Interviewing KDrummer 16

Dylanna Fisher
Nov 15, 2020
2 min read

Music has had a substantial impact on my personality. It allowed me to express who I truly was, gave me confidence during moments of doubt, and, most importantly, it relieved me of any negative emotions daily.

KDrummer 16 in an interview with Switching Styles

Close-up of a drummer playing a drum set on stage. Focus on drumsticks and cymbals, with a blurred background. The mood is energetic.

Bringing you amazing drum covers, brought to life and creating new levels with practical, edited effects. These covers are hard, energetic, amazing and visually stunning. These visuals add to the drum covers themselves, allowing them to “capture the beauty of drumming, and of course the drumming of the metal and hard rock genre.”

Starting in September of 2014, KDrummer 16’s YouTube channel has grown to 15,771 views and continues to grow. His love for music started way before YouTube, however. In fact, it started in his 3rd-grade music class.

“My friends and I watched this film that focused on the drummer quite a bit, and I thought how cool it would be to play like that. One day, my Dad came home from work with a tom drum in his hand; I was so happy to have received the first drum that I didn’t even realize there was an entire five-piece kit behind him!”

KDrummer16 is a drummer with a lot of skill and even more attitude. He covers hard rock bands such as Godsmack, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, Mötley Crüe, Tool, Metallica, and Avenged Sevenfold. These are the bands that have inspired his sound: aggressive, ecstatic, and fun.

“The musicians that inspire my sound are Danny Carey of Tool, John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, and Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan of Avenged Sevenfold. Carey challenges me to play complicated fills and in odd time signatures, Bonham taught me to play loud and maintain a solid groove, and my ecstatic playing is all thanks to The Rev,” he explains in an interview with Switching Styles.

KDrummer 16 Drum Covers

Covers give him a chance to connect with people. They appeal to people because it can show a different side to their favourite songs.

As he explains, “A drummer may decide to put a half-time feel over an upbeat feel, and it changes the entire emotion the song is trying to convey. If one really likes a song, they will find different ways to enjoy it, which always leads to covers”.Here are Switching Styles’ favourite drum covers from KDrummer 16.

“IT is the End” Originally by Ice Nine Kills

Let’s start with his personal favourite drum cover. Not only because it’s fun and wild but being able to take on the persona of a killer clown makes it all that much more awesome.