#CUBUS DRUMMER HOW TO#
Potgieter will discuss in detail the production and post production of his YouTube videos and how to achieve a professional sound when recording drums. This DVD is aimed to be both an Instructional and Documentary DVD, teaching drummers and wannabe drummers different techniques and practice routines. Potgieter is also in the proccess of producing a DVD that he will release to be sold via his website to all of his fans, in the last quarter of 2009. He is also pursuing a career in Drumming. Potgieter is currently studying Engineering as a major in college. His drum cover of 'Beat it' taking the title of 2nd most rated video by a musician on YouTube in just its second day of release.Ĭobus Potgieter cites Tony Royster Jr., Derico Watson, Carter Beauford, Travis Barker, Mike Portnoy, Thomas Lang as his main drumming influences. This 'Mini-tribute Series' topped over 100 000 views in just four days. On hearing the news of the death of the King of pop Michael Jackson Potgieter recorded a 'Mini-tribute Series' to the artist and included tracks like 'Beat it', 'Black or White', 'Smooth Criminal' and 'Billie Jean'.
#CUBUS DRUMMER SERIES#
This series was going to be "one of the most epic to date", and the release date was set for mid July 2009 On May 13, 2009, Cobus annnounced via his Facebook fan page that he would release a new series of videos entitled "The White Series". On November 11, 2008, Cobus Potgieter uploaded the "Hybrid" series (named so because of the use of acoustic and electric kits together), with a mind blowing 17 videos, including Avenged Sevenfold's Afterlife, Vanilla Sky's Umbrella (a Rihanna cover), the Jonas Brothers' Burnin' Up, as well as his own drum solo to name but a few. During this time his YouTube subscribers started growing and he soon became one of YouTube's After a long break, his fans began to expect Potgieter to upload more videos. In June 2007, he released the "Tri-Cam" series featuring 7 videos, then the "Dual-Cam" series with 3 videos and then The "Blister" series with 6 videos (including Potgieter's Most Viewed Video, "Face Down" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus in February 2008 wich has totaled over 1.5 million views ). His first series was the "Overhead Series" featuring 10 videos. He has posted several different series of videos on his YouTube channel, each using different camera angles and editing techniques. The South-African 'Youtube' Drummer started posting videos on August 6, 2006, with "Quick Drum Solo" He is a member and drummer of the band Inslowmotion. His first language is Afrikaans but he is also a fluent speaker of English. Potgieter currently resides in Bloemfontein, South Africa. As well as in the local and international press, media and radio. He has also made appearances on a few South African television shows. Potgieter posted his first video, *Nsnyc - Pop, on YouTube in late 2007, and it has become one of his top viewed videos since, totaling over 1.4 million views. He has become internationally recognised for his videos on YouTube, which have received over 17,700,000 views to date.Ĭobus Potgieter was born in Humansdorp, South Africa, where he started to play drums at the age of 16. Cobus Potgieter is a 22-year-old drummer from South Africa.