ANIMALS AS LEADERS - The Problem of Other Minds (Matt Garstka Drum Playthrough)

[@Bassplayer509]

Can't believe how effortless he makes it seem when in reality this is just beyond insane

[@drumboarder1]

Me thinks this is one of the simplest AAL drum tracks

[@ВасилийБлаженов-ж9е]

Like yeah, this isn't insane at all, even I, guitarist myself, could play it on drums with 90% precision.

[@boomermoreno]

Damn!! Called out. Yea no that shit looked simple but I feel like there's a lot of subtleties I couldn't catch at first listen/glance. Also the fact he's calmer than fucking Buddha making it look like a walk in the breeze might be misleading. Who knows tho. I've been out of the drum game for a minute now, so. Still rocked.

[@balls2380]

@Lane Grimes As a drummer myself, nothing in this song is extremely difficult, it’s mostly the jazzy phrasing. Most of the patterns in this song aren’t insane, but the way they are arranged is, like the pattern between the stack and the floor tom. Idk how much experience the guy above you has, be if they have a few years of experience playing drums, they’d be able to play along(maybe not everything that Matt is doing, but playing something that works). My point is that there isn’t a need to be pretentious, saying they probably can’t comprehend it. I love the drum part, but I’m terms of AAL difficulty it’s not that high up there.

[@ВасилийБлаженов-ж9е]

@Lane Grimes I'm aware of Danning Cruger effect (forgot how it's spelled correctly), but I'm playing guitar like 10 years, and 4-5 of them were alongside a good drummer. I never really played myself, but I wrote drums for drummer, so I really see all interesting stuff etc. This song is interesting, and maybe hard to remember, hard to adapt to the rhythm, but it's not hard mechanically. You're playing drums 10 years? Spend one week and you'll master this song.

[@twokidsmovies]

Matt come on man save some drums for the rest of us

[@GeoffreySplaneChannel]

Its sickening how good he is

[@jason1888]

Great comment! 👍🏻

[@fallenabr7654]

???

[@KirillTr]

For the Last Of Us

[@elcuete]

How do u have that much control over ur ghost notes lol.

[@rolmodel12.]

One can only hope the house he painted, right before this jam, was as beautiful as his playing.

[@JabbatheMatt]

Underrated comment

[@yannimohamed2349]

That’s one of the most beautiful off time drumming I’ve ever heard. I need a part two to this. It’s criminally short

[@caliph9k596]

i wish this song was a 10 minute epic! i love the tones and the whole performance put out by every band member

[@surrealismx]

0:00-0:17 I can play this almost perfectly

[@punxsutawneyphil3944]

Legend.

[@alexbones3691]

hilarious and original

[@bryantvencill430]

Im going to need some video proof

[@tretansakera_war250]

Not bad.. i can play 0:18 Without looking at the stick

[@ステルスロック-s3s]

I can play better

[@about47t-rexes12]

One of the best drummers today, no doubt. He adds so much to the song.

[@KevinCorkran]

that snare buzz roll action at 0:48 is fucking nuts

[@Coastfog]

Yeah man, love that sht

[@Turcomichael]

Super tasty!

[@drumsNmuscles]

“You’re watching a master at work” A true modern day master that will one day, if not already, live in the halls of drumming legends like Dennis, Buddy, or Virgil.

[@disco4535]

"...live in the halls of drumming legends like Dennis, Buddy, or Virgil" Lol, no, not quite. He's not doing anything ground breaking, really at all. But what he does do, and how he makes it work with his band's style of music, is great.

[@drumsNmuscles]

@@disco4535 Totally fair enough. On this track he’s not necessarily breaking ground, but he has on SOOO many other tracks with other groups as well. He’s grown exponentially since the start of the pandemic almost showing everyone “yeah, I’ve been practicing A LOT during all this shit.” I’ve also just probably got a soft spot in my heart for this style of playing as well, but you can’t disagree that his playing is 100% TOP TIER. 👌 And besides, he’s still young and has a lot of growing left to do.

[@RthereNEusernames]

@@disco4535 Are you a drummer? Matt is definitely one of the best drummers of this generation.

[@carlospinedadelgado89]

@@RthereNEusernames yes you’re right, Matt is the best drummer of our generation.

[@RthereNEusernames]

@@carlospinedadelgado89 I can't tell if you're being a facetious dirtbag or not. In any case, I said one of the best, not /the/ best.

[@matthewneal7011]

Im very happy you guys continue to make the most technically enjoyable music on the planet. Thank you. Please come to Toronto again soon.

[@extaxt9847]

Ambient As Leaders... sounds amazing!

[@MartinBellamy.MBDrums]

So effortless! 1:25 and onward is absolutely insane

[@aaronsparks9012]

Eat, sleep, drum, repeat one of my favorite drummers nice job Matt.

[@dcQ23]

Flawless masterpiece. Thank you so much!

[@jcrm05]

The sound of that ride is just magical. Oh! And of course Matt is one of the best drummers out there.

[@JonnySublime]

The sound of every ride is magical.

[@JonnySublime]

@James Black hahaha

[@JUdrums]

Matt leaves me in awe everytime i watch him. Amazig performance!

[@silversrayliegh5924]

I was watching the analysis for this .... and the begginning riff is in 19... what even is 19 in time signature... and why is it so beautiful?

[@prismonthethehorizon5793]

Absolutely bloody fantastic!

[@tempesthoughton4441]

This record is going to be on HEAVY rotation. I love what has been released so far. And I really want whatever that ride cymbal is.

[@stefanofesta6024]

Only one word: beautiful

[@Diakonov29]

His drumming is so different. It's sounds like vibing with modulations while at the same time you realize that most of it is memorized.

[@phasicsbonsaiworld6902]

Brilliant! Animals as Leaders! Inspirational Progressive Metal! Rock on!

[@Cody_Jay]

This man is my biggest drummer inspiration. I still can't believe where he came from to where he is. I can only hope to be half of what he already is.

[@XJoeyJordison666X]

id be happy with 5% of his talent

[@TheLemonKiller]

So do what he does. He programs drums to the songs. Then he learns that.

[@iAutodidact]

@@TheLemonKiller this shit honestly seems like it would be MUCH easier to just play first versus program. Programming shit this intricate is rough.

[@TheVashnessItself99]

@@iAutodidact well I know with the monomyth nested tuplets type stuff he just used metronome against each other to feel what 5 would feel like inside of a relative group of tuplets or whatever and just played to that till he had it down

[@drummusician]

@@TheLemonKiller this is actually the only tune that we have done that never had programmed drums. It was all played in the moment and refined over time.

[@tobiashamrick436]

You blow my mind, all the talent in Animals As Leaders is other worldly.

[@krenwregget7667]

really beautiful piece, loved it.

[@andrewhelms2573]

Such complexity played with ridiculous ease. Just jaw dropping

[@andreashofmeyr9583]

Spectacular. This track is all about the drums!

[@jaxnaturals]

Dam that's smoooooooth. You make it look so effortlessly. That's when you know you're on top!

[@tomfson8609]

Absolutely awesome drumming but it would be nice if the drums where louder in the playthrough Edit: Apparently they changed the sound so now it sounds waaay better.

[@folkrav]

Yep, the drum mix was really punchy but pretty quiet overall. Loud transients but pretty muted body.

[@shaxs7068]

No triggers :v

[@tomfson8609]

@@shaxs7068 I just think they should make the drums audible in the drum playthrough, I can barely hear the ghost notes and I think at least in a drum playthrough all the drumming should be audible

[@shaxs7068]

@@tomfson8609 In many productions, not to mention all, the ghost notes are never heard. I invite you to listen to many songs with the battery isolated from now on and you will see that the ghost notes make the song something different from what you hear with the song as a whole.

[@tomfson8609]

@@shaxs7068 My point was just that I can hear the drums better in the original song than in this DRUM playthrough. In most of their songs you can hear the ghost notes very well

[@melomandrumspassion3959]

Absolutely impossible to dislike this. Formidable talent demonstration as usual.

[@behindthen0thing]

great job matt. Couldn't imagine what it's like to be able to have your name on playing this good

[@Dyingwood.]

scary he can just choose to play note for note or whatever the hell he wants. i remember watching him solo during Ectogenesis live, one of the most unforgettable moments

[@balls2380]

@@Dyingwood. it’s honestly like he has free reign to do whatever he wants with drumming. It honestly seems like he could think of a small solo in his head and play it note for note

[@SharigramaOfficial]

What a beautiful drum set... The amazing Matt... Forever fan... I send you hugs... °,...,°

[@vat_1989]

Creativity at its best. Matt you rock

[@farmlilydale]

What a beautiful mind to be able to play like this ❤

[@andrewanderson1777]

Holy Stick Control! That little crossover bit around the cymbals was majestic af.

[@KeithNera]

Our Lord and saviour, Matt Garstka.

[@jonahthorsson3088]

Good music should take you back to a place or a memory, and this song does an AMAZING job of taking me back to all those times I was on hold with the cable company, thank you

[@cameronjamesdowns7385]

Love the cymbal work at the 1:20 mark

[@mDane4210]

Best of the best, truly on another level.

[@soulstorage]

Amazing drumming!

[@Coastfog]

This is not percussion anymore, it's something else, and it's beautiful.

[@YouLikeBosch]

Matt's transcendental metamorphosis into hippie percussion demigod is nearly complete.

[@rafanj824]

The ghost notes on the snare man. It's so delicious to hear.

[@proddreamatnight]

That snare in 4 over that 5 back beat I'm fucking losing it over here

[@sammybowker7823]

Keep em coming!!!

[@eldartop1634]

Epic song really!

[@josuecastillo2309]

Thanks men for universal aportation

[@BayuZkn]

So good, so clean 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@JVVVCK_]

Yessir! Was really excited to watch you play this one dude!

[@SAMUEL-fq4zr]

Amazing. I'm from Brasil.

[@andreimarasigan]

This is supposed to be The Problem of Other Drummers

[@mangagnome9764]

Absolutely amazing

[@deweytucker5413]

Absolutely sensational!

[@sushovanshrestha1802]

can't get enough of this

[@idn]

I really love to tom work on this one. Gels with the guitars incredibly well. Nicely done, Matt!

[@thatdrummeroz654]

Absolute Next Level. Nether Level. 🔥

[@tw0877]

Yes Sir. Great work 🤘

[@tobee_gamer5816]

This song is beautiful

[@Magani79]

can't believe he actually continued to get better

[@marioherrerosiles727]

Matt what a beast

[@apostol2424]

Very nice

[@juliusCR3]

Matt rules. 👊

[@chamomileofficial2073]

The intro sweeps sound like rain drops to me and the crash symbols represent waves crashing in the ocean.

[@gaia38ant]

amazing as usual

[@mathewreed818]

There’s enough said about how good Matt is on drums. I’m going to take another route and say that dude is hilarious and I would love to kick it with him. Metal Matt is amazing and his outfit here is hilarious. I appreciate his humor as much as his playing.

[@sentientcardboarddumpster7900]

The funny thing about being insanely good at what you do is that you can kinda look however you want

[@LeGrandPleb]

I saw him at a Tesseract show when the show was over. I so badly wanted to say hi, but I feel like that's rude and intrusive. Plus there was already beginning to be a bit of a crowd as other people recognized him too that and people trying to get to the exit.

[@mohamadachyarsyaepudin2545]

Like the shoes.. ❤️

[@jmike2039]

I love that this is titled what it is. I'm super into philosophy and this is major concern we just actually just end up assuming but never justifying over and above skeptical concerns.

[@jakesteik2393]

Inspirational play on learning some of these grooves I hear what your talking about tone wise matt.

[@jesusvargarci4749]

Brutal!

[@e.d.zenterdazoneofpain-totalga]

Superb Matt 🔥🔥🔥

[@Insider_Magic]

Pure Beast!!!

[@JoaoLuisOliveira]

This type of drumming can heal childhood traumas.

[@BlackFriday242]

Smooth like butter 🧈

[@dfdrush]

Perfect!

[@user-hx9jw2yh7xs]

Powerfull!!!🤟💥

[@charlissonhernandez]

You are a Bomb 🔥🔥❤️

[@ph0kused]

I feel like the title is super relevant with whats going on lately. Oh ya and matt is the best. Those dws sound amazing.

[@mindthreatx]

Incredible playing!

[@DavidPanther]

stellar

[@VermontScaleCustoms]

That was sick. @1:30 on - that's dope AF.

[@JK13th]

I’ve never liked a video faster without watching it before

[@hannibalcorps6384]

Master!!!

[@EyezofLA]

I wish this song was longer

[@drummrboy]

Where does he get his awesome clothing?

[@unikboricua]

My man, you are such a savage. I learn one of your songs and think I get it and you, and then u go and do this. I can’t even wrap my head around how you heard this in the music. Congrats on having a collective agreement that you are a modern day marvel and master of the instrument we love.

[@steviechivo]

Absolutely amazing 🔥🔥🔥

[@Andrew-wb2zq]

"NO TRIGGERS NO EDITS" look it's Matt Garstka, you don't have to convince us he's not cheating

[@alexeypolevoybass]

It's here to piss off Periphery and others who edit and sample replace their shit to the point of unlistenable.

[@Perrylayne105]

This song takes me into another dimension for 2:35 seconds

[@danwelsh6706]

The ones and zeros are insanity

[@CidicVicious]

Crazy 🤯

[@soysantim]

1:23 Mr. Miyagi moment right there. Look at that flow, not missing anything.

[@educostanzo]

Absolutely legendary

[@trismurray]

Unreal.

[@TylerHNothing]

I feel like this is somehow more precisely played to the album/record version than the Monomyth one, and this song feels more jazzy/loose where Monomyth feels "tighter/more rigid"

[@NickHaver]

Cool

[@NickyByloo]

Masterful.

[@PutuAdi_id]

oh finally. 🤘🤘🤘

[@soorenamuaythai7858]

It was so short i didn't have enough time to enjoy 😭

[@charlesallin]

Thats insane

[@southofgrace]

Love that Tom groove