Thank you so much for watching today's video and for supporting last week's livestreamed recital 'Song and Dance'! In the next week I'm going to be releasing performance videos from that recital, as well as my brand new 5.0 octave marimba duo 'Meet Again' - so make sure you hit the 'Subscribe' button if you haven't already to keep up to date! #TheStudioFamily

@kayleon

6 жыл бұрын

Adam Tan what's the shirt

@Andriale

6 жыл бұрын

Did you just say Robert Oetomo is a Studio VIP? 😮

lmao i just start writing my first one and this shows up in my feed 😂 you always come in clutch adam

@aureliaharrison5345

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Ahahaha I'm glad I came in time!!

@bconfetti2786

3 жыл бұрын

That’s Like His THING

Oh my gosh!! Thank you for this video, I’ve always wanted to write a piece on Marimba, but never wanted to fail at it. This video is the definition of perfect timing. Keep up the great work!!

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you man! Hope you get started asap ;)

NEW VIDEO! This is great! When you said “any one can write music” I immediately thought of the Pixar movie Ratatouille “any one can cook” idk, thought that was funny... Also your music just got to my house today!! I’m so excited to play, but I’m on spring break so it’s going to be ten days until I can practice on a marimba (absolute torture haha). Also I just got Front Ensemble section leader for my marching band next year! Thanks for these videos, absolutely love them! Keep it up!

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Ahahahha I love that movie! Thank you man, hope you enjoy the pieces and congratulations on being section leader!

I’m 14 and I wrote a marimba duet. It was a long time to get one part and I realized I could put another part with it. Thanks for the tips. I will try to add them before I make it open to public.

@JosePerez-rt1kb

4 жыл бұрын

Sean Caviness, I've been researching into building marimbas and discovered a great resource at Delfords magic plan (check it out on google)

fun topic, thanks Adam (and thanks for the shout-out!) :)

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Casey, means a lot! Always keen to shout out you :)

Thanks for the tips. I always wanted to write my own marimba solo but I'm still at the stage you mentioned where nothing sounded good/worked. I'll apply this tips as soon as I try again :) It's really nice to see this kind of channel. Since I started with my marimba videos there seem to be a lot more marimba channels on KZread which I find amazing!

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Keep on trying man! Thank you for watching :)

Ayy another one that we all needed. God, where would I be without this channel. 3 cheers for Adam!

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Ahahaha you are too kind, thank you so much :)

What are the odds that this video came out as I literally just finished my first marimba duo!!!!

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Yay! Hope to see it :)

i'm looking to get a marimba but i will have to remove my bed to fit it. so i don't have to drive 1 hour to practice on my works marimba.

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Mmmm I have the same problem at home :(

@dantehernandez5818

5 жыл бұрын

Just sleep on your marimba, easy solution =D

@Fangis

5 жыл бұрын

What’s a bed?

I feel like I have such an easy time starting a piece, but I have a hard time keeping it going. I seem to always veer off of the core theme/tone/idea/key of the piece and have a hard time looping it back together in a non-cliche or non-cheesy way.

Adam! I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. It’s like you read my mind. I actually remembered an idea from today that I otherwise would have forgotten by tomorrow. Also, I love the name of the duo and can’t wait to hear it!

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Ooooh get writing!! Thank you for your support :)

NEEDED THIS

Thank you for this great video I have been wondering about how I should approach composing my own piece thank you Adam.

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! Thank you for watching :)

Thanks for pronouncing my last name correctly! Most people don't pick up on the Germanic pronunciation

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

It was just a guess but I'm glad it was correct! Thank you for your support :)

Aight it’s 9:00.pm time to start writing

Just a thought but I sometimes recognize pieces based on harmony and not melody necessarily. (which makes me mashup pieces in my head) so do you approach writing harmonically? Or is it largely melodic or programmatic.

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Ahhh yes harmony is important too - I believe that harmony is dictated by the melodic direction and without the melody (even if it is not super obvious) it is hard to find a pleasing harmonic structure for me ahaha... so yes still melodic!

Hey, Adam! Congrats on 9,000 subs and your new piece! I’m currently learning to play Stevens Grip, and was curious if you could give me some advice on working on my rotations. I love watching your videos, you have a great sense of humor. Any advice you have for me would be greatly appreciated! Thank you. :)

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lauren! Haven't quite reached 9K yet but getting there... definitely isolate your rotations at a very slow tempo, focusing on relaxing your idnependent strokes. If you need any more help try any of my exercises at a VERY slow tempo! www.adamtanpercussion.com/download :) Good luck!!

Hi Adam, I'm a junior in high school and I'm the principal percussionist at my school. I've been looking into colleges and stuff, and I'm just not sure how I'd stack up against other people outside my school. To give an idea of my level of learning so far, I've just begun to dive into four mallet literature and I still have trouble with things like two Mexican dances, but I've almost finished bachianas bresilieras no. 5. Do you have any advice for someone considering pursuing percussion in college as a major? (Also Moon, Path, and Two Lullabies just came in the mail last night!!! Can't wait to learn them!)

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for purchasing the combo!!! It's okay make sure you take lots of time getting the techniques down, that was something I wish I did... and if you want to pursue it just keep practising! You will get better automatically :)

You should do a video breaking down Land! There’s so many stickings :/

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

True! I think most people have already broken it down though ahaha, I reckon if you slow it down you can easily find them :)

I have written some Percussion Ensembles piece if you would like to hear it and I'm also in the process of writing another Percussion Ensemble piece if you want to hear it.

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Sure thing man! Send me an email at adam.tan@post.com

@biggysmoovemusic7777

6 жыл бұрын

Ok give me one moment

@biggysmoovemusic7777

6 жыл бұрын

I’ve emailed them to you. Let me know what you think.

Hi! I just finished my marimba piece and I'm just wondering if you could check it. I'm a new music composition student from the Philippines. I'm only concerned about notation and awkward intervals or anything that is impossible. Hope you can help me!

How do you afford that enormous beautiful space?

What is the best website/software to use for writing music?

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Everyone has different tastes! I like Sibelius because I've used it for years in school etc, but some people prefer Finale, or Musescore etc... it is up to you :)

Can you review the malletech MB series?

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

I don't own any MBs at the moment! I remember Malletech said a year ago they would send me some but it never happened ahahahaha

3:30 full concert where?

n i c e e e e e e e e e

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

t h a n k s s s s s s

I love you

@fatboydylan228

6 жыл бұрын

Eww that’s gay

7:11 is def yellow

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Yup LOL

Ouch to those other composers in Perth 😓

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Ahahahaha wooooopsssss

Hey Adam! Are you going to review the 0gravity mars mallets soon? The look gorgeous! I'm eager to hear how they sound. :)

@uneedmusic6887

6 жыл бұрын

Taylor Vosper they are trash I ordered them a while back terrible service and terrible quality just buy round sounds for a little more

@noahgormanmusic1843

6 жыл бұрын

Symphony quite the contrary. Taylor Vosper I have a graduated mars set and they make a consistently good sound. They're articulate across the entire marimba (even at the extreme ends) and for those who appreciate it they're a bit on the weightier side.

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

I think they're going to send them to me some time :)

I dissagree with the first point. I think that it could be a good idea to have a non-musical idea, but it's not needed. I think that we, as a society, are losing the idea of just having music for the purpose of music.

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

This is a fair point! However I feel like no matter how non-musical you make music it will still have some sort of non-musical idea behind it, so if you're stuck on how to start writing music it's a good start :)

Hi Adam! Loved the video! As an amateur composer, it was great to hear some tips for marimba writing! A while back, I wrote a piece inspired by you and Therese, called “Drifting Earth”, and I recently made some revisions based on your video. (www.noteflight.com/scores/view/3ac94a90d53badd56165ce597231b732567526a3) Can’t wait for Meet Again and all the rest of your content!

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you man, means a lot for you to write a piece based on us! I can't seem to be able to access the piece, is the link wrong?

@brandonwaters642

6 жыл бұрын

Oh looks like I didn't have it shared publicly, should be working now.

@brandonwaters642

6 жыл бұрын

www.noteflight.com/scores/view/3ac94a90d53badd56165ce597231b732567526a3

Would you like to hear my marimba solo?

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Sure thing man! Send it to my email at adam.tan@post.com :)

This helped me with my compositional work. I don't actually own a marimba, but it's such a beautiful instrument, I'm excited to use it in my future work

@AdamTanPercussion

6 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped and I agree, it's my favourite :)