Keith Carlock Talks w/ Stanton Moore about Loosening Up | Academy Interview 

Thank you for watching. 👊🏼

Exactly what I thought. A most perfect setup 🙏🙏🙏

Yes, it's easy to get lost among a bunch of tutorials, because there are many different aspects that are important, and playing drums can be a whole science. The way you hold the stick, the fulcrum, the way you sit, various techniques behind each stroke, the foot technique... But one of the most important things is to be relaxed behind the kit. I was terribly tight, and I was exhausted after 30 minutes of playing, but after I finally managed to be more loose and to not think about it too much, everything become much easier and my wrists no longer suffer. Also, a very important thing is not holding your breath while playing. I know I'm Captain Obvious, but I was really struggling with these things.

Thank you for turning in. 🙏🏼 I admittedly don’t know anything about the Wendal Drum machine, but I will try to find out! 🙌🏼

Mike Malone that’s a good idea!

Stanton Moore Ooooo man, I’m excited! Walk me through all those drums too! I geek out over that stuff

There are so many aspects when it comes to playing drums (it's a whole science), but the most important thing is to be relaxed behind the kit. I was sooo tight, and I was exhausted after just 30 minutes of playing, but when I finally managed to be more loose and to not think too much, everything become much easier and my wrists no longer suffer. Even breathing is also important, because people tend to hold their breath

@@markomarkovic5729 It's not a sport, but it is an all-body experience. You can't separate one aspect of your physiology from another for the purposes of making music. Its one of the great beauties of the instrument!

Tommy Igoe also says "who cares" to the pinky, as long as you don't stick it straight out and get tense. (Great Hands for a Lifetime DVD.) Your pinky will finds its own way. So that's a few good sources.

@@michaelanderson2881 Great Hands For a Lifetime and Groove Essentials were crucial for me. Tommy Igoe is such a great drummer and instructor

Nice! 🙌🏼

Villaboy yes! and being as big of a kc fan through all of the sounds of krantz and steely dan etc, as I am of Toto so, it was like a dream in my dorky ass musical mind come true that my fav drummer aside from jeff Porcaro was going to be in Toto. Not only was I a little jealous in my silly mind, only in the vein of Keith not being a huge Toto super fan as I of course... haha. Ya know it’s like the gig you dreamt of in your head from when your a kid to current time, and even in that amount of time I was just seeing and eating up all Jeff’s music including Toto and jeff had already been gone ten years... that’s a trip in it’s own thought. Taking many more hours Then eating up the other ends of time with Toto with all the Simon stuff that was just enough different in so many ways but yet encompassed where Toto had gone direction wise in the next form of what Toto was and sounded like. Then at about the same time I had just starting hearing and then downloading many many krantz live sets from his site after the time Keith spent with steely dan for 2 or three years I totally fell in love with Keith’s sound and learned so much by just listening over and over to the organized madness of the krantz thing, so I was totally split with those directions of drumming and styles, drastically different sounds and approaches but yet all grooved so hard with a great sound and knowing exactly who was playing the drums. I’m sure Keith dug Toto and prob even more after playing all the other Toto eras and sounds but got a kick out of the fact that he just ate it all up in a short period of time tune wise and played down the gig, knowing he prob didn’t know all the catalog prob before doing the Toto record etc. however all in all I feel Keith grooves way harder than shannon and it’s totally a preference thing. Shannon being such a huge Porcaro fan as I am I surely loved that and loved that he got into that whole thing going for that sound instead of the Simon thing was great and what I’ve would have done, I just felt as if Keith would have had more time to really encompass all the Toto thing and really dug in with that band at the time would have been heaven for me. I just blahhed ten run on sentences about drum dorkdum but hopefully that made some sense or at least one could tell how much that music means to me as a player and a real fan it was great to see that happen even if it was a short time and it also gave someone with the same love for jeff a shot at hAving his dream job drum gig as the drummer of Toto was great and By the end of the tour he was just about there. The only knit picky thing that made me crazy was shannon sat way back on the groove and played the tempos so slow it was so hard for me to not lose my mind listening Toto play love even though most would never notice and the older Toto fans would love to see the Jeff thing back after so many years, that would be why I know Keith could have mad the Toto thing so hot cus he knows how the sit back but makes the music always forward moving and grooving that it’s magic. Ok I’m done I think people get i love all this haha.

I LOVE what he did with them. Jeff was one of my favorites since the beginning. Keith had that swing and gravitas in his playing that really built a great foundation for the rest of the band. Keith is exceptional.

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@@RJP37 He's from New Orleans, right?

theicnot, whatcha got? I'm getting some elbow issues here in my mid-40's :( I'm not a pro - did tons of rudimenal drumming when I was younger, not a lot lately by any means. Do you have some elbow issues going on? Mine are likely from the way I've sat at my desk for many years :(

@@jamessbca I have been experiencing some issues, rather painful, in my left elbow,,,, Things got progressively worse with use of the German grip, that I have been utilizing lately more than other ways of holding a stick. It seems that the pronation of the thumb aggravated some muscles and nerves in the brachioradialis area. And weightlifting did not help. I hope that some mature people might be interested in Stanton's and Keith's playing and willing to share things that we all experience,,,,

@@theicnot I had elbow pain when I was weightlifting. I stopped and a month later the pain was gone and never returned. I suspect it was from lifting to much weight. If you are relaxed with the German grip it shouldn't cause you any pain. I've noticed a lot of drummers who play backbeats all the time slam the stick down from the elbow. Watch yourself play, in the mirror, and notice your motion.

@@farshimelt Thanks for the input.

@@theicnot You're welcome, I hope it helps.