I am a 69 year old jazz fusion prog rock drummer and Akane is constantly amazing me!!!! She is very special and so natural and fluid with incredibly hard and unique patterns and fills. She reignited my love for drumming. She is one of the most amazing drummers walking the Earth. Portnoy with a beautiful smile

When Wave was asked what he wanted to be in his next life he said "Duh! A Japanese Drummer Girl!"

Amazing stuff. Great new video style.

So this is a new type of video for me. I have no idea how people will receive it, but i hope you enjoy! And please share your feedback for what you liked, or what you didn't like about this format! Go join BAND-MAID PRIME: bandmaidprime.tokyo/ Also, to those waiting on your instant reactions, they'll be coming soon! This video took a lot longer to finish than i expected, so thank you for your patience! I won't leave you hanging!

You have instantly endeared yourself to thousands of Band-Maid fans. What a great analysis - can't wait for Kanami's turn. I've subscribed. I hope this video gets more of their dedicated fans to sign on to B-M Prime!

Thank you for doing a very well in-depth breakdown and analysis. Quite informative and enjoyable

Love seeing anything and everything bandmaid!❤❤👍Your doing an awesome job!😉

Really cool and informative video, i watched the premiere, but also wanted to comment on it afterwards. You put a lot of effort into this one and it shows exactly that! Informative, fun and just good work on this one! Thanks for giving our ladies a platform to reach their goal for WORLD DOMINATION! Greetings from Germany :)

Great video, thanks!

What might be even more impressive than Akane & Band-Maid is when someone not only deep dive into analytics of their work, but also tries to keep up on their own gear. Well done Sir. Well done !

I appreciate you doing this video. Anyone who helps support Band-Maid is ok in my book.

This is an excellent format. Adding in your expertise is why most of us are here. :)

Old school Rock drummer (65 Years old) Thank you for a great break down. I will be back to see more of you videos. Peace

I really enjoy your analysis on Akane's drumming. One of the main reasons that I love bandmaid so much is they let each member really shine. Whenever I listen to many 80s bands, most drummers and bassists were seemingly forced to hold back. Bandmaid is truly the perfect team, there's this oneness about the band yet each member has their own different identity.

Thank you! As a self taught hack drummer and a Maidiac this was awesome. I only watch reaction videos of people who can play some instrument and this video makes yours the only one I have Subscribed to and commented on.

Akane🦍🥁rocks and I'm glad to see you getting so excited about her talents. You put a ton of time and effort into this one and BAND-MAID fans all over appreciate it. Thanks, Wave.

Well, that was amazing. My walnut sized brain understood almost none of it, but I thoroughly enjoyed nodding along "knowingly" to what you were saying. As a side note - watching Akane playing drums in slow motion with her long hair is the sexiest thing I have ever seen. Just when I thought my crush couldn't get anymore intense. . . ♥

Thank you! This is so far above the best reactions out there! Much appreciate!

Props for the amount of work and study that went into this video

This is Great! Thank You!!

Instantly one of the best Band-Maid videos on KZfaq.

That was really interesting and it looks like a lot of work, but your efforts paid off with a great reaction. Hope to see more like this.

I enjoy these in-depth technique videos so yes please, more.

I have to admit, i hit like as soon as prime was mentioned, but really enjoyed the format and the detail that has gone into it. Keep up the good work

BAND-MAID are the best thing to happen since a cow decided to sleep on my BBQ & i didn't notice until it smelled delicious :)

Thank you Wave. Very glad that musician explains how Band Maid is great band. Following them 6 years and receiving so much inspiration and energy from them.

That was awesome! Congrats, Wave! You're officially now my favorite reactor. Can't wait to watch your breakdown of Kanami's guitar works.

I like this format

Never sub to any reactor, but you sir earned my respect. New Sub 🙋🏻‍♂️

Lovely to see Akane getting the praise she deserves. One of my two favorite japanese drummers. Hard for me to pick a favorite of Senri Kawaguchi and Akane Hirose, they are quite different. But I do wonder what they have in the water in Japan. It's not like it is a new thing, one of my favorite bands in the 80's was Casiopea, amazing musicians also. Great reaction.

Great format! Really shows respect for the musicians and showcases your abilities as a musician and wordsmith. Well done sir!

I watched all of your reactions to the fascinating young Japanese drum mastery of Senri Kawaguchi, Yoyoka, and Kanade Soto before you found my favorite band, Band-Maid. Your enthusiasm for the band took me a little bit by surprise, because most of your reactions to the other ladies were mostly them doing covers or solos. Akane is not a look-at-me, look what I can do, kind of drummer. There is a show-off quality to some other musicians doing reactions to Band-Maid. It's almost like they are saying during their demonstrations, "see, what she is doing is not that hard, and I can play Kanami's part note-for-note". I want to tell them they don't have her phrasing, smile and stage presence, but I don't. :) I don't get anything but deep respect for their music from you. Refreshing. :) "Secret My Lips" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z7yllsRou5OZdZc.html

Great video man! I enjoyed the whole thing! I hope you do one of these again.

Good stuff! Thanks So glad you got hooked past the barb with Band Maid and are drummer oriented.

Absolutely loved the video and editing. Thank you! And thanks for supporting B-M Prime!

Not many people (except drummers obviously) notice that ridiculous four measure fill. It goes on forever. God job.

Great!

This is great. More of this! This makes me hope Band-Maid soon releases a live video of "Black Hole" (they have two to choose from). That is a real Akane showcase. "Different" comes close and there's a video for that (hint hint). Looking forward to your next video (no matter who you cover).

I'm down for these video essays, especially with Band-Maid since their music composition are so fun to listen to.

This was so much fun watching you become involved in Band Maid. You're breakdown of Akane doing here thing was both informative and hilarious in the best way. I just set up prime myself . well worth the money . Great job Wave Potter

Wow! So amazing how she keeps the song alive and growing .........ALL THE TIME, to the last hit. Amazing. and looks like Misa does the same thing on bass, making them the hottest and inventive rhythms section I have seen in 50 years It;s like Jones/Bonham on speed AND steroids...... AND they are cute. WTF ?????

My reaction to you branching out like this? Subbed.

A 4 bar fill is almost a drum solo also the intro for No God also subscribed :)

thats why jimmy paige took a picture of akane as he listen and watch at thw backstage coz jimmy notice rhe talent of akane its phenomenal

Well done and entertaining. Thanks.

あかね、カッコ良い〰️〰️〰️❤️

Nice way to promote the band and kept it entertaining and educational. Well done, I hope you continue with this format for the other members.

I love this!! I can really appreciate you taking the time to take a closer look at how amazing these ladies are....Great Job!!

More of this!!! Great job, very enjoyable and informative!! 🎶🎸🥁🎸🎶🔥🙂

Very nice format. Thank you I really enjoyed this!

Love this! Keep it up!

Great review of a phenomenal drummer. Go Achi!

thanks for the breakdown! that was great!

This was a fun and interesting video, and I think you did a very good analysis of Warning!. I'd watch more of these for sure.

A really well done and informative format. 👍🏻 As a non-musician, it gives me a little more understanding of why Akane's playing in so many of their songs impresses me without actually knowing why. I know that her playing stands out positively from so many others, but I've never been able to exactly put my finger on it. So, thank you for the detailed explanation! 【 'Our rock never dies ever. Forever!' - Band-Maid 】🕊️

This was great wave glad to see how much you like Bando Maido, and the fact that Akane Gorilla Hirose was the center of attention here really liked this format keep going with it . Long Live the PO!

This was awesome. I always appreciate a musicians breakdown and analysis. It helps my musically unsophisticated ears hear more and gain even more appreciation and enjoyment from the music. I'm looking forward more like this. I joined BAND-MAID Prime the moment I was available. Worth every penny.

Great format, really enjoyed it. If that's your first attempt, then I must say you appear a natural! The outcome is, if you enjoyed 'Warning' then you need to hear the rest of the 'Unseen World' album. I guarantee you'll enjoy it 😉

glad you like them, enjoyed the video, didn't expect you to look at the band maid prime thing lol, they had the membership fan club for some time now (they used to do it to communicate with fans and post what behind the scene stuff and what they are working on) but they only started the prime thing like one or 2 months ago so they are working now pretty consistenly on new content there, at least for now that they can't do any live gigs. Very interesting video, I didn't know all of this about her drumming, all I knew was that she is very dynamic, you feel she doesn't keep the same type of drumming throughout the whole song and changes it a lot so it's nice seeing you talk about it and performing it

this is a great format! keep it coming!

Wow!!. This is probably the best analysis I´ve ever watched about Band Maid music, and believe me, I´ve seen a lot. This is valuable sir!. Thank you for showing the importance of brave musicians who are not afraid to innovate to go further, higher, brighter. Seen Neil Peart in the same video as Akane Hirose has filled my eyes with tears. I have had a nice time.

I enjoyed this very much! Fun and informative in a way I've seen very rarely.

Great Job Sir! Well done! You obviously put a lot of work into this and it shows. I implore everyone to support this great guy, even with small donations. One of the best reactionists on You Tube! I'm not related, just a big fan of him and all of the great talent he reacts to. Pass on one of those 1/4#s he's always talking about and throw him a bone. This will probably embarrass Wave, because he is so modest, but I want him to feel good about all the hard work he does, so he will keep entertaining and educating us. I so look forward to his reactions, just as much as I do the release of a new Yoyoka vid!

Loved it!! Great format, takes the appreciation for their skills to another level, especially liked the parts of you trying to recreate it. Akane's creativity and diversity on her kit probably make her my favourite drummer. But I gotta say that I missed your first reaction to this song, I LOVE watching people experience it, makes me kinda feel like experiencing the song for the first time again. If there's any chance of you including the reaction into the video or a separate video for it would be absolutely perfect. But ey, you do you, it's your choice, anything with Band-Maid... I'm in! Thanks for this, I've probably been watching Band Maid reactions for 2 years on here, this was the best Fan-Band-Maid related content on KZfaq I've ever seen.

Excellent analysis. Thanks so much :-)

This format is SO MUCH BETTER than just the typical reaction videos of people pretending to be watching for the first time and being blown away by it.

Love the reaction and format !

As far as I know , you are the most excellent reactor . There are some reactors who have deep knowledge on music and playing instruments , but what they do is just to talk . In your case , you show your deep knowledge and an excellent analysis ability plus your real performance as multi-instrumentalist .

I'm not a musician and didn't understand half of what you said but still loved this. Because, you know...Akane. What was the comment I saw here? It fills a need I didn't know I had? Good job!

Great concept, Wave Potter. Please keep it going with Band-Maid, Jinjer and The Warning. You'll find a wealth of content to analyze and hear some of the best hard rock, metal and rock musicians, performers and songwriters going today.

Great job Wave, subscribed.

Now that's what I call an excellent video! You earned a new follower! As Maidiac, I watch lots of reactions, but only a few reactors bring me something new. It's fun to watch someone discover them, but just a few "waw" and headbangs doesn't do the trick. You've now joined my favorite reactors, like Chase Carneson, TankThe Tek or Champ of Medium. Whenever I watch their video, I go back to the song with something new to hear. So thank you and keep up the good work!

Very cool video! Thanks for doing this. Interesting for someone like myself who loves music but is more of a novice when it comes to the nuts and bolts of it.

This video was simply amazing! Can tell a lot of work went into putting it together but seemed like you pushed it out quickly! Also I felt pretty dumb before watching thinking oh man I hope he doesn’t post the video lol! Great job!

MORE BAND-MAID?! I'M IN! Subscribe button pressed.

Excellent!!! Really enjoyed this👍👍!!! Definitely looking forward to seeing the other ladies' breakdown. Yes they have talent, but I really appreciate is that they put the time and hard work to get where they're at. During the covid shutdown, Akane said she had a chance to work on and improve basic skills. The others did as well, improving on their weaknesses, and it shows! I have seen some of the greatest drummers ever, live, including Mr. Rich, and I can honestly put Akane in the upper group. Not the most technical, not the most flashy, but solid, never boring, always interesting, and knows her place within Band-Maid,...to me, the perfect drummer!!!👍👍🤘🤘🤘

we really need to go to Japan and find out "What the Hell they put in they drinking water"... hahaha

this is super informative and very original content - looking forward to seeing more !

Great work, Wave! I love the format! Your reactions/breakdowns and Band-Maid have one thing in common: pure gold! 👍😊🤘

Great breakdown of Akane, She's my favorite drummer of all time. She's inspired me to start practicing drums, Just need to save up for a kit first 😅

BRILLIANT video! More of this, please.

Great work!

A-chan A-chan A-chan!

Thank you my friend this is one of the most fascinating analysis that I have seen for Band Maid.

Great Analysis!! And good way for it. I'm glad you like AKANE (YOYOKA and SENRI KAWAGUCHI, too). I think you will love this interview. Please read it. - I see… Also, NO GOD has many highlights of the rhythm section. Did you receive such requests? Kanami: I wrote NO GOD because Akane had said she wanted a song with modulations. This time I talked with my bandmates like “What kind of song do you want?”, because I had a lot of occasions to talk with them during the COVID pandemic, but I couldn’t have much time to talk with Akane in detail because I wanted to let her concentrate on practicing the difficult drums I had written. She told me once on LINE she wanted a song with modulations, so I decided to give her a song with modulations as a surprise present and also thought she would be glad if it starts with the drums, but when I told her “I wrote a song with modulations for you” she was like “Did I say such a thing?” (laughter) Kobato: But she said “I was glad because it starts with the drums”, po (laughter). Kanami: But she’d forgotten it (laughter). From:Interview with Miku Kobato and Kanami on the May 2021 issue of Player (2021-04-02): The two guitarists (Translated by t-shinji) www.reddit.com/r/BandMaid/comments/o5lnk7/interview_with_miku_kobato_and_kanami_on_the_may/ By the way, KANAMI (in Kanji 歌波) means song WAVE.

i clicked for the AKANE. stayed for the analysis. liked for the demonstrations. subscribed for the format. i cannot wait to see what else you do. really looking forward to your breakdown of MISA and KANAMI.

Great job dude! I enjoyed so much! Carry on analyze!

I reckon you've really excelled all your previous great work with this format, Wave - genuinely informative and enjoyable viewing. Great to see you elevating the somewhat overlooked rhythm sections of songs and bands, whilst giving us better appreciation of the melodic sections and the whole effort and effect. Not over technical so that non-musicians and budding musicians can learn to appreciate each band member's contribution to the whole, though some quick glosses of terms might make your work even more consciousness raising and help bring more appreciation of the brilliant musicianship and inspiration too. Much appreciated, all the best! Ps. I think Akane is one of Yoyo-chan's heroes!

...and, on the Eighth Day, God, with help from Miku, created BAND-MAID...and said, "This is some dope shit!"

great job on this video..always love hearing about the members and thier music..its amazing how much even after so many listens you still miss that someone else picks up...still hoping you do a cover of one of thier songs and who knows maybe Akane herself will watch this she is known to watch reactions

Love it Wave. Nice extra in depth coverage.The Band-Maid triumvirate are truly amazing/outstanding/phenomenal/remarkable/extraordinary and stupendous. Then add the vocals/backing vocals/harmonies and the same thing can be said. Can't wait for more. BAND-MAID!!! Peace.

The prime really is worth it. Especially for the online concerts they put up on there and the LA performance with nice cameras and decent audio. Nice job with the break down, thoroughly enjoyed it!

Loved this..... Got a new subscriber....

The songs that Kanami makes are getting more and more complicated, and I'm looking forward to what kind of play MISA and Akane will play. I thought I knew that Akane could hit in different ways, but when I saw you demonstrate, I really liked Akane's play. Great job

Excellent video edit. Love it!

I really enjoyed this format as well, along with your honest and humble analysis. Very respectful. I'll definitely re-check Band Maid Prime. I've been on this BM rabbit hole journey since 2020 (discovered BM through my pandemic YT scrolling) lol!. I hope your channel becomes a mainstay in the reaction world. Thank you for your efforts to help us understand the talent of these amazing musicians.

They said on an interview that Akane showed the members samples of the drumming for Black Hole, rated from Easy to Hell. All of them picked Hell and that became their fastest song to date. It would be fun if you tried to replicate it and show us

A-chan is truly "half-gorilla." Long live the Banana Girl. At 5'6", she is truly a giant among drummers. She is part the power of Bonham/Peart, part the jazz stylist of Senri Kawaguchi, and part the steadiness of Ringo Starr.

Wonderland LIVE is a good suggestion: It shows a very good interaction between each os the musicians.

please break down black hole! Omoshiroi!