Attempting Every Yussef Dayes Beat on Instagram
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Beats from this lesson:
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Always love how Yussef drums like his life depends on it. Amazing groover.
great observation. really hit home.
it is his life
I just saw Yussef live in Seattle. He and the whole band went extremely hard, and he was smiling the whole time, really having fun. I realized that musicians like Yussef love to play so much that they just always go 100%, I don't think he has a lower gear.
Yussef is an incredible player. One of my favourite tracks of his is with Tom Misch - Tidal Wave. An amazing break-up song, where the drumming is so expressive and emotive. That whole album is amazing.
I think such a huge part of Yussef's sound and time feel is the way he accents his hi hat patterns -- you could almost strip everything but his right hand away and feel the groove. He kind of blends these macro movements in his arms/shoulders with the micro movements with his fingers and his drop/catch in a way that grooves so hard.
I think Spaven is another 10/10 guy at this, you can watch him change his right hand technique even within a single bar to shift the dynamics and tone of each hit to get the groove and feel he wants. In a lot of ways it seems influenced by loops/sequenced drum patterns, which makes sense since both of them take a lot of influence from jungle/dnb breaks.
I agree 100%. The part of the drum beats that he was missing was Yussef's high hat accenting.
"Yussef Kamaal - Strings of Light" is the first track I heard him on - and one of the best in my opinion. Absolutely killing break beats.
That’s the one I was going to say also . 👍
Exactly the track I would have suggested, impossible break neck speed (for me).
Same
Yussef Kamaal was such a good fucking duo
damn I had no idea that was him, makes sense now lol
Nice to see a feature on a UK drummer,Yussef plays many styles,amazing trio stuff with Rocco Palladino and Alfa Mist - check out the 'Welcome to the Hills' trio live album - sweet
Welcome to the hills is Yussef, Rocco and Charlie Stacey. Agreed it’s an amazing album!
that's with charlie
first time i listened to Yussef Dayes was from the album "Black Focus", freakin' love that album. and it also got me wanting to play Fusion Jazz lol.
YES the video we've all been waiting for. Yussef Dayes' approach and groove is GOALS.
The best Yussef Dayes playing I've heard is on the strings of light live performance at the jazz cafe back in 2016, absolutely insane. Also, if you're going to check out more drummers from the UK lke this, I'd definitely reccomend Ayo Salawu and Morgan Simpson, both insane drummers with unique approaches.
Bro Morgan is so sick. Got to meet him not too long ago. Super humble and kind dude.
Agreed Morgan Simpson is really good at playing dru,s
Big up all the drummers from London
He's easily my favourite drummer. Soooo inspirational.
Nate...there's a track you need to check out called blacked out. It's Yusef dayes and alfa mist. It has the nastiest drumming, and it's my favorite track of his.
I caught Yussef at the Newport (RI) Jazz Festival this past August. Incredible show. He can work off straight jazz beats, as well as, his signature grooves.
He walked around the festival the day before he played. I was seated in front of a Jamaican food truck. He walked right by me heading for the truck. I had a chance to say hello. He was a humble, soft-spoken guy.
Those are some pretty hot beats... I especially like #6. I've been drumming for about 19 years and was once pretty good, but I haven't really improved much over the past 10 and have been slowly losing interest. Now I'm binging your videos, particularly the jazz stuff (which was always my weak point) and it's really giving me the oomph I need to get back into it. I have a lot of respect for your teaching style, your willingness to include less-than-perfect playing in your videos, and your somewhat philosophical approach to being a musician. Thank you, and keep it up man.
every couple of years i see a new drummer that completely blows my mind. Youssef is that type of a drummer imo. Amazing drummer - completely fresh ideas and approach.
I love how popular Yussef is getting. I’ve been following him since the beginning. He is a god
He was recommended to me like 3 years ago. At this time he had Love Is The Message on YT and I was just hooked. I'd say his style is one I just naturally am striving for since I picked up the sticks.
Defenitely check out the Yussef Kamaal album. Strings of Light is a haunting song and Lowrider one of the coolest four on the floor beats.
What Kinda Music with Tom Misch is also a good recommendation.
He is killin it without getting in the way of the songs. Thanks for making this video about him, he highly influencend and inspired me in the last years.
excellent recommendations, lowrider always kills me
Wu Hen definetely a bomb album!
Hahaha I was so happy to finally see this, great job man and thanks! Hope you get into him more, for your own sake, just such great grooves
Yussef and all the drummers you mentioned here are great players.
I get so excited hearing you play cool shit, this was sick.
my fav drum teacher covering my fav drummer. does not seem impossible to learn Yussef after this!! Thank you.
been watching your youtube for a long time, i really appreciate your editing / producing as of late. thanks for sharing
By far, this guys is my favorite drummer!
To me, he captures the knowledge of a lot of electronic music out as well as the sampledelic classic funk grooves, and great knowledge of various hip hop grooves coming off is hands.
Guys…he did it 😊 I know I wasn’t the only one asking for Yussef beats
so happy to finally see yussef dayes on the channel. i may or may not have been one of those who suggested him to you? can't remember. had his album with tom misch on spin since last summer, ever since i heard him play on ben howard's last record i was hooked, he's quickly become one of my favorites
The album Black Focus by Yussef Kamaal is the most classic of classic recordings i think
theres a lot of strings of light which is great, but i wanna mention gully side and love is the message as my fav tunes with yussef playing drums on it🤝
I’ve been waiting for something like this yussef dayes is one of my all Time favourite drummers
13:50 Prince/The Time's 777-9311
just saw him live last night!! amazing performance
Yussef is by far my favourite groover
My introduction to Yussef Dayes came by way of the TH-cam rabbit trail while chasing down videos that came from another 80/20 analysis that mentioned Hiatus Kaiyote, which is weird stuff in the coolest way. I like it. 👍
I've listened to What Kinda Music too many times, I think his drumming on Festival is great. But his solo stuff with Rocco and Stacey and Alfa is unreal, check out For The Ladies for sure. Great video
Great show Nate thank you, we like to hear what you think about things because we like you and your thoughts about drumming. I do like yuseff too and have enjoyed his unique style. I have heard him say that he hates to play the same thing twice which i can hear in his playing as its not a groove he plays as such its an organic groove which seems to breath as he is playing it. His drumming on the track " what kind of music " is a good example of this and has a great start and build up to when he puts his hands deep into his pocket. ( metaphor metaphor )
Does listening to him make you want tk mic up to get some sounds going for your kit?
Your the best Nate, keep it up.
Man you fong inside you too😁🦋🐝
The Wes Watkins shout-out was sick. Love Corey and Mason too.
This was a great reaction video because you also played it yourself. Huge props for that! Please make more.
Have you heard about some Israelis drummers? Amir bresler, ofri nehemya, dan mayo.... You should check them out ..
You should return back to Yussef now he's put out his debut record! I also love the simple groove on The Real by Tom Misch, harder than it sounds. Love your videos- been a subscriber for yeaaaaars
Just noticed something interesting , having the mic stand right in front of you , forces your hands into specfic movements, this might be a great way to train peoples hands to keep strokes down and hands not interfering with each other !! Just a thought !!
I love Yussef Dayes. Self taught and innovative as f**k, too!!!!
I love this, definitely a solid format with some potential for the future
Damn Oli Bernatchez haven't heard that name in years I wonder if he's still uploading
I love YD!! Thanks!
Love your consistent content
I'd love to see you talk about Adam Deitch. His musicality is top top top tier shelf and my current personal favourite artist out there. I would also encourage anyone to listen to his solo album "Egyptian Secrets" or John Scofield's " Up all night".
I already know of Adam. Yea he’s great.
@@8020drummer Not surprised tbh 😎 Just out of curiosity though, have you ever heard of Christian Lillinger by any chance? Über Advent-Garde player from Germany.
Agreed! Love him. Great Scofield album.
Saw him live recently 👌🏽🔥🥁🎶
Dude Nate sup with the hair bro
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who looks at some of these and says “I ain’t EVEN tryin’ that”.
4:11🤣 rhythm is exactly like fashion
gotta check out his playing on Some Kinda Music with Tom Misch. made me fall in love with his playing and want to learn every groove. i failed spectacularly.
Yes! Wes Watkins!
I think it's cool from the pov of u like catching some stuff that I might miss w my novice eyes
Yussef's style (specifically on black focus) can be traced from Kaidi Tatham's productions. If Dilla has Chris Dave, Kaidi has Yussef. 😀
One of his least known songs, but his drumming after 2:00 on Julie Mangos is when I was like, ah, he is a great drummer
'blacked out' and 'tidal wave' are prob his best songs recorded in my opinion.
Nate, this was much cooler than a typical reaction video (which are usually pretty boring). If you wanted to go deeper you could maybe turn each groove (or select grooves) into mini lessons. Nice one tho!
othello, strings of light, wingtai drums, strange habits-mixed, love is the message. oh totally do one of these for wes watkins
I like that snare.
the point of Yussef is that awkward, hard, british, almost painful looking articulation. All muscle, sweat, my first impression was rigid, but I appreciate that now. While II am not on Instagram, I did see him live a few occasions. One was his band in a double bill with Glasper in a club here in Berlin. The essence of his playing can be boiled down to the audience's reaction: Glasper: slight head nodding, - despite Glasper's repeated requests - zero people dancing. And this is not to judge this or that being better. It simply shows you that Yussef comes from a british club background, the music is not complex or revolutionary jazz, its not supposed to be. He sounds and (his technique) looks to me like someone who was a kid not long time ago, loving and feeling UK club music, rigid hard stuff that lives from strict repetitions, bold statements.Having lived and worked mostly in NYC and Berlin, I would say that in Europe(and let's be generous and count the UK in for the moment), eletronic music, in all it's history, distinctions, style, form, how you dance to it etc.. - it's a lot more engrained in our culture, and serious, alive. It is a living organism, DJ's try out new sounds and textures on their shows, make or break trends. Now, out of respect for every instrumentalist's skills - I would say, this is a little less like a great horn player who burns latenight at Small's and everyone getting hip to his s***t, but electronic music is rather moving like street fashion, certain bold statements, patterns, textures - certain things becoming evidently magnetic. And while Damion Reid was certainly killing it, and is a much more refined and developed drummer, Yussef is doing a whole different thing. It's club language. He speaks that really fluently. The only guy on the US scene who understands that language who I know of would be Deantoni. Last show I saw Yussef at was the Berlin Jazz festival, sold out and people hoping to get in lining around the block.
This is funny as shit, great content and great showcase of yussef!
Nice! Hadn't heard of Yussef - thanks for introducing me.
Hey! I know a great jazz trumpet player with your same name. We were at Interlochen together, and crossed paths a few other times (maybe MSM, though I can't remember). Any chance you guys are related? But otherwise, funny coincidence!
Best Video Ever :)))
Some commenters have recommended the album Strings of Light with the duo Yussef Kamal. I can only second that. Not only great drumming, but great music overall, definitely a style of its own. "Not a lot of pentatonics there" as a friend said.
you need to make a lot ore of these this is great content
You gotta check out the recording of Love is The Message with him and Alfa Mist. Killing vid.
Also, check out Zach Hill's playing. Especially with Hella. Been a Long Time Cousin on TH-cam.
I think it's the sound of his recordings, weight, and size of hi hats that contribute to his sound, Nate. Your hats are pretty sloshy and your room is wide open. Can't remember if you've done a thing on Louis Cole?
Great video ! Question off the topic though..... What is that device mounted on the mic stand while you're playing? And how do you apply that to your videos? Thanks again! 😎
Really recommend his live season at red bull studios with Alfa mist
I'm sure that this was cool to serious drummers. .... Like, drummers that dream about drumming in their sleep. .... Cool video.
Can you do a video about Mike Mitchell, his grooving and some licks pls ?
You look so scared, guy, you are producing great things
I'm a Vocal Percussionist/Drummer!!! I freestyle rap/scream/scat/growl/beatbox/sing while playing the drums...
If you want another drummer suggestion, check out Max Hallet (betamax)
Nate: I’m not a teacher…
Also Nate: if you want to study with me….
Also Nate: sign up for my course…
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Please do JD Beck!
Great video, I enjoyed watching. May I ask you to write the names of the recommended drummers down somewhere? Thank You :)
Hi, I follow the channel, thanks for everything that you share here. I wanted to ask you the difference between licks, fills and grooves. I think you mention licks more when talking about jazz, and fills for rock. I understand the groove to be the main rhythmic theme of a song, and fills as features or changes that mark structure points of the song. Licks is where I am a bit lost, in how are they different from fills.
never really got there with the grace notes on the snare on the E and + of the 1 on the quicker g
roove around 8:00
Yussef’s left hand is very deceptive if you’re not paying attention. One of my current top 3 along with Nate Smith and Chris Dave.
A big part youre missing is the buzz rolls he puts in, they make up such a huge part of his ghosts. Best example is clip 7
I appreciate all constructive criticism. Goal wasn't to play it perfectly, but to challenge myself to learn it as best I could in real time, with the cameras rolling, mistakes and all. (Partly so the audience could watch me discovering Yussef.) I may double back and make a video about specific beats, in which case I'll make sure to nail all the details ;)
Totally! I really enjoyed this video and thought you definitely did a great job, love that it was all done in real time, cameras rolling! Super enjoyable to watch.
your snare sounds great! how do you get that sound?
Chris Daddy Dave,,,Knitting Factory kind of stuff
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Impressive
I wanna know what kind of writing contributions Yussef puts in because he always has songwriting creds
it's interesting to me that you compared him to Steve Jordan since Yussef plays with Pino's son quite a bit. you must be on to something!
What hats are those? Great video as always :)
sweet
How about Jojo Mayer. He can do damn near everything on the drums.
These are the 3 essential beats minus strings cuz everyone said that. Also low rider underrated song
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What is your favorite Hihat
What about Luke Flowers? I think he is epic.
Can someone spell the other people he was talking about that are similar to yussef
what's the name of the first of these 3 drummers? thx in advance!
Who’s that guy in the first video? I hear his name, but not sure how it’s spelled.
what are your thoughts on zach hill
Is this Casey Affleck?
Gsus, what if my favs are Nate, Yussef and Wes, what am I doing wrong?
LOL nice