The REAL Jojo.

I didn't want to hijack the other thread, so i did my own. Here's what Jojo did before he became the drumming ubergod. It's pretty {censored}ing awesome, and to be quite honest, earned him much more respect from me than his drum career. It's called Prohibited Beatz. Enjoy.

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great stuff. completely improvised start to finish!!!!

Really cool {censored} man.

This {censored}'s 20 minutes long, you aint done!! Watch the whole thing.

I've watched these before, very awesome.

I only watched the first one so far , but I dig it.

He is to drumming what Tom Hanks is to acting...sleek, sophisticated, professional, and a primo talent. The minute I first caught him with Nerve, I went and found anything and everything I could about him. Man what a blazing talent!!!

http://www.onlinedrummer.com/drumtv.php?name=JoJoMayer

guys, don't miss the first Screaming Headless Torsos record.

+1:thu:

Every time I know more about Jojo, I'm.... my bass is dumb!

I've got a couple guys interested in doing a project just like that. I'm told nobody really does much techno live anymore... actually, I was told it was really never done, though there's a couple like Pendulum who are popular. My group specifically wants to play old school happy hardcore standards... whatever that is.

I just sat and watched the whole thing. Great video on him and the band and the concept. (Can't dance?)

Thanks CEM for posting this!

About 5 or so years ago a bass player friend of mine asked me to come over and jam some D&B. I didn't have a clue what he was talking about really, I figured it was some sort of techno thing. Now I'm kicking myself for not just going and checking out what he wanted to do. He's since moved away.

Jojo kicks ass!!!

I'm just getting on the JoJo kick, myself. He's just unbelievable, and seems like a super-rad guy, as well. Somebody posted the "Performance 3" video from "Secret Weapons", on here a couple months ago, and that's what got me hooked. Just the other night, I downloaded the newest Depart album, and have been listening to it non stop!

And he's been a session player in NYC before all that. I worked with him on some of the Meshell Ndegeocello albums (I'm a studio engineer). Of course... I had no idea he was who he was back then. I didn't even put 2 and 2 together until I was in Fort Lauderdale taking my son to one of his clinics and he said, "I played drums on the Meshell Ndegeocello albums" and I though, "no kidding... so did I!"

Of course... I also worked with Steve Gadd and Steve Jordan before I had any idea who they were (they WERE huge at the time, I was just clueless). It wasn't until I mentioned it to a friend who was a drummer and he was like "WHAT DID YOU SAY!".

Now... I knew who Omar Hakim was when he came in, because I'm a big Sting fan. That was a treat! I even helped him change a flat on his honda (civic, I think).

However... I've worked with a large number of killer drummers. I'd have to say that JoJo has the tightest chops of them all. Not saying he's better or worse, just a true technical master of his craft... and he's extremely musical. Not that I remember that from the Meshell sessions... but from seeing him at his clinic.

-Tom

Also don't forget that he was the drummer for Screaming Headless Torsos.

what album did you do with Steve Jordan?

Jojo es guut.. .Beaker es muy mal comparatively speaking. ..he makes me wanna cry.

Is your occupation still a studio engineer? To have worked side by side with just a few of the greatest drummers must of been an all natural high:thu:

Both Gadd and Jordan were for jingle work. I did a lot of work for Barone & Barone agency in NYC. I think Gadd was for the Bermuda Tourist Council (or something like that). I can't remember who Jordan was recording for. You have to realize, I had no idea who these guys were at the time. It was much later in life that someone told me that they were significant to the drumming world.

Yes... I still derive part of my income as a studio engineer. It's not 32 hours a day like it was through the 90's. It's harder to do that now days and I have kids, so I have multiple income sources. I also run an indie record company.

As for a high... I didn't know who most of these players were at that time. It was just my job.

I didn't mean to hi-jack this thread. Back to admiring JoJo's mad skilz!

BTW... No one can do a crescendo from near silence to triple forte on a double stroke roll as smoothly as JoJo. It's magical when you hear it and see it.

Credible and insightful jack there T. Still not a fan though. JJ has developed ways to add those embellishments drummers keep hearing to themselves - true. The Gadds and Jordans and Weckls make better music anytime though.