Questlove "Mind Dividing"

[@Christopher-md7tf]

When you get so advanced that you start circling back to playing sloppy

[@rockinrobin]

think about it though . John Coltrane spent most of his career proving his musical chops , and then near the end of his life played that "crazy" "non-sense" stuff . Pablo Picasso as well at the end of his career, developed a sloppy childlike approach to his art . Something to be said about the greats lol

[@defeatingdefeaters]

“Circling back” takes on a different meaning these days if you know what I mean 😆

[@PaintedSockets]

@Gideon Mekhi No, you're right, no one gives a shit

[@aundrellrobinson]

Circling back after obtaining insight and wisdom grants a new experience all together ...

[@lighterwaves5659]

yea too many coaches/teachers use "practice" n "techniques" that systematically eliminate whats original, genius n great, instead of building on it...yikes

[@apples874]

The way Quest made his kick ring @1:42 sounded so good. I'm always impressed by Quest's ability to strike his drums and get different sounds from them and to do it on a consistent bases while have such insane dynamic control and room dynamic awareness

[@stefangriffin3113]

Hmm. He's had and continues to have more success than most musicians will ever have, is one of the most sought after drummers and producers in the world...yet some of you idiots think he "sucks" or is plain. I hope that those of you that think he sucks learn about musicianship someday.

[@JCordoba1001]

Stefan Griffin i wouldn’t say he sucks per se, Overrated, definitely

[@rheeryder2524]

@Stefan Griffin: Let the church say "Amen."

[@glamdj]

he are so good, so in the same vibe, in the same groove, in the same soul, in this live act...im a music addicted... portuguese, designer, marketeer, also dj, living and working in Angola... and i notice this drummer for the first time in this live act with alicia keys... perfect with the drums... kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZPOo4CfrqmlmNU

[@averagejackmedia609]

Taught me more in a minute and fifty nine seconds then I learned from a teacher in 3 months.

[@deadmoonscriptures1556]

Those who can't do teach ;)

[@nathxdantas]

👍 true

[@Crates94]

Dilla taught him bout sloppy.

[@caspervanhelvoirt]

together with D'Angelo yes!

[@GriimX]

Yup, das right. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXaxq4eqaMunn7c (Questlove comes in about a minute later)

[@brianbcj]

@@GriimX wow ok I picked that up on first watch

[@Masterfilm15]

he's one of my favourite drummers, I can only dream to get where he's gotten, but has given me inspiration!

[@homelessinpeckham1094]

Practice the right things and you'll be an excellent drummer

[@glamdj]

he are so good, so in the same vibe, in the same groove, in the same soul, in this live act...im a music addicted... portuguese, designer, marketeer, also dj, living and working in Angola... and i notice this drummer for the first time in this live act with alicia keys... perfect with the drums... kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZPOo4CfrqmlmNU

[@guitarcenter]

Rewind: Questlove discussed "Mind Dividing" a technique used to play both 3/4 and 4/4 beats at the same time. bit.ly/1w0xq0f

[@isopropyltoxicity]

Guitar Center I want that snare sound so bad!!!

[@gxdhabakkagw6268]

I don’t know if you know this, but playing a poly meter isn’t that difficult if you learn what needs to be played together. So most drummers aren’t actually multitasking, same with polyrhythms. But it sounds like he’s really trying to feel both grooves at once which is insanely difficult as opposed to just playing the right notes.

[@wilberforce95]

if I was half the drummer Quest is I would be happy

[@alanvelasquez837]

Me too brother.

[@homelessinpeckham1094]

Practice the right things and you'll be good

[@jaydoode15]

Quest is the man

[@dinosaurpotatoes]

I LOVE YOU QUESTLOVE SERIOUSLY

[@calmdominantphenom]

Best drum set, I love this kit. Mos def, my favorite kit. Dope sound and it kicks way harder than any other small set I've played.. WELL WORTH THE MONEY!

[@gabe2869]

It should probably be noted that the 3/4 time he was talking about at the beginning is not "swing" like he said, it's "waltz".

[@eliborg]

A waltz in 3/4 is still swung(in a jazz context)

[@CANIMALEDETTI]

A kit so affordable but high quality too, amazing!

[@ocean457]

So that was part of D'angelo's vision for his soul rhythm that made up this drumming style Questlove has. You play as tight on the pocket as James Brown or Prince but in between the Ones you relax everything. Mind, spirit expanding shit. Unspeakable, undescribable. Life greatness.

[@snowghost5134]

Yes ✨

[@julians.3311]

legend

[@snowghost5134]

Less truly is more 💥 It’s where you put it How you feel it What you don’t play It’s not actually sloppy That is a humble way Of saying free Notice the accents The way they shift And move It pulls your body & mind Like the moon does the tide Relax feel let go & be free

[@screechandmoan]

Badassness. I'm a guitarist, but it's drummers like this that really make me wanna put down the guitar n' listen.

[@SuperPerfect5th]

I love this dudes pocket.

[@jonrichmond1098]

Love this guy❤

[@Placid_sarcastic]

"The more sloppier it is the more human it is" quest love

[@YashlinN]

you the man! Quest!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Squirrelconga]

"One job on left side of 🧠. 2nd job on right side of 🧠. Leaving the center wide open!" -Adrian Belew

[@philip2404]

that is clearly Dilla 1:33

[@laminebaazi4376]

nah dilla drums are never off beat. the post dilla.people.are jays drums are in weird pockets but theyre very clean

[@RumRummyRummer]

greatest price too. unbeatable

[@mrmisfit635]

I love it!

[@liluhaas]

I'm happy about this

[@bryannforeman935]

Really giving a lesson on how to play slightly off. Legend

[@landonkrulezdood]

Also known as polymeter/polyrhythm. Look it up.

[@BuzzieBee77]

Great tight snare sound!

[@beverlyx9546]

Beautiful 3/4!!! Do 1 hour 🤔. DRIFTING.

[@GeminiKLY]

Love what he said about the sloppiness

[@GuyCostigan]

Okay greay so this video only needed to be about 9,999.33 hours longer

[@bea5ToloG]

a master.

[@RCLaROCK1]

Quest Love He happens to be a younger generation of Drummer Greats in 2000 era of time and those with lack of knowledge of the DRUM craft circle dont know his place in music until they research or get schooled..... he also knows music history he's more then a drummer ...a Historian a teacher a showman much respect Quest MICSTRO rc #longestflowonwax Read more REPLY

[@Greggyboyz60]

Cool drum lesson.

[@jacoblando5083]

Mastered that in a minute and a half

[@MrMemtown]

All I can say is wow. You have magic powers

[@cigarettecat3981]

That snare tone

[@mrmisfit635]

Crank it up 2 turns, then tune it back down half a turn...snare drum tone bliss!

[@alya1607]

I wanna be like Quest Love when I grow up ..in the pocket! 👌😅

[@deadmoonscriptures1556]

Would this "mind dividing" exercise be a good practice for a beginner drummer?

[@MrPisster]

If you listen to his story...he was a beginning drummer.

[@deadmoonscriptures1556]

@@MrPisster I didn't catch that detail, thanks.

[@theoriginalbillholt]

It's personal. I've never cared for Pearl. I heard Mike Mangini's set on KZbin and thought they sounded absolutely flat. I also saw a video of DWs with the May Miking System. I like DW, I have a May kick mic from WAY back, and a demo CD of May's system played by Omar Hakim on a Pearl set. Pearl had original distribution for May. That Pearl/May demo sounds fantastic. The DW /May kit I heard was like fart bubbles in the bathtub. Go figure. 'Production' can take any kit from pumpkin to carriage.

[@charlesthrush9178]

Kit is really good too

[@TimeNfeel91]

Similar. I guess if you were to only play beat one of each time signature, it would form a polyrhythm (two types of subdivisions played on top of each other), but the beat in the video is a hemiola (if you are thinking in 3/4, the 4/4 foot pattern plays over the barline and lands back on one after four bars of 3/4. The opposite would be in 4/4 where the 3/4 pattern falls back on one after 3 bars of 4/4, and both cycles would take up 12 beats.).

[@igottheblues1]

They're also known as polyrithms.......

[@jackwilliams8856]

How does he get that bass drum sound!!!???!!!???

[@TonyGellaDrums]

Vals and polka in same time)

[@xaviersales92]

When you get a black belt, you become a white belt again Sun Tzu

[@snowghost5134]

This

[@MitchieMitchMitchell]

That snare sounds so freaking good, how does he tune it?

[@mikesmith6129]

The snare side sounds like it’s tuned super tight.

[@nikoma_]

Yeah man ✅

[@africanmaan]

My Pearl Export is, it is such a hassle to tune i don't even use the toms any more i only use the kick and snare. The snare is not even the one that came with the kit, it is metal shell snare.

[@k3mikal]

Reminder that Danny Carey can play 3 at a time

[@dreamopeth]

Dilla indeed with the last one.

[@STFXLMNS]

my god, didn't see that last one coming.

[@jameslyons1661]

👍

[@fuzzylogiceire]

Is their fittings/ room for a second rack tom?

[@mrrogers3581]

This is a good foundation beat for layering two different time signatures together, but most drummers with a few years of experience will find that it's pretty simple. It would have been cool to see more variations, sped up, played as a fill in a groove, etc. But usually guitar center loves to keep things nice and dumbed down, that's why they always pick someone to win the drum off that was outclassed by other drummers.

[@babathesheep7]

how did his kick drum get so deep when he got sloppy tho..

[@KudosCultureCartel]

damn kick sounds like an 808

[@Grisu.]

fucking kids and 808 samples man holy shit

[@drstew1]

J Dilla beats inside Quest ❤ with some D’Angelo

[@glamdj]

this is kind of trip-hop drum principle... its look like that a beat is offset... but its offset synced.... always in the same offset feeling.. i love triphop because of that... you see lots of that in portishead music About him: he are so good, so in the same vibe, in the same groove, in the same soul, in this live act...im a music addicted... portuguese, designer, marketeer, also dj, living and working in Angola... and i notice this drummer for the first time in this live act with alicia keys... perfect with the drums... kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZPOo4CfrqmlmNU

[@slipknotmfkr3]

“Took me three weeks to really master it” fuck I wish…

[@12345678952657]

He uses Zildjian cymbals

[@BAGAKOOS]

wat kind of cymbals is he using?

[@arturhours]

repetition legitimises

[@africanmaan]

Damn i wish that kit was out 6 years ago i would have gotten it instead of my bullshit pearl kit

[@HydraulicSandwich]

I thought break beats where what jojo mayer played?

[@MrSaiLikesPie]

You mean polyrhythm?

[@onthejuan_youtube]

1:39 BassDrum Singing =)

[@shawndavidevans]

It's not about the kit.

[@HydraulicSandwich]

and KJ sawka

[@jhsaranglao]

#dilla

[@iaminsfiredbytrustfration8502]

What’s in his hair

[@yamsang0__0]

anyone agrees that its easier to do this one without thinking about it? like if you try to count you get thrown off. but if you just start doing it it'll come out easy

[@Drfresh1402]

Dilla student all the way guaranteed.

[@decadence18]

So it took him 3 weeks to separate him time signatures from just 2 different ones? it must be a lifestyle for Danny Carry of TOOL then.... plan and simple, period, thank you, goodbye!

[@carlosloor88]

isn't it like polyrythm?

[@Aaron_Gentry]

That bass drum is so small

[@theoriginalbillholt]

It's originally a superficial thing, like many elements of attraction, but I never cared for Pearl's look. I hate the double-post tom mounts, and that's never going to change. Pearl HAS been an industry leader in many ways, so they still get kudos for that. I did like their Custom Z Series figured birdseye maple from the 1990s. Beautiful. I think that that model ws an answer to Sonor's Signature Series, which I have in African Bubinga.

[@ianspillman2742]

"Mind Dividing" No offense but I've played drums for about 10 years now, and I learned this in the first two or three years? It's a great way to warm up and practice playing circadian rhythms, but it's nothing that you learn in advanced class in music college.

[@nickpaternostro2611]

This guy says the drummer needs to act as a Metronome? Try Carter Beauford, for example. He plays the drums melodically and musically. That's why he's the best of all time.

[@mrbrubbs10]

Sorry my brutha I love your playing....BBBUUUT as an ole schooler I hate the sloopy style...bass and drums gotta be tight but thats just me and everybody from the 70's thru early 90's! Could you imagine James Brown wit a sloppy drummer.. James woulda kilt his ass...YEAH KILT!!lololol

[@prodark1359]

hahahahahaha

[@ironjaybeatsgymnut8201]

hes plain. but a cool guy

[@bakihanma644]

Not a fan of the drunk drumming

[@snowghost5134]

Sober up and you might

[@bakihanma644]

@@snowghost5134 😂. I was -it's just all over Bandcamp now.

[@snowghost5134]

@@bakihanma644 “once you become a black belt you go back to white belt” “one time at band camp..”

[@mitchellhughes5180]

This guy is so dull

[@snowghost5134]

Gossip is envy in disguise

[@TakisT888]

Took me five seconds to master don't get why this should be difficultxD

[@vasconcelossentimento]

we got a little mr. special talents over here folks

[@TakisT888]

watch this;) its me showing next level;)

[@florianzappe6561]

I didn't think it was that hard too, but I am sure that there are other ployrythms that are way harder.

[@ianspillman2742]

one of the ones my teacher had me practice that took me forever to get is sixteenth-note quintuplets on the snare over 4/4 on the bass and hi hat. It's super confusing and took me a good 3 months to get down.

[@TakisT888]

Ian Spillman well then you were just @beginner level back then?