Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 17:03:38 GMT
Hi All,
Just received the latest Classic Rock/Team Rock e-mail teamrock.com/classic-rock about the latest edition of the magazine here are two young girls playing the drums to what I imagine must be quite technical pieces to play for any drummer ? 10Yr old the Led Zep piece/12 Yr old Neil Pearts piece..... 
First up:- Johanne Astrid drummed her way to victory on the Danish talent show We often bring you videos of people auditioning for TV talent shows by singing or playing metal songs – remember the 82-year-old who sang Bodies? – but this time a little rocker has gone and WON one!
10-year-old drummer Johanne Astrid has won the 2017 series of Denmark's Got Talent by tubthumping her way through the likes of Rage Against The Machine and Led Zeppelin. Starting at her audition (with killer light-up drumsticks and floral snare drum) and climaxing at the grand finale with live band, Johanne kicks ass throughout. Seriously, she's going to be a world-famous drummer. If a 12-year-old can join Korn, we reckon Johanne could fill in for Lars Ulrich if he was ill.
Second:- 12-year-old Indonesian girl's triumphant version of Rush classic YYZ Kalonica Nicx tackles Neal Peart's drum part for Rush's classic instrumental YYZ... and emerges victorious To paraphrase Vim Fuego, the inept guitarist at the centre of Channel 4's classic heavy rock comedy series Bad News, Neal Peart didn't compose the classic YYZ until he was 28... but Kalonica Nicx could play it when she was only 12. And that really says something.
Kalonica hails from the Indonesian town of Bandung, the the capital of West Java province and a city perhaps most famous for its tropical Art Deco architecture. And she plays drums. In fact, she's been playing drums for six years, and she's pretty good. Good enough to play Rush's instrumental while beaming giddily. It's not perfect, but it's pretty damn good, and with idols like Dream Theater drummer Mike Mangini and former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy, she's obviously setting her targets high.
Kalonica also plays organ for the youth choir in her local Catholic church, as well as playing guitar and writing her own music...and people are beginning to notice: In 2015 she was the winner of the international Hit Like A Woman drum contest, and last year picked up an award from cymbal makers Zildjan. We can't wait to see what she comes up with when she's 28
Geoff.
