Keith Carlock: Modern Drummer Festival 2005

Keith Performs at the Modern Drummer Festival 2005.
More information at HudsonMusic.com

[@dancazio]

oh man....this is great stuff !!...been rollin' around the idea, after seein' keith w/ steely dan in sept...of how phattback funky he's always been......now here's a killa piece of modern fusion !!!... A very innovative nyc combo...and all humble gentlemen, for sure !!

[@DCussen]

Dang. Just another guy I'll never be near as good as, but can listen to in amazement.

[@abstractlogix23]

The first studio recording from these three guys are coming in August 2009. This is one the best instrumental trios out there

[@w9jon]

ive seen keith live, he has the most beautiful snare drum in the world!

[@chungiemunchin]

This dude is just so good! There is a lot to learn by watching his style and checking out his time feel. Practice, practice, practice! oh yeah....and then........PRACTICE!

[@ManOfRhythm]

GREAT drumming here, that's all there is to it!

[@1chrisanderson]

Man....i will master this style someday.

[@samm1809]

he played at billy hyde in brisbane a whila ago.....man i regret not going now!!!

[@kewlfonz]

Keith's got such a lovely, light musical touch. When he needs to drop bombs or get loud snare accents etc, he's got that, but unlike a lot of drummers who just beat the living daylights out of their kits, this guy plays melodically and sensitively-This guys' a wizzard without any doubt. Remember if you always bash every part of the kit, where else can you go? Because drums don't have scales and arpegios as such, melody has to be implied by using many varying degrees of force. Nice going Keith.

[@colourfulwithaU]

I love his setup.

[@skykink]

Amazing!!

[@Ted_Swayinghill]

DID YOU SEE THE FRIKKIN VENUE THIS DUDE WAS PLAYING IN?!? He ain't no amateur.....His timing is flawless.....

[@DaFeeshey]

Flawless

[@MrHydrogoon]

what a player

[@Monsterdrumma]

I hear what your saying but he was playing with Wayne when Donald Fagen and Walter Becker sat in and then decided to hire Keith so he got the gig while playin' very busy stuff.

[@digimaton]

Wayne Krantz with Lefebvre on bass, it was thanks to Krantz that Carlock got the Steely Dan gig, Krantz's drummer, 6 years +, Thursday nights, the 55 Bar NYC, sadly the gig is no more.

[@OnTheRoof1]

that is a pretty serious angle!

[@danlc95]

Haha, When he was on the cover of MD, he looked just like this kid I was teaching!

[@chungiemunchin]

The band you're trying to think of is called "The Head's Up Super Band". If you listen to Keith's work on people's cd's like Clay Aiken or Jane Getter, you will find him sounding more like any other drummer (still great but he's not playing stuff like on this video). In fact, I suggest that if Keith ONLY played like he does with WKT all the time, he wouldn't have made it onto Steely Dan's stuff. Like all great musicians, one must play to the music to make music.

[@torylelandkirgiss]

I think its a Zildjian K Constantinople 22" medium thin low ride. Not sure exactly, but it is a Constantinople ride.

[@Kelavmeister]

@kewlfonz ...I dont think so. It's a common 8 note grouping he does, consisting of two bass drum hits, and a paradiddle-diddle. Sometimes he'll tighten up the first two snare hits into a flam. Check out his other solos and you'll see it all over the place. On drummerworld they have a solo from his DVD, it's got better audio for clarification!

[@toohsas]

This is fckin great

[@benediktstehle]

FLOOOOOOOWWW

[@webstercat]

Whip method to the extreme, the sticks are always in constant motion. I'm sure there was not a lot of effort to produce those motions.Lot to learn in a few seconds. Good eye!

[@Krishanu_Reeves]

wow keith has a pretty cool style but does anyone know who is the guy on the guitar cos he was playing some pretty eclectic out there stuff which makes keiths job all the more harder and kudos to him

[@chungiemunchin]

Absolutely.................now, imagine Keith's first day in the studio with Donald and Walter.......and Two Against Nature is called out and away he goes with the stuff he plays in WKT.............what do you think that exchange which would follow might be like?

[@arkanoide]

i love this song... but i dont know where i can find it..please somebody help me!

[@abstractlogix23]

Krantz Carlock Lefebvre, the baddest trio from New York. Get their new recording .. Some of it are what you are watching

[@Stupar28]

jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@blueshiftmusic4783]

It's all preference my friend. I practice both grips, but using my snare like that matched isn't really a problem for me. Everyone has their own way of doing things. ^_^

[@EILIVSAGRUSTEN]

Look at the angle of the floortoms!!!

[@blight4hire]

0.44- 0.46 - i think the fill he played was like that. a paradiddle-diddle twice then with doubles on the feet and you do it twice. The first R L are played on the toms then the rest on the snare. any experienced drummer want to correct me? because i am trying to figure out how to do that fill. its so tasty

[@blueshiftmusic4783]

I can play matched grip with my snare like that, it's all the players preference of what's comfortable.

[@OnTheRoof1]

is sort of jazzy funky fusion, bit weird but awesome.

[@blight4hire]

this drummer is fucking good

[@kewlfonz]

@blight4hire That fast roll which is the fill I think you're referring to, is in fact a sixteenth note triplet played with a double stroke roll. This is a very hard rudiment/phrase to play because it requires an accent on the first note of the first double and then an accent on the second note of the second double=R r l L r r L l r R Yeh, if you want to get good, learn how to put accents into double stroke rolls-should keep you busy...

[@johnnyherb]

They don't really do 'songs', they are mostly long improvisations with scraps of Krantz pre-composed grooves here and there.

[@generatrix999]

Who taught Carlock how to hold the sticks? Nice technique. Wanna talk 'short, efficient throw', look at the set-up.

[@blueshiftmusic4783]

That's how it's currently set up actually. :)

[@benediktstehle]

WWWWWWW

[@daniellllll45419]

@storagedog33 Do you suggest his dvd ?

[@DeGreesRemix]

Does anybody know what sort of hihats he plays in this clip? Thanks

[@kage1974]

Very funny.... For those of you who don't know, there are a growing number of people deprived of attention who post absurd comments like this to intentionally provoke a response. If you go to amazon and look at reviews for the Beatles White album you'll see.... Must be nice to have that kind of time on your hands.... Next time when I get my french fries they better be hot, damn it!!!!

[@blight4hire]

will someone tell me wad genre of solo is he playing? is it jazz?

[@amaupin4111]

Man is it just me or did he do at least 5+ lines before this show? Man's pale as a ghost and has huge bags under his eyes..

[@tutalus]

Look at the lean on his snare drum... beautiful...

[@mistahtut]

1:04-1:07 = awesome

[@blight4hire]

what is the metronome timing for this song?

[@fess04]

i believe the guitarist is Wayne Krantz.....a real unique guy ....great sound....i dont think that is Oz Noy

[@Ted_Swayinghill]

@webstercat It looks like a K Special Dry ride

[@dridethepresident]

whos on bass? sounds like oz on guitar

[@Stupar28]

vrh...

[@LearningDrummerSam]

Am I the only person watching this who is thinking "how the f*** can he play that kit?! If it was me playing it all you'd hear would be rims

[@ostrichfoot]

not true friend.... I got an album of a live smooth jazz group (dont remeber the name of the band) keith was playing drums before he got real known and it was not happening at all. This was at least 10 years ago.. the theme of the story is you got a sound!!!! find it!!!!!! Gadd cant do what Vinnie does.... Paul Motion can't do what bill stewart does.. find your own.. skies the limit.. i never thought drums could be played like keith does.... it's all coming out of nothing...

[@willudallmusic]

@Lith3on bahahaha i actually laughed out loud :)

[@ApacheLabel]

what with his snare

[@NashvilleDrumCoach]

hey guys, I just uploaded a clip of me breaking down one of Keiths fills. Please check it out and lemme know what you think!

[@floridacajun2]

@kage1974 Those "growing number of people deprived of attentino who post absurd comments" are known as Trolls.

[@Tristanrgreene11]

too bad they couldnt have had the modern drummer fest at the 55 bar... :) then they couldve showed em how they really rip!! except they would have to do 35 sets to ensure all the people of seeing them since the 55 is so small haha :)

[@liennto]

wow. i guess his technique is the best? holy french grip!

[@Timmyinc44]

Everyone thinks I'm weird for tipping my snare away form me, but this is just ridiculous.

[@benediktstehle]

hahahaha

[@jazzowacko]

no way anyone can play snare like that with a matched grip.Unless there doing it for fun or show.

[@benediktstehle]

no flow like his flow.

[@LesterBrunt]

and oz noy

[@danielhayles]

Ummmm, nothin free jazz about it dude, everything was totally in time

[@nadampski]

No doubt that the guys got lots of technique, but he leaves me absolutely cold. Sorry.

[@Kolenschopper]

It amazes my that the drummix and sound is this crappy. And that for people who should know how drums ought to sound.

[@abletonreason]

Awesome! I like how he resembles a butch lesbian haha

[@DrummingNonStop]

Such and odd setup.

[@BurandoHillVideos]

nice drumming. he does look a bit like a hardcore lesbian though. haha

[@uhoh38125]

K-CONS?

[@fvhaudsilhvdfs]

Thoroughly amateur. Guy needs to work on his fills.

[@webstercat]

the left side cymbal,what is it?