Of course, Antonio Sánchez is playing a few pieces in the video, but his talk with Rick Beato features a full range of valuable drum and music related lessons for every drummer, for free!

He actually frases 3 moments on the drums in a 3 x 12 bar blues framework. This one moment only in the entire interview, teaches a lifetime of knowledge for drummers while playing with any band.

The teacher
During the topic of composing, Antonio delivers a major insight on his drumset, explaining and showing him changing from in-time playing, into an improvised drum solo, and next into a calculated drum solo. All three stages here are only 12 bars. A must see!

Antonio also talks about his 2020 release of a new edition of his 2017 solo album 'Bad Hombre'. The wait is for September next year - all is planned with his new major label Warner.

Rick Beato gets Antonio to talk about a wide range of topics like improvisation, his composing styles, and the current state of the music industry and how musicians can survive in the electronic world of today.

"Why is jazz a vital and important form of music for people to listen to?"
A question that Rick suddenly asks, and Antonio's response is remarkable. He talks about Jazz being the most honest music style there is, that it has a built-in filter for mediocracy, that the energy exchange is on the highest level in music, and much more.

Watch for yourself and check out the three albums that Antonio Sánchez considers among his most influential below the video. In April 2020, we added a second video to this article.

Antonio Sánchez - From Pat Metheny Drummer to Film Composer (Birdman) [ first video title ]
or:
Insights from One of the World's Greatest Drummers [ next video title ]
The final video title:
Antonio Sanchez - From Drummer To Film Composer (Birdman) [ final video title ]
Yes, you can change video titles on YouTube as you see fit. Rick Beato doesn't have to worry about changing them: he has over 1.45M subscribers as we update this article, and his subscribers are pretty much all consistent fans.

YouTube description with this video

"Here is my conversation with drummer and film composer Antonio Sánchez. In 2014, Sánchez composed the film score for Birdman. The soundtrack album was released on October 14, 2014. The score earned him nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, and other nominations; he won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score and Satellite Award for Best Original Score.

Sánchez's 2017 album, 'Bad Hombre', earned him a Grammy Nomination for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album."

The 2nd video
It gets even better here. Antonio felt inspired by his interview with Rick Beato and added some synth bass and some chords on a 7/8 'fooling around-video' that he did. He published it on his YouTube Channel after his interview with Rick Beato. Mindblowing stuf!

Experimenting in 7/8
Antonio's YouTube channel is here.

YouTube description with Antonio's video

"Yesterday I was fooling around with some ideas in 7/8 with a click track and this is the first time where I experimented recording myself on Pro Tools and then syncing the audio and the video. Once I had recorded the drums I decided to add some synth bass and some chords. I got inspired to do this after my interview with my friend @rickbeato1 (check out our interview on his great YouTube channel) who has video and audio editing down to a science."

Antonio Sánchez' 3 Top Jazz drumming records

1. 'My Funny Valentine' - Miles Davis, with Tony Williams
   
2. 'Light Years' - Chick Corea Electric Band, with Dave Weckl
   
3. 'Now He Sings, Now He Sobs' - Chick Corea, with Roy Haynes

Antonio Sánchez' Drummer Recommendations
Besides the ones above, Antonio also mentions these drummers as recommended listening during the interview.

• Elvin Jones
  
• Max Roach
  
• Papa Joe Jones
  
• Philly Joe Jones
  
• Jack DeJohnette

Antonio Sánchez plays

Drums and hardware: Yamaha PHX Series

• 14' Brass Piccolo Snare Drum
  
• 14'x7 or 5 1/2 Maple Custom Absolute Snare Drum
  
• 12x8 or 12x10 Mounted Tom
  
• 20'x16' or 18'x14' Bass Drum
  
• 14x13 Floor Tom
  
• 16x15 Floor Tom
  
  Zildjian sticks & cymbals
  
• 14' Constantinople or A vintage Hi Hats
  
• 16' K EFX Crash
  
• 22' Constantinople medium thin low ride
  
• 16' K EFX Crash
  
• 6' A Custom splashes (inverted and stacked)
  
• 22' K Left Side Ride or 21' Vintage K
  
• 22' A Custom Flat Ride
  
• 18' Prototype Crash
  
• 12' Hybrid Splash stacked on a 14' Trashformer
  
• 22' Swish with 10 rivets.
  
  
• Sticks: Zildjian Antonio Sanchez Signature Model
  
  Remo Coated Ambassadors or FiberSkyns
  
  Latin Percussion Cowbells, Woodblocks and Tambourines