Matt Garstka "Tooth and Claw"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Matt Garstka
"Tooth and Claw"
from Animals As Leaders' "The Joy of Motion"
** WATCH IN HD! **
***If possible, listen to this with good headphones.
It will be worth it. ***
Matt’s Meinl Cymbals set-up from left to right, if sitting behind the kit, is as follows:
Stack (from bottom to top is as follows) - Generation X 8" cymbal from the Generation X 8"/10" Electro Stack, Soundcaster Custom 10" Piccolo Trash China, Byzance 8" Traditional Splash, Byzance 10" Extra Dry Splash
Byzance 13” Extra Dry Medium Hihats
Byzance 18" Extra Dry Dual Crash
Byzance 6" Brilliant Splash
Byzance 20” Extra Dry Dual Crash/Ride
Byzance 21” Extra Dry Transition Ride
Stack - bottom - Byzance 16" Traditional China, top - Byzance 18" Vintage Trash Crash
Byzance 20" Extra Dry China
Microphone set up:
Bass drum - inside - Sennheiser e602 / outside - Neumann M147
Snare top - Shure Beta 57, bottom - Shure SM57
Hihat - Shure KSM141
Stacks - Shure SM81
Splash - AKG 451
Rack Toms - Sennheiser e602
Floor Toms - Sennheiser MD421
Overheads - Audio-Techina AT4050
Room - Cascade Fat heads and Shure KSM44's
Recorded and filmed at Dark Horse Recording in Franklin, TN
Audio recorded by John Albritton
Videography and editing by Behind the Curtain Media
When I met Matt Garstka I was getting his signature at the G4 experience and he said, " Are you sure you want me to sign this? I'm just the drummer." LOL "JUST THE DRUMMER"
Wholesome
That’s kinda sad:( he’s amazing
Drummers get fucked on all the time. No one usually gives a shit about us unless they're drummers too. It's all about the dude/dudettes playing guitar/vocals for most people. It's always surprising as a drummer when someone recognizes you or knows music you've composed on. That's why we get paid less than other members too. We're kind of hidden behind a kit at the back of the stage and our stage presence doesn't go much further than stick tricks and headbanging.
@@Southboundpachyderm I'm a rhythm guitarist in a band and I can tell that without an appropriate bass and drums for a certain genre, there's no life in it. For bass, the riffs wouldn't sound heavy without them. For drums, personally, it wouldn't be djent/progressive metal without their feel they compliment the guitar with. It won't be the song we envision with, or will sound lifeless, without the drums. and the drums also helps us to be in sync together. If the guitar messes up, it's salvageable, but the drums? everything will go wack. I have big respect for all the drummers out there, especially on this genre, where jazz and metal is in harmony.
just my opinion.
@@tomugetsu5947 Well, thank you! I feel the same way about rhythm guitar though too! (I'm definitely biased from playing as a rhythm guitarist in a metal band for a couple years) Rhythm in general is so fucking important and it sets the tone in every way for the songs! Lead guitarists and Lead vocalists may get all the love, but it those of us in the rhythm sections, whether it be bass, guitar, or drums, that are actually running the show! Actually the biggest reason I love metal, hardcore and punk so much is because they're all percussive and rhythm based for the most part. TBH being a touring musician these days pretty much is the worst way to get rich or famous anyway, and most of the people you meet in the scenes are stoked when they find out I'm a drummer that can also play other instruments. The one benefit of being a drummer or a bassist is that it's a lot easier to find bands and you can be a lot pickier. In general I just think musical ability in any way is a kick ass superpower that I wouldn't trade for anything.
You know you hit your flow state as a drummer when you got the fish gasping for water face going on. Dude is killing it.
LOL That's a good one
Ifound myself hysterically laughing at how ridiculously good this is. It's just...silly.
I know right....!!!
gorg ckoliass beter. fast drum = best drum
@@user-id2dx4qd6j You're wrong. Anybody can play fast if they practise enough. To be interesting and musical is far more difficult than playing fast. Matt garstka has the perfect balance between being technical and musical. That's what makes him such a good drummer. Nevertheless, George Kollias is a beast.
@@pauldesmet8737 nah, I was being ironic/sarcastic. Look at my spelling. I was acting like the other people in this comment section.
I had that same *exact* reaction whenever I saw my dad playing Crazy Train on guitar when I was a kid! AAL and Chon give me that overwhelmingly inspired feeling in my adult years.
and you gotta love how metal drumming has taken influence from funk drumming with all the syncopation and ghost notes on the snare, i always find these kinds of stylistic connections to be so interesting
Cameron Armstrong Music yea,true.
Ghost notes are tasty
Hell yeah
It is all from jazz!
ghost notes are there to keep track of time why do you guys always mention it?
0:01 this is the position that Matt wakes up every morning in.
XDDD
That's funny shit.
Lol watdefudge dude 😂😂
Good morning haha
xDD lmaoo
Machine gun ghost notes
Dude for real
Step 1. click 1080p
Step 2. Go 0.5X/0.75X speed
Step 3 Realize how consistent and balanced his style and technique are.
After watching I get all excited and inspired to play my drums, then once I run to my drum set and start playing for few minutes all I can think about is "damn I suck".
Roger That Red! Me and "Ringo" r in same boat with ya, Lookin' for 70's (type)concert line-up, featuring ,Rush, Blotted Science and Animals as Leaders, @ "House of Blues"!, How Cool would that be? Jus sayin...⚡️
So did every great drummer when they started.
eh, i usually practice guitar after listening to AAL and the fact that i'm fucking terrible in comparison kinda motivates me to keep up
Freaking same dude. But that's inspiration. What's worse, is watching some 14 year old prodigy make you look like trash lol
Some people think you pick up sticks and you are a drummer. You have to invest time, not just money. If you suck it indicates the amount of time you have invested.
how could anyone give this a thumbs down?
I didn’t know you liked animals as leaders
@@firstname_lastname3507 this is such a bruh moment
IQ problem for sure
Jealousy 🤙🏼
Someone told them it was a Justin Bieber video and they got their FACE MELTED by this amazing performance 😎
This has to be one of the best drummers of this generation
Of 👏 all 👏 tiiiiiime 👏
You're both right!
The stick marks on his snare drum, though....that accuracy is unhuman. Such a dope video!
+Anthony Ghazel check out gavin harrison ;)
+bodaris99 Nailed it. After one of his clinics here he signed the snare head he used to hang at the store. He also circled the wear mark in the middle, no bigger than the size of a quarter.
+Anthony Ghazel The only thing I don't like in this video is that his snare is so dried out, it does not resonate. It's like hitting a piece of cardboard lol, but it probably makes it easier for recording purposes.
+jaydoode15 Who says that just isn't mic placement, type of skin or mixing that makes it sound like that?
+jaydoode15 I looooove it. Means you can here ghost notes much clearer in a mix, especially when you're playing live. Sounds snappy, funky and groovy as hell. Just me anyway :)
I love how, in terms of technique and pushing the limits, prog metal is more similar to jazz than any other style of music
C.J Armstrong yet jazz fans can't stop whining
@@triptychlux Well, it's because it's nowhere close to jazz in terms of harmony and melodic construction. The rigidity of metal is another thing that jazzmen dislike.
vetlerradio jazz is not as energetic. and not as uplifting for me. I like the jazz elements being used in metal but why the fuck does everytime it has to be about jazz? and saying jazz is simply superior in some terms is not right. not under an animals and leaders video. there are many subgenres as well as a ton of uninspired shitty jazz bands with good technique and bad writing
Mathcore is more jazz-like. Listen to The Dillinger Escape Plan
Nah, jazz is too fluid and improvisational.
I think drummers love what they do most out of all instrumentalists, you can always read them by their gnar faces mid-song and this dude fucking loves drumming
Luke Loder I feel like 90% of bassists are the opposite
bassists only become bassists because they want to be in a band and all the good spots are taken up.. LOL
Check out some older Contortionist videos. The bassist with the thick ass beard fucking loved his job so much. Intrinsic/Exoplanet era.
Give a bassist some super-sweaty porn groove to jam with and you'll wish you'd have never said that.
Nothing like to see a good bassist enjoying his sh*t. Don´t believe me? Look Abraham Laboriel.
Michael Jordan is the Matt Garstka of basketball
+Aldo Raine ...or Matt Garstka is the Michael Jordan of drumming? haha
I definitely agree though.
+Aldo Raine hahaha
+Justin Fimmel that's joke you plum
+Aldo Raine you're
funny dude!
+Aldo Raine that's cute, seems like you don't know who's George Kollias
Guys, I found where all the Moon Gels went...
Hehe, funny :)
anymore and he'll start controlling the tides
Haha, stop it :)
He's a disciple of gospel chops, man. It's all about that dry-ass moongel heaven drum sound.
+Arthur Kitchen , yes really good and that without triggered bassdrum or are they triggered?
I prefer this snare sound over the original. Sounds so badass, deftones-ish. Accentuates them ghosts too! This man's a god.
Abe from Deftones is Def underrated and yeah his snare tone is always on point.
Come on, Deftones snare rings more and sounds a lot better
@@FacsTwo true!!!!!!!!!!!!! very few knew stuff about drum sound
Reminds me of Portnoy's snare with less "crack" to it
I'd say without much hesitation at all that Matt is the best drummer around today. The dude is unbelievable.
its the ones that arent on drugs you have to worry about
"The Zappa Effect"
A drummer that has mastered both double bass and hi hat technique. With so many drummers it's one or the other. Matt is a freak.
Playing with a forest view enhances skill via feeling.
I second that
Drumming Skills: Infinity +1
That kit actually sounds relly really good
Yeah totally! But I don't think a kit like that need all those moongels, that's my opinion.
Jorge Lopez i guess the moongels are there for a reason :D
Yes, that makes sense mate.
I mean thats MATT GARTSKA using moongels
That's a very good point sir.
Crazy stuff. He's getting better and better on his improvising. Each new live performance, new stuff comes alive, the playing looks more organic than ever.
Lyrics as sung by Matt Garstka: "Ha wo ha wo ha wo ee wo ha woo meeeee hawo"
So many O-faces.
I honestly think this man is the hands down best drummer of this generation. The variety and depth to how he drums, the crisp cleanliness, the literally perfect timing of every single note, it just goes on and on. There is not a single fault with his drumming.
Why would you watch a drum cover when MATT HIMSELF released a cover
to see how he did it.. and emulate him
Johnny Channarong he's saying why would you watch anyone else when his own cover video exists
lol its called a playthrough
@@SoularPlex lol
To see if anyone else can actually play this shit. I mean we already know Matt can.
Matt has so much energy, feel/groove and creativity whenever he plays the drumkit! The time signatures, paradiddles, fills, ghost notes, dynamics and whatever else I may of missed he has such amazing control, flow and creativity! As a drummer and guitarist, seeing Matt's videos inspire me to try harder and learn something new everyday no matter the instrument! Thanks for the inspiration Matt, you're a legend!
Meinl cymbals stay winning. Now to save 2000-3000$ to make the switch...
+MintahDrums overrated! zildjian k customs or paistes ftw
+Mark Juliano The K-customs are amazing! I'd recommend them to anyone. Where I'm from they're only about $300 ish per cymbal, vs. about $480 plus for Meinls. (crashes)
+Brando S Where the fuck are you buying meinl cymbals from? where I live I got a Meinl byzance 16-17-18 in inches for around £700. Zildjian has costed way more.
+MintahDrums Check out Agean. Thats what I went with, handmade in turkey and sound great for way cheaper than most other brands. Their B25 alloys sound amazing.
+Marc Watkins I live in Canada lol. cheaper here i guess!
oh my god the amount of people in this generation that will learn SO MUCH when they are at a very young age. the internet is a wonderful gift of knowledge.
Not just his technique mind blowing but his musicianship to contribute to the artists' material makes Matt such a complete freak team player. Also after watching another youtube drummer....Luke somebody...playing along...Matt is just confirmed as Total Boss!
He's so chill for someone playing such kinetic drumming
That fill at 3:40 is so flavorful. I love when drummers use a single hit on the tom to accentuate a single note in a fill. Dope.
Matt Garstka is one of my drumming heroes. I remember hearing Cafo for the first time and I was blown away. Not only because of the guitars, but also the drums. Matt, you have inspired me so much, and I hope you become more well known in the future.
Dear Jesus. I can't even think of something clever to say. this is just impressive. Tosin is fantastic but Matt and Javier deserve more recognition
I'm 39 and have been drumming since I was 10, grew up idolizing guys like Steve Smith, Steve Gadd, William Kennedy, Virgil Donante. But a couple years ago I found Animal as leaders, and I gotta say out of all the great drummers ut there I'm more blown away when I listen an watch Matt do his thing! Honestly he's probably my favorite drummer period. From the first time I seen him, the only word that comes to mind is BEAST!
Everything is so dry here, makes me thirsty
look in the description, dude literally used every "Extra Dry" cymbal meinl makes xD
And due to it I don't like their sound.
Dry sounds are the best
Civvix eh yes man you are right ahahah
Also the drum kit sound so dead to me! Everyone has his own taste you know :)
JFDrummerforlife he best throw some water on dem bitches ;)
Not only is this unhumanly talented, those cymbals sound incredible!
All I see is arms moving and sticks flailing, but and sounds amazing. He has the ability to just add one or two notes where there shouldn't be any and make it sound perfect
Ive been listening to Animals as Leaders for a couple of years now.... still amazed to this greats artists,
long live Matt and AAL
So clean. Really impressive
His drum clinics are awesome...great guy.
I'm in love with his snare sound
don't know why but his drum kit looks incredibly comfortable to play
natural sound of the drum, finally!
Matt, amazing as always.
Right up there with Rational Gaze as the most pleasing drum beat Ive ever heard!
Moments like 3:40 make he realize he's still human…
Or not.
So for like half a second he broke his 41419 note streak then...
@@marksimmons7906 Hahaha the only half a second I could imitate
the flawless recovery was insane tho
no triggers just raw power. this dude was born to drum.The power and articulation of every hit all the way through is awesome. Those sticks are beefy too so the sound is just BOOM!
2:00 He hit's the crash but it sounds like the china!!! HOW CAN THIS BE, WTF HAVE I JUST DISCOVERED, HOLY SHIT.
No, that is the sound of the 18" Byzance extra dry china which Matt is using in his setup. Therefore he must have done multiple takes to include this visual error
haha recording error, this was prerecorded, he hit the wrong cymbal
Multiple recordings, 1 video
Milly Vanilly / Brittany Spears lip synch.
4:22 "that was the one!"
this man is a freak of nature. thank you E.T. for giving us the opportunity to witness such amazing talent
Fuck i love the timing on these cymbal hits before the tom run. 2:58
I hope this song makes it on the set list no matter which tour you're on 🤘
No cover beats the original drummer
+Brandon Matthews (Branulous) Dunno, this guy can play it almost as good as their drummer!
+FrustratedTurtle What do you mean by that?
+FrustratedTurtle I mean I'll give props on the cover by that kid from Sweden. He will go places in music.
wait... you're trolling right?
+Moonscaper You're so fucking thick man
i could watch him play all day.... so good and makes it look easy.
this song should be a theme song for power rangers.
Mans so clean its mind blowing. I just love the..genuity of his playing? He's a very, verrry legit drummer. One of the most Musical drummers imo 🤘
Gospel chops at work.
Original chops at work
Gospel chops is a brand and people need to stop saying this. Chops are chops
@@bakedandsteaked gospel chops is a phrase that a brand tries to cash in on. language is language
@@vegaspony is Tooth and Claw a gospel song?
@@bakedandsteaked yes
It's double the fun listening to an awesome track while seeing the musician enjoying it!
Small editing/cuting misstake at ~2:00 tho :D he hits on the 20” Dual Crash/Ride" but the China is on the audio track.
Simply just beautiful playing!!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Those dislikes are pure jealousy.
And pure idiots
So Dry...lol...penis envy
There are cool bits, but it's not well balanced, winds up sounding the same very quickly.
@@TS-qq7vr Folks, "This Sucks" has the best perspective on music, apparently
@kmm Folks, Kmm loves everything presented as "music". He has no critique of any "music". This approach is the best, apparently.
Matt you are absolutely a BEAST, you are a model for every drummer. Cheers from Bolivia
@0:23 "son can you keep it down? its card night with my boys."
Very solid chops.... cymbals sound real clean.. crisp..fast response 👍
this dude is a beast.
Definitely a unique cymbal set for this style of music, I like!
I loveeeee this vid. Favorite drummer by far nowadays. Cymbals sound great too. Love the stack on the right but couldn't help but point out between 2:01-2:02 he hits the 20 inch dual ride crash but you hear the dry China. Lolllll.
Oh thats funny 😂 cymbal replacement
+Andy Ham thats odd! Probably played over the original track perhaps?
+s razo lol nope that's not it. The original doesn't have a china hit there. Prolly played the track a couple times and edited it a tiny bit. At the end you hear him say "that's the one!" But that takes nothing away from garstka. A lot of TH-cam drummers use tons of editing to make it look flawless but garstka can play this song in his sleep but he chooses to improvise and adds different dynamics each time, each set, each show so he just picks which ones he likes the best. Love this video though. I'm a fan of anything garstka does.
The sound, the cut to cut, performance everything is perfect!
Anyone notice at 2:01 when he hits the cymbal but you hear the china? I haven't caught a minor editing error like that in years, haha.
Those are dual dry cymbals, they usually sound trashy
My God..I can't think of an adjective that compares with his abilities. Phenomenal possibly.
This dude has so much rythm
Powerstroke 77 snare batter sounds beautiful! love gartskas tasteful grooves
SICK AS ALWAYS!
+JimmyKadesch When are you going to do more vids man? Miss em :(
One of the most beautiful drum sets I’ve seen...
rich homie matt garstka keeping moongel in business by himself
Matt has easily become one of my favorite drummers in the past few years behind Marco Minnemann of course..
3:04 "man I'm good"
You make being a legend look easy. I hope I can meet you one day and personally shake your hand as thanks for the excellence on the kit you've bestowed.
4:20: "Hey... how'd my hand get over there?"
I'm trying to learn this song on drums... all of the ad-libbing he does in this video makes me want to cry. He spices this playthrough up good.
Drummer Mouth: When it appears as if one is trying to hold liquid in their mouth without swallowing
Cover the song all you want … no one plays it like Matt… the passion is strong with this one
Awesome!
3:12 he had such an opportunity to continue transmuting every single note in the observable Universe into a chaotic fill, yet chose simplicity amidst a lack thereof. BRILLIANT.
There is metronome and then there is mattronome.
Can you imagine being this good at literally anything? Holy cow.
I love Matt's grooves more than his chops. I don't like 13" hi-hats but those extra drys were crispy, crispy sex.
The resonance of those Tama Star toms got totally fucked by moon gel though. Any studio with Neumanns in their collection should be able to make an 8000 dollar kit sound better than the literal garbage that comprises a street performer's rig.
+Eleutherarch I think the kit sounds garbage to be honest.
+Eleutherarch Garstka muffle fucks his entire kit. I understand muffling the toms if they ring out too much, but that snare has no tone, it sounds like the cheapest snare you can find at your local music store. But I think he does it so that you can hear the ghost notes more.
+jaydoode15 I think it's to do with it being a drum showcase (which is kind of ironic/weird considering it makes the kit sound worse than normal) - but this is a showcase of both his playing (mainly) and the kit. He probably wanted the audience to be able to hear all the notes he was hitting - that's my theory, probably wrong :P
flagmuffin1221 k
This guy is a machine!!! More videos from this session please.
Lars Ulrich has 220 fake accounts
342 now 😂
This should have gotten way more likes
That is the most visually beautiful drum kit I've ever seen.
Also, uh, this guy is terrifying.
I'm gonna quit drums now
No, this should inspire you to get better.
I got to see animals as leaders live!!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
3:38 I SAW THAT MISS
You are absolutely without a doubt a effin BEAST on the drums. Those cymbals sound amazing; they cut so crisp and clear.
a whole moon's worth of moongel😂 it probably weighs more than the kit itself
The whole band is just insanely talented
very inspiring
dude is a BEAST but Animals as Leaders music is like being yelled at in German... just a bit overwhelming at times.
ENTSCHULDIGUNG!
I listen for Matt lol
Kren Wregget damn that was actually a good way to describe it
You mean backpfeifengesicht, of course
BACKPFEIFENGESICHT
I love how he just does whatever the wants and it sounds fucking amazing.
Does this guy get Fuken free cymbals . Probably last him an hour .
Yes.
Those cymbals probably last him years. He's and educated Berklee drummer, with proper technique, you can make one cymbal and a pair of sticks last a long time.
I love this straight-to-the-point covers. Playing the song exactly as it is and not trying to improvise. I hate when someone plays live and doesn´t sticks to the original song.
watch at 2x speed... what have I done
Matt Garstka Rules!greetings from KK Sabah,Malaysia🇲🇾🇲🇾🤘🏼🤘🏼🇲🇾🇲🇾✌😉