She just recently had her 12th birthday and she celebrated by playing live with a band of awesome professional session musicians and she blew me away just how good she is and easily fit in with these musicians. She’s crazy good, but not just that, she brings a smile to the world that sorely needs a smile.
Yoyoka is an experience we share together. The newness of this genius hard working prodigy is as awe striking to me now as what you listening to Steely Dan for the first time where it just clicks, the genius is unleashed and we share the vision of her together!
Agree 100%, Yoyoka is a future star, as big as the cosmos! She leads a flock of drumming women that has arrived here at Japan. These women, and young women are taking over the world of drumming. Why? Why are they all from Japan? Why not? You’ve got to be from someplace!
Great reaction, Chod. I enjoy watching reactors with expertise who appreciate Yoyoka's talent. Your smile when she 'took off;' 😄. I'm watching you open a present, seeing your reaction *and* you explain the joy! Thanks!! Maybe mention using your channel page *'Search'* to discover reactions in your *huge inventory.* I see requests for 'BURN', which you've already done. It'd be sad if people felt ignored, when their requests are ready to be enjoyed.
Thanks for your reaction. Yoyoka always brightens my day. It was cool that Yoyoka visited Wave Potter when she was recently in the US and they played together. Wave is also a drummer/multi-instrumentalist who you might appreciate.You might have fun with her drum lesson for the Bonham triplets - th-cam.com/video/B5EUmV9Jz-E/w-d-xo.html. She was 8yo. It is a delight!
Great video. Good to hear your perspective as a drummer. With this song I'm almost more impressed by how Yoyoka handles the *simple* sections: there are parts that are basically just straight quarter notes, but somehow she still makes it groove!
Great effort what will she be capable of at 18. Whilst on the subject of drumming, I think its been since February since you did any Porcupine tree, check out the subtlety of Gavin Harrisons drumming on ‘Hatesong’ (watch the live version from park west Chicago ) Genius.
Chod, I don't see this comment, so I'll say it: *_Everything_** Yoyoka uploads is superb; she doesn't upload duds.* Yoyoka sets very, very high standards for herself. Even if she makes a mistake (very rare) her *instant recovery* highlights her utterly professional approach to performing live music. What you see is what you'd get live. She _doesn't need_ to use lots of cuts to disguise multiple takes. In all her at-home, fixed camera, drum covers I've only seen one edit. An exercise for you 😄. She shares her 'bloopers'. They show her self-confidence, joy (she almost laughs her 'magic socks' off 😁), and professionalism! She has a super human ear and feel for rhythm. She doesn't just feel the pocket, she *inhabits* the pocket. _(She sits so comfortably in the pocket, maybe she has a tiny bit of kangaroo DNA 😃)_ She's so good, some commenters struggle to hear a mistake, even when it's pointed out. I've watched most (all?) drummer reactors; I've never seen any spot two wrong notes in a row. Her quality control on uploads is 'Rolls-Royce' standard (I worked with RR&B in the '90s, excellence was bare minimum). IMO, in every video she plays everything _at least_ superbly. When she was seven she was amazing for her age. By the time she was nine, she was excellent for any age. Her covers are, at minimum, practically faultless. She often creates drumming better than the original. She arranges the drums to her (exceptional) taste. She rarely copies exactly.
@@annapavlakis7626 Thank you very much. You're very kind. She's a remarkable person with exceptional talent. My comment is as close to what I think about her talent as I could write. I was going to write more. For example her improv videos demonstrate she understands _much_ more than how to copy. However, my comment was getting a bit long 😀 Take care. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
@@gbulmer you're so welcome! I appreciated how you put time and thought into it. There's not enough of that these days, in my opinion. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, too!
More Yoyoka reacts please! While still 8 years old in 2018 she became the youngest person to ever sign an endorsement contract with drum maker Pearl. Breaking: she recently signed with Ludwig. Her youtube channel is must see TV
She almost always buries the original drum track, and always does it in a single take. There’s a reason she’s the youngest on Drummer Worlds best 500 drummers of all time. 😎👍
Chod, as a sort-of Christmas gift, you might enjoy one of Yoyoka's 'one girl band' covers: "Come Together - The Beatles / All instruments performed by YOYOKA". th-cam.com/video/uPW9GIhiVPo/w-d-xo.html I like her vocals. I hear the smile in her singing. This includes her 'behind the scenes' work, before revealing the finished song. It's more a 'documentary' than a 'normal' pure musical reaction. You _might_ choose to react to the recorded tracks section before the song is played. This'd be a departure from your usual style of reaction where you're very respectful of the music and the experience. However. it feels like commenting on the tracks before the completed song would be fine. I'd value any comments about _making_ music too. The more I learn about making music, the more I enjoy it. Much of the interest and pleasure in that video is watching her process. It is joyful 😁 _Yoyoka has been making 'Yoyoka Drum Course' videos since she was 6yo. In one of those she explains her microphone set up for recording, and how she balances the sound. In one of her earlier 'one girl band' videos she shows how she combines the audio to create the song. I _*_think_*_ her dad might still do the video editing, but I really don't know._ AFAICT her "Come Together" video is sponsored by a musical equipment company, so the video starts with an ad for a keyboard, and finishes with an ad for a practice amp. So you might jump over the ad, straight to her recording the tracks: th-cam.com/video/uPW9GIhiVPo/w-d-xo.html or straight to her completed video of the song th-cam.com/video/uPW9GIhiVPo/w-d-xo.html (10m23) You might stop at 12:43, where the second ad starts. Highlights of recording 6 tracks and playing the completed song last about 8m12s. You probably won't see anything you don't already know and understand. However, It is lovely to see a kid having so much fun doing something she enjoys, and creating a pretty good cover of an iconic piece of music. Your comments on the process may make it even more fun. To be fair, she's a better drummer than guitar or keyboard player. (However, she's only 12yo, so she has lots of time to improve.) ---- BTW, here's a video, recorded from the audience, of her family band giving a public performance when she was 4yo: "Japanese kids "Yoyoka" (4 years old ) cover Drum / The Beatles Come Together" (2m5s) th-cam.com/video/fKICpOE4OQo/w-d-xo.html it's short, "Come Together" starts at about 21 seconds. (Yoyoka: drums, Mum: vocals, Dad: guitar, Aunty Madoon: bass, Asako Takeuchi: keyboards)
Back again...here when she began, I thought you instantly fought back a grin...I’m still grinning and I’ve seen her fo this many times. I want to know what went through YOUR mind following your 1st reaction when you thought Yoyoka was a little dude, and found out she was a young female killer drummer and not a boy?
A,so, Chod, have you watched the drummer Sina? Also a prodigy who’s been doing outstanding work for several years. I think she’s 20 now. Check out her cover of Forty Six and 2 by Tool. Or Judith by Perfect Circle.
Honest question : How does she compare to Nandi Bushnell? They both seem extraordinary and have world-wide fans. I think they are close to the same age too. Wonder if they communicate……
As good as this video is it reeks of gimmick. I think it's been a few years since, and you have to see her now. As others have said , Burn is a must watch. She is a true rock drummer, and totally serious now. The best female drummer I've seen, easily. And I typically don't like this sort of thing, like I said, it seems gimmicky.
Perhaps if she smoked a cigarette at the end of the cover she wouldn't seem as "gimmicky", huh?...she was 10 years old at the time for pete's sakes....
@@keithallpress9885 Do you idiots not read past the first sentence? "The best female drummer I've seen, easily." TH-cam is filled with 'child stars'. It's a gimmick as old as the music industry itself. It would be easy to write her off as the same, I am making the point that she is not a gimmick. That she is in fact a very good drummer, who is continuing to improve today.
@@keithallpress9885 Okay now I feel bad, your comment didn't deserve the attack it got, my anger was more directed at the other comment. To explain my original comment, I wrote it prior to watching this video and assumed it was her earlier RATM cover when she's smiling the whole time. It's a wonderful video, but can certainly be considered gimmicky, if you somehow miss the fact that she is killing the drums. I also assumed that this was the first time that Chon was seeing her play, and therefore was worried that he would not be able to see past the 'gimmick'. I wanted to advocate for her talent while also acknowledging the fact that it is fair to see it as 'gimmicky'. Upon viewing this video I realized my assumptions were wrong, but I didn't bother deleting my comment, again assuming, that it was at least coherent enough to not be misunderstood. I assumed wrong. My apologies for calling you an idiot. Peace.
She just recently had her 12th birthday and she celebrated by playing live with a band of awesome professional session musicians and she blew me away just how good she is and easily fit in with these musicians. She’s crazy good, but not just that, she brings a smile to the world that sorely needs a smile.
My favorite of her drum covers was the one she did of Led Zeppelin's *Good Times Bad Times* when she was just *8 yrs old.*
Yoyoka is an experience we share together. The newness of this genius hard working prodigy is as awe striking to me now as what you listening to Steely Dan for the first time where it just clicks, the genius is unleashed and we share the vision of her together!
You should check her Deep Purple BURN Cover or some of her Led Zeppelin covers. This kid is a star.
Agree 100%, Yoyoka is a future star, as big as the cosmos! She leads a flock of drumming women that has arrived here at Japan. These women, and young women are taking over the world of drumming. Why? Why are they all from Japan? Why not? You’ve got to be from someplace!
He did Burn, but there are like 40 others very worth reacting to.
@@ThePallidor she
More Yoyoka please! You wondered about how Sunshine of Your Live was played. Her cover of it is fantastic.
It’s great to see a reaction from a drummers perspective. Yoyoka is def very special. Thank you for sharing this. Pat 🏴
Great reaction, Chod. I enjoy watching reactors with expertise who appreciate Yoyoka's talent. Your smile when she 'took off;' 😄. I'm watching you open a present, seeing your reaction *and* you explain the joy! Thanks!!
Maybe mention using your channel page *'Search'* to discover reactions in your *huge inventory.* I see requests for 'BURN', which you've already done. It'd be sad if people felt ignored, when their requests are ready to be enjoyed.
Yoyoka and family Rocks!!! Should watch her drum cover videos.... :)
Thanks for your reaction. Yoyoka always brightens my day. It was cool that Yoyoka visited Wave Potter when she was recently in the US and they played together. Wave is also a drummer/multi-instrumentalist who you might appreciate.You might have fun with her drum lesson for the Bonham triplets - th-cam.com/video/B5EUmV9Jz-E/w-d-xo.html. She was 8yo. It is a delight!
Great video. Good to hear your perspective as a drummer. With this song I'm almost more impressed by how Yoyoka handles the *simple* sections: there are parts that are basically just straight quarter notes, but somehow she still makes it groove!
"The force is very strong with Yoyoka"
Check out her cover of Peter Gabriel's Steam
Seconded. Even Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is amazing for its pure fun and the great jungle fill in the middle.
Jaw drop amazing for sure! 🥁
Chod, I like your new intro. It makes it clear you are a reactor with real knowledge and skills. Way above average.
Yokoka is a frikkin star.
Yoyoka is just crazy good.
I've been following her on TH-cam the past 2 yrs 🔥🔥🔥She is CRAZY GREAT TALENTED. What a joy to watch. Loved your reaction & appreciation..
Great effort what will she be capable of at 18.
Whilst on the subject of drumming, I think its been since February since you did any Porcupine tree, check out the subtlety of Gavin Harrisons drumming on ‘Hatesong’ (watch the live version from park west Chicago ) Genius.
Chod, I don't see this comment, so I'll say it: *_Everything_** Yoyoka uploads is superb; she doesn't upload duds.*
Yoyoka sets very, very high standards for herself. Even if she makes a mistake (very rare) her *instant recovery* highlights her utterly professional approach to performing live music. What you see is what you'd get live. She _doesn't need_ to use lots of cuts to disguise multiple takes. In all her at-home, fixed camera, drum covers I've only seen one edit. An exercise for you 😄. She shares her 'bloopers'. They show her self-confidence, joy (she almost laughs her 'magic socks' off 😁), and professionalism!
She has a super human ear and feel for rhythm. She doesn't just feel the pocket, she *inhabits* the pocket. _(She sits so comfortably in the pocket, maybe she has a tiny bit of kangaroo DNA 😃)_ She's so good, some commenters struggle to hear a mistake, even when it's pointed out. I've watched most (all?) drummer reactors; I've never seen any spot two wrong notes in a row. Her quality control on uploads is 'Rolls-Royce' standard (I worked with RR&B in the '90s, excellence was bare minimum).
IMO, in every video she plays everything _at least_ superbly. When she was seven she was amazing for her age. By the time she was nine, she was excellent for any age. Her covers are, at minimum, practically faultless. She often creates drumming better than the original. She arranges the drums to her (exceptional) taste. She rarely copies exactly.
This is such a great comment. You described her particular genius and musicianship perfectly.
@@annapavlakis7626 Thank you very much. You're very kind. She's a remarkable person with exceptional talent. My comment is as close to what I think about her talent as I could write. I was going to write more. For example her improv videos demonstrate she understands _much_ more than how to copy. However, my comment was getting a bit long 😀
Take care. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
@@gbulmer you're so welcome! I appreciated how you put time and thought into it. There's not enough of that these days, in my opinion. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, too!
Regardless of what instrument I'm playing, my problem with this song is fighting the urge to speed up constantly.
Wow.
Have a look at her solo cover of the song Burn by Deep Purple.
And don’t forget her birthday concert.
She known world wide
I love see WILBURN reaction.
12 years old and she's doing that??? I'm gobsmacked...
I think she was nine when this was recorded.
That Yoyoka video was uploaded Feb 28, 2020, so she was just under 10½ years old.
More Yoyoka reacts please! While still 8 years old in 2018 she became the youngest person to ever sign an endorsement contract with drum maker Pearl.
Breaking: she recently signed with Ludwig. Her youtube channel is must see TV
What’s it feel like watching her play? Being a drummer yourself, it must be humbling?
You still need to do Rush's Xanadu from Exit Stage Left. I am going to keep bothering you until you do it.
Glad to see you're reacting to the Maestro again. Incredibly gratifying pocket.
Yes! I’m Raging now!
glad you finally found her.
Yoyoka speed king cover
She almost always buries the original drum track, and always does it in a single take. There’s a reason she’s the youngest on Drummer Worlds best 500 drummers of all time. 😎👍
Girl is pretty awesome, isn't she? 💖💎👍 She regularly breaks drumsticks 🥴 and she's fast as lightening.
Rage. Against the. Yoyoka. Zshe. Is. The Precision. Mean. Machine.
is this Neil P. incarnate?
Chod, as a sort-of Christmas gift, you might enjoy one of Yoyoka's 'one girl band' covers: "Come Together - The Beatles / All instruments performed by YOYOKA". th-cam.com/video/uPW9GIhiVPo/w-d-xo.html I like her vocals. I hear the smile in her singing. This includes her 'behind the scenes' work, before revealing the finished song. It's more a 'documentary' than a 'normal' pure musical reaction.
You _might_ choose to react to the recorded tracks section before the song is played. This'd be a departure from your usual style of reaction where you're very respectful of the music and the experience. However. it feels like commenting on the tracks before the completed song would be fine. I'd value any comments about _making_ music too. The more I learn about making music, the more I enjoy it.
Much of the interest and pleasure in that video is watching her process. It is joyful 😁
_Yoyoka has been making 'Yoyoka Drum Course' videos since she was 6yo. In one of those she explains her microphone set up for recording, and how she balances the sound. In one of her earlier 'one girl band' videos she shows how she combines the audio to create the song. I _*_think_*_ her dad might still do the video editing, but I really don't know._
AFAICT her "Come Together" video is sponsored by a musical equipment company, so the video starts with an ad for a keyboard, and finishes with an ad for a practice amp.
So you might jump over the ad, straight to her recording the tracks:
th-cam.com/video/uPW9GIhiVPo/w-d-xo.html or straight to her completed video of the song
th-cam.com/video/uPW9GIhiVPo/w-d-xo.html (10m23) You might stop at 12:43, where the second ad starts. Highlights of recording 6 tracks and playing the completed song last about 8m12s.
You probably won't see anything you don't already know and understand. However, It is lovely to see a kid having so much fun doing something she enjoys, and creating a pretty good cover of an iconic piece of music. Your comments on the process may make it even more fun.
To be fair, she's a better drummer than guitar or keyboard player. (However, she's only 12yo, so she has lots of time to improve.)
----
BTW, here's a video, recorded from the audience, of her family band giving a public performance when she was 4yo: "Japanese kids "Yoyoka" (4 years old ) cover Drum / The Beatles Come Together" (2m5s)
th-cam.com/video/fKICpOE4OQo/w-d-xo.html it's short, "Come Together" starts at about 21 seconds.
(Yoyoka: drums, Mum: vocals, Dad: guitar, Aunty Madoon: bass, Asako Takeuchi: keyboards)
😊👍
😮素晴らしい👏。
These kids nowadays....They are so damn good. I hate them...
😂 understood
Perfect.
Back again...here when she began, I thought you instantly fought back a grin...I’m still grinning and I’ve seen her fo this many times.
I want to know what went through YOUR mind following your 1st reaction when you thought Yoyoka was a little dude, and found out she was a young female killer drummer and not a boy?
A prodigy 100% this past week on TH-cam she meet with Wave Potter try and connect if you still play...
A,so, Chod, have you watched the drummer Sina? Also a prodigy who’s been doing outstanding work for several years. I think she’s 20 now. Check out her cover of Forty Six and 2 by Tool. Or Judith by Perfect Circle.
she my force you to try the recorder, girls is a badass.
we want yoyoko!!:)
Yoyokankillitinthename
Honest question : How does she compare to Nandi Bushnell? They both seem extraordinary and have world-wide fans. I think they are close to the same age too. Wonder if they communicate……
Both are nice
After that, if you like？
I think she's levels higher then Nandi and that's no disrespect to a talented awesome musician like Nandi. it's just that Yoyoka is on another planet😀
@@tootspogsforever5590 さん🙋♀️
彼女は、異星人なんだよ。凄い迫力👽🎶🥁🎶👽😮👏😮🥰
AS ALWAYS, ONE TAKE!
HER AWESOMNESS WAVE POTTERS MATE IS THE REAL DEAL DUDE, CHECK OUT HER BURN AND BLACK DOG VIDS SHE GETS BETTER IF THATS POS.
Please review her cover of kill the king by rainbow,, it is my absolutely favorite yoyoka song
Check out kill the king by rainbow 🌈 awesome
can you do a reaction to Freedom by Buffalo
if you have time react to my drum covers thank !
I saw Rage open for Tool. It didn't suck
As good as this video is it reeks of gimmick. I think it's been a few years since, and you have to see her now. As others have said , Burn is a must watch. She is a true rock drummer, and totally serious now. The best female drummer I've seen, easily. And I typically don't like this sort of thing, like I said, it seems gimmicky.
Perhaps if she smoked a cigarette at the end of the cover she wouldn't seem as "gimmicky", huh?...she was 10 years old
at the time for pete's sakes....
@@keithallpress9885 Do you idiots not read past the first sentence? "The best female drummer I've seen, easily."
TH-cam is filled with 'child stars'. It's a gimmick as old as the music industry itself. It would be easy to write her off as the same, I am making the point that she is not a gimmick. That she is in fact a very good drummer, who is continuing to improve today.
@@justinatest9456 .....you must think you're Aaron Rodgers....the smarest guy in the room, huh ?
@@keithallpress9885
Okay now I feel bad, your comment didn't deserve the attack it got, my anger was more directed at the other comment.
To explain my original comment, I wrote it prior to watching this video and assumed it was her earlier RATM cover when she's smiling the whole time. It's a wonderful video, but can certainly be considered gimmicky, if you somehow miss the fact that she is killing the drums.
I also assumed that this was the first time that Chon was seeing her play, and therefore was worried that he would not be able to see past the 'gimmick'. I wanted to advocate for her talent while also acknowledging the fact that it is fair to see it as 'gimmicky'.
Upon viewing this video I realized my assumptions were wrong, but I didn't bother deleting my comment, again assuming, that it was at least coherent enough to not be misunderstood.
I assumed wrong. My apologies for calling you an idiot. Peace.
@@Art_Martial I mean I can read...
I do NOT like your new introduction consider changing
can you do a reaction to Freedom by Buffalo