Performance Spotlight: Franklin Vanderbilt
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- Vic Firth presents Royalprince Franklin Vanderbilt! The explosive groove master behind the Lenny Kravitz band lets loose in this solo HD multi-cam performance.
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About Franklin:
Entering planet earth on April 13,1978 his grandmother must have prophesied greatness when she decided on the first name Royalprince. And the gregarious toddler soon began to prove her right. As soon as Royalprince Franklin could crawl he was banging on pots and pans, and no amount of scolding could stop him. By five-years-old he was seated at a Ludwig drum kit given to him by both his father and grandfather.
Raised on Chicago's west side, his family believed in the power of music and encouraged the development of his innate talents. Throughout his childhood he played in church and school bands and was particularly influenced by his uncle Robert Vanderbilt who fronted his own gospel group. By the time Franklin was in his teens he was being mentored by a host of legendary jazz and blues musicians including Ramsey Lewis, Erwin Helfer, Kimo Williams, Chico Freeman, Ernie Adams, Orbert Davis, Willie Pickens, Pat Mallenger and Clark Terry.
Franklin's musical education continued after high school at Eastern Illinois University under the renowned percussion professor, Johnny Lee Lane. During those formative years he made a living by teaching private lessons by day while "living the dream," at night with his own band "The Royal Prince Vanderbilt Experience."
Chicago has a vast and strong musical history. During his journey, Franklin met one of the most musical and influential Chicago rock and blues guitarist and currently the CEO and founder of the Chicago Blues Museum, Mr. Gregg Parker. Gregg Parker took Franklin under his wing as his own son and encouraged him to play rock and roll. This is where his musical ears begin to expand.
When his first professional gigs came calling Franklin Vanderbilt headed for the desert, having been hired by the Vegas Jazz great Ghallib Ghalab.
For the next several years he would play Vegas show acts and gig at the Sin City's House of Blues. During those years he gained his first worldwide touring experience with Grammy-nominated Jazz/Urban Dance music group Liquid Soul. Along the way he continued to broaden his skill-set learning to play the guitar and bass and write his own songs.
It wasn't long before word of the young drummer's talents began to spread, and when legendary funk diva Chaka Khan came to Vegas to perform, she took Franklin with her to LA. Franklin held the drum seat with Chaka Khan for two and a half years and it was with her that his star truly began to rise. When he wasn't holding the beat for Chaka he toured with fusion jazz pioneer Stanley Clarke and Richie Kotzen. During that time he also recorded with Billy Sheehan.
In 2005, he received the unbelievable opportunity to play with 22-time Grammy award winner and "eighth wonder of the world" Stevie Wonder.
In 2007, Franklin received a call from Lenny Kravitz inviting him to become a member of his band. For the past five years he has been touring worldwide with Kravitz. They have also made numerous television appearances including Jay Leno, David Letterman, Ellen Degeneres, Jimmy Fallon Show and NBA All Star Game to name a few. In his continued quest to evolve musically, Franklin is always singing, songwriting and looking forward to all of life's changes. Celebrating and staying passionate about life, music and love is what Franklin Vanderbilt is all about.
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Those drags and rushes are so tasteful, you can hear the intentionality in them, thats a musical drummer
Nice seeing a Brother with a Rock Feel for a change! Awesome Job!
Lots of awesome Bonham influence here!
This should be a Ludwig ad...Those drums sound great!
The gong: the wallpaper of the successful drummer.
Peace and love bro ❤🙏 great work....
so much power, precision, taste and dynamics. amazing drummer.
Awesome
Could someone please explain to me why the hell this has so many dislikes? I swear, drummers these days have forgotten the importance of groove. Ah well, at least the music industry still rewards groovy drummers by giving them the studio time and gigs. For the rest: good luck with 'shedding' and 300bpm blasting.
4:36 when that swung bass drum pattern slowly morphs into a 3vs2 polyrhythm. uuuuuunh. Love
people saying he's mediocre probably only watched the first minute or so
That's my styleeeeeeee!! Omg... Feeling so cool right now... :'
jesus... these drums sounds so f*** good
amazinggggg!!!
I hear a lot of Bonzo in this :)
Great groove, power and dynamics
Favorite brands in favorite configuration played very very well. Incredible tone that I hope wasn't tweaked electronically. This was a joy to stumble upon, and an inspiration.
head swingin drum killin
Great sounding drums I agree,
very tasteful, amazing note/silence balance.
This dude has some strength!
Those hats look like a jaw! By the way, GREAT performance!
Love the depth of the simplicity yet flow of the this solo. Very easy on the ears. I only wish that snare had more depth but that was probably the sound more than the snare. Great vid
Great drumming !!...does he have any stick left behind his grip??
Yup! Seems like a perfect fit for Lenny's band. :)
god damn
And by the way I love this guy and his Bass player. GAD.
Tony Williams held his sticks like this :)
8k worth of drum and cymbals
20k in cameras
"Sorry Frank there's no money left in budget for a 10 dollar fan, just sweat it out" -Vic Firth
@Cal Tabot Indeed, Tony Williams held his sticks at the back as well, cant argue with him really ha.
I think you'll be keeping your gig.
Yeah this dude sounds like a good fit for lenny kravitz
I didn't know a mediocre black drummer existed until this guy lol
Watch other videos of him. He is more of an orchestral percussionist turned drummer. He does some great things with gongs and crotales... I think his style suits Lenny Kravitz
You dig J.Bonham
Bonzo's Montreux!
John Bonham inspiration in this guy
How come a Ludwig endorser uses DW9000 hardware?
He also is an endorser of DW Hardware... Maybe he doesn't like Ludwig Hardware. I'm a Gretsch guys but I'm not a fan of Gibraltar pedals so I use a DW5000.
I don't know how he plays so well holding the sticks the way he does??? Awesome drummer though, for sure.
Why do his hi hats look like they have teeth inside them? I see the bottom hat rivets but what’s inside them?
Monsterdrumma those are the Paiste Sound Edge hihats-like Bonham used-the bottom hat has a wavy edge all the way around and you’re seeing the reflection of that. That gives it a nice crisp “chick”. Paiste came out with that design in the early 70s and then some years later Zildjian came out with their own version called Master Sound-good sounding too. I think Sabian has a comparable offering as well these days.
Great drumming, just not my cup of tea. As a guy big on groove, Rock beats with the 8th note hi hat pattern bore me after a while. I started to enjoy this about 7 mins in when he gets into the clave pattern on his hi hat.
what the hell is that china?it sounds pretty cool!
The human bobblehead.
Purple fringe city
@Eric Sandoval Lol your are so funny
que hi hat é esse?
Great, but I feel so sick for his neck.
11:03 good morning mister Fraklin
At 4:28, I dont know if he moves his head so much just from natural movement/groove, or if he does that because he doesnt like sweat dripping off. lol
WHEN YOU KNOW YOO DRUMS AND KNOW HOW TO TUNE THERE IS NO NEED FOR TAPE MOON·GELS DAMPANING ETC.......
Someone get this man an air conditioner!
John bonham reincarnated as a black man
Reminds me of John Bonham.
Absolutely nothing, however, I don't know how he gets any rebound?, because he is holding the butt of the stick, instead of the balance point, which is usually somewhere between the middle of the stick and the butt end of the stick. The balance point is usually at the half way mark of the stick, between the middle of the stick and the butt end of the stick. Ye' all catch my drift there, lol? But, you know what they say, it's whatever works for you, eh? Rock 'n' Roll.
Paiste 2002
This is what player call cretive...
Nice dude....
John Bonham is alive and well
Only way it could be better if was playing a set of Gretsch.
is he making love to that drumset ??
Is it me or does this guy seem beginnerish. Even tho I'm sure he's not. The stuff he was doin seemed super simple.
same thought here! maybe he had a bad-hair-day... XD
Maybe so, but I'm sure his income says otherwise!
I saw him many years ago in LA with Ritchie Kotzen and Billy Sheehan. He has chops, but he's playing for Kravitz so Lenny likes the Big Bonzo groove. Great guy! He displays that simple playing can get you paid too.
very Bonham like indeed (a beginner Bonham???!) except left foot clave independence at 7:40 : only beginners can't hear enough maestro details. Don't be so quick to judge. Well done for me (music is not only theory! it is also sweat, practice, sensitivity and passion like here!). Complexity is not the only criterion of great art: the main is probably beauty, and then creativity, and third probably, soul, and fourth virtuosity (art is not mathematics even if there is math in it, like a lot of other qualities can be!). Anyway, like I've shown, if you look carefully here you will find some complex details (like in Bonham or other great hard rock players): that's the beauty of it: apparent simplicity, but in fact not! I will call him the "Black Bonham" ("BB" but not "Baby"! (^_-)). "Good continuation" Franklin, as we say in France. A French drum teacher.
really?
was waiting for his right hand to smash him in the face for nearly all this video. boring as hell solo.
This dude is soooo over rated. Very basic drumming. I’ll give it a not bad