Thanks for watching today's episode - let me know down below what you thought of today's performances! I've always wanted to hear this EPIC ensemble work again at some point in real life... hopefully things will go back to normal in 2021 and we can have performances like this again all over the world 😁 And if you want to check out my new #STUDIOFAMILY collection it's at adamtanpercussion.com/merch 👕 #TheStudioFamily

I was in the ensemble that played collide! We worked on it for almost a whole year and we ended up playing it in our marching show next year as well.

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

You guys are so awesome!!

yea definitely was tired after playing about 8 mins of straight 16th note runs but still one of my absolute favorite pieces to have been apart of. :)

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

You didn't look tired at all! You did an awesome job :)

And here I am trying to forget my experience with Collide. Jacob Remington is a great composer, I had a great time playing Prelude to Paradise

mY tHirD gRaDe EnSeMbLe PlYaEd ThAt

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

At this point I'm no longer surprised at such statements hahahaha

I played the xylo part in this video. Collide was definitely a beast, and playing it at PASIC was incredible.

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

You did awesome Sam! Thank you for your hard work :)

My university played Collide recently... It is a BEAST of a piece. It was lots of fun to play though, a great workout

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

Ah you guys are lucky, wish I could play in it haha

@TaylorAtwood

3 жыл бұрын

@@AdamTanPercussion There were definitely pros and cons to playing the piece. One major pro, the piece is a HUGE crowd pleaser and it is fun to play from start to end. One major con, it takes a lot of time to learn, and since so much time is dedicated to this piece (at least for our ensemble), it was hard to also learn and master the other pieces for our concert and recitals. I’m super glad we pulled it off, though!

@David-lj8pr

3 жыл бұрын

@@TaylorAtwood took 11 months to learn and perfect collide for Berkner

Man I played the Xylo part for collide in high school, no joke one of the most fun and hardest pieces I think I will ever play

@braytongust

3 жыл бұрын

imagine getting to do indoor that season

Haven't even watched the video and I know its gonna be AWESOME

I go to Berkner right now and the 2018 percussion section was goated🐏💚

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

You're the next generation :))

Thanks for bringing back the memories of this crazy piece. RIP to DC’s arms after conducting this piece lol

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha man, there's a reason why DC goes to the gym ;)

I had to play xylo for Prelude to Paradise. Im a snare player. Dont know what my director was thinking.

Great Bassoon player!!! Awesome arrangement!

THat musser vibe in the 1st vid is stickered

Great music

WOW 6 MARIMBAS DID NOT THINK THAT WAS POSSIBLE

Very good

you should check out prelude to paradise. its written very similar to collide

The absolute scale of Collide is ridiculous. You can talk about how difficult it is all day, and that's what most people tend to do with pieces like this, but just the resources required to perform the piece are just as difficult to put together. You need 6 5 octaves when some universities don't have more than 2, let alone a high school in like in this video. And on top of that all the other various instruments you need for it, you also need 17 people in the ensemble just to have the parts covered. There's a lot of high schools in the US that are lucky if they have 17 total percussionists in their program, let alone 17 at this level of ability. That's arguably almost as hard to come by as multiple 5 octaves owed by the one school.

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

Yes... I think if a school is serious enough to get all of that gear and foster a culture where players like that will take a piece like that seriously, then they are certainly a school that cares about music education very much :)

Corona Del Sol High School Percussion Ensemble has like 8 5 octave marimbas

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

Well... they are definitely well equipped then ahahaha

I really hope that Adams 3 person piece can be available to play next year for a state solo and ensemble comp. Im planning to play Lotus next year as a solo, so maybe i can play a tan solo and a tan ensemble 👀

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

It's about 60% done now - you are too kind to play so much of my music!! Thank you :)))

I go to the school that played collide

my prof always said if you use a stand keep it below the edge of marimba, try to not block the keys from view. and your body language is a huge selling point of a piece.

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%, open space in front of you makes it much easier to be flexible with your body!

We played that in high school (Westwood HS) and it took 6 months (so it probably wasn't as good) but that was so fun

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

Ah man I'm jealous, wish our schools here could keep up with that kind of repertoire!

Our percussion are very cool good stuff !

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

I think so too :)

dang i left university and i wasn't as good as those highschoolers. don't even think I could perform some of those part that confidently and as accurate as some of them. i was lucky to have a small studio of 4 people and had a lot of lessons with my professor. but big ensembles like this was not possible. but we did join another university to play ionization and steve reich drumming which was a blast with all that phasing.

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

Ah you guys did a different style of flexing ;) drumming is a great work too!

nice

8:42 I LOVE this vibe solo, does anyone know where I could find a transcription for it? I really dont feel like buying the whole score just to see it.

Top 10 two mallet solos!!! I'd like to know your opinion on it.

HEY ADAM!!! I just wanted to ask really quickly, is there a way that your subscribers can get your intro sound so we can spot other subscribers in public? I also absolutely love the sound!

If band had the American military budget.

i wanna play it , but i feel like my hands are gonna get tired halfway, and i prob am too bad for it

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

Haha I feel you man!

Yo that was my school that played collide

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

Your school is epic!

Adam, did you get my message on Facebook about the let’s watch suggestion?

Hi! I got two timpani! There’s no room in my house so they are at a relatives!!

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! You have more to play with :)

@Felix-kz6bu

3 жыл бұрын

@@AdamTanPercussion ikr!

I’m early

Great find but I'd REALLY appreciate if you didn't feel the need to speak sooooo much. This is an excellent performance of a technically difficult piece, and they played it with feel. I appreciate hearing music that doesn't sound or feel like it's coming off a sheet of paper. Please, just let the music roll. The less you interrupt it, the more legit whatever you say will be taken. Thanks

@AdamTanPercussion

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chad, but like I've said in all my videos, if you want to watch the video without my commentary you can always just watch the full video in the description. The whole point of me making these types of videos is for me to comment and find discussion points about them, otherwise I'm just plagiarising people's videos which is very unfair to them. I'm more than happy to know that you'd rather watch the performance over my commentary so go support them please :)

@oxoelfoxo

Жыл бұрын

@@AdamTanPercussion Go Adam! I love your commentary and I watch your channel for it. I also appreciate that you always link to the original videos so I can go watch the full video as-is when I want to.