Metal Drummer reacts to Matt Garstka (Animals as Leaders)
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- Reacting to Matt Garstka (Animals as Leaders)
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You guys are amazing. Thank you so much!!
OHHH YURRRRRR!!!
So...what do you think of Matt? :)
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Been listening to these guys since their first album when it was basically just Tosin and drum machine. (i believe the first AAL album is a solo project). Blew my mind that they found Matt, who's able to play this ridiculousness perfectly.
met the guy. very humble, quiet and down to earth :)
Homie Garska is a Berklee boy 🤙 those dudes do not mess around 😂 so sick!
@@jamesarmenti8876 for weightless they brought in Javier and Navaene
He's a beast.
Every other band inspires you to pick up an instrument. Animals as Leaders inspires you to put it down.
I am a guitarist until I watched tosin&Javier
Started to learn drums
Till I saw animals as leaders
Might try prostitution,,but watching these guys,,don't think I could face another pounding
Hahaha so true
Never heard anyone say anything like this before
that's because apart from technicality there is nothing about this music.. you put down your instrument I'll keep playing music ahahahahahahah
@@SHAFFA71 fucking nice bro🤌🏽
Tosin once said Matt comes into writing sessions with pages full of numbers that look like hieroglyphics or some kind of alien mathematics, and that's all I need to know about why his drum tracks sound the way they do. This guy uses his brain on another level. Favorite drummer. Highly recommend the Weightless live video from one of Matt's early tours with the band. He's fresh faced and has some of the most energetic fills you'll find him playing before he really settled into his more mature, smooth style he has now.
66Samus: what time signature is that?
Matt Garstka:All of them
Matt's dad owned the guitar store that was local to me. I grew up getting lessons there. Some amazing musicians use to teach there. Matt use to be there all the time and was always the nicest guy! I remember when he decided to move to California. Next thing I heard is he is in Animals as leaders and I was like that makes lot of sense! He made a solo CD where every track was a different style of music.
That is awesome!!
What's the CDs name?
@@paulpalavecino3360 it was "heavy Volume" Matthew Wolfgang Garska. He made it when he was like 16 or 17. I'm not sure if there are other copies, but they sold them at the music store as far as I know. So he's a year older than me he's around 33. So close to 17 ish years ago.
@@johnathan.jerusik you rule man , that's the best insight info I never expected to know. Thanks for taking the time to reply
@@paulpalavecino3360 anytime man!!! Glad I can help!!! That way your not searching for days lol
Not many people catch this but for the fill at 15:30 he plays the high hat and the double pedal at the same time. Dude is inhuman.
That's my favorite drum video ever, I always get goosebumps, every single time
Dude you should check out Benny Grebs Meinl festival solo, his hi hat/bass drum pedal unison playing is amazing.
Absolutely love AAL, been a long time fan. Their range and complexity and continuous evolution of the sound is nothing short of impressive, fun fact : Tosin Abasi was recently named guitarist of the decade by Guitar World, these guys don't mess around.
Yeah totally agree. If your a fan of polyrhythms & odd time sigs you NEED to know this band. How I heard about em always makes me laugh when I think back on it lol, I was at a stop light jammin out to Opeth & a random dude walked up, gave me the horns & started head banging hard. I pulled over to let him listen to the rest of the song (Wreath is not a short tune LMAO) and when it was over he said "that's kickass bro. You should check out Animals as Leaders, I think you'll really dig em." and walked away lol.
@@johnbrennan8611 Great story, funny the events and people who inspire us.
Music awards are 100% meaningless. It is entirely subjective and most likely the award giver has an agenda.
IMO Jason Richardson was pretty clearly the best guitarist of the 2010s - blazing speed, technical perfection, genre bending, incredible feel. Tosin would be runner-up in my ranking, but again, it's subjective.
Sarah Longfield was dubbed by someone at Forbes (why is Forbes talking music, anyway? lol) one of the "top 10 best 7-8 string guitarists in the world". Giving her that distinction is absurd. Even if that Forbes writer was told he must include at least 1 female in his list for them to publish it, I can off the top of my head name over 10 female guitarists significantly better than Sarah. She's not amongst the top 10,000 best 7-8 string guitarists.
So yeah, art awards are meaningless.
@@tomyabo5606 lol no way Jason is in any capacity better than tosin
Speed =/= skill
Umm, ok? I just said it's subjective...thus creative awards are moot.
But you're wrong.
This new generation of jazz/fusion drummers are freaking amazing!!!
It was legends like Sean Reinert(R.I.P) & Gene Hoglan who paved the way for these guys and for mixing metaldrumming with jazzbeats and fills.
#Legends
matt is freaking great. i think he was a jazz guy originally when he graduated from berklee so i think that's where he gets a lot of his finesse from. still been a great addition to the band after navene left
He's said in an interview that one of his biggest influences is Dave Weckl which is probably where the jazz influence comes from. He's also said that he was playing all sorts of gigs when he was in Berklee so I doubt he was "just" a jazz guy. But it's his finesse that really impresses me. You see all these other drummers that play fast, ripping fills but it's Matt's touch and dynamics that sets him apart.
Current 30ish year olds graduated from Berklee are at their golden age. I specifically researched for those musicians and they are all amazing. I'd like to suggest one more drummer; Yogev Gabay, who is a signature monster as well.
They are all versatile, cutting edge on technique and talented AF.
He did a lot of gospel and African style music as well.
Yeah he comes from a jazz fusion backround👍🏻👌🏻
A lot of people can cover Matt's drumming but many are unable to capture his groove, creativity and musicality
That's the problem with the way people learn now days. They think they have to follow the notation 100 percent. The point of music is to interpret it your own way, not be a copy of everyone else.
What I really love about guys like Matt Gartska, Mario Duplantier and yeah, even you Samus, is the fact that they're amazing when it comes to the heavy stuff but they're also so much finesse and groove in their playing.
BTW: I would love to see a video where you use "real" drums. 😅
Same goes for Matt Halpern. Who, if I am correct, was a huge influence on Matt Gartska.
Well said! Ive always admired 66samus for his tasteful playing. Even when he's blast beating, he always brings life to the drums
I love when a drummer reacts to another drummer like this. RESPECT! Matt is at the top of the pile, constantly pushing the boundaries.
Matt is soooo chill too. I was lucky enough to meet him a few times at clinics and he was so nice, so patient with students and you could tell he really enjoyed being there.
His playing is surreal. And he just keeps getting better and better
He is, without a doubt, one of the best drummers of all time.
I wish I had 1/10th of the energy and enthusiasm you have all the time. It’s truly admirable.
To be tasteful to the song but still be technical on a whole other lvl is the mark of being a world class musician
He's so damn calm when he's playing it's insane.
Dude your reactions are so on point, enthusiastic, and entertaining! I love the commentary and learning more nuance from Matt's drumming from your reaction too! 🤣
thank you so much Eric!
Matt is one of a kind
😊WOW. Such A BEAST..but tasteful..and technical with amazing feel..one of the very best out there..🤘🤘
The melding of these 3 individuals into what we know as Animals as Leaders is def what the music industry needed. I can't thank these gentlemen enough for inspiring such a vast amount of people to continue to pour their heart and soul into their craft. Love Tosin, Javier and Matt.
Garstka, DiCenso, Harrison, Jarzombek, Grossman, Agren, Porntoy, Coleman, Vinnie C...so many greats out there.
so glad i saw this video. Have never heard of these guys before but they have a new fan now!
Saw Matt and AAL perform live in Atlanta. They sound just like the album! Matt's ability to shred in complex time signatures is incredible! He graduated from Berklee!
The guy is amazing!!! Has anyone else noticed his body now matches his beast mode drumming, !!! Very inspiring to watch and listen
Holy shit. Very big Danny carry vibes as far as time and poly rhythms go. Wowwww. I was just mesmerized.
Yup
Exactly what I thought
My brain melted in all sorts of ways trying to keep up with this. 🤘🤘
"Kascade" is unbelievable. And that snare sound live, OMFG❤
Matt is like the God of Time and flow when it comes to music, he can control everything and makes it look so simple. Such a killer drummer!!!
Animals as leaders are absolutely amazing!! Matt Garstka is a machine on percussion!!!!
You should definitely watch more of the live stuff. There are sections in a lot of the songs where they just let Matt go off. You can tell one of those parts is coming when Tosin steps back towards Matt and faces him to watch what the hell he's gonna do next. Lol You can watch the same song from 10 different performances and you'll get 10 different solos cause he's always experimenting.
Love your humble approach man, so much respect - love it! 🤘🏻
I remember Gene Hoglan saying, on the Strapping Young Lad DVD for Alien, that the cotton balls give a little "plimpy" noise, and that Mariah Carey's drummer would be such a drummer to use that trick
I was looking for the content to mention Gene Machine Hoglan. I remember that DVD from years back
@@grandolddrummer there was a video on youtube that had the whole dvd, but now it's been edited... I still have the micro dvd that came with the album
What time signature is that? YES
Matt is super technical and his style of drumming is so unique! Great vid Sam, awesome reaction the cotton balls lol
Music needs more of this. Instrumental metal.
I saw an interview with him that took place about 9 years ago where he said he was going to work on his double bass. It appears that he did that. (understated for effect). Amazing. Just fkn amazing player.
Can't wait for that Animals as Leaders cover, Samus 😎
Wish there was YT and guys like you 25 years earlier to learn with all these great stuff. Thumbs up 🔥
I have full confidence that you can replicate Matt's playing
This is pure fuego! 🔥
Been waiting for this video for a long time! Love you Sammy 🥹
John Bonnham would be so proud of all these younger generations of drummers !
I'm sure we would all LOVE to hear what your actual kit really sounds like!
He REALLY took Matt Garstka! I wrote this in the Video-Idea Chat in Discord 😂
In the live video you feel like the laptop will fall off, always exciting to watch Matt playing.
I’ve seen animals as leaders a few times one of the best shows I’ve ever seen!!!
This fuckin drumming breaks my brain. I've been drumming for like 20 years, and I feel like I'm still at the dunning-kruger's "valley of dispair". I know shit about drumming.
matt is your favorite drummers favorite drummer
This band was so fucking rad in concert!!
He's up there with Alex Bent as one of the best metal drummers of the modern day. Fuggin' beast.
Bent is insane. Transformed Trivium and is such a unique player.
Matt is like Vinnie, Benny and Portnoy all in one drummer. He’s not just one of the best of his generation he’s one of the greatest alive and he’s only 33. I was shocked after listening to AAL and finding out how young this dude is. Truly otherworldly
Matt is my favorite drummer. Dude is a beast. I love watching other drummers reactions to his playing.
We are all uneducated when compared to Matt Garstka.
True
You should react to Chris Turner the drummer for Oceans ate Alaska. He’s insane!
Pretty sure he already did
Kick-ass reaction! Matt's skills are otherworldly to be sure. Thanks for taking the time.
This is pretty cool to randomly see this video in my feed. Matt is from my hometown of Westfield, MA where his dad used to own a music store. I used to see him in there years ago when I used to take guitar lessons. Nice to know he’s followed his dreams!
So backstory, my wife and I were in Sedona AZ, land of hippies yesterday...
66Samus: He's got a full on tie-dye bodysuit
My wife: That's called a Sedona Tuxedo.
Lmfao
This video gave me so much damn joy my dude. Thank you!
3:58 "Splash on the left...🤜🍗🥁 uhhhh" This is the high quality reactions I -cum- come here for.
Finally you react to the best drummer in the world for 10 years now
One of my favorite drummers of the last 10 years. AAL is amazing. They continue to innovate.
you should watch his playthrough of ectogenesis, he really killed that drum solo there
This is awesome! You actually took my suggestion!!! well I hope so.. otherwise that's just a huge coincidence! lol You rock Samus!
Yes, pleas, real drumkit video 😩
Absolutely amazing...!!
Having watched a few of these Posts I am now thinking what an absolute art drumming is
Matt Garstka is Bobby Jarzombek's drumming twin! 😳👏👏👏👏
Matt Garstka is the most chill drummer for how crazy his playing is.
A perfect combination of sheer technical mastery and musicianship.
10:45 " I cant even bang my head propertly to this"
Matt is on another level. Probably human, not sure. Hahahha. Dude is counting in 11/8 and 22/8 at 120 bpm. That is faster than a fucking machine can count.
Matt is so young and respectful , dude is giving his life for this shit called "Art".
His heart can beat 400 bpm and have a new day.
Can your heart do that? Ask it...
To be alive is a gift.
Really?
Maybe When you are creating your own shit, never stealing and being honest all the way, you can maybe be a good Musician as Matt.
Damn, i was waiting for this review! Matt is my favourite drummer (alive, rip Neil Peart) and i lóve it!! You made my day! Thanks 66samus, you are amazing!!
Their Brain Dance is a total mind blow!
Matt garstka is so f-king bad ass! Love the reaction!
Matt gartska blasts are so amazing. Just like 2 seconds of the craziest blast beat you’ve ever heard
Disgustingly amazing
as awesome a drummer as matt is, he will always be the king of "musician's face"
By far 1 of the best on this planet!
So glad this vid was uploaded! Matt is one of my absolute favorite drummers. The time he plays in hurt my brain so good. Samus if you haven’t already I’d check out Alex Rudinger too he’s a nutty drummer as well!
If you look real close, not only can you see matt's face in the toms, you can actually see the reflection of samus in his shoes, having his face blasted away
Got to see them near Detroit and they blew every concert ive ever been too out of the water. With each decade the gods overthrow those before them, and i think these guys will be on the throne for lifetimes
Samus: "What time signature is that?"
Matt Garstka: "Yes."
Matt is simply the best and he doesnt give a shit about no one.
13:19 is me the first time I heard Animals as Leaders...
He's come a long way since Drum Lab 1 w/ Mike Mangini at Berklee.
Practice, kids! 😉
I want to see Mangini's reaction to this
Matt's blasting now?! Duuuuuuude!!
Metal Drummer gets mind blown by Jazz Fusion Metal Drumming.
Man in the second clip the drums literally fuse with the tonal music, like a leading instrument in an entire orchestra.
To say he's amazing is an understatement. I saw them only one time at summer slaughter tour. The whole band blew me away. Masters of their craft. 💪💯🤘🤯🔥
Another guy just killer fucking chops, plus I wasn’t even hip to this band, another great fucking band to try to get down some of these rhythms…thanks Samus… dude is fucking brutal on the kit…
"What time signature is that"
Me: "Yes"
Matt makes us to check more than twice if youtube is on 2x speed....fUck___sick
Absolutely love matt garstka such a beast!
Matt is a total beast! He was just blowing me away the entire time.
Compounds on top of compounds on top of compounds not too mention amongst difficult music to play along too one of my favorite drummers.
Your reaction to Matt made my day!
"What time signature is that?"
All of them
I love both of the Matts, Halpern and Garstka, modern day musical pioneers.
he is burying the beater.. thank God.. everybody keeps yelling at me because I've been doing it for ages.. it's wrong they say thank u Matt
Sounds great. Almost like new jazz.