Musician/Engineer Reacts to Snarky Puppy - Lingus

[@allcartuner]

Sorry about the wall of text coming up, but here we go: the drummer Larnell Lewis learned the whole set on a 7 hour flight to Amsterdam where this was recorded. There's a video on Drumeo's channel where he shows how he learns songs so quickly. The trumpet player does use a wah pedal, I think one of the sax players also uses it in some songs. The bassist Michael League is the main composer/aranger, but each soloist comes up with their own solos, sometimes improvised on the spot, sometimes rehearsed. The keyboard player losing his mind over Cory Henry's solo is Shawn Martin (dude has 5 grammys, all I'm gonna say about that). The snare with the cymbal on it is called a "stack", he plays it on "We like it here", "Shofukan" and other songs form this particular session. The string section also plays a big part in those mentioned songs. Again sorry about the crazy fan writning a fuckin novel in your comment section, I'm sure you'll get even more of these... xD

[@samuraikaito]

The long comment tells me that you are really passionate about this band and music itself! That's always a positive in my view. A good deal of information here, thanks for all of the knowledge. I want to be more familiar with this type of genre so this is very useful. The fact that the drummer learned this in 7 hours makes this that much more impressive. Also great to know about the trumpet and snare techniques!

[@d.s.6268]

@@samuraikaito He learned the entire live album/session in those 7 hours ! And yeah, that cymbal over the snare makes for a very unique sound Larnell often uses.

[@patfagan5645]

@@samuraikaito I think their music is genreless.

[@grahamers]

Shawn Martin actually has six grammys, but who's counting? I mean, if a guy with six grammys is shaking his head when he hears you play like that you know you are witnessing a HISTORIC solo. 2007 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album as producer on the Kirk Franklin album Hero 2009 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album as producer on the Kirk Franklin album The Fight of My Life 2012 Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album as producer on the Kirk Franklin album Hello Fear 2016 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album as a member of Snarky Puppy on its album Culcha Vulcha 2019 Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album as producer on the Kirk Franklin album Long, Live, Love 2021 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album as a member of Snarky Puppy on its album Live at the Royal Albert Hall.

[@jiminy9958]

Rimshots are when you hit the snare drum as you normally would, but on an angle that catches the rim. If you do it right it sounds more like a sharp crack than a regular hit. What Larnell’s doing there is called cross sticking.

[@tylermoseley935]

I was just about to say that.

[@richardwilliams4655]

The drummers name is Larnell Lewis. If you look closely, he actually has 3 snare drums in this video; one on his left with an FX cymbal on it for a stacked cymbal effect; his primary in front of him and on his right he has a 14 x 7 snare drum tuned low in the high floor tom position, that he plays with the snares off most of the time and on when he needs a different sound. This was recorded in Holland. Good reaction.

[@samuraikaito]

That's awesome, I've never heard of something like that

[@albanybestdrumline]

I thought that was his floor Tom snare hybrid

[@ericibaugh8231]

@@albanybestdrumline it definitely is the floor Tom snare hybrid, you would never get that tone with anything but a floor Tom

[@christophercheck1590]

"There's a lot of performers here." It takes a village to make a Snarky Puppy record.

[@3ggshe11s]

The drummer played the splash cymbal sitting on the floor tom right at the beginning of the track, if you want to hear what it sounds like. Also, a rimshot is when you hit the rim and the head at the same time.

[@brianbatie6650]

Listen t the beginning of the song, the snare is played on the "stack", which is the cymbal on the snare.

[@willisverynice]

Pink Floyd was my favorite band growing up, now they are number 2 to snarky puppy.

[@milosvitin]

Nice fusion, chilling song particularly synths which are my favorites in this song. And when you entered with them bongos, oh my it was hilariously interesting. TY mate to bring this, need to explore Snarky Puppy.

[@samuraikaito]

You and I both!

[@Wyl7]

8:52 - “we’re about to get a little keyboard solo here.” Definitely a contender for understatement of the year 😂

[@OldishGoalie]

"We bout to get a little keyboard solo here?" Oh, the understatement 🤣🤣🤣 Also, Larnell Lewis is a robot... it's the only logical explanation for what I saw other commenters informed you of about his flight to Amsterdam!!

[@patfagan5645]

Snarky Puppy is a collective of musicians. Michael League, bass, is the leader. This is a live recording session for the album. When they tour it is usually 9 or 10 of them and you never know what is going to happen. Each member must know all parts as who plays what depends on the mood at the moment and a nod from Mike League. All of the music is original from the band. They did two albums, Family Dinner 1 & 2. They feature other artists and music arranged by Snarky Puppy. If you are into vocals, check out Snarky Puppy and Lalah Hathaway doing Something from Family Dinner 1. It may boggle your mind.

[@Luke8886]

You should do What About Me next, also by them, and the drummer Larnell has a solo section

[@batweed]

Bro you're slowly reacting to my playlist, guess you have some good ears hanging around here..

[@samuraikaito]

You seem to have a great music taste man! Keep sending them over

[@nathangarratt9091]

They use the strings for a couple other songs in the album; Kite and Shofukan

[@rmac1042]

Different musicians are used for different songs. Strings are used in other songs on this session !

[@larrymiller9698]

Nice reaction man!! This is an excellent group of master musicians. Their catalog is deep. Another group you might like is Dirty Loops. Again, post-grad trained musicians. Try”Next To You”. I guarantee you will like it!!

[@willisverynice]

“Oh! Is that Cory Henry right there? I see him on Instagram.” Time to strap in.

[@samuraikaito]

🚀🚀

[@jeffcappelletti1986]

The snare with the cymbal on it was used in the beginning.The thwack sound was it. This whole album was recorded live in the studio. You should see Larnell Lewis hearing then playing Metallica's Enter Sandman for the first time video

[@ChristopherTate]

I love that you're calling out the mics and other gear they're using, and noticed things like the effect on the trumpet solo (he's got a wah pedal or something like a flanger on it for sure). This was a combined performance and recording session, and the audience scattered around the space are all wearing headphones so they get the monitor mix instead of just hearing the drums and horns. IMO it's _real_ impressive how well engineered the whole thing is, they did a fantastic job capturing it all. I'm sure this is the studio mix we're hearing here, not the original live monitor feed, but still you can tell it's all there just like it needed to be.

[@samuraikaito]

Very impressive! But yeah I have the same feeling that this is a studio mix just because of how great it is, though I'm sure the live mix sounded amazing as well

[@Sparklingwater1231]

Part of the reason why the engineering is a good job is that the location they were invited to was done by Colin Benders, who got quite famous here in The Netherlands for his The Kyteman Orchestra project (check out the live version of Sorry for some goosebumps) and is currently growing quite big as a DJ doing live modular sets under his own name. He invited them there in Utrecht to do the recording and him having a big part in the setup definitely helps in how it turned out. Btw, you see him clapping and jumping in the background with the engineers during Cory's solo which is so cool to see other musicians being so hyped up by each other.

[@morkmon]

The rest of the songs from this session (We Like it Here) are well worth checking out, it's flawless

[@buddystewart2020]

For a Musician/Engineer, you sure have a high noise floor on your recording.

[@samuraikaito]

The audio on this was from my phone due to technical difficulties

[@odamnitssam]

larnell straight up has a video talking about his 2nd snare you should definitely try to find it. dude's creativity is hella inspirational.

[@jarreddunlap7065]

The cymbal on the snare is like hitting the top of a trash can. Great reaction.

[@samuraikaito]

Thank you!

[@ElegantSkull]

Good video 👍 You could check out some Vulfpeck, they have tons of great material! Anything from their Madison Square Garden show should be a good intro point! Have a great day 😁

[@samuraikaito]

I've actually wanted to do Vulfpeck for a little while! Only familiar with Dean Town, I may check them out next week. Have a great one!

[@themusicwriter1]

Yes. That is a Fender Rhodes.

[@BongoBaggins]

You stopped it at 13:24! I could have punched you 😭

[@pastense]

Not your fault…but when you noticed that Cory was playing his solo in two octaves, you have NO idea how difficult that actually is for any keyboardist! Cory is a freak of nature on them keys! But great reaction nonetheless brotha 🤙🏽

[@samuraikaito]

I can imagine 😂 I have a hard time trying to play the regular keys. I'll have to check more of their stuff! Thanks for the support

[@d.s.6268]

Yes - finally someone talks about that. SO hard to pull off and so incredible by Corey. At first I thought it was just a double octave "sound" on his top keyboard, but when the camera pulls away, you realize just how amazing what he's doing is.

[@jonathantucker1125]

As a keyboardist myself, I strongly agree!!

[@jarreddunlap7065]

Considering your hands mirror eachother and aren't the same on both sides, playing in unison over two octaves with both hands is stupid difficult. Corey is a freak of nature. So freaking talented.

[@diplamatikjuan3595]

@@jarreddunlap7065 Really awkward to pull off sections like that. I play a couple of classical pieces that have parts like that and it's difficult even though it's prewritten and the particular fingering has been drilled over and over again. Doing that at speed on two different keyboards in an improvised way is pretty nuts. Cory is a beast among beasts

[@nelsintosh]

You're not supposed to talk over Cory Henry's solo.

[@MsPraline]

Check the string section out in Shofukan

[@samuraikaito]

Gotchu bro kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGK9pYWum56Wq80

[@piet_jsk]

Great Reaction man! Please react to snarky Puppy - The curtain :)

[@samuraikaito]

Added!

[@reubenyahsrael346]

I wish I could enjoy your reaction, but you talk too much and try to overanalyze instead of listening, sorry won't be checking your reaction.