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moobu2

(4,822 posts) Wed Dec 26, 2012, 12:52 AM Dec 2012

Little drummer boy - an autistic boy drumming on a washing machine quite well.

He starts off a little slow but gets going.

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Little drummer boy - an autistic boy drumming on a washing machine quite well. (Original Post) moobu2 Dec 2012 OP

I'd say that's a percussionist in the making. Le Taz Hot Dec 2012 #1

He's there, and he has his instrument. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #10

Washing machines are not instruments. Le Taz Hot Dec 2012 #12

How can you tell when the stage is level? DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #17

I despise that song, whenever it comes on the radio I change channels. n/t doc03 Dec 2012 #2

Three thoughts TlalocW Dec 2012 #3

Autistic kids often display a freakish talent in one area Warpy Dec 2012 #4

I loved it. Not sure why you had to tell us he is autistic. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #5

it's part of the title Skittles Dec 2012 #8

Ok, I understand. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #15

Wow. SalviaBlue Dec 2012 #6

I hope Santa brought him a drum set this year :) n/t Tx4obama Dec 2012 #7

Ah, this is not a Christmas post. I was expecting that rum pa pum pum shit... Brother Buzz Dec 2012 #9

I'm sure if you put a little effort into it, maybe even less effort that you put into posting moobu2 Dec 2012 #11

No need, seems every radio station was playing The Little Drunner Boy Brother Buzz Dec 2012 #16

Rock on Berlum Dec 2012 #13

This Aspie sez AWWWW!!! Odin2005 Dec 2012 #14

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)

1. I'd say that's a percussionist in the making.

Reply to moobu2 (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 01:00 AM

Dec 2012

Impressive array of rhythms he's got there. I hope his parents/guardians recognize his talent and provide him with the necessary instrument(s) on which to expand. Thanks for sharing.

DollarBillHines

(1,922 posts)

10. He's there, and he has his instrument.

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 02:23 AM

Dec 2012

I sent this to Mickey Hart.

The kid exhibited amazing fluidity for his age.

I would leave him to the washing machine and let him make his own instrumental progression.

Somehow, we will track this child. This is great.
DBH

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)

12. Washing machines are not instruments.

Reply to DollarBillHines (Reply #10)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 05:21 AM

Dec 2012

Neither are dashboards, steering wheels, kitchen tables, my knees or the top of my head. (Can you tell I've been around drummers all my life?) Seriously, I know what you're saying. But I believe talent is expanded when there are more options available. I know musicians (I are one). You don't have to force a natural musician to an instrument, he/she will automatically be drawn to it.

The complexity of his rhythms are amazing. If he hasn't been exposed to African/Cuban/Caribbean/Jazz rhythms, I'd be even more amazed as that means it's coming out of his head.

DollarBillHines

(1,922 posts)

17. How can you tell when the stage is level?

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Reply #12)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 04:31 PM

Dec 2012

The drummer is drooling out of both corners of his mouth.

doc03

(35,345 posts)

2. I despise that song, whenever it comes on the radio I change channels. n/t

Reply to moobu2 (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 01:01 AM

Dec 2012

TlalocW

(15,384 posts)

3. Three thoughts

Reply to moobu2 (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 01:14 AM

Dec 2012

1. I hope they get him a drum set - not only to encourage him to develop musically but also so they can wash their clothes.
2. Reminds me of Buddy Rich's appearance on, "The Muppet Show," where he played the backstage area - drumming on counters, walls, pipes, etc.
3. Sure this is cute and impressive, but when I was a kid and did the same thing to the cat, I got yelled at.

TlalocW

Warpy

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4. Autistic kids often display a freakish talent in one area

Reply to moobu2 (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 01:19 AM

Dec 2012

and some people who have had severe brain injury have found hidden talent when they've recovered. It's as though our brains get in our way in some way and only when part is short circuited or damaged do these talents arise.

This kid is obviously a genius when it comes to rhythm. I hope they've gotten him a real drum set, or plan to.

The weirdest case I ever saw was a bus driver who survived a bleed inside his head and became a mathematical genius. I also knew a stroke patient who started to speak a foreign language that his family swore up and down that nobody else spoke. We could only figure that his grandparents had spoken it around him and he'd picked it up on some level.

The more you work around the brain, the weirder the whole thing gets. It's why neurology was my favorite field until my back couldn't cope with it any more.