Nic Collins Hears “Whiplash” For The First Time
When Nic Collins came out to the Drumeo studio, we asked him to describe his stylistic comfort zone. As you can imagine, rock, prog-rock, and funk were all in his wheelhouse.
We then asked him what styles he’s least comfortable with, and he mentioned metal and jazz, the latter of which “is a nightmare for me”.
We asked him to listen to a drumless version of “Whiplash”, a jazzy 1973 Don Ellis tune that enjoyed a resurgence in the 2010s thanks to the drumming-themed movie of the same name.
Without drums in the track to guide him, Nic had to rely on his intuition to come up with a part on the fly that he thought would fit. In the end, we let him hear what the drums are actually supposed to sound like. How do you think he did?
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Chapters
00:00 – Intro
00:16 – Lesson Overview
00:28 – Nic’s Drumming Likes And Dislikes
01:14 – Active Listening – Without Drums
03:30 – Song Analysis
03:49 – First Take
06:04 – First Take Analysis & Second Take
08:03 – Second Take Analysis
09:03 – Final Take
13:42 – Final Take Analysis
15:21 – Active Listening – With Drums
17:20 – Final Thoughts
18:16 – Outro
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@andrealapointe4104
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
Sounds great!
@SirArthurStreebGreebling
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
Thought this was gonna be Whiplash by Metallica 😂
(I think Nic could outdrum Lars… but don’t tell anyone)
@sammy.witwicky
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
he is dragging
@syNNaptix
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
this is fire!
@BlockSliceASMR
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
Not Quite my Tempo
@DaveCollins_88
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
It's good to see a celebrity's child be successful without embarrassing their parents or rebelling. Bravo Nic Collins, I wish you a very successful career.
@Unknown15165
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
You have dude playing the hardest drum line in history to play
@Luca53
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
Not quite my tempo
@hinaynihorvath3926
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
this song sounds like a drunk man wrote it ugggh no one can drum to this confusing mess
@misslilly7379
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
Genius.
@user-mp7il3je9d
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
18:05 absolutely the opposite. Keeps me misunderstanding why would you chose the lazy version of drums.
@user-mp7il3je9d
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
Should've gave him the Caravan (from the final scene of Whiplash), it would've been much better. Or could gave him the version of Whiplash with the leading drums (like in the film). The disappointment of ease of the real version is killing the vibe of something special for drums (or why else would you call such a special drummer).
@altrerose
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
well.. he was jammin
@stephenpetrovich2383
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
ok…welll I was expecting Metallica here…..thats the Whiplash I would expect…..
@mathisdacquarica7611
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
Grande Nic!
@SynthShredder
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
'We've got Buddy Rich here!' 🪑
@woahslowdown
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
I thought this was going to be Metallica Whiplash
@jeremykondra5367
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
He so cheated in having watched the movie…
@Mackaygolf
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
Jazz is garbage. Random noise masquerading as "music".
@13epiphone
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
The idea that I played over this and clearly i didnt have to. Is horrible. Honestly what he played was a superior sound in my opinion. I love the movie, but his playing over the drumless track hit me better than the original recording no doubt.
@MrJoeDirt
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
The Lardell shout out got me… great video… really love this kid and am a yuuuuuge fan of his fathers work.
@NexusofLight777
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
Well shit…..and here I thought it was gonna be Metallica's Whiplash!
@soakedbearrd
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 am
This channel has really punished Nic, first he had to play Opeth’s ghost of perdition (and he absolutely killed that hard song), and now this off beat jazzy tune? Geez, if this was a game you would start him on nightmare mode 😂
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