Drum Teacher Reacts to Donald Johnson of Khruangbin - Episode 110
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Steve's analysis, initial reactions and hot takes of Donald Johnson playing "Maria Tambien" with Khruangbin.
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dude, let's hear your your opinion of Michelangelo Carubba of Turkuaz and Tayo Branston of Five Alarm Funk
When you paused it, waiting a moment and just said "YES". .... Yes
****FINALLY!!!!****
Somebody f**king gets it!!!! Thank you. I've been trying to put what you said into words forever. Donald Johnson's timing is impeccable. The group as a whole is a trifecta. Love em! ✊🏿
I fucking love your appreciation to this bands perfection
As a longtime Khruangbin fan, it's an even more incredible experience to witness the purity of your reaction. They really are all sorts of special and it's beautiful to see their impact on people who appreciate what they're doing.
Khruangbin got me feeling groovy and high vibrational; and yes his reaction just added more magic to what they are doing! They are special and I haven’t heard anyone like them this era!!
He was trained in the school of Gospel! An interview was linked to me bc of this video. He started at 7 years old playing the traps at a church where he met the guitarist when he was older. He still performs at the church on Sundays but plays the organ!
Donald is the human metronome
As far as I know, it's pronounced "kRONG-bin".
The bands history is interesting. He spent most of his drumming career drumming at churches, so he's got history, consistency, and years of practice.
Love this band and I really appreciate that you recognize the perfection of his execution, even though it's so subtle.
The drummer is also a hiphop producer which JunkDrummer picked out when listening
@@fabkebab Thanks for the knowledge. He's so smooth and dialed.
Phonetically it's pronounced Krung-bin.
@@WS102 thanks for heads up!
DJ played the organ at St John’s Downtown Houston. Imagine that… they had drummers in that church who may have been better than DJ?
Love this band, one of my favourite songs by them is Friday Morning because throughout the song they go back and forth changing time feels so seamlessly
Just discovered this band (thanks, TH-cam algorithms) and couldn't agree more on the groove. It's so tight. Anyone can flail around like an octopus behind the kit, but when you pare it down to something so simple, can you still make it sound good? That's the genius of Donald Johnson.
their songs are started with the drums, then she plays the bass line to go along with the drums, then they add guitar.
Bruh your reactions are wholesome af. Love this shit. I reacted exactly the same yesterday when I watched this Tiny Desk concert for the first time. The groove this band rides on is …. Chefs Kiss, man
"the genius is in the delivery and the touch" - yes!
first introduction to this band. Absolutely love the sound, so groovy!
Welcome to the club....
...now do more reactions to them...
It certainly LOOKS easy but it's so rare that someone could achieve this level of groove like that. Love this band
I‘ve watched this video four times today. It‘s magic on so many levels. Even, or maybe especially for a non-drummer like me. I‘ve listened to the band for a couple of days. And didn’t even realize there was a drummer, or that he was of any importance.
And then you came. You listen to the stuff for 10 seconds and make the impression that you‘ve just seen/heard the Lord himself. Great to see that reaction, great to see how genious appreciates genious. And you found the right words for your discovery right away. Well done
Thank you so much. I'm very happy you enjoyed it.
Hell yeah dude! I went down a wormhole of theirs and I thought of you when I was watching DJ play. So simply perfect.
I literally searched for Khruangbin reaction and your video popped up on the same day you uploaded. So happy I found this, you're in on an adventure.
I love the presenter's comments and observations about the drummer's style.
my bro-in-law just recommended this to me, he was seeing them live in NYC a few nights ago. I fell in love within 3-4 bars. Couldn't put my finger on why the drums sounded so amazing consider how simple the groove was. You helped me understand why it sounded so epic. You gotta love how low key the entire band is. No drama or antics to be found.
"This is My Shit!" You know it's for Real when you hear that statement..
Just saw them live and what a show.
I really love that DJ plays so softly, but still has great tone. Rock and metal drummers need to listen to this guy to understand dynamics. You do not have to hit the drums hard to sound good. Same with guitar and bass - it doesn't have to be LOUD to sound good.
Oh, and DJ is the definition of Zen playing...... In an interview he said he started playing drums about age 7 and stopped at 18 because there were so many great drummers in Houston! When Mark and Laura asked him to join he was cool about playing as long as he didn't have to play any drum solos...... And on their hip-hop-funk-pop medley he plays drums with one hand the keyboard with the other on Regulate...
He's a bad dude he also plays trumpet and is a hip hop producer pretty famous in Houston
Thanks for honoring this man, this band, and their music.
This song has real meaning , It's about All Iranian women who like most other women in the world had as many rights as men , Voting divorce child custody veil wearing choices , From 1925-1979 when the bad men said plain and simply NO to all , This song pays respect & is also very sad of a time gone by , Almost a reverse of Good to bad instead of Bad to good , The actual vid of Maria Tambien shows many of the women dancing away ,
Thanks for sharing that background. I'm from Iran and thought the melody had a bit of an eastern feel to it. I thought Turkey and Eastern European for some reason! But it's good to know that they're so internationally aware! Makes the song even more impactful!
Ah man I love Khruangbin. So glad they’re blowing up, they deserve it. You summed up DJ’s playing perfectly too. Just wondering if you’ve ever done vids on Steve Gadd the legend?? His pocket is deeeeeep.
Cool to see get excited about a new discovery.
Sounds like Donald Johnson has all the skills that can’t be taught.
My man DJ is was so deep in the cut when he play he has to wear a diving suit.
Just saw them twice in NyC 2 nights back to back !! Everyone on both nights talk about the drummer
Very smooth. 100% agree with your analysis. This is deceptively difficult drumming.
Love khruangbin.. one of the most original bands around today. Laura is a goddess 😍
another gem I did not expect!
Always on point on your words, man. I appreciate and feel that. Have a great one, my dude
Love the review! I had no idea of the significance of DJ's drumming. Discovered Khruangbin this year through Spotify, and they are awesome, amazing sound, soooo cool
My thoughts exactly ! Great video.
Awesome 👏 I’m so happy to hear your beautiful reaction towards my Absolute favorite group. I’ve seen them in March and again in May ‘22. The best! I love your comment about being in a zen like meditative state to create these beautiful sounds.
Couldn't agree more .. all groove .. love it .. :-)
Love them!
It was so awesome to see you react! Solid perspective!
They are a great band indeed! And instrumental, no vocal bs. Your accent is great! Cheers from Brazil.
This drummer also has just about the best cross stick clean clarity hit I've ever heard.
Very modest and brave at the same time, playing like this...
I love this band and I am serious he drummer looks like he is asleep when he plays. He is the coolest guy I know.
I wanted to hate this video when it started because I’m new to your channel. I fold my arms over my chest when anyone wants to criticize, “simplicity”… but you came through… DJ is feel allllll day. He forces the listener to move their body. DJ can cure paralysis. You just HAVE to move when you hear his beats. Thank you for your kind words towards their incredible music. You have a new fan Junkdrummer… well done indeed.
Hey man. The groove is all that matters. Everything else is noise
Awesome video and I love the Khru - subscribed
Khruangbin is from Houston, TX. DJ and Mark are former Gospel musicians with St. John's, Houston, TX, the Knowles' family's parish (yes, THAT family). Laura holds a Master's in Mathematics.
Would love to see more of this!
“That’s my shit!“ Love it!
Saw this comment elsewhere, but too good not to share...
The Hip Swayer, The Beat Layer and The Guitar Slayer.
Yes.
I love this band. Great music
Yuuup, its psychedelic music! Great review. Loved hearing your opinion on his drumming.
Fuck yes. Thank you. Khraungbin is luscious.
Great review.
A thing that you can’t write down... I like it
"Your fucking wrong!" Love it!
I highly suggest you check out Yussef Dayes' Love is The Message Live version on youtube. it's way better in my opinion than yesterday princess.
I already did Yuaef! Please check it out
Absolutely superb reaction dude! Makes you wanna buy a decent sound system to hear it perfectly!
"Yes. YES!"
Me too, man. Me too.
You should do Stephen Perkins from Jane’s Addiction. He’s one of my favorite drummers.
“Khru-Ang-Bin” I liked commented and subscribed
Check out No distraction track, that is the best of his drumming...
I think a nice split between drum olympics and groove is seen by Troy Wright in Plini's Every Piece Matters- you can catch him in the music video.
You deserve that like!
and you deserve this heart!
i don't know anyone who has ever been more in the cut
The comments on the original video are hilarious! Something like “ drummers keeping the whole universe in time” 😂
Totally. The genius is in the subtlety. The band themselves pronounce the name kRUNG-bin.
Nice teaching on this video. I wish you set up a Hi hat cymbal next to you.
I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on their song "Friday Morning"
grat band, great drummer
I see it and i can understand it. I "maybe" able to get their. It's a good question of how good am I?
Here in 2024, after Khruangbin released their album A LA SALA; you might enjoy hearing him in Pon Pón. if you aren't already lol
haven't gone through your whole archive,but I'd love to see what you think of Gov't Mule's Matt Abts. Interesting fella indeed. Bit of a heavy hand, not quite a touch drummer like this gentleman. Love em both though.
I’m years late but just want to make sure you know they do hiphop medleys so when you said it sounded like hiphop you were right.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on the drumwork for “Beside April” by BADBADNOTGOOD
I think it would be cool if you checked out:
Planetary Duality- The Faceless (Drum Cam). Lyle Cooper is his name.
Thank you!
i can attest that taking certain substance is really good to this band. also can you do a video on king crimson era bill bruford?
At the start, my guy was so into the groove of the song that he forgot to comment!
I spit my drink out when you said "Spaghetti Western."
Have you heard J-Zone playing with the Du-Rites? Ex-hip hop producer who learned to play the drums and came at it from a love of old breaks. Similar style to DJ that reminds me of Idris Muhammad, Al Jackson etc
That’s my shit. Gotta make a tee shirt!
Trey sat in w/ these guys at Bonnaroo.
This original video has one of the best comment section. Please check it out for your entertainment.
You’re so bitchin!!! Love how you tell it, which cannot be told and you know that and that’s amazing !!
Aaawww shucks. Thank ya
What brand & models does Donald uses? Hi hat, snare and ride? Anybody?
I believe the snare is Diamond Drum Co. , not sure about the rest.
What kind of Bass is she playing ? SX vintage series?
Yes
check out Ted Poor.....joyful.
yeah man, I got what you mean hehehehe cigarrets and booze aaallll the way YEEEEEE HA! hahahahaha, great video though
DJ could be shot to Mars on a rocket and back with no clock and he'd still know what time it was.
Have a substance... and chill to
KRUGBIN 😂
It's pronounced without the g
Krang-Bin!....i think...lol
(Krung-bin) Khraung-bin. It is Thia for airplane. Laura, the bass player came up with the name while they were touring there with another band she and Mark, the guitarist, put khruangbin together.
KRON-BIN?
"...but the drummer is so deep in the pocket" th-cam.com/video/wf9JtrgAoHg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=b_RAO1Ycq2bArwg9&t=1564
They are from Texas man, perhaps they can t pronounce their name either
Krung-bin
Here’s an unfortunate fact about reaction videos. Watch every one of them on TH-cam. Hundreds of them. Send me one where they said they didn’t like what they just watched. Doesn’t exist. The person is making these videos.doesn’t want to risk alienating anyone so they can’t say they don’t like something. So these reaction videos are fun to watch the reaction but there’s no honesty to them. It’s like watching, a man do a survival show and then find out he stays in hotels at night rather than in the shelter that he supposedly built to sleep in for the night.
Hahaha. Go watch my infant annihilator, Dave weckl or Lars videos. Or the reaction to Tom morello speech. I'll prove you wrong
wanted to agree with you in the first few minutes but ended up being kind of a hater ngl
while i think this is GREAT music and does require a type of skill... just not a physical or super super practice based one...
The difficulty lies in the kit sound for the drummer and the relies also on the drummer having listening experience in that area as well.
All good drummers should have good timing, ability to repeat static phrases consistently, if needed, and the ability to play at quiet volumes. I dont think thats a huge ask when comparing this with anything else of calibre. Those skills dont make this song/band unique or hard if we are talking about comparing it to other practiced, purposeful and experienced drummers playing.
So like I said, I really see the difficulty being the overall drum sound (tuning, head choice, accessories) and making sure it sounds right for the vibe of the music. I think that thats more a sign of maturity. Its really not THAT esoteric. Its only about as esoteric as the genre itself.
I am fairly certain any GOOD drummer with listening experience of this genre put behind that same sounding kit could produce something similar with some (not an unconscionable amount) practice.
Its the experience with the genre and the right kit, not ability that is required here.
Note choice and placement is a skill for sure but its more a sign of musical maturity ( a non musician can have musical maturity just like most art critics arent famous artists) than it is practice or ability.
But all this said and done, it really doesnt have to be easy OR hard. its just Art. I think telling people off that may say its easy is just as bad as saying its hard. its not a competition lol. its probably hard for someone coming from a completely different background and easy for someone that isnt. simple.
We dont know that donald johnson isnt RIPPED baked and half asleep playing this (for example). MAYBE, for him, its about the vibe not the difficulty and he may not even see it as difficult where as he may not be able to play a purdy shuffle for his life! (hypothetical examplel)
Leave the music as a difficulty competition stuff to the genres that, quite honestly, knowingly spar in that arena. Genres like metal and big band.
Alright I am ready for my hate comments.
Who hurt you
@@JunkdrummerTV no one? I think what I provided here was a pretty balanced opinion. Moral high road is the easy way to go and sometimes we subconsciously do it. We don't really have to look at drumming as easy or hard once you get past the beginning stages. It's just artistic