The Human Drum Machine: El Estepario Siberiano



In today’s video I react to a drummer I’ve been following for the past year who has an insane drumming style. His name is El Estepario Siberiano.

El Estepario Siberiano YT: https://youtube.com/@ElEsteparioSiberiano?si=XLVN4NJX6twJcGzC

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49 thoughts on “The Human Drum Machine: El Estepario Siberiano”

  1. El Estapario definitely has outstanding chops, and I've been witching him for a while now. Personally, I'd like to hear him with a band, as what he does, while technically complex and difficult to play, outside of entertaining, I'm not sure what he does is useful for a gigging drummer. Thomas Lang was asked if he ever used any of El Estapario's techniques and pretty much stated, "great drummer, but I don't have any use for that in what I do." El Estapario is fun to watch, and I'd love to have those chops, but I don't know what I'd do with them if I had them. Sucherman, too, said it best, " I get all kinds of great drummers who come to me for coaching. They have fabulous chops and can twirl and cross-over, and do all kinds of crazy things on the drums, but they can't play in time to a simple beat in 4/4." While fun to watch, I would not want to see upcoming drummers believe and learn that El Estapario's method of drumming is what they should be learning and will find them professional work in the industry outside of scoring hits on YouTube.

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  2. been listening to him for a while and would urge everyone to look at some of his covers (play-alongs?) to get some feel for his style and subtlety (well sort of) compared to the OTT stuff e.g. checkout his version of Foo Fighters Pretender (some of the 'over the beat' fill are just amazing).

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  3. I basically follow 2 music channels on youtube and now you guys are going to do this together..? Please! Rick, you have to get this awesome drummer for closer interaction with you.

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  4. Far more talented than that Neil dude that everyone is so in love with…….you know, that guy that did not want to be apart of your fantasy and played in a band that was always in a hurry………..just say'n.

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  5. when I first saw his video I thought it wasn't a real person but some AI generated video.(nobody is that fast at drumming) as I watched more and more of his videos I realized that he was REAL!! this guy is insane! LOVE IT! maybe someday when I grow up I can be as good as him ( I'm 50 now, hope there is still enough time)

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  6. His skill is obvious and his showmanship is definitely off the charts.

    The thing that hinders me from fully appreciating him is that I’m not that big on speed drumming. It definitely has its place, but…I prefer the drums to support and accentuate a song, not to override and completely dominate it.

    I’d love to see him do some videos that showcased him grooving and/or playing with a live band.

    But…to each their own. I hope he continues to thrive and add fans.

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  7. I taught my son how to play drums when he was a boy. He eventually fell in love with working on cars – so the drumming fell by the wayside. But …he and I are big fans of drummers still.
    We send each other videos all the time of El Estepario Siberiano. He's just mind boggling. I'd love to see you two get together for an interview.

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  8. Subscribed to his channel for some time now. And everytime I watch his video, man, just awesome. Makes me tell myself, yeah, that's easy!. . .but when I step up on the drums, well, much respect to that guy. . .salute!

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  9. In one of his videos he talks about the difference between talent and hard work. No matter what he says, he has innate talent that has made his hard work pay off as something showing some of the highest levels of accomplishment on the drums. And as much as his playing is inspiring, so is his honesty, humor, and authenticity.

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  10. His showmanship is incredible. I do find most of his videos to contain overplaying. But I also know that’s just the showmanship coming through.

    His timing is impeccable and he sounds like a metronome.

    I think the most impressive video I saw was a Michael Jackson beat where there no unnecessary fills or double bass drum bullshit.

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  11. This dude makes me quit drums (AND tap dancing! 😂) and then pick em up again. Like a whole anime arc. BIGGEST inspiration. 🎆

    I didn't know how similar his life was to mine also. I'm gonna have to watch that story as well. Huge fan. We need people like Estepario in the world. 💛

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