Worship Drummer Reacts to "What About Me?" by Snarky Puppy

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HOLY COW this one was crazy!
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@JesseDupuy Ай бұрын

Man I’m here for any Larnell you feel like reacting to! Especially his Zildjian Live performance!

@amiarafe Ай бұрын

his and kaz rodriguez's performances there were EPIC

@K-R-O-L Ай бұрын

I'd recommend “Trinity” on their latest album Empire Central, a live session like this one, except this time they had 3 drummers + 3 percussionists on set :O

@windmill9998 Ай бұрын

how about Shofukan next?? i almost said it's one of my favorites but it's really hard choosing lol either way i absolutely love it!!! also, fun fact about it (from memory reading about it like a year ago, so please excuse any errors), one of the main melodies (i think it was the opening melody but not quite sure) in the song apparently came into Michael League's head when he was vacationing at a farm or something called Shofukan and was trying to call for a rooster that had ran off somewhere, and as he was calling its name (dont remember what it was) that melody just sort of naturally came out, and then he wrote it down and used it to make the super-rough demo the band used to compose the whole thing together IN THE STUDIO, just DAYS before recording it. apparently the entire album was composed, practised, performed and recorded in just about a week!!!

@Lukas_Wesener Ай бұрын

LOVE more Snarky Puppy! One of my personal favorites of this session is Shofukan, Larnell also goes all in in the end of that one. Would love for you to cover that one! Much love to you ❤

@Mikebumpful 3 күн бұрын

Been looking forward to you reacting to this song ever since I discovered your reaction vid of Lingus! Was not disappointed ❤️

@teckreactions 2 күн бұрын

THANKS!

@ei96byod Ай бұрын

He learned all but two songs for that album during a 7,5 hour flight from Canada to Amsterdam, not two days. Many of the others in the band learned the songs over the course of a few days because Michael League was still writing the songs during their rehearsal. Crazy! Larnell says it himself in the beginning of the video "Larnell Lewis Hears A Song Once And Plays It Perfectly" on the Drumeo channel. That's another video you should check out by the way. It is also mentioned in the official DVD documentary of the recording, which is now available on KZbin. Edit: Also, by the way, you should look at the excerpts video for this song too. You can see a few excerpts from the different sets of takes that they did for this song. And it starts with I think the second set, where apparently Michael League counted too fast when counting in the song, and Larnell took it as a challenge and played the whole song at that speed. I would like to see that complete take actually, it seems bonkers.

@Scoots1994 Ай бұрын

If you go to Bob Reynolds channel (one of the sax players) he has a whole breakdown of how a week of Snarky Puppy putting together a session goes. What they get from League (or others, while he "writes" most of the songs they don't all come from him) is VERY basic and the different sections get together to hammer out their parts, then they work together, then sections, then together. They "learn" around 4 songs a day each day for 4 days, then tighten them up for a day, then they play one of their "shows" like this for a couple days. So, when they get there they have a framework they are nowhere near complete compositions and everyone has a chance to contribute, then when they perform it it is expected that there will be some improvisation particularly in the sections that highlight a player or a section. It's pretty amazing to me that League created Snarky Puppy because he was supposedly not considered good enough to get into any of the school ensembles at North Texas U.

@kevinrusch3627 22 күн бұрын

@@Scoots1994 it's a very jazz way of doing things -- you learn the very basics (melody, chord changes, bridge/verse structure) then expand from there.

@Scoots1994 21 күн бұрын

@@kevinrusch3627 Yep. I've heard several times that Miles Davis' records were never practiced, they just showed up and played. That said I assume there were many takes and only the best get on the record. Seems like it's a bit of a high wire act.

@That_One_Phil Ай бұрын

Thank you for this. Please do Outlier by Snarky Puppy still. Not many reactors have done it and I think it's one of the great ones.

@amiarafe Ай бұрын

lol, glad you found this vid. next one is OUTLIER lol...crazy groove in the middle of the song, and sax solo was awesome!

@TexMexJack Ай бұрын

Watch the documentary about the making of We Like It Here

@cmatte82 18 күн бұрын

Yes this is where I learned most of the story about Larnell. I also did a deep dive on them afterward myself. So can’t say for sure exactly what I learned and where I learned it.

@jojoleaf2112 Ай бұрын

It'd be interesting to see you react to Snarky Puppy featuring Knower. A very interesting drummer/singer duo on that one.

@stevenmonte7397 Ай бұрын

The City Lights Solo (Song Larnell wrote for his own project). The drum solo is so extremely tasteful. So very iconic!

@That_One_Phil Ай бұрын

I couldn't agree more, a masterclass of it's own class.

@manders76 Ай бұрын

You might like Tio Macaco from this same album--your guy Nate Werth (the auxiliary percussionist) gets a couple of extra guys playing along with him and it's so, so much fun

@miff227 Ай бұрын

you probably missed it this time, with the opening keys player (Rhodes?) on Lingus and Sleeper playing horn, but please make note of him in Shofukan next time around ;-)

@benmeek5052 Ай бұрын

I strongly recommend checking out Snarky Puppy doing “Something” featuring Lalah Hathaway - she sings harmonics with herself

@Niels_Mortensen 26 күн бұрын

My theory is that metric modulation became "a thing" for drummers, because of two things 1: This solo, and more specifically the part where Larnell literally does it 2: Matt Gartska... Just everything he does

@HarisNalbantic Ай бұрын

Must see: Larnells incredible solo session on Zildjian live... Easy to find on YT... Another level of drumming 😉

@thage7729 Ай бұрын

To see percussionist Nate Worth featured, find an early SP track called “Alma”

@teckreactions Ай бұрын

On it

@thage7729 Ай бұрын

@@teckreactions kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqDdcmuFiZmMf6Msi=_R0ap4MFvyaEkK8V This one

@sanfordgfogg Ай бұрын

The really interesting part is that Larnell learned the songs on the flight from the USA to Europe landing the day they started recording.

@davemarchildon2583 Ай бұрын

@@sanfordgfogg He flew in from Toronto, Canada (where he's from) right after recording with the Toronto Mass Choir.

@Robert_Herring Ай бұрын

Nate Werth us tge percussionist. Also a member if the funk fusion band Ghost-Note with Robert "Sput" Searight, the person that Larnell was called in to sit in for. Ghost-Note is a blast as well. Anything from the latest album, "Mustard n' Onions" would give you a good taste.

@That_One_Phil Ай бұрын

Nate werth is OG, a very great percussionist, every time I listened to the spaces he fills it blows my mind, it's unreal. This is the guy that will make you go "Oh my goodness" the flavour he adds, out of this world" Mercelo Woloski as well, their combination especially in Quater Master record, is too good, in fact, out of this world.

@antoine__0504 Ай бұрын

Hey man, Larnell is a f*cking beast. You should react to Neo Funk by Anthony Brancati with Larnell on drum. You ll like it i think !

@iamdodgepodge Ай бұрын

The keyboardist who was playing the melody at the end, and who did the solo in Lingus is Cory Henry. He also plays the drums. There's another video on KZbin of him pranking Michael League by getting off his keyboards and going on the drums while playing at a gig. Here's a part of the interview of the We Like It Here documentary where they talk about not having a drummer right until the morning of the first day: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6GYpHibrNiMhK8

@vonzox Ай бұрын

Props to Mark Lettieri💎

@stevenmonte7397 Ай бұрын

Alright! I've been waiting on this one!

@dougoneill7266 Ай бұрын

Larnell. nuff said.

@DevoteAcceptRelax Ай бұрын

It is documented on Snarky's channel that the drummer learned it on the flight.

@scottyweb5864 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this great reaction. I agree with many that you should react to Outlier, chemistry between Larnell and saxophonist Bob Reynolds is a thing of beauty.

@alexanderednie1205 Ай бұрын

I put snares on my first floor tom because of larnell. Changed my game

@brianhenn9872 Ай бұрын

Sucks for you because they're just finishing up a tour. Either they didn't come close enough to me, or it conflicted woth another concert I had lined up.

@thisisjer Ай бұрын

The stuff about Larnell learning this is on the documentary of We Like It Here

@feki7682 Ай бұрын

You definitely need to check out Larnell Lewis take on Drumeo's challenge to learn songs as quick as possible, in which larnell hears the featured song couple of times, makes notes and does a perfect take without even needing to hear the drums. In that video he also expains the flight thing.

@gbulmer Ай бұрын

There isn't a weak song on "We Like It Here", so do them all!! 👍👍 _"Tio Macaco"_ is lighter and joyous, for a change. @ei96byod gets most of the facts correct (including references you can verify), *_except_* Larnell didn't _learn_ existing drum parts, he *_COMPOSED_* the drum parts for all but two songs on the famous 7½ transatlantic flight. Please consider reacting to _Larnell Lewis Hears A Song Once And Plays It Perfectly_ kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHq6aGWMjbKDftE it's fascinating, and also explains some of the transatlantic flight. Maybe consider _Zildjian Live! - Larnell Lewis_ kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJWUiWiAjMZ6nbM which includes Snarky Puppy musicians. _Larnell Lewis Hears "Enter Sandman" For The First Time_ kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJXChpaggtqmi6M is a hoot. The easiest piece of evidence that Larnell _composed_ the drum part is in _Larnell Lewis Hears A Song Once And Plays It Perfectly_ (see above). There Larnell composed the drums for the music, which had no drum part, and he explains in that video that's what he did for "We Like It Here". Larnell calls it "learning the song", which is what he needs to do (it's impractical to compose the drums until he's learned the song). However, perfectly reasonably, many people infer from Larnell saying he "learned the songs" on the flight, that the songs had a drum part, but that's not true. The "We Like It Here" documentary gives more evidence that Larnell composed the drum parts, especially Nate Werth and Larnell himself. Best Wishes. ☮

@JeffHendricks Ай бұрын

These guys are just so next level, it's just... *sigh*

@thomasbutleriii9748 Ай бұрын

When I saw you dropped a new Snarky Puppy reaction I literally jump for joy out of my chair. I have been searching for new SP reactions literally every day since your last reaction. Snarky Puppy brings tears to my eyes because they are so good. Stay with this album, I would go to shofukan and outlier next. Outlier has an amazing Sax Duet with Bob Reynolds and Larnell that even the keyboards, Cory Henry and Shaun Martin can't hold back their excitement. Jambone, kite, tio Macaco and you'll be done with that album. To get an idea about Larnell arriving the day of the recording, there is a we like it here documentary. Larnell knew a few of the songs already but I believe it was 6 songs he learned on the plane ride over. He's talked about it in an interview. Great thing is after this album you can go backward and see some of their awesomeness with curtain, bad kids to the back, family dinner vol. 1 and 2. Culch Vulcha, are all great albums before you even get to Empire Central which dropped two years ago that won a Grammy. That album is 16 songs and not a single song misses. Welcome to a very deep rabbit hole.. lol

@josephfedrizzi7317 25 күн бұрын

Larnell became number one when Peart died

@teckreactions 23 күн бұрын

Not sure I agree, but he's great.

@maruad7577 Ай бұрын

I just realized you are a Steelers fan! Should be an interesting season.

@teckreactions Ай бұрын

It should!

@richardlyons7582 Ай бұрын

Matt one from out of the blue and to carry on the Jazz feel try "5 kids from indonesia play jazz fusion" "SKETSA" (Karimata) in Virtual Concert DI ATAS RATA-RATA 2020. it will not disappoint you

@richardlyons7582 Ай бұрын

Guitarist Mark Lettieri

@ladislavhein4665 Ай бұрын

Nope, that was Bob Lanzetti

@thomasbutleriii9748 Ай бұрын

For the guitar solo that was Bob Lanzetti. Mark was standing next to him on his left.