Why KEITH CARLOCK Is Everyone's Favorite Drummer

Keith Carlock can play on my songs any day of the week ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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[@LynneCarlockSpotify]

Love this so much! thanks for the kind words about my husband Keith Carlock. I agree - he is just mind blowing. The absolute best.

[@hugensjr]

Nice explanation really! And great playing by yourself

[@DimitriFantini]

Thank you so much!!!

[@pulsedrumschoolbassindarca5838]

I love Keith's sound and phrasing. An incredible drummer! thanks for the video

[@DimitriFantini]

So do I! So glad you like the video :)

[@briankeith7463]

Love Keith's playing, from Wayne Krantz, Oz Noy, Steely Dan, etc

[@mattnieri1202]

Your a fantastic drummer and this is the best drumming I've seen you do.

[@DimitriFantini]

wow, that's very very kind of you to say Matt, thank you so much!! Much love!

[@alexg4284]

Thanks for making and sharing this, Keith is one of my absolute favourite drummers of all time. Sometimes I could cry when I hear his greazzy precise time. Scary good

[@alexg4284]

He’s a one-man second line

[@alexg4284]

Reminds me of the story when Pat Methany first heard Antonio Sanchez. Apparently Methany commended Sanchez on how tight he was with his “percussion section”. Sanchez was like “what percussion section?”

[@DimitriFantini]

Glad you liked it Alex!! Keith is just so good it’s scary

[@DimitriFantini]

That’s a hilarious story about Antonio Sanchez!!! I wish I was there to see it 😂

[@urosjovanovic3142]

He has such a unique style and sound! Amazing drummer!

[@mirandenis]

Imagine creating an educational video praising a terrific and very requested drummer and getting called out for that LOL great video, man!!

[@DimitriFantini]

Very funny to see the random people KZbin sometimes pushes these videos to. By coincidence, the day before this video aired I was at the Delaware Drum Show and Keith Carlock did a clinic, the room was PACKED and of course his performance was exquisite. The convo over there on IG is filled with praise for his drumming when I shared a clip… Apparently KZbin is showing my vids to all the grouches first ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ where am I, Reddit?

[@DimitriFantini]

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[@LeFloidfan4ever]

could you do an episode with Dan Mayo?

[@DimitriFantini]

I will ask him!!

[@phillamoore157]

Carlock is everyone's favorite, because he's doing what was mastered in the 70's and 80's by Colaiuta, Weckl, Gadd, Smith...the list goes on. He's solid, and has a great feel. Pro's hire drummers who are solid, and can groove....not rivet-heads showing the world how fast their feet are. The only thing that's "new" is what's now 2-generations of kids who have been conditioned to feel like they're not only special, but have something astonishing to say, simply because they own a camera and an internet connection. I can only hope I live long enough to see that trend go away.

[@DimitriFantini]

said the gatekeeper

[@phillamoore157]

@@DimitriFantini There is no gatekeeper these days.....that's half the point. The best thing about KZbin is that literally ANY-one can do it. The worst thing about KZbin is that literally ANY-one.....

[@alexg4284]

Keith doesn’t sound like any of those people you listed above

[@phillamoore157]

@@alexg4284 I didn't say he did, nor did that have anything to do with what I said. Dave Weckle doesn't sound like Steve Smith either... Get your tongue out of KC's @ss long enough to hear something that even remotely approaches subjective listening.

[@alexg4284]

@@phillamoore157 you’re clearly an authority on the matter so I’ll defer to your superior opinion!

[@mikep1489]

Thomas Lang

[@DimitriFantini]

Ok!!!

[@ivanbajovic3476]

Keith sounds better with Yamaha PHX

[@Tristanrgreene11]

Agreed. And the maple custom absolute as well. Gretsch is nice but considering the Yamaha hardware for the Tom’s

[@RicG.]

Keith is NOT my favorite drummer. Give me Steve Gadd any day of the week.

[@DimitriFantini]

fair enough!

[@neilf5961]

Well that just changes everything.

[@fubar1217]

I think he means in terms of the artists that hire him....not necessarily a drummer's favorite drummer.

[@briankeith7463]

And who actually cares that Keith is NOT your favorite drummer - don't be a typical Dbag

[@imdv-ub7fb]

Careful, do not over estimate this cat, he is just another "good" Drummer. There have been hundreds before him, there are hundreds at present time and there will be hundreds to come...His playing is nothing extraordinary. T. Williams, P. Collins, S. Gadd, B. Bruford, B. Rich, A. White, T. Gurtu, C. Cress, V. Colaiuta, M. Guiliana, N. Smith, A. Hoenig, C. Thompson, Z. Hussain, B. Wilson. B. Stewart, L. Bellson...Now those are (but) a few extraordinary Drummers that you youngsters should be studying!

[@PMurray2694]

🤡

[@ianomalley3113]

To call Carlock a "Good" drummer is the height of hilarity and absurdity. Do you have any idea how ridiculous you sound?

[@jaumepp1975]

He is definitely extraordinary (and unique). And maybe you got a problem if you can't see it.

[@dconvergadon5281]

To be fair what you said about Mr. Carlock could easily be said about any of the drummers mentioned in your list (yeah yeah I know I'm gonna catch flack for that, oh my god how dare you say that about Vinnie C. and Steve Gadd). They are all fantastic players at levels most of us won't ever reach, does that mean we as fans of music or musicians ourselves shouldn't follow and learn from them? No, on the contrary, we live in an amazing age were technology has helped obtain access to an incredible wealth of musical knowledge, might as well do the best to be the best version of the player/musician one wants to be. As drummers, the more we expose ourselves to as many styles and ways of playing, the more we can forge our own voice. Personally I couldn't care less who is better, Buddy or Louie or Gene or Ed or Max (just picking some masters within the big band swing, really there's so many amazing players to pick. ) I know in my bones that learning from any of those cats is a win win for me. Music is not sport, let's not put competition as a metric for art.

[@colinburroughs9871]

opinionated to the point where even if you know enough to know, you still really don't..