Performance Spotlight: Robert 'Sput' Searight 

yeah his cymbal is like not even facing him. & where there is suppose to be a floor tom he has a snare

Believe me, it’s harder play it the same way.

@@enriquesosaoficial Most won't really understand this

@@Stickycub true

The 80/20 Drummer lmaooo hilarious

It's because my man sput is soooooo cold! Lol

dude I love your lessons!

I think the scarf is dope haha!

+John Mark Well, I just think there's no such thing as the "greatest drummer in the world..." My current 'top 5' list (changes ).... Jo Jo Mayer, Gerald Heyward, Adam Deitch, Sput, Chris Coleman... but soo many others as well... Fun stuff...

Sput is amazing and most definitely one of the best current drummers, but there are so many others that are just as good. I don't even know if I could even pick a "best" drummer right now. I could name someone, then if asked the same question again a few hours later, it would probably give a different answer. A good example of this is if you look at Snarky Puppy alone. You have Sput at the helm for many of the records and tours, and he is phenomenal. Then you have Larnell Lewis on a couple of the other records and tours and he, too, is a phenomenal drummer. I'd have to say that whichever one I happen to be listening to at the time would be my favorite. They are on equal footing, in my opinion. Of course, then there is everyone else out there, some of which are just as good as Sput and Larnell. It's a good time for music. It's out there, you just have to find it. In the last 2 years alone, I've discovered more new music and musicians that I love than in the last 30 years of my life, and my record collection isn't small, either!

Another new, great young drummer... from Japan, Senri Yawaguchi.... AND.... Mat Garatska...

Thats a respectable list of drummers. Especially JoJo.

Yes, the way my life has played out... :)

@Caleb It's 4/4 and 7/4 lmao

4/4 bro. iknow its fucked up X)

LOL 🤣🤣

I think sput wrote it himself for SP

What?! How is that possible?! If that's true is he on the level as the other keyboardist in SP like Corey Henry?

Jack Fogarty it's a stack, probably of a Classics Custom Trash Splash and a Byzance Dark Splasj

Jack Fogarty it's a stack, probably of a Classics Custom Trash Splash and a Byzance Dark Splasj

Download the app 'music download idoyou' search for the track on there. It's free.

Tama probably

gretsch drums, this was before he was endorsed by Tama

Trace Chiappe they look like Byzance traditional 16" hats. I'm not too sure but I know sput is a fan of larger hats for sure

1st part is 1 bar of 7 and 1 bar of 9, bridge is 4 bars of 7 and 1 bar of 6

Thank you Robert Searight. Thank you for using the God given talent! What a great blessing to have you in music industry. Greetings from Mexico brother.

+moolaboola1 14 x 5 looks like

+Josh Woodley what kind of kit is it?

toon putteman I'm pretty sure it's a Gretsch USA Custom kit. Could be a Gretsch Brooklyn series. Definitely a high end Gretsch kit though!

Josh Woodley thank you

toon putteman Yeah man. Gretsch are one of the best.

Hey! Respect the scarf. ;)

+AlCampopiano Sput was into the French vibe...

why not both?

***** PORQUE NO LOS DOS

Teach them to play ambidextrously. Open handed always. Left and on hi hat, right on the ride on the right side. Make it so they never have to cross their arms. It makes the body naturally more relaxed being open handed always. Mike Johnston said the same that that is the way to go if your serious and just starting out. It's gonna be a lil harder for a while but the pay off will be well worth it if they're patient.

Suaaaaave!!!

+The 80/20 Drummer Mike Johnston tam tam festival ?

cool thing is he doesn't play left handed..

Open handed is actually a more relaxed less stressed way to play if anything as opposed to crossing over. Crossing over also puts tension on your right shoulder. But hey drums are hard enough so if u dont have time to learn your syncopated cascara patterns and what not with your left hand it's understandable.

That's also because he's locked up tight as fuck

drewper73 that makes a lot of sense. Perfectly stated.

bamaking95 Thank you. bamaking95... hmm... Does that mean you're a Crimson Tide fan? I hope so. Big game tomorrow...Alabama vs. Auburn.

drewper73 Yes sir!!!! Biggest game of the year, every year!! Roll Tide!!!

I believe it's 7/8 time... snarky puppy plays a lot of songs in 7/8.... this is one of those songs

I was right there with him the entire song. I think it is 7/8 with a 3/4 to break it up then repeat. However, I did have a small problem figuring out how he counted off at minute 1:46. I couldn't figure out how he came back in. Otherwise I was all over it.

What a jackass comment

AquaAnim seconded.

It is all subjective really... i am more of a fan of larnell lewis' driving groove, and i feel he has more energy when he played with SP, but i think Sput has much better chemistry with the group and just cant be replaced in SP. So in different scenarios it is difficult to say one is better then the other.

***** well said.

Sput composed this track. Could Larnell do the same?