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  • fucking amazing drum solo,lt made my day.

  • Love

    Jazz drums man. Great stuff.

  • Great job!! Who or where do you perform or record with?

  • Great job!!! Ummm...... Oh yea I also wanted to say good job on the world record.... Even tho it happened a while ago!but anyway keep it up!!! ^ ^

  • Wonderful work! 

  • @burtontoker I like tht he's a jazz drummer

  • Good drumming man, fuck trolls. Keep doing what you do and fuck everyone else, it's your life, live it.

  • sound sucks....

  • Wish the quality was better. :\ Really nice solo. Why do you always disable ratings on your videos? I would imagine that they would get rated rather well. It would bring a greater audience to your videos too.

  • @Enigma793 Yeah, in most cases you have to. There are just too many trolls out there when the WFD thing is in play, But what I have found is that more views come from keeping the comments sections open. I have another video where the ratings function has always been disabled, and it has well over one million views. Youtube is pretty quirky for sure.

  • Wow ! Incredible ! You pay such great homage to the old school guys. Fun solo to watch.

  • @MSmithjazz  Man you are as sharp away from the kit as on it! You nailed that dude! I was close freinds with jazz legend JC Heard. He would be impressed. I can see influence from the greats, and you have taken it all to heart and made it yours. Could you help out an old drummer? I would love to see that left hand of yours up close. I need to work on finger control, and would love to hear what you think.

    Thanks for the inspiration, You are quite the talent, and a joy to watch!

  • @MSmithjazz Man you are as sharp off the kit as on! you nailed him! I was close friends with jazz legend JC Heard. Let me tell you, son, you are good. You don't copy anyone, your style is yours. I can see a lot of influence from the greats, and you have taken that all to heart, and made it yours. Congrats! hey, can you help an old drummer out:? Have any video of that left hand? I would really like to see it working up close to learn! Thanks!

  • @MSmithjazz yeah dude. fuck that guy. I wish my trap set chops were this good! good job sir. and how old are you?

  • Wahnsinn...!!!

  • I wonder what he looks like eating sushi

  • Joe morello?

  • the kid is great the music room sounds like crap

  • @Cekmore I agree! I'm just trying to shut out the crappy feedback/reverb and the technical is amazing...switchups right on point. Lots of crazy rhythm in rhythms....Nice stuff!!

  • That kid is absolutely sick...his single snare roll hits are some of the most accurate and concise that I have ever witnessed. I'm not a fan of the Buddy Rich style in appearances, but its clear to me that its one of the most effective overall drum styles for rhythm, speed, and clarity.

  • @psychox642 Have you watched teh video of Buddy Rich explaining why he doesn't like to use matchgrip? It's really simple to him; you limit yourself by matching grip. There is much more you can do within the measure with traditional grip. Granted more isn't always better, but, why limit yourself? I don't know.....you should check it out. After Buddy explains it he goes on a tear for like 2 minutes. Really the only reason I'm watching this is because of Rogers drums. I own a Holiday kit.

  • @Kostly

    I would have to totally agree. I play both styles myself, and have really just recently started to perfect traditional. Its amazing...

  • @Kostly That's a Pearl kit...Sessions.

  • krupa / rich style... very impressive

  • amazing technique

  • ...And Justin Bieber gets all the ass! What a fucked up country we live in!

  • @tmg1968

    Rest assured that the ass Justin Bieber is getting isn't female...so, at least he isn't drawing any away from the rest of us.

  • Train

  • RIP headphone users but he´s fast :P

  • I would turn gay for you :O

  • Joe Morello?

    

  • amazing!

  • damn tune that snare! but othervise, great

  • OMG It is So FAST 

  • @supdenfoosukka umm my opion it is really Fast

  • Inferno? Are you joking? Why not ask Inferno himself. He knows Matt Smith and will say without a problem that Matt has the faster hands. mrmasterjoe23 should educate himself first before talking so foolishly.

  • /watch?v=jTzzc1dXGsU

    if you can beat inferno then you are god, well obiviously you cant so your not so lets just move on and pretend like nothing happend here.... :)

  • @mrmasterjoe23 um just for the record matt smith can play over a thousand stokes per minute when inferno can do that then he might be able to talk (but that's him not you)

  • thts just dope

    

  • O_O

  • Great job! nice to see someone actively keeping up the Buddy Rich style of playing!

  • you are beast

  • that's outrageous!! give him a better drum poor boy!

  • Hey Matt Well im a drummer to but not as good as you. Do you have any tips for a kid who is still learning

  • Honestly, that is probably the fastest and longest Drum solo ever. I don't know how the hell you can do that without letting go of those sticks, but its bloody incredible. That Drumkit must have been proud to be played by you.

  • i am getting the same drum set at guitar center

  • very nice, i like how you play the traditional grip really fast. im a beginner and i struggle with my left hand when it comes to play the traditional way.

  • you make an orgasm face XD but really REALLY nicely done

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  • Buddy rich is better

  • 0:43 ninja grab

  • CAN YOU PLAY THE BLEED PATTERN IN THE FULL SEVEN MINUTES?,NICE DRUMMING BY THE WAY

  • Thumbs up if you hear a rofl copter

  • the acoustics of the room are poor. room is to big and ringing w/o any dampening

    

  • your drumming reminds me of buddy rich so much

  • I came. O.O

  • @jamesyistheman You're jealous you can't afford a pair.

  • shut your eyes and you hear a minigun

  • So im assuming all your speed comes from your wrists?

  • If you play this even faster it will sound like one continuous noise!!!

  • @swr112261 Did buddy rich do 1132 strokes in a minute? i know buddy rich is a monster but idk if he's the fastest.

  • why does noone realize that playing extremely fast isnt ussually musical. and is only practiced to be well..the fastest, therefore it would not be utuilized in a drum solo. if one were to watch him doing the drummeter video, then one would realize that this man is indeed fast.

  • FLIP FLOPS.

  • @swr112261 Well thats because this is a slower drum solo played by Matt Smith which officialy is the fastest drummer (living). I.E. the fastest drummer does a solo at any given speed and BPM, below and up to his capability. The title of the video would then be "Fastest Drummer Matt Smith performs a solo" and not "drummer Matt Smith does the fastest solo ever". :)

  • Traditional grip: a lost art. I've always got respect for percussionists who utilize it effectively like you do. Great stuff.

  • Men this groove is incredible!

  • so if your so fast y dont u play metal??? like realy metal is the best way to express speed in druming playing what ever u call this is nothing u can be playing much more teunicaly insted ov randomly just throwing your speed around like yes its fast but your deffenatly no george kollias or any thing

  • I want to have that left hand control

  • @tom77092 For me, it's mainly just what feels comfortable for you. I've found over the years that traditional grip is much more comfortable than matched. But I'd say just try both grips out and see what's most comfortable to you.

  • Excellent! Great grooves and chops. Excellent Joe Morello left hand work, too!!!

  • Excellent! Great grooves and chops. 

  • Is that the smell of Buddy Rich influence?

  • Super.

    

  • 0:01 - 0:10 - sounds like my washing machine...

  • @Pawlerski Lmaooooo xDDD 

  • aye whats song has that same drum feel for the first 50 secs

  • @mroachfan cont' I was Big Band drummer in N.Y mid seventies. Upuntil now I play jazz, swing, country, boogie, Chicago blues and latin & I enjoy it and the audiances in europe here love it. Here's a tip: Speed isn't where it's at. Time, Taste and Technique, simplicity and creative interaction with the band. That's where it's at. Enjoy Thanks for commenting back. take care mate. : )

  • @tysja4a Gee, did you not know this kid is a very famous jazz musician who plays with some of the top guys on earth or do you talk stupid at home too?. Don't you just love youtube?

  • @mastersound66 You are a cheeky twat who deserves a good slap????? You're trying to prove you're cool and then stick something like that here?? wow.

  • Damn, I'd love to rip some cheezy combo organ riffs over your playing! mastersound66 must be a real idiot.

  • yawwwnnnnnnnnn 

  • @mastersound66 Joe Morello thinks this is great, but the amateur hack drummer who hides out in gear sites yawns. Typical wannabe behavior.

  • I am so happy with the style you went with in your drumming! Most people think speed on the drums is everything, or in other words, most heavy metal drumming... but you're just amazing, this is the best way to go... all in my opinion of course though.

  • Maybe a star is rising, but more musicality is needed badly.

  • I was expecting to be impressed. Sounds like me when I was about 17-18 years old.

  • when you play it reminds me of buddy Rich

  • its a shame he playes jazz and boring stuff, its just boring to watch

  • man that is some sick shit !!!!

    u bloody good on em drums

    and got some looks :P

  • Like all the greats, your talent is just oosing out of you. I really enjoyed this and could listen to you all night. Never boring (unlike Gadd and all his buddies, who I find unlistenable). Superb !! Good job !!

  • u and jon karel scare me...

  • Joder, el tio es cojonudo!

  • Man dude! I thought the Origin and Cannibal Corpse drummers were fast! Ha ha! Your a speed demon, man! SWEET!

  • yeah rite !

  • Err get out of rome>>>

  • @lhleis90 Matt Smith has been living in Europe for the past year.

  • Very Buddy Rich-y... But I see everyone else has already said that.. hah! Great job.

  • @Kelavmeister I don't hear much Buddy in this, personally. It's more groove oriented than what Buddy used to play and, Matt's incredible pad hand speed notwithstanding, it's not fast around the kit like Buddy's solos were. (I think Matt himself has said that he can't get around the kit as fat as Buddy could -- or at least can't play complex figures around the kit as fast as Buddy did. Who can?)

    Anyway, it's an amazing solo, but not a Buddy solo. It's Matt's own thing, which is great

  • @richcapo By my statement "Buddy-y" I meant that he is doing a LOT of the one handed roll, push-pull deal which was made most famous by Buddy. And it is hard to say that this isn't at least somewhat influenced by Buddy because the majority modern-jazz drummers are. Yes, it's groove oriented, and of COURSE it's nothing like Buddy; but his left hand is a lot like Buddy.. Maybe I should have been more specific?

  • @Kelavmeister Cool. I definitely see where you're coming from. The overall feel of the performance, though, is more like Louis Bellson, I think. As for the one handed rolls, and this is a minor detail, I don't think they're as fast as Buddy's nor as powerful and versatile. Buddy was famous for playing loud OHRs with a ton of dynamics plus the ability to switch up their note values -- alternate between 16ths and 8ths, for instance, where as Matt is using mostly 16ths. Still awesome, though.

  • @richcapo Again, I was just pointing out a small aspect of his performance that reminded ME of Buddy. AGAIN, of course it's not as fast or as intricate as Buddy; nonetheless still there. And little nuances like at 1:56 are obviously homages to Buddy. Those are present throughout. I am NOT saying this piece as a whole, but few small things.

  • @Kelavmeister No reason to get excited.

  • @richcapo Haha, alright Mr. Cool... I am not as excited as I am really just trying to get my point across because thus far you have blatantly rejected all of my observations. My last message was trying to emphasize my points using evidence within the context of this video. But whatever I say you seem to think otherwise, since you are obviously more knowledgeable than I am. So I'm more or less just frustrated; rightly so I think too.

  • @Kelavmeister Take care.

  • really nice drumming but man THAT IS AN ECHOEY ROOM!

  • Awesome! Buddy Rich would be proud.

  • That left hand technique is amazing!

    I wish I could do a bit of that....

  • He is the fastest but i wont consider him the best

  • move to baltimore and play drums for me... NOW

  • Nope...I teach drums and I have yet to meet anyone who can pay this fast. Not a 5 year old...not a year...or any other age. Feel will come in time. I would like to see a little more clearly how you're gripping and throwing the sticks tough...

  • I hope you do marching snare or something, that'd be beast

  • nobody wants your cd or video's or songs your a little 18 year old who has not experienced anything every note in this video is a waste of your life it means nothing drumming is a art, there is no emotion in your playing only speed which a 5 or 6 year old could do

  • you're like amazing dude

  • God I love traditional grip. I love matched grip too, but for different reasons. Ultimately, I love trad grip the most.

  • @MSmithjazz Very true. They're just jealous that they aren't record holders xD

  • I've been drumming for 40 years, so yes, I am a pro. Nobody wants to challenge me, trust me. It would be stupid and you would feel like an idiot when it was over with.

    This kid is good. Period. The way he sets his kit up and the angles he takes is irrelevant. Everybody approaches drums differently. I would like to hear a better produced drum solo by Matt. Otherwise you dopes that are beating him up in here should realize the importance of rudiments. He does, obviously. Go Matt!

  • @tmont007 YOU SHOULD B A DRUMMER FOR A BIG BAND THEN IF UR A PRO. AND IM NOT QUESTIONING U BUT JUST SAYIN WHY RNT U PLAYIN FOR THE BIG GUYS, UNLESS U ALREADY R! :)

  • Love this shit! What kind of kit are you rockin', sir?

  • Bear in mind also, that at his age he probably hasn't had a bunch of friends/family die, heartbreak, incredible experiences, and horrible experiences to be able to pour into those drums just yet.

    He's sure pouring what he DOES have into them though, and really it's enough.

  • Is Matt faster than Buddy Rich

  • Nah He Couldnt Be, Noone Is Faster The Buddy Rich lol

  • nice ;-)

  • i love how the bass & toms move through the whole thing lol

  • Nice solo man.............

  • Great skills!! Great video. I didn't realize how good you are!

  • very cool :D is it just me or does the drumset look tiny tho? haha

  • dude thats freakin amazing

  • woooool it is like he is not moveing his arms

  • not supposed to be moving your arms a lot, should mostly come from the wrist.

  • And I call myself a drummer!?...

  • Matt, are you wearing flip-flops?

  • WOW! Awe inspiring!

  • yes,he is great!!!5/5

  • Great job Matt.Its so good to see the young drummers still keeping the Classic style alive bro..5 Stars

  • Please get a mic

  • Speedy yet,tastey! Very cool.

  • What was your favorite part or thing about the school?

  • Lol! COOL.

  • Please check out my latest video Drum Anatomy on this channel.

    Thanks, Matt

  • Hello Everyone,

    I would like to announce my new affiliation with Zildjian Drum Sticks. More about this soon.

    Thanks,

    Matt

  • dude are you wearing flip flops?

  • OUTSTANDING CHOPS, MAN!

  • your really good

  • good work 5*

  • i was actually there watching this because our steel band was the intro to sorta usher him in lol hes a great drummer

  • Best drum solo i've ever heard.

    End of.

  • hey matt, you rock them drums and your record video rules

  • whyz ya snare so low matt? You are very good btw

  • Truth in music says...wowzzer!

  • The Matt Dude is cool! His solo rocks! I hope he puts tom roll in the next solos!Paul Murphy puts them in his solos mostly made up of drumrolls! Keep on Rockin our World,Mr.Matt Smith! Brainy

  • ur the next buddy rich

  • you are sick matt

  • So is traditional grip better for really fast hi-hat work like that, cuz it seems like most the guys who play that style use traditional grip when they do.

  • yessssssssss!!!!veryyy good!!!!!please saw my videos...also I play drums...

  • old drummin school, da best!!!

  • there good ther a n old school rock band look em up

  • you are awesome man. amazing chops

  • Im Matt Smith too!!!!!

    exept I'm 13 and play guitar n drums...

    U kick ass man!

  • Tight. Kinda reminds me of Moby Dick.

  • yeahh he is as good as led zeplin

  • cool

  • ur just sooooooooooooo amazing

    nice stick control

    good job

  • Superb, great to see this 10/10

  • You love drumming .. i like that .. nice to see a drummer who loves his instrument .. Keep it up !!

  • Nice fucking work mate. Amazing.

  • Terrific solo, you've got so much control!

  • dude wat kind of kit is that?

  • very good stick control. can't wait to see what your doing in a few years. excellent player. i like how you ride the snare with your left and solo over it with the right around the kit. hmmmm where have i seen that before? wink

    good job

  • Nice Matt !

  • like it!

  • Clean playing bro! I love how your left hand is on "auto-pilot" at the beginning of the solo!

  • hmmm, youtube trolls say guys like this:

    1. Aren't really so fast.

    2. Can't transfer their speed to a kit.

    3. Can't play with musicality.

    Oops I guess the trolls missed this one. This video shoots all that out of the water. A phenomenal effort.

  • sounds great, you make it look so easy!

  • good job.