Congratulations to 14-year-old Caitlin Kalafus who claimed the title of World’s Fastest Female Drummer last month in Anaheim, California at the NAMM Winter Session. Caitlin is the youngest person to ever hold a World’s Fastest Drumming World Record, setting female division records in the ‘Battle of the Feet’ with 799 singles on the bass drum in sixty seconds. What an amazing accomplishment!
See Caitlin hammering the skins at age 13:
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26 comments
Anti-Women
I admit she’s good but 799 beats in one minute? that’s impossible. that means shes hitting 13.5 notes in a second. no.
gretchen
The fastest is around 1247 BPM, recorded at the NAMM convention in LA, so do the math. It is possible.
samantha
i no her
Maecy
Hi Caitlin agaaaaaaaaain its Maecy agaaaaaaaaain thanks for responding to me.You are 100% cool! i live in Australia/Adelaide. i want to be good at drums like you but not the fastest.I like your band’s name a loooooot!
byyyyyyyyyyye agaaaaaaaaan.
gretchen
I agree with Caitlin – keep trying! I’ve been playing for 20 years and I’m still learning new styles and new tricks. I find that short bursts work best for me. I’ll try something new for say 10-15 minutes and then move on to something else for a while so I don’t get frustrated. Then I will come back to the new thing for another 10-15 minutes. Usually it doesn’t take long to get past the hard parts, but you have to practice consistently. ;)
Caitlin
Hey Maecy, I think it’s different with everyone. Some friends I have find it hard to play the drums. I even find it hard when learning new things. It’s all about sticking through the hard stuff and working it out if you don’t get it at first. Let me know if you have any questions, and good luck :)
-Cait
for anyone who hasn’t checked out or heard of Kicking Daisies (my band) go to our website…
http://www.kickingdaisies.com :D
Maecy
HI,
I’ve just turned 7. I want to start learning the drums soon too. Is it hard?
What’s it like playing?
It looks really cool! It sounds sooooooooo loud.
Seeya,
Maecy
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I’m a 14-year old girl and have played for 6 months. Your drumming is really impressive, Caitlin; you rock!
charlotte frost
she sounds so cool.
davy
brilliant.YOU GO GIRRRRLLLLLL