I was listening to several musics on this channel and was like "OMG I love all the writings from Gene Koshinski. But who is this performer? He seems to understand the pieces so well." And then saw "Performed by Gene Koshinski" Of course.

Don't know if anyone noticed. But he let's the marble circle the snare 5 at a time. Extending the theme of 5 even to the marble.

When you added the snares while playing the Kalimba on the drum it sounded like a guitar pedal distortion. A very unexpected and exciting surprise I must say, you have a very unique way showing us how mush creativity there is in a seemingly simple instrument. Take that with the knowledge that I am not a musician, merely a fascinated bystander.

Gene is a polyrhythmist and polyinstrumentalist and drummer, the genius of Gene and combine elements of the drums with minimal instruments, endless creativity, hugs dear, you're show brother. 🎵💜🥂😊🤗😉🫂🔵💙🌎🌎😎👌👏👏👏🎵🥂🌌🫐🎵

Nobody: Me while the instructor is talking:

Terrific performance Gene! Happy to have been a part of this commissioning project.

@genekoshinskimusic

6 жыл бұрын

So awesome to have you involved Dan! Hope you're well, my friend.

Wow what brilliant use of snare buzz. Having the kalimba tuned to the resonant frequency of the snare wire is genius. I loved this! Also i got two different experiences by watching the video and just listening alone. Kinda crazy on how the way we interact with a peice of music impacts oer experience.

@keithklassen5320

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure he tuned the kalimba to the drum. The snares just move along with the head, they have no resonant frequency themselves as I understand it. If they had one, they'd impart it to the drum sound which would make playing with pitched instruments quite difficult.

@wkingston1248

4 жыл бұрын

@@keithklassen5320 Resonance of snare wire, is exactly what causes snare buzz which can be a pain just like you mentioned . Actually every thing has a resonant frequency to it, also referred to as sympathetic vibration. Pitched instruments can and do cause snare buzz but is generally not a huge problem because they are far enough away. The most common offender is generally a tom at the exact right frequency. Many instruments like the sitar are designed around this and have string(s) dedicated for sympathetic vibration to sound.

@guitarplayer9000

4 жыл бұрын

WiSpKing While you are correct on the fact that everything has a resonant frequency, you don’t have to tune anything to a snares resonant frequency to make it buzz. In fact, make a noise loud enough next to a snare drum (particularly another drum or a low bass note) and it’ll start buzzing no matter what the noise is tuned to. Also it’s incredibly difficult, if not impossible to tune a kalimba after it was tuned wherever it was made.

@PostLagone

3 жыл бұрын

@@wkingston1248 it's the snare side head that resonates, not the wires themselves.

1:55 the four over three exchange between the Kalimba and brush on the snare reminded me of deadmau5. This is truly a phenomenal piece of music. I find myself going back to this every month to hear it again.

This is what new music sounds like. Amazing fresh stream of ideas, Gene. The world must hear you

I've decided to perform this one at my senior recital!

I love the ball while he plays the little box

fantastic!!

@genekoshinskimusic

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Magnifique ! D'inventivité, de maîtrise, de musicalité. Respects pour ce travail, cette création, musicalement vôtre.

LOVE this Gene!

As a drummer since 1967, I've always considered the snare drum one of the most versatile of instruments, precisely because you can do the things Gene so ably demonstrates here, including the use of the kalimba! The snare-on and snare-off option has not been explored to this degree in my experience. Also, try this. I've taken tight fitting nitrile work gloves and put dabs on hot glue on the finger tips and the side of the thumb to come up with some interesting sounds and percussion techniques. Try it sometime. But Gene's work here demonstrates how to make a drum musical, and something other than just an obnoxious loud bang! Way to go, Gene!

凄い落ち着いた感じの音をスネアで表現するのって凄い👏

Encore un chef d'oeuvre merci Gene !

An absolute genius. I never would have thought to throw that marble around the snare rim to get that texture.

Very cool, Gene! Congrats!

Terrific idea! Sounds amazing!

Wow! Absolutely wonderful! Thank you for sharing

So many sounds from one drum! 😍

Love your compositions and performances! I think it’s the freshest and most inventive percussion work I’ve come across.

Simply... awesome!!

This is absolutely amazing!

absolutely brilliant! Masterful playing as well to go along with it

Great video and music. I love it.

Fantastic!!

Original idea! I like it!

otwierające głowę patenty, dziękuję!

Well Damn!! Why didn't I ever think of being as creative as this guy?! (I guess I didn't have "the right marbles"... or, lost a few) Like the one he did with the "door stopper"... just amazing what a person who wants what is going on in his head in ways to make "the music" more entertaining.

These are incredible, I like the drums but this is a whole new side of percussion I’ve never seen.

This is the best kind of unexpected ASMR material, mostly cos it sounds beautiful, grounded and somehow otherworldly

I love your creative mind and talent!

Amazing!

Damascene conversion, genuinely unique and stunningly musical!

this is like if David Lynch took up snare

Amazing work! Congrats

That was magic.

Delicious as usual.

Wow! This is some awesome stuff, really! Definitely not what I was expecting from a Snare Solo but everything is a pleasant surprise from you Gene! Really beautiful! btw, what kalimba are you playing on?

@genekoshinskimusic

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ryan! It's a Meinl Medium Black, Extra Wide Tongues.

Extremely creative work. Kind of reminds me of King Crimson's Larks Tongues in Aspic.

Marbelous!!

@jonathanwalther

4 жыл бұрын

One year later: thanks for the likes! I feel glad to have discovered the percussion ingenuity of Mr Gene Koshinski. Thank you so much Gene and keep on playing.

Genious!

Bravo👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Esto es majestuoso. This is majestic.

love it!! :-)

NICE !!!!!!!! Gene

Amazing composition! Congratulations from Córdoba, Argentina :)

Amazing ending!

That’s pretty cool man

Super composition .......

Bravissimo.

Великолепно!!!

目瞪口呆肃然起敬啊！卡辛斯基👍

bravo Gene .

this sounds like :))) and :(( and :| all together it’s beautiful

Great imagination to be able to compose this.

Super.

i feel very calm now

So much on so little. Fantastic

The sound of the kalimba in combination with the sound of the snare sounds very music like a balafon.

creative

very interesting composition but very neat

the kalimba with the snares on sounds like something from a hainbach piece, as if it's a lofi recording, bitcrushed or distorted or something. very nice

Cool! The sound of the kalimba with the snare reminds me of the sound of traditional mbiras with buzzers. Was that an inspiration?

Expert

This might be the trippiest shit I’ve ever seen

This sounds more like an asmr segment

@mason11198

3 жыл бұрын

if ASMR was actually good lololol

wwwoooowww

And he acquired this talent BEFORE quarantine?

The first bars reminds me the rhythm cell of joe's morello "far more drums"

Question- did you tune the kalimba any differently than how it's packaged?

@keithklassen5320

4 жыл бұрын

It's definitely not tuned to a Western scale. Whether there was any intention to its tuning, I'm not knowledgeable enough to say.

01:57

This looks awesome as heck. =D But I can't hear it very well. Pump up the volume on your recording.

@GerSHAK

4 жыл бұрын

Disagreed. Gene's recordings are so beautiful and dynamic. Any more recording volume would mean less dynamics. This is perfect for listening with good audio equipment.

ASMR!!

What planet is this on? Super cool

Hmm 🤔 i should’ve listened to this eyes closed first. I could never guess how this song is played

This is nuts. W hell ?

is there sheet music available????

I've always wondered what bored shed-builders get up to..................

So cool! Can you tell me what exact Meinl Kalimba you are using?

@bobbythomas1805

5 жыл бұрын

Or better yet, is it crucial to use that exact one when performing?

@genekoshinskimusic

5 жыл бұрын

You can use any kalimba you want - tuning is improvised. I use the Meinl wide extra tongues model. It is much louder than most kalimbas and small enough to work around. It's really inexpensive too...

@bobbythomas1805

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you.

For "Solo" snare drum

See, this is what we musicians and ADHD peeps hear when we tap on every surface known to man.

But can you blast beat at 280 bpm, at the least....... This is a true master class in music, period

Well that was something different

Would it be possible to buy sheet music for this?

@genekoshinskimusic

2 жыл бұрын

It’s available through my online store: www.genekoshinski.com

@senoreverything6366

2 жыл бұрын

@@genekoshinskimusic thank you, I'm performing it at my district solo and ensemble today!

I love these solo's, they are really a work of art and are quite beautiful, however I believe we should be labeling them as multiple percussion. More than half of the piece is a kalimba and a marble just on top of a snare drum, and while it makes use of the snare drum in several different ways, it demonstrates very very little snare drum abilities. I'm also honestly just tired of Swerve and pieces like it, (which are beautiful and amazing still,) taking my number one spot in regional competition.

@tissuepaper9962

4 жыл бұрын

Is winning a competition more important to you than pushing the boundaries of your instrument and music in general?

@micahhays1537

4 жыл бұрын

TissuePaper thats not what im saying at all! I love Gene’s pieces, they are so fun to watch and always blow my mind, im just saying that should be labeled differently, as to keep it fair in competitions

HOLY CRAP, THAT FLIP AT 5:25 *got the time wrong

@matthew1550

4 жыл бұрын

where?

@olic9461

4 жыл бұрын

m. mesi it's more like 5:25 my mistake, where he palms the kalimba and flips it sideways

its not a solo. its a composition, on snare drum!

This guy should make a film called "50 shades of snare"

I thought Gene Krupa was dead?

Strangest solo I’ve ever seen.

its like minecraft music lol

way too cool..... make a song using knives the challenge is don’t pop the drum;)

How I calculate how good my music taste is: # of views / amount of time on internet. The smaller the quotient, the better it must be. I am not sure if this is a joke. If I can place a time signature on it, it's definitely bad. My air conditioner radiates in the key of Gb