Stanton Moore Reacts to ME Playing His Most Famous Song

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Chapters
0:00 - intro
1:48 - improve your time on drums for free
2:27 - day 1 vlog
3:04 - the song
5:03 - verse beat breakdown
6:01 - is Pie Eyed Manc in clave?
8:34 - my first attempt
10:08 - Stanton REACTS
12:03 - AFTERMATH
13:30 - my second attempt
14:33 - auditory optical illusion?
15:45 - my 3rd attempt
17:08 - "type 1 error" - misidentifying a flaw
18:22 - instagram reaction vindicates jazz drummer
19:32 - outro
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[@stantonmooremusic]

Nate! I just watched the video and really enjoyed it! I truly commend you for taking this approach and allowing yourself to be so vulnerable and raw. I think it is so beneficial for people to see your process. I hope this helps a lot of your viewers. I agree with Nate Wood it’s all about the reps! And then filming and watching yourself of course is incredibly helpful as well. Your last takes have really come a long way and are sounding really good! Thank you for reaching out, I’ve really enjoyed watching your process and your progress! 🙌🏼🥁👊🏼

[@8020drummer]

thanks stanton!

[@hawkrider88]

How generous of you Stanton to take another listen and add your comments. This was fun to watch and listen to and your insights just add to to the entire project. Thanks again for your additional comments and for the inspiration you provide so many of us.

[@drummermandan01]

dude, love this series so far. It's so cool that you're willing to show the humility and process of real learning. It's awesome dude, and we're all blessed to be a part of it.

[@tdrum21]

Great idea for a series & awesome choice on guests. Love hearing their thoughts

[@rustykershaw]

I just love how humble you are! I can't think of any other youtube/IG drummer who would show their progress so honestly. In an age where chops and impressive fills seems like the only thing anyone cares about, that goes a long way to highlight how hard it can be to find the right pocket in a relatively simple groove.

[@8020drummer]

Zack is pretty good about showing his flaws/progress too

[@markduran8476]

Thanks for showing us from a professional's view, that it is never to just play a song, but to learn the song and all the colors of the various instruments that created the song in order to be able to play it properly. Thank you, your advice, thoughts and humor always helps me to be persistent with my practice.

[@bennyamon3043]

Great job! One thing I would offer is that New Orleans drumming feel is generally more behind the beat than New York drumming. This is coming from a drummer who lived in New Orleans for many years.

[@johnrobinson8323]

Nate you are absolutely fearless! I wish I was a third as good as you are on the drums! Keep on keepin on brother! 🥁❤️

[@patdaveydrums]

your a legend, your skill and honesty combine to make the most compelling and important videos around

[@Armakk]

New Orleans guy here… Was fascinated by the idea of Moore's "most famous" song and it turns out it's not even Galactic?!? Never heard of Pie Eye, my guess would've been Corner To The Block. hell yeah it's a clavé that's the grooooove baby thanks for letting him explain the roots it's all about history, honoring it and making it new again. Our music is pockets within pockets within pockets. All varsity. Great video, so many lessons here.

[@chuckharling]

You did a great job man!The playing between the cracks is really hard, but working on it has really helped everything else that I play moving forward.

[@jonashellborg8320]

Nate, you have come a long way in the years I’ve followed you! Your drumming feels good, and loving the interviews now, you trigger great stories from drummers!

[@Tristanrgreene11]

Great man, interviewing a lot of my favs hats off to all your hard work for us! I can say to me, Stanton was the gateway drug to jazz via jazz funk and groove. Or to say it better, he gave me some Of the tools and ideas that showed me a way into jazz and or the jazz that I like best. Jazz is so many things you just need to find the type that you like and I think Stanton’s approach is great for that helping you to feel back beat sitting way back zig style yet having the jazz touch and ride cymbal feels to get your hands to start feeling the spang a freakin Lang. 80/20 and Stanton thanks

[@benbynum]

Always dug this channel but really loving what it's evolved into! Keep up the awesome work

[@YouTubedrumvids]

Wow, that’s such a feel song big props for going for it. It’s just like you said at the end, it’s close to impossible to totally cop someone’s feel or that thing that makes it there’s. Especially with funk and jazz. IMHO when it’s that deep of a groove it’s when I (what do I know?) feel like you just need to make it feel good your own way. Nice work, ballsy to tackle that!

[@esotericgeOrge]

Nate thank you so much for putting this video up. It takes a lot of heart to put yourself out there. I really respect you for that. You did a great job as usual. I really love your channel. Keep up the great work!!!

[@damnnargles]

Greay job i realky enjoyed that, i loved your interpretation of somw of Stanton's fills. What a brave man, braver than i would ever be! Learning and playing a song knowing that Stanton Moore would critique it, and thousands would see it. Well done sir, your skills and courage deserve nothing but praise!

[@patrickross9681]

You did a great job! Be confident!

[@toddberg4404]

Dude, you're a badass. Fierce. Courageous. Wicked talented. Thanks for sharing another compelling bit of inspiration.

[@philipmcevoy7206]

Good effort Nate and love that you are humble in your summing up of your drumming and musicianship. Cheers dude , great playing !

[@Stastylen]

Thanks for the video Nate! Great Job. One thing that came to mind after listening to your performance vs Stantons was how different sounding the sonic space your drums where in compared to Stanton's. I have been a mix engineer for many years and even with great players if the ambience on the instruments are not similar this can easily trick the ear that something isn't quite in the pocket. I bet if you recorded your drums in a more similar sonic space it would sound more glued, the difference in attack on the initial transient on the drum and the decay after can have a huge influence on how ones ear interprets the feel! Just something I was thinking about that can be easily overlooked.

[@davehilljr.coaching]

Great idea. Stanton is such a great teacher! Onward

[@sleepwhenimdead9667]

This is great. Being studious has many shapes and it’s nice to see a social media drummer not JUST crushing it. This is what actual process looks like. I also really dig the idea of doing your homework but bot getting hung up on it. I’ve started going with the Eddie Thrower method of doing passes, especially for learning longer sets. I’ll run through the whole thing doing one pass on each song just to get the form/groove right. The next time I practice it I do it once through again but l’ll key in to more of the hits and back up a few times to process key fills if I missed any. I like that approach because I’m not playing through parts so many times that the song itself loses all meaning and I start tripping up sections or getting bored with it. Kudos!

[@seanpeel2194]

Enjoyed the video and awesome seeing your journey through these videos, Cheers!

[@paistefever]

Fantastic! I'm also waiting for COC album with Stanton on drums!

[@markhedges1194]

Hi Nate, I just have to say, you were on top of this project from the start! I find being critical of yourself can be positive, if you don't take yourself too seriously, that certainly works for me anyway. Also, when you relax, enjoy, and get in the groove with any tune immersing yourself at every stage letting the fun guide you, it makes for a good learning and mastering experience I think, of any tune or groove you're attempting. I love your video, and hope others may find these comments helpful? Your video put across all points excellently, thank you for taking the time to share this special experience with us! God bless!

[@jasper36]

One of my biggest gigs was on a festy mainstage between Galactic and Lettuce. They were great, such a well-oiled machine. Everyone loved the sound of my new Yam. SC Birch kit, heh.

[@jklaughlin87]

Good job Nate, I’ve still been trying to perfect this tune myself and haven’t played it in a while. I do think the sticking choice makes a big difference in how the groove sets in, especially with the accents etc. I think that’s why Stanton’s approach sounds a little more “nasty”. When I played it I struggled not to rush the transitions.

[@dtsdigitalden5023]

Can we take a moment to appreciate Stanton as a very decent human first, and magnificent drummer second? I always get the impression Stanton has no idea how fantastic he is, and just enjoys his way through music, and life. Nate, I think you nailed it by the end. Of course, of course, we can nitpick. The main thing for me was it felt like you were floating comfortably in it, actually comfortable, not swimming against the current like in the earlier takes. This tune is extremely difficult, but then again, I've always found trying to play a bit like Stanton is akin to trying to forge a signature; you can practice and practice and practice, but it'll never be Stanton ... best we can do is come close with our own unique handwriting styles, because trying to sound like him is awfully laborious, like trying to forge a signature. It shows, i.e., you can hear it.

[@harryh5620]

okay... getting Stanton to chime in is freakin' brilliant. It'd be like if Vic Wooten chimed in on me playing bass. I'd be blown away!

[@pedroleal7118]

Great Job!

[@odaydrums]

Kudos Nate !

[@mrtnmbm]

Is that an Angel Snare? Great sound and great playing!

[@ph_drums]

Dude I'm still not to the end. Did you have to cut the interview? Please release your interviews

[@webstercat]

Sissy strut, saw Bernard Purdue play that three weeks ago in very very small club.

[@gregedenfield1080]

keep up the good work.

[@MandoPercussion]

See Nate, Click Nate!

[@johncollins5552]

You can do the gig, you lead timing wise and the other musicians work with you. You dont get that playing along with tracks in a rehearsal room. Anyway, if it was easy any fool could do it and there wouldn't be much satisfaction or personal growth, so good work!😊

[@MS-gj7ni]

Great video

[@bobweber4140]

Good job bro

[@dmgsoultogetherness6667]

perfectionists...even when its sounding good its not good enough ...turn the lights down get a vibe going

[@citydrums7525]

Good video. The playing got better with each take. But some things just need to age like a fine wine after many sessions over time. You can't rush the process...is my guess. Similar to "muscle maturity" in body building but more along the lines of muscle memory maturity?

[@joinushugabear5847]

nice effort! I think you should relax your shoulders a bit and let your body ”dance” the groove when playing. Makes sense? That way you will get more in sync with the prerecorded tracks too, if you can embrace the sort of embodied drumming that stanton does, which is a big part in what makes the groove ”groove. keep it up

[@leedsdrumacademy]

Generally, Stanton's style is much more "everything is an upstroke" and yours is more "land the downstroke". That makes a huge difference in terms of placement.

[@8020drummer]

It can...though if you gave stanton and me both a click I'm sure we could both bury it. I think it's more about where your ear perceives the "click" within the context of a song. I'm going to make a video about this.

[@leedsdrumacademy]

I'm on the camp of "technique is timing" (and I know you are too as I've followed your work for a while). All in all, you did a better job than I could and I REALLY appreciate how much you're willing to put yourself out there like this. Refreshing, to say the least!

[@johngibson8676]

I can not find the link below the player you speak of. Assistance please

[@kirbyhurst]

You’re the man Nate !! Forreal! Superb content ! My man’s got the groove doctor stanton moore on speedial ! Legendary shit only 🔥🤌

[@laquerhead024]

How's that cold treating yah?

[@8020drummer]

🤣

[@gregorybaillie2093]

You do have the chops bro...relax let go. Your great.

[@ignacioperezdelcastillo3182]

Great

[@mrtyreus0]

I totally understand that your sticking is more natural to you, but watching Stanton with his huge above the head stick heights and whipping action that is permitted by alternating hands on the HH, it's no wonder he's further behind the beat. Big distance= more time to get there. You've got totally different styles. And that's what makes you both individual artists in your own rights.

[@webstercat]

Tearing you to spreads is absurd. Different takes, different strokes, for different folks. You’re just as good in your own way.

[@HenkJanDrums]

You improved a lot. Compliments. It is a journey so ...playing this music many years with good musicians will help to get the groove, feel , timnng, sound etc. . Jazz played by a rock drummer. Marching played by a funk drummer. Blues played by a metal drummer. Reggae played by a soul drummer .....each style has its specific feel , groove, timning and sound etc. ...to get it alll is impossible. Of course there are levels and ...what level will a person get? Finally no one will sound like another drummer: Simon Phillips is great but never will sound like Jeff Porcasro or Keih Moon. ....and ...they never sounded like Simon Phillips.

[@menschkeit1]

the main problem was you didn't stand up and smash the cymbals like he did

[@ThomasistheTwin]

You always were a tight, sticks hovering over the kit type of player. Then I realized you’ve always used a practice studio so you’ve never played above mf. Play more with your arms let the sticks go above your head and that extra distance will really helps to swing more. Literally lean back and make the sticks go a longer distance the easier it is to swing then sit straight to play straight. Like he said what the best drummers do is to seemingly move and orchestrate rudiments and subdivisions as needed around a kit. Take this kid for example clearly a natural notice how many different ways he bobs his head according to the rudiments he’s playing especially when he defiles that rack tom. One thing you’ll never see is John Bonham’s eyecolor because his head is all over the place. The clearest Example of the metronomic head Bob is Travis Barker. kzbin.inforfVARe3-lRA?si=p6N_YmnKxclDgUvd

[@8020drummer]

When did he say what the best drummers do is move and orchestrate the rudiments around the kit?

[@ph_drums]

Guy.

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[@doublebass5y]

Hey man ,i thought your playing was great. Maybe your over thinking it a bit. Stanton is cool with his feel but i wouldn't say he plays like zigaboo or Idris mohammed. They are the kings of that kind of push pull kind off groove. Everyone is different thank god. Stantons great but i think plays to hard which is a common mistake by loads of drummers. Are they def or what. Anyway i,m a Bass player so what the f do i know. Cheers and good luck.

[@8020drummer]

I appreciate the kind words but I think stanton sounds amazing. And I'm a big proponent of playing hard in appropriate situations

[@fl00d69]

'What'd you got?' Wtf grammar?

[@8020drummer]

"what the heck do you have, my good sir"

[@fl00d69]

@@8020drummer Better. 👍