Innovative drummer

Found this guy about half a year ago, while browsing through various drum demos on YouTube -- on our smart t.v.  Which meant I couldn't bookmark it.  And then I couldn't find it again.  Fortuitously found it again tonight.

Gabriel Wallace.  What I find interesting is that most "drum solos" or drum/cymbal demos are (1) not terribly catchy -- just thrashing about, and (2) rely on the snare.

In contrast, this guy has a good groove, the solos are melodic and seem like "compositions":  they actually go somewhere.  And he doesn't seem to use the snare at all.  Although:  upon re-watching, there's a large cymbal directly in front of him, with a tight "thak" sound, which is serving the role of the snare (hits every other quarter-note).  But still:  different.



In the second video, it takes him a little while to get in to it.
 


I'm gonna have to track down more of his stuff.


--GG