if you came here from el estepario’s page: welcome. he’s watching a different unedited (or edited better 😏) video. I stand by my comments. Guys an incredible fast drummer. He’s just not showing you the truth IN THESE TWO VIDEOS IM WATCHING, so believe what you want ❤
The fact that the thumbnail is announcing Riccardo as Archspire's new drummer should tell you everything you need to know about that dude's commitment to genuine content. The thumbnail is the worst kind of clickbait you literally aren't even allowed to do shit ike that on youtube. The video was 100% rage bait. He knows that what he's defending isn't actually the argument people are having. He's just desperate for engagement right now because he went from some of his videos breaking 2 million to them not even breaking 1 million. You have a say in shit like this. There are 3 dots under every video. If you go to Estepario's video you can click those three dots, hit "report" and then hit "misleading thumbnail". This is how we tell people we want to see genuine content and not fake announcements, clickbait, and ragebait.
Estapario has way more street cred than you will ever have, and he is about as real as it gets. And as for Ricardos Camps, having been to his camp personally, I will say it was worth every penny.
On one side I agree, for a lot of these "instagram freaks" would be finally exposed for what they really are... on the other hand though, I would prefer ignoring all these debates and focus just on good music and good drummers, that's what really matters in the end
@@GoodAlexanderVibes 1000% however I would put a stipulation if I were the hiring band. One take, no cuts, no edits. Cut the bullshit and play like they are playing it live.
And we get to see so little footage of him. His playing is so iconic and boundary pushing yet his last official playthrough/drum cam is from like 10 years ago.
@@madnessopus00 There are ton of fan shot full sets of Archspire playing and there are a couple of videos that are shooting just Spencer from the stage.
@@shredenvain7 I remember the first time I saw Archspire play in 2017 at the Slide Bar in Fullerton, CA walking up to Spencer right after their set basically saying “I do know how you stay alive man!” to which he responded “Neither do I!” 😂 Sad to say it looks like it finally caught up with him :/
maybe he uses a prerecorded track for kicks or some sections, so the lack of playthroughs can be explained to nobody would notice this. If bands already use sampled keyboards, guitars and vocals (see Cynic, for example), why wouldn't they use sampled drum portions of elements of it? A drummer who's insanely skilled has no playthroughts or raw rehearsals is very suspicious.
@@dexsullivan7929 I’ve gone on his page a couple times and seen him fighting for his life in the comments. Like it’s clear he’s got insanely quick technique but there’s alot of videos that are just beyond stupid
I could see that lol he is or is still on the metal drummer nerds Facebook page, and he posted one of his videos a couple years ago, and I jokingly said " why don't you play the fast one " and he didn't seem to find that funny at all lol
Kevin Paradis has the best audition video so far. You'd think he'd be the frontrunner considering Archspire and Benighted are Seasons of Mist label mates. Honorable mention goes to Wildy Souza for an excellent audition/cover as well.
Hard agree, Kevin's precision and extensive resume really give him the upper hand imo. Greg Smith has also put out very commendable videos, as well as Cole Summerhays.
I would be really surprised if the new drummer wasn't Kevin Paradis. He has the chops and more importantly he has toured with tight schedules and knows what that life can be like.
Kevin and Marco are definitely up there neck and neck. This situation will obviously be detrimental for the latter though. It’s sad becouse the dude is one of the best out there.
@Fujunk85 shame he's been actively avoiding addressing the things Mike said. He's an amazing drummer but the behaviour is bizarre honestly. There's no need to hide the mistakes in the first place, we're all human 🤷♂️
I see alot of people calling out triggers on the comments. They are not the problem, you NEED them on the kicks for this kind of music. The real problem is the over editing/quantizing to the grid/re-sampling. I am so sick of seeing this everywhere and people worshipping drummers that CANNOT really play this stuff. Now if we can only do the same things for these instagram midi programming guitarists!
Yeah besides a handful of people here and there, ie : Chris Turner, most drummers need triggers, not for speed, but to keep volume attack consistency with their kicks at those tempos and let me tell you from experience, triggers will not make someone's sloppy playing tighter, the ese guys playing is tight because they put in the practice, not because of the triggers. All this trigger cheater bashing has to stop, at this point it's also part of the esthetics for death metal and extreme drumming in general as well.
@@dconvergadon5281 only on the kick. John Longstreth is a great example of a drummer who doesn't need them and only uses them on the kick and he is one of the best in the scene for decades now
@@captaincool5387 What a foolish comment. imagine saying Ken Bedene or John Longstreth aren't "real" drummers simply because they use a trigger on the kick. absurd.
Im glad this is happening because vocalists and guitarist need to be called out as well. This whole genre is filled with computer inflated egos and lies.
@@MomDoer-qc7iw mmkay kid if you say so. Also, let's see you do that song in 80 minutes without fucking up at all. I'll be waiting patiently for you to upload a video.
imagine Spencer did not actually quit archspire and the whole thing is a setup so they can make a silly music video for a new song and this whole can of worms that opened with Lord Marco and Merlini is now just a goldmine for Archspire just laughing their asses off while gathering footage online lmao
Dean had a video today where he mentioned not having a drummer in a certain way that you know Spencer quit, possibly not because he wanted to leave but because he had to
I imagine, years from now, Craig spending his senior years fly fishing in some remote mountain river. A helicopter lands nearby, agents and soldiers pouring out. A grave looking agent approaches Craig and says "We need you back, Sir. It's getting out of hand again". Craig sighs, puts down his fishing rod and says "ffs". He is then escorted to a secret location, where he will once again tear apart fake drummer videos. And I will be watching once more.
You are doing a great civil service exposing these guys🙏 They want the adoration without earning it for real. It would be entertaining to hear him on some real drums in person
@@hannasaynwittgenstein-berl6931 they'd still have to actually practice with the band, probably move to Canada and get on well with the other guys in the band, so just being the fastest won't make them automatically be in the band
@@drummusician Please read this story regarding how Riccardo Merlini robbed me money: I went to Italy to take a full day of class with him personally at his home in Rovigo, Italy in July of this year. I traveled from Mexico City… very far away… and you guys know what happened? While I was taking the class with him that day, he suddenly claimed that he was feeling sick. I was like: alright, totally understandable. I will go away Riccardo,but I want half of my money back, please ( cause I only took 3 hour class of the 6 hour class that he charged me. For the record, I paid $500 euros in advance to him, so I wanted at least $250 euros back ( the fair thing right ? ) I even told him, I can come back to your home tomorrow or in 2 days. He never answered me… I kept writing him and writing him and he replied to me: I’m still feeling sick, I’m sorry. I wrote him: I totally understand, then I want half of my money back, please. He never answered me, just read my messages and ghosted me. I kept writing him and he suddenly sent me his “digital curse” I told him that I was not interested in that, cause I was doing and Euro trip, that I wanted my money back please, and he totally ghosted me until this day. He didn’t return my money until this day…. more than 2 months has passed…. To be honest? This is a horrible behavior for a so called “professional musician”. I mean, I’m aware this is off topic regarding this drum video audition of him, but imagine being robbed by this “professional musician” Like everyone else in this world, I worked so hard to save money to take a class with him, and what did I get? A totally bad experience… I didn’t want to be “this guy” you know? But I’m so disappointed. I’m alerting you guys cause I don’t want you to be robbed like me, in case you guys decide to take a class with him someday.
Please read this story regarding how Riccardo Merlini robbed me money: I went to Italy to take a full day of class with him personally at his home in Rovigo, Italy in July of this year. I traveled from Mexico City… very far away… and you guys know what happened? While I was taking the class with him that day, he suddenly claimed that he was feeling sick. I was like: alright, totally understandable. I will go away Riccardo,but I want half of my money back, please ( cause I only took 3 hour class of the 6 hour class that he charged me. For the record, I paid $500 euros in advance to him, so I wanted at least $250 euros back ( the fair thing right ? ) I even told him, I can come back to your home tomorrow or in 2 days. He never answered me… I kept writing him and writing him and he replied to me: I’m still feeling sick, I’m sorry. I wrote him: I totally understand, then I want half of my money back, please. He never answered me, just read my messages and ghosted me. I kept writing him and he suddenly sent me his “digital curse” I told him that I was not interested in that, cause I was doing and Euro trip, that I wanted my money back please, and he totally ghosted me until this day. He didn’t return my money until this day…. more than 2 months has passed…. To be honest? This is a horrible behavior for a so called “professional musician”. I mean, I’m aware this is off topic regarding this drum video audition of him, but imagine being robbed by this “professional musician” Like everyone else in this world, I worked so hard to save money to take a class with him, and what did I get? A totally bad experience… I didn’t want to be “this guy” you know? But I’m so disappointed. I’m alerting you guys cause I don’t want you to be robbed like me, in case you guys decide to take a class with him someday.
Holy shit man that's way worse than what happened to me, you should sue this guy, that's unbelievable. This guys are ruining the drumming community and I love to see them getting exposed. Merlini apart from being a cheater heavily editing his videos, is a total scammer, his clinics are total bullshit when it comes to his techniques, some people had real problems because of that. I went to 3 clinics and never used his technique since, he claims he invented it while being bullshit. The best thing about his cambs which is probably the only reason people go there in first place is that he invites famous drummers that people would love to learn from or just meet. I had an argument with him and I exposed him in front everybody and sometimes he couldn't even answer me or his answers were very cheap. He of course blocked everywhere but when should totally sue this guy
@@DavideB21Sorry it also happened to you man. Yes, totally scammer. He claims to be a “professional” this is not the behavior of a professional musician. Right? He just want fame… real musicians don’t act like this. Ruining the beautiful community and robbing money. About time, let’s prevent other people that with much sacrifice save money… and at the end? You get robbed. For the record, what I wrote is totally legit, I have all the profs to show…
@@GerardoRuizDrummer I believe you man, I never doubt your story because unfortunately I know what this guy is capable of. He shoved himself in the foot with this audition especially after uploading that "raw unedited" video. What a clown he is, moneygrabber and nothing else, he talks shit about everyone including his own teacher Mike Mangini, George Kollias, Mike Portnoy, thinking he is the best while he's famous for being fast and nothing else, he has no records, haven't played in any famous band, nothing
@@DavideB21 Yes, I can’t believe it. The same happened to me while being with him! He told me: Who’s your favorite drummer? I was like: Mike Portnoy, and he replied: that’s why you need to study more, Mike Portnoy is not a good drummer, he is lucky to be on Dream Theater, he doesn’t have independence at all. Horrible personality, man. He was like: yes you can play Dream Theater songs, so what? Again, Mike portnoy is a bad drummer. For me it looked that he is jealous of other drummers. I had a bad bad experience with him, man.
Lord Marco took personal Shots at Mike too such an insecure bully. All that being said Kevin Paradis might be the guy for this gig or Maybe Ragnar. If not them then of the lesser known ones Greg Smith
@@reynlord666 I think doing one on Aaron Kitcher from Infant Annihilator might be. His Cunt crusher drum playthrough was the most played drum video for years n has consistently turned heads but has to be fake. The audio is almost identical to the recording.
I wrote my entire masters thesis on this. If people only knew how many of all of these 'real' videos are completely fake. And how loooong it’s been going on 😓
I get called jealous and all sorts of shit for calling this stuff out Like yeah, I get that I'm not a top 10 world class drummer but I have fucking ears and eyes 😂
would love to read that. with the internet.. we've seen an easier means for people to record and make music, without having to pay crazy fee's at a studio, per hour. meaning they can come up with their own ideas at their own pace.. so we're hearing some really really good music come out. but with all that good music.. as with anything.. there's going to be grifters. computers can allow you to do a lot of weird stuff.. not just record your own music. but now you can edit that music. and if people are nefarious.. this is what we get. well this and rings of saturn. i hear the guy from berried alive.. may also be guilty of this.. but i feel charles is.. he probably moreso records these crazy runs in pieces. i dont think he could perform a full song live. which is why these people dont tour their music. rings of saturn was caught using back tracks live.. and now he sends out 2 other guitar players, because hes probably afraid of the repercussions.
First Mike surgical dissects lord Marco and now this. At this point i think Spencer leaving archspire was actually an elaborate ruse to expose fake drummers.
Marco is so fake he played live with Vital Remains, Brain Drill, Waking The Cadaver...... A few pointless edits makes him fake. What a smooth brain mentality.
@@twistymcfistysback They are not pointless when Marco claims to be all raw an unedited and lie multiple times about what he played. You are the actual smoothbrain here motherfucker
@@twistymcfistysback It does when you go out of your way to say 'completely raw and unedited' time and time again. It's not healthy for the drumming scene for edited work to be portrayed as raw. If they are 'pointless' why were they done in the first place?
@@twistymcfistysback no one is saying he can’t play. He’s a excellent drummer, but if he’s going to lie about editing his videos then he’s undermining his own achievements. Don’t blame us for his poor actions, we don’t make him do it. Why don’t you go ask him why he lies about editing instead of defending it? He’s being disrespectful to his fans like yourself by lying to you and playing you for fools.
@@mikecaputoschin 98% of technical death metal bands for sure. I always joke how it sounds like machines. Probably the main reason why I dont care for the new stuff. Im good with classic death and thrash. I know its real.
I'm a guitarist but drummers have always been the core and heart of music to me. I had the priviledge of playing with the most amazing drummers, and they are the coolest of all musicians. yet they too have now been poisoned by the social media destruction of music. It's all about technique, speed, faking shit, and views. heart and soul are out the window. We guitarists have always had this pathetic tendency, because we're basically morons. But now drums have fallen. It's over folks
Friend of mine who´s an amazing producer and scream/shout teacher showed me Riccardos videos and i realy wasn`t having it. I now know why. Amazing technique, yes, but after videos like this i have to second guess everything i see. Thanks Craig
Second guess Merlini's teacher Mike Mangini, who could pull gravities in the 90's with only one hand. A few edits doesn't take away the fact that he's still the fastest, by far. Watch his practice videos instead of "debunking" garbage.
Stop being a sheep and see him live. Thomas Lang worked with him in person and vouched for his abilities. Clowns like you watch a video and join a witch hunt. Do what social media tells you and don't get proof for yourself.
@@Compendyum see that's the reason why I'm happy this guys are getting exposed. No one ever said anything about them not being good drummers, people are pointing out the fact that this supposed "raw" and "no edit" videos are actually full of editing. No one ever mentioned Mangini except Merlini himself when he said he invented that hand technique while obviously it's not true
Creg coming back to critique the false blast beaters all over again makes my heart warm and crack a little tear.. Not the hero drumming wants, but the hero drumming needs.
I had a weird suspicion recently, that you might have done a bit of sample replacement on your otherwise flawless cover of Monomyth. It sounded uncannily as if a banger from the eighties had been superimposed Keep up the good work 🤘🤘
Finally some shit on this dude🙏🏻 The “speed” he keeps promoting is useless on a real kit without triggers because it will sound like ghost notes so who cares… Also he was giving drum lesson in my city when i was growing up and most of his students developed tendinitis so this is another big problem to me
@@michelepantano It not even sh*t It just speackin some truth out, the last part of comment if its true Is soo sad;( .Also thinkin' about a reply he did time ago to a dude who was simply sayn' nothing but notice that and he said: " There Is no more "i make pop for a living ""Era. *È finito il tempo in cui "non fai pop non mangi".. again,so sad
@@michelepantano davvero c'è chi ha avuto problemi di tendinite per colpa di quella tecnica? Io dopo averla provata a 3 drumcamp di fila ho capito che ti fa andare veloce per 10 secondi e basta, non serve ad altro
I watched the video and while watching it I started to play detective myself XD. Found the same flaws. And then there are people saying, he just owned the audition... Oh my. Especially if you have guys like Kevin Paradis participating and uploading the playthrough from one camara angle without any cuts. What I didn´t expect was for Craig to do a video on it. That is an absolute highlight of my day 😀
Today If you play bad or super edited you can became a super famous drummer. If you are honest no one care about what you are doing 😅 So bad for younger drummers and for ART itself, cause ART should be IMPERFECT to me! BTW I'm an imperfect drummer 😅 Riccardo can play at 340 with his hands actually, this is real but everything else...I dunno, never seen him live unfortunately 😢
Late for the gossip. Ricardo is fast as hell, I follow him on IG and he seems genuine. I guess people who attended his camps can say with certainty if he's the real deal or not. About this video, holy sht, it's edited FOR SURE. Not saying he can't play those parts or he's faking it, but he should've just uploaded a raw audio mix video. Sure he most likely wanted to get this gig whatever it costs but this will definitely make him lose some credibility among his community and that's always a bad thing for someone who calls himself a pro.
New merch looks incredible! Just bought a Downbeat snapback and basketball jersey 😈 I got a T shirt about a year ago and its still my favourite shirt ❤ cheers Craig!
@@krusher74its not not being an ultra cinematographer overnight. Anyone can purchase a decent gopro. But a decent camera shows more easily he's not 100% Naty Edited: spelling
@@krusher74 It’s not that I expect Dutch angles from him, but I always find it suspicious when a drummer makes a career out of doing crazy shit with good audio and only 20 fps.
Dude you have no idea of the amount of money that guy gets for his clinics while actually being a cheater and a scammer. I kept quiet on this situation because I don't wanna get involved but this guy should be exposed for who he really is
@@DavideB21 I guess he scammed Thomas Lang in person when he vouched for him and his abilities. The guy is freakishly fast, iv seen him in person, it makes no sense. Yeah 99.9% of drummers won't ever to be able to his his speed, but maybe his techniques will help them get faster then they are now. So you're just another clown who hasn't seen him live and just is sheep doing what they are told.
Man, well, I've been fooled. I have missed all of these shenanigans. But I'm just a guitarist, so that's my excuse. But I've started listening to Stray from the Path and am absolutely loving it!!
I remember when Mortician had an album that had a drum machine, i didnt know this at the time, the blast beats were insanely fast, i practiced hard everyday to blast that fast, and i cracked it. This was like 2008 or some shit, when i found out it was a drum machine i was like "wo, im as fast as a drum machine" i was known as the human drum machine for ages in my city. I have been practicing fast 350 bpm single hand blasts because of this guy, 350bpm is my top speed, trying for 360bpm. I personally dont care he edits his stuff because it pushes me to go beyond my limits by watching him and hearing the speed, I have benefited myself from it really. That is my opinion on it anyway.
It's so crazy because back in the day you could never find edited covers. They were so badly recorded, never miced and one full shot takes. For guitar and drums. Crazy how things shift.
This is exactly what’s wrong with RUclips these days ! Bass players too man !!! I don’t want to drop any names but the ones with millions of views ! They’re great video producers and decent bass players not great and not worthy of millions of folks falling for their BS….. 90% of these guys wouldn’t survive an actual recording session in LA or NY !!! Good job on this vid bro 🤘🏼
I’m an old guy pushing 50 ! I started recording in 1997 . I can spot BS from a mile away. The most popular RUclips musicians don’t even know what it is to play for a hostile audience or have your amp crap out in the middle of your set etc just a bunch of kids seeking fame not musicianship
if you came here from el estepario’s page: welcome. he’s watching a different unedited (or edited better 😏) video.
I stand by my comments. Guys an incredible fast drummer. He’s just not showing you the truth IN THESE TWO VIDEOS IM WATCHING, so believe what you want ❤
The fact that the thumbnail is announcing Riccardo as Archspire's new drummer should tell you everything you need to know about that dude's commitment to genuine content. The thumbnail is the worst kind of clickbait you literally aren't even allowed to do shit ike that on youtube. The video was 100% rage bait. He knows that what he's defending isn't actually the argument people are having. He's just desperate for engagement right now because he went from some of his videos breaking 2 million to them not even breaking 1 million.
You have a say in shit like this. There are 3 dots under every video. If you go to Estepario's video you can click those three dots, hit "report" and then hit "misleading thumbnail". This is how we tell people we want to see genuine content and not fake announcements, clickbait, and ragebait.
You're just sad because you look like machinegun kelly's lesbian sister :-D
@@Audiokalypz the video of you playing your 'music' on the roof is legitimately the funniest thing i've ever seen. thank you
haha
Estapario has way more street cred than you will ever have, and he is about as real as it gets. And as for Ricardos Camps, having been to his camp personally, I will say it was worth every penny.
This Archspire audition arc is going to bring so much content. Im here for it.
On one side I agree, for a lot of these "instagram freaks" would be finally exposed for what they really are... on the other hand though, I would prefer ignoring all these debates and focus just on good music and good drummers, that's what really matters in the end
I don't see how they can choose anyone other than Kevin Paradis... but, I'm here for all the auditions.
@@GoodAlexanderVibes 1000% however I would put a stipulation if I were the hiring band. One take, no cuts, no edits. Cut the bullshit and play like they are playing it live.
@@Joose go watch wildy souza's audition
Dudes got half the kit and half the gear of Kevin paradis and he's really good
Spencer from Archspire doesnt get enough credit for actually playing this insane shit every night on tour with only a triggered kick.
And we get to see so little footage of him. His playing is so iconic and boundary pushing yet his last official playthrough/drum cam is from like 10 years ago.
@@madnessopus00 There are ton of fan shot full sets of Archspire playing and there are a couple of videos that are shooting just Spencer from the stage.
@@madnessopus00 they could have easily filmed a playthrough themselves. I guess he just didn't wanted to be in the spotlight.
@@shredenvain7 I remember the first time I saw Archspire play in 2017 at the Slide Bar in Fullerton, CA walking up to Spencer right after their set basically saying “I do know how you stay alive man!” to which he responded “Neither do I!” 😂
Sad to say it looks like it finally caught up with him :/
maybe he uses a prerecorded track for kicks or some sections, so the lack of playthroughs can be explained to nobody would notice this. If bands already use sampled keyboards, guitars and vocals (see Cynic, for example), why wouldn't they use sampled drum portions of elements of it?
A drummer who's insanely skilled has no playthroughts or raw rehearsals is very suspicious.
This guy had a total bratty meltdown on instagram when he didn’t get invited to some drum festival. Can’t wait for him to see this lmao 😂
@@dexsullivan7929 is there a link to it
i saw this, bro looks to be in his 40s and is losing it because no one wants to watch a guy do a fast roll on a snare with one hand LOL
@@dexsullivan7929 I’ve gone on his page a couple times and seen him fighting for his life in the comments. Like it’s clear he’s got insanely quick technique but there’s alot of videos that are just beyond stupid
I could see that lol he is or is still on the metal drummer nerds Facebook page, and he posted one of his videos a couple years ago, and I jokingly said " why don't you play the fast one " and he didn't seem to find that funny at all lol
@@dexsullivan7929 yea I saw that, I took a screenshot cause I figured he’d delete it, and he did lol
First Mike calling out Lord Marco now Craig exposing this dude finally
@@floralfire Mike who?
@@kevinaman8266 mike caputo
And someone in Mike's comments wrote something like "Riccardo next". ^^
Riccardo is crazy because he of all people does not need this much editing.
@@BaerndXP that “someone” is Dan Presland. One of the best metal drummers on the planet
Kevin Paradis has the best audition video so far. You'd think he'd be the frontrunner considering Archspire and Benighted are Seasons of Mist label mates. Honorable mention goes to Wildy Souza for an excellent audition/cover as well.
Hard agree, Kevin's precision and extensive resume really give him the upper hand imo. Greg Smith has also put out very commendable videos, as well as Cole Summerhays.
I would be really surprised if the new drummer wasn't Kevin Paradis. He has the chops and more importantly he has toured with tight schedules and knows what that life can be like.
Agreed! His audition was splendid
Kevin and Marco are definitely up there neck and neck. This situation will obviously be detrimental for the latter though. It’s sad becouse the dude is one of the best out there.
@Fujunk85 shame he's been actively avoiding addressing the things Mike said. He's an amazing drummer but the behaviour is bizarre honestly. There's no need to hide the mistakes in the first place, we're all human 🤷♂️
I see alot of people calling out triggers on the comments. They are not the problem, you NEED them on the kicks for this kind of music. The real problem is the over editing/quantizing to the grid/re-sampling. I am so sick of seeing this everywhere and people worshipping drummers that CANNOT really play this stuff. Now if we can only do the same things for these instagram midi programming guitarists!
Yeah besides a handful of people here and there, ie : Chris Turner, most drummers need triggers, not for speed, but to keep volume attack consistency with their kicks at those tempos and let me tell you from experience, triggers will not make someone's sloppy playing tighter, the ese guys playing is tight because they put in the practice, not because of the triggers. All this trigger cheater bashing has to stop, at this point it's also part of the esthetics for death metal and extreme drumming in general as well.
@@dconvergadon5281 only on the kick. John Longstreth is a great example of a drummer who doesn't need them and only uses them on the kick and he is one of the best in the scene for decades now
@@franckoprods7718 I would love to hear this kind of technical extreme music played with sounds of for example some stoner band
Real drummers don't use Triggers
@@captaincool5387 What a foolish comment. imagine saying Ken Bedene or John Longstreth aren't "real" drummers simply because they use a trigger on the kick. absurd.
The Liver King of drums lmfao
LOL
Im glad this is happening because vocalists and guitarist need to be called out as well. This whole genre is filled with computer inflated egos and lies.
Its awful right? You have folks heavily editing stuff that get praised, and others that are super talented who then get called out for 'faking' things
@@NothingHereButMe except, you're completely wrong about Riccardo. You think Drumeo helped him edit him learning TTFAF in an hour and 20 minutes? 😂😂😂
@@since1876 he fucked up multiple times during playing as was off beat. He's still a great drummer, but his ultra sped up ultra precision is fake.
@@MomDoer-qc7iw mmkay kid if you say so. Also, let's see you do that song in 80 minutes without fucking up at all. I'll be waiting patiently for you to upload a video.
@@since1876 Whether he can perform the song or not is irrelevant to whether he can call out other people faking it. That's just silly logic.
I love how this contest is bringing out the frauds who immediately get caught by people who actually pay attention.
what's fucking insane is that Marco didn't learn his lesson yet and still fucking continued to post edits lol
imagine Spencer did not actually quit archspire and the whole thing is a setup so they can make a silly music video for a new song and this whole can of worms that opened with Lord Marco and Merlini is now just a goldmine for Archspire just laughing their asses off while gathering footage online lmao
It’s so wild that it can be true “knowing” the band jajaja
It wouldnt have gone on for this long sadly i dont think and spencer just had another kid if im not mistaken
I actually thought that this was an aprils fools joke to call out terrible drummers for a few days!! XD
Dean had a video today where he mentioned not having a drummer in a certain way that you know Spencer quit, possibly not because he wanted to leave but because he had to
@LukasRisbourg I hope this ends up being true
I imagine, years from now, Craig spending his senior years fly fishing in some remote mountain river. A helicopter lands nearby, agents and soldiers pouring out. A grave looking agent approaches Craig and says "We need you back, Sir. It's getting out of hand again". Craig sighs, puts down his fishing rod and says "ffs". He is then escorted to a secret location, where he will once again tear apart fake drummer videos. And I will be watching once more.
Underrated comment!
You are doing a great civil service exposing these guys🙏 They want the adoration without earning it for real. It would be entertaining to hear him on some real drums in person
the worst part of all, cheating to get the job literally robbing someone else who do it for real their chances getting archspire drummer position
Matt, I can’t agree more. It’s deceptive. Worst part is, this guy sells courses on speed.
@@hannasaynwittgenstein-berl6931 they'd still have to actually practice with the band, probably move to Canada and get on well with the other guys in the band, so just being the fastest won't make them automatically be in the band
@@drummusician
Please read this story regarding how Riccardo Merlini robbed me money:
I went to Italy to take a full day of class with him personally at his home in Rovigo, Italy in July of this year.
I traveled from Mexico City… very far away… and you guys know what happened?
While I was taking the class with him that day, he suddenly claimed that he was feeling sick.
I was like: alright, totally understandable. I will go away Riccardo,but I want half of my money back, please ( cause I only took 3 hour class of the 6 hour class that he charged me. For the record, I paid $500 euros in advance to him, so I wanted at least $250 euros back ( the fair thing right ? )
I even told him, I can come back to your home tomorrow or in 2 days. He never answered me…
I kept writing him and writing him and he replied to me: I’m still feeling sick, I’m sorry.
I wrote him: I totally understand, then I want half of my money back, please.
He never answered me, just read my messages and ghosted me.
I kept writing him and he suddenly sent me his “digital curse” I told him that I was not interested in that, cause I was doing and Euro trip, that I wanted my money back please, and he totally ghosted me until this day.
He didn’t return my money until this day…. more than 2 months has passed….
To be honest?
This is a horrible behavior for a so called “professional musician”.
I mean, I’m aware this is off topic regarding this drum video audition of him, but imagine being robbed by this “professional musician”
Like everyone else in this world, I worked so hard to save money to take a class with him, and what did I get? A totally bad experience…
I didn’t want to be “this guy” you know?
But I’m so disappointed. I’m alerting you guys cause I don’t want you to be robbed like me, in case you guys decide to take a class with him someday.
@@TheJaZookaif he's as full of himself as he always acts on instagram, i don't think he will go that far lol
Im so happy this is all happening and I say that as the biggest fan of blast beats, hannes grossman must be having a field day
I’ll pay you $100 to do more of these Craig. I need these
@Reynlord666 easy money
Please read this story regarding how Riccardo Merlini robbed me money:
I went to Italy to take a full day of class with him personally at his home in Rovigo, Italy in July of this year.
I traveled from Mexico City… very far away… and you guys know what happened?
While I was taking the class with him that day, he suddenly claimed that he was feeling sick.
I was like: alright, totally understandable. I will go away Riccardo,but I want half of my money back, please ( cause I only took 3 hour class of the 6 hour class that he charged me. For the record, I paid $500 euros in advance to him, so I wanted at least $250 euros back ( the fair thing right ? )
I even told him, I can come back to your home tomorrow or in 2 days. He never answered me…
I kept writing him and writing him and he replied to me: I’m still feeling sick, I’m sorry.
I wrote him: I totally understand, then I want half of my money back, please.
He never answered me, just read my messages and ghosted me.
I kept writing him and he suddenly sent me his “digital curse” I told him that I was not interested in that, cause I was doing and Euro trip, that I wanted my money back please, and he totally ghosted me until this day.
He didn’t return my money until this day…. more than 2 months has passed….
To be honest?
This is a horrible behavior for a so called “professional musician”.
I mean, I’m aware this is off topic regarding this drum video audition of him, but imagine being robbed by this “professional musician”
Like everyone else in this world, I worked so hard to save money to take a class with him, and what did I get? A totally bad experience…
I didn’t want to be “this guy” you know?
But I’m so disappointed. I’m alerting you guys cause I don’t want you to be robbed like me, in case you guys decide to take a class with him someday.
Holy shit man that's way worse than what happened to me, you should sue this guy, that's unbelievable. This guys are ruining the drumming community and I love to see them getting exposed. Merlini apart from being a cheater heavily editing his videos, is a total scammer, his clinics are total bullshit when it comes to his techniques, some people had real problems because of that. I went to 3 clinics and never used his technique since, he claims he invented it while being bullshit. The best thing about his cambs which is probably the only reason people go there in first place is that he invites famous drummers that people would love to learn from or just meet. I had an argument with him and I exposed him in front everybody and sometimes he couldn't even answer me or his answers were very cheap. He of course blocked everywhere but when should totally sue this guy
@@DavideB21Sorry it also happened to you man. Yes, totally scammer. He claims to be a “professional” this is not the behavior of a professional musician. Right?
He just want fame… real musicians don’t act like this. Ruining the beautiful community and robbing money. About time, let’s prevent other people that with much sacrifice save money… and at the end? You get robbed.
For the record, what I wrote is totally legit, I have all the profs to show…
@@GerardoRuizDrummer I believe you man, I never doubt your story because unfortunately I know what this guy is capable of. He shoved himself in the foot with this audition especially after uploading that "raw unedited" video. What a clown he is, moneygrabber and nothing else, he talks shit about everyone including his own teacher Mike Mangini, George Kollias, Mike Portnoy, thinking he is the best while he's famous for being fast and nothing else, he has no records, haven't played in any famous band, nothing
@@GerardoRuizDrummer btw you payed 500 euros for a 6 hrs lesson with him, just the 2 of you of it was a drumcamp?
@@DavideB21
Yes, I can’t believe it. The same happened to me while being with him!
He told me:
Who’s your favorite drummer?
I was like: Mike Portnoy, and he replied: that’s why you need to study more, Mike Portnoy is not a good drummer, he is lucky to be on Dream Theater, he doesn’t have independence at all.
Horrible personality, man.
He was like: yes you can play Dream Theater songs, so what? Again, Mike portnoy is a bad drummer.
For me it looked that he is jealous of other drummers. I had a bad bad experience with him, man.
im so glad you did this. i saw this guys video a few days ago and thought "zero chance this is real." glad im not alone.
A Lord Marco takedown from Mike Caputo and a Craig natty or not comeback in the same week??
Lord Marco took personal Shots at Mike too such an insecure bully. All that being said Kevin Paradis might be the guy for this gig or Maybe Ragnar. If not them then of the lesser known ones Greg Smith
Marco is receiving death threats because of Mike
Mike didn't prove a single thing only that jealousy runs deep in these streets
@@mikecaputoschin not prove what? lol did you even watch the video. Its not Mikes fault if some random moron sends death threats
@@mikecaputoschin shut up and actually play your parts, Marco
@@bukhlz marco does play his parts silly
I’ve been waiting for this one. Been curious for a while now!
Straight up,Missed this! Please go back to doing more you absolute beast!
I’ve been WAITING for you to chime in on the Archspire audition videos. 10/10 keep it up, roast them all, this is gold tier content
Craig more videos like this!!! 🔥🔥
not enough people faking it any more (you’re welcome) but this was worth it
@@reynlord666The hero we needed.
@@reynlord666 I think doing one on Aaron Kitcher from Infant Annihilator might be. His Cunt crusher drum playthrough was the most played drum video for years n has consistently turned heads but has to be fake. The audio is almost identical to the recording.
Yeah. Not all of them wear capes,@@Joose
@reynlord666 signs of the swarm drummer has some videos out there that are worse than this
I’m thinkin he’s back
I wrote my entire masters thesis on this. If people only knew how many of all of these 'real' videos are completely fake. And how loooong it’s been going on 😓
Anywhere on the web we can read that?
Dude, link that thesis if you can!
I get called jealous and all sorts of shit for calling this stuff out
Like yeah, I get that I'm not a top 10 world class drummer but I have fucking ears and eyes 😂
would love to read that. with the internet.. we've seen an easier means for people to record and make music, without having to pay crazy fee's at a studio, per hour. meaning they can come up with their own ideas at their own pace.. so we're hearing some really really good music come out. but with all that good music.. as with anything.. there's going to be grifters. computers can allow you to do a lot of weird stuff.. not just record your own music. but now you can edit that music. and if people are nefarious.. this is what we get. well this and rings of saturn. i hear the guy from berried alive.. may also be guilty of this.. but i feel charles is.. he probably moreso records these crazy runs in pieces. i dont think he could perform a full song live. which is why these people dont tour their music. rings of saturn was caught using back tracks live.. and now he sends out 2 other guitar players, because hes probably afraid of the repercussions.
@@RX120D YT keeps deleting my link, but just google: ”Simen Sandnes Where did the groove go? ” and you'll find it
First Mike surgical dissects lord Marco and now this. At this point i think Spencer leaving archspire was actually an elaborate ruse to expose fake drummers.
Marco is so fake he played live with Vital Remains, Brain Drill, Waking The Cadaver......
A few pointless edits makes him fake. What a smooth brain mentality.
@@twistymcfistysback They are not pointless when Marco claims to be all raw an unedited and lie multiple times about what he played. You are the actual smoothbrain here motherfucker
@@twistymcfistysback It does when you go out of your way to say 'completely raw and unedited' time and time again. It's not healthy for the drumming scene for edited work to be portrayed as raw. If they are 'pointless' why were they done in the first place?
@@twistymcfistysback why you keep defending that guy under every comment that's against him? 🤣
@@twistymcfistysback no one is saying he can’t play. He’s a excellent drummer, but if he’s going to lie about editing his videos then he’s undermining his own achievements.
Don’t blame us for his poor actions, we don’t make him do it.
Why don’t you go ask him why he lies about editing instead of defending it?
He’s being disrespectful to his fans like yourself by lying to you and playing you for fools.
We need more of this in the online music world.
98% of all bands would be considered cheaters then 😂
@@mikecaputoschin 98% of technical death metal bands for sure. I always joke how it sounds like machines. Probably the main reason why I dont care for the new stuff. Im good with classic death and thrash. I know its real.
@@mikecaputoschin Jesus christ Marco, get over yourself.
@@mikecaputoschin bro is out here refreshing this comment section every 5 mins
I'm a guitarist but drummers have always been the core and heart of music to me. I had the priviledge of playing with the most amazing drummers, and they are the coolest of all musicians.
yet they too have now been poisoned by the social media destruction of music. It's all about technique, speed, faking shit, and views. heart and soul are out the window. We guitarists have always had this pathetic tendency, because we're basically morons. But now drums have fallen. It's over folks
Friend of mine who´s an amazing producer and scream/shout teacher showed me Riccardos videos and i realy wasn`t having it. I now know why. Amazing technique, yes, but after videos like this i have to second guess everything i see.
Thanks Craig
Second guess Merlini's teacher Mike Mangini, who could pull gravities in the 90's with only one hand. A few edits doesn't take away the fact that he's still the fastest, by far. Watch his practice videos instead of "debunking" garbage.
Stop being a sheep and see him live.
Thomas Lang worked with him in person and vouched for his abilities.
Clowns like you watch a video and join a witch hunt.
Do what social media tells you and don't get proof for yourself.
@@Compendyum see that's the reason why I'm happy this guys are getting exposed. No one ever said anything about them not being good drummers, people are pointing out the fact that this supposed "raw" and "no edit" videos are actually full of editing. No one ever mentioned Mangini except Merlini himself when he said he invented that hand technique while obviously it's not true
8:16 the blast is somehow the same speed as the gravity blast 😂
Creg coming back to critique the false blast beaters all over again makes my heart warm and crack a little tear..
Not the hero drumming wants, but the hero drumming needs.
Surely no one actually thought Merlini would be a viable replacement for Spencer, right?
I think I speak for a lot of us when I say I miss your Natty or Not videos!!
“Yeah, I’m thinking I’m back”
Let’s go Craig🤘🏼🥁
It’s been too long since this series was running 👊🏼
Love the Natty or Not videos, and seeing Craig on a SM7B!
4:36 "this is like the twin towers"
1st vid of yours I've watched - *INSTANT* like
Craig Reynolds: the hero we needed 😂
Totally agree you should do more vids like this, so talented at picking up the finest details, and I'm not taking the piss honestly.
Yes! So glad he's back.
I had a weird suspicion recently, that you might have done a bit of sample replacement on your otherwise flawless cover of Monomyth.
It sounded uncannily as if a banger from the eighties had been superimposed
Keep up the good work 🤘🤘
I love these. Not for the drama. It just keeps it honest.
YES! He returns when we need him the most!
Finally some shit on this dude🙏🏻 The “speed” he keeps promoting is useless on a real kit without triggers because it will sound like ghost notes so who cares…
Also he was giving drum lesson in my city when i was growing up and most of his students developed tendinitis so this is another big problem to me
@@michelepantano It not even sh*t It just speackin some truth out, the last part of comment if its true Is soo sad;( .Also thinkin' about a reply he did time ago to a dude who was simply sayn' nothing but notice that and he said: " There Is no more "i make pop for a living
""Era. *È finito il tempo in cui "non fai pop non mangi".. again,so sad
@@michelepantano davvero c'è chi ha avuto problemi di tendinite per colpa di quella tecnica? Io dopo averla provata a 3 drumcamp di fila ho capito che ti fa andare veloce per 10 secondi e basta, non serve ad altro
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Thank you!
whoever did the editing, good stuff
team effort
Ohh .. you mean Craigs Editing.... lol ...shit edits on the drums 🥁
Tell you what, this Archspire Audition is making me discover a lot of cool new people.
My Craig senses started tingling when I saw this video on my newsfeed
I watched the video and while watching it I started to play detective myself XD. Found the same flaws. And then there are people saying, he just owned the audition... Oh my. Especially if you have guys like Kevin Paradis participating and uploading the playthrough from one camara angle without any cuts.
What I didn´t expect was for Craig to do a video on it. That is an absolute highlight of my day 😀
He can play! Waaw, oke he istn a video editor, he's a drummer... a good one!
I love you dude. You're doing the LORDT'S work
Yessss. Been waiting for more of these
NATTY OR NOT. BUSTED! Buddy Rich quantised his 16th note swing. Gridded! Watch to find out more. 😂
The weird double tracked part on the "raw video" fuckin had me laughing my ass off
Loved being in the twitch when you popped off, and now the video ❤
You are on point AND hilarious at the same time. Love your vids! Keep exposing this nonsense!
Today If you play bad or super edited you can became a super famous drummer.
If you are honest no one care about what you are doing 😅
So bad for younger drummers and for ART itself, cause ART should be IMPERFECT to me!
BTW I'm an imperfect drummer 😅
Riccardo can play at 340 with his hands actually, this is real but everything else...I dunno, never seen him live unfortunately 😢
I could not be happier that you’re back to educating the masses
Late for the gossip. Ricardo is fast as hell, I follow him on IG and he seems genuine. I guess people who attended his camps can say with certainty if he's the real deal or not. About this video, holy sht, it's edited FOR SURE. Not saying he can't play those parts or he's faking it, but he should've just uploaded a raw audio mix video. Sure he most likely wanted to get this gig whatever it costs but this will definitely make him lose some credibility among his community and that's always a bad thing for someone who calls himself a pro.
You got a great personality. Love the Instagram model voices 😂😂
This is wild! This Archspire Audition has brought the spotlights out‼️ 👀👹👀
Get em
He has returned with an actual thumbnail?
100%. This absolutely affects the music community and everyone coming up in it.
Dying industry bit was the realest thing you have ever said
Thanks for this Craig!
Thanks for having the patience to explain to people how this obviously fake stuff is fake. ;)
Love it!!! 😂😂 cheers mate🎉
YESSSS
This is the best drum content ive ever seen
I don’t know why, but Natty Or Not videos give me life.
This is why you are the dude !
New merch looks incredible! Just bought a Downbeat snapback and basketball jersey 😈 I got a T shirt about a year ago and its still my favourite shirt ❤ cheers Craig!
Legend!
First time I saw this guy’s content I knew it was fishy. This is great.
craig, god bless you. you hero.
I watched someone breakdown the Lord Marcos audition. This is going to be interesting.
Where is that? How can someone fake a Live audition
That's crazy
@@mikecaputoschin your comments show why the fatherless need to be on a registry
@@mikecaputoschin this has got to be Lord Marco
@@mikecaputoschin you ignorant child
This just made me chuckle, sometimes you need a good old chuckle 😂😂😂😂😂
What kills me is he’s got all that money from clinics and social media, yet most of his videos are shot on cameras with dogshit frame rates 💀
Why do you expect a person that starts social media to instantly be a educated cinematographer?
@@krusher74its not not being an ultra cinematographer overnight. Anyone can purchase a decent gopro. But a decent camera shows more easily he's not 100% Naty
Edited: spelling
@@krusher74 It’s not that I expect Dutch angles from him, but I always find it suspicious when a drummer makes a career out of doing crazy shit with good audio and only 20 fps.
Dude you have no idea of the amount of money that guy gets for his clinics while actually being a cheater and a scammer. I kept quiet on this situation because I don't wanna get involved but this guy should be exposed for who he really is
@@DavideB21 I guess he scammed Thomas Lang in person when he vouched for him and his abilities.
The guy is freakishly fast, iv seen him in person, it makes no sense. Yeah 99.9% of drummers won't ever to be able to his his speed, but maybe
his techniques will help them get faster then they are now.
So you're just another clown who hasn't seen him live and just is sheep doing what they are told.
I’ve missed these
This is the content I have been waiting for since lock down
Lars drums are ALWAYS live!
@@Drummer4life86 except on the last album😁
On more modern albums his snare and hats are quantized, but NOT his kicks. Ironically it creates a signature Lars "sound" and it's hilarious
@@davealaya How can it be quantized when they don't record to a click
@@jannik-x Quantized might be the wrong term to use. You can still edit live drums that are not recorded to a click, which they definitely do.
@@davealaya Yea that's probably true. Would hate to have to do that job, lol.
Man, well, I've been fooled. I have missed all of these shenanigans. But I'm just a guitarist, so that's my excuse. But I've started listening to Stray from the Path and am absolutely loving it!!
Great breakdown.
He’s back! Keen for more of these and vlogs.
I remember when Mortician had an album that had a drum machine, i didnt know this at the time, the blast beats were insanely fast, i practiced hard everyday to blast that fast, and i cracked it. This was like 2008 or some shit, when i found out it was a drum machine i was like "wo, im as fast as a drum machine" i was known as the human drum machine for ages in my city.
I have been practicing fast 350 bpm single hand blasts because of this guy, 350bpm is my top speed, trying for 360bpm.
I personally dont care he edits his stuff because it pushes me to go beyond my limits by watching him and hearing the speed, I have benefited myself from it really. That is my opinion on it anyway.
@@DOOM.SLAYER666 then you are the fastest drummer in the world, that guy can barely play 340 bpm in real life, I've seen it
@@DavideB21you will trip out watching me play live then lol
@reynlord666 : Bro, did you check out the Brazilian dude Wildy Souza doing Doppelgänger? 🔥 Rhat dude is like Eloy Casagrande of extreme metal 🫣
In the words of eminem ... guess who's back!!
The Return Of The King
It's so crazy because back in the day you could never find edited covers. They were so badly recorded, never miced and one full shot takes. For guitar and drums. Crazy how things shift.
If you look at his Drumeo moment, I was fairly surprised with his performance there. Worth a peep.
1:32 That's exactly how I feel about it.
Best sound bite of Craig yet
Thank god for you, man
This is exactly what’s wrong with RUclips these days ! Bass players too man !!! I don’t want to drop any names but the ones with millions of views ! They’re great video producers and decent bass players not great and not worthy of millions of folks falling for their BS….. 90% of these guys wouldn’t survive an actual recording session in LA or NY !!! Good job on this vid bro 🤘🏼
I’m an old guy pushing 50 ! I started recording in 1997 . I can spot BS from a mile away. The most popular RUclips musicians don’t even know what it is to play for a hostile audience or have your amp crap out in the middle of your set etc just a bunch of kids seeking fame not musicianship
He’s back!
Please be back with natty or not 😂 love it 👌🏼
raw mix😂
Chris Turner is an absolute freak, spot on
Natty Ot Not
hehe
You got exactly what you asked for!
love ur drumming saw with black lava when u played with obituarty
@@DanPresland see you in wasquehal dan!
Hahaha you are not missing the hot sauce. You are brutal, btw. Love from Colombia.
Its reassuring to know that Craig will always be there to protect us from the fake natties of the world. Keep up the good work 💪
Your little pitch at the end got me to buy a tee, been looking to get one before they sell out. thanks for the reminder
Im glad this is back 🙏
Don’t be angry😂. Love your drum-inspector thing! Keep on doing it.
Youre an absolute legend