Performance Spotlight: Matt Garstka (PASIC 2015)

VF Artist Matt Garstka performs during his clinic "Yin & Yang, Building a Roadmap of Creativity" at PASIC 2015 in San Antonio, TX!
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The Percussive Arts Society (PAS) is the world's largest percussion organization, with over 6,000 passionate Subscribers. PAS hosts the
Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) annually, featuring the top names in drumming and percussion.This video is from the 2015 Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) in San Antonio, TX, November 11-14, 2015.
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[@Gio_Panda]

My drumming teacher always tells me that the metronome has to be my friend, not my enemy. This guy made the metronome his BITCH!

[@djvirtudazo5027]

+Giovanni Spada yep!!!

[@awoodcoc]

+Giovanni Spada I think he paid that guy to cheer in the audience repeatedly.

[@Gio_Panda]

Lol

[@StefanoOrlando_s]

+Andrew Woodcock I dont think.... What he do is impressive and so groovy

[@Gio_Panda]

***** *whispers* I think he was joking

[@VinceAnity]

I want that "Woooo" "Yeah" metronome, what is this app ?

[@VinceAnity]

+Vincent Repel with a "Shut up" quarter note pulse !

[@benarthur1328]

Pretty sure they hire a guy to shout when a new beat starts

[@jonathanziegler5695]

Did they give him a mic or something?!

[@artcolldrum]

+Ben Arthur you're right!

[@ThibaultTresca]

+Jonathan Ziegler lmao

[@sbskking]

lol

[@harrisongdavis]

+Ben Arthur or they just lay down some audio clips of a guy yelling in the editing process.

[@googly311]

What if that yelling guy is Tosin Abasi?

[@jaschajohannsmeyer7192]

lov311ife it’d still be freakin‘ annoying

[@BalthazarMaignan]

It'll be fun lol

[@Gursers14]

It does sound like him tbh

[@jdrum8240]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@terratremuit4757]

I admit after the first minute or so that guy shouting really started to piss me off...

[@pieteroschmann2625]

Terra Tremuit the one dude in the crown just feelin it a bit too much lol like “Richard you’re embarrassing us” hahahaha

[@ZarekMunoz]

that's actually rashied willams lul.

[@markomarkovic5729]

@@ZarekMunoz It's still annoying

[@metinatahan7187]

Probably an Apple employee

[@uraharamitchell7250]

COSIGN

[@bodaris99]

YEAAH! WOHO!

[@MrMarkpark]

One guy in the audience just saw the greatest thing that ever happened on any planet ever and demanded the rest of us know it.

[@Coastfog]

Yeah, annoying af 😂 like "yeah, we are aware of what's happening there and we're all impressed, but still manage not to come in our pants"

[@prodrummerbill]

They mic'd the woo guy!

[@ImaginaryAsh]

Panned him hard left.

[@delijica]

Ahahaa, I'm dying dude 😂😂😂

[@ashrasmun1]

And he was in sync with 50bpm track too!

[@SoggyBagelz]

This demonstrates more so than any other video on youtube why matt garstka will become known as one of the greatest drummers to ever live

[@wdrumz]

+Luke Kulak Nah dude not even close to musical geniuses like Carter Beauford, Stewart Copeland, Chad Szeliga, or Gavin Harrison to name a few. Matt really lacks that soul kind of feel in his playing. It literally feels like it's just numbers like he said.

[@ddrum1090]

+wdrumz Nah man. In my opinion, he has amazing feel mixed with precision and technicality. Mike Mangini is another great drummer but imo has no feel what so ever. Garstka is the perfect mix for me haha

[@wdrumz]

Ahhh now i see you are more into those kinds of drummers and styles. Those kinds come off so robotic to me. But to each their own.

[@SoggyBagelz]

+wdrumz i mean benny greb and jp bouvet are my absolute favorites for musicality (also like gavin harrison) but matt has a style of his own, personally i could never compare his style to anyone elses its so unique. Im just saying that with how well known he is now, hell outshine most 15-20 years from now and i believe that wholeheartedly. Not to say hes "better" than anyone bc thats a difficult claim, but his popularity is growing super fast and for good reason

[@wdrumz]

***** No I get cha. He is a killer drummer just not a fan of his style. Benny is killer as well. JP not so much.

[@MusicProductionJS]

The guy shouting out sounds like someone's dad shouting at his son doing a drum solo for a school performance 'woo son! that's it son hit them drums! WOO YEAH'...on the other hand Matt is amazing

[@iopklmification]

+MusicProductionJS Maybe it was Matt's dad ?

[@MikeSchertenlieb]

+MusicProductionJS ...i was there. the guy "woo"ing is gerald heyward.

[@aeco15]

+Mike Schertenlieb that's great to know. someone like him can't just help himself in this awesome solo. My brain shouts aloud too as I watch Matt's performance.

[@si1995gtnupe1997]

Correct - I was two rows behind him... It was hilarious to me!

[@ProspectiveBand]

I can't stop laughing at the "woo hooo,woououooo" thing, that guy has the groove in his voice

[@DaveFromVh1]

Why’s he doing a black guy voice and acting stupid

[@uraharamitchell7250]

Because when you're a GOAT...you can do what you like.

[@dandavidson1704]

Black guy voice lmao

[@j91219]

"Woooo that's slow! ... How many of you can play to that ?" Hmm I'm guessing no one can?thats why you're up there and we're down here.

[@charliebucket54]

+Joe Corban I can. I am even better than Matt Garstka and I was awarded the drummer of the year award for 2017 and it isn't even 2017 yet. That's how good I am.

[@ssnaress]

+Kaka carrot cake the super sand lesbian Can confirm, seen your plaque in the hall of fame 2050

[@ckekmojo6268]

do not overdo it

[@mikeboon6160]

its not hard if you practice with a metronome... now doing whst he does? Not easy ay any tempo.

[@uraharamitchell7250]

You are correct Sir.

[@thev2403]

30 years ago this solo would’ve been considered legendary status...”man that guy Matt, the 2015 Pasic Drum solo where he was playing to the metronome....out of this world...I keep that blue ray in my all time greats cabinet” If we can appreciate this level of greatness like back in the day. That would be amazing. This on the level of not better than what some of the greats back in the days have done.

[@caden0622]

I just played to 48 BPM. #checkmate

[@drummusician]

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[@caden0622]

Matt Garstka Damn you Garstka! How dare you create tasty grooves at 35 BPM!

[@behindthen0thing]

@@drummusician amazing work Matt

[@jacobnipper5346]

"This is the part where I blow your mind. Metrically."

[@agdrummer2610]

+Mike Schertenlieb that's awesome the Gerald Hayward was cheering him on like that. Anyone who doesn't know who Gerald is look him up and then you'll see that he can fucking "woo" all he wants. If you get distracted so easily that you couldn't enjoy the entire performance because someone "woo'd" for 45 sec than I don't know what to tell you man. Nice 50 bpm Matt super control

Some people are saying that he has no feeling in his playing. Truly? The thing I personally like the most in that guy is the feeling of his music.

[@jrmhbky]

it's been a long-time trend for untrained musicians to say that any trained musician's playing is sterile and has no feeling. and from what i've seen, it's just what some insecure musicians say to try and compensate for never having learned how to play.

[@sidx45]

...it's simple..it's cause they can't feel it

[@jacobwright4653]

No feeling? They are deaf, obviously.

[@andyham6094]

They’ve never seen animals then. Cause his feel is unreal in the band and brought them to a whole new level. He has everything from chops, technicality, freestyle flow, creativity, and groove/feel.

[@uraharamitchell7250]

WHO TF SAID THAT?! THEY NEED TO BE TARRED AND FEATHERED!

[@julianpsihogios]

The "oh" during the rest at 7:13 tho.

[@jibarito-c1d]

Julian Psihogios 😂

[@braedonavants]

Literally laughed out loud, never noticed that xD

[@popopopopogo]

Hahaha it just happened as I got to this comment

[@francolinares4112]

thats the metronome apologizing for loosing Matt

[@michabula5763]

Mr Slave from South Park :D

[@TheApostleofRock]

One time I was on facebook. I saw a post about Tommy Lee playing upside down. I was not impressed and said so. Several people were not pleased. I'm just like well he ain't no Peart or Garstka.. They called me a dumbass and I left it be. I found this video. I rest my case

[@kylecurran6747]

People who say drumming like this PISS ME OFF. And I’m not sorry for saying it. I am a drummer. I like fusion, jazz and have played most styles. There’s something special about the way Matt goes about his playing, and the technicality does NOT kill the soul of the playing. Far from it, frankly, it’s the opposite. The technicality IS the soul of the playing. The technicality is the inner musician going “hey, how can I make this harder to play? How can I come up with something new and wonky that people haven’t seen before?” You know what that is? That’s the love of finding new walls and overcoming them. It’s the love of being a musician, challenging and improving yourself indefinitely. THAT’S what technicality is. It’s not robotic, though it may be mathematical. It’s the musician displaying their love for making something gruelingly difficult to test their limits, and then overcoming their limits by challenging themselves even further. There can be no greater love in music itself

[@Strangeadio]

Everyone needs to read this comment

[@THEEBlackAnime]

Kyle Curran this!!!

[@TS-gn2wy]

This comment is pure common sense and rationale. I totally agree. It's not called "playing" without a reason. But drummers like Matt take it into the "creative" zone where individuality sculpts new sounds. You can love it or leave it, the decision is totally yours. But raw talent is next to impossible to deny in the witnessing of such talent, whether it agrees with your or not. I like a lot of music and dislike a lot of other. Doesn't make me an arbitor of musical taste; just a listener and proactive participant (musician) in something that brings true love and honesty to my heart and soul. Corney maybe; but true nonetheless. 😎

[@jubankta1627]

Kyle Curran Right?!Its like when people have to come over when I’m practicing I tell them please don’t expect a show matter fact you aren’t even gonna understand what I’m playing bcause I’m purposely starting patterns of with the hand or feet I normally don’t as well as putting myself in compromising situations throughout this entire session to challenge myself to create hardships to make it in spots as awkward as humanly possible so when I am playing any and everything else it will be effortless,So if you’re going to be critical or expecting a show watch a concert on KZbin or go see a movie bcause I got shit to do!!

[@jubankta1627]

Kyle Curran plus I think he is incredible

[@jakehawthorn]

Sometimes it's hard to not give a good "yeah" when you're feeling it. But there is one dude that's feeling it in his prostate.

[@andrewromanowski4290]

Matt has great feel. I don't understand what some of you are talking about. You want someone all about numbers? Go listen to Mangini. Amazing drummer, but he lacks feel. Not Matt.

[@brandenbright457]

Andrew Romanowski I agree, Matt has tons of feel.

[@kevindurden2880]

When he starts that Carp Fish Breathing you know it's gonna start smoking hotter!

[@arvboz429]

Kevin Durden bruh 😂

[@troyoobrien]

Am I the only person that loved the "woo" guy

[@donsenorcaballero8758]

yes

[@AmielGesta]

I think he's just overwhelmed on Matt's playing bro dang. I'm sure I'd be like him if I were the one in that event.

[@benevolentsun]

Troy O'Brien i thought he was almost the best part

[@michabula5763]

Nah, man... He was expressing what I was thinking!!!

[@Edrums326]

Fuckin hilarious Amiright

[@julianmartinez2130]

when a performance live is this nasty, you cannot help but grunt haha. imagine the stank faces on the audience

[@behindthen0thing525]

Matt's neighbors hate this trick.

[@StompL7]

i've listened to this solo so many Times. So good. I was listening to some vinnie clinic in Berklee and now by getting back to this vidéo i gotta say that Matt has some vinnie blood in his Soul

[@birdbrainmafia5108]

1:22 even the greats hit their sticks together by accident, reassuring

[@jesseshepard2324]

If you buy his mastering time course on his website, he left in some bloopers. I love when people as godly as Matt can show their humanity in little ways like that.

[@felixgarstka]

Matt for president

[@nicolasalvarado2303]

hah

[@camu123789]

are you his son?

[@benevolentsun]

Felix Garstka is your last name really garstka?

[@krioni86sa]

Ben Shapiro

[@2strokeroll]

Everybody leave that dude alone! He's feeling it!!! And you should too!! #TeamGarstka!

[@trismurray]

Miguel Gutierrez I agree, when you’re any performer and you get crowd encouraging you it’s what it’s all about. If this was in the UK we all just sit there looking miserable.

[@bossHogOG]

I can feel it without being an attention whore.

[@uraharamitchell7250]

We must protect Matt Garstka at all costs. He is one of the three most important Matts of this generation: 1. Matt Garstka 2. Matt Damon 3. Matt Greoning

[@jackmaguire1158]

Poor old Matt Halpern

[@elmhurst86]

Awesome how he conveys a feeling of elasticity in his rhythmic feel when playing over the click. Most people want to be able to play along to a click and keep good time. Matt goes beyond that and plays around with the time as if it were a very pliable thing that he can mold into whatever he wants. A true artist who has taken all the knowledge he's acquired and is trying to push the art form even further.

[@RogierRJDonker]

He is permutating and going over the barline, different subdivisions. Insane stuff. Never ever losing the 1 count.

[@almadaestudios]

PLOT TWIST : The shouting in the back is like a "last clap" competition, there´s actually 2 guys shouting, one goes "WHOOOO" and the other immediately "YEAH"

[@BalthazarMaignan]

Actually you are all wrong matt didn't say it but he is just teaching the metronome how to count

[@frusciboy]

swallowed a metronome when he was young

[@combatwombatt]

@6:26 WE ALL KNOW THATS A FILL TO A MESHUGGAH SONG DAWG, U AINT LURKIN FROM US FAM

[@hays76]

I thought that maybe one day I would be able to play like Garstka... Then I saw this.

[@AbeCastDrums]

Man takes timing to a whole other level

[@woodentulike2no]

I just need a backing track of the yelling guy so I can play along!

[@phillipwelch4190]

I mean, I’ve been playing like 40 years and I just got schooled!

[@JA-io8nx]

One of the greatest....ever.

[@PayneKrunk]

dude in the back got me so hype!

[@almadaestudios]

Shout out to the "whooo" "yeahhhhh" guy !

[@bsm6776]

He sounds like a little boy hahaha

[@augustburnsred3541]

yh

[@ghiblinerd6196]

Like a young ice cube.

[@damirsaber1405]

no name i feel Jo Mayer parody

[@lloydgriffiths1847]

came back to watch this again and remembered about the guy shouting in the crowd and i considered turning off

[@thecowboydrummer]

He shouldn’t be this good.

[@foamysqueak11]

This was in San Antonio, where I live, how the fuck did I not know about this

[@Jediroller]

The basic breakdown: "Get the F:%* out of bed b*tches, and go practice!!!"

[@beasterbunny217]

Maybe some of you guys should just focus on the drums. I didn't even notice the guy whoohooing until I read the comments.

[@camu123789]

beasterbunny217 yes you did

[@FanaticDrummer]

This is what drummers at Berklee do. Its more of a chops exercise. It could be played to numerous tempos, but the 50bpm allows for fills and to be honest you can land back anywhere and no ones counting the one lol. Hence why its a gospel chops exercises for trained drummers like Garska and other ex berklee drummers. Its the same at any tempo when you’re just shredding. Could be 30bpm or 200. If you’re just soloing tempo doesnt matter lol

[@rungamunyama8225]

FanaticalDrummer not really, it's just that it's harder to play at a slower tempo such as 50bpm because you have to do subdivide.

[@anthonyjones3835]

He went to Berklee i believe

[@PaulMarangoni]

@@rungamunyama8225 It's only hard at a slow tempo if you're actually playing slow. If you're subdividing it with 32nd notes, it's not really playing "slow". But what is great about Matt here is how he is playing odd times within the spaces. The metronome is playing beat one of a bar of 2/4, and then it's playing beat one of a bar of 7/4, etc.

[@themasterbather]

His neighbors hate him.

[@davidnelson5250]

Vinnie Colaiuta on steroids! Or better yet Vinnie Colaiuta and Dennis Chambers in a blender.....

[@DanielLaua]

Too bad Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci quited Berklee,,, imagine how crazy their music can be! Just like Animals As Leaders today,,,

[@JimmyKadesch]

matt is amazing

[@rubenato2009]

One of my favorite drummers complimenting my other favorite drummer how awesome

[@CoryAboud]

This is some Vinnie-esque stuff, excellent playing

[@channyngtatum9231]

That Tempo App though... Best one in the market lol

[@CHABIEPORTNOY]

You can’t fool us Leonardo DiCaprio!

[@ND-iz6dd]

What?

[@stayfrostywilly91]

I'm glad to see that I wasn't the only person to attend this clinic that was instantly pissed by the two dudes that kept shouting during his demonstration.

[@michaelfadian]

My mind is blown after watching this. I knew he was a great drummer but I wasnt expecting this. You can hear the Vinnie Colaiuta influence a lot. Until now, I wouldn't have put him in the same category as a guy like that as far as technical ability, but jesus... this is impressive.

[@adontoledas8791]

The "woo" yeah" guys are tosin and javier

[@Lchavez-qi1vv]

His drums always sounds so good and unique

[@CHABIEPORTNOY]

This was so good, a guy used it as sex music

[@patriodiames9715]

“YEEEAAAAHHHH WOOOOOOHHHHH”

[@justinalexander1056]

the Batman of drums? I think so

[@Mistah00d]

Does he always talk like that? He sounds like the Ladies Man

[@uybabayun]

Maybe YEAHWOHO is the subtle metronome he is ought to follow?

[@KeithMcCoyMusic]

This is too good...I suspect sorcery or at the very least, being in cahoots with the devil himself! Amazing...

[@xedgeforeverx]

And in my brain he made everything make so much sense with this demonstration without explaining a single god damn thing. My mind is blown and opened to a whole new way of looking at odd meters at the same time.

[@lmp9726]

Does he actually talk like an Adam Sandler character?

[@Purpadurpolis]

This is just nasssstyyyy

[@Coastfog]

"I'm just gonna divide these pulses into lots of different numbers" you sure do, buddy, you sure do.

[@alvarocarignanipodesta7882]

Thanks so much Vic Firth for uploading this mind blowing solo from one of the greatest drummers on Earth nowadays

[@newdutchworkshop7026]

I wonder where he got those "wooh! yeah!" samples...

[@hays76]

I like the woo guy.

[@JoseNetoDrums]

That's the best of my generation! No doubts about it...

[@andrewcropper4702]

I am so glad u make videos because I have watched every single video since I became a percussionist

[@yaroslavleshchukh]

One of the best video I ever seen. Great

[@spiritspouse2028]

This is some incredbly interesting rythmical mastery! Amazing!

[@jacobdrums4386]

is there anything he cant do on a kit

[@iDrumLikeCrazy]

jacob drums no

[@logansdrums]

the guy yelling is the best part though

[@jonathandelacruz8950]

sounds like vinnie

[@uraharamitchell7250]

I reckon Matt Garstka sounds like Matt Garstka.

[@UnnecessaryComment.]

Fun

[@mariamaraki9385]

Dear Lord....

[@joeyhathaway8447]

boy I sure love how his chair says chair on it

[@BalthazarMaignan]

actually impressed he didn't laugh beacause of the WOOHs

[@BkWDrums]

Wow. Genius, surely one of the best drummers out there

[@iloveNgany]

Turns 50 bpm into 500 bpm

[@MrMarkpark]

Also that China sounds sick as hell. I need it.

[@LimpBizkit999]

Why do the people in the front have to act unimpressed.. I like the guy in the back that’s trying to hype things up

[@antonsheferov]

Это рыба в воде. Ничего красивее я не видел. Это уже не цифры, а чистая душа. " Музыкальный Будда - если хотите. Красиво очень!!!

[@sergesokolov2568]

Excellent orientation in tempo! Great!

[@jabin1134]

favorite drummer right there.

[@danielmardones5185]

Love his “street voice” lol

[@arsonne]

Those tama's sounded so killer.

[@360.Tapestry]

i know like... two polyrhythms hahahahaha

[@jorgedeltiempo]

Its líke Dennis Chambers x 1000. Fucking amaizing, absolute machine..

[@NautilusAeturnus]

excellent drumming as always from matt... but that drum sounds horrendous... someone at least should have fixed the sound of that drum in post...

[@julsrique9148]

Some one knows what's the model of this Tama Snare? OmGod! Sounds like a canon! And all the Tama set sounds owesome!

[@kapavita8861]

Tama bell brass as I can see from the lugs I think. Set is Tama starclassic performer birch & bubinga!

[@julsrique9148]

Thanks so much I appreciate that brother!

Virgil Donati understands.