Phat Beats

[YeOldeElk]

Heeeey! I know that kit from the PDF :D

You drew on your heads at one time, right? Some real cool designs :D

[mattwalker21]

@YeOldeElk Yup, that's me! And I drew all of the heads myself.

[SimonJamesMcClure]

nice snare man!

[Syndicat3]

brutal

[DarkWisch69]

Nice feet

[tdeegan525]

that was anything BUT phat....

[ColdToiletSeats]

ovechkin

[lildondon29]

Phat beats?! Seriously?!

[sweetfly66]

are those the yamaha phoenix ..... 

[mattwalker21]

@sweetfly66 Nope, I got these way before the Yamaha Phoenix were even on the radar. These are custom drums made by Conaway. Yamaha stole the finish from me, haha!

[sweetfly66]

is it the same finish ?

[mattwalker21]

@sweetfly66 Yea, it's basically the same finish: natural to blue fade. Mine has brass hardware, though, and the Yamaha doesn't have the same, cool perpendicular fade on the bass drum like I do.

[luctroop]

Nice man! I can see you're a left handed on a righthanded kit :) love it, me too! awesome

[mattwalker21]

@luctroop

Thanks! Actually, I am actually right handed, though; I just really like playing and working on coordination kind of stuff like switching leading limbs and stuff like that. It's definitely more comfortable to be leading with the left hand on a right-handed hi-hat setup, though.

[luctroop]

@mattwalker21 Cool! Sounds like you've been practicing on Gary Chesters book "New Breed", am I right? :)

[mattwalker21]

@luctroop

I sure have! That and Marco's "Extreme Interdependence" are the two main books in my drumming canon. They're awesome!

[luctroop]

@mattwalker21 Cool! I think I'm gonna buy the last mentioned soon actually :)

[noah112234]

hey hey nice drumming faces!! :))

[espezial1981]

boring

[wisheye1]

incredible speed

[BobNThat]

i like the cymbal-on-snare thing ye got goin man.... pretty nifty!

[mattwalker21]

Thanks so much, man!

[XxFadxX]

i think everybody here would be so much happy if you get yourself mics and mic up your kit. nicee drumming dude.. nice drums too

[Raaidan]

ahhh bloodmeat man moe is some drummer

[43percentvince]

Great playing, is that Van Damsel by DEP at about 1:40?

[mattwalker21]

Haha, it sure is! I'm glad someone noticed that. I love DEP :D.

[43percentvince]

Yeah man I love everything they've made, I can't wait for Option Paralysis. You should put up some covers.

[sumstufflol]

Nice Bloodmeat, haha.

[mattwalker21]

Haha, thanks for noticing! I'm a huge PTH fan.

[machine69123]

nice playing dude!

[fallingfromjupiter]

you like drumming in shorts apparently lol

[Dontgetclose914]

what bell do you have right in the front?

[unacal76]

beat 1 !

your pretty good though, sick kit too, nice tuning

[darkninja060]

how do you tune your snare, its dry but not at the same time?

[mattwalker21]

I wouldn't say I really crank the heads (like Akira Jimbo, for example) but I do like them pretty tight. Both the batter and snare side heads are tuned to the same pitch. Here I'm using an Evans coated G1 and Hazy 300. It also might have something to do with the snare itself (Virgil Donati sig.) because it has die-cast hoops and a rounded top bearing edge.

[ppgretsch]

hueón FEO jajajaja

[ledhead7389]

btw, beatiful kit.

[ledhead7389]

nice, someone likes benny greb XD

awesome, but i don't really like the sound quality

[leotownsend]

treble ftw

[vrxyled]

the groove at 4:32 has benny greb written all over it! :) nice stuff!

[azfryguy]

dude i would kill to jam with you

[mattwalker21]

Likewise! If I'm ever near Arizona (or you're near Alberta, for that matter), we should make it happen. Phat beats and phat bass lines always go well together.

[pollymatication]

not bad for off-the-cuff practicing.. I would enjoy some of those beats after abit of fine tuning.

really good idea to record yourself for practice purposes, but maybe not such a good idea to post it on youtube.

[lastthursday1]

nice i like how u do a wide variety of drumming genres and i like how u get into but dont over do it if u no wat i mean

[omerta31]

Good job man. I like how your practice covers a multitude of genres. That's the way to do it.

[mattwalker21]

Thank you! Why limit yourself to one genre? You'll just be missing out on a plethora of other fulfilling artistic avenues.

[mapexdrummernl]

my guess is these are orion mapex's with the gold hardwear ?

[mattwalker21]

Nope, they're actually Conaway custom drums. They're maple with a natural to blue fade and brass hardware.

[THEFARSEER2]

your hands are really close together when your playing your hi hat

[DieselPowerCummins]

i like the slow-mo part at 0:22 freakin cool. and i know you slowed it down by editing-not actually doing it lol

[faXcooL]

4:02

killa!

propz

[sjoey1r]

Nice beats man...good stuff

[drums34]

Your sound is POOR :S

[paisteguy799]

hey dude that was great...the only thing i would like to see is those drums miced up and please check out my drum solo im 15

[colrick1234]

rEALLY U R VERY GOOD AND CREATIVE MAN. bUT HONESTLY WHERE IS THE FAT. PETER ERSKINE made a point, if a drummer is constantly playn licks after a while ,its like bad wall paper. Watch Frank Beard or Steves Jordan or Gadd. It is fortunate for you that U didnt play this shit on a gig. It will get U fired man

[mattwalker21]

I guess it depends on the gig, though. A bunch of these clips are grooves and parts that are suited to more aggressive/frantic/tension filled music. I'm not a huge fan of Beard's or Jordan's playing, but I really respect what they do. I adore Gadd's jazz playing, though. The Steve Gadd that I know and love is circa Chick Corea's "Three Quartets" album. Check it out; that band will blow you away!

[benny11111]

Good job man, good job.

This seems like an improvised job no ;)

Bit of Rabb with a splash on the snare

Bit of Lang with the mad blast beats

Greb with the pedal hopping

Three of my favourite drummers in one solo

Top job keep at it

[mattwalker21]

Thanks so much for your comments! I really appreciate it! :)

[aggeles]

pretty cool roll section at 1:20-1:27ish. looks like a tape of you warming up. do you gig?

[mattwalker21]

Yea, I gig pretty frequently. Unfortunately, I don't get to play as crazy as some of this stuff is. It's mostly commercial jazz gigs or work with a theatre company that does music/comedy revues.

[hebronsawyers]

I've been playing for years and i can't open hand :( wahhh

Great drumming Sir, 5 stars

[snafu1030]

if you are going to call this "phat beats" I have to point out that you mispelled "beats", because in fact....if you are calling something "phat" followed by a "beats" it is then turned into "beatz".....It's like syncopation....You gotta balance the "phat" with "beatz"...Good luck in your future video titling.

[mykicksarebetter]

newb.

[daveboris]

hey man, great kit!

[fredrhd]

Is that a splash on your snare?

[mattwalker21]

Yea, basically. It's technically a Johnny Rabb Drumbal from Meinl, which is basically just a thin splash with a nice little handle on it.

[fredrhd]

That's cool! Awesome drumming!

[wazabe20011]

Hey bro, i've been drumming for nearly 8 years and only NOW have i been trying to lead with open handed playing! great job man keep the hard work up!!!!

[zeppelinrules69]

what snare is that?

[mattwalker21]

It's a Pearl Virgil Donati Sig., 14"x5". :D

[dannyboy000]

18 seconds.. paradigm shift intro?

[mattwalker21]

I don't know if it's exactly the intro to that tune, but it's pretty close I think. It's the same idea, at least.

[Drumtome]

Are you right of left handed?

[mattwalker21]

I'm right handed. I really like working on being ambidextrous, getting all my limbs up to same level.

[Drumtome]

Sweet, well thats good for ya man, keep at it.

[CheezeyWeezey]

Lol you really don't have to slow down the second beat... It's not that great...

[WillWatson23]

lol i know, the most basic fill....

i've seen 10 year olds play that fill just as fast with a signle pedal

[puperbratwurst]

4:34 ---> Benny Greb???;)

[mattwalker21]

Haha, it sure is. Great ear!

[puperbratwurst]

Thanks... i am playing for thirteen years now... and he´s my favourite... It was very easy for me to get it;)

[KasperMoll]

Relax your arms, and try to practice how even you play.. Each note should be as "loud" as the one before. - Still, dynamic, but.. Specially your BD is a bit "slacky".

Good work, keep it up!

[kyjello12]

damn. nice kit. what is it?

[mattwalker21]

Conaway Custom Drums. It takes care of business.

[MLarson4401]

check my drum vid out

[Fromkeelingisland]

Your stuff is great and so is your playing! Keep posting new videos!

[Jungleritter]

Hey Matt,

great playing! Keep up the good work and thanx for your comment on my latest video.

Take care

Ydna Murd

[chaptersvideo]

lol, i thoroughly enjoy your facial expressions.

[hswwsh]

relax ur arms, great drumming

[IPD07]

Drumbals! :)

[pearldrummer816]

phat beats indeed!