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Not of This World

Bill Whittle Network

Bill Whittle Network

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4.9720 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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His YouTube name is El Estepario Siberiano — ‘The Siberian Steppe’ — also known as The Groovefather… and through endless hours of hard work and dedicated practice he has developed drumming techniques that leave other professionals in a set of awe. Bill Whittle brings us something different this week to show us the power of human potential. https://www.youtube.com/@ElEsteparioSiberiano Join our crack team of elite anti-elitists by becoming a member or making a one-time donation right here: https://billwhittle.com/register/

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0:00.0

Well, as usual, I had a choice of topic between Doge tariffs and SpaceX, but I decided, hey, let's try something new.

0:06.1

Let's talk about somebody who's pushed the limit of human potential beyond anything that anybody thought was possible.

0:13.1

And in this case, we're talking about, wait for it, drumming.

0:17.8

Hi, everybody. I'm Bill Little here with Steve Green and Scott Ott, and I know this is an unusual topic for us at right angle, but every now and then we try to throw in something eclectic just to get off of the grind.

0:27.6

Gentlemen, there are very few opportunities that we have to see a kind of a human ability that has surpassed what previous experts in the art have done

0:43.5

to a degree where you simply go, this is superhuman.

0:47.0

I can't believe it.

0:48.0

Now, let me just tell you why I'm interested in drumming.

0:50.0

I took several drumming lessons back in the mid-90s, and after many months of dedicated hard work

0:58.1

and study and practice on my part, I achieved the level of drumming that I think probably

1:02.1

would most fairly be described as remedial.

1:07.2

The big honor.

1:08.4

Our friend Alfonza-Rachel, on the other hand, is a superb drummer.

1:12.0

And there's been an ongoing discussion, as with anything, in terms of basketball or whatever.

1:16.3

Who's the goat?

1:16.8

Who's the greatest of all time?

1:17.8

Was it, Buddy Rich?

1:18.8

I'm a Stuart Copeland fan, myself, and so on.

1:21.8

But about a year ago, I started seeing videos from a drummer.

1:27.7

He's a Latin American fellow.

1:29.0

His name is El Estepadio Sabiriano, which means the Siberian steppe, which is a rather evocative

1:36.5

name.

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