The crowd was great. I hate when an artist is trying to play really quiet and build and jackasses are whistling and screaming. Ruins the shit. Not here.👍
Nate's a fav too! So hard to pick a fav fav though - Marcus Gilmore is amazing and i just learned about Makaya McCraven, younger but man. drummers are the heart of any band. I love it when drummers are so creative the band takes the bench for a minute haha
Although I've had a couple of Mackaya's tracks on my playlists, I really only discovered who he is a couple of weeks ago. His newest release is out of this world phenomenal! That being said, Nate is my drum hero. I have a hard time seeing anyone usurp that place in my mind and heart, although I can absolutely love and appreciate the genius of other drummers and composers too. =)
Never seen this guy before. I think what I like is the simplicity in using the rim. A 'modern' drum solo would be similar hits but just moved around and it makes it harder to distinguish the accents and patterns, but you can every hit it so clearly on the rim. He could do all that and disperse it through other toms and cymbals, but it wouldn't make it any more or less difficult. This man has awesome stick control and I enjoyed listening:)
Wow!! Had me on the edge of my seat the whole time!! The Italians have a saying but I'll translate, to do a lot with a little!! There was a whole lot of sound. There was a whole lot of creativity. There was a whole lot of feel and emotional content in everything that he played. So with a hi-hat snare drum bass drum and maybe some percussion instrumentation I must say it is one of the most enjoyable musical moments that I have seen. Miracles and blessings to you always!! Keep your chops up my brother 🙏❤️🥁
This is why I have a "nate smith" Playlist separate from my "drumming" Playlist lol. Nate is my favorite drummer, he's like a wizard on the drums it's so amazing how he stretches and messes around w/time signatures and grooves that almost sound impossible sometimes, and while always staying perfectly in the pocket. His drumming is supernatural almost
My friend and mentor! Nate has played on some tracks for me back in the day and we also played keys together for D Folks!!! He also wrote horn lines for Tha Zone for Freak D back in 97! RVA!!!!!!
Some delusional drummers in these comments. To whichever drummer wrote "give me some time" and you could learn all the licks: How much time you need just to cop the combinations in between the 3:00 and 4:00 mark? I'll spot ya five years. As for Neil, I bet he'd be the first to tell you Nate's finesse is on a whole different level.
He’s a monster. Totally cool. I dig the three piece set up and he says a lot with it. Obviously a major player. And I like the band as a whole, but I have to say you only need to hear about two of their songs to get their entire thing. To me it sounds like everything they do is just the same song. There’s very little variation.
Thanks for all your comments guys! I hope you learned something from this mastermind of a drummer🔥 I have some other video’s of him as well, make sure to head over to my channel and check them out!
It was ok now a drum solo to me I mean he’s a bad ass groover but you want a drum solo a working put together drum solo listen to Buddy Rich or Neil pearts drum solos You will never see solos like that again
@@jackytoppie5561 well, yeah. I´m a drummer and I couldnt see much in that tbh, give me some time and I can definitely play the whole thing I like to watch crazy drumming, which I watch in disgrace and say to myself: "I could never perform this"
@@Ricardo-ki1qq You cant be a very good drummer if you cant recognise that you'll never be able to actually play anything that nate plays. Theres a big difference between hitting the right drums/cymbals on the right notes, and hitting the groove correctly.
The landscape of textures this man gets out of a 3 piece kit is just wild. Total mastery.
Spot on Lindsay. So well said
Well said indeed
two piece! Have a nice new year.
2 piece. Only drums count. And this is a brilliant solo by a master drummer.
It's not fair
If there's ever existed a perfect example of how 'less is more', this is 100% it.
Aside from my girlfriend’s chest, yes.
I couldn't have said it better myself. 👍
@@jumpinjojo
just like ur ex probly ain't over thrilled with ur lesses either
This isnt really "less is more", this is "more with less"
His groove is so hot it has its own fan.
Haha yep
What a respectful crowd... simply amazing performance. Triple cross stick strokes are insanely difficult. Smooth like butter.
The crowd was awesome! Not suprised though...
The crowd was great. I hate when an artist is trying to play really quiet and build and jackasses are whistling and screaming. Ruins the shit. Not here.👍
Can't help but move everything with grooves like this
Oooops reminded me of Ralph McDonald and Steve Gadd back in the the day .
No doubt this is super cool and creative ....beautiful too !!
He really got Several sounds from just the rims and sticks….so it to me sounded like a full range solo…..a true musician percussionist!
I think James Brown would have totally loved this.
Another nate smith played in browns band i believe.
Absolutely cannot wait til Nate and The Flyers come west
This guy has it figured out......great stuff.
If musicality could flow out of veins, this is what it’d sound like
Proof that if your Good, you don't need a 30 drum, 10 cymbal set up kit. 👌🏻
My favorite drummer. And as an aside, whenever you think that life is hard, just remember that you're not Joe's neck.
Nate's a fav too! So hard to pick a fav fav though - Marcus Gilmore is amazing and i just learned about Makaya McCraven, younger but man. drummers are the heart of any band. I love it when drummers are so creative the band takes the bench for a minute haha
Although I've had a couple of Mackaya's tracks on my playlists, I really only discovered who he is a couple of weeks ago. His newest release is out of this world phenomenal!
That being said, Nate is my drum hero. I have a hard time seeing anyone usurp that place in my mind and heart, although I can absolutely love and appreciate the genius of other drummers and composers too. =)
it takes a strong neck to handle that amount of f u n k & g r o o v e
harder than steel
The power of the groove.
Two drums,and whole lotta rythym,and Nate don't need much,yet a showstopper!✊️😎😊🔥🔥🔥🔥
Intense!! It’s interesting what emotion he gets with his simple drummer’s voice. I like it!!!!
“I play a 3 piece kit”
“Oh, what size Toms?”
…
Nate needs the smalles of equipment to make the greatest of sounds
It's actually a 2 piece kit, you only count the shells
Bloody hell, that is savage
Never seen this guy before. I think what I like is the simplicity in using the rim. A 'modern' drum solo would be similar hits but just moved around and it makes it harder to distinguish the accents and patterns, but you can every hit it so clearly on the rim. He could do all that and disperse it through other toms and cymbals, but it wouldn't make it any more or less difficult. This man has awesome stick control and I enjoyed listening:)
The transition at 0:53 is what scares me the most. He can make up such awesome grooves on the spot with the rim
@@jackytoppie5561that’s not even the rim of the snare, he’s hitting the shell of the kick drum!
Nate Smith: hold my stick
Nate Smith: can do
xD
The Buddy Rich of the 21 century
That is insane!!! Both of my arms almost fell off my body from fatigue just watching this guy.
My Gosh. This is a lesson of lessons fantastikia.
Wow!! Had me on the edge of my seat the whole time!! The Italians have a saying but I'll translate, to do a lot with a little!! There was a whole lot of sound. There was a whole lot of creativity. There was a whole lot of feel and emotional content in everything that he played. So with a hi-hat snare drum bass drum and maybe some percussion instrumentation I must say it is one of the most enjoyable musical moments that I have seen. Miracles and blessings to you always!! Keep your chops up my brother 🙏❤️🥁
......he now does the impossible with nothing. So Impressive.
I enjoyed this. I usually get bored during drum solos but this was good.
It definitely wasn’t boring 😂
Wow. Solo of the year for me. Unreal.
Nate really suprises me everytime
agreed, I haven't seen better! Louis Cole and Nate Wood were throwing serious shapes this year too
To keep it that interesting on two heads and a hat !👍
Love Uncle Nate!!!
This is why I have a "nate smith" Playlist separate from my "drumming" Playlist lol. Nate is my favorite drummer, he's like a wizard on the drums it's so amazing how he stretches and messes around w/time signatures and grooves that almost sound impossible sometimes, and while always staying perfectly in the pocket. His drumming is supernatural almost
Outstanding all this with a minimalistic kit 👊🏾🙏🏾🔥🔥🖤
I like this set.
Amazing!!
When you realise he doesn't even hit the hi-hat until 4 mins
And he still makes it sound better than most of us do with sticks
So good !!!
Thank you for sharing. Happy Drumming!
Freakin’ AWESOME mr. drummer man! 👍🏽
Ninja warrior at work.🔥
Only 5 comments!!?? He’s got feel like few others. This is so awesome!!I
My friend and mentor! Nate has played on some tracks for me back in the day and we also played keys together for D Folks!!! He also wrote horn lines for Tha Zone for Freak D back in 97! RVA!!!!!!
Jealous!!!
@@jackytoppie5561 I swear you have to hear this guy on keys!!!! A true Fender Rhodes player!!!!!!!!!!!
@@djcoolcliff on my way
Amazing, doing so much with so little ….I love it!!!!!!
Seems like he puts music(ality) first, and that's what makes it sound so good
It’s unfair how he makes a small kit sound this big
Musicality is almost always more important. Only if proficiency is the distinct thing on display is it the other way around, in my opinion.
That exactly right. Musicality first
"will blow your mind"...
Yeah, that's fair.. thats about right
That was dope!!! Rock on brother! 🤘
was awesome!
Love the urban/latin feel to this... unique and interesting
Very cool
Man’s in there!
Damn! You caught a great show! Tho I doubt FF ever put on a bad one. That was a dire segment! Thanks! 💪💪🔥🔥
I'm very gratefull!
Mind not blown 😢
Underrated is the way to go…😱
This is phenomenal
I was in a situation like this. Only kick, snare and hat and was called to solo. Pulled every lick out the hat. Well done.
Got video?
Yessssss ! 🔥👌
One word.... Phenomenal
Thank you for the video looking forward to seeing many more
Some delusional drummers in these comments. To whichever drummer wrote "give me some time" and you could learn all the licks: How much time you need just to cop the combinations in between the 3:00 and 4:00 mark? I'll spot ya five years. As for Neil, I bet he'd be the first to tell you Nate's finesse is on a whole different level.
Unreal!
You should've been there...
Them grooves are thicc.
playing this @ x1.25 speed pretty sweet
Dope.
yes indeed!
HOLY S%^$!!! My God man!
My NYR for 2023 - Watch more Nate Smith videos.
It’s worth it
I’m blown away. How? I mean I know, practice,,, but… how?
Life altering
Nice
Doing the job well.
He masters his job
Imagine what he could do with a two, or even ONE piece kit!!!!! 🤯
Uff 👌
He’s a monster. Totally cool. I dig the three piece set up and he says a lot with it. Obviously a major player. And I like the band as a whole, but I have to say you only need to hear about two of their songs to get their entire thing. To me it sounds like everything they do is just the same song. There’s very little variation.
Dat was funkier than Sasquatch booty in late July...
If you were just listening, you wouldn't immediately think he is playing a 4 piece.
Yup, its a 2 piece
The guy on the bass is getting down
That’s what he’s famous for! Joe dart is something else
Holy moly. I’d love to see him and Benny greb Jan out together
That would be awesome!
I am certain this drummer Never even bothers with wallets on snare drums or jingles on Hi hats
Dang he gets a lot of grease in that funk
Very greasy
Who said you need cymbals??? MY GOD!!!!
Variationenreich
Anyone know what the tune at the end is?
Song?
That bassist too
Joe dart is insane
He plays it on a stand???
What's the name of this band?
This guy would sound so much better with more drums but then he wouldn't stand out.
I mistake him for Nate Wood
Lovely wow you make Buddy Rich look like A beginner
Eh. More impressed he figured out how to take a smaller Uber to a gig.
What does he put on his snare at 3:09? I want it
I think it’s something from big fat snaredrum (BFS). He likes to use those.
Wait i've seen those jumpsuit guys on guitar before === nate was just guesting w them?
must've been a guest
Fearless Flyers; not a guest, he's part of the band
Not just guesting. It's The Fearless Flyers
@@illia_simenko hello?
Nate is part of the band, I'd think it's a bit uncomfortable to be drumming in a jumpsuit
Is this a trap music drum solo
Thanks for all your comments guys! I hope you learned something from this mastermind of a drummer🔥
I have some other video’s of him as well, make sure to head over to my channel and check them out!
Way way better than looting. 👏 👏 👏 👏. This is how it's done.
Peart of rush needed 20 different drums to make the same sound.
BBad ass!!
So what does he sound like on a full 9 piece set with cymbals? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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I was good,but not that damn good,sounded like 2 drummers,Amazing😂
Less is more
The first time three guitars added nothin’
He's cool. No mind blown. 😐
You people haven't seen Buddy Rich and/or Max Roach
COPYING THAT "STEVE JORDAN" STYLE
It was ok now a drum solo to me I mean he’s a bad ass groover but you want a drum solo a working put together drum solo listen to Buddy Rich or Neil pearts drum solos You will never see solos like that again
a "just ok" drum solo, sorry
Own preference, ofcourse!
@@jackytoppie5561 well, yeah.
I´m a drummer and I couldnt see much in that tbh, give me some time and I can definitely play the whole thing
I like to watch crazy drumming, which I watch in disgrace and say to myself: "I could never perform this"
@@jackytoppie5561 something like this, or other stuff from them, and many other drummers like Chris Coleman
ruclips.net/video/zrcFQKyBkFI/видео.html
@@Ricardo-ki1qq You cant be a very good drummer if you cant recognise that you'll never be able to actually play anything that nate plays. Theres a big difference between hitting the right drums/cymbals on the right notes, and hitting the groove correctly.
@@callanc3925 Just saying this solo is overrated. Not saying a thing about the drummer.