Nate Wood on Radical Creativity, Performance vs Practice, and More

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Chapters
0:00 - how has FOUR changed his drumming
3:24 - how he divides his time
6:50 - where his best ideas come from
9:04 - why some drummers stay sharp as they age and others don't
11:47 - when did he realize Kneebody had "hit"
15:28 - how Nate manages the "self critical" voice when he's practicing and playing
21:30 - the differences between practice and performance (part 2)
23:51 - how to deal with perfectionism when recording
27:35 - what Nate thought of my performance of a Kneebody song
31:41 - has social media been a net positive or negative for drums
33:30 - is it even possible to choose to create your own style?
38:30 - are "hard knocks" still necessary in jazz?

[@JoeIzzo]

It goes straight into the interview. No unnecessary intros. Brilliant concept! We know who Nate Wood is: MASTER of several instruments!

[@laquerhead024]

Dude.. so you got amazing interview chops too.

[@lukasbb]

this. Like his curiosity and asking follow ups.

[@fralemieux]

Marvellous. thank you. For drummers, but also for any practitionner... within and beyond music. ;-)

[@downbeats41]

Nate wood is awesome!

[@thechangeups]

Ton of gems in this!!! thank you.

[@apolotrece4200]

pure knowledge ❤

[@QuadRyo]

Best interview so far!

[@Santiagoperroud_music]

Nate wood rules!

[@LYSHEmusic]

Great interview! Thank you both 🙌

[@g_niac]

this is so dope. someone handed me a Kneebody cd while i was at CalArts back in the day and it helped open up a whole new world of drumming for me, even though my degree is in theatre lol. i remember trying to get pointers from Gene Coy (shoutout and imho would be a great guest on this channel) while waiting for our critical studies course to begin. peeps around this crew are from some awesome space/time portal in the future. so cool! just play. it’s a lifelong journey with peaks and valleys. the practice is the thing

[@jonashellborg8320]

Amazing interview! Loved the questions, the answers and all the back and forth. Definitely will try even more of Flow State in my playing.

[@Tristanrgreene11]

Nate’s one of the most interesting guys and players of many things. Provide so much inspiration for so long I’d admire and appreciate all of it. Old school kneebody, pre nate, wendel/endlsey group fanboy. Oh, other nate, your an inspiration in many ways as well brother. Love your videos. Thanks to both of you.

[@Jath2112]

This was a great conversation to look in on!

[@aleksanderzabocki3071]

Great interview, so many clever things said, thank you!

[@El_Bicho_Feo]

This is revelatory! Thank you both… the candor here is incredibly enlightening.

[@dimsunk]

Great podcasts ! Love it :)

[@8020drummer]

Thank you sir 🤘

[@ignacioperezdelcastillo3182]

Gracias

[@yuriselukoff]

So while this video is mostly theoretical, if not philosophical, I took three very practical takeaways from it: 1. If you’re losing the flow, try breathing. 2. Sit at the back of the chair. 3. Hold stick with back fingers for a sharper sound at the same volume. I feel like each one of those three has made me a better drummer.

[@Higzish]

Ahh. So good!

[@8020drummer]

nate always puts a smile on my face

[@nikitaptashko3430]

Please go on

[@doce7606]

Disregarding your pod's interesting contents, I just watched Marcus Baylor with Kenny Garret (in Burghausen 2015 YT)... that's the guy any post-'trane tenor god would want... wow...! Any more on this powerhouse..?

[@MikeFasanoDrums]

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