The Downbeat Podcast - Matt Garstka (Animals As Leaders)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2023
- My guest this week is the phenomenal Matt Garstka. Matt is the drummer for Animals As Leaders and generally considered to be one of the best drummers of his generation. Back for his third episode, I pick his incredibly ridged brain about the drums, working out, movies, and all the good stuff.
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Loved this!
Love you Jared
Who wouldn't love some parallel lessons on Drumeo with Garstka?
@DrumeoOfficial I need Craig on Drumeo ASAP pls ❤
dude I just want 10 hours of matty G going on and on
Im watching the first ad before the video and im thinking the same
😂@@cecildungaroogoldenapple4741
matt's impact is almost understated. his playing got me into metal. i was exclusively a fusion guy until hearing his playing.
It helps that he's a bit from the fusion environment. I could hear the influence in his playing. He brought me in too.
@@pitpride1220 He once mentioned it was his dream to play with Chick Corea. Sadly Chic passed before that became reality, but holy shit imagine that. Matt’s deep understanding of rhythms and time, combined with his incredible range of playing fusion, jazz, Latin, etc, would’ve been a great match for Chick. Makes me sad we’ll never see that collab.
Here to represent all the girlies who love Animals As Leaders & The Downbeat 🫡❤️
RESPECT
Preach, sister!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
This is around the fifth time I’ve watched this episode.
15:33 - "the struggle to free myself from restraints becomes my very shackles" (any Meshuggah fans here?)
@@fitz93 I'll never forget randomly downloading it from a torrent in like 2007 after seeing the French guitar youtuber Mattrach play "rational gaze" in some best guitar riffs video. I hated the vocals initially, deleted the file and then next two weeks in school all I could hear in my head was Catch 33 riffs and grooves and Jens screaming in my ears.
@@t3hgir i remember his canon in d
Hours of philosophical and spiritual discussion about flow state, and then ‘you can’t go from digital bath straight to actual bath’. Absolutely sent me. Unreal episode!
Dudes like Matt are part of why I started working out lol. I've been lifting everyday since March just to improve my physical condition to be a better guitarist and drummer.
Hell ya brother, being in good shape is critical in every aspect. 20+ years in construction and still hit the gym
matt is by far the most impressive drummer i've ever seen live. it's almost difficult to even listen to their records because they're so good live. animals have the perfect balance of technicality and musicality in my opinion. they've quickly become one of my favorite bands ever.
This is God Tier conversation. The ultimate drum/life talk. Thank you both for existing and sharing all of this! 🙌🏻
“Mastering Time for Women” 😂😭
nobody has ever called me glorious before much less that many times
This comment is glorious
it was glorious to listen to as well
Matt and Craig are the #1 bromance in the world. Like, the conversations you guys have are just delightful and enlightening. Fucking excellent.
Joy of Motion has one of my favorite mixes in the genre 😂 I didn't realize it was so hated by everyone
it's a "2014" mix looking back
That album is goated wtf
Learn so much from when these 2 talk... appreciate what they both do big time.
Finally another podcast with Matt, time to watch the whole thing in one sitting
1:23:44 clip it and ship it, we got we wanted boys
2 hours and 30 minutes of Matt G?! Ima bust.
I'm bussing
Craig Reynolds, matt garstka, and dmt. My 3 favorite things. This podcast is amazing.
awesome, great interview. Thank you Craig
thank you so much for this upload Craig, information valued in diamonds and articulated so well. I will need to revisit this multiple times to take some of this stuff fully in. Cheers!
One of the best episodes to date, stoked you were able to have Matt back on 🙏🏼
This is basically the JRE for drummers
Dude we need more of these podcasts, it’s so helpful to us as drummers. I’ve got so much in common with Matt and Craig, you guys are fueling this fire just by having drum discussions
billy cobham and matt garstka are my all time favorites
Crazy to think about that The Joy of motion was edited more than Matt wanted it to be. It would be interesting to hear it not as edited like The madness of many or Parrhesia.
1:37:10 the best part of the interview 😂
1:49:21
As an aspiring drummer and avid Downbeat listener & patreon, this is easily the best podcast I’ve have ever heard & seen.
Beautiful podcast, thank you for sharing 🎉
Great episode - been looking forward to this one 🤘🏻
Great stuff as always
Another great episode, Craig. PS: guess I'm part of the 2% of women into the podcast but also Animals As Leaders.
awesome interview!
So much respect for him staying on a program even on tour.
this is so cool , thank you
Great episode dude. Thanks so much!
Easily episode of the year 🤌🏻 Absolute class
Hands down probably one of the best podcast yall have made, you should both have a podcast lmao
Keep rocking it, man!!
matt is my biggest inspiration on expanding the way i think about music. it's changed everything for me.
The inner game of tennis was a total breakthrough, glad to see it mentioned!
Thanks for this podcast. I'm also a total drum nerd, I've been playing drums my entire life and I'm always looking for info on different beaters and equipment type stuff as well as just general knowledge and tips.
I absolutely love the ‘Red Miso’ arguments in both of the recent podcasts. HAHAHA
😂
Been waiting for this one 😍
Great ep!
This was awesome! Expected not less from the two of you. Rock on!
YES!!! hes back on!!❤
Musicians of the 60s, 70s, 80s, really good musicians. What a time to be a musician!
Matt's ghost note lesson has been so important in getting my left hand back after injury. The value in his lessons are unreal! I'm away to run back through it again to work on foot hi hat timekeeping 👍
I remember listening to ABR for the first time and thinking the 4/4+7/8 was GENIUS. The next week I discovered AAL and couldn't sleep for days trying to break down ONE song hahaha
What part of the podcast was this?
Cannot get enough of this podcast rn
im not a podcast guy, but this podcast may have just made me into one. great great content!
a legendary convo with 2 legendary drummers
Such a good fkkn interview!!! ty ty!
Camera quality is better than my eyes
Awesome conversation.
This is cool hearing Craig suggest The Inner Game of Tennis book to Matt. I was working on one of Matt's lessons last night and noticed when I think about what I am doing too much, my feet tense up and I cannot play well. When I let go and relax into a sort of subconscious auto pilot state, I went on to flow for the full five minute round with little error and great footwork. Just ordered this book. Thanks for suggesting it here Craig.
This thumbnail is the best 🖤
Been waiting on this one. Fully actualized Natty Matt and Vlogger man 5000.
Insanely cool chat
good shit man
This podcast deserves more credits
Two of my favorite drummers on the planet!! Cheers!
This video/pod cast was soooo good! I listened to the full length of it, as it was full of incredible information! Sharing neurotilal, over analysing stuff in a super naked way, sharing the whole person above what the drummer is, and all the deep dives into grooves, soloing, the danger of defining things too much, then how in last bits how Garskta is so used to odd time counts he just speaks it. Loved it, Craig and Matt!
I am one of the 2%!!! I love drums and nerdy boy music!!! 😆😆😆
Craig is really good at translating some of these complex concepts into terms even I can understand
SOOOO GOOD
2:23:39
good job spoiling the movie for Matt
This. Is. Awesome!!
I’m new to drums, so I’ve had to google so much of the things y’all were talking about, but still really cool to hear such high level drum talk, sprinkled with some lifting and spirituality. 😂
So fucking stoked too holy shit 🔥
Excellent excellent excellent
i love this
The best❤️
Holy shit. Matt made me realize why I am approaching drumming the way I am approaching it.
Super good 🎉
Just want to say this was fantastic. I can't imagine who might hate you, like was mentioned in the intro but I wouldn't know why. Also, it actually makes me happy to know they know Joy was a bit murky or whatever, but I hope they know the last album sounded absolutely fucking stellar. It's an overall unbelievable experience. I can still see matt wanting to pull it even more open and dynamic, I always agree for a wee bit more cymbals in modern productions, but the album sounds absolutely killer. It's for sure another gold standard to compare to right now.
Dude has gotten jacked!
Matt is such a class act
Craig's voice the whole video: journey is usually the part you remember anyways
this was dead good
Craig's face when Matt says he likes something hard is peak comedy ngl
These 2 are like jocky boys from college who remained best freinds after graduating, the dude humor is hilarious and on point
lots of info and insides and humor 😎🤘relaxed podcast greetz frm the land of cheese holland
learning and performing are two things totally agree...when you perform you let go and trust that of what you practice and learn wil come out naturally
"women don't like animals and should be more into drumming"
me: *plays drums and listens to animals* 👀😂
59:29 - Your delivery reminds me of a scene from robin hood prince of thieves. the sheriff of nottingham alan rickman and the line about cutting out hearts with spoons. Good Podcast.
Craig Which trick beaters were you talking about ? I had to listen to this at work and I’ve been sifting through the video trying to find when you talk about them lol. I have dw9000 short boards with a trick driveshaft and better beaters are the missing piece to the puzzle lol. Great podcast tho my dude keep it up!!!!
Mastering time for women has me in tearsssss
Another great episode!
The flow state is definitely real and applies to a lot of stuff as well. I used to play Roller Derby at the highest level (world cups, international club champs) and when I was playing well I was just "in the moment" and not thinking too much. You do your thinking at training and drill it into yourself that much that it becomes second nature. Thinking too much definitely fucks you over. Also I take my beaters out of the pedal before putting them in the case 😂
I don't think there's anything wrong with sound replacement... There was a time when that's what you did. It was common to blend a slap sample with a natural tone... I like to do either depending on what I'm tracking
He'll ya!!!
Yes kreig!! 🐐⚔️🤘🏻
Woohoo!!!
I just bought the inner game of tennis because of Craig's recommendation
Great episode! You should have Aric improta on your podcast next time!
Yessss
next podcast with Matt Halpern
I never really got into animals as leaders, because (if Craig is smooth brain) it's like someone spit polished my brain. I'm a dumb core kid but after enjoying this podcast so much I felt like I owed them some attention. I've now listened to their entire discography driving south from the lake District and I feel like I've been missing out all these years!
for years..................i believe
Most frustrating is how lyrically, how people are not catching the impact of the “so to speak” & the “and the sweat” a which whether you realize or not, drives the brilliance of the track
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"I love banging on these drums" - Matt garstka
amazin vid again dude. greetings from fife. hahahah
Sick interview. Question for Matt, maybe not the right spot to ask it but since he touched on it around 1:07… Would you consider doing an anniversary rerelease of Joy of Motion, and even the 1st album, with entirely unsampled drums, only comped as you said you’d prefer? That would be such an interesting way to reexperience those amazing albums and would breathe fresh life into them…
i’d imagine not as it would cost too much money to do that, drums are the most expensive part of a recording. the live album is where you’ll get that
Thanks for the reply. Yeah, true that. Makes sense and glad to have the live album for that reason, as well as his play through videos with unedited drums. Cheers.