YOUNG DRUMMER ROCKS!

The beat of a Daft Punk song bellows through the speakers of Jeremiah Klein’s bedroom in Southeast Las Vegas. The young boy deftly plays his drums to the layered beat. In a short amount of time, the young drummer has stepped up to perform on stage with industry professionals, including Sherry St. Germaine, DJ APlus, DJ Buck Rodgers.

The shy 11-year-old has a remarkable and far-reaching talent for music.

“When I was 3 or 4, my dad played a lot of music, and I liked tapping to it,” Jeremiah said. He started with a small electric table drum set at age 5 before moving onto a full drum set. His dad inspired him by slipping a Daft Punk CD into the stereo.

He has lessons twice per week, and spends 3-5 days practicing

By Sam Schierholzl

“I’ll do some drills, techniques, and then I’ll play some songs,” Jeremiah said Playing the drums involves agile hand and foot movement “I’m trying to get better at doing doubles on my left hand, because it’s hard for me to do that.”

On a recent afternoon, he whipped out his sticks to play. The metallic crash of the cymbals act jointly to make a beat with the booming tom drums. The prodigy isn’t quite pleased with the result.

“I’d want a fourth tom down by my low tom, a second crash cymbal next to my ride cymbal, and a trash stack cymbal,” Jeremiah said, planning his dream drum set.

Hit Maker in the Making

He moves quickly from the kit to his tidy desk to show his other passion: producing Moving his homework out of the way, he gives a sample of his latest song, “Wildest E ”

“Sometimes I’ll get my computer out and then I’ll just start messing around, making a drum beat or a melody,” Jeremiah said

Jeremiah blends his favorites with his original compositions when he is asked to DJ with local artists for big events

“It’s fun to be able to play the songs that I like,” Jeremiah said

The long days of tirelessly practicing techniques and learning rudiments is rewarding when he listens to his playbacks.

“It takes awhile to learn something, but once you get it, then it’s really fun,” Jeremiah said.

Music moves Jeremiah, and his beats inspire others He has been asked to DJ the Noon Year’s Eve Party by local powerhouse Tiny Beats He’s planning a mix of surprises along with his own sounds

“I’m really excited because I get to play in a cool, big venue,” he said “I’m also excited to play my music for people, along with a mix of house, pop and kids music remixes some people haven’t heard before.”