Im actually subdividing in NORMAL ways like 16th notes and Triplets! Subdividing in an abnormal way would be to play quintuplets or septuplets, and play straight groove to those pulses, then displace the grooves in that form. It seems you have rushed to judgment before truly understanding the concept. -Matt
I totally understand what you just said , i swear ! But honestly Matt , you are my favourite drummer and thank you for giving me the inspiration to work hard and be a better drummer everyday . Peace!
Lmao damn I just caught that. Damn geniuses.. I found an easy way to navigate through subdivisions like this. Play the hi hat in a subdivision ie 8th triplets (3 per click) then accent every 2 notes and add the bass and snare... it sounds complicated. Come check me out I'll have a video about it! Matt G 🙏 you're elevating the drum community. Please feed me more
LegitChris_ no dude. From experience, I dropped out. I'm a very successful digital marketer. Make alot more money here than I would as a drummer. Dont get me wrong. I got into berklee on a scholarship but I realized berklee was only gonna validate me as an artist. Not as a musician. I dont need a degree to do that. Berklee cant teach talent. They can help you explore and enhance skill. But alot of the cats you see being from berklee already had that in their blood. If you get it you get it. I'd you dont, I mean. What can I say.
Since there's a bunch of people asking what's happening, I thought I'd give explaining a shot :) What Matt is doing is displacing the beat. What that means in simple terms is, he's making it sound as if the pulse is somewhere else than it actually is. For example, he displaces by an 8th note, meaning that he makes it sound as if the pulse is an 8th note earlier or later by playing everything an 8th note earlier or later. Note: the underlying pulse stays the same! For example, you can play drum groove number 1 that everyone knows ("kick snare kick snare"..) and place it : - the normal way .. ONE TWO THREE FOUR, kick on ONE and THREE, snare on THREE and FOUR - displace it an 8th note later .. one AND two AND three AND four AND .. now you're playing kick snare kick snare on all the AND's - displace it a 16th note later .. one E and a, two E and a, three E & a, four E & a .. so you're playing kick snare kick snare on the E's - et cetera..
For those who are new to the displacement as an exercise, I can tell you that even what he does first, which is the beat with a 16th before or after One, is unbelievably hard to master, which I myself have yet to do, but it is So worth it when it comes to the keeping yourself in time, or pocket as they say.
You know, it's weird I've played like this, "displacement-wise". I just never new their was a term for it. It's so cool to see it in practice with explanation.
oh my god i see now. i see what he has been saying about concepts and not just chops. when he went into that improv section at the displaced tripelets it blew my mind but now i get it. his drumming is just a cacophony of concepts layered over each other with a very strong sense of the music. i am floored. cheers to you matt, if you see this.
I've read this before. But the wisdom of this comment is always overwhelming. Love your drumming, my friend. You kick ass in AAL. Can't wait for a new album with you in it (:
matt your the man! and i want you to know that second 8th notes displacement is rather difficult and your just a beast and you make it sound like somethin special!
Ive got kind of a simple way to do something similar. Take a met and set it to a somewhat slow tempo and change it so it counts it in triplet notes. Play a standard 4/4 groove and then do a triplet fill. just go down the drums. youl have 1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a. right? not accent these parts [ ]. [ 1 + ] a 2 [ + a] 3 + [ a 4 ] + a. Normally for a triplet fill youd move drums every quarter note when youre going down the drums. For this fill start out just accenting it only on the snare drum. then instead of accenting the notes in the [ ] change the drum youre hitting at those places.
Awesome! I really like your style, you can mix this subdvision ideas so easily and I can understand how it really works now, All the best to you Matt! I hope you can come to Brazil soon! Hugs!
So here's the thing...when he plays from 0:57 to 1:35, all you need is some trippy ass synth groove and you have some sick electro/atmospheric music. Anyone else agree?
My heart sank when I found out Navene left Animals as Leaders. But, after watching some of Matt's videos, I can't say that I'm not happy with the replacement. I look forward to seeing them in May:].
The 2nd example that he gave based on triplets... That was motherfucking hard :o like he literally displaced the beat while modulating it... Holy crap *_______*
Matt can you put this on sheet music so I can attempt to read to comprehend what your playing. I hear it aurally but would like to also see it on paper
your pretty awesome, are you self-taught or did you take lessons, im 20 almost 21 just got a silverstar 6 piece kit and have taught myself on an electric for like 7 months, ur videos are pretty awesome to learn from though
Matt, is the entire video of this class available? Would love to watch the whole thing. I have been seeing some incredible drumming of you with AAL by the way.
Question: When you displace the groove do you keep counting to the click in your head so the pulse inside you doesnt change? Or do you totally go with the displaced groove and just know mathematically when to go back?, for example five groups of 3+1 = a 16 beat phrase. knowing the maths means you dont have to feel the original groove but can still return in time. I always feel uneasy if i loose the original pulse inside me, even if the maths is right...
henry diaz lol what? showing off? nothing is going on with his right hand at all, it just stays away from the kit longer than usual. you must have something against him for thinking such a miniscule movement is showmanship.
I think it's purely a product of passion and feel for the groove he's playing. Similarly, people make weird facial expressions when playing sometimes, I think this is just an odd body movement spurred from feeling and concentrating on the groove.
MATHS GARSTKA
Lol the dude sitting behind Matt is losing his mind at these displacements. Sick video.
This is a GREAT reference for Humility and Inspiration.
Im actually subdividing in NORMAL ways like 16th notes and Triplets! Subdividing in an abnormal way would be to play quintuplets or septuplets, and play straight groove to those pulses, then displace the grooves in that form. It seems you have rushed to judgment before truly understanding the concept.
-Matt
Thank you for fucking my mind even further... like if ur displacing septuplets... how fast would you have to be counting at normal tempos????
I totally understand what you just said , i swear !
But honestly Matt , you are my favourite drummer and thank you for giving me the inspiration to work hard and be a better drummer everyday . Peace!
yes he did, Matt Halpern was going to be the first drummer for AAL. but it is true Misha wrote the drums for the first AAL album.
Good thing you got it
Matt would not have been a bad choice at all. But Matt turned out to be the better choice.
@@tromboneman4517 Matt Greiner vs Matt Halpern vs Matt Gartska.
This is so great, especially for drummers who don't usually practice with a metronome, or even intermediate drummers
2:39
"Garstka used his FUCKIT technique"
" It's super effective"
I love Matts method o explanation and his demonstration. He is one of the young unknown cats coming up. Great job Matty.
It's a Tama Warlord Bubinga snare. It does sound incredible. The bubinga responds very well to being hit really hard:)
Matt Garstka 13x7 ??
Takes a lot of discipline to practice displacement and subdividing. Respect.
It's absolutely ridiculous how good you are.
This is evil. How can you displace a clinic? What about the patients?
Just Some Guy With No Mustache lmfaoooo
Lmao damn I just caught that. Damn geniuses.. I found an easy way to navigate through subdivisions like this. Play the hi hat in a subdivision ie 8th triplets (3 per click) then accent every 2 notes and add the bass and snare... it sounds complicated. Come check me out I'll have a video about it! Matt G 🙏 you're elevating the drum community. Please feed me more
This is one of my favorite drum videos on TH-cam
I always come back to watch this and laugh soooo ducking hard!!!
His timing is just perfect.
So this the awesomeness they teach at Berklee.
KwikStix_ Check out Gavin Harrison's books. Metric modulation, displacement, polyrhythms.. all sorts of fun stuff.
+Mike Post Are they available on the internet? (pdf) I love Gavin and I would love to check it out.
LegitChris_ no dude. From experience, I dropped out. I'm a very successful digital marketer. Make alot more money here than I would as a drummer. Dont get me wrong. I got into berklee on a scholarship but I realized berklee was only gonna validate me as an artist. Not as a musician. I dont need a degree to do that. Berklee cant teach talent. They can help you explore and enhance skill. But alot of the cats you see being from berklee already had that in their blood. If you get it you get it. I'd you dont, I mean. What can I say.
Since there's a bunch of people asking what's happening, I thought I'd give explaining a shot :)
What Matt is doing is displacing the beat. What that means in simple terms is, he's making it sound as if the pulse is somewhere else than it actually is.
For example, he displaces by an 8th note, meaning that he makes it sound as if the pulse is an 8th note earlier or later by playing everything an 8th note earlier or later.
Note: the underlying pulse stays the same!
For example, you can play drum groove number 1 that everyone knows ("kick snare kick snare"..) and place it :
- the normal way .. ONE TWO THREE FOUR, kick on ONE and THREE, snare on THREE and FOUR
- displace it an 8th note later .. one AND two AND three AND four AND .. now you're playing kick snare kick snare on all the AND's
- displace it a 16th note later .. one E and a, two E and a, three E & a, four E & a .. so you're playing kick snare kick snare on the E's
- et cetera..
Listening to you play reminds me of how my brain feels when I'm working on physics - I
For those who are new to the displacement as an exercise, I can tell you that even what he does first, which is the beat with a 16th before or after One, is unbelievably hard to master, which I myself have yet to do, but it is So worth it when it comes to the keeping yourself in time, or pocket as they say.
The two black guys just love you! And I do too!
Displacements are so fun to mess with! And Garstka's a beast at them!
You know, it's weird I've played like this, "displacement-wise". I just never new their was a term for it. It's so cool to see it in practice with explanation.
oh my god i see now. i see what he has been saying about concepts and not just chops. when he went into that improv section at the displaced tripelets it blew my mind but now i get it. his drumming is just a cacophony of concepts layered over each other with a very strong sense of the music. i am floored. cheers to you matt, if you see this.
those two guys are literally my reaction every time i watch a matt garstka video
Coming back after seeing them live on the Parrhesia tour this is proof that longer hair has given Matt more power
I've read this before. But the wisdom of this comment is always overwhelming. Love your drumming, my friend. You kick ass in AAL. Can't wait for a new album with you in it (:
I'd agree its easier to UNDERSTAND than it seems, but the tricky part is coming back on the one which Matt does perfectly.
lmao there needs to be an ongoing special: Matt Gartska plays drums in front of back people
Matt Gartska is a robot that has been sent back in time to drum our faces off.
matt your the man! and i want you to know that second 8th notes displacement is rather difficult and your just a beast and you make it sound like somethin special!
MAN. I really WISH I could get lesson's from you. You are a huge inspiration to my playing these day's. Thank you.
Matt Garstka is my modern day hero...
Ive got kind of a simple way to do something similar. Take a met and set it to a somewhat slow tempo and change it so it counts it in triplet notes. Play a standard 4/4 groove and then do a triplet fill. just go down the drums. youl have 1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a. right? not accent these parts [ ].
[ 1 + ] a 2 [ + a] 3 + [ a 4 ] + a.
Normally for a triplet fill youd move drums every quarter note when youre going down the drums. For this fill start out just accenting it only on the snare drum. then instead of accenting the notes in the [ ] change the drum youre hitting at those places.
Can't wait to see you play in person man! Was totally surprised you are making it all the way down to Wellington NZ with AAL, it's going to be sick!
Matt your ridiculous... I don't know what else to say... just.. simply great
Awesome! I really like your style, you can mix this subdvision ideas so easily and I can understand how it really works now, All the best to you Matt! I hope you can come to Brazil soon! Hugs!
So here's the thing...when he plays from 0:57 to 1:35, all you need is some trippy ass synth groove and you have some sick electro/atmospheric music. Anyone else agree?
skolarreeeweeee yeah i agree
Holy shit, I'm surprised I never heard of you before AAL announced your clinics. This is amazing!
2:47, my exact same reaction as the guy behind him xD
Love this Concept.
Thanks again a bunch for doing my bday clinic....wanna do a part two to this...
I think that's probably one of the best snares i've ever heard. Matt, can you tell me about it?
I wish you could show me a great hand/finger/grip technique to improve my double strokes. You are so great with these things, man. Very good!!!!!!
Bro sitting under the lights is having an existential experience
Super tight analogy about the scale
2:30-2:48 unreal.
Lol look at that dude at 2:28 haha calls the other dude like DAAYUM!
Sounds kind of like the idea of "phasing" that's found in some of steve reich's music, such as "clapping music" or "piano phase".
i really like your style matt !!!
I just noticed this is 3 years old though
David Jett Before AAL
I saw your comment and i was like "nah 3 years duration seems normal to me" then i saw your comment was from 2 years ago... damn it.
same
9 years O_O
your gospel chops are insane
My heart sank when I found out Navene left Animals as Leaders. But, after watching some of Matt's videos, I can't say that I'm not happy with the replacement. I look forward to seeing them in May:].
What about now? Hahahah
@@kirjian beat me to it lmao
one word: BEAST.
This is the kind of shit that just makes me go "wow."
Dude was definitely invited to the cookout
Well I have just discovered yet another weakness in my playing, great video :-)
The guy directly to his left looks just like Eric Moore.
seems like those guys were laughing at you until you did that triplet displacement and they were like UGH I quit
Congrats on joining Animals As Leaders. You're great.
2:14 Dude on the left made a face like "this mothaf..."
My brain just Displaced itself from my head.
I love how the last couple links aren't displaced but he's just ripping cause funk it.
Matt is teaching groove and feel to africans..let that sink in
oh god... great!! can you tell me what's that snare? crackin' sound!
Eitaaaa monstrooo🔥
HE WAS FUCKING AMAZING LIVE! :D I saw him with A.A.L. in Manchester on tuesday, and it was, UN.REAL.
Absoloutley Amazing !
both:)
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MATT !!!!!!!!! GREAT WORK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wish i could see animals as leaders and periphery tour. Seeing my two favorite drummers would just be incredible
Lucas Bowers need a tour with AAL, Periphery, Carbomb, and The Contortionist.
Thanks for this class is great
awesomeness thanks for the help!!!!!!!
dude you're a legend
gotta love the guy to Matt's left goin 'daaaamnnnn!!'
I freakin love this!
The 2nd example that he gave based on triplets... That was motherfucking hard :o like he literally displaced the beat while modulating it... Holy crap *_______*
BAHAHAHA. I cant stop watching the black guy. He's in absolute astonishment.
man dude, thats awesome!
Matt can you put this on sheet music so I can attempt to read to comprehend what your playing. I hear it aurally but would like to also see it on paper
Dude this guy got amazing rhythmn
hahaha so true! I think 2:45 was the "I give up" mark.
Very envious.
Amazing guy!!!!
You know you’re good when you teach black people how to
Groove
your pretty awesome, are you self-taught or did you take lessons, im 20 almost 21 just got a silverstar 6 piece kit and have taught myself on an electric for like 7 months, ur videos are pretty awesome to learn from though
Is there any transcription for all these displacement groove lesson?
Matt, is the entire video of this class available? Would love to watch the whole thing. I have been seeing some incredible drumming of you with AAL by the way.
hahaha shit man I love watching that gentlemens reaction to this
Ikr
Question: When you displace the groove do you keep counting to the click in your head so the pulse inside you doesnt change? Or do you totally go with the displaced groove and just know mathematically when to go back?, for example five groups of 3+1 = a 16 beat phrase. knowing the maths means you dont have to feel the original groove but can still return in time. I always feel uneasy if i loose the original pulse inside me, even if the maths is right...
Is that Tim Figg Newton in the front there? What up, Figg!!
2:47 all the validation you could possibly ask for in your career
this is awesome
I I’ll pay someone to transcribe 2:32-3:09
Connor Colucci That offer still standing?
Dude I’m gonna do it, seriously cuz that was sick
Is that Eric Moore sitting next to you?
The way he hits THROUGH the right-most cymbal at 2:55 never fails to make me laugh. Dude is so chopped it's unreal.
3:04 what's going on with his right hand on the crash there? seems to slip or something
Hahahaha. Dude, it's called showing off.
henry diaz
lol what? showing off? nothing is going on with his right hand at all, it just stays away from the kit longer than usual. you must have something against him for thinking such a miniscule movement is showmanship.
guys, that movement ain't natural.
i think it slipped or something
I think it's purely a product of passion and feel for the groove he's playing. Similarly, people make weird facial expressions when playing sometimes, I think this is just an odd body movement spurred from feeling and concentrating on the groove.
I mean he does the same movement at 2:55 after hitting the same cymbal, just slightly less exaggerated. It just happens.
is there music for these demonstrations?
FROM BRAZIL MATT IS MONSTER!!!!
He did? I thought Misha programmed and co-wrote the drum tracks?
The guy closest to him: HA. Dis nigga serious!?