A World Of Rhythmic Possibilities | Dafnis Prieto

Comments · 291

• MA

  @MarcPlaysDrumsOfficial · 9 years ago (edited)

  The biggest thing I&apos;ve always noticed is that, yes he obviously has freedom in his technical ability and expression, but he most importantly displays freedom of inspiration. He seems to pull rhythmic options and variations from anything he encounters. I &nbsp;remember D.Ming him when he first got on YouTube about his rhythmic inspiration and he said he literally gets it from everything...even the sound of wind blowing through the trees.<br>He has what every drummer should aim for, complete and total freedom.

  26

• AN

  @AntoniodelaCruz · 9 years ago

  The first time I heard Dafnis play was at a jam session at the IAJE in the Hilton Hotel in NYC back in 2001. I was waiting to play drums, myself but someone call Dafnis to play ahead of me and as soon as I heard him hit the floor tom I knew I had to sit back down and listen. The melodic ideas he had, floored me. It seemed like I was listening to Tony Williams &nbsp;and Changuito at the same time. He has no doubt been an inspiration ever since that moment. I never &nbsp;played that night but I sure did get to work.

  107

• PA

  @paulbentley2709 · 7 years ago

  I have never heard a drummer like this before, astonishing.

  16

• LI

  @limixz28 · 9 years ago

  I love how humble this guy is. Thank you Dafnis and drumeo for providing these great videos.

  8

• RO

  @romankuharchook7686 · 9 years ago

  One of my friends asked once: &quot;Are the drums music?&quot; I was offended. And tried to find a good example to prove that drum part alone can be considered as music. As I was searching, I realised that there are not so many drum solos that can be fully apreciated by non-drumers and be percepted as a tune. And it shows the real proffessionalism in my opinion. Dafnis&apos; solo in the beginning of the video is a perfect &nbsp;proof to show people that drums alone can give birth to music.<br>I feel like Dafnis is an amasing teacher, his coordination level is beyond comparisson and watching and listening to him puts a big smile on my face and makes me wanna practise and get better. <br>Thanks again to Drumeo for invinting the best of the best!

  7

• TE

  @teunwolfs287 · 9 years ago

  His musical interpretation is so unique! I love his sound!

  11

• PI

  @pikeythedrumfreak · 9 years ago

  Favourite thing - all of it<br>Least favourite thing - where&apos;s the frying pan?!

  27

• NI

  @nickgrammatikopoulos2715 · 7 months ago

  Dafnis is an amazing one of a kind drummer!❤

• AN

  @antkn33 · 9 years ago

  His ability to male a stellar solo out of some basic rhythms is is just incredible.

  3

• BS

  @bshubo · 9 years ago

  The best part about the video is the way Dafnis makes everything so accessible. No matter your level of proficiency, this lesson gives you a clear way to practice in order to perform these concepts. A true sign of a great educator. I am inspired to sit down at the kit and work on these ideas. If i don&apos;t win a copy of his book, i will most definitely purchase a copy. Thank you Drumeo for all these amazing lessons!

  1

• RA

  @rayboreham2648 · 9 years ago

  I was totally blown away by the intro, and he could have easily stopped there, but followed with an incredible lesson to boot! Please, please, please bring Dafnis back a lot sooner next time. Thanks so much for this.

• US

  @user-bl8cd2xd4g · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5hu3H2ElLE&amp;t=112">1:52</a> the ultimate cowbell double paradiddle