Matt Garstka - Developing New Patterns

Matt Garstka (Animals As Leaders) shares a few ideas on how to expand your phrasing and vocabulary to create your own unique ideas. Matt also has a show in Entertainment and an Artist Course.
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[@Profmillar]

He even speaks in odd time signatures.

[@James-wl5zv]

With no doubt in my mind, I believe Matt will go down in history as one of the greatest drummers of the 21st century

[@tylerkenyon-rice9315]

Definitely! The man’s an animal lol

[@justinballoons3235]

Certainly has paved a new path. Much appreciate your art Matt

[@robinjohnson6301]

I agree.

[@debotoxgod6878]

imo he is the greatest of all time.

[@ruairicoyle6839]

Matt dressed like a nurse here because he's truly clinical on the drums.

[@blackl1steddrums]

Very funny.

[@romistako2938]

METUL MATTT!!

[@donnyjohnson3766]

He just said a key thing, a workout that can actually be used in a musical context! 🙌

[@giovannicabrini8457]

6:26 I love how he missed the slow part, but then he played perfectly the crazy-fast one. Just a reminder that slowly it's trickier

[@diafenix]

matt garstka in my favorite drummer on planet earth.

[@jacktheripper3382]

Ye boi

[@lilymuu]

The physical _and_ mental independence and coordination that Matt has behind the kit is just incredible.

[@DrumsTheWord]

An absolute pleasure to hear Matt up close. What an amazing musician and inspiration.

[@trismurray]

Matt, after 23 years of playing and teaching this has inspired me. Been feeling a bit dry at the start of the year so thank you!

[@benlaver2524]

that kit sounds so good

[@markomarkovic5729]

And costs sooo much :(

[@JesseDupuy]

Whole time I'm just thinking "MATT where's your ear protection!?" lol. Love the teaching, some really great insights.

[@Nick.nikolaev]

Amazing drummer. Really brings playing to a whole new level..

[@EdenPorterMusic]

i really appreciate the mix here, matt's drum sound is always really... particular, but you don't usually get to actually hear what it sounds like mostly natural.

[@bradreigel4728]

Thanks Matt for showing us these techniques and leveling us up...much appreciated!!

[@GeraldLawMusic]

Matt is always pushing his drumming forward. Love it man!

[@Thedrummersalmanac]

The endless beauty of sticking combinations. Nice work!

[@duskomilijevic9174]

This was really, really helpful! Awesome way to practice ghost notes, and staying within a groove at the same time. Opened my eyes for some things.

[@DillonMcSwain]

Man this is video is awesome Matt is a legendary drummer and definitely one of my favorite he's up there on my list

[@jamespacia8610]

Dude...this was an eye opener

Hugely inspired by this man !!!!!!!!! God

[@susunaga7]

A good example of Gary Chaffee application concepts.

[@esch7055]

Freak MONSTER! what a powerhouse! very impressive

[@TazzSmk]

paradiddling right foot and left hand is most useful tip I've seen!

[@eddieavakian]

Great info! I’ve written these ideas out and have been working on them for a few weeks now and find these ideas totally useful (and hard to play!).

[@nikitamaltsev4987]

What a cool playing concept! Great useful staff instead of "another cool lick"!

[@harveydrumz]

Amazing concept !!!

[@ChristopherMundahl]

awesome ideas and clear explanation, thanks Matt!

[@tmaddrummer]

Merry Christmas Matt! Great as ever!

[@suniumnova4871]

thanks for the cheats code Matt! love your work btw!

[@Slipstream0001]

That kit sounds so good!

[@joshuajosiahcolumbus]

Who the fuck thumbs downed? We love you Matt! This was a dope video Drum Channel.

[@santiagocabrera2543]

awesome, and useful !

[@2002drumsonly]

Love it! I am now subscribed.

[@tatoartv]

I keep going back to the beginning groove 🔥

[@juancitomurillo1525]

Master!

[@romualdorivera2054]

Thank you

[@drKNunes10]

I can't believe this guy has only 29 yo. What a brilliant musician, damn.

[@RitikSuntwal]

Woww man! This was new for me.😌🙏

[@nathansena98]

Awesome.

[@pazenmaz]

Killer clip thanks for sharing

[@isaacg3175]

Omg no wonder I like 5s. I’ve been listening it from this guy. RLRRL. Staple for this guy.

[@hapyharyhard0n581]

never heard the man speak before. MORE OF THIS!

[@aposkaposka1494]

Great video!

[@ddrum1090]

Metal Matt back at it again

[@Scarecrow6459]

Great vid guys, been needing something to change things up for me! p.s. if you put the video at .75% speed you can see Matt do the lesson a little tipsy.

[@vintagemxer9165]

Problem is few, very few have doubles left hand ghost speed like Matt. Very very few. And that is a big part.

[@HydrusT]

Would love to hear a conversation between Matt Garstka and Gavin Harrison!

[@markomarkovic5729]

I would also love that, but I would also invite Jojo Mayer :)

[@j.d.7208]

They would talk in odd time signatures

[@louishebert6422]

Musicien très solide, avec toute une frappe

[@mojamo1]

Mental Balanced Matt!

[@Mr.Xarxes]

That snare is godly

[@matsandersson9197]

True drummer👍

[@Demetriwalker]

So many nuggets.

[@SuperIdiotMan00]

"In the Pattern Department" sounds like a 20 minute long psychedelic prog song.

[@eltonester6531]

I've never heard pycadelic progress rock but it sound perfect

[@kevind2409]

first drummer to actually make this clear to me.... and he did it without even thinking about it, natural teacher

[@marquitoslopez4938]

Alta data tiraste Matt, sos un capo guachooo

[@alexa2496]

stop! I'm still learning para mexer!

[@agentgear]

So technical!

[@citylights2765]

Hi Matt!

[@WillCtheMechDrummer]

That pattern at the beginning between the snare and splash... Dam!

[@ShedSessionsNL]

Wooooow

[@patrickjamesjuplo113]

Who else knew him in Shed sessions Gospelchops before AAL? Hands up!!! XD

[@mr.d7429]

“Yeah, is basically it!”

[@Bcwilderness]

the timelord, what kit is this guys, love the poooph from the kick

[@burningangelinc]

what i need to learn to build my own path in drumming? how to see the "whole map" and choose my own way?

[@mcAzcrew]

4:13

[@mikepostdrums]

Instant meme

[@HronisArva]

💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@cymbalmonke]

So I noticed every time it did a close-up of his ghost notes, the stick hit the exact same spot every single time 👀🤘

[@bonzasergey6455]

Matt, right transcription please (RllKR...etc) With best regards from Odessa (Ukraine) !!! :)

[@bonzasergey6455]

The last exersise: 7/8+7/8 RLLKRLLKLLRKLL / RLLKRLLKLLRKLL / etc

[@Manas_Kunder_]

PLAYS LIKE THE BEAST TALKS LIKE A BEAUTY

[@jeffreydean5112]

"fostering my hands" (jazz sticks)

[@frankriley6060]

He looks a little bit like cub Swanson

[@de-ja-vu]

grand master love from israel

[@7777drummer]

Great playing. He has a very dark sound and heaps of bottom end.

[@Allthewrongkeys821]

i know im late here but, did you just compliment Matt’s behind?

[@crashsmash1461]

I think the word he is referring to is elements ✌️.

[@sostraightedge]

Anybody have any suggestions on how to get my hand speed, specifically doubles, as fast and proper as he preforms them? Obviously years of practice, but maybe any suggestions on practice pad routines or what I should do on my kit besides just jam every damn time.

[@williamkillingsworth2619]

Chris Kribs Practice with a metronome. Don’t just randomly hit, control every movement. If you can’t do basic rudiments there is no reason to start with what he is doing. He is doing these because he is bored with basics. So learn your 40 rudiments Tune you drums to pitch. Especially if your music stays in a certain key the whole time. Example 55hz bass drum, 220hz snare. Out of tune is out of tune.

[@markomarkovic5729]

Watch Tommy Igoe's "Great Hands For A Lifetime". If you're only interested in double stroke roll, this video can be helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIWWamSBaZd0nKM

[@pavlonwilcz5650]

This ride looks like some planet's surface from orbit

[@squeedum4893]

This kid's gotta promising future.

[@violetwonderband9145]

Matt's 29 years old

[@federico.9737]

its funny how he tried to explain those patterns. those have no explanation. he is freaking awesome

[@ChrisSheridan295]

For these patterns as fills would the 5s and 7s played over 16ths or as tuplets? So the 5 pattern played twice with 3 eight notes played after? Just looking for suggestions on how to incorporate these cool patterns. Similarly with the 5 and 7 groove patterns with the quarter note pulse, is the 5 or 7 part over 16ths/32nds with rests or is it a Gavin Harrison type "override" polymetric groove? Thanks in advance!

[@PeeDeeJay]

All those are great ways to implement these patterns: Fill in the extra space with singles, leave empty space, or play the pattern over a "standard" time signature while alternating the accented notes. IMO the third option is the most challenging as learning how the accent shifts every beat will force you to be able to play a 5 note pattern in 5 different ways. Good luck.

[@ChrisSheridan295]

@@PeeDeeJay Cheers for the reply! Love how Matt has such interesting concepts that we can have these discussions and put them into our own playing in our own way, it's cool to be given a tool to use then playing exactly what someone else has taught you note by note

[@alesh_k]

With odd grouping it seems the most usefull to practice them in 4/4 as 16th and 32nd noted and also as triplets and sextuplet, then in quintuplets for example (if it's a grouping of 5). Also maybe try shifting the backbeat or other limbs and make it sound like it's quintuplets (implied metric modulation). I'm sure there's more possibilities but I usually get bored at that point haha.

[@tedted7768]

i had the same question, still a little confused about the quarter note pulse overtop of the 5 and 7

[@markomarkovic5729]

@@ChrisSheridan295 This is why I almost exclusively watch these types of videos. I love to see a normal discussion(s) today, when there are so many people ready to fight. On nearly every video on KZbin there are too many idiots with the sole purpose of insulting others and meaningless quarrels, and I'm so tired of that. Btw, I can't wait to sit behind the drums and try to apply one of these tips.

[@TheET121]

matt garstka is such an innocent person and a great drummer I can tell

[@ND-iz6dd]

1:46

[@chavesdrums1804]

Muito bom mas tem que colocar a partitura da

[@noahfeikert7092]

1:21 did dat

[@lancehollum5741]

It would be great if you could slow it down. Do you remember when you were learning at 1st. You have so many drum teachers going a hundred miles an hour. That's great for guys that have been on the journey for awhile. But you could teach the same thing to buggies if you would slow it down.

[@SeanMichaelWesley]

Lance Hollum Hey, you can slow it down on your computer and study it. It takes very minimal effort on your part, but doing this helps me IMMENSELY with breaking down and understanding complex playing and helps comprehend better what’s happening. You can do 75%, 50%, and even 25% speed. *select the “settings” or “options” tab under the video menu and select “playback speed” and adjust to your liking. Give it a try! Hope this helps!

[@tedbuffington522]

SeanMcFarlinTRE i did that too. I’ve watched this video 100x. U definitely can’t pick all this up your first time through lol. U really have to play it and think about it a lot

[@fleagalisyourdaddy]

I would recommend waiting until you can process it without needing to slow it down, which would indicate you are ready to play these properly in the first place.

[@ledgy69]

@@fleagalisyourdaddy perfect reply

[@caden0622]

I only take lessons from #metalmatt This is good, but can Matt play to 10 BPM?

[@rskat501]

Self Wellness Company would love to see that

[@oddessy6736]

Self Wellness Company yes. Watch the video of him playing to 13. It’s insane hah

[@uraharamitchell7250]

Matt Muthaf**kin Garstka!!!!!

[@seanallison188]

Matt’s out here looking like a registered nurse

[@ND-iz6dd]

3:23 3:43

[@Leo123j.]

Fucking Predator! Bilion thumb's up!

[@kevindurden2880]

If only my skill and expression level was at a place where I struggled to use words to explain it.

[@Drummerman02]

Funnel = phases

[@bearhugsforu]

Well, listen to Morgan Ågren. He make strange things with the drums

[@dudee499]

Drumoff = Matt vs. Anika

[@tonyjackson4099]

Anyone else notice that at 2:32 he says "you can also replace the second hit on the snare with the bass drum," but when he demonstrates it he replaces the third snare hit with the bass drum? lol

[@udaman100]

I think he meant the second right hand single stroke

[@martinbursztein9354]

I got a question for matt i dont know if he ll be kind enough to answer but anyway: Do you think a high level reader like let s say vinnie coliuta could sightread and play one of your transcriptions from a song from animals and record it flawlessly on the spot, what i mean to say is if there are people out there who could sightread this level of complexity ( ghost and all)

[@francescotoni26]

Small cymbals

[@lucasbrucas9632]

Whaaat thee fuuuuuug

[@delijica]

Guys, watch from 2:00 at half speed to see Matt on barbiturates 😂😂😂

[@rafalpykosz6901]

Are you Polish Matt?

[@markomarkovic5729]

This has nothing to do with Matt or drums, but I must say that Krakow is one of the most beautiful cities I've seen. Greetings to Poland from Serbia!