolutely!

[@friendlyface4044]

One of the best drummers in the history of rock.

[@don-music]

Absolutely… her latest drum work is next level compared to the older stuff and it was always amazing

[@friendlyface4044]

@@don-music Agreed. They were fantastic even as kids, and they keep leveling up!

[@professorg9424]

Good selection, Don. Just one of her many talents.

[@don-music]

Thank you Prof! Yes... I was like, "oh let's do one about pau!" and then was overwhelmed at the dominance of amazing drum clips... so I started with some of that to get it a bit out of my system LoL. There will be more, and eventually I'll try to sum up her talents how I did with her sisters' videos, all in one.

[@pablosartor6715]

Pau is a force of nature!! She an awesome drummer and songwriter! Viva The Warning!! ⚡⚡⚡

[@don-music]

total force of nature! powerhouse!

[@GingaNinja736]

@@don-music PAUerhouse you mean 🤣

[@tunanorth]

Add to all of this "Genius Songwriter".

[@don-music]

yea that'll come in another video!

[@NoSmokingDogs]

There's a clip of her of floating around the internet where she's playing some jazz bit. It's in the cave and she's stylishly dressed in black if I recall. I think it was on her Instagram at one point.

[@NoSmokingDogs]

Found it, on her Instagram under reels, the third to the last. There's a bunch posted up there. I think these are also posted to her TikTok.

[@don-music]

awesome! thanks! content for the next one!!

[@dale4039]

love Paulina she's my fav member of The Warning, she's painfully gorgeous and her smile is contagious, she has an incredible voice and she's a real power house on the drums, you can't not love her

[@petahpunk]

Before all is said and done, she is going to be always in the conversation of greatest drummers in rock. And thats just one conversation, I think down the road she will be a much sought after producer as well. Just a hunch.

[@don-music]

I absolutely agree

[@carbonc6065]

"she is going to be always in the conversation of greatest drummers in rock." Seriously???!!! Let's just sit on that wait a while, shall we ... Come back at me with Hate all you want ... But let's just wait several years and SEE if you're accurate on this one.

[@That_One_Bi_Kid]

​@@carbonc6065She won drumeo rock drummer of the year.... pretty fair to say she is up there

[@davesheville2023]

That’s a popularity vote, not a skills based vote @@That_One_Bi_Kid

[@jluisg622]

Pau tremenda baterista de las mejores del mundo , toca rock,Metal y el ritmo que sea,es la baterista mas agresiva del rock actual, le pega a los tambores como si los quisiera destrozar y ademas canta al mismo tiempo que toca lineas complicadas ,futura leyenda del rock a y toca el piano y compone grandes temas

[@don-music]

well said! Yea, there's no way to summarize her in a 2:30 minute video. I tried.. and I gave up. There will be a LOT of these videos about DPA, and Pau will probably dominate the content. Even just her drumming clips are so diverse and amazing that I could completely ignore her piano playing, singing, songwriting, operation of the band's live show computer system, and then even her personality, funny moments, dancing, there's so much... I just want to introduce these women to the world with brief, catchy, videos. But it's challenging when they are such complex people.

[@iNsTaNtpUdDiNhEaD]

@@don-music You need to capture some of her Hannah Montana cover, "Best of Both Worlds", at age 7. For maximum adorableness, don't miss her smile at the end!

[@don-music]

next time, for sure!!! Thanks for the suggestion!!

[@lujumarfe]

My favorite Drummer! Pau is the best! Love you Pau! My inspiration! ❤❤❤

[@yeticatcher]

Well, that was dynamite. I hadn't seen the drum solo clip at Victoria Studios @ 1:31. I know the sisters aren't in the habit of deliberately over shadowing one another, but it sure would be a treat to see her drum solo at one of their shows. Thanks for putting this together, Don!

[@don-music]

yep - from the point of view of audience entertainment value, Pau has the right kind of chops to do it. Ale has insane chops but it's practical bass playing chops - not showy I'm a bass god chops designed to drop jaws of non-musicians... only bassists like me. And Dany, she's got crazy chops, but is not at all into improvising in public IN HER OWN BAND. With literally anybody else? yes she'll do it, but not in The Warning. There's gotta be reasons they have, and one thing I do like is that it always leaves us wanting more!

[@oldmanyeni1663]

Don, I am really enjoying these. I love that you added the Arctic Monkeys clip at 0:24. One of my favorites from Pau. And that famous performance 1:07 where she is jumping while playing Survive at Vive Latino. It really is amazing how charismatic she is behind the kit and how she draws your attention when she plays. Thanks for compiling yet another of these. Great fun.

[@don-music]

thank you! It's a good summary to start off with about her drum skills.... there's so much more of course to come in the future

[@genboyer]

I LOVE her smile....oh yeah, and that drumming thing....!

[@don-music]

"that drumming thing"... but yes, her smile is awesome :-)

[@jemezangler908]

Great video Don! Thanks!

[@don-music]

thanks Jemez!!

[@michaelturner795]

Awesome.

[@RandyTWA]

I could watch those clips all day long!

[@don-music]

I did, when choosing them! and there is SO much more

[@bighouse1695]

Such a great video Don! Not sure how I missed it before. Pau is such a beast. On the one live performance of Survive she was actually standing and stomping on the bass pedal! Lol

[@don-music]

Thank you! She’s incredible… It’s not about trying to find great clips of her, but just how to decide which to cut out of the video when I’m trying to keep it fairly short lol

[@DadQuixote7]

Pau the Great! The Freddie Mercury of drummers. We are not worthy of Pau!!! Seriously, its not just that she is technically proficient, she is a human magnet. She draws your eye and then slays you with a Kubrick stare and thats it, you have been Warned! If you watch enough reaction videos you will quickly realize that the first thing people say is " that drummer is amazing " or " i love that drummer" . The Warning are amazing and i think Pau is some sort of musical deity.

[@don-music]

wow, that's absolutely true, all of it!!

[@reactionsaccount3955]

The one where she is standing and kicking the heck out of the bass drum and beating the snares/toms like she they own her some serious money. I never get tired of that one. 🤘🏻

[@don-music]

same... it's awesome.. and hair flying in circles LoL

[@alfonsogutierrez1392]

Frickin awesome 🇲🇽🔥🎹🎆🌠🎸🎶🥁✌️🌎🙏🕯️😀🎇🎵🤘💥👍🌍🇨🇦

[@don-music]

She's a monster behind the kit! That was a hard one to edit down, but also easy, because there's so much material that's incredible to watch, I couldn't decide, and just started cutting things down more and more (so it wasn't too long), and was left with this sheer madness of amazing drumming!

[@TimberWolf762]

I'm always amused by her expressions when she's drumming.

[@don-music]

absolutely! one of the most entertaining drummers to watch

[@christinaalgate4899]

I think u should have included the one with her at 10 doing her solo

[@don-music]

will be doing more in the future! :-D

[@AndresGonzalez-le7mk]

1:07 que manera de reventar la batería es una bestia en el buen sentido de la palabra wooow !!!!!

[@etinterrapax2]

1:45 wow! Esa seguridad con que toca! Demostrando el dominio que tiene sobre su batería, algo que solo los mas grandes tienen! 👊⚡🥁⚠️🤟👍 👏👏👏👏👏👏 💐💐💐💐💐💐

[@don-music]

Absolutely!! A complete master... always in control... she is like a lion tamer with her drums, taming the savage beast!

[@etinterrapax2]

@@don-music Thanks Don, keep them coming!

[@don-music]

I'm on it!

[@Trauts17]

Well that wasn't long enough. Need more Pau.

[@don-music]

agreed... and there will be More!

[@franciscodiaz183]

Thank you Don-Music. Although I had already seen practically all these videos separately, it is very convenient to be able to see them all in one. A question Don-Music. Although we celebrate and enjoy the Villarreal sisters' musical mastery on their respective instruments, in addition to the fact that it is an essential element for their success, it seems to me that in the long term, what can make them transcend is more their compositions. Of course, their ability, their mastery of playing their instruments will be a theme for other artists, but for the public it will be their compositions. To give a few examples, the ability to play the Beatles or Franz Liszt opaque against their legacies in composition. What do you think?

[@don-music]

yes I completely agree. In the short term, during their current rise to infamy, their performance, their choices, heck even their appearances are what people notice a lot. But their songwriting is a large part, although not the only part, of what sets them apart from their competition. For example - Halestorm. AMAZING band, Lzzy and her brother are incredible talents and performers.... the greatest! But their song writing is good... just, good. imho. lyrically they aren't often too deep. There's a LOT of that out there.... but Lzzy's performance sets her apart, really. Dany is new Lzzy, kinda, but with much more desire to have depth and meaning to every word sung. And I mean, Pau and Ale? As performers alone those two are my favorites to watch of all drummers and bassists. Period. But again - the songwriting - like The Beatles... that will be their legacy, and it deserves to live on.

[@tonyguinn566]

She's a beast!!

[@Amaranthine1000]

And yet with all the energy of a nuclear reactor when she is behind the drums, when you get her out from behind there and on stage she goes into overdrive with even more. Such an amazing talent.

[@don-music]

untethered when she gets to run around the stage!

[@michaeljimson6918]

Great job my friend!

[@don-music]

Thank you!

[@markspencer3680]

Nice!!! Wish she would do a solo in concert, doesn’t have to be long, couple minutes. Same with Ale and Dany. Maybe that’s old school I don’t know. Halestorm does it but their drummer goes on to long. Some solos are just to long in my opinion.

[@don-music]

yea same.... maybe when they get to become the main attraction more and more in coming years and have the luxury of more time. That one clip was from when there was a technical problem in a live show and Pau just went for a grooving drum solo.... the only one I'm aware of in a live concert.... but there should be some planned organized thing. Hopefully one day! She'd probably want to compose it, knowing her... rather neil peart like in that way... super genius

[@robertkrawitz8237]

They have a good sense of proportion with everything they do and don't overdo it. That 6 minute drum solo that Arejay did was a bit OTT, and those giant drumsticks are a gimmick, too big for him to really do anything interesting with. It's the same kind of thing with Survive vs. Free Bird; the jam out in Free Bird is entirely too long, while Survive is perfectly proportioned.

[@markspencer3680]

@@don-music Rush was my first concert in 80 something. Saw them 2 times. Great band.

[@don-music]

I never did get to see rush live. Oddly, I got to jam with geddy lee in a music convention in toronto on a huge stage in front of tons of bass players who were there to see him, NOT me, which was uncomfortable, but that's one of my tiny little claims to fame LoL.. but I never got to see rush live. how odd is that?

[@daveclark1366]

Something like the fills that Beto Ramos did at Teatro Metropolitan would be cool.

[@morthnadic1]

🗣 Thank you Don! 👋🤓

[@don-music]

Hey thanks for appreciating it!!

[@torvenhartz1002]

And then came the moment, when the animal of the Muppets asked pau for a lesson...

[@perezfecto]

PAUerful as always. Don't be fooled by her 5 ft height, the girl can hit hard as a rock.

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

Who is this Pau you speak of??

[@rexwave4624]

Good thing I've seen your name before, or you'd get the whole explanation!

[@don-music]

hahaha both of you.... awesome!

[@robertkrawitz8237]

It's not their style, but wouldn't it be interesting if they wrote a song for each of them that allowed them to really cut loose with their individual talents? Dany playing an extended blazing yet melodic solo, Ale with an exposed fiercely cross-genre bass line, and Pau going off with some unimaginably outlandish tempos across the kit (including of course the Paubell).

[@don-music]

absolutely! They are so not egomaniacs though - so I doubt it will happen. If it does, I'll be at the front of the line though for any experience with it!

[@curieusechine]

Nice job Don 👍

[@don-music]

thank you!!! So much material available... this is barely scratching the surface

[@dlblakey62]

🔥⚡️💥🧨🌟!!!!!

[@don-music]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🔥⚡🔥⚡🔥⚡🔥⚡🔥⚡

[@spaceknave]

Such a milquetoast. 😂😂😂❤. I saw someone call her a pocket-sized nuclear reactor. Sums it up.

[@don-music]

yea... a meek, mild girl. hahahahahahaha

[@TeemarkConvair]

words would have been superfluous

[@don-music]

100%!!

[@brenoalmeida4024]

🙋🔥🔥🔥⚡⚡⚡

[@don-music]

🔥🔥🔥⚡⚡⚡🔥🔥🔥⚡⚡⚡

[@ericpoirier2807]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[@don-music]

🥁🛢️🪘🛢️🥁🥁

[@charlielightfoot7006]

Keep up the great work, Don. I'm reminded of a performance a little over three years ago when she played with some other musicians covering the Foo Fighters' "All My Life." It's not too obscure, and the videography is a bit frenetic, so you might not be able to use it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZKyapttaqp_npY

[@don-music]

oh sweet thank you!!

[@gaefferson1]

Pau is a female John Bonom

[@don-music]

She truly is!!!! I just referenced that in the analysis video I’m making for their song Stalker!

[@gaefferson1]

Bonham knew how to get the most out of his drums ..hit the right spots .She’s on her way for such a small frame young lady ..