Evolution of a Jazzdrummer on RU-vid: First Video: WHat?! HUH? Is he using Triggers? WHA? Newest Video: It's like a Dirk-Blast, but 4s instead of 3s. Nice Gravblast m8.
I love how when Garrett first started doing these he didn’t know what a gravity blast was. Now he can identify different types of blasts, like the Dirk blast.
Also the "four blasts" as you call it: he's done some interviews and it actually makes a lot of sense: it is blast beast but since he is going so fast he tried switching his hand each 4 like that since basically it would give his muscles time to relax and thus able to keep the same pace a lot longer than being super tense all of the time if he wasn't switching hands. Kind of like the same principle that George Kollias uses with the swivel feet from side to side: vary the movement a bit so you can push it way faster for longer by giving your muscles a tiny bit of time to recover. So yeah guys like Kollias or Prewett here are getting scientific and shit to push things further and further. Best definition of "extreme metal" by far.
I've honestly always thought he was flamadiddle blasting until i read this comment and had a closer look. It's a similar concept, but somehow more impressive the way Spencer does it
Always thought the swivel foot was to help with counting. Practically, it divides tempo by two. Instead of down, down at #bpm it becomes left-right, left-right at #/2 bpm
Hannes grossmann as well. I believe he is THE BEST at blastbeats. Y'all should watch hannes explain his hybrid technique, it's awesome. The height of his sticks when blasting is unparalleled. And he doesn't use any kind of gravity technique either
Kevin M I was just thinking in my head “why does he switch hands? Why not just stay on the same hand? Is it just for show?” Thanks for the insight brother
@@fullcircle8564 Yeah, it gives your hand muscles that fraction of a fraction of a second to recover between sets of four. It's kind of like how double rolls (not multiple bounce rolls, but open double rolls) are significantly easier to do extremely fast than an extremely fast single roll. Same logic, only it's sets of four instead of sets of two.
I'd totally recommend Ken Bedene from Aborted playing "bit by bit". Dude has SERIOUS speed but his blasts are really controlled and strong at the same time.
Can you react to Vitek (R.I.P), the original drummer of Decapitated? There are some old drumming videos of him on youtube. On their first album, Winds of Creation, he was only 15 and the album is a Technical Death Metal milestone!
You NEED to react to Flo Mounier rehearsing Phobophile Edit: Or you can react to Lille Gruber from Defeated Sanity playing Consumed By Repungance. Lille is a brutal death metal drummer with alot of jazz influences
I seen these guys in Greensboro a couple years ago, I remember being in a daze watching him, as well as getting a hold on my ribcage tickling from the amount of amplification they used at a small venue.
The switch blast, or "dirk blast in 4", is basically a paradiddle with both hands unison on the 1 and 3; one hand of course then being on a cymbal of choice.
MIKE IS THE MEAN MACHINE ! Guy have the best tone of all drummers out there. His channel is pure gold. Can't wait to see proper reaction for Mike on this channel. Bleed
My band and Archspire played a few shows together years ago, all the drummers were blown away by how clean this dude is live! No trigger on the snare just straight practice
I was supposed to see this guys a few days back b4 it got canceled due to all this shit going down right now. Saw them last year and they absolutely killed it. One of the best shows I've ever been to. Had a blast.
hey bud nice to see you safe during these times. Don't be afraid to express yourself more, fuck those dudes who said you talk to much! We love to see you react and I personally have loved this journey in the past year of you learning and seeing more metal and stuff Stay safe and be easy from Miami!
my husband and I saw Archspire open up for Beyond Creation and Obscura . Spencer Prewett is a force of nature . He has to be the most technically proficient drummer on the planet .
For the 4 blasts, when I play them I use a flam paradiddle instead of four straight notes on one hand. With the accent hand play your cymbal of choice and leave the grace note on the snare and double stroke with the lead hand but match the stroke heights with the left. This lets you play them with alot more power and speed.
@@xedgeforeverx Nah, it isn't. They play this song live all the time and even faster stuff off their newer record. I've seen them live at least half a dozen times over the years, they aren't depending on recording techniques to hit the speeds they do.
I love the fact that @ 2:40 in , as a knowledgeable as you are at drums, you are just as dumbfounded as me who knows nothing about them, but their my favorite!!!!!
I would like to see you react to some great jazz drummers. I havnt really explored the genre. Maybe you could open some eyes and ears and spread the appreciation for the art. Love the channel man, keep at it.
These "switch blasts" are based on flam rudiments but the flams are played as flat flams aka unison strokes. Flam tap, flam accent and flam paradiddle are all viable ways to play them. They just have the accents (cymbals) on different places. The Dirk blast is the flam accent variation so the sticking is FLR FRL (F stands for flam) and it has a triplet feel.
Ayy I was gonna say to react to some Archspire but didn’t think it would get through so I didn’t bother. They are form my city, met one of their guitarists a few weeks ago.
Damn, it's cool that you looked at this, this guy is great, but you should look at something from their newest album because he certainly hasn't slowed down and the production is a lot cleaner.
I have seen live Archspire two times and the drummer killed it these two shows, he got all my attention everytime, he's so talented, technical and rapid ! You should react to Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka (Decapited) he was freaking great drummer and react to Hannes Grossman, he has played with a lot of technical/prog bands like Necrophagist, Obscura, Alkaloid, Blotted Science, Hate Eternal
Check out Ray Hearnes playthrough of Hakens 1985. Lots of funny time signatures and a part in 7/8,6/8,5/8 all the way to 1/8. Great prog rock/metal band!
Only a drummer would say " I didn't want to re record it then and there, but wait months later.... so it's fresh in my mind" Lol! Also, I would love to see some reaction videos on stuff that YOU love. Like jazz drummers, and throughout the videos explain why you dig them. A couple recs, Peter Ereskine and Joey Baron.( if ya dig em, dig?)
