How To Make a Living as a Drummer with Arthur 'LA' Buckner
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- Опубліковано 26 лют 2020
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LA Buckner is the host of Sound Field but also a professional drummer, producer, and teacher. LA tells us about his musical journey from drumming at 3-years-old to performing for audiences of 8,000. We visit LA at his church in Minneapolis, and even sit in on one of his music lessons with a young student.
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6:06 coolest thing ever, him breaking his stick and his student throwing him one when he saw he couldn't find one
LA Buckner one of the easiest and coolest people on this planet Earth. I can't wait to see him playing for one of the biggest bands at the Grammys!!!
totally agree and I discovered this channel yesterday :)))
Such a genuine and likeable person. His students are lucky to have him as a teacher.
I was physically smiling when I saw him and his student talking and just enjoying music, that was awesome and wish when I was learning clarinet was like that
This is what happens when someone who is supposed to go into music and wants to go into music, goes into music. I love this so much. As a music teacher, this is the sort of thing I want to see. Massive props, LA. Keep groovin.
Little Arthur 😭❤️💞
LA Buckner's energy and personality are wonderful to behold. A true great guy and great drummer. Really nice to see some of his life!
"The only, the ONLY part about drumming that really sucks is loading the gear."
MOOD. I'm a drummer. This is so true.
Before he even said what it was I knew what he was going to say!!
Living proof that Drummers are just as talented as any other instrumentalists
Check out Mario Duplantier, Mike Portnoy etc, hope you enjoy them
Never get the credit or recognition they deserve tho
Rhythm is what feeds you. You can know every scale, chord progression etc, but if it doesn’t get you moving then what’s the point.
I play keys and guitar but ever since I was little I loved the drums but my parents never let me
Everyone talks shit til they sit behind the kit and look like a caveman
1:56 better than any other musical advice i’ve received
you gotta be cool...
My kid wants to be a livestock vet and I looked at her and was like THIS is it kid, not just for me as a gig singer but for you as a vet, you gotta know your stuff and you gotta be cool.
what do you do if youre not cool :(
I'm a drummer and I can tell not being cool is hurting me
@@Milano972 Cool as in Personable.teachable and or easy to work with all while knowing when to speak up. Like you can have all the chops or sickest feel in the world but if people don't wanna be around you, you aren't gonna get a lot of calls.
This inspires me as 24 year old amateur drummer with no performing experience. I started learning off and on at 16, joined a band that I rehearsed with for 3 years at 19, but when the band broke up that was pretty much it, life can be distracting. Maybe one day I'll get my gig in the corner. Caleb is my hero, It makes me proud to see someone as young as him with so much talent.
Keep going dude. Don't stop playing, and play with as many people as you can. Take any gig that comes your way.
1:29 hitting me in the feels
could listen to him talk forever
No preaching. A polite, humble, positive, musical person. Well filmed and well cut. Thats a like.
6:40 dude that hi-hat sounds so good!
This is like the most wholesome video on UA-cam
7:00 "Nerdy musical conversation" :D
THIS indeed!!!! This whole channel is like, my "nerdy musical conversation" FIX." I have very few friends these days who are music nerds quite in this way. We talk music, sure, but it's not - well it's not NERDY MUSICAL CONVERSATION dang it!!! I love Sound Field for exactly this reason. They've learned a lot of the same things I learned back in the day, but they're bringing more to that, new things always, and they're real musicians, in the thick of it, you know? And I've learned so much more, ABOUT so much more, just from their videos. Not to mention the shares and links that have led me all over the place both in music and in other ways to talk about music. I love everything about this channel
Just gonna remind everyone that this guy is one of the best modern drummers alive. His style is familiar but at the same time so very distinct. His mindset is the biggest part. The man takes being a drummer from just a musical instrument to a mindset.
We need more people like LA in this world!
6:36 the way he went into the groove like that was amazing.
L.A said, “you have gigs, and you have shows”, Thanks L.A great interview, I appreciate that retrospect into what we do 👍🏿🔥
Retrospect is when you look back at an experience. Like “in retrospect, spitting into the wind is a bad idea”. I think you mean ‘perspective into’ what we do, meaning sharing his insight and point of view.
AS A FEMALE VOCALIST, I TOO AM MADE AWARE OF THE DIFFERENCES THX
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That’s my cuzzin! LA Buckner is the dopest person and drummer in the twin cities! 💪🏽💯
I am so,so,so, SO grateful for LA and Soundfield. That smile from Caleb says it all.
This video was posted at the right time.. and no bull shit may have saved my life..
This man will always be working because of his attitude towards his craft and how he treats people!!
Never. Told to learn. This. Dude. Is on. Point
To be honest this was extremely inspiring, this guy is so charismatic it gets to you, keep doing what you love, LA.
One of the best dudes ever. Learned a ton from him during college. Awesome to see him still killing it!
Wonderful. Good influence. Great little drummer.
Kind regards
LM
I just discovered this guy is from my hometown (Minneapolis, Minnesota)! He’s even affiliated with my music school, (the MacPhail Center for Music)!
I want to meet this guy because I’m now a fan of his!
This video shows that most drummers are nice people. LA go for your dreams ... 👍🏻✌🏻👊
The truth on creating success. Fantastic!
I heard the blues track you guys made in the background :^] my favorite song you two made
Buckner I LOVE your energy.
I love your vibe and approach to jamming and working with musicians to make some better.
Look I’m just a rhythm guitar but holy shit I would adore to get the chance to just jam for an hour and talk one day.
I doubt it’ll happen, but a girl can dream.
I love what you all do at sound field. 💕
God I love the energy of this man
I love LA! His infectious love for music permeates his performances and every episode. And you’re from the Cities too! Bravo.
I like that perspective on stealing music. As long as you reinvent it, that's what everyone's been doing, and that's how we get to better places. Kinda bothers me when people get upset on behalf of an artist for "appropriating" their stuff, when that's just what everyone does all the time, and it's what's best for all of us.
The video of you and Caleb on the drums made me smile so big, but also made me so sad. My dad is a drummer, but my parents divorced and a couple years later my dad went to jail for several years. He disappeared from my life from like 7-17. I never got that mentorship, I tried to do drums in band in 3rd grade (started as just a snare) but the band teacher wanted to holler at my mom and she turned him down so he picked on me constantly, so I quit that pretty quick... Music is so important in my life and the fact that I can't make it kind of kills me inside.
Yoooo Caleb makes that tiny kit sound huge!!!! He's gonna be big some day
I like how y'all used the Prince-like song y'all made in the beginning of the video.
Best thing for drummers to get work...play and authenticate as many genres as you can.Play local and regional because you can.If you get national/international gigs,work them.Think of drumming like character actors,role play the gig.Be humble and supportive of the people you work with.Remember,the drummer is the heartbeat of a band.Support the front/vocalist.
What a nice guy I like you . As I am a drummer but you are so good it's nice to see a drummer know what he wants and not flash at all
I would love to meet this guy!!! 💜💜💜
LA is the best! He's a great drummer and a perfect host for Sound Field. Seems like a genuinely fun and curious guy.
Thanks for watching y'all! If you want more LA knowledge head on over to his channel and SUBSCRIBE! He's got free drum lessons for you 💕 ua-cam.com/users/ArthurLABuckner
Yooo more content!
At this rate, I'm gonna need to subscribe to the cameraman's channel
😂🤣
@@vulpifi7796 do you subscribe to the other PBS show I make? ua-cam.com/users/americafromscratch
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Never heard of it, before, but I'm subscribed now, ya. Seems like an interesting show you got, over there
@soundfield @LA - Thanks for sharing the story of how you had to choose music intentionally. It can be hard for a lot of young musicians coming up in environments that don’t always value that path. For those who are young and trying to figure out whether to stick with it or not, I think you’re setting an authentic good example.
I said it before but I think I should say it more often, this channel brings me a lot of joy. Thank you for the amazing work you put in, and thank you for You honest and pure content. There is a lot of amazing videos out there about music but your content has a more special place in my heart. 🖤🖤🖤
I wanna see LA vlogs tbh
LA is going to upload videos to his UA-cam channel!
@@SoundFieldPBS siiiiick
LA emphasizes the importance of being “cool”...meaning a pleasant person to work with and friendly...always seeking to expand his social & business networks (when you’re a musician, they are the same thing). That’s so important. One thing that has always held me back as a musician is my introversion and impatience...not a good combo in a field like music. But knowing this about myself, I make an overt effort to compensate...going out of my comfort zone as often I as I can and learning to keep,my mouth shut. It’s tough. I’m probably on the spectrum and was never diagnosed. Anyway, great advice for the young cats out there.
Love your energy, LA. You do you, young man.
Cool... not like this, but like this.... ahhhh I couldn’t agree more. Immediately love this guy’s vibe. 👍👍👍❤️
You have my respect bro. You're not an arrogant person that's what makes you cool , keep God first and continue being c😎😎l
Great to see you living your passion LA, you have a very inspiring and infectious attitude to playing drums 😎Loved your series on Dilla Beats and hip hop - taught myself how to get my head around the Dilla feel purely from your instruction videos. Peace to you and all blessings for your future 👌😀
I had the pleasure to shed with this man, very humble and inspiring
We love you LA
Love it! Great episode....and all of this advice, applies to all artists and...being human.
Little Arthur and Little Caleb are awesome together! I'd watch a whole video of those two just hanging out and practicing fills.
Seriously soooo inspirational!!!!!!!!!
the best drummer, person and teacher ive ever seen. youve made the kid feels like he was teaching you, thats so amazing!!
"Life is way too short. Even if it don't work, I'm 'bout to try it."
Wish I could give this a double thumbs up
A young friend of mine is learning to be a percussionist in school. He was playing at church and has a good sense of rythum so I gave him the word and why it was worth it. The band director thanks me. He had been taken out of school in grade school and was behind and I had helped him get caught up some so I was glad he had found something to love at school. We all have to mentor young people whenever we can.
Getting an enthusiatic teacher like that is one of the greatest things a music student can get! LA, your doing a real service out there
LA just radiates such positive energy.
Much love my brother thank you for looking after the next generation may God continue blessing you in all that you do.
You can take this dude's attitude and apply it to anything and make it happen. Motivational. Inspirational. Keep doing what you do man.
I love this dude
I appreciate this. Good to know.
This was cool as, I've loved LA on the show and it's great to watch him talking about his own approach and stuff. Also, the ending totally got me.
You're the private teacher I've needed my whole life.
God bless him.
Any person who wants to be a session musician should listen to his advice
This man is REAL and inspirational! I don’t need to want to play drums for this to give me perspective that a life in the creative arts is WORK and that you need to be there for the ART. An artist will starve with the biggest paychecks if they stop seeing the beauty in creation and LA gets that. Makes what I’ve seen him do (just on this channel!) even more amazing to me!
He is so cool, wish him the best in his career
Drumming video, yesss!
I'm new to this channel and it's great to see the work here.
I love your work and ethic
Yes, this is all true. As a professional keyboardist that distinction between "gigs and shows" is huge, understanding the perspective of what you are doing in any given situation lets you plan your life in a much clearer way. I think of it at "functional music" vs "artistic music", but it's the same. Understanding the difference allows you to make money with gigs so that you can take the steps necessary to play shows. Shows don't really pay until you can bring a lot of people out, but they help build your career in a way gigs never can.
This is truly inspirational and useful advice. Dude, you rock!
I love this
Super dope man! Keep doing your thing. ✊🏽
I love this guy. He is so right humble is the way of the drummer
Bro Bro!!! This impressed and inspired me so much!!! Why wasn’t I following @soundfield all along 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 #Thanks
Great personaliity, love ya!
I like him. He seems so happy.
i think thats what im missing, i need to try and get to know, understand and learn from other musicians. ive been stuck in this ditch of not knowing how to get better or learn at any sort of relatively fast pace. thank you dude this video is inspiring ❤️
Incredible u get it, not just the playing but also everything around it, crazy good musician too have a great ear keep it up my g
I like your energy
Aaaahhh sheeeet yeah love this
I used to play percussion for my school orchestra and wind band. Nothing like a drum kit, but lots of fun.....especially the timps.
You look like a really cool teacher !!!
Great drummer
LA this video was dope !!! Great content, please keep em coming...
I also play drums. I play at my church in Orlando. I've been playing since 7 yrs. old. I love it !!!!
Oh, and yes I really like your playing too !!
Y'all be really snapping wowww... okay
It's my boy, LA Buckingham!!
That first beat when he was jamming with Nahre was so sick
That’s a cool guy!
Life lessons.
word!
Also sorry for spamming the comments but LA is so right about what he's gotten from being a part of the black community, Black American music has the best contemporary rhythm playing in every popular genre rn for a good reason
King 👑