Zack Graybeal AKA ZackGrooves has been exploding on the drumming scene during 2020 with his drum content. When you take his groove, passion, incredible chops and sense of humour you end up with videos you want to keep watching.
Who is ZackGrooves?
ZackGrooves (Zack Graybeal) is an incredibly talented jazz drummer who studied at Music at East Carolina University. In 2020 he seemed to come out of nowhere and grow to become one of the most entertaining YouTube drummer content creators.
ZackGrooves on YouTube
ZackGrooves YouTube channel (at the time of writing) has over 181,000 subscribers and over 15 million views. It is easy to see how Zack has grown his channel so fast and become one of everyone’s favourite drummers on the YouTube platform.
His videos are incredibly engaging and they are full of personality. The combination of incredible drumming ability and humour does work a charm.
The videos on ZackGrooves YouTube channel mainly focus on a mix of college stories and a whole load of potential scenarios drummers may face.
For example, when the drummer tries to steal the spotlight.
And what not to do at a drum audition
Our top picks from ZackGrooves
Even though Zack has only been around a short period it is incredibly hard to pick out a favourite video. Each video is unique and engaging so they all have their charm. Let’s start with the video that started it all for ZackGrooves.
During his Jazz recital for college during the drum solo, Zack decided to play this the tempo of the track making it a bit more tricky for his bandmates to keep time. This is something Zack had tried with the band during rehearsals but did say he wouldn’t do it during the actual performance.
Anyway, Zack decided to give it a go and ended up apologising during his performance. Luckily the band held it together and the exam was passed.
Check it out!
What gear does Zack use?
As an up and coming drummer is gear selection does seem to be a bit varied. From what we can see he is currently using:
- Meinl Cymbals
- Vic Firth Sticks
- DW Drums and hardware
- Remo heads
- Roc-N-Soc throne
- Yamaha EAD10 Drum Module
Where can you find more?
Luckily, you can find ZackGrooves all over the web. Check out the links below:
Final thoughts
ZackGrooves is an incredible drummer who is still young with his whole career ahead of him. If all goes well he will hopefully end up getting some big recording and live gigs.
We love his videos and can’t wait to see what he comes up with next. If you haven’t check him out, what are you waiting for?
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