Tame Impala's Kevin Parker Breaks Down His Favorite Drum Sounds | Under the Influences

Tame Impala's Kevin Parker Breaks Down His Favorite Drum Sounds | Under the Influences | Pitchfork

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Tame Impala's Kevin Parker sits down with Pitchfork to talk about some of his favorite drum sounds. From John Bonham's thunderous claps on Led Zeppelin's "Good Times Bad Times," to Portishead's "Holy Grail" drum feel, Kevin explains what makes these drums so influential to his own sound.
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Tame Impala's Kevin Parker Breaks Down His Favorite Drum Sounds | Under the Influences | Pitchfork

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@Not_Mii_Uus 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, no way, my favorite member of Tame Impala!

@LilyKeene 3 жыл бұрын

lmaoooo

@duncangagnon8907 3 жыл бұрын

I wish Paula could've showed up. Oh well were lucky we even got Tim

@odvop 3 жыл бұрын

LMAOOOO

@eliothebeast 3 жыл бұрын

@@theblackupgrade It's a joke, I think they know

@bertjamsolina2663 3 жыл бұрын

Nahh, I loved the former Kevin on drums, but this is also okay.

@hmbutuub 3 жыл бұрын

Okay now I want him to talk about synths

@henrycurtis3652 3 жыл бұрын

big same

@gamehouse8427 3 жыл бұрын

😁😁

@zillmopig 3 жыл бұрын

Or guitars

@dariofromthefuture3075 2 жыл бұрын

BIG SAME

@WiloPolis03 2 жыл бұрын

That would be too powerful

@electraheart7745 3 жыл бұрын

He would be the coolest music teacher

@clairex4132 3 жыл бұрын

thought the same thing

@udkc 3 жыл бұрын

Your so right! Actually, every music artist reaching the pillars of success should be "forced" to do at least a bit of teaching throughout their life. Maybe where they grew up. Just as a way of giving back to the community, since we all have been throwing our millions at them

@mcblahflooper94 3 жыл бұрын

@@udkc if you want to skip ahead of waiting for that to happen you can just analyze his songs yourself and learn a lot. Maybe not all his production secrets and private flairs but that's not going to teach you the mindset to do that stuff yourself anyways, or why his music is so good in the first place

@jdjdjdjjc6535 2 жыл бұрын

Currents probably generates the same income on Spotify in one year than a teacher does in 20

@Akai111 2 жыл бұрын

Did you just assume his gender??? 🤣

@-Kal- 2 жыл бұрын

I hope Tame Impala never kicks him out of the band. He’s responsible for some of my favorite Tame Impala sounds.

@julianoliver3006 2 жыл бұрын

guys guys i think this guy doesn’t know it’s just one guy 🤯

@RADZIO895 Жыл бұрын

@@julianoliver3006 ummm clearly you haven't seen the music video for "Why Won’t They Talk To Me", there's at least 6 of them

@ProdAdape Жыл бұрын

@@RADZIO895 for live play.

@RADZIO895 Жыл бұрын

@@ProdAdape they were in the official music video tho

@ProdAdape Жыл бұрын

@@RADZIO895 strange joke.

@Nova_Ethos 3 жыл бұрын

Kevin's passion and appreciation of music is so evident here. He's explaining each song as a student and not a teacher. Really refreshing

@TheShatteredlamp12 3 жыл бұрын

The best teachers are perennial students

@aidenwoulffe3704 3 жыл бұрын

I believe i agree with you, but I don't think I really know what you mean by "talking like a teacher" vs "talking like a student". Is informative speech not just informative speech?

@Caaaaspeeer 3 жыл бұрын

@@aidenwoulffe3704 I think it's the fact he doesn't act like he knows it all inside and out like many teachers do. He's spreading his knowledge but also explaining what he doesn't understand and showing that he's still always learning himself

@hazrel 3 жыл бұрын

If Kevin Parker in the 3 Idiots movie, he is the Amir Khan.

@vicentedevidts7647 3 жыл бұрын

Didn’t even notice the double kick on “Good Times Bad Times” till he pointed it out, great explanations

@davebruck7395 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly I don't recall watching an interview with him where he sounds so into it, it's almost weird. Now I just want him to talk about producing, pedals, mixing etc. instead of all the redundant questions

@gomezbr1 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. He looked/sounded excited throughout this interview. All the other ones he seemed bored

@Caaaaspeeer 3 жыл бұрын

@@gomezbr1 I think it's cause he actually gets to talk about the technique of the music here rather then having to talk on a more surface level to cater to a larger audience like BBC or somethin'

@slash196 3 жыл бұрын

Because the music and the production is all he spends his time thinking about, so tapping into that is tapping into who he is. Asking about anything else, you might as well be asking what he had for lunch.

@TheMrsuperjosh 3 жыл бұрын

Listen to his rick rubin interview

@stuartholden6163 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know man...I think more questions about his upbringing and how he got into music would be great 😈

@donaldpriola1807 3 жыл бұрын

The drums in Mind Mischief are so eccentric. Love that one--mostly just a fill repeated over and over.

@meliskolat 3 жыл бұрын

same, one of his best songs

@lmkelly12345 2 жыл бұрын

and a complicated fill at that!

@taylordunn6362 2 жыл бұрын

id say that song has some of the best drum fills ever.

@TKbeatwerk 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of rolls also

@parkerfiskar3589 2 жыл бұрын

When I hear Mind Mischief I hear a passionate emulation of Lennon-McCartney 1967.

@jamesthomson9525 3 жыл бұрын

You can tell Kevin is a great drummer by how he can imitate bonhams quick bass drum double kick hits with his mouth 3:15

@robberonbrent 3 жыл бұрын

This is an underrated comment

@sailingshadowfax7518 3 жыл бұрын

My old drum teacher, Jeffrey Nearpass RIP, told me "If you can sing it, you can play it."

@travissekutt 3 жыл бұрын

I do that all the time now cool thing

@scrimpy403 3 жыл бұрын

How funny. I thought the same thing!

@evanderholiday2535 2 жыл бұрын

I literally watch this video for that part

@CameronMayfield719 3 жыл бұрын

I’m surprised he didn’t play a new version of Borderline

@luiscedeno7856 3 жыл бұрын

the drums are so good in that

@bipbong2906 3 жыл бұрын

lmao

@brylerivera402 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@pedroavellaneda2778 3 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA

@coopcoop8 3 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHA

@funky__monk5927 3 жыл бұрын

I can literally listen to this guy talk about music all day.

@E-Bizzy 3 жыл бұрын

for real

@SugarW1thC0ffee 3 жыл бұрын

He truly has the passion for it.

@jonisaac7287 3 жыл бұрын

Same here

@rilesvegastoro5773 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly

@matthewball9851 3 жыл бұрын

Check out his Ruck Rubin interview!

@alexl9037 3 жыл бұрын

“Boom bada-bah tss baduh tss baduh tss baduh bah boom boom.” That’s my fav part of Good Times Bad Times too.

@jjmckenna 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the most informative, illuminating and interesting interviews of a musician that I’ve ever listened to.

@CS-sf1rz 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah Illuminati I mean illuminated

@jjmckenna 3 жыл бұрын

@@Mfiore588 Yes, son, I meant to tell you, through a comment on KZfaq. How’s it going?

@fielflameno5831 3 жыл бұрын

Check out thundercat’s interview, you might appreciate it too!

@jjmckenna 3 жыл бұрын

@@fielflameno5831 Thanks for the tip, Fiel! I will most definitely look for it. Cheers!

@TheStudioDrummer 3 жыл бұрын

You can tell he has spent alot of time listening, analyzing, thinking about, recording, reading, etc. these tracks. It's the only way to gain this depth of knowledge.

@danielboulton922 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Kevin this animated before

@drinkmoreagua8984 3 жыл бұрын

Director: Kevin act like you actually care Kevin: 😴😐 Director: 🤔😡🔫 Kevin: 😁

@Obgavin10 3 жыл бұрын

well i wouldn't be surprised if he's a little high here... lol

@iggystardust9236 3 жыл бұрын

Nah he just loves music haha Or maybe he is high as ballz.

@knivesout33 3 жыл бұрын

It's what happens when you don't have to worry about bills or boring jobs anymore.

@RJohnODonnell 3 жыл бұрын

He's like a brand new person here.

@DanteLikesRock 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody: Kevin Parker: **Shazams his own song**

@shapeovertime6364 3 жыл бұрын

He’s just built different

@flashdog3000 3 жыл бұрын

@@shapeovertime6364 different breeeeeed

@clanculariusmortem5687 3 жыл бұрын

ShapeOverTime hi

@shapeovertime6364 3 жыл бұрын

@@clanculariusmortem5687 Hey There

@kalebevans2846 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure he was just playing his song on his phone. The song was edited over in the video

@kreepe634 3 жыл бұрын

"Drumming is the most fun when u dont know what your doing" I'm gonna have a blast

@bipbong2906 3 жыл бұрын

protect ears

@kab9706 3 ай бұрын

It's true, you have no limits when you're not following any rules! Of course, it takes years of practice to get "good" though. With any instrument.

@cesare.ambrizaguilar1842 3 жыл бұрын

This needs to be turned into a series, please. It’s so enlightening. I could hear him talk about freaking harmonicas for days.

@ephraimhill1109 3 жыл бұрын

$10,000 reference speakers behind him....but listening to his iphone.

@zapata9617 3 жыл бұрын

lol he also says "it's like breakbeat before there were break beats" love kevin but bro have you ever heard of james brown

@freelance_commie 3 жыл бұрын

@@zapata9617 he’s referring to the repetitive nature of the music sounding electronic. Not just extracting the drum beat and looping/sampling it. If you hear a James Brown track you can hear how it’s sampled and used but it doesn’t sound like a breakbeat. It’s a funk song. The silver apples track sounds like it could be a contemporary electronic song. I don’t think he was trying to claim they were the first drums to play like that but rather so consistent and repetitive. And he’s completely right it’s a quality of the song.

@zapata9617 3 жыл бұрын

@@freelance_commie Thanks, the reason I thought he was referring to breakbeats is because the drum track does sound like it could be a sampled breakbeat. The breakbeat is a drum break in a funk song. Because it is isolated they ended up being sampled a lot. The beat he is showing does sound like it could be a breakbeat that was sampled so that's where all the confusion is, because it seems like he is saying it was pre-breakbeats

@zapata9617 3 жыл бұрын

@francis bk $10* speakers LOL Parts for the iphone x are $370 and probably 90% of that is the battery and LCD

@inkusaido 3 жыл бұрын

@@zapata9617 You don't think speaker manufacters make profit over part cost? That's what manufacturing is about

@NowyouknowMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Best thing to come out of the Covid era is Kev doing more interviews about him as a drummer. It’s always been my favorite part about ol’ Tame Empanada.

@drewcobarrubias2093 3 жыл бұрын

I love an Empanada when it's Tame

@malvo.n9 3 жыл бұрын

I love empanadas but not de pino, only napolitana

@injeolmi6 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, man, I love empanadas.

@CJbrinkman602 3 жыл бұрын

Kevin is killing it during Quarantine

@cosmefulanito2001 3 жыл бұрын

Aguanten las empanadas

@lh1125 2 жыл бұрын

I saw Tame Impala play last night in Brooklyn, Kevin and his crew were AMAZING, the visuals in the show were insane

@MixMasterSplinter 2 жыл бұрын

i was theyre too it was magical!

@lh1125 2 жыл бұрын

Oh nice!! You’re right, it WAS🤩

@MixMasterSplinter 2 жыл бұрын

@@lh1125 hes literally just amazing i really think he deserves a superbowl halftime show he would kill it

@venus-rc7pk 2 жыл бұрын

i saw him in pittsburgh and have never felt better

@oliverg.5137 2 жыл бұрын

same i saw him in asheville last tuesday it was so great

@L33VS 3 жыл бұрын

He literally plays drums with his mouth

@HimanXK 3 жыл бұрын

I bet there's a word for that

@germanaxelaguirre4384 3 жыл бұрын

He plays drums with his brain 🧠 the mouth is just a way to express the sound he's thinking of haha

@AndresLopez-bz7bs 3 жыл бұрын

Since when autotune is playing the drums?

@AndresLopez-bz7bs 3 жыл бұрын

@Lefty Two Guns oh yes i thought he was speaking about his "singing"

@matthewjames206 3 жыл бұрын

If you can sing it, you can play it.

@ethanpawelczyk1510 3 жыл бұрын

“It was good enough for Rihanna apparently”

@HarrisonSim 3 жыл бұрын

such a great flex lol

@ULTRAVISTA. 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my God, bruh. Didn't she make that song without even asking him?

@ethanpawelczyk1510 3 жыл бұрын

@@ULTRAVISTA. No she asked

@ULTRAVISTA. 3 жыл бұрын

@@ethanpawelczyk1510 I was never sure. I always thought she just jacked the instrumental

@swagman2861 3 жыл бұрын

@@ethanpawelczyk1510 Kevin didn't find out until it released

@Bandstand 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool Kevin...appreciate yuh

@Buccarado 3 жыл бұрын

walter?

@juliansiegel5873 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool Kurt...appreciate yuh

@TheRealRobertEOSpeedwagon 3 жыл бұрын

thank you bandstand for your opinion

@Huumf 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@joea.637 3 жыл бұрын

WHY ARE YOU UNDER EVERY VIDEO I WATCH

@Julibiar 3 жыл бұрын

*Has thousands of dollars in sound equipment Kevin: gimme dat phone

@dollarsaurus01 3 жыл бұрын

Now I want Kevin to do a Masterclass

@davecsizi 3 жыл бұрын

This is my first time hearing this guy talk, and he seems like such a chill dude. Like an average guy, one of your friends. I don't now, the way people have been over mistifying his music made me expect some music snob, but it's just s guy who loves music. He's cool.

@FishFullOfFeathers 3 жыл бұрын

Nah it's just Tame Impala fans who are music snobs. One being me.

@roryvonmeyer2643 3 жыл бұрын

That's Acid Jesus right there, mate

@Demention94 3 жыл бұрын

Tame Impala is good, but nothing new. I don't know why people are snobby about it.

@nickhaldin8674 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah he’s just a regular dude. and whats so crazy, is he’s good. He really is VERY good. But he gets deified by people and that is almost never warranted.

@nickhaldin8674 3 жыл бұрын

@@Demention94 thats exactly how i feel

@LivFP 3 жыл бұрын

His album Innerspeaker has such amazing drums. Every song hits the spot. SO TIGHT

@lameahhhh Жыл бұрын

Yeah I know right, especially Alter Ego has a unique pattern

@jhonnybravo5284 11 ай бұрын

Solitude is bliss oh my god

@coldacre 3 ай бұрын

yep. Kevin & Jay played some amazing drums on that album.

@DJReachOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Ok but the drums on "Lost in Yesterday" are just immaculate man. You gotta give yourself some credit for those Kevin. They're so perfectly saturated, compressed, and crispy while also so delicately sprinkled with the phaser and it just 😩🙌

@dylanwesley3964 3 жыл бұрын

Kevin's drumming on "Innerspeaker" is some of the best I have heard on any record. He really knew how to roll around the kit with some great fills on that record.

@TsarCzar9 3 жыл бұрын

I agree, Innerspeaker has the best and most instrument playing all around. He has slowly morphed more into a sample producer, which is still just as cool and good!

@Bellavista26 3 жыл бұрын

@@TsarCzar9 fr man if Currents didn't exist Innerspeaker would still prolly be my fav album by Tame. Yet Currents wouldn't have existed without Innerspeaker. Also I loved TSR ♥️

@milanklaui5158 3 жыл бұрын

@@Bellavista26 and the drums on the slow rush are crazy good

@SugarW1thC0ffee 3 жыл бұрын

@@milanklaui5158 good but not as good as Innerspeaker and Lonerism

@bambogini 3 жыл бұрын

Mind Mischief, Endors Toi, Apocalypse, Nothing that has happened so far.... :o

@guit4rguy 3 жыл бұрын

I thought that this video was cool hearing all these different drum sounds. Then he picked a Portishead song and it was taken to another level of cool.

@guit4rguy 3 жыл бұрын

Can’t forget Queens Of The Stone Age too!

@louislanfear9403 3 жыл бұрын

Shame he got the drummer wrong for the portishead track though ey

@vznquest 3 жыл бұрын

nah it has always been another level of cool regardless of his take on it

@freddie7981 3 жыл бұрын

@@louislanfear9403 yeah idek the name of the guy who plays the drums I just know what he looks like bald n lanky

@hueyfreeman818 3 жыл бұрын

Tame Impala, Portishead and Queens of the Stone Age in the same video. Definitely worth the click!

@DoubleKimbro001 3 жыл бұрын

Hearing Kevin talk about queens of the stone age was a highlight of my week

@daphnestrem190 3 жыл бұрын

this man doesn’t know how much i appreciate him

@icaroramos19 3 жыл бұрын

That's why "It might be" time drums are so sick

@roryvonmeyer2643 3 жыл бұрын

When he was talking about drums sounding reliable, that was the first song that popped in my head!

@Bellavista26 3 жыл бұрын

When "It Might Be Time" first dropped as a single, Kevin posted on his instagram saying it took him a whole year to perfect the drums on that song lmao

@frankmarsh1159 3 жыл бұрын

His music is quantized and rigid. Great drum sounds are pretty useless if they aren't played with soulfulness,

@frankmarsh1159 3 жыл бұрын

@Ethan DeMille It's not obvious to me. Quantization is a choice. Good musicians don't need to quantize.

@frankmarsh1159 3 жыл бұрын

@Ethan DeMille Yeah well Tame Impala uses it when it's not appropriate. Click tracks too. I just find it interesting that a guy who makes music with drum machines posts a video fawning over classic drum tracks. If you want that sound do it like they did it. Find yourself a good drummer who plays with feeling, get a good vintage sounding kit, turn off the click tracks and press record. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdh6msqku5-ueIE.html

@evangarry3525 3 жыл бұрын

Kevin's one of the most humble musicians I've seen in a long time

@nickwalling2702 3 жыл бұрын

his drum sound on It Might Be Time is one of my all-time favorites already

@natalieciocca2186 2 жыл бұрын

Top 2 favorite song for me. Of all. Just…🙏🏼

@TrishV1 Жыл бұрын

Yes, and I love the Supertramp keyboard sound in that one too.

@Killerwhale317 2 жыл бұрын

This guy will never know how his music saved my life.

@maddiegroh495 Жыл бұрын

🙌

@mannysuarez8055 Жыл бұрын

Me too bud me too

@bblsupera Жыл бұрын

He does know man. ❤

@michaelbuettner1487 Жыл бұрын

What? Come on now get a grip

@savzavsav Жыл бұрын

@@michaelbuettner1487 oh brOTHer, this guy STIINKSS

@IllusionInHD 3 жыл бұрын

I've always felt like the drums in his songs stood out more prominently than other instruments (synths, guitars). Like in Innerspeaker/Lonerism, the drums sound out of this world, especially when mixed with that Lennon-esque voice.

@elliotyeager 3 жыл бұрын

that's compression baby

@SugarW1thC0ffee 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, wow I jam so hard to the drums in Alter Ego, WWYMUYM, I mean basically every song in both of those albums! Kevin was crazy phenomenal with those two albums! Truly psychedelic.

@boglot 3 жыл бұрын

The secret to that amazing drum sound on that Queens of the Stone Age record is the producer Eric Valentine. He is the absolute king of drum sounds. My favorite example of his signature “punch in the gut” drum sound is Can’t Stop by Maroon 5. He knows how to get the drums to explode out of the speakers without taking it too far. What’s awesome is Eric even has his own KZfaq channel where he explains in detail how he gets his sounds. I highly recommend watching his channel to anyone interested in music production.

@Journeymanlive 3 жыл бұрын

can't stop is great, underrated Valentine prod. Let's ask him to deconstruct it for us !!

@bonnellie2008 3 жыл бұрын

Maroon 5? Queens of The Stoneage? cringe buddy

@HomoChomsky 3 жыл бұрын

@@bonnellie2008 okay, so what?

@joshuacontant-perdue9080 3 жыл бұрын

@@bonnellie2008 Such a short sighted comment.

@davidwilson-kl7up 3 жыл бұрын

Because they recorded the drums without cymbals then recorded with cymbals so the drums would stand out and be louder. So simple and effective

@sofiaaaaaaa-sorvetina5356 3 жыл бұрын

Me putting all of these songs on spotify: 👁👄👁📝

@nofood1 3 жыл бұрын

legend

@petey575 2 жыл бұрын

whats the playlist name?

@Michael-cv5wk 3 жыл бұрын

The drum sounds in Radiohead's In Rainbows are my favorite thing about that record, and it's my favorite record :)

@ivycee 2 жыл бұрын

mmmm yesss, immediately I think of the drums on weird fishes. One of the best songs ever

@kyloasio 2 жыл бұрын

The instrumental climax of Jigsaw Falling Into Place will never not be eargasmic

@youtubesucks1111 2 жыл бұрын

if in rainbows is your favorite record you need to listen to more music

@filiplipkowski3902 2 жыл бұрын

@@youtubesucks1111 edgy

@joelowry1323 2 жыл бұрын

@@youtubesucks1111 man just let people like what they like

@joep869 3 жыл бұрын

Currents drum sound is a modern day masterpiece

@grey-tm1qh 3 жыл бұрын

💯💯

@childnoirr 3 жыл бұрын

the SNARE!!!

@sinetiquetas580 3 жыл бұрын

Noup, Lonerisim is

@maurogoncalves6824 3 жыл бұрын

Nangs is my fav one

@ulyses2012 3 жыл бұрын

opino lo mismo y lonerism no se queda atrar tambien es genial

@raypark6013 3 жыл бұрын

as a drummer i'm very honored that kevin did this

@ObiePictures 3 жыл бұрын

“Some drum parts make me dream”. I absolutely agree and that’s the best way to put it.

@zillmopig 3 жыл бұрын

Ironically, my favorite drum sound is every song on Lonerism

@thebreakfastmenu 3 жыл бұрын

Because Kevin plays guitar and sings in live settings, I think people are quick to forget that drums are his first instrument. Mudmen by Pink Floyd and Weird Fishes by Radiohead, and actually Kevin's drumming on "One More Hour" are probably my top three drum sounds ever.

@twentyoneHz Жыл бұрын

nick mason is one of the most underrated drummers

@jackmyers7141 Жыл бұрын

Airbag by Radiohead too

@unhelpfulrevelations7989 Жыл бұрын

ah man the weird fishes drums are so good

@ronyrojas7695 3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps many people don't know, but Kevin first was a drummer, then a guitar player o keyboard player. Love this guy

@nathanrosich6790 3 жыл бұрын

yeah Kevin sort of had the Dave Grohl story, he drummed for Pond, and then went off on his own later. But drums have always been his core

@User-xw6kd 3 жыл бұрын

Well now he's a one man rock band.

@OldeEnglishful Жыл бұрын

“Drumming is more fun when you don’t know what you’re doing” That’s the drum quote of the century

@Stechunderscore 3 жыл бұрын

It was actually Gene Trautmann who came up with the drums for Go With The Flow, and I believe it's him who's playing in the recording. He also played on Millionaire, but the rest of the songs are played by Grohl.

@qdilly7397 Жыл бұрын

As a guitar player, percussion to me is the most important and fundamental part of music. If you you don’t have a good drum beat in the back ain’t no asses gonna be shakin.

@danmsc 3 жыл бұрын

This is the video I have been waiting for since lonerism

@minidudedillybop 3 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I thought when I saw this thumbnail

@evilClive21 3 жыл бұрын

Still waiting for him to come back to the innerspraker and lonerism psych rock. Not that the new stuff isn’t good, but really? Those two records are still in my rotation.

@amaurylannes 3 жыл бұрын

@@evilClive21 glad to see that someone shares my thoughts, i kinda felt like i was the only one who wanted him to go back to rock

@FishFullOfFeathers 3 жыл бұрын

@@amaurylannes I'm with you as well. I don't rate Currents or The Slow Rush highly in regards of his other albums.

@JC-kp1hr 3 жыл бұрын

@@FishFullOfFeathers currents still had that psychedelic vibe, but I agree, he should try a psychedelic rock album next time

@jakekremer218 3 жыл бұрын

mans needs to write a music production bible

@bipbong2906 3 жыл бұрын

Trade secrets

@bipbong2906 3 жыл бұрын

@Jack D'Ripa Ever heard of lonerism

@47dark 2 жыл бұрын

@@bipbong2906 🅱️onerism?

@inesnavyblue1290 Жыл бұрын

"Good time, bad times" Led Zeppelin, it's one of my favourite song too😙😃

@quentinquogamoddy1999 2 жыл бұрын

Having both a science and a music background, I really appreciated how he brought physics into the drum sounds @ 9:30 discussing the waveforms. "Oh, so that's why the sound sounds the way it does!"

@pasta8793 3 жыл бұрын

His drums on the 070 Shake "Guilty Conscience" remix are AMAZING. You can totally hear a lot of the elements he mentioned here like compression, saturation, and crazy drum fills.

@duncangagnon8907 3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@thaddeusford 3 жыл бұрын

He mentioned Portishead and Elvin Jones in the same interview...mad respect ✊🏾

@acludo1278 2 жыл бұрын

love how in every single one of those songs he mentioned you can almost hear the heavy influence each one of those songs has had into tame impalas sounds, it just sounds orgnanic like you can feel the influence of the song on all his music.

@kittervision Жыл бұрын

Definitely. He makes it his own while representing his most appreciated influences. Masterful

@davidjustiniano7774 3 жыл бұрын

I love these kinds of interviews where Kevin goes into the technicalities. It makes you take a glimpse of his genius mind and how the creative process is done in his head

@omarfoudeil2497 3 жыл бұрын

I love how self-depricating he is about his drum sound. Drums are one of the main reasons I love Tame Impala. You are doing something right Kev!

@DawsonTMiller 3 жыл бұрын

Finally. Finally people are interviewing Kevin about his instruments and all. So interesting

@Packers909 3 жыл бұрын

Dang Kevin bold of you to put st. anger as the greatest drum sound of all time.

@MortanAMrk 3 жыл бұрын

hate it or not, works for the album

@jern_222 3 жыл бұрын

*TUNG*

@ObiePictures 3 жыл бұрын

For those who go to the comments immediately...you’ve ruined many lives. Well done.

@zombiemanana 3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@rahadianrizkiii 3 жыл бұрын

he's so talented, im sure he could be a famous artist one day

@MixMasterSplinter 2 жыл бұрын

He already is lmfao he headlines Coachella every year lmfao

@_jeronimobraga 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. He should start a band

@jimbabbbson7653 2 жыл бұрын

@@_jeronimobraga should make it with just him in it though, don’t see why he needs anyone else

@noahmay7708 2 жыл бұрын

Haha funny

@rocknrory Жыл бұрын

original joke

@jul-yenhippolyte4042 3 жыл бұрын

i could listen to him talk about drums for hours. wish he hopped on the kit.

@gunnarpaagaaren1888 3 жыл бұрын

Kevin truly is an inspiration to modern music!

@1998Cebola 3 жыл бұрын

too stuck in the past for that

@anachronologist2017 3 жыл бұрын

The way he sounds out drum grooves through onomatopoeia makes me feel less crazy than I am, because as a drummer, that's the kind of sounds going off in my head all the time.

@louislanfear9403 3 жыл бұрын

Just for the record that’s Clive Deamer on the portishead track, he plays on most of the tracks on that record. He’s an incredible drummer with amazing technique and feel and that makes up for a lot of the drum sound on that record. It’s one of the reasons Radiohead took him on

@DanteLikesRock 3 жыл бұрын

Id love to see a "Kevin Tells us about his favourite guitar riffs" video.

@SugarW1thC0ffee 3 жыл бұрын

This is the most excited I’ve seen Kevin be. You can really tell how happy he is talking about the music that influences him, his eyes basically glimmer. This was fun to watch and even informative.

@RobBoss420 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve never paid much attention to the drums, and now I’m listening all my favourite music again with a new set of ears. Amazing.

@theodorgarcia2427 9 ай бұрын

He's one of the best pop drummers of these times. He's sound is so unique. Having him in the studio playing and mixing the drums must be the must cool thing ever. Thanks for this content, is just gold

@vangelisrow 3 жыл бұрын

did not realize Kevin was so articulate and developed so much!

@Queeentrasputo 3 жыл бұрын

wdy mean?

@vangelisrow 3 жыл бұрын

@@Queeentrasputo he was able to explain things in an easy to understand way. also wasn't aware he developed all the music for Tame Impala

@ayeelmao3321 3 жыл бұрын

@@vangelisrow ummmmm he is tame impala

@harperellenburg 3 жыл бұрын

The photo they used for Steven Drozd is actually Kliph Scurlock. Just thought everyone should know.

@Snutchi 3 жыл бұрын

True

@zenstars1148 3 жыл бұрын

... And the song he should of chosen was Slow nerve action

@milesdoodling1054 3 жыл бұрын

@@zenstars1148 YES! I was just thinking that!

@MrKeso100 3 жыл бұрын

The ending to half full glass of wine 🦧 smacks

@guyravenscroft8118 3 жыл бұрын

Bill Bruford’s ‘Red’ snare is impeccable

@Slashycent 3 жыл бұрын

As a drummer whose biggest musical idol is Kevin, this is *amazing* .

@SamBellGuitar 3 жыл бұрын

Such a humble guy, amazing talent, great ear. This was brilliant to watch.

@uonakelep 3 жыл бұрын

I have no idea how to play the drums, but I enjoyed every minute watching him talking about drums with so much excitement.

@romipolli 3 жыл бұрын

I could watch a whole hour of Kevin just talking about his favorite drumming songs

@steadyrhythms9571 3 жыл бұрын

this makes sense. Kevin is really good at making drums sound incredible, that’s been one of the real highlights of his music over the years.

@tylercattproducer9583 3 жыл бұрын

yaaaas QoTSA, would be interesting if he produced their next record.

@Quandris 3 жыл бұрын

OMG i didn’t know i needed this but now i need this

@paulgazzola 3 жыл бұрын

It’s more possible than you think given the mutual connection with Mark Ronson 🤔

@corda93bg 3 жыл бұрын

Mark Ronson's turn out bad though. It might not be his fault but still

@funkymonk2893 3 жыл бұрын

@@corda93bgi agree wasn't enough bass, too trebly. the live versions rocked though.

@b0000kify 3 жыл бұрын

You'd be able to hear the drums and bass that way! ayoo

@thallrudedjentstorm1756 Жыл бұрын

Got a huge studio setup with midrange speakers behind him, but still listens to the songs on the phone.

@auralepiphanies4055 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear him mention Dave Friedman...he is an amazing producer and engineer but back in his day he was always SUCH an amazing bassplayer...very very creative!

@drinkmoreagua8984 3 жыл бұрын

“When you feel like you can’t rely on the drums your like “I’ll probably just go sit down”” hahahahahh

@curiouslyunruffled 3 жыл бұрын

He's definitely chirpier than usual in this one, guess it's because of the drums. 🙌🏼 All your songs are more than good enough. Thank you for existing, Kev. ❤️

@foiledits 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe replace the M with a G

@curiouslyunruffled 3 жыл бұрын

@@foiledits lol, maybe you're right. He's certainly way too reserved for a famous musician. Probably bc he's an introvert, I know what it's like.

@pm11237 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this video. I love the drums in “Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Can Control”, they sound like beach waves crashing.

@natalieciocca2186 2 жыл бұрын

Such an extraordinary song

@knottedtwig3289 Жыл бұрын

Yeaaas that's def my fav Tame Impala drumming

@DiscountEscape 3 жыл бұрын

I had goosebumps quite a lot throughout this incredible interview drum thing. Wow. This was incredible. Thank you for this!

@DannySullivanMusic 3 жыл бұрын

The drums on New Person are what specifically sold me on Tame Impala's sound

@nitehaus5182 3 жыл бұрын

This is so great. It is so awesome to listen to an artist who is a real student of their genre talk about their influences in such detail.

@alyssacharpentier_author 3 ай бұрын

And they say introverts don't have personality... ask us about our passions, and we come alive -- just like this!

@lucagattoni-celli1377 2 жыл бұрын

Everything about this including the graphics is so well done.

@jthao2424 3 жыл бұрын

You guys are legendary to finally have kevin do this.

@aronebert5701 Жыл бұрын

12:06 Dave Grohl played drums on most of the album, but not on 'Go with the flow', that was Gene Trautmann. But other than that, he's right, it's one of the best drum tracks ever and Dave Grohl is a beast

@izrealquintana1903 2 жыл бұрын

I love Bonham on Fool in the Rain and Achilles Last Stand

@sammy35baller 11 ай бұрын

Such a great video and very educational on the different types of drum sounds. Love seeing kevin talk about how he visualizes the drums. Thank you pitchfork for this video and great editing when kevin is talking about soundwaves and defining effects.

@ekim131 3 жыл бұрын

Such a good session. Kevin is such a great musician. Pitchfork, more of these please!

@whipshaw 3 жыл бұрын

the world claims for a tame impala + qotsa project

@brazzledazzle_ 3 жыл бұрын

I would cold heartedly kill for that

@navcast 3 жыл бұрын

yeah, not really, but whatever Kevin is in you know will be good

@paulgazzola 3 жыл бұрын

I feel as though Joshua’s voice would go EXTREMELY well with Kevin’s instrumental production. Also quite the possibility given the mutual connection with Mark Ronson haha. We can only dream

@Caaaaspeeer 3 жыл бұрын

For those who don't know, Kevin and Mark Ronson have covered I Sat by the Ocean before. Kev plays guitar vimeo.com/415129603

@whipshaw 3 жыл бұрын

@@paulgazzola totally, and josh's voice fits extremely well with electronic music also, just listen to his collaboration with UNKLE

@CRAETION_ 3 жыл бұрын

such an amazing interview, so many songs/albums I've never heard or haven't heard in years

@jeffthepoet7 3 жыл бұрын

Always loved the drums. Didn't have the patience to go deep, but hearing Kevin inspires me to learn more about the rhythms of his and others songs. Keeping the beat and harmony.