VULFPECK /// Hero Town (feat. Michael Bland) 

All the good funk drummers play small kits...Smith, Daru, Deitch, Quest, Evans.

@@ToluRobertson Nate Smith's new Fearless Flyer's kit would like to have a word with you!

@@gustafsone looool - i love Nate's new kit. i think it doesnt seem so overblown because he hardly uses any cymbals and takes stuff away when hes not using it

@@gustafsone dude is a god and doesn't over play it the way some people do. But then it helps that in his earlier fliers stuff he only had 3 pieces of equipment total.

Best comment ever!!

snare so low they didn't bother pointing the top mic at the drum

I freaking love it

Only after like 10 listens do I notice that he's using the "wrong" end of the left stick, which presumably gives a deeper sound, too. And snapping his fingers before every beat. Badass.

@@fedtsten that helps give in fact a bigger and fatter punch to the sound. Cons are that the drum head tends to wear a tad faster and the stick feels heavier and a bit less responsive, because sticks are balanced to be held by the bottom while he's holding it backwards

Hello

Dude, I love your videos. Makes it even better that you like the vulfpeck!

Grady! I should be finishing up my Environmental Engineering Lab about coagulation and softening right now instead of listening to vulfpeck. Thanks for the reminder!

practical engineering on a vulpeck video?????????

Man, worlds are colliding!

Wasn’t expecting grady to be here lol

Exactly! That's so true. That always happens to me when I'm in the groove and people think I'm mad at something. :P

aka. 'the stink face'

Rightly so. That groove was disgusting. The changes were disgusting. The drum break? Fucking disgusting. Uggh. So good.

That’s the funk you smell

How come I see a lot of smiling?

How is this low volume?

THIS IS ALL I KNOW

Only issue is: there's no food. Nobody is playing pancakes, talking about beans, or making a salad.

watch "cory wong". then you'll understand

Steve

yo imagine Vulf doing a Sinnoh Album with you would be dope to have funky minimalist sinnoh 8Bit style music or something

dude you with vulfpeck would be so good

Yoooo Carlos

lol that needs to be in Webster's

like if vulf x insaneintherain would be awesome

Starts at 2:05

I still can't wrap my head around how he turns the beat practically inside-out and then fixes it again.

i dont know what he did there but it is quit breathtaking

Damn so groovy

@@ischmidt Man he just has the feeling in his body you know.

Already been done, look up ''Robbie Rotten - Villain Number One''. It's so funky and low volume!

that's one good indi banger

Feat. MF DOOM

Or the No-good Neighbourhood

kindoflinc It'll be the same song just in melodic minor

As far as I know, it's really just a reference to something Jack Stratton says at the end of the song "Cory Wong" on the album Beautiful Game when he's talking about and complimenting the Bunker's jam in Minneapolis weekly performances with Cory Wong, Michael Bland, and Sonny T. One could argue that the musicians in this video must be playing at low volume in order to all be in the same room without bleeding into each other's mics too much, and to be able to hear each other clearly. I think the general idea is this music is "musical" and balanced with "low volume" subtleties; it's not in your face with a loud synth or vocal lead, etc.. At least that's my idea. I could be totally wrong. Maybe somebody else in the comments can help explain it better. The best person to ask would be Jack Stratton.

You forgot the neck.

Also Fender Bass

A year late but you forgot about Cory still in that 4th position.

@@bgpiper I also believe Jack has stated (maybe in the last 2 years) that he mixes their records at a low volume -- "if it sounds good with the volume low it'll sound really good when you turn it up"

Yup, this is so 1978 (in a good way). Reminds me of Bob James.

@Griffin Shaw Now all we need is: - start of commercial break: start of Bland's solo - end of commercial break: end of Bland's solo - after-show credits: the part of the song after Bland's solo

RIGHT!? You know it's something when out loud you say "UUGGHH"

@@MartinBellamyMBDrums never played them in my life can you explain why it’s so good?

@@ogkok1869 because it's so simple yet so so powerful. he owned that couple of bars like it's his pet

Been playing for almost 14 years, can confirm. Disgustingly funky

@@ogkok1869 many drummers follow this progression: Start out wanting to sound like favorite drummers; admire technical prowess; obtain technical prowess; realize that technical prowess is nice but it doesn’t always convey emotion well; realize simple pocket playing has immense potential to convey emotion; proceed to play with more appreciation for pocket; Die that way

Yeah Jack said in an interview ages ago that he thought they'd be sampled by now. Now there'll be no question about it! Totally going to chop this out of the WAV when it's released. He'll probably even do a multitrack release

Topped off with that entrance by Dosik 👌

You would think I'm lying but I laughed so hard 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣...

It’s even more crazy when you count it out yourself in 4/4 on your fingers

It actually doesn't work in a sense. He sneaks in an extra beat.

@@StefanReich there's no extra beat. You can count along in 4/4 the whole way through

@@StefanReich there is no extra beat.

Displacement

vulf is back baby

Yeah... there it is... again...

Deep pockets.

I mean you could fit a family of eight in a station wagon in that pocket

He's recorded a lot of music.

Best reply ever! Sorry I am late to the party. This display of grooving was just plain sick!

didn't know i'd see you here but here i am

Couldn't agree more. I'm a Bassist and I know one thing for certain. I'm only as good as the drummer I'm playing with. So what ever you do, make sure your drummer is on point. Prince new what was up with the drummer. Mr Blackwell wasn't bad either. O(+>

The guy really has so much in his toolkit. If you have all the NPG Prince albums you know exactly what I mean. Love his drumming.

Can’t stop Listening to this, can’t explain how amazing it is

Now I feel bad for being a crappy drummer to my bass-playing friend and making him sound like a bad bass player

Hi! Just wanted to acknowledge you, as a fellow listener coming back after all these years.

Got your priorities straight boi

Only reaction possible !

*I even make a drift and a U-Turn...*

Responsible driving=responsible groovin'.

Yeah thumbs up for low volume

It gets funkier still I, II, III

You mean low frequency?

No, low volume is the best

ejlatsak netxis watch the video to Cory Wong

If he wasn't in 4th position, would he really be Cory Wong?

he'd be Cory WRONG

can someone explain what 4th position means?

4th position means which pickups he uses on his guitar

The 4th Position is an out of phase combination of the Fender Stratocaster's middle and neck pickups. It's a unique sounding voicing of the instrument.

Henry Godfrey Yeh and that kick!

Like the theme tune to a cartoon character maybe 🙏🏼🤙🏼

It reminds me of Three Dog Night's "Hard Labor" album.

Kennet i literally was scrolling through the comments to find a P. mention. 💜

Literary just watched some prince vids before this...

He played in The Gold Experience. His famous Shhh intro

Honestly, though, Prince wasted MB's can-do ;(

@@Smo1k Michael would disagree.

M I N I M A L I S T F U N K

Good catch

it has them - "vulf was born" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DDn7CzWHDvI.html

with the album literally right around the corner i'd be a bit surprised, unless it's been in the can already, but with allegra rosenberg saying it already has lyrics, methinks they opted out on the lyrics tip for thissen? I hope I'm wrong tho

Allegra Rosenberg interesting. I haven't seen that

Thomas There's a great moment in one of his own songs where he interrupts the song in glee at nailing his solo.

It's after his solo in "Starks & Ewing" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S2hE0Hq_j9A.htmlm45s

bro was machst du hier? hahaha

together with ALF

Does sound like little people a bit doesn't it

they're both real good shirts

4 bars of honest to God groove, a bar and a half on the 'ands' , some magic borrowed from Gandalf for another bar and a half and bar 8 is just mama's best-organic-beef-stew-for-a-fill starting on beat 1 and ending on your smiling face...

Dervish Capkiner pretty sure that's the best comment I've ever read. Also: very accurate.

Jacob Foster you're too kind dude 🤘

I have read literally thousands of comments on RU-vid, Reddit, etc, this is without doubt the greatest comment ever posted on any subject. Thank you sir for restoring my faith in the goodness of mankind. :)

It's played by a master

Would you say you're satisfied with the performance?

"that ugly melon of yours"

Yeah, it's close to the sky mall I believe

Yes its close...you get there on the road 1612.

It's within walking distance. Just about ten minutes if you're a speedwalker.

Each town has their own conscious Club

This is beautiful game

Never gets old

man I almost shat myself with that joke

Frank22 Where's his trademark sideways ride tho?

Joshua LaMere he doesn’t use it this song anyway so all good 👌🏻😂

Yeah how did this guy get famous, you could make more exciting beats on a keyboard lol

Greyson Grill drumming w/ the Artist Formerly Known As Prince as well as being a local treasure for 30+ yrs.

Greyson Grill Feel

you can just buy those online they arent custom

No I specifically want the one he's wearing.

Plus, Dosik too

The sweet LTD Vulfpack sweatahort

i want Bland's

Man, it began as I read your comment.

Mark Slater ME TOO

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Well Damned me either damn

Well Damned hahahaha I clicked this before the picture even loaded

i get the point.....!!

Don't forget drum triggers, they're not evil. They can make a recording go from tight to jaw dropping. Even a small sub osc on the snare trigger is enough to make some of the most insane drum tracks.

thankssss

Are u sure there aren't some sevens in there?

I_Like_It_Here I think the E minor is actually a g/e chord so it's voiced more like an emin7

Tristin Solorzano what's funny is when I was figuring it out by ear I played it as an E minor seven. Music's so cool...

What about (A -) G - Em7 - F (3x) D7 - F - C - F - F#7 - G D7 - F - C ? BTW awesome break in 2:07

The core band will always be the four rhythm section, then there's the extended family such as Cory, Joey, and Antwaun, the frequent collaborators like Nate Smith, and then guests like Michael Bland and Richie Rodriguez. (Though with those guys I think the band feels like the guests)

Aidan Xavier Usually the guests are different than the collaborators, because they only have appearances on certain songs once or twice. (Blake Mills, Pegasus Warning, Louis Cole, etc.)