If this guy was playing game music in a bar near me I'd go there every night and give tips galore!

@vladgina

6 жыл бұрын

Seriously. I don't have a lot of money so I wouldn't tip EVERY night... but I should would go and see him every night and give him my full appreciation and support? hah

@ChaineYTXF

4 жыл бұрын

@@vladgina the man had an accident and is, as I understand it, unable to play anymore😐

@sulos4646

11 ай бұрын

When?

I’m honestly dishearten to learn that a reckless driver took away this man’s talent.

@bobsomatic1935

2 жыл бұрын

I know, it really is a shame. I hope he will be able to play again some day

@rosspatton8306

Жыл бұрын

And, Disheartening is an understatement. What goes around, comes back around. And I'm confident that wreckless driver will get their "Come Up In" although, that unfortunately, won't undo the harm done to Mr. Brier

@Actual-Knight

Жыл бұрын

disheartening? I'd say more infuriating

@47Mortuus

Жыл бұрын

@@rosspatton8306 yeah what goes around, comes around. Maybe Tom f'd up hard in his previous life though ;) He also doesn't seem to have too much luck with attracting a mate. Maybe he's being punished in this life? Because this is pretty much too ironic otherwise.

@kenobi894

Жыл бұрын

@@47Mortuus you’re comment is easily the most moronic thing I’ve read today. Congrats

Oh my god his left hand

@Rztro1544

5 жыл бұрын

He's know for his particularly aggressive left hand

@andrewbarrett1537

Жыл бұрын

If you think his left hand is strong here, listen to what he does with "Picalilli Rag" by George Reeg, on his 1994 CD "Rising Star".

Tom is one of the most prolific ragtime composers in history, with well over 200 compositions to his name. There are videos you can search for on KZread of some of his own, like Spasmodic, Blue Lampshade, Blue Sahara, Parallelograms, Perryville, Peril in Pantomime, Elephant Tracks, Razor Blades, Meditation, just a name a few off the top of my head.

@evifnoskcaj

3 жыл бұрын

He is an absolute legend, to be sure! Thank you for sharing gems like these! I keep finding new ones, and that is such a treat. Prayers for a speedy recovery for him! ♥️

@Schimnesthai

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad to read that he has over 200 compositions, maybe some day i will assist a rag-time festival and hear one of his music pieces.

@Indykathoris

Жыл бұрын

I wonder, After hearing a bunch over the years, do you plan to try to mimic sight reading as tom Brier if he walking to a piano once again?😮

Just picturing an old west drunken saloon, revolvers going off in the background lol

@ZorotheGallade

9 жыл бұрын

+smthone Add in a big and a small guy socking blokes in the face and making them fly out of the window for full spaghetti western style.

@DocZombiePhD

8 жыл бұрын

+ZorotheGallade And a goomba on his 6th drink, lol.

@sailor4076

6 жыл бұрын

after everyone's dead he's the last guy sitting, playing, because no-one's crazy enough to hurt the music man as talented as this

@joebacon4519

5 жыл бұрын

That would be epic

@MrGameguyC

5 жыл бұрын

So this is what Wiggler meant by a "Hootenanny" at Western Land.

I think out of all of his Mario/Nintendo sight reads, this is his best one. Not only is the original tune perfect for ragtime, but Tom's skill is unbelievably apparent here. The original melody is only played once, and the rest of the time is just pure technical improvisation. To know music theory so well, the piano so well, ragtime so well, he is able to play something he knows nothing about and pulls it off spectacularly. My heart weeps every time I think about him losing his abilities in the accident. His videos have shined bright for over a decade, and everyone should know his name. Tom Brier lived on the same Earth as men like Wolfgang Mozart and Ludwig Beethoven, and goddamn it, he deserves to be in the conversation when talking about great musicians. I hope someday, in this life or the next, I can get to see him play live. And if I do, dinner's on me. A thanks for the entertainment all these years.

@jucedoesthings4534

Жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree! Tom Brier has skill that I will never be able to even fully wrap my mind around. It's a travesty that he isn't what he was now, but his memory will absolutely live on if we as a collective have anything to say about it. And, with any luck, we won't need just our memory if he can eventually bring that skill back

I just love his sense of timing and rhythm. You can see it in the way his whole body moves. And the way he builds from the slower part to the fast tempo so smoothly. One could practice a lifetime and not do it like that. 1 in a million talent.

@hutzman7664

2 жыл бұрын

I'd call it 1 in 7 billion talent.

@aguilarrojasoctavio4402

Жыл бұрын

@@hutzman7664 I´d do it too, I mean, are there recordings of someone like this "man"? Playing this fast, passionate, rhythmically, arranging and favoring the original song without rehearsal, composing in real time like Bach with his fugues. There are some musicians that improves on the style of Mozart or certain artists, yet IMO I cannot see a replacement for Tom´s work

God bless Tom with a swifter recovery

FINISH!

@Charmolution

9 жыл бұрын

Orgasm denial in music form.

@MrGamerTH

8 жыл бұрын

NEW RECORD!

@c310188

7 жыл бұрын

Handcar Havoc: sweet memories!

@WilberWoolbear

7 жыл бұрын

GOAL!

@RenegadeScooter

7 жыл бұрын

miss DOH I MISSED

I would have thought so, but when I gave him untitled sheet music of my ragtime arrangement of the Star Trek: The Next Generation theme, he could not for the life of him figure out what tune it was (stared at it for several minutes) until he began to play it.

It's absolutely unfathomably astounding that he could turn one basic single sheet of song into this entire arrangement of music, off the top of his head, composing as he reads the music

Holy moly, the way Tom makes up endings to the music is amazing.

All I can do to help is watch his talent. I was a fan before the tragedy.

Yes, he does.

Yeah, the arrangement he gave to Tom was a much simpler version. I think it was the one that he based his arrangement off of. It seemed all right except for having bass chords, the arranger afraid to move his left hand more than an octave at a time as I see so often in these scores. Obviously, Tom compensated for that and put the chords in the tenor register where they belong.

@cptredhorse5156

Жыл бұрын

A great and accurate assessment

"NEW RECORD!"

The 9 dislikes are piano tuners.

Between the ambience, music, and vicarious delight, these videos provide an uncommon sense of comfort and warmth.

I really want to go out there to see Tom in person one day. Y'all are really lucky to be able to see such a master of the keys in person regularly.

01:30 I could well imagine myself playing this part really well.

THIS GUY CAN DO ANYTHING

@asrieldreemurr8059

5 жыл бұрын

Tom Jevil Tom Jevil Also, howdy Frisk!

@KNACK2BABY

2 жыл бұрын

@@asrieldreemurr8059 Yeah literally, what were the coincidences that someone who knows undertale would refer to deltarune before the game came out

I can always rely on this video to make me smile

basically what I gave tom was the first page of the arragement, but I did correct the time signature to 2/4 instead of 4/4

how is that possible, best und most fun piano playing ive ever heard. and these video game compositions are so great

I find myself watching with the biggest smile on my face every time I play one of this man's video's. How fun what an amazing talent that must be bordering genius. Thank you so much for sharing these :)

Love this guy's sight reading abilities. I'm so jealous. :-)

I can only imagine how joyful an experience it must've been, being in the same room with him while he's going ham on that thing.

T O M B R I R E R W I N S !

HOLY CRAP! THIS GUYS GOT SKILL!

@frost3173

5 жыл бұрын

⚄

@user-ez6qg8hg3k

4 жыл бұрын

ink he’se also got some practice ;)

@cjuice9039

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-ez6qg8hg3k over 40 years of practice

It's always a joy to keep discovering videos of this legendary man!

Wow, as usual, Tom Brier and his Genius ! Thanks to share it with everybody !

I've been watching and rewatching these Tom Brier videogame songs for a long long time, and it never gets old. I play piano and guitar myself and I mean I think I'm pretty good, but watching this it's like.. imagine every single time you do your hobby, every single person in their room takes their phone out to record you because it's so astonishing. I love this so much

Ah, this one has so many memories for me, really hit that nostalgia nerve hard. When I was a kid I always rented Mario Party 2 which also had the theme from the local mom and pop type video rental store and played it at the McDonalds across from the school quite a few times back when they had those N64's hooked up and that theme in particular stuck with me, played that mini-game so much and the Western theme was always the favorite of the group (yes I know ragtime wasn't actually Western) and my favorite minigame was one of the ones with this song... urgh... what was it... hold on... Handcar Havoc at the time. This song never left my mind in all, what, 9 years? I started gaming back when I was 5, store went out of business around 9 so yeah a little over 9. The second most played game of my childhood with friends after the original Super Smash Bros and nothing beats Halo 2 & 3 in my teenage years. Still have the same old 64 and bought Mario Party 2 last year with plans to get 1 this year (Have had 3 as long as I can remember).

No way!! This is one of my favorite VG tunes, can't believe you got him to rag dat ho up!!! Excellent work as always, Tom!

haha this was really fun you guys were awesome!!

Keeper1st, did you clock how many BPM that was towards the end? 160+?

@Keeper1st

8 жыл бұрын

+HartlessSC I count 28 beats in 10 seconds, so that's 168 bpm, yes.

When I tell people this is one of my favourite youtube channels they are puzzled then I buffer a video and instantly a smile is on their face its the power of rag time no one can be un happer or sad when they are blasted with beautiful raw talent thank you so much for lifting my mood so often and being a constant inspiration Tom :)

This is a really good one. I still need to make it out there one day to hear him play.

For some reason this video never showed up in my recommendation and I didn’t see it until now! After all these years! Once again, thank you for uploading, and I hope we get to see Tom in front of a piano again one day.

put this guy in the nintendo orchestra, NOW!

It's just completely amazing what Tom Brier can make with one note sheet!

Oh man, I've been looking for this tune for a while now, but I never knew the name! Thanks for putting this out there!

I love this arrangement so much

It really was... Faster than All!

Can’t believe I’m just seeing this now! Currently learning his improvisation of the Mario athletica theme

This is my favorite soundtrack in Mario Party 1

What a legend! I would pay to go see him play!

Mr. Tom, gonna have to write you a speeding ticket, because that left is going too fast!

@Keeper1st

4 жыл бұрын

Tom was once "arrested for speeding" after a performance by the local police, as a gag: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mZNqzcZsqNXRm5s.html

this is awsome when tom moves his left hand so fast the video shows it laggy xD

just fantastic !

I love this music from Mario Party!

He plays like a legende

Giving Tom Brier a piece named Faster Than All... now that's taking a risk!

That's AMAZING sight reading!

This needs more views

i just imagine four mario characters trying to throw each other of the water in giant balls.

The PDF he has on one of his videos is not the one he's showing to Tom; it's a more complicated version that he made. The one he gave to Tom here is a simple one made by someone else as I recall.

It's amazing how a man can spontaneously create so much music out of one sheet of paper

@Keeper1st

3 жыл бұрын

Or in Tom's case, sometimes with no music at all -- just making stuff up e.g. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aoN3qq6Bg8bcdpc.html

he's an artist! even his mistakes become beautiful

It's so fun to hear these songs the way they were composed as opposed to compressed midi files that we get in most of the games.

@jean-naymar602

5 жыл бұрын

A midi file is not compressed.

@MoonWho78

4 жыл бұрын

A lot of improvisation here. This is not the way it was composed or arranged

There actually hasn't been much Mario music lately. I don't have any Mario tunes printed out to show him at this weekend's Sutter Creek Ragtime Festival. Got something from Sonic, of course the Banjo-Kazooie tune I just arranged, some older arrangements I still haven't given him, oh and I did throw together the Bubble Bobble theme recently. We'll see what there's time to show him, as I also have tunes by ragtime composers who want to hear him sight-read their music. Those take priority.

The fact that he's so effortlessly ripping so much music out of that one crinkled up piece of paper is simply astounding.

I request a love on KZread with this crew! Aww inspiring and awesome!

I will attest to the brilliance of Tom and Nan Bostick's duet album "Dualing at the McCoys". It retains the fun feeling of these impromptu performances while being recorded using high quality equipment on well tuned pianos. Nan Bostick was a very talented pianist too, making it even more of a treat.

Koji Kondo has a special flavor of ragtime/bluegrass that is so nice. This one reminds me of the Horse Race theme from OoT.

Legend

I LOVE THIS MAN

He does have studio-quality albums, solo and two-piano duets with the late Nan Bostick. They can be bought/downloaded from CDBaby.

Usually just two, three, or four from me and maybe one or two from others, occasionally. That's not counting the dozen pieces or more from his own collection that he brings without having played before (or not in several years).

It is, but there was no opportunity to give it to him this weekend. Don't know if I'll go to the meeting in September or not. If I do, I hope this piano will have been repaired after having some strings break during the course of the festival weekend.

You know I hadn’t considered that Mario Party mini-game music would fit very well playing over a bar fight until just now.

No one I showed this to believed it wasn't sped up!

@andrewbarrett1537

Жыл бұрын

Show this recording to your friends too (although there's no video to accompany it). This is one of the great pop pianists from the 1920s, Frank Banta, who was one of Victor's top studio pianists in the 20s. Back then there was no editing of audio recordings, you had to play it as perfectly as possible in ONE TAKE (! ! !). This is a solo recording he made of this pop song in 1925, and his own very complicated and spectacular arrangement: kzread.info/dash/bejne/X3WN07txc7O4lbQ.html

I have a long backlog of requests already, but I'm always open to any I haven't heard before (within the realm of ragtime of course).

A Mario Party ragtime, hooray!!

Never change Tom!

Great!

How strange... I destincitvely remember Keeper answering Tom's "Is that a hint?" with something like "Well yes, it is actually." Either i'm turning senile at 15 years or the mandela effect is legit.

@Keeper1st

4 жыл бұрын

Different video. See the Angry Birds sight-read.

@srenhaandbk7904

4 жыл бұрын

@@Keeper1st Yeah, thought so. Thanks.

Stuff like this makes me wish we still had ragtime pianos in our bars lol

He is just unreal. I would like to meet Mr. Brier now or be in the presence of him playing o_o

Dat ending. Spectacular performance. Thanks Keeper for the recording. Would like to see the condensed arrangement that Tom is playing as the arrangement "TheMisterLaster" has on his channel is 4 pages long. Hopefully he uploads it at some point...

This guy is probably one of the rare savants of our time. Am I wrong?

Man he's good!

He got all that from one page?

@codywalker4956

5 жыл бұрын

The page just gives him the key and says "improvise" 😂😂 not really but that'd be funny

@jaco7675

4 жыл бұрын

It’s written really small

@darrensucksatgames

3 жыл бұрын

The way music is often written, it uses a lot of symbols and devices to shrink a lot of the repetitive parts so I'd have to say yes! I had the sheet music for the drum portion of Crazy Train and the entire song fits on less than a page and that tune is almost 5 mins long

@andrewbarrett1537

Жыл бұрын

You just take the melody and chords/bass line, and then it's "off to the races" building variations :)

You'll have to ask "TheMisterLaster" where he got it. This was not a piece that I gave to Tom; it was one of my KZread subscribers who showed up at the meeting and gave the sheet to Tom.

the world greatest side-read??

Bonjour, Comment va Tom ? Quelques nouvelles ? Belle performance. Hello, How is Tom ? Any News ? Great perform. Bravo

I wonder if by only reading the music piece for the first time, without piano, does the music play in his head? :)

@tempex5862

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

Check out the video I made many years ago called "More of the Amazing Hands of Tom Brier". I slow a clip down to half speed, and it looks almost normal... then when it plays at normal speed, it really does look like fast-forward (apart from the rate at which the keys rise of course).

Tom,your greatest bar none Ed said that age71 years!

最高！

@guahk2727

7 жыл бұрын

だよね

I think that this guy was the “Charlie Daniels” of video game piano music! And when I say “Charlie Daniels”, I’m talking about the guy who (according to a Geico commercial) can play a MEAN fiddle!

For once, I didn't. It was "TheMisterLaster" who presented Tom with the score. I just was there to record it.

He's like the human version of Synthesia, but better!

godlike !

...and besides those, there are videos of him just making stuff up off the top of his head too. Search "brier makin' it up" and you will find a few of the ones I know are out there. Search "brier improvisation" and there's at least one other. Oh yeah, I forgot another Brier original that's a good one to search for and listen to: Balderdash!

The intro almost sounds like the racing theme from Mario 64

YES.

I actually recorded a ragtime pianist, Tim Rotolo, doing a Disney medley which contained that song. Stay tuned ...

noice

Actually, that would be awesome. I expect more people would recognise a tune like that than something from Mario or Zelda too.