Billie Eilish: Bad Guy Drum Cam

Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera House | June 15, 2019

Front of house audio, mix by Drew Thornton.

[stuartrae]

The amount of restraint that drummer is showing is unreal hahaha, you can tell man just wants to rip a nasty fill

[somequasiparticles]

Drummer using the other 99% of his skill to resist a fill

[RaffaeleSansone]

The amount of people that believe that simple arrangements are easy to play is unbelievable. This man is a living metronome. One note off and the whole arena feels it.
Pop artists may often overshoot when choosing a drummer, sure, but you need a real professional to play like this.

[Turcomichael]

Solid performance and played exactly what the artist wants. Samples from the album and everything. I don’t know why everyone is tripping out. He’s only playing with one of the worlds biggest pop artists. One of the best kind of gigs there are. With all the connections and experience he has, he can push his career in any direction he wants.

[michaelcaraglio]

One pair of drum sticks would last the entire tour lol

[oliverhaimi]

You can tell that he is a killer drummer just by watching him play this ”easy” stuff. I know it takes some serious talent to perform this so cleanly. He could propably play anything anyone asked him to but the music does not need anything else. Mad respect.

[chellym]

Snare in front with mic: I’m a joke to you?!

[skateordie]

Let's be honest, people aren't going to a Billie eilish show for the drums. I like this, showing off some pretty tight playing

[timsears]

it really surprises me to see so many negative comments about this drummer..he is a WORKING DRUMMER...there is ZERO shame in doing so..

[generalkenobidaily]

Drummer: (quarter notes on the kick drum)
Audience: yo this shit slaps

[patrickr.]

He's playing exactly what's required and nothing more. That's a drummer who will never be without a gig.

[caspercotton]

This guy is doing his job. Not an easy thing to do. He's probably an absolute monster drummer. Probably also a producer. Probably also multi-instrumentalist. Probably preparing for a his next arena tour right now.

[jarub]

I would go insane with all these flashing lights and mostly the annoying af fangirls screaming constantly, props to staying so calm and sticking to the simple straight stuff on the drums

[dcairol]

The most exciting part of this of playing this song must be getting the bill.

[JP-nmlm]

Drummer: (quarter notes on bass drum)

13yr old girls in audience: omg I felt that 😩

[beaudure]

His feel for the outro is impeccable. Nicely done.

[armandonajera]

its nice to see the perspective of a drummer who is keeping beat for the main attraction which is billie. yea people are kinda mad hes not going nuts, but this is a single artist hes performing with, meaning billies the boss. if its a unified band thats not only for one person then he can definitely show his stuff. but for single artists, they are their own spotlight and only require a backbeat and other things to keep it their way.

[plbnsf]

Love watching drummers and seeing how important they are to the songs. Enjoy being able to watch the full song to understand what they do more.

[GingerDrums]

Yes this is EXACTLY why you would go to study. Making the ratio of mistakes essentially 0% and having cognitive capacity to deal with any problems in real time. This guy is solid every night for the next 10 years. Are you?

[ChristopherSmithNYC]

That song is hard on the ears. Future of music my ass.