I'd love for the Berklee prog boys collab to happen! Yogev Gabay's already keen to work together with Matt on making the rest of these happen. I know the most complex song of the album is already out of the way after this Monomyth breakdown, but dang... I'd enjoy the heck out of some breakdowns for the others!
Seems kinda redundant since Matt already does all the transcription and conceptual work necessary to explain every single note perfectly. It's much faster to just explain it if you already think at that level. This isn't Tomas Haake who doesn't have as much vocabulary or teaching experience. There is no one better to explain Matt than himself.
@@Proghead88 someone doing something doesn’t make someone else doing it redundant. That’s like saying “someone makes cars already, so anyone else doing it is pointless”.
It very much did/has!!! Mixing this concept breakdown of how you plan and write out the voicings of these patterns with the official drum transcription you put out is amazing! (and I honestly did think you were alternating right foot lead with left foot lead, it makes more sense now why you chose not to, lmfao) Very insightful to see how what I thought I figured out on my own by feel, was off by one here an there because of things like the grouping of 57 is actually 56 when broken down! An alternate title for this track could be: Modulating Modulations! Lol Cheers Matt, and thanks for all you do dear sir!
when my friend first heard this song, he wasn't sure if he liked it. He said it sounds like they're just doing crazy shit just to do crazy shit. Which I can now tell him is true in a way lol doesnt change how much I enjoy the new album! Also loved the rhythmic breakdown. The number groupings reminds me of how Tigran Hamasyan writes some of his riffs
If you havent heard of Yogev Gabay, he is doing what you are doing in that video and has done loads for understanding Rhythm from Meshuggah to Tigran Hamasyans stuff. He even analysed I, would be very interesting to hear you guys talk about these concepts/ideas/approaches together! And thanks to you for shedding light on this composition.
Matt has been writing and transcribing charts this way for many years. It's cool to have music fans and musicians transcribe others, but not necessary with artists who already do that work themselves and sell those transcriptions because no one can do it better than themselves.
this is amazing!! and super interesting to hear this from the artist himself, yogev gabay is doing this kind of thing about different artists for years now, and does it very well. it would be amazing for you guys to collab on next videos, with matt garska on thought process and the parts themselves and yogev gabay on visuals and editing....a dream!!!
Please look into Yogev Gabay. He's an educational forefront for the rhythmic genius of modern metal and djent rhythm. He's been working like hell for the past 5 or so years on his channel, and you guys would really benefit from working together
How would Matt benefit if he's already writing, recording and playing what he loves to the fullest and breaking it down to the highest technical degree both on video and sheet music and selling it exclusively? I think he's better off saving time and showing the writing concepts straight from himself without anyone having to break it down or explain further.
15:27 The Prog School actually did the math in his breakdown video of this song. It's actually uncanny how spot on that breakdown was, now that I watched Matt explain in his own words. Dude read the Garstka brain waves out in the ether.
@@Proghead88 You make a fair point and I respect that completely. Matt has worked very hard to get where he is and understands what he has created unlike anyone else. As a result he has explained the rhythmic breakdown well. However if he did collaborate with Yogev, and it would be entirely his choice if he wanted to do so, it would bring Yogev's more polished and comedic editing style and clearer visual representations of the different rhythms and rhythmic concepts. I imagine this would have the potential to bring a bigger audience to these rhythmic breakdowns which would benefit both Matt and Yogev. Both Yogev and Matt's organic audience would be drawn to the result, plus Yogev's video style (from a subjective position at least) is more appealing because it's production elements make it both more entertaining and more easily digestable. I have nothing against the way Matt is producing these videos and it is a privilege to hear directly from the master himself on a free platform such as UA-cam. I don't deny any of that. I simply really enjoy Yogev's channel too and wish to support them both and am excited by the idea of a collaboration as Yogev has stated he would love to offer his services.
Even with a well-trained ear, this rhythmic structure is a worthy challenge for any musician or dedicated fan. Brilliant, cerebral writing that is brutal yet invigorating. Thank you for sharing your unparalleled skill with us, Matt!
Yogev Gabay has a series called “Time Consuming” that is really interesting to watch, and he wanted to do a collab with you, so I am trying to get this seen! Love your stuff, Matt, and this video is awesome. Thank you for the insight.
Hang in there Matt. I'll get my PhD and I promise I'll come back to this video. In all seriousness, thank you VERY MUCH for taking the time to sit down and explain the entire thought process behind the song. It's hard enough to make sense of what you guys play from a technical standpoint, so it's very interesting to learn what goes through your mind when you're coming up with all these parts. Really appreciate it.
idk if you know, but Matt writes all his transcriptions and sells them. I don't think he'd be into transcription collabs. Writing, recording, touring, and transcribing that work himself seems to be equally important to him.
Matt.. finally a language I understand...I produce a lot of off time stuff, and I feel you like a long lost brother. . thank you for making sense in my brain.
Matt the MonomythBuster. I never would have guessed that the majority of the track was based on the same rudiment but it makes so much sense. This video blew my mind a little bit, so inspiring!
Those analysis are very cool and helpful to understand what your idea behind the kit are. I would love to see more of those kind of videos. Thanks matt!
This is amazing. I love to see and hear about your process. The patterns are beautiful and inspiring. I’m definitely looking forward to learning more from you. Thank you for sharing this wonderful content.
Love this video style. Learning the first couple minutes of the brain dance was one of the best things for my drumming and hearing you talk through the concepts here is brilliant.
Just found this video now and it's super interesting to hear your thoughts and ideas when composing from a theoretical standpoint, it makes it much easier to understand how you and the rest of AAL come up with these absolutely insane ideas for tunes. Hope you can make more soon man!🤘
Wow, just as I am going to learn more theory over the summer this comes out. Perfect timing! Love the track and album, and hope it's less than 6 years till the next! :D
This is my favorite song off Parrhesia and seeing it live was incredible. Yes please more song breakdowns. This is my favorite genre of UA-cam videos, and from the artist themselves is a real treat.
When he finally shows the first snare hit and continues humming till the 2nd snare but just stops.. 11:30 *pauses with smug face* EYO MATT, I WAS FINALLY CATCHING ON YOU BEAUTIFUL TEASE! 😢
Ty Matt this a a great example of how we can really develop are rythem concepts to a new and very exciting level. I think it would really be great for you to continue this method of your concept. Rythem is an amazing adventure when you open up to new areas of it , you will be pleasantly surprised what you will find .
this is really super informative and helpful for anybody writing drum parts or approaching music thats already written and trying to apply interesting drum parts to them
Thank you so much for sharing this ! It is so inspiring to see how you apply rudiments with patterns to create "metarudiments". Congratulations for your last records it is a great piece of music
As a massive AAL fan, it is so cool to see the math behind the writing! Just here to show support for you doing breakdown videos for the rest of Parrhesia 🤙🏼
Thanks for the breakdown man, loved every bit of trying to analyze and play the song. Definitely gonna get me to buy some lessons, you are a very good teacher.
This is really cool. You guys write super complex music and are pushing the genre and kind of music in general places it's never went before. Being willing to actually go over your process and explain what's going on is just the coolest move. It makes it so much more accessible, as a musician, and feels like you're encouraging people to take this stuff and USE it, which is just awesome. Massive respect, man.
Super cool concept, using a rudiment as a starting framework and plugging different subdivisions and feels into it. Also love how you vocalise the patterns to show how you maintain feel within the complexity. Can't pretend I was able to fully process it, but still inspiring to see this thought process explained :)
Thanks for doing this, Matt! Since you asked (regretfully, now, I'm sure), I would love to see a breakdown of the other tracks from the new album, as well! Having transcriptions and figuring out how to play your stuff is one thing, but to see how you actually come up with this shit is another, and is very insightful. I often wonder how you guys actually write some of these parts and how they originate & evolve, and these explanations help make sense of that, even though I'm not quite at the skill level to pull this shit off yet! To me, understanding the creative process is more fascinating than just witnessing the final product in any artistic medium, like watching behind-the-scenes on how a movie is made; I always get more enjoyment out of that than just seeing/hearing the final product and helps put everything into perspective and makes it easier to digest. Thanks again! Will see you guys again soon in Denver & Dallas!
I would love to hear about all of the rhythmic patterns on the new album. This was very informative. I’m starting to actually play at 44, and learning how to incorporate the concepts in the rudiments is helping me a lot. Thanks.
It's so rewarding to become familiar with such a wacky rhythm. Makes each listen better every time. Personally I would love to see a breakdown of Microaggressions since it's just so damn fast.
Yogev Gabay has been doing this for ages, it's so cool seeing the man himself breakdown one of these masterpieces!
Matt x Yogev Collab?👀
I'd love for the Berklee prog boys collab to happen! Yogev Gabay's already keen to work together with Matt on making the rest of these happen. I know the most complex song of the album is already out of the way after this Monomyth breakdown, but dang... I'd enjoy the heck out of some breakdowns for the others!
That would be siiiick
Let’s help out yogav and send this to the top!
Seems kinda redundant since Matt already does all the transcription and conceptual work necessary to explain every single note perfectly. It's much faster to just explain it if you already think at that level. This isn't Tomas Haake who doesn't have as much vocabulary or teaching experience. There is no one better to explain Matt than himself.
@@Proghead88 someone doing something doesn’t make someone else doing it redundant. That’s like saying “someone makes cars already, so anyone else doing it is pointless”.
In the end, I think the nutty math and rhythmic complexity made for a more aggressive, thrilling and in your face tune:)
It very much did/has!!!
Mixing this concept breakdown of how you plan and write out the voicings of these patterns with the official drum transcription you put out is amazing! (and I honestly did think you were alternating right foot lead with left foot lead, it makes more sense now why you chose not to, lmfao) Very insightful to see how what I thought I figured out on my own by feel, was off by one here an there because of things like the grouping of 57 is actually 56 when broken down! An alternate title for this track could be:
Modulating Modulations! Lol
Cheers Matt, and thanks for all you do dear sir!
KAHH!
Well yeah
hard for me to understand, but i enjoyed it 😅
when my friend first heard this song, he wasn't sure if he liked it. He said it sounds like they're just doing crazy shit just to do crazy shit. Which I can now tell him is true in a way lol doesnt change how much I enjoy the new album! Also loved the rhythmic breakdown. The number groupings reminds me of how Tigran Hamasyan writes some of his riffs
If you havent heard of Yogev Gabay, he is doing what you are doing in that video and has done loads for understanding Rhythm from Meshuggah to Tigran Hamasyans stuff. He even analysed I, would be very interesting to hear you guys talk about these concepts/ideas/approaches together! And thanks to you for shedding light on this composition.
That's dudes a beast. So is metal music theory
Matt has been writing and transcribing charts this way for many years. It's cool to have music fans and musicians transcribe others, but not necessary with artists who already do that work themselves and sell those transcriptions because no one can do it better than themselves.
Prog metal song breakdown? *All of Yogev Gaby's subs enter the chat*
HELP ME GET TO HIM SO I CAN PRODUCE ALL THESE VIDEOOOSSSSSSSSS
@@YogevGabay holy shit, senpai noticed me 😍😂
YOGEV GABAY WANTS TO COLAB WITH YOU MATT! LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOLKS!
Collaborate with Yogev Gabey!
You should collaborate with Yogev Gabay!!!!
Either way, thank you for being transparent about your process. You and AAL are legendary.
Please collaborate with Yogev Gabay
Matt X Yogev!!
Please do a collab with Yogev Gabay for his series “Time Consuming”, in which he does exactly these sorts of drum breakdowns.
A collab with Yogev Gabay !!!!
I would absolutely watch a breakdown for every track off the album. Keep it up man
yes.
Id buy popcorn an nachos for every breakdown.
Every song they've made, lol not just this album
Holy shit, 10 comments down before I find one that does not mention Yogev Gabay 😂 Sorry for ruining it.
Yogev Gabay! You NEED to check out his series called time consuming
Matt + Yogev collab would be out of this world!!!
this is amazing!! and super interesting to hear this from the artist himself, yogev gabay is doing this kind of thing about different artists for years now, and does it very well. it would be amazing for you guys to collab on next videos, with matt garska on thought process and the parts themselves and yogev gabay on visuals and editing....a dream!!!
Please look into Yogev Gabay. He's an educational forefront for the rhythmic genius of modern metal and djent rhythm. He's been working like hell for the past 5 or so years on his channel, and you guys would really benefit from working together
How would Matt benefit if he's already writing, recording and playing what he loves to the fullest and breaking it down to the highest technical degree both on video and sheet music and selling it exclusively? I think he's better off saving time and showing the writing concepts straight from himself without anyone having to break it down or explain further.
You should definitely do this breakdown with Yogev
Why? He already did it. Plus Matt is the actual Composer, plus Matt sells his transcriptions online.
15:27 The Prog School actually did the math in his breakdown video of this song. It's actually uncanny how spot on that breakdown was, now that I watched Matt explain in his own words. Dude read the Garstka brain waves out in the ether.
You should make more of these with Yogev Gabay. It would fit very well with his time consuming UA-cam series.
Why? Matt did all the work and shows all the work. It would be redundant to bring anyone else just because they think similarly.
@@Proghead88 You make a fair point and I respect that completely. Matt has worked very hard to get where he is and understands what he has created unlike anyone else. As a result he has explained the rhythmic breakdown well. However if he did collaborate with Yogev, and it would be entirely his choice if he wanted to do so, it would bring Yogev's more polished and comedic editing style and clearer visual representations of the different rhythms and rhythmic concepts. I imagine this would have the potential to bring a bigger audience to these rhythmic breakdowns which would benefit both Matt and Yogev. Both Yogev and Matt's organic audience would be drawn to the result, plus Yogev's video style (from a subjective position at least) is more appealing because it's production elements make it both more entertaining and more easily digestable. I have nothing against the way Matt is producing these videos and it is a privilege to hear directly from the master himself on a free platform such as UA-cam. I don't deny any of that. I simply really enjoy Yogev's channel too and wish to support them both and am excited by the idea of a collaboration as Yogev has stated he would love to offer his services.
Even with a well-trained ear, this rhythmic structure is a worthy challenge for any musician or dedicated fan. Brilliant, cerebral writing that is brutal yet invigorating. Thank you for sharing your unparalleled skill with us, Matt!
Yogev Gabay has a series called “Time Consuming” that is really interesting to watch, and he wanted to do a collab with you, so I am trying to get this seen! Love your stuff, Matt, and this video is awesome. Thank you for the insight.
Please work with yogev gabay (time consuming) one day 🙏🤘
Please collab with Yogev Gabay
Garstka + Yogev Gabay Collab? 👀👀
He's been breaking down songs like this for awhile now on his channel/series Time Consuming
Well, Matt has been doing that for himself for years, so why not buy his actual transcriptions?
Hey brother, collab with Yogev so we can all develop pythagorean priapisms.
Hang in there Matt. I'll get my PhD and I promise I'll come back to this video. In all seriousness, thank you VERY MUCH for taking the time to sit down and explain the entire thought process behind the song. It's hard enough to make sense of what you guys play from a technical standpoint, so it's very interesting to learn what goes through your mind when you're coming up with all these parts. Really appreciate it.
omg love the even numbered phrases against triplet feel. genius. wasn't sure why the end was so weird compared to the 5's/7's in the beginning
Yogev Gabay Collab!!! This guy deserves it!
You should collab with Yoev Gabay! He does very similar stuff and would love to do it with you!
I think it's safe to assume Matt trains metronomes in his free time
If your planning on breaking down your drum parts please do it with ua-cam.com/users/YogevGabay
idk if you know, but Matt writes all his transcriptions and sells them. I don't think he'd be into transcription collabs. Writing, recording, touring, and transcribing that work himself seems to be equally important to him.
Matt x Yogev Gabay
Absolutely love the spirit of exploration in this man, groundbreaking. Thoughts And Prayers next!
Matt.. finally a language I understand...I produce a lot of off time stuff, and I feel you like a long lost brother. . thank you for making sense in my brain.
How come you are such a cool chill dude
Matt X Yogev has to become real !!
Yooo collab with Yogev gabay?!!!
This is my favourite song ever as a drummer
loved this. excited to hear you breakdown the rest of the tracks! album of the year for me
Incredible video, Matt. Thanks so much for taking the time to put this together!!!
This was absolutely amazing. Thank you, Matt for this insight into yours and the band's writing process!
I love these videos so much, thank you Matt :)
This was so interesting to watch, thanks Matt!
It's amazing hearing you beatbox / verbalise the beat. This content is awesome. Can't wait for the next video!
Love it! The patterns make sense now! I would love to see more videos like these please!
DO A COLLAB WITH YOGEV GABAY!!!!
Tremendo, excelente video Matt
I loved the in-depth analysis and would love to see more of it. Thanks!
Matt the MonomythBuster. I never would have guessed that the majority of the track was based on the same rudiment but it makes so much sense. This video blew my mind a little bit, so inspiring!
This was such a great video, I definitely wanna see videos like these on all the new songs and also old songs too like kascade
Dude this was so sick. Please do more of these videos!! So inspiring!
Yes Matt! Please do more of these videos, they really help me better understand these concepts!
This is actually mind blowing.
bro this format is sick! learned so much, was practicing for an hour watching bits of this and getting them down 🙌
Amazing, i'd love to see more of these breakdowns and stories behind the songs!
Absolutely legendary
Matt I LOVE this content, and you MUST do the rest of the songs. I would also love some recaps on some older ones such as toof and claugh
Amazing! I did not expect to be able to follow in the least, so well done on explaining it so clearly!
Those analysis are very cool and helpful to understand what your idea behind the kit are. I would love to see more of those kind of videos. Thanks matt!
This is amazing. I love to see and hear about your process. The patterns are beautiful and inspiring. I’m definitely looking forward to learning more from you. Thank you for sharing this wonderful content.
I will watch every video like this that you make. That got me thinking a lot!! Thanks so much!
Do a colab with Yogev Gabay!!!
Definitely any video analyzing any of your tracks is a inhuman gift that you can do for all of us. You're fuckin' awesome.
Love this video style. Learning the first couple minutes of the brain dance was one of the best things for my drumming and hearing you talk through the concepts here is brilliant.
Just found this video now and it's super interesting to hear your thoughts and ideas when composing from a theoretical standpoint, it makes it much easier to understand how you and the rest of AAL come up with these absolutely insane ideas for tunes. Hope you can make more soon man!🤘
More analyses!!! Love this video so much. So fascinating to see your wild brain at work
This is amazing, thank you
Thanks for all your hard work Matt. From the transcripts to the videos to the drum seminars. Absolutely one of the greatest ever. 🙌
Wow, just as I am going to learn more theory over the summer this comes out. Perfect timing! Love the track and album, and hope it's less than 6 years till the next! :D
This is my favorite song off Parrhesia and seeing it live was incredible. Yes please more song breakdowns. This is my favorite genre of UA-cam videos, and from the artist themselves is a real treat.
Digging the comp breakdowns, Matt. Thank you!
When he finally shows the first snare hit and continues humming till the 2nd snare but just stops..
11:30 *pauses with smug face*
EYO MATT, I WAS FINALLY CATCHING ON YOU BEAUTIFUL TEASE! 😢
what kind of a genius are you Matt !! This is a great gem, thank you and keep them coming🔥🔥🔥🔥
I just absolutely love how you democratize your thought process. Thanks for the vid!
Great walk through the method to the madness! Keep up the great work Matt! Blessings and continued success! ✌️ 👍🙏🤙🤙
Jeeeez. There is so much gold in this content that I almost sh*t myself. Love it, can't wait for the next ones!!
Ty Matt this a a great example of how we can really develop are rythem concepts to a new and very exciting level. I think it would really be great for you to continue this method of your concept. Rythem is an amazing adventure when you open up to new areas of it , you will be pleasantly surprised what you will find .
Thank you Matt for that video!
this is really super informative and helpful for anybody writing drum parts or approaching music thats already written and trying to apply interesting drum parts to them
Yo this was so fun to watch. Very cool to see explained
thanks for sharing, Matt! this is insane and so inspirational in the same time :)
Thank you so much for sharing this ! It is so inspiring to see how you apply rudiments with patterns to create "metarudiments". Congratulations for your last records it is a great piece of music
As a massive AAL fan, it is so cool to see the math behind the writing! Just here to show support for you doing breakdown videos for the rest of Parrhesia 🤙🏼
Thanks for the breakdown man, loved every bit of trying to analyze and play the song. Definitely gonna get me to buy some lessons, you are a very good teacher.
Extremely good video thank you!
Man, I love this dude.
This is very helpful and interesting for guitarists like me! I need insightful stuff like that to help me compose cool stuff! Thanks a lot
Thank you for the wisdom sensei
I don't think I've ever heard this type of drum pattern before he might be on too something your killing it Matt!!!
This is really cool. You guys write super complex music and are pushing the genre and kind of music in general places it's never went before. Being willing to actually go over your process and explain what's going on is just the coolest move. It makes it so much more accessible, as a musician, and feels like you're encouraging people to take this stuff and USE it, which is just awesome. Massive respect, man.
Thank you so much sir matt!! 🙏🙏🙏
My head hurts now!!! Thank you sir!! Must have more!!! Bring on the pain!!!!!
yes yes yes keep the breakdowns coming
Super cool concept, using a rudiment as a starting framework and plugging different subdivisions and feels into it. Also love how you vocalise the patterns to show how you maintain feel within the complexity. Can't pretend I was able to fully process it, but still inspiring to see this thought process explained :)
Definitely interested in more of this type of content
amazing breakdown
Thanks for doing this, Matt! Since you asked (regretfully, now, I'm sure), I would love to see a breakdown of the other tracks from the new album, as well! Having transcriptions and figuring out how to play your stuff is one thing, but to see how you actually come up with this shit is another, and is very insightful. I often wonder how you guys actually write some of these parts and how they originate & evolve, and these explanations help make sense of that, even though I'm not quite at the skill level to pull this shit off yet! To me, understanding the creative process is more fascinating than just witnessing the final product in any artistic medium, like watching behind-the-scenes on how a movie is made; I always get more enjoyment out of that than just seeing/hearing the final product and helps put everything into perspective and makes it easier to digest. Thanks again! Will see you guys again soon in Denver & Dallas!
Someone is going to need to make a breakdown of this breakdown...
I would love to hear about all of the rhythmic patterns on the new album. This was very informative. I’m starting to actually play at 44, and learning how to incorporate the concepts in the rudiments is helping me a lot. Thanks.
It's so rewarding to become familiar with such a wacky rhythm. Makes each listen better every time. Personally I would love to see a breakdown of Microaggressions since it's just so damn fast.