What people say

Three of them

People on camera

Not everybody who vouched for him typed it

This is the 2013 Drummer of Tomorrow contest reel. Several minutes of it are other people talking about Brian to a camera - players, organisers and listeners who were asked by the filmmakers, not by him. It is the one piece of proof on this page with faces on it, and like everything else here it plays from where it was published rather than being copied.

• “At least ten children said to their moms and dads that day, "I want to play the drums."”

• “This does not have the appreciation it deserves...that was tight and clean af my guy🤘💯”

• “Those rolls and ghost notes are chefs kiss”

• “Great syncopation brother”

• “Nice to see drummer’s keeping time with the Hi-Hats. Cool”

• “Ok, I believe you. Nice chops you've got there!”

• “Excellent. As fluid as water., and as crisp as fresh paper. Totally awesome.”

• “Actually, that's a pretty solid recording coming off the street. Serious groove!”

• “this would probably be the only moment where I’d wish I could be stuck at the light longer haha”

• “I reduced my set to just a tom, kick, hi hat and snare and found really quickly how much of my set I don't honestly need.”

• “Nice fellow drummer. You got some serious skills .crisp clean fast calculated. Just plain I'll.YES!!!!!!!!”

• “If I had a choice of this guy or a guy with great rolls, I’d choose the guy who is on time, good attitude and groove. Rolls don’t even get an eyebrow raise from me.”

• “Everything I’ve ever heard from this guy was gold. Love the accents. So good.”

• “Brian Foster, "In-the-Pocket" brother. Great drumming, thanks. JoeBlues 11/29/25”

• “Nice footwork dude!”

• “Kit sounds great! Love the pocket”

• “BRO UR NUTS 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 clean ah double bass”

• “that's awesome groovy man”

• “That double bass is so freaking sick.”

• “Realy Groovy ❤”

• “Those ghost notes. Excellent.”

• “Last lick of sixes was really tight nice drumming dude”

• “Their drummer is one of the best I've ever heard IMO. Not only are his fills amazing but just his normal beats are really awesome aswell!”

• “Quantized not by computer but by skill that earned through decades of earnest dedication to the craft of groove drumming”

• “SICK FILLS... GREAT DOBLE BASS FOOT PATTERNS I ALWAYS SEE INFINITE TIMES YOUR VIDEOS MAN NICE VIBES!!!!”

• “Your feel is INSANE!! I smiled so hard my mouth almost fell off my face!”

• “The world would be a much better place if there was a drummer on every street corner plan some awesome groove like that.”

• “Your snare tone is full and chunky and pretty awesome that you captured that with passing cars in the background as a pedal tone lol”

• “Some of the best timing I’ve heard. Makes me happy. Great job.”

• “If you were to pour water on your feet, steam would rise! SMOKIN' footwork!”

• “Try playing a herta on the bass drum over a 5/4 4/4 polyrhythm with your hands.”

• “Brotha was Afro-latino, so the rudiment having a hispanic name keeps the props consistent. Thank you. You're treatment of that flava is 'Supa Correct'.”

• “Your foot pattern sounds like Bleed and i like whole groove of this nice job man”

• “It's the name of the pattern. If you play 2 8th followed by two 4th with alternating sticking it's also a herta rudiment. :)”

• “Brian keeping the driver's cool and entertained with his amazing feels snd chops ! Wailen Brian ! 😊”

• “Nice drum solo. Great articulation and timing.  I think I can detect some Rod Morgenstein, Tommy Aldridge and Danny Carey sprinkled in there...”

• “Not super into the snare sound... but very well done! Good dynamics on the kick :)”

• “Oh Dude. ..❤well played. Easy....i love the end with short double bass and a nice fast fill in❤”

• “We love you Brian! My man! The double bass and syncopation * chef’s kiss * Legit one of my faves that you have done! I can’t stop listening to it!”

• “Clean as hell man and crazy drum setup! You must have nuts the size of Webb County”

How this page is put together: unsolicited public comments, unedited, unpaid. Nothing is edited except the length, and where a line is shortened it is marked. Nobody was paid, offered anything, or asked to write anything. There are no star ratings here because nobody ever gave a star. 499 comments, harvested 11 September 2026, ordered by how much of the playing they actually describe. Dates are shown as the year only: the harvest recorded several months of relative dates against one day, so a day would be invented.