Pt. 3-West Side Story/ Matt Smith

[nocturnezero]

2:10 is my favorite part. Amazing solo.

[MrPerson72]

Wow! Stumbled upon this quite randomly, and WOW. Those mostly singles too, or you throw in some other rudiments?

[ShaxDr87]

Wow crazy solo :) Very good! I liked that you had a bit of beat and rythm and not just fast single strokes all the time! Well done.

[YouMoreable]

Excellent drumming Matt

[Alexraekia]

Wooooww!!! A really sick blasphemer drummer. Amazing.

[umhiiskate]

Buddy would be proud.. to say the least

[MSmithjazz]

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

Thanks, Matt

[MSmithjazz]

Hello Everyone,

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

Thanks,

Matt

[slipshod888]

A youtube classic!!! Awesome my man.

[killingmanbearpig]

this guy makes you wanna go back to the practice pad and work on rudiments

[MKiller5]

1:15

AWSUM

[sourpop1034]

that has to be one of the most complex beats i have EVER heard

[pgdrums12]

near flawless performance. Excellent playing.

[toth1971]

excellent!!!

[Raniers17]

che pippa mostruosa

!

[giuseppepitarella]

condivido

[bigbossmatt]

wow hearing when to come back in is difficult for me... ? maybe the sheet music would make it clearer

[bRadicalmagic1]

Matt:

RADICAL!!! You look very young. How old are you? Nice playing!

The Matt Smith Band...DOooo iiIT

[roozor]

Excellent stick recovery!

Fantastic drumming!

[Dabombmh1990]

ur solo is def a combo between buddy and bonham

[Nitrodrums75]

nice, looks like you are right up there with the professionals!! steve smith is one of my favorites.

[jonnyeis]

just for the record ... he is

[chtidrummer]

cool

[DreamStuffed]

Holy Fucking Shit

im starting to learn drums but i think im giving up xDDD ahahhaah

amazing

[zyster001]

Very well done! You should have been on the Burnin for Buddy sesions. Buddy would have loved to have had a drum battle with you in his prime. Of course he would have stolen the spotlight with his legendary intensity!

[KLOKFXR]

Quite a vast difference from those who just play the notes (beats) and those who truly make music. You make music and drive the band !

[DrummingMofo]

great job man.

[airsignguy]

Matt, that was terrific, and you are a super talent and precocious for you age too. You hands are superlative. My friendly humble suggestion would be to now spend some time and playing even more relaxed, concerning yourself more with rhythm and swing, than with speed. Don't get me WRONG! I have the utmost respect for you, dude! Keep up the good work.

[jrummererik]

Agreed on the suggestion. I find Matt delves into a very "march"-y style in his playing. Some nice stuff though.

[bish789123]

Oh my word you are incredible! i have an infinate amount of respect for you and so should everyone else. amazing!

[ricohorton]

hey are you Joe Morello's younger twin? great playing buddy!

Groove on :-)

Rico

[fabiogodoy0071]

Fantastic Matt!!!

[EAGCAD]

Wow that was just simply amazing... and yet after all that he drops his drumstick at 3:02, but still what a great performance!

[incadanceinperu]

Matt Smith, that was the best Buddy tribute I ever heard. You should be doing Burnin for Buddy DVDs instead some of those other guys who even though great don't always get the concept. Very well done. I'm speechless.

[HunabKuside]

Dude that was amazing! Top Notch!! Love the what you do with the sticks! AWESOME!

[blackaurora44]

I've been a drummer for 30 years now, played all over the U.S. and even a couple times in Canada but now after watching this kid, I'm too embarrassed to ever play again:(

[zambizzi]

Fabulous - you're going to be a superhuman drummer when you reach your prime.

[Flamsick]

So good it almost defies description. What a musician. Horizons are endless. Musical, in character, creative, intelligent, gee-whiz factor, command and control There just simply is no better---escept MAYBE Dylan Elyse in New Zealand. Astounding!

[slamdunk9]

I agree that Dylan Elyse is a great teenage drummer who really puts on a show. But what got me interested in Matt Smith over a year ago was how he didn't go in for all the tricks. He once said that when he was 12, he did a stick throwing routine like Sonny Payne but when he turned 13, he said he had to outgrow it. I respected that, especially from a kid with his chops. Then when he won WFD people said it would ruin the image and he said to heck with those people. There was much there to respect.

[wildcall999]

That was ridiculously good.

[ankaradowns]

OMG I can't believe that a high school kid can play like that. Chops are unreal!

[amannamedmike]

The way you play reminds me alot of buddy rich, even the sound of the drums remind me of him. Awesome job man.

[princeshadar5]

SENSATIONAL!!!

[SabianAxis]

Incredible! You get better with every video. You're such a beast!

[tak22thegoat]

That was the best I've seen from you yet. AMAZING.