"The Berklee Files" @ GospelChops.com featuring Matthew Garstka - Drum Lesson

[xSHADOWxCHILDx]

this guy is a monster. Beast groove



[RCRhythm]

I think it's silly to say that there is no observable difference between the majority of caucasian drummers and the majority of drummers of African descent. Obviously, there are lots of exceptions; but the stereotype that black drummers have a more intuitive sense of "funkiness" comes from years of observation. And, if I remember right, there are published studies on the heretability of rhythm as a genetic trait. It's not racism at all; it's just reality.

And this guy is dope.

$.02

[PositivelyBored]

@RCRhythm

uh, no.

[RCRhythm]

@PositivelyBored Compelling argument.

[PositivelyBored]

@RCRhythm

Your argument is tin-foil and reaking race card. !

If you listen to and understand music, it does not necessarily escape someone because of their skin color. It is ridiculous to suggest that race ALONE somehow influences rhythmic ability.

I would say that the styles of music and culture that the is exposed to at a young age, or even to some degree later in life, dictate ability to know the virtues and failures of those styles you're playing.

[drummer9042]

what i like about this guy is that when he gets up to those really fast speeds he still grooves just as much as he does when hes playing slower. i see a lot of drummers now that can play fast as hell but loose the groove when they start goin that fast

[aknfjoshmiller]

This kid looks constantly annoyed. haha

[marc777danielle]

i've been up on this kid 4 a while. he is a BEAST!!!

[2468DDT]

I'll say this and squash it. Someone's taste in music depends what environment they were raised around and who they associate themselves with. If a person is raised around gospel music then guess what? They're going to play gospel music. If they're raised around Hard Rock then guess what? They'll gravitate toward that. Funk, fusion, country, smooth jazz, bluegrass, swing, salsa, tango, waltz, pop etc. Where ever bros. We're all....just....human. Don't take offence, just enjoy the music.

[2468DDT]

SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE SO STUPID AND TAKING MY COMMENTS OUT OF CONTEXT! I'm not discriminating Matthew. He's a cool player and I'm a fan of his. Please get this through your thick skulls, I am not a racist. I respect everyone whether they be red, brown, yellow, black, white, novice or professional in music. Life Period! Again in my comments I did not segregate any drummers. We're all just humans for crying out loud! Take a good look at your own comments and ask yourself whose racist.

[Weallfart]

How can ANY drummer not like this??? 14 people are goons..

[Thissbetterwork]

Applicable!!!!!!!

[millmaxy]

ur definitely fast and good though. respect

[millmaxy]

those ARE chops not concepts. theyre both a sticking pattern that you rigidly adhere to while moving around the kit. further more chops ARE more applicable than concepts. the concept of judo is to offset your opponents center of gravity. you will never be able to apply this concept in battle if you dont learn the judo "chops" : ) drums is much the same. linear drumming is a concept. metric modulation is a concept. those are chops. not hating. just thought you should know.

[Drumzoo]

Thats hot! when you started showing it in a groove i was like "damnnn"

[STRINGTEAMMUSIC]

dennis chambers is black ...but all in all music is music gospel just have a diffrent sound

[bdeitch21]

Hey Matt, nice lick. Wonder where you got the concept ;-)

Bobby Deitch

[kkeuning]

Wouls someone please scratch his ears for him! :] just kiddin. Sick chops!

[simmsmetre]

this cat kills it

[thickpooxbox360]

theyre not concepts theyre pattern or stickings

[jaleesamg]

@thickpooxbox360 Can you maybe explain to me what the different between a chop and a fill is?? I don't realy get the difference :S maybe because i'm don't live in an English speaking country?? :P

[thickpooxbox360]

@jaleesamg a chop is like a pattern so something like 'RLR LKK LRK RLR LKK' thats a chop as you can hit anything you want as long as u follow that pattern, a fill is always the same, like a drum fill rolling down the toms in 16th notes, it would be a different fill if you went to other drums but played the same notes, but you could call it a chop even if its put somewere else but the pattern is the same, hard to explain on this sorry

[XxStrongDrums1996xX]

@jaleesamg "chop" and "fill" are abstract terms that technically refer to the same thing, but have different connotation. A chop has the connotation of a complex pattern. As the guy who replied to you said, a chop's focus is on the underlying concept, and not the actual orchestration. For example, a favorite chop of mine is "RLRRLFRLRRLF". The pattern is what matters, and how you orchestrate it is what makes it your own. A fill has a connotation as a simplistic accentuation.

[XxStrongDrums1996xX]

@jaleesamg They are more commonly known for their actual orchestration around the drums. For example, as the other guy said, a roll down the tom toms. You don't want to get the two confused, because like I said before, they mean the same thing, but understanding the differences that people apply to the two terms is essential to not getting bitched at LOL.

[jaleesamg]

@XxStrongDrums1996xX hahaha lol, thank you :D

[jorgoku4ever]

Do you think could be possible to write the patterns and fills described in the video?, I appreciate if you can write to understand clearly the instructions, many thanks, Bless!

[Richirida]

@jorgoku4ever - I'll have a go...Cant exactly write it on paper, but the idea is that you take either a full beat's worth of triplets or 16ths and subdivide/double one of the notes...eg. as triplets instead of having .l .l .l (ie. "one"- "trip" - "let") the first or middle triplets become sextuplets and phrase becomes .l.l .l .l or .l .l.l .l (ie "one,and" - "trip" - "let" or "one" - "trip,and" - "let"). Same idea with 16ths but instead of having 3 note groups, there are 4. Hope that helps!

[youngprofessor]

Yeah,man! Sounds exactly like stuff my man Sean Skeet teaches in his hiphop drumming class at Berklee. Clearly this kid has learned his lessons well. Nice job.

[B3ASTM0DE92]

this guy wud b really good in jazz and latin genres

[toOgoodLooking4yOu]

nice.

[loofascraper]

@nbaah

reverse racism man

[DirtSnowDrum]

Matts my old drum teacher! Amazin!!!

[Drumcrazy1234]

I finally see a drummer that plays my favorite rudiment, HERTA!!

[jackp22]

Awesome. Can tell he hangs out with black guys full time though

[2468DDT]

@jackp22 Most of the stuff the so called black guys do come from Vinnie Coliauta, Dave Weckl, Steve Gadd, Buddy Rich, Tony Williams, Billy Cobham, Dennis Chambers, just to name a few. You don't have to be black to play gospel or any genre. It's just a preference. Need to get rid of this stereotype.

[RonBurgundy609]

@2468DDT do you realize in your list of drummers you segregated the whites from the black and you put the whites first. you must be racist. haha

[2468DDT]

@RonBurgundy609 I'm no where near racist my friend. I have plenty of friends. White, black, yellow. It's doesn't matter. We're all just people anyway.

[RonBurgundy609]

@2468DDT wow dude did you not detect the sarcasm there? and you dont have any yellow friends.

[2468DDT]

I do so. My Asian friends.

[PositivelyBored]

@2468DDT

You forgot Mr. Dawson and Mr. Chaffee.

[SuperDrummerJoe]

@2468DDT tony williams was black, dennis chambers is black, billy cob is black, don't discriminate

[Btolbertjr]

@2468DDT VERY INTELLIGENT STATEMENT BRO....THANX

[Btolbertjr]

@2468DDT VERY INTELLIGENT STATEMENT BRO....THANX

[kidR0BOT]

looks like hes pooping lol but hes real good



[TheXrythmicXtongue]

BEST WHITE GOSPEL DRUMMER EVER.... ))d^_^b((

[Weallfart]

This guy absolutely DESTROYS it in the Maison Guidry LA shed Youtube video series.. WOW, a very talented musician for sure.

[TheERnIeRocKs]

what type of set is that?

[2468DDT]

@TheERnIeRocKs It looks like a Yamaha Stage Custom Nouveau. Just by the lug design.

[TheERnIeRocKs]

@2468DDT thanks! =)

[kurinkeys]

If you are a drummer and don't appreciate the cultural boundary of speed and style that this young man has conquered... You need to kill yourself.

[walkover1]

@kurinkeys WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORD

[CowBoyDrummer95]

forget the chop i wanna learn that groove lol

[Phantm223]

How the flip do you get your hands that fast with your left hand!!

[drpedro98]

alright drummer but that shirt makes him one of those people i do no interact with

shame

[Weallfart]

@drpedro98 How about taking off your idiot glasses first to see how great this musician is.

[drpedro98]

@Weallfart i dont wear glasses

[Weallfart]

@drpedro98 evidently then you do not understand simplistic metaphors. Do you actually discrimate based on articles of clothing???

[drpedro98]

@Weallfart of course i do. what else is the internet for ?

[ericmsandoval]

@drpedro98 Awesome, man. Judging people by what they wear. Just awesome.

[drpedro98]

@ericmsandoval that is who i am. deal

[silvaadams]

Lol these comments are too funny

[bentecho]

i think he means a rudiment.

[bcoklay]

what kind of ride is that?

[stefkecambre1]

@bcoklay hhx sabian i think

[drmmer123]

@bcoklay i think its a sabian groove ride 21"

[aaronesmithsticks]

@drmmer123 wayy too thick to be a groove ride

[aaronesmithsticks]

@bcoklay hhx 21" dry ride

[JOLEVONONDRUMS]

yep

[OBAMAJUSTSAYNO]

Another thing no nothings!! There was no jazz, blues, rock, R&B, soul, funk, fusion, etc. etc before the conception of the drum set!! Polyrythmns have been around for thousands of years YES!! but they were played by multiple percussionist not by one idividual...sorry to have to teach you the lesson in the difference's you should already know!

[JerrickJones]

4:28 Carroll of the Bells

[OBAMAJUSTSAYNO]

Sorry but Gary Chaffee has been doing these concepts for 40 years!! If any of you aren't familiar with Mr. Chaffee, well you'd wouldn't know his idea's have been out there for a long long time! this here is NOTHING NEW!

[drummusician]

@OBAMAJUSTSAYNO I know... I study out of his books. I am aware the information is not new only the interpretation. Gary Chaffee did not invent most of the material in his books. Drumming has been around for thousands of years... who did Gary Chaffee get his ideas from??

[OBAMAJUSTSAYNO]

@drummusician If you have to ask who Mr. Chaffee got his idea's from then you haven't learned anything! He developed a system in drumming, which some say was an extension of the stick control book, and the older Joe Morello books. But his are totally UNIQUE! Unlike YOU! As for drumming being around for thousands of years.....Well drumset playing has been around for around 100 years! big difference. Before that it was 1 person on a snare, 1 on a bassdrum, and 1 crashing cymbals.

[paps8]

@OBAMAJUSTSAYNO put up or shut up buddy. Facts and statistics are great for reference, but if theres no substance beyond it, it's nothing. This dudes got SUBSTANCE.

[OBAMAJUSTSAYNO]

@paps8 And where are your facts NUMBNUTS? There is no substance to rehashed drumming, especially when one claims its a concept they came up with! now maybe you bleach your rectum so gay guys think your a birgin, but in percussion, i know when someone is taking credit for something that just aint so! Please go check for the tips your pals dropped for you as the under the table waiter.

[paps8]

@OBAMAJUSTSAYNO What's up with your negativity man? Sorry if I came off rude or something. I'm not trying to have a pissing contest here. Go outside and look at the sky. Is this worth getting all worked up over?

[OBAMAJUSTSAYNO]

@paps8 Re-read your post! The negativity only came from this guy claiming these were his concepts! As in "i came up with these" Sorry i've always given credit where credit is do when someone ask about a fill or lick or even beat i've used. As an example, Bohnam was asked about the 5 over four he used in dazed and confused, he credited Max Roach. Or when he did the triplet bassdrum lick in good times bad times; he said he heard carman appice do it on a vanillia fudge record.

[drummusician]

@OBAMAJUSTSAYNO

1ST to say i havent learned anything is obviously a childish remark.

2ND Gary Chaffee's concepts were rehashed from others including George Lawrence Stone(stick control) & Joe Morello. His ideas were not unique because at the time there were many out there like his.

3RD-- JUST because drumset is a recent instrument does not mean all that came before it is void, quite the contray. INDIANS HAVE BEEN PLAYING GARY CHAFFEES "CONCEPTS" 4 HUNDREDS OF YEARS BEFORE GARY. EXPLAIN THAT!

[OBAMAJUSTSAYNO]

@drummusician Goddamn you really stretched with that bullshit! Stick control did not deal in linear, or in odd times. Chaffee's books are unique in its approach and design. You are cluless as too what Indians played! Remember IDIOTS you can not apply drumset phrasing or adaption on one drum..But you clueless morons dont understand that! Thanks for your no nothing reply!

[drummusician]

@OBAMAJUSTSAYNO I dont have time for you anymore.. your obviously some old fart who thinks he knows something because he plays some drums. If you really had anything to show for what knowledge you claim to have you would put a name or a video to it. Check out my videos, thats only a fraction of what i know. (btw im 21)

[guitarska]

Awesome, Thank You Gospel Chops you always find the best, Matthew ..thanks for putting the time and effort into bringing us a valuable concepts lesson ( and the chops ain't bad either) Peace

[garycheung92]

Must be very hard to do that. Great vid!

[drummrguy]

woot!

[drummrguy]

woot

[GospelInfluenceDrum]

I rate his level of feel

[MarcBurnsThatBarn]

Thank you GospelChops!!!:)

[carrotmantos77]

My mind is always blown when I watch you drum. Keep it going.

[chino318]

ill fam. well explained, even a bass player got it!

[ExEurasian]

sick!

[otto3095]

omg his ghost notes are crazy!!!!

[bighai5]

Finally, i knew they where teaching something other than chops at Berklee

[crimjqt83]

@bighai5 ahhh duh

[specialness16]

that's good stuff :)

[VQuiZ11]

I've been doing that one for a while now, took it from Dennis Chambers. This guys dope and I'm glad to see he's focusing on ideas rather than just straight licks.

[oneillddrummer]

@VQuiZ11 same, i didnt relise you could change it that much though and things, sounds real nice in licks, 'thank you gospel chops'

[Cring0r]

Thank you gospel chops !!!

a) that dude looks like hes about to cry

b) why do all these drummers lay into the drums so hard

c) smile dude daaamn

[crimjqt83]

@Cring0r why are you being so negative. why dont you put out a clip of yourself instead that wack video on your drumset?

[Cring0r]

@crimjqt83 nothing i said was negative towards the kids playing, he has serious talent, but i just see alot of these guys absolutely smashing the drums so hard, and if u note my comment, it was posed as a question. and also, even you must admit this guy 'talented as he is' was pulling some serious sad face, all i said was smile! p.s why are you being so negative towards my 'whack' video, why dont you put up a video of yourself instead of saying how 'whack' other peoples videos are ?

[crimjqt83]

@Cring0r im sorry i took it the wrong way.

[mrsgmason]

AMen, Amen

[KanuZankoro]

6:13

[iwaslikepfffft]

@KanuZankoro i just dont understand how thats even possible while looking so relaxed

[josallins1]

hi matt, it's me jo sallins i'am inspired to make a serious effort to dedicate some time to drumming concepts. you are right chops are good but concepts properly practiced and applied will complete the player. Thank you for sharing. this will not only help my drumming but my piano,djembe and bass playing.peace!

[jmckenzie07]

wicked drummer! but he looks like he's not breathing when playin lol

[bodyarmor55]

your vids are the reason I love youtube

[crimjqt83]

Please add him to Gospel Chop Vol 3

[Br0k3M3xican]

Love that groove!!!

[bullet1rose]

Awesome :)

[Jujin2]

woooooowwwwww LD

[Nateytracks]

Nice work on making a simple idea cover so much ground.

[Bozkicksyourface]

get CHRIS DAVE ON SSV3!

[allmetaliswelcome]

herta's!

[wherewascharlie]

applicable!

[Metzok]

Very nice, thanx for sharing!

[paps8]

yesssssss

[Danielcrspo]

This dude rips!!!!!!

[playertopdog140]

that was easy but sounds really good...thumbs up

[TheKoreanX]

I looooooove that groove at 2:42

[Flaitesexy]

first xd