Jazz drummer reacts: MattGarstka- Arithmophobia

2+2=7 in Matt's mind.
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[@jamespepke7855]

"Song is about the drummer" if only you saw the guitar players were doing lol

[@tubejtthomps]

true but to be fair the song is named after him

[@nsldsfv1202]

this was actually a drum track matt wrote start to finish then sent to tosin for "reworking into a song" and tosin was just like "nah ill just write over this exact thing." so this song technically IS about the drummer. Not disagreeing with you on tosin though. He is the mayyyyyyyyyyyyn!

[@chrismccoole6244]

Did I just watch a guy do paradiddles for five minutes ? I shouldn’t hate cause if people like it than they should do it. I don’t get the hype.

[@jaxchancellor4907]

Chris McCoole they arent paradiddles in the first place bud

[@versalgraphics]

Well matt did write it at first and tosin and javier wrote the guitar parts around it so its mostly focused on the drums

[@facelen4321]

Man he is Matt Garstka and this is Animals as Leaders... he doesn't need to play with anybody else!

[@robynholley2180]

Matt Garstka: the "Jens Face" of drumming xD

[@IR4TE]

I would like to see you check out Chris Moore former drummer for a band called Magrudergrind, he has a pretty minimalist set to play on but in my opinion it sounds awesome. There's a KZbin channel called 'Sickdrummermagazine' they have 2 videos of him live.

[@natechartier4645]

Love the reactions, man. If you haven't heard them before you should check out Been A Long Time Cousin by Hella!

[@weslerembler1]

You should react to The Ocean! Perhaps "Permian: The great dying" or "Eternal Recurrence". Would love to see your take.

[@kababrutal]

You should check out nils dominator fjellström

[@bed22455]

Also another one to check out, Spencer Prewett, from the band Archspire. Rapid elemental dissolve is a good one, they also have a demo song drum only on their channel that ended up being involuntary doppleganger from their latest album, that'd be a good one to check out too! Been enjoying these videos lately, nice to see someone outside metal actually have some appreciation for it. Edit: here's the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYSonJyNeriqa7M

[@TheVashnessItself99]

you should watch the vic firth jams video he did, it's him in a funk setting

[@wberickson]

thank you for being the best youtuber. i'm loving your videos!! more farts though

[@0stringking0]

Nice vids! Hate to be the "hey do this next!" guy, but you should find a solid video of Car Bomb's drummer, Elliot Hoffman.

[@Lauen]

There aren't a whole lot of actual drum videos, if any at all, but I think you should check out Twelve Foot Ninja, especially One Hand Killing. Also Leprous songs like Rewind, The Price, Moon, Coma, and more have actual drum videos. Great videos so far man, keep em coming. Sub from me for sure.

[@TheTeKuZa]

Jazz drummer: What is happening to this channel??? Me: I've come to bargain, play Thomas Lang and promise not to fart ever again on KZbin!

[@ericcosta92]

Might I recommend: Decapitated - Homo Sum, very good technical drumming. They're a technical Death Metal band out of Poland. There is a drum cam version out there, but the quality is lacking. I actually think the music video gives you a better idea of the drumming as it is heavily featured.

[@bar2ti4]

check out Cynic - Humanoid (drum playthrough)

[@neelabhchoudhary2063]

@4:38 .... um is AAL not a funk prog band?

[@mattthefuneraldirector6089]

Please react to signs of the swarm - cowards deathbed - drum version so so good

[@jisu222]

Dude you gotta do a video about Sean Wright.

[@sheister]

Real talk how many people subbed because of the fart

[@sheister]

🙋‍♂️

[@avizokhatsu8793]

Which video? @sheister 🤣🤣

[@juliogalvao7560]

I did

[@jdozer96]

Yep, I did.

[@vatases]

Yes

[@JordanUH]

Weird how the metal community seems to love watching non metal people react to metal/prog etc. glad to hear it's going well dude! Keep goin

[@Goose21]

It’s so we can relive listening to something for the first time

[@autohmae]

@@Goose21 It's what reaction videos are about.

[@Arcterion]

Because it's wonderful to see people realize that it isn't just noise, but carefully constructed chaos that often requires a lot of talent to play. :D

[@uglyfb9133]

It almost validates a community who is used to being shit on.

[@MotoHikes]

Metalhead Shaq my dude

[@zacredington4776]

"This guy should be playin in a *insert description of Matt's band*" xD

[@Sickdrummermagazine]

There are many better examples online of just how insane Matt is.

[@pjbuma13]

Agreed this is a good track but probably not even in the top 5 for songs I would choose to demonstrate his badassery.

[@Gungnir111]

Am new to Matt Garstka and Animals as Leaders. Which examples are you talking about?

[@Slurssss]

@@Gungnir111 The woven web, physical education, his live play of Cafo...pretty much anything honestly they are all good.

[@ddrum1090]

Your videos are a better choice lol

[@jesusrodrigo9827]

instablaster.

[@meters_and_madness]

It'd be awesome to see some Gavin Harrison reactions, the man is phenomenal. He's won many awards as a rock drummer but considers himself a jazz musician at heart. Check out his jazz/swing chops playing Killer Joe or So What, or some darker stuff like Bonnie The Cat.

[@gvolpe87]

+1 for Gavin Harrison!

[@Diesel_Budgie]

Holy shit yes. Don't forget the Pasic 2008 performance and especially "Quite Firm"!

[@stereoroid]

Gavin’s clinic play-through for Anesthetise is fairly astonishing too.

[@seanyuklievaustria4670]

He already did

[@EiriUesugiKun]

04:32 "This guy is funky as hell man, he should be playing in badass like funk prog band...." :D **edit** You are right, he is. ;)

[@Unearthlywhales]

Channel's blowing up! keep it up my dude! Enjoying your content.

[@starecatfilms]

Matt Garstka will never lose the pocket. He's insanely consistent... Also you should start analyzing the music in your videos, us musicians would love that #futileheadbobbing

[@selvedgedad]

Saw them with The Contortionist and Between the Buried and Me. Matt totally missed a part and they had to restart the song.

[@bloodlustdrummer]

I think it was that fart on the last Garstka vid..I know I sure subbed after that bro. Spit my damn drink out too.

[@LabGoats]

"Futile head-bobbing" That's how I feel for half the songs everytime I go see animals as leaders live

[@jeffreycollins7297]

You sure you aren't right in the pocket but maybe think you aren't? You are.

[@frozenlake1215]

You should react to the drumming of Morgan Ågren (good starting point: his TV jam with Fredrik Thordendal)

[@lupiaan2021]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5jae3islth9oq8

[@jobrimar8291]

I keep plowing this furrow in his other vids. Morgan is great. Got to check out mats&morgan band folks.

[@t3hgir]

Morgan Agren is one of my favorite drummers, absolute genius musician.

[@gergostroban4307]

Andrew Hall Yes please, its a freakin must!!

[@jakobsyven8477]

Yes yes yes! With the guitarist from Meshuggah... I've watched that video countless of times.

[@uraharamitchell7250]

There is no analyzing Matt Garstka... There is only appreciating him. He is not of this world.

[@jeffreycollins7297]

If you listen to Bozzio and Bruford you hear a lot of what Matt is doing. He's a mix of a rock and Jazz drummers.

[@Ryguypie17]

Been waiting for this video! Also it's great that your channel is blowing up! One of the best drummers I've ever seen is Alex Rudinger, you should check out him playing "Storm." Blows my mind every time

[@vahnn0]

Rudy is one of my fave drummers, too. First saw his work in "Where Are the Birds" with Good Tiger, and just keep getting floored by his work. His kit always sounds phenomenal in every video!

[@Ryguypie17]

@@vahnn0 Right?? I found him through his cover of The Lotus Eater, and then fell in love with about every video on his channel. Once you fall down the Rudi rabbit hole, there's no going back. Xenochrist, Tethys, Coldly Calculated Design, and just about 3 dozen other videos would all make for great reactions/analyses in my opinion. But in the end, Storm is the one that gets me the most

[@KoalemosTheAtomizer]

@@Ryguypie17 Is that a Tall Poppy Syndrome profile pic I spy??

[@Ryguypie17]

KoalemosTheAtomizer Ah, a man of culture I see. ;) haha you know it! Leprous is my favorite band

[@jimitsos6]

@@Ryguypie17 Leprous have one of the most talented and amazing drummers I have ever seen

[@idog5556]

I took a private lesson with JP Bouvet when he suddenly filled in for Matt Halpern on the Fall/Winter 2017 Periphery & AAL Tour. As I was one on one with JP, Garstka walked in the room, and was jamming to my groove I was playing. I nearly shit myself, but it was one of the coolest things to have a lesson with a God and to have another God walk into the room at the same time. *With that being said, check out JP Bouvet if you haven’t yet! Not metal all the time, but I’m sure it’ll come someday lol

[@tomsarrels8980]

Isn’t he in Good Tiger now?

[@anthonyzaccagni8269]

an hour ago when i subbed, you had 4.8. now you have 5.03. keep up the good, informative reviews!

[@shawns1793]

2 songs you need to see Ectogenesis - Matt Garstka Planetary Duality - Lyle Cooper drum cam from The Faceless

[@peterducai]

definitely Cooper video :D

[@Netheyh]

Please give me a face reacting to Lyle's face.

[@shawns1793]

@@Netheyh Lyle is "The Faceless"

[@doublebassrox]

Mack Shawn49 went over their heads lol

[@ItsJayBee]

Has anyone suggested Gojira’s song “The Art of Dying” yet? I’m curious to see your thoughts on the opening couple of minutes of that. I’ve listened to that song dozens of times and can not comprehend the drumming. Check it out!

[@alen_ELMLB]

The fking snare of that songgggggggg, i can't rationalize it. Im not a drummer, maybe that's the reason

[@Giantshredder]

What's up with that ride?!? Holy God. Check out Ectogenesis btw...same set up, same guy.

[@garrettmillerdrums]

Jazz ride, baby!

[@fatbrad412]

Love the channel! Definitely check out any and all videos of Animals as Leaders. They have an awesome studio session with Dunlop!

[@violetninja]

Good to see your channel blowing up! Can you react to Zach Hill? Either him practicing or his performance of Face Tat? Thanks!

[@MisterPerson]

literally just watched his last video today hoping for some matt garstka and then this happens. much love bro and funny dude

[@MisterPerson]

Eternal Rambler figurally actually

[@namir91]

Hi welcome to Matt-ematics 101, todays lesson is in time signatures. Open your books to chapter: 9/4

[@spider7venstring]

Please, just analyze! We like it when you try to dissect it.

[@garrettmillerdrums]

Thank you. It's hard to do in one viewing, which is how I like reactions to be...maybe I can do a post analysis after the initial react for some videos but I'll try to add more when I can. This one is particularly complex, I was grasping for something semi intelligent to say because I was so speechless about what just happened lol

[@Oh_its_Mike]

React to Alex Rudinger - Xenochrist.

[@MattJFilms]

His Conquering Dystopia stuff is nuts as well

[@mrvercetti13]

Hey dude! Congrats on the success! Ill be here forever! I love what you do and I love the knowledge you have of drums, keep on rocking!

[@drums4lyfe0987]

Badass funk prog band might be one of the best descriptions of AAL I’ve ever heard

[@tlotr25]

You shoul try Jay Postones from Tesseract!! Live in Athens, 07 07 2019

[@tripiayuso96]

React to T H I C C daddy Alex Camarena, Drummer on Silent Planet. There is a Live performance that has a drum spotlight on the song "Afterdusk" GREAT CHANNEL! Greetings from México

[@poultriarchy]

If you want a cool drummer to check out, try any of Jamie Saint Merat's studio compilation videos for Ulcerate's last few albums. Genuinely one of the most unique drummers on the planet right now, has some of the most dynamic and intricate passages I've heard from a metal drummer basically ever. Otherwise, he has numerous live drum playthroughs on Relapse Records' KZbin channel; his playthrough of "Everything is Fire" is, well, fire.

[@cpGeira]

Seconding this

[@Kerosian1]

Yes. I reccomended him a few vids back. Guys a beast. His shaping is so unique, he is basically the heart of the music

[@poultriarchy]

Kerosian1 for real. Not to mention just how fucking good of a pair he is for the riffing which is arguably just as impressive and unique.

[@BartonHNewell]

Spencer Prewett of Archspire. There is a Drum! Magazine video of him.

[@biazooo]

Ayee congrats on Influx of subs my dude! Could you check out Aric importa - Earthless playthrough!! :3

[@t3hgir]

Matt Garstka is such a nice dude. He took the time to respond to a question I asked him in an email once. Didn't expect such a humble response let alone a response at all. I highly recommend any of his instructional lessons.

[@Demoseven]

you really should check out Matt's project with Josh de la Victoria!!! its called 'Victoria' Meinl uploaded a sick video of them playing one of their latest singles called 'Kepler'

[@aleksandarvukotic8710]

Check out Alex Rudinger (Obscura - Anticosmic Overload cover) He is currently playing for Whitechapel, he is sick AF...

[@747lch]

No hook, no chorus - you just described a bunch of Animals as Leaders songs lol

[@Scootman]

2:10 - I don't know that that's true. Tosin Abasi, the guitarist, started Animals As Leaders and it was definitely more to show off his skills at first but after the first album, he basically just gets good musicians to do what they do best.

[@delicrux]

I was going to say the same thing, this drummer is off the walls but that is because the other talent in the band need this skill level. Tosins stuff is crazy though guitar sounds like 3 people playing but tosins can play it by himself

[@techdeth]

I see garstka, I click. Legit the best drummer I've ever seen in the modern space. So varied in his skillset and knowledge

[@StuTheSoftwareAnalyst]

Check out Inferno from Behemoth playing At the Left Hand ov God: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZC7dauinct4kLM

[@Frosttyy12]

M O R E A N I M A L S

[@sheister]

Frosttyy12 Y E P

[@alf_971]

Between the Burried and Me (studio live) please..

[@tobias5740]

That'd be awesome! Blake Richardson - Obfuscation in the studio! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ-qqXSLd7KNfrs Yes pls!

[@deenashankar7690]

Yes!!!!

[@tlotr25]

YESSSSS

[@felixgarstka]

I saw that live studio session and I was blown away

[@deenashankar7690]

A band like BTBAM is a rarity

[@tschaderdstrom2145]

Some reaction ideas: Chris Pennie- Come to Daddy Terry Bozzio playing the black page 1 & 2 Annika Nilles - The Walk Snarky Puppy - What About Me? - Larnell Lewis learned the show on the plane to the studio, and you can see an awesome save and great ears at 5:56 Elliot Hoffman - [Car Bomb] - Meshuggah Tour 2014 - Multi-Track Alex Rudinger - Conquering Dystopia - "Tethys" Pepe Silvia w/drums - by david dockery

[@jeffreycollins7297]

I said why not the whole "Melodic Drumming and the Ostinato" video. :D

[@bigtinn7591]

If you like this drummer you should check out Backpfeifengesicht and The Woven Web

[@Flugmorph]

please react to "Converge Concubine and Dark Horse Live GoPro drum cam Ben Koller"

[@heikkisiitonen9401]

I would love it if you reacted to Baard Kolstad, the drummer of Leprous! He has a unique, "jazzy" play style for the metal genre and has very high quality videos. "Moon" is one of my favourites from him: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eF67n3V3q9Kknqc

[@hewystudio7832]

They’re song “Another Year” is a badass funk prog song

[@luizcarmona338]

Actually the guitar player is the main guy, Abasi, he writes the songs basically for himself.

[@jasontackett7559]

VOLA - Ruby Pool Play Through........a really smooth jam!!!!

[@jimmybruch489]

"gotta fix this, gotta fix that, because i beat the shit out of it"- every drummer ever lol

[@Frosttyy12]

Check out Periphery. "The Way the News Goes" play-through is good shit

[@mcyelte5432]

Maybe you could react to Chris Turner from Oceans ate Alaska? I think you would like his style

[@eggdog1227]

You should react to dirty loops - work shit out. You'd fucken love it. Love the down to earth reactions.

[@Edmo]

MGŁA@Mgła-Exercises in Futility V -Darkside-Brutal Assault 2019 (Drum Cam). You will love it, that's where Darkside beats the sh'it out of not only chinas but all the set. The ending is especially spectacular.

[@thishandlealreadytaken]

Yes!!

[@taperry96]

+1 from me!!

[@AndJustlceForAII]

Recommended this too, there’s no one like Darkside... No one!

[@christosandrews4149]

It would be great to see you react to King Crimson - Indiscipline live w/ 3 drummers (Gavin Harrison, Pat Mastelotto, Jeremy Stacey)

[@CaptainKoosh]

Please react to art of dying by gojira!! It has an awesome and weird time signature

[@joystick2212]

That song is beastly. The intro is insanity

[@murmeli8791]

You seemed to like Kai Hahto on one of the previous videos, so maybe you would be interested to see his warmup solo kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXS9ipuFbNuNotE

[@SauceBoss69]

Gojira - Art of Dying!

[@Maespinoza00]

What Happens now - Porcupine tree It is an AMAZING song to review

[@lexievv]

What about the live version of anesthetize ?

[@Mune.T]

Look at Matt in "victoria" his side project

[@TheHeavensfence83]

Holy fucking shit i like that better that Animals.....there i said it

[@deenashankar7690]

Between the buried and me. Any song will do!

[@tommilahde6512]

You should check out Aric Improta from Night Verses/ Fever 333. He does all kinds of crazy drumming.

[@zin_dnz]

Do a reaction video for Polyphia OD Drum playthrough by Clay Aeschliman

[@TheArtificialReality]

I vote you try looking at Aaron Stechauner of Rings of Saturn! His playthrough of Margidda is great, and would love to see you highlight and break down his foot technique!

[@firmans12]

If u want the best drummer you should react to Lars Ulrich 💪😁

[@Acid4Blood]

Metal ..that is what happened ...also check Matt playing inner assassins

[@Phrgyian]

Thanks for that, Nick from "New Girl"! I never knew you were a drummer! Very Cool.

[@arttu2666]

like 30 minutes after binging all your videos and subscribing i see a new video, what is going on also you were at 4.5k then and you're already at 5k, guess the algorithm decided to smile upon you on this day lol

[@goggologgo6590]

Sounds very Meshuggah-ic? Allan Holdsworth solos, downtuned guitars, weird time signatures...no cookie monster vocals though.

[@JGBDYT]

The whole song is 4/4... Few measures excepted

[@jayheevlogs]

Watch Jason Richardson & Luke Holland hos down 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@nhiexelvisualz5950]

Yes my boy Matt Garstka. Next Virgil Donati or Jay Postones

[@potalamoi]

Show Billy Rymer some love, the dillinger escape plan is cool as hell! Billy Rymer - When I Lost My Bet

[@mikem5951]

You have to react to - "Converge - Dark Horse e-kit play through." Love Ben Koller’s style and speed. No vocals on this one either, which you’d probably hate if you dislike the screaming.

[@LeVezz]

3:07 , it's almost like an exercice . Yes totally ! He wrote the 6 minutes drum tracks and after that they added guitars and stuff but it really was an exercice, like Gojira's Art Of Dying.

[@Blade658]

Stranger Things by Periphery or Specular Reflection by Between the Buried and Me would be really interesting choices! There's a really good video for Specular Reflection from the drummers (Blake Richardson) playthrough of that whole EP

[@booish99]

I was just about to recommend the studio recording of Specular Reflection myself.

[@emmanuelvelasquez419]

The dude did go to Berklee for primarily a gospel background, so they're definitely gospel chops, spot on

[@wesleymerkel6114]

I think you'd enjoy a video of Jamie St Merat from Ulcerate. He's got some sick live videos, Dead Oceans is favorite, and he always does a 10-15m video of him doing drum tracking before each album comes out. I think he's one of the most unique death metal drummers out there.

[@jungobungo327]

Nice dude 👍 Gotta check out Alex rudinger- intronaut fast worms

[@celestialaeonproject]

Another fun one is Virgil Donati's (or Planet X) Alien Hip Hop and its funky triplet metric where double bass patterns just flows along

[@blazejecar]

actually the entire song is in 4/4, but the drum hits are written in complex places to give the illusion of polyrythms. That's why it's called arithmophobia

[@ian5420]

You gotta check out Chris Adler playing Laid To Rest that guy is a beast!

[@crispinmcsticks]

Duubii Something to Die For as well, Chris is a solid as hell drummer

[@linuslarsson8094]

It's over 9000!! I'd recommend looking up Morgan Sansous in Henker. Sadly, I don't think there are any drum cam clips on YT, but there's a medley of grooves under the poor title of "brutal death drummer.mp4". You should be able to find it by searching for "henker drummer" as well. Cheers!

[@sanskaraunofficial]

You need to do periphery! Matt halpern is so tasty! Check out there song Chvrch bvrner !

[@yourself88xbl]

Yeeeesss

[@AngeloGuardia]

Man try these ones: The Contortionist - Language I: Intuition [Joey Baca] Drum Cam (2017) Jason Rullo - Symphony X - Iconoclast - Midland Theater in KC - 2/26/2012 Symphony X - Jason Rullo - Segments of The Odyssey May 2011 Martin Axenrot (Opeth) - Drumming on Heritage (FIXED AUDIO) btw, your reactions are great! Cheers from the Czech Republic!