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The kit is a Tama Starclassic Bubinga and normally she uses a Ludwig black beauty snare I think, although she has a variety of other snares

Love the idea of a Band Maid Monday. Giovanni is such an interesting song. 3 songs blended into one IMO

Great reaction. I listened to the full song after this and the way the song is changed by Saiki's vocals is pretty amazing. You should listen to the full song too! It's almost a different song.

Thanks for pausing and analyzing Drum Nerd! Band Maid makes beautiful beautiful rock music. And they have the drummer they need to do it.

Thanks, man, you're always articulating stuff I feel instinctively, but don't get as a layperson. Believe it or not, Giovanni has vocals, so there's another musical line and lyrics to blow your mind even more.

Akane is total nerd. Great picture of her coming out of a drum store in Califórnia with a new snare. She writes her part(s) on screen and only then learns how to do it. Mincho always chooses the hardest version. When they can all play it she cranks the speed up and it's another few weeks of practice. Not a band who sit down and jam and come away with a one riff wonder.

Akane's kick patterns are my fav in the world right now. Something about them are so satisfying.

Her main kit is a Tama Starclassic (Bubinga). The red color is based on her figurine of Asuka Langley Soryu (Neon Genesis Evangelion) that she brought to the factory.

Love the react to bandmaid and my love akane! Happy that you will be breaking down more bandmaid more often and I'll see you soon!❤😉🤘🤘🤘

Giovanni is monstrous , po!

She’s a Tama artist and the snare is a Ludwig 5x14 Black Beauty. The kit is a custom bubinga Tama Star.

Colin, I am supremely jealous of your drum ears. I only hear what you hear after you point it out and walk me through it 😏

If all I wanted to do is listen to the band I wouldn't be on your channel I would be on theirs. Thanks for your insight...

This song has walk-to-wall vocals that were stripped out for this play-through. You must check out the original, even on your own time. You can hear the guitar just enough to know Kanami is going bonkers but not how bonkers. But Saiki and Miku rule on this song. You may even find the live video for this. I love watching that one.

'Giovanni' is one of my Band-Maid favorites because of the funky rhythm changes that Akane and Misa do. Kanami and Miku are doing mostly classic rock, but this piece gets funky/improv jazzy and and when you add Saiki and Miku's vocals there are spoken almost rap-like elements. This piece is a true genre blender (set the Osterizer on 11) At that time Akane was using TAMA STAR Bubinga and still is, as far as I know. Band-Maid had been upgrading their gear since the October '22 US tour, but I don't know if Akane has been making any changes. Her Bass usually features the TAMA logo above the BAND-MAID logo, but when I saw them in Detroit and Columbus the TAMA logo was missing. She was using a silver set in Columbus., but it looks like a red set in Detroit. OTH, the applique for the BAND-MAID logo has been slowly delaminating during performances: in Columbus the AID in MAID was slowly falling off. The A was hanging on by its leading leg on the last song of the set. There was a tiny logo that I could not read at the *bottom* of the bass skin that sorta but not quite looked like "Yamaha", so I dunno. I am guessing Akane needed a last minute replacement front head with a hole and they took what was available.

The album version has vocals. It’s actually a fantastic song. Only behind Sayonakidori and sometimes Manners. 😆

This version of Giovanni you're watching was the instrumental version of the full song with lyrics. This version was released with the First Press Limited Edition of Unseen World is not on their official channel. It is bonus DVD/Blu-ray material only available if you bought the album.

Your channel title is so accurate. 👍😎

Thank you again Colin ! When you finally interview Akane, i hope you nerd out and speak " Drum-anese " ...Fan-boying is for OTHER reactors ! Side note : I don't know WHAT a Las Vegas and Florida Stanley Cup final even means...(I hate to admit ... it'll probably be epic ). It's kinda the drumming equivalent of having a kit made entirely of marshmallows !... Doesn't make sense...but Oh, SO tasty !

Have you find balance yet? It's very interesting.

The last time I checked her drum kit (a while ago now) it was a Tama Star Classic Bubinga Custom, often with a Lugwig Black Beauty snare, dw hard wear/pedals, mostly Zildjian symbals and Wincent 5A (I think) sticks- I use the same.

Even with 10,000 subs, going to Japan and then landing an interview with Akane is unlikely unless you have some really good connections somewhere.

I think its generally best to hear the origional song before the instrumental version - its kinda overwhelming and confusing its so busy - and then listening and watching this video helps you make sense of the song with its singing - but I get why as a drummer you want to see the version that has a drum cam :) I do hope you have gone and listened to the origional song too for yourself tho!

Giovanni is basically pure jazz

This is one of their many instrumentals.

Mozart meets the Foo fighters and Dave Brubeck. I hope you get to meet Akane in the near future.

She uses a Tama kit

A-chan A-chan A-chan!!!!!

She was a Sakai artist u til they went out of business. You’ll see her playing a custom pink and red sparkle kit in a lot of videos. That’s her Sakai kit she called Emily.

JUNNA latest drum cover Lux Aeterna(Metallica), Pain Killer(Judas Priest)🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

When Kanami programs the drums when she write the songs Akane will often complain, "This drum part cannot be played by a human." But she always comes up with something. So I think it's good that Kanami challenges her to do that. To come up with something that she can play. Of course MISA does her thing on the bass to fit it in the Rhythm Section. Probably the tightest in the business. Of course Kanami plays Miku's part for her. It's just cheaper and quicker. But then after Kanami teaches it to Miku, Miku has to write the lyrics and teach Saiki her part. So it's very much a collaborative effort for the entire band. But yes, her drums are Tama, not Pearl.

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I understand you really appreciate Akane's skill on the drums. So now you should start practicing how her name actually sounds. Ah-Kah-Nay He-Roh-Say

Copied from another page on the internet: In 2016, Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin caught a performance of Band-Maid in Tokyo and asked for a photo-op with their drummer, Akane Hirose. Reportedly he told her that she was like a reincarnation of John Bonham.

あかねはあんよがとても綺麗だよw。