Ezequiel Ghilardi

[Julián Fernández]

Killer pocket and chops! Way to go Ezequiel!

[Gaddabout]

Great playing and unbelievable drum sound. Wow. Those sounded outstanding. Nice phrasing, too. On that first one I just wanted him to get beyond the triplet afterwhile. LOL Wecklitis.

[Manu]

That's some insane command of the kit right there, wow.

[Rodge]

Yeah he REALLY loves Dave !!!

[Gaddabout]

Yeah he REALLY loves Dave !!!

This is one of the things I love about YouTube. You get to see all these cats around the world who've been touched by Dave Weckl, who revolutionized drum education. Now we have a ton of players who have a good portion of Weckl's vocabulary down, but they bring their own culture and influences to it. I'd love to hear Ezeuqiel in 10 years when he's expanded his own vocabulary. I love how Kiko Freitas has 'Brazilianized' his Wecklisms!

[Gaddabout]

I've watched this second one several times now and I don't believe he really lets go and just plays until about 2:55. It's when I felt he had gotten all of his influence reference points out of the way and started being himself. It's really beautiful at that point, just lovely playing, and I love his approach to the techno tune.

I've got him earmarked as a player to watch now. Climbing my charts!

[Julián Fernández]

Yeah, he´s a monster player.
The thing that stand out the most to me is how locked he is all the time...
Flawless technique, great sound and amazing pocket...

[Steve Holmes]

Crazy good. Great control dynamically.
The drums sound great as well, I was ready to pay DW a compliment for a change, then I saw they were another company. I wasn't surprised.

[JonasR]

Thank you for posting that!
Great stuff .. amazing how he locks with the groove in that first video.
It would be cool to hear him in a groove oriented band project.

[Josiah]

slick. super smooth.