Amilcar Christófaro - Month's crazy thing
APRIL/2012
Sheila Escovedo, known by her stage name Sheila E., is an American drummer and percussionist, perhaps best known for her work with Prince, George Duke and Ringo Starr. See her drumming on Late Show with Dave Letterman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwvhtXjzVWQ
MARCH/2012
One of the most emblematic extreme metal drummers playing Mozart’s 25th Symphony. Ladies and Gentlemen, here it is, Pete Sandoval from Morbid Angel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORbR3GjU2oQ
FEBRUARY/2012
Check out the independent film… The Drummer. Written and directed by Bill Block.
http://vimeo.com/15273009
JANUARY/2012
Buddy Rich
There’s nothing like to start a new year watching the master of the masters... Nice 2012 to everybody!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQwBdHsVGag
DECEMBER/2011
Dimebag Darrell of Pantera on Drums (1993)
Here is my little and humble tribute for one of the greatest metal guitar players of history.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW8w7cbxW_M&feature=related
Morgan Ågren and Meshuggah
This is an old Meshuggah’s video, where the guitarist and the drummer are playing a song that seems like the music is jumping like when we are hearing our old vinils. =) This is a real example of Math in the music. Sent by my friend and ex-student Thais Fusco.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Hp4AoUNcE&feature=related
Didi Fernandez Double Bass Solo
There is no need to talk the pleasure that is to put here a solo from a great friend and bro as DD. Knowing his band Subtera, you will notice why they are one of the most original bands from Rock/metal Brazilian scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq0SHTx87i8
Subtera - Acid Rain Video Clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbhDhaVOl1c
That is it…Thanks so much to everybody that read my Month’s Crazy thing from my website. I hope you enjoyed because on the next year there will be more. A great 2012 for all of us and positive energy always…
Drums & Metal in the fucking head!!
NOVEMBER/2011
Edu Garcia ( Threat ) Heaven To Overthrow
Edú Garcia, drummer from Threat, playing the song Heaven to Overthrow from the album with the same name, taken from his dvd. Great drummer and band, especially for those who like a Heavy and groove Metal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-bS2Qsf3aA&feature=related
Pete Sandoval ( Morbid Angel ) Dominate
As I told before, one of the great masters of death metal drums, Pete Sandoval, is here playing Dominate, having cameras only on the drums. Our luck! =)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVHI2tckHjM&feature=related
9 year old playing drums to Angel of Death by Slayer
A kid, being just 9 years old, playing Angel of Death from Slayer on drums.Do I Need to say more?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpgoue7xQ9A&feature=related
OCTOBER/2011
Amilcar Christófaro & DrumPhone
Video about the DrumPhone. I use it and recommend it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Awg9FnZTjA
Caio D’Angelo - Caustrofobia
Caio D’Angelo, playing live with his band Claustrofobia, a song from their latest album I see red. A Big Hail to the Brazilian Metal Drummers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJs-z0mrorc
Tommy Lee ( Motley Crue ) 360 Degree Drum Solo
In the eighties he made his drums go so near to the audience, and nowadays, he is making his solos with the drums running in a ferris wheel. Crazy dude man…!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO7k1eMuTxo
SEPTEMBER/2011
Nicko McBrain of Iron Maiden Live At Guitar Center's Drum-Off
Did you see Nicko McBrain, drummer from Iron Maiden, playing The Trooper with just two toms? Check this unimaginable thing! Sent by Greg Dettmann
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBs-wwBFUoI
Meshuggah's "BLEED" - TOMAS HAAKE DRUM CAM
When the polyrhythm and the comfortable way to play rule!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap7Z5S6yTZM
And more... The bass drums and the guitars are so tight together that make us feel angry… =)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1hmI4eqzps&feature=related
AC & Orion Cymbals
On this video I show which Orion Cymbals set I’ve used to record the AEquilibrium album at Norcal Studios, in São Paulo/ Brazil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvEebyVebas&feature=related
AUGUST/2011
Tim Yeung tracking drums for Morbid Angel
Pete Sandoval, the eternal master and original Morbid Angel’s drummer, and one of my main influences on drums, passed through a surgery recently, then, the band called Tim Yeung to record the new album Illud Divinum Insanus. Check Tim recording Blades for Baal, song from the brand new Morbid Angel’s album. I wish all positive vibe to eternal master Pete Sandoval.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwCzO4_6588&feature=related
Judas Priest - Beyond the Realms of Death - Rock in Rio '91
Classical song from an emblematic Heavy Metal band... Judas Priest. Here, the drummer is Scott Travis. Even being a monster drummer, this video is here not because of him, but to show you one of the greatest headbangers of this planet, the guitar player Glen Tipton. This song, made by the ex-drummer Les Binks also, especially the solo, makes you start to think how some human beings have the power to compose something so powerful, beautiful and touching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVTDl8oiJBs
Amilcar Christófaro & Kick Control
Know more about this great material that helps us to control our bass drum sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ygudxMDLfo
JULY/2011
Matt Halpern - Improvised Grooves
Do you have any doubt about playing Just with Hi-Hat, snare, floor tom and one Cymbal? Matt Halpern has the answer. Let’s Groove!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8B_vtNChE0
The greatest Brazillian Drummer
Are you sad because your drums don’t have another bass? Another Hi-Hat? Or maybe one more Crash? Watch this video and discover that, just for you to have drums, is the reason to get eternal happiness, cuz other people have it even without drums to play.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xmdJ5g_tAQ&feature=player_embedded#at=65
Me & C Ibanez
One more video from the Aequilibrium Record sessions series, and this time, talking about my drumsticks model from C Ibanez - Model AC Thrash/death Metal – 5b… Check out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FIzaZ7lKyU
JUNE/2011
Mike Mangini
Nowadays, everyone knows that Mike Manginni is the new Dream Theater’s drummer, but before that, he recorded a very interesting Discovery’s TV Show called Time Warp , where extreme sensitivity cameras were filming all his moves playing, focusing all the details of the drumsticks touching the cymbals and drumheads… The result ? Impressive… check this out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Gxut0odyc&feature=youtu.be
Enfant prodige batterie
Yes… I didn’t understand anything either, perhaps, it seems to be something like "infant prodigy of the drums," but this is the name that is in the video posted on youtube of a boy playing in a park, possibly in France. My student Greg Dettman that indicated this video. Art is art!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04FJnpCe_zk
Evans drumheads
This video I made in December 2009 during the Aequilibrium recording sessions at Norcal Studio in Sao Paulo. At that time, I didn’t use the Uno drumheads model, but the G2, so on the occasion, myself and one of the producers of the album Adriano Daga, talked about how they were acting in the recording.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=678hDawMHQg&playnext=1&list=PL1F305CCEF3976AFD
MAY/2011
Staff Drum
Following the monthly series, Crazy Thing of the Month, I'll take the space not only to spread things that I have been enjoying at the moment, but also to share some videos that I have made to the sponsors, by the way, sponsors that I have a great pride to say they are my great partners. This first one is about Staff Drum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVaSNvXD4yc&playnext=1&list=PL1F305CCEF3976AFD
Virgil Donati
Virgil Donati is coming to Brazil to make a series of workshops with Bateras Beat Production. Taking advantage for it, I'll post a video of one of his drums solos that just twisted my mind. Check this out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NiJu4lKZBc
Mr. Bean Drummer
Did you see Mr.Bean playing Drums? Didn’t? Here is the chance, Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sqy6D7W16c
APRIL/2011
Hi People,
Here I am with the April’s Month’s Freakl ... And it will be very special ...
Usually, I send three or more videos of different drummers and subjects, but this time, I must talk about this event, that has as principal figure on it... The drummers.
That's right, it’s plural, drummers ... As many know Mike Portnoy, drummer and founding member of the Prog Metal band Dream Theater, left the band in 2010, and on the sequence of his left, the band has published that they would make some drummers auditions to see who would fill the post left by him ...
It was released a list of seven finalist drummers;
Aquiles Priester, Peter Wildoer, Marco Minnemann, Virgil Donati, Derek Roddy, Thomas Lang and Mike Mangini.
So ...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Besides that there were only really, really awesome drummers, we were represented by a Brazilian drummer ... Great Achilles ... That just for being there deserves big congratulations!
Giving a extra magic, they documented all the auditions in video, releasing it in three parts, averaging 20 minutes each, showing the entire process with all the drummers, ending with the announcement of the "new family member. "
The only thing I can say is, watch it... For, arguably, this was one of the most important events for the Drums scene of recent times.
Enjoy!
Part I - http://www.youtube.com/roadrunnerrecords#p/u/3/L609JsPFmmI
Part II - http://www.youtube.com/roadrunnerrecords#p/u/1/-vaDfcKzLbY
Part III - http://www.youtube.com/roadrunnerrecords#p/u/0/2QHMQjH17aw
MARCH/2011
Motorcycle Rock Cruise
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Zenith Ship
Surreal.
That was the most spoken word during the first Brazilian Motorcycle Rock Cruise, which happened between January 30rd and Feebruary 2nd. And this time, luck was on my side, because there I was, living my Lars Ulrich days, playing with Metallica tribute band (Damage Inc.) and enjoying as much as I could all other bands there, including Big Noise, Jef Scott Soto, Sepultura, Command 6 and tributes to AC/DC/ (Dirty Deeds), Iron Maiden (Children of the Beast), Ozzy Osbourne (Ozzmosis) and Beatles (Forever).
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Damage Inc (Metallica Tribute) Alê, myself, Paulão and Edú.
Day One – 30/01
The first day was supposed to be some sort of territory acquaintance, for us to feel how being in a ship is, because I had never passed through this kind of experience before. But they forgot telling this to the AC/DC tribute guys, because they started it rocking hard! Can you imagine yourself in a cruise ship in a Sunday afternoon, under an incredibly hot sun, by the poolside, surrounded by metalheads and motorcyclists, food and drink at ease, with a band playing The Jack with a lot of chicks on the stage, with a clear, heavy and loud sound in a wonderful stage?
Well, my brother Castor’s words simplify this: “It seems we are living an afternoon session movie”. And that’s it! This was the first impression of the two upcoming days inside that ship.
Yet on the first day, I lent my cymbals with great pleasure to Ozzmosis drummer, who made a great gig in a smaller stage (I always forget the name of this place), and, as we were gonna play late night on the same stage, I decided to get my cymbals. That was when my friend Heloísa Vidal, from the event staff, came towards me and asked: “Could you lend your cymbals to Vinnie Appice?”. “WHAT?!?!” I answered, already going towards the drums. After that, I Just remember I had never taken the cymbals off the drums so fast before. After the cymbals were in the bag, I asked: “But… Can I give ‘em to him personally?” and heard the answer that made my trip: “Sure!”.
Right, after this moment I finally started believing that what’s already good, can get even better!
I had the pleasure to lend my cymbals to one of my drum heroes and the opportunity to tell him that I also play in a Dio tribute band, and that I tried hard to be faithful to his drumming. Him, in the kindest and funniest way ever, told me: “Yeah, nowadays I try it either!”.
11 p.m., time for the great Big Noise concert on the pool stage. This band is formed by nothing less than Joe Lynn Turner (ex-Deep Purple and Rainbow) on the vocals, Carlos Cavazo (ex-Quiet Riot) on the guitar, Phil Sousan (played with Ozzy Osbourne, Vince Neil and Billy Idol) on the bass, and, on the drums, Vinnie Appice (ex-Black Sabbath e Heaven & Hell).
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Carlos Cavazo, myself and Vinnie Appice (ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!)
Day Two – 31/01
1 a.m. and it was time for us to play on the smaller stage. On the first beats of Creeping Death, the snare drum head just blew away and before the second song got started, Eric, drummer for the Iron Maiden tribute band and his roadie, helped me lending me another snare, so I could keep on playing. I got no words to say about this unexpected help! But let’s keep on moving, because the show must go on! One hour set played, a concert finished and all the tiredness of a well enjoyed day, brought me a slight headache. Yes, it was time to get some rest!
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Damage Inc (Metallica tribute) playing in Salão Rendez Vous
I didn’t get out of the ship (it stopped twice so we could jump down the boat to get to know two beaches: Ilha de Jaguanum, in Sepetiba Bay, and Búzios in Rio de Janeiro). This was the day I had more time to know everything: the ship, the people, and I could enjoy a little bit of the pool, by the sound of Command6, not a tribute band this time, ‘cause they played their own original songs, together with a handful of random cover songs (very well played, by the way), and the guys were awesome!
8:30 p.m. Children of the Beast (Iron Maiden tribute band) played at the Theater stage and made a great show, including a stage production totally Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Tour-like, with Eddie (as a mummy) getting on stage during Powerslave, and the sideshow of Bruno Sutter, who even singing, can’t leave behind his funny side. The highlights were, of course, for the beautiful huge drum set, together with the performance of the drummer Eric, who simply floats on the kit, in a true mix of Nicko and Clive Burr.
The nightfall came and besides the other shows going on, Sepultura was the main attraction of that night, on the pool stage. The clock struck 11:30 p.m. and the debauchery and a heavy, loud and crystal-clear sound started, with a joyful Sepultura on stage. I talked about this to Andreas and he confirmed me that yes, they were happy in fact, due to the good vibe going on the ship. Even the crew saw Sepultura live. We can surely say that something real good is about to come, cause “The New One”, new song played, still untitled, is a helluva good one.
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Vitor, Derick and I.
After Sepultura, I went to the Rendez-Vous Saloon (I remembered the name!!) to see the AC/DC tribute band, which counts on a great friend of mine, Elson, on the vocals, and what comes next happened to be one of the best moments in the cruise. The tribute band was playing, and, on my left, I saw Joe Lynn Turner, who couldn’t hold his feelings and was enjoying the concert a lot. I went to get a drink and hang around, and when I come back, where was Joe Lynn Turner? Of course he was making a duet, singing Highway to Hell with the band. I knew he wouldn’t be able to hold that energy inside him! Right after, the band Dirty Deeds played some other songs, and suddenly, all Big Noise guys showed up on stage to jam with them. ‘Angus’ and the other guys hand over their instruments and let them start pulling out relics, like Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple), Long Live Rock n’ Roll (Rainbow) and Tush (ZZ Top), with Vinnie Appice and all the other ones playing less than four feet from me. Remarkable!
Day Three – 01/02
The day started with great enthusiasm, ‘cause we were gonna play on the pool stage, at a cool time, 4 p.m. I replaced my snare drum head, got a pretty good check out on the bass drum pedals, on the drumsticks and on the clothes I was gonna wear while playing. We talked about what would be the best set list and I got onto the stage with a certain advance, to check out the drums and stuff. I spent around one hour (and what a holy hour!) rehearsing the hardest parts for me, like the double bassdrums in One and the semiquavers (or sixteenth notes) of Fight Fire with Fire, together with the essential rudiments to warm my hands up. Time has come, and the sound of the drums were delicious, not by chance, ‘cause it was a Mapex Pro M series, just like mine. It felt just like home. I remember having a good time and I felt that too about Alê (Ancestrall) on guitars and vocals, Edu (ChaosFear) on the guitars and Paulo (from Monster, forever) on the bass guitar, my band mates.
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Damage Inc (Metallica Tribute) on the pool stage
Two very interesting things happened during the concert. Jeff Scott Soto (solo, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Axel Rudi Pell, Trans-Syberian-Orchestra), who was watching it, was invited to sing Stone Cold Crazy, of course on the Metallica’s version, and it was great. During breakfast, Alê said that a man (later known as Fantomas) commented that it would be perfect if one of the bands could play Slayer, ‘cause none of them had done that yet. He just didn’t know it was too dangerous to tell him that. Then, you already know what happened, right? Yes, we’ve played Raining Blood, from Slayer and everything was right. I could play the song that has always haunted me the most, mainly because of the double bass. After that, the cruise ship could even sink, ‘cause I would be in peace! The sound was great and we ended the set with Seek and Destroy, with Bruno Sutter (from the humor program Hermes e Renato, and, on that occasion, singing for the Iron Maiden Tribute) and my brother Vitor, from Torture Squad on the vocals, and my other braggart brother Castor miming to the music and imitating Gene Simmons with the well-known axe-like bass guitar (Paulo’s). Everybody was on the stage and that can be described with one word: party!
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Damage Inc (Metallica Tribute) on the pool stage in the end of the gig.
After the concert, I went to the pool to enjoy the Beatles tribute band, with that ol’ feeling of mission accomplished, once it is real rewarding to see everybody enjoying the songs you’re playing and to know you are, somehow, contributing to people’s welfare on that moment. Real rewarding!
About the band Beatles Forever, I’ll only say two things: the band is from 1976 and the bass player is right-handed, but learnt how to play as a left-handed, just to look exactly like Paul McCartney… Do I have to say anything else? Yes, a greeting to the band’s John Lennon, a very nice dude.
The main feature was in charge of Jeff Scott Soto, having in his band the guys from the band Tempestt, together with Hugo Mariutii, on the guitar. Talking to the drummer, I found out the he, just like me, is a great Queensryche fan. But as soon as we started talking, I noticed that he is more fan of the band than I am, because he likes the album Q2K. And believe it or not, he likes it very much! Well, that is too much for me! You really gotta be a huge fan to like that album!
After this show, I decided to take some rest, because I was too tired. But I heard through my friends, that jams were happening on the Rendez-Vous Saloon stage til late nite.
At 7:30 am the other day, we arrived at the Santos Port and the dream was over. But, for the happiness of the headbangers nation, it was over just for this year, cause, according to the production, there’s gonna be more on the next year.
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Paulão, Alê,Vitor and I.
Living this experience was awesome, and, as I heard when we were there, it seemed like we had died and gone to heaven (or would that be hell? Who knows…) Meeting old friends like Paulão (from Baranga, but, for me, an eternal Firebox) and his girl Letícia, a great singer, making new friends, taking a bunch of Torture Squad CDs and T-shirts and coming back only with two of them on my hands, just made me and everybody love even more what we do and feel that the Gods of Rock are somewhere and somehow watching over us, and if, at any time, you deserve it, you will be contemplated with unimaginable gifts you’ll take with you for the rest of your life.
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Myself and the most rocker couple that I know, Paulão and Letícia.
Special thanks to Monika, Allan, all staff, friends from all the (competent) bands, to my eternal soul brothers Vitinho and Castor and of course to my Metallica tribute bandmates, who only didn’t literally killed me of laughing, because it was not the right moment for me to die, but they were very close of doing it!
Eternal good vibes to everyone!
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No comment, it’s better…
Amilcar Christófaro
Transated to English by Fernanda Lira
FEBRUARY/2011
Gene Hoglan
Batera referência no Thrash/Death metal, lançou seu dvd The Atomic Clock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSGkxNpP8aU&feature=related
Randy Black
Baterista que hoje toca no Primal Fear e recentemente esteve no Brasil, tocando com a banda e fazendo workshop no IGT.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8jV99B-sgg&feature=related
Lemmy The Movie
Filme sobre a vida de Lemmy Kilmister, lendário baixista do Motorhead. O filme se chama 49% MOTHERFUCKER. 51% SON OF A BITCH. Precisa dizer mais alguma coisa?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg0mjnFkeqw
JANUARY/2011
Fala pessoal...Feliz ano novo pra todos!
As três indicações desta Doidera do mês são as minhas pirações de ultimamente...
Voltar a escutar Dream Theater, dvd de uma batera alemão e um filme que todo rockeiro tem que ter...Vamos lá
MIKE PORTNOY
Um dos meus grandes heróis e essa música dispensa comentários... Hell’s Kitchen é uma música do álbum Falling Into Infinity do Dream Theater lançado em 1997 e é um grande cartão de visitas para quem não conhece a banda ou simplesmente não curte tanto o vocal de James Labrie, pois essa é uma belíssima música instrumental. O melhor de tudo é que esse vídeo é tirado de um dos vários de seus vídeos baterísticos, ou seja... câmeras somente na batera...Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xsXKqs3kiw
Conheça mais sobre seus trabalhos - www.mikeportnoy.com
BENNY GREB
Baterista Alemão que gravou recentemente o seu premiado dvd The Language of drumming. Achei muito legal sua didática junto com as paisagens que tem no dvd, tocando em um campo gramado ou em uma sala com trio de metais.
Trailler do dvd (2:20) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znEppPlJMZE
Teaser do dvd (0:36) *para os apressados J http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcf7ojVByzA&feature=relmfu
Runaways - The Movie
Esse filme conta a história da banda americana Runaways. Banda de Rock ‘n Roll só de garotas, e dentre elas estavam Lita Ford e Joan Jett. O filme mostra o quanto Joan Jett tinha vontade de tocar guitarra e montar uma banda, e para ajudar aparece um empresário muito louco e que faz a coisa virar. Filme que todo rockeiro tem que ver. A vontade de tocar depois de ver o filme é uma coisa absurda. J
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHpEJ749TRM
