Nathaniel Townsley Modern - Drummer Festival 2003

[@biggrizznotthelilone]

20 years later and this vid still amazes me

[@sm0k3gr33n]

I hope Nathaniel knows he has one of the most of iconic MDF performances of all time.

[@876jonop]

Legit

[@migsmigs87]

I remember watching this in my teens. I still come back and groove to this. Inspirational.

[@NateDoggit]

Same

[@Nelson-eh2ld]

Yep same

[@bouz49]

Same here !

[@ronnieburton9593]

The day after watching this video I purchased the same kit and pretty much copied cat his setup was very expensive but over the years we made it

[@Nelson-eh2ld]

@@ronnieburton9593 Oh man that's just so cool. Do you still have it ? We know for a fact that the perfect sound we are getting is post-processed, but GMS did make some amazing kits. Happy for you!

[@zezao019891]

this guy is by far my favourite drummer of all time !!!!!

[@MrTruerythmn]

To me, Nathaniel Townsley is the best drummer in the world!

[@Nelson-eh2ld]

Still my favourite after all these years.

[@rubenfe91]

The groove and sound are unique

[@lornecui4967]

This groove so hard. Not only the drums but also the organ and bass. All the instruments glue together perfectly. This live is pure music. What a journey

[@halimdrummer777]

😮😮😮😮yeeeees!!!!!! Amazing musicians😊

[@pedroleal7118]

I know it's a 'Drummers' Festival, but this is Music, Drummers don't play by themselves, Nathaniel really demonstrates that! Thank you guys for the Music! Thank you Milan for posting and the musicians for sharing their craft and musicianship!

[@claustischer6470]

Und

[@jasonpittmon2036]

Dang the mic placement is epic! What a wonderfully clean sound!

[@solrac8673]

the second song is a journey, the intro is pure magic, and this was my introduction to Nathaniel!

[@royterrell31]

This never gets old. Awesome.

[@hugensjr]

After seeing at least 1 billion drum video's in 49 years, I think this is my number one in taste, groove, musicianship etc. Mr. Townsley and band (and poster!), thanks for this!

[@Nelson-eh2ld]

Same here

[@garrisonturner3232]

Yup, I still come back to this performance. Haha, it's flawless

[@aaronporter8024]

I love his foot bass action !! I'm trying to get mine like that !!

[@familytreemusic]

Great groove, great feel, great touch and great technique... and the best posture since Papa Jo Jones.

[@victorgodwin4458]

You don't know how much I've searched for this! Saw a cut out from it on a friend's laptop and the video was named Lesson. This was 2010 (12 years ago). I have searched for this ever since. I'm beyond glad I found it.

[@wiggins3093]

Back then I couldn't understand anything Nat was doing on the drums or his band. And now today I finally understand the language. Very Lit

[@syno9211]

Still my favourite modern drummer performance. I have watched this a few times a year for the last few years and I still love it.

[@rollingfrequencies3340]

i love that he dont mute his toms to much he let the drums speak ;D awesome groove aswell really creative fills time perfect. Dont know what 2 say looks like alot of fun ;D

[@NOAHCASAS]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4LEZKOBnZd1eLs

[@mattclifton]

Too little appreciation on KZbin for this mastery

[@DarrellNutt]

I'm sharing this with a friend tonight. Once I started watching again I could not stop!!!!

[@GiovannieGreen]

thank you for reposting this!! been looking for the full version

[@drtalkboxsa9412]

the mix is so crisp My Guaaaaaard!!!!!!

[@chalon248]

My friend bought the DVD and I watched it almost 20 years ago

[@francoisemirabeau8020]

Could you find for me the name of this marvelous bassiste ? Please 🙏

[@lior5059]

Amazing 🤩

[@ShrinkRaptor]

One of the best performances from the 2003 MD Fest!!

[@stevee_sunset]

Incredible performance! That 3rd tune just blows me away

[@ddrums001]

Amazing drummer! Blazing technique paralleled with great musicality! N. T. Is the future of drumming!

[@jlschilderwerken489]

he is really one of the best

[@timothytaylor7710]

What’s crazy is BACK THEN most people didn’t even know these were church songs

[@Smokosfunktime]

#truth

[@rafaelestrada1846]

This is what I'm talkin bout right here. Too many new and young drummers overplay everything. People don't wanna keep it simple and let it ride out anymore.

[@johndoe1765]

YES SOME OF THESE NEW DRUMMERS THINK IN TERMS THAT MORE IS BETTER,AND WANT TO LOOK IMPRESSIVE WITH SPEED AND LOTS OF NOTES ,BUT HAVE NO TASTE AT ALL.

[@andershultman7072]

I just love and appreciate such a deepfelt groove, knowing it's flesh and blood with a pulse, and not a cold machine. Proof to me that music derives from a throbbing warm heart, and not from a cold CPU. Check that out Sony and All you mighty companies, in it just for the buck.

[@olegmedvedev2077]

You can listen to it endlessly!👋👋👋👍🙏

[@BobSchoepenjr]

With pleasure I ll like this again!

[@halimdrummer777]

The best 👍💯😊modern drummer 2003

[@fajka1k]

Love this performance...all three of those guys got it.

[@kassandrelamaire138]

Un tueur!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ericmariat5310]

J adore ce batteur d un niveau technique hors du commun mais quelle musicalité hallucinante xe trio est phénoménal

[@steveejohn8830]

great quality, thank you!

[@caiodefranca162]

13:58 one of the most sentimental bass solos ever made! fire 🔥❤‍🔥

[@the_camera_eye_8898]

oh the drummerworld days....love this

[@manuelgilioli]

Dynamic Master

[@koeurmkim1145]

Music love is contagious

[@jfparkerjr]

"Thanks!" for posting this, Sir!

[@victorgodwin4458]

20:29 When he switched the stick hold on his left hand here, you knew it was about to go down! 🔥🔥🔥

[@stevee_sunset]

FANTASTIC

[@Odiesseo]

SUPER! FROM 18:40 ON, SUPER SUPER SUPER!!! THERE IS SO MUCH TASTE AND CLASS IN HIS HANDS!!!

[@Mitch_The_Cadet]

perfect snare sound doesn't exi......

[@the_rummer]

i came to write the same thing. that snare sound is killer.

[@rubenfe91]

31:10 is where the glory begins ❤

[@crimsonfancy]

Thanks for showing me this, Elliot. You're right, he's good.

[@876drummer6]

Drummer with soul love this the best I see

[@MarquesJo71]

Exquisitely superb ..!

[@edwarddavis3655]

Kinda funk that brings out that stank face , this is how you not only play in the pocket but these boys be digging a trench!😁😁

[@jmain7863]

Timeless performance

[@sendhykrismawandi7552]

Touch is amazing

[@petewanca]

4:36 when you burn dinner and your wife says you should order takeout instead :)

[@wizwonderful268]

Sorry I’m late but lmfao 🤣

[@mendesAl17]

O melhor

[@mattclifton]

Now I can die happy

[@hauntedhose]

His drum sound is incredible …so clean so plum 😳

[@yoshikazuohno9517]

Much fascinated by his foot bass performance!

[@davimateus8462]

Aí tocam demais 😎👏🏻🥁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@DontaBeats]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@kpec3]

Top notch!

[@user-qd2zt3hf9r]

Thanx KZbin for pulling my coat to these young playing m.f.s that are out there now!!!

[@EngPheniks]

18:40 - my favourite part. a true ASMR to my ears

[@seanliberty1626]

Bad ass!

[@LucasTelles]

esse video vale mais que o diamante mais raro do universo

[@hugosambadjsets9491]

who is the bassist ?

[@nudesin4685]

Da man

[@A201290]

Church service

[@carolinemurgue8170]

15:27 to 17:07 WOW

[@dariocavalli2219]

Grande eleganza di Townsley

[@user-lp4zq1ix9r]

Он просто без метронома!!!!!! Это эпично!!!!

[@ViniciusPL]

2024

[@LeandroDimitrio]

Dude, this groove! 23:22

[@alanvelasquez837]

3:12 killer!!

[@rubenfe91]

His foot control is sweeet

[@BoratCArioca7171]

Grooveland.

[@jimbarcelona1078]

Nice drumming Nat

[@heashon2000]

I want bass lessons from this guy

[@thomasnichol4138]

😭

[@estebanclouthier8521]

29:05 linear drumming going there

[@starchild692]

Is it just me or those Paiste sound unbelievably tasty !?

[@uncavallo2580]

Bruh, is his wrist that makes them sound so tastefully. He knows how to hit a cymbal

[@si1995gtnupe1997]

“He knows how to hit a cymbal” This. There are so many inquiries on what heads are used, sticks used, Tune Bot settings, etc., but the majority of the sounds comes from the players touch that they’ve developed. I’m sure the people who go to the music store to buy the same items, usually are not getting the same sound that they’ve heard drummer A or B use, and it’s because of the different playing touches. That alone is an art and not a science, which is why having the same equipment may not yield the same sound as the next drummer.

[@RubenSprng]

@@si1995gtnupe1997 I completely agree! A good enough drummer gets his/her desired sound by how they hit their cymbals, and not buying 30 different ones!

[@si1995gtnupe1997]

@@RubenSprng: It’s a totally overlooked concept, for sure!

[@jimbarcelona1078]

Sweet speed Nat, what size you using?

[@czernybigfan]

18:38

[@bryceoconnor3927]

the pocket.... THE POCKET THO

[@TJDrumsRHCP]

15:28 that bass line sounds very familiar ...

[@TJDrumsRHCP]

now I remember.. I'm not saying it's the same thing, but it reminds me of: Miki Santamaria - Fingerstyle Bass Solo

[@NOAHCASAS]

YEAH THAT IS A SIMILARLY OF A SOUND BUT THIS WAS RECORDED ALMOST 2O YEARS AGO SO IT'S OBVIOUS WHO GOT AND TOOK THE IDEA FROM WHO OR WAS INSPIRED

[@thedayones4918]

Shout out to the camera man at 14:51

[@jeffreyraymond426]

iT is The Vampire Emoji Search Team Go!

[@roybeckerman9253]

Brilliant player. What’s the great cracking snare ?

[@the_rummer]

please somebody explain me the sticking pattern between 20:44 and 20:48. i watched it many times but couldn't figure it out.

[@all365happy]

Just feeling 😢

[@Nelson-eh2ld]

His kit is a GMS,but do we know the model? Wood type?

[@NOAHCASAS]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4LEZKOBnZd1eLs

[@Nelson-eh2ld]

@@NOAHCASAS thanks!

[@jeffreyraymond426]

Improvise a point, Remember the moment when, Tootsie Pops Fore Awl

[@user-ll5ph6wp9u]

2:33

[@user-ll5ph6wp9u]

5:11

[@user-ll5ph6wp9u]

5:22

[@user-ll5ph6wp9u]

6:01

[@albertoflorio5007]

What models of paiste are?

[@NOAHCASAS]

FROM THE "PAISTE SIGNATURE" SERIES MAYBE "FULL CRASH FULL RIDE"

[@jeffreyraymond426]

Oh my God 5G has enabled only the best Streamers fore my bday extravaganza

[@jeffreyraymond426]

Make speakers for phone and include them for my thought-to-speech Captions option palette. - ioT

[@soulfunker1]

Wow!Maybe,somebody knows the Type of this Drumset??

[@thebetternobs]

GMS drums... Zilidjan Cymbals and Vic Firth Sticks

[@lucasagustinrafael]

The cymbals are Paiste!

[@jakobzerdin3089]

Sticks are ProMark

[@NOAHCASAS]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4LEZKOBnZd1eLs

[@soulfunker1]

@@NOAHCASAS Thank you very much :-)

[@PaoloLongo]

wonderful drummer, timing OK, technick super, musicality as a Giant in Music!

[@timn877]

Paolo Adolfo Rino Longo timing OK???? Bro no disrespect but Nats timing is impeccable!!!

[@PaoloLongo]

@@timn877 I'm a jazz-pianist, hammondist, composer and arranger, bro ! ciao da Roma/ Italy!

[@starchild692]

Can you explain how the timing is just "ok"!?

[@timn877]

@paolo Aldolfo Rino that does not make you a expert on drum timing a pianist/composer should no this Nats timing is what people pay for there whole lifes and cant get it lol

[@PaoloLongo]

@@starchild692 of course I can ! Goffredo Petrassi's pupil: do you know what Goffredo Petrassi is? At U.C.L.A. in LA, after Hindemith, Strawinsky, Schoenberg....Petrassi has been prof of Composition! Is it a ..."little thing"...for you...?

[@LucasRibeiro-tu4li]

who's playing the bass?

[@KingdomInside]

Ron Long

[@BassicamenteBlaster]

bass player's name Pls 😍😍😍

[@user-ky9ij1zk8m]

блин.....только черные (говорю это с любовью к их таланту) ребята могут потеть на медленных композициях..............

[@kadeemhodge6119]

Who’s the bass player

[@KingdomInside]

Ron Long

[@kadeemhodge6119]

Thank you!

[@user-er8mb1us6j]

Ну норм, я бы лучше сыграл

[@drs-Rigo-Reus]

another snare sound might have been better. cob snare for instance.

[@enriqueicardo]

I think the snare sound is one of the highlights

[@enriqueicardo]

I think the snare sound is one of the highlights

[@markandcynthiaharrell4436]

@@enriqueicardo that GMS snare sound is INCREDIBLE!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sap7881]

Killer drummer, killer cymbals