THE FEARLESS FLYERS /// Introducing the Fearless Flyers

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Nate Smith - drums
Joe Dart - bass guitar
Cory Wong - guitar
Mark Lettieri - baritone guitar
Jack Stratton - producer, mixer
Ryan Lerman - engineer
Rob Stenson - steadicam operator

[@AlexBallMusic]

In years to come, Joe's gonna have to support his neck with a Fender Brace.

[@LooneyJuice]

What's the point of commenting after this? Like, seriously. How long have you been sitting on this? I'm out. Take the damn upvote.

[@JoshuaSurufka]

Joe. Dart. On The. Fen. Der. Brace.

[@od4us]

Alex Ball You've been awarded 1 month of KZbin Gold for this comment.

[@joesbees]

OR, Joe Dart will have a neck like a linebacker and we'll all be in physical therapy from hunching over our screens with our jaws dropped.

[@oscarsantos2608]

I'm the one having neck problems, been watching this on repeat for too long!

[@Strike86]

When Joe's head bobs forward he's actually moving closer to the drums so he hears them sooner, allowing his brain to process the signal faster and keep perfect time when playing.

[@_Killkor]

He's the best evidence for the evolution of necks we currently posses. The missing link.

[@really-shouldnt-be-here]

Yes.

[@judahdsouza9196]

it's science

[@FlaxeMusic]

ahah that's a good joke. Everyone knows Joe's neck is a sentient manifestation in and of itself and is simply grooving to it's own perfect time feel, my man these are basics here keep up.

[@andresgarrido2129]

The best theory ever. Makes sense 100%.

[@BradwurstBAM]

if you guys played any tighter you would start to create nuclear fusion

[@ilpatongi]

Yvar More like a black hole

[@snerual2010]

You're implying that's not happening already

[@davidfisk4735]

I'm a drummer, and I get really jealous when I see/hear another drummer that can get so funky and cool with just a kick, snare, and hi-hats. That dude is killer.

[@alphasalazar2490]

if you want just practice like that. play your hardest songs and funkiest with just that. You’ll find there are so many ways to put inflection to express yourself with rhythm and timing.

[@JoVanKim]

true dat!

[@mikeswain6058]

Yessir drummer is badass & ain’t no flies on bass player

[@adamimberti6948]

You forgot cinder blocks.... I could totally play like this but unfortunately for me and the worlds ears i don't have any cinder blocks.

[@Ruben8275]

His name is NATE SMITH. A monster!!!!

[@anthonymorlacci1339]

That Joe Dart groove is illegal in at least 8 countries

[@libertarious]

Anthony Morlacci ... For the use of lethal funk!!!

[@fasligand7034]

This level of funk is illegal under the biological weapons convention

[@a1000carmaciel]

He committed so many crimes in this groove that here in Brazil he would be president. LoL

[@helmi4667]

Aint illegal here yet. Imma go groove my neck broke

[@LauraDelvecchio]

Joe is facing multiple charges for this 2 and a half minute stunt, rape charges for just heartlessly raping that bass, illegal biological warfare for unleashing an unhealthy amount of funk on everyone, domestic abuse for melting all of our faces... on purpose... to name but a few.

[@tynannida9642]

Drummer KILLED it!!! He needs some love too !

[@aglobippo9934]

The legendary Nate Smith! What a fucking monster

[@beetooex]

Man is funky. What's his other bands?

[@emildirtjumper]

beetooex check out Afro Blues by Takuya Kuroda (just check out that whole album actually). He played the drums on that album (rising son)

[@PaulHofreiter]

Nate Smith is the man - one of the best at what he does today and ever.

[@iplaytrumpet]

Jose James is his main gig as a sideman. He got his own band though kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppa8lIGjaK-Hm5o

[@mogglie]

Been studying these dudes on repeat for a few hours now. The secret sauce is: >Bass player without neck >Rhythm guitarist without wrist >Drummer without drum kit >2nd guitarist acting like nothing is happening. And. Guitars on stands. Seems important. I will tell my band this on our next jam session. Perhaps it will funk

[@Blend3rman]

Don't forget the coat on the mic stand

[@thewhitesixx]

@@Blend3rman coat is an essential ingredient for this recipe

[@MisterValaravaus]

*F o u r t h p o s i t i o n*

[@goodfella1605]

ikr I am fucking loving it!

[@Merthalophor]

@@Blend3rman a fucking winter coat, belonging to the drummer, currently wearing a tank top

[@smeebosmeebo9448]

n e c c

[@AlexBallMusic]

v u l f n e c c

[@konarider]

t h i c c. n e c c. g r o o v

[@aakkoin]

he protecc he attacc but most of all he necc

[@limenode]

What Nate Smith does in the outro/breakdown at 1:55 should be illegal. That's weapons-grade funk.

[@johannesandersson9477]

Michael Cameron made my face cramp up real bad

[@ipearce31]

JOE DART ON THE BIG GUITAR

[@daunald7743]

Joe Dart on the Big 4 String Guitar Mark Lettieri on the normal guitar Cory Wong on the small guitar

[@toby4516]

Nate Smith on the- wait that's not a guitar

[@thornlessgnu412]

Well a guitar is a tambourine with a ton of different pitches - a very strange-looking tambourine, more or less. So I guess the drums are the other way around, basically a guitar but with a lot less different pitches - a very strange-looking guitar, more or less.

[@VegasA3]

But Mark's on the baritone guitar.

[@Bix12]

That's no "normal" guitar Mark is playing - it is a baritone guitar. Cory is playing the "normal" guitar... i.e, Fender Srat

[@ChrisKoelsch]

If this is an introduction I don't wanna know what a goodbye sounds like

[@diegosakk2934]

Hero Town came to my mind when thinking of that

[@divinodayacap3313]

a plane crash

[@mrmindo21]

at the end there was the intro to conscious club btw

[@gimmetea5615]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣dying

[@jordanhartmann1745]

there's definitely explosions once funk hits critical mass

[@yiorgosh4739]

Nate's drumming is so earth-shaking that they not only had to put concrete bricks against the bass drum, they had to put all the guitars on stands to keep the guys from falling over! Joe is barely hanging on. Damn those final 30 seconds!

[@baess1037]

1:36 i cant get enough of this solo

[@thegeigs1]

Mark is wayyyy too good

[@JakeHawken]

@@thegeigs1 truly

[@oneeyeddonkey9921]

Nate Smith's from another planet!

[@MauryFF]

One Eyed Donkey he is unreal. Grooves for days!

[@SerialHitz77]

Nate Smith is unbelievable on the sticks.... Hands down I've never seen a band so good

[@Drumma75]

Nate Smith. One of the best things going for music today.

[@TheZaxc]

How in the world are these sunglasses still on his head?!

[@ilpatongi]

TheZaxc Funk acts like glue

[@iaial0]

Superglue

[@fredsk8x]

Everything in this room is TighAF ^^

[@KalleBornemark]

He was born with them on. They're a part of his being.

[@vietvet]

Araldite.

[@tootalllaw6774]

Jack Stratton has his genius finger on a pulse that no one else has even begun to comprehend

[@skyboundzoo7529]

1:55 to the end should be illegal no man should have that much groove unreal nate effing smith

[@WhiskerWhippers]

I want a Joe Dart bobble head

[@tevloux6746]

Joe Dart IS a bobblehead

[@hemogoblin3076]

Owning people is illegal

[@Cypeq]

They're actually making one, I'm dying XD

[@morfe9073]

Oh, hi Dart

[@jorellopez9624]

Morfe "What a story, Dart. Anyways, how's your bass life?"

[@bossyboo29]

Morfe I did not play the base hard enough, I did not...

[@TheIndogamer]

*_YOU'RE TEARING ME APART, BASSLINE_*

[@TorToroPorco]

Those bird like neck movements so perfectly captures the groove. As for the dope drumming, man he filled every space in the song, he was just all over it.

[@OskarCzechowicz-OmniMusician]

0:48 "I never went to jazz school, but I want Joe Dart to play a solo of continuous 16th notes for as long as he can"

[@wortyle]

JAZZ SCHOOL NONO

[@stefanbeefan1519]

same as the bass solo in captain hook

[@Bob4bmw]

I heard the same thing!

[@OskarCzechowicz-OmniMusician]

Because the solo in captain hook is copied from the original jazzschoolnono. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJeWo2etabBjbLM

[@seagulldreams]

Cue up thousands of concerned comments about joes neck.

[@colmas]

That's the BEST 2 mic drum sound I've heard in a long time! No dampening on the snare. No ring-- so dry?! Tiny little kick drum with a pillow between the mic and the drum?? That's a snare with a K right there.

[@marijnstam7374]

colmas It's probably just highly compressed

[@andu__]

Did you ever hear about the Vulf Compressor?

[@iaial0]

If you notice, when the camera zooms on Nate, you can see he has a dampening ring and what appears to be a thin cloth (there are some wrinkles moving while he plays)

[@colmas]

compression does not eliminate ring at all

[@colmas]

yep rob and devin know whats up, great company.

[@andresgarrido2129]

I love that synth glissando up in the last part, when Nate is doing his solo. It's so subtle, but really crates a lot of tension!

[@ludwigbooth4882]

See, when you're playing music live and creating things, a player can strive for many aspects...expression, dimension, perfection, energy, the selfless, soul... What we have here is all of it. In abundance.

[@simonc61]

Scientists have discovered a new form of clean power - funk fission. They locked these guys in a musical reactor room, got the funk out and fired them up. Bingo, enough power to keep New York City going for a week.

[@LaggyMcStab]

What's this? Could it be? Joe Dart flying out of formation!

[@BeezonToast]

@1:53 - Holy good lord, that is some serious grooving from Nate Smith!!

[@AbsurdistAsian]

I love that Jack comes in at the end! The guy just can't help himself, he's a fanboy of his own bandmates and is such a hype guy!

[@Basham86]

Wow. They are all masters of their instruments

[@northstarmagic6659]

Cory No-Wrists Wong

[@thesullivanstreetproject]

Northstar Magic Cory "Only Cartilage" Wong

[@snipperbesfelixje]

Cory "Rubber Chicken With Fingernails" Wong

[@Rastafarian1882]

he simply turns all the bones in his hand into cartilage while player, easy peasy

[@kevindeighton3007]

That loose and that tight is genuinely pretty unusual. Great sound though.

[@daftnord4957]

i read this as "cory no wist wong"

[@andrewkoontz01]

Joe has become my bass idol the past couple of weeks.

[@Gassyyetclassy]

These four talented musicians have got it going on!

[@LukePHA]

Every positive emotion. Thank you for bringing that ultimate sweet jam to my ears and brain. I regret every previous use of the word ultimate in my life.

[@matthewosterman9030]

that comment is almost as heavy as this shiet

[@TedThomasTT]

If you pick up Joe Dart and move his body around, his head remains perfectly still.

[@captainpiefox9133]

Ted Thomas hes got a built in stabilizer

[@mattheworam2346]

Like a chicken gimbal

[@composercode]

Video category is Education. Class is in session. Today's lecture: *F O U R T H P O S I T I O N*

[@nileisthebestband]

absolutely love that drum sound

[@RicardoBarretoBass]

The definition of groove: Nate smith gives you a master class in what you should do. What tasty drum groove.

[@JacobGibbs]

Joe Dart for president 2020

[@lendtothelord1429]

1:54 INSANE

[@jamesvandenberg8144]

This is just SO freakin' cool! Thanks for layin' on the funk!

[@dreamopeth]

Keep coming back to this. Pure dirty funk groove. Love it!

[@ryanfwood]

I've been watching all the other Fearless Flyer videos and I'm just now realizing they're all wearing black flight suits... that look awesome.

[@randomhandle]

Y'all! Mark ACTUALLY has a stank face. A well-placed stank face, I might add. Check it: 1:46

[@lewisj82]

Nate traded his sleeves for the ability to perform a drum solo with a two piece kit and a hi hat. Bravo.

[@wonderchild53]

You guys are exciting to watch and hear....

[@andreasgajewski9524]

can we take a moment and appreciate dat snare sound...

[@jaytb5815]

1:53 is where the magic starts.

[@loicdelabroise5510]

Impossible de se remettre d'un morceau pareil...du grand art !

[@garysmith3173]

Absolutely amazing. Big love to the drummer.😘🥁🌻

[@iaial0]

My goal in life is to learn how to play bass like Joe Dart and drums like Nate Smith. Then I'll fail that and develop something mine. And my life will be complete.

[@weedeemorrison]

How do you guys have so little sunscribers? Some of the best music ive listened to in years. Unbelievably feel good and just god damn funky. Hopefully one day catch you live. Joe...... your head will fall off one day. Just sayin!

[@starbelly2000]

Mad drumming! Old school style. Love it.

[@PaddysPubPatron]

I love the exaggerated zoom-ins. God damn you guys are great. Found you 45 minutes ago, in love already and have shared with all my funky friends. Keep it up!

[@thomasflaherty5509]

Category: Educational

[@Grybhaal_Daublebach]

Educatin' us fools

[@jaegs1935]

Yeah cos THATS HOW U DO IT

[@BigBabaBrown]

Damn right

[@2hug]

Jumped out of my boots straight into the funkmosphere :o

[@jimidgaffigan8731]

That sound, its amazing. Straight 70s grain, so authentic

[@vojtechhyanek1341]

This sounds like all Vulfpeck songs combined, I love it

[@MiguelLopez-ue3mv]

Not even Flex Tape could hold down the power of Joe's neck

[@josuepojila2223]

had no idea that johnny knoxville was a guitar player

[@bokchoiman]

This brings me so much joy

[@kimberlyspina1793]

Incredible musicianship right here.

[@UnderMiles]

dude this drummer made me regret not having children only to show them this song

[@Ferbocarbo]

Johnny Knoxville killing it in the guitar!

[@aeproductions701]

Amazing! Coolest drummer i've seen in years - lovely dead 70's sound from his kit.

[@jonathanbrookes8071]

This is music. Skillful and fun to do. Great to listen to.

[@gustavosdo]

I love the sound of this (minimalist) drum! Great mix work.

[@kurtturnerturner3285]

Kurtis Cowboy Turner oh in Facebook photos and videos no problem 🌹.

[@SonicSeraphim]

That's it, I'm suing Joe for giving me phantom neck pains

[@henkka8185]

Two seconds into the song and my head was already moving violently back and forth.

[@rasmusrasmussenmusic]

This is what you'd call an introduction... sick!! 😍🥁🥁🎸

[@gzozeza]

this songs harmony is even more functional than conscious club damn

[@KnightInGale74]

Everyone's talking about his neck but how is Joe Darts Glasses still on his face

[@NotDingse]

it's wayfarers, they clamp to the skull

[@KnightInGale74]

@@NotDingse huh?

[@NotDingse]

@@KnightInGale74 The ends of the legs of Wayfarer glasses (also called the temple tips) go inwards in a way that make them grip behind the ears, so that they don't fall of when you lean your head forward.

[@KnightInGale74]

@@NotDingse whata what?

[@NotDingse]

@@KnightInGale74 I DOUBLE DARE YOU, SAY WHAT ONE MORE GOD DAMN TIME!

[@sebuteo]

Holy moly... Nate's grooving from about 2:10 to the end... stupendous. Kind of Actual Proof meets disco-funk and shoots into the stratosphere

[@cgalloway959]

This is some REAL music by some UNREAL musicians!

[@louis20833]

THE FUNKTASTIC FLYERS FLY FEARLESSLY INTO FLIGHT

[@changein3d]

To archive playing this tight you have to write your music sheets in C++

[@milliewaxrockdriguez3499]

Impresionante!!! /,,/ The guitars, the drums and the blessed bass! Everything is a complement!! That's music. Good job carnales

[@synthfreak291]

Is this a prequel to Conscious Club?

[@mafirasyaharani7836]

W h e w, l o n g f l i g h t

[@yaboi4054]

joe dart on the fender bass guitar!!!

[@thomast9075]

I can’t handle this!! So gooooood. Happy Friday!

[@OoTZOMMMoO]

Whenever I feel bad, I just listen to this bass solo

[@heywaitthisisntweed423]

I closed pornhub to watch this and I wasn't disappointed *AT* *ALL*

[@ICEvaliantsminion]

Came here after pornhub and got even harder

[@eddthrasher]

I opened pornhub and this song started playing ;)

[@damienbailey7375]

Wait this isn't pornhub

[@mattbpatterson]

Your eye sight will thank you later.

[@Anaximander29A]

I closed the fetish section because this vid was more nasty

[@thedaver8]

@1:07 from the video editor: "Ya'll seein' this?"

[@Drummasterjay]

This guitar sound really reminds me of my church back in the backwoods of South Carolina. All my uncles played blues and banjos

[@mikepoirier2492]

BADASS!!! Very unique sound!! Keep it up boys!

[@OfficialDjAVE]

At 0.75 speed. Sounds more funkier

[@jacksimpson4362]

You could say It gets funkier

[@silviopozza8413]

Now watch it in 1.25

[@torchandhammer]

Umm. Gonna have to do the stankface to this.

[@paranaodeixarpassarembranc5241]

What CAN I say? This is a Vulcano Song!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Amazing folks! Simply Amazing!!!

[@riffhammeron]

That bass tone! 😮

[@AcousticMovement]

#NICEBOOTS

[@MrLowercase42]

00:14 recording with cheezburger?

[@snipperbesfelixje]

Really brings out the funkiest and greasiest of frequencies

[@userplayeraccount]

Yangshensensen lol

[@mrb6309]

Nate Smith is the hero we need! Man! That's funk right there! Nice!

[@josephwilkinson1610]

I've watched this many times. Incredible.

[@lendtothelord1429]

1:53 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@user-dd1iy4pt7q]

wong!!!

[@rugrat1965]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@reinab8168]

That was frieking awesome. Wow.

[@InsaneH]

1:08 How does Joe Dart do that lol