Grayson, Rocky Road Ripple

[waffensspopn]

240p...we meet again

[Amarelaoo1]

hmm... good but i'll stick with Bach.

[Mus13Fam]

It sounds like it is part of a marching band show

[lukefonfabre44]

Dude... the first 3rd of this could easily be an epic NES RPG's Opening Theme!

[Neonalfax]

It's not a music that I'll sit an listen in my free time. But following every note gave me a different pleasure.

[Klemes67]

reminds of tron soundtrack

[AcousticDude17]

@Klemes67 ......what track are you referring to??? because i dont think this sounds at all like tron

[DavidMumo]

the man's a paintor! and this is effing awesome, not just the visual effect.

[Fukamikami]

Excuse me, i was wondering if i could produce/upload videos using your music animation software, only using music from video games ???

I would also like to know which program you use to record these videos. I read the FAQ and im still a bit befuddled.

[smalin]

@Fukamikami Go to my web site, and in the index, look for "People using MIDI Player on YouTube" and follow the last link on that page.

[Fukamikami]

@smalin

hm. I cant seem to find it

[smalin]

@Fukamikami Then go to the contact page on my website and email me.

[liszt141]

The smiley face at the end :):):):)

That will haunt me forever...

[krazychippyz]

sounds kinda like Mario

[LinguistTroubadour]

i dunno... too barren and icy for me. An artic cacphony in a desert. It wasn't even sublime just... meh. I did enjoy the bit of humor though.

[ChristinaDream]

It is like dominos!

[RayMr333]

HAHAHAHAHAHA



[Fluffski2006]

im sorry, i just dont get it..

[GrimMessor]

sounds like mario somewhat to me

[LookAtThatBigNameYo]

ok i alone in the house listening to thins song.its psychotic.end of story

[xX123gag321Xx]

wahahaha this is ART!! I LOVE!! =D

[cafity]

Remembers me of Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta. Not that it's similar... It just remembers me :)

[BlackSunSerenade]

It's like djent but in a MIDI way

[DukeElefante]

me encanta!

[cosmoman360]

This would probably sike the shit out of you if you watched and listened to this when your high!!!

[adorkablebby]

this is so trippy..

[gdcousins]

4:23 is Jackson Pollock trying to compose.

[AnAmericanComposer]

around 3:00 sounds like he took a major traid and did a chromatic scale pattern around with it.

Cool!

[peortega]

amazing piece

[Fluffy3877]

kinda reminds me of Spyro

[haddtyl]

Very similar to the Dig Dug theme around 0:40

[WormyBoySquigle]

2:52- 3:15

Can anyone explain to me why that section worked?

[HondaNsrFan]

Classical Music type Hardstyle techno ?!

[9989126]

love the end :L

[chirelfusa]

es una increible muestra de sinestesia la música no solo se oye también se siente

[Drewstom]

Modern Contour just looks so cool. Sounds kinda neat too!

[PeedrooAndrees]

it produces hallucinations

[Rawrmaster44]

It just RAPED my mind o.o

[cloudrebelio]

i just had a seizure watching this

[KatayokoNoTenshi]

My god, it's full of stars.

[commetsmasher]

LMAO, I love screwing around in MIDI too! :P

[TerrorBlack]

Sounds like The Residents playing Frank Zappa

[myamoebafriend]

That reminds me a lot of spectrograms.

[Macuelos]

The end is rather... disappointing? Really, the big letters in the piece, they unnerve it, or so it seems. The rest is rather intriguing, but the end... it's just not right.

The rest of the piece has all kinds of interesting sequences, and a lot of "Hey, I know this" parts, but I usually just stop it at around 4:55, just because it 'kills' the beauty.

[moiUnenlagia]

WTF

Fave.

[orangebhuddy29]

lmao wtf xD

[OperationEclipse]

haha this makes me smile lol!

[supern00b]

soooo trippyy

[sxsleeper]

Dude there are a tons of Super Mario Sounds in this Piece :D

[blackbird4321]

!?!

[MasterBecause]

wtf? It's strange and not beautyful but still fascinating...

[smalin]

@MasterBecause  If you listen to it regularly, it will become less strange and more beautiful.

[jcast18k]

@MasterBecause im sure you never listened to emerson lake and palmer... hahahah especially Toccata.

[nylusgore]

*cries*

[MrMrmike5]

*sigh* modern classical mussic. Its just sad.

[banchegal]

god does this make u guys think what kind of crazy man could think of this cause i know i do

[deltadawson101]

holy. crap.

[KorabanVII]

Reminds me of the Trick House in Pokemon Emerald.

[Andyman999999]

That's quite a nightmare fuler.

[Cammers2991]

Fuck. Me.

[Cammers2991]

Its like the ultimate windows error message tune.

[sokkerking12345]

0_O

[christophbell2]

This is what you get when you draw with NAM ;p

[Drakentinix]

The ascending and descending parts just remind me of a child with an annoying high pitched voice who asks too many questions.

[TeeHeel]

This is what my brain does when it breaks

[boldkitten]

This is insane

[RHaeIn68]

Did the composer create those patterns intentionally?

[ruthvenmoon]

This reminded me of Fester's Quest NES game. Can anyone relate? lol

[Echoverbic]

its like anotally tonal XD lol...not really my type of music but i can here some tonality in it...the intro sounded like someone just drew a bunch of notes in a piano roll in their music editor though XD..but its pretty cool once i listened further

[milkkart]

the orange bits sound like modem dial tones.

[clarksta123]

Why does this exsist?! It's conflicting XD

I guess it's kinda cool though xD

I'd like to see someone or some people play it xD

[deadzior]

wow there should be possibility to learn reading such messages "written" in music by ear

[TheeFreeaak]

THIS IS CRAZY!!

[rubsan79]

I believe this can be played by humans...the cromatic are imposible...and the ! symbol needs many fingers!

[jonnydeathgeist]

wow.. did you record this yourself or is it a midi? and if you did how many layers did it take? cause i know it wasnt one. if anyone is able to do it in just one recording then they just might b god XD

[smalin]

@jonnydeathgeist Richard Grayson provided me the audio and a MIDI file. I don't think it's a performance.

[geneeeeeeee]

hahaha! i love it!

[TheYtml]

what would this genre of music be called???

[smalin]

@TheYtml For a genre to have a name, there has to be enough of it for people to have classified it. This piece is different from the music of any specific genre (at least, that I know the name of) that I wouldn't know what to call it, other than "modern" (and perhaps "electronic" --- though even that is probably not right, since it could be played on acoustic instruments without losing its essential character).

[TheYtml]

@smalin well, you could also call this "expiremental"

[smalin]

@TheYtml True, but that's not a genre as much as a non-genre, a catch-all term. If I say "I like Baroque music," people know what I mean (and I'd have a good idea what I'd get if I bought a CD of Baroque music), but if I said "I like experimental music" ... well, it could mean almost anything. It's more like "other." And I don't think it's accurate, either --- that is, I don't think Grayson was "experimenting" (any more than Beethoven or Debussy or Messiaen or any cutting-edge composer was).

[TheYtml]

@smalin btw, i meant to say if i had to describe it. what would you describe it as if you had to?

[smalin]

@TheYtml That would depend who I was talking to. If it was somebody with a strong music theory background, I'd describe it in terms of the harmonies, textures, rhythms, etc. But if I owned a CD store and I had to put it somewhere, I'd put it in the modern classical section (that is, 21st-century "art" music).

[TheYtml]

@smalin so then describe this piece of music to me as you would a professional musician. for my age (15 right now, playing since i was 3), i would say i have a fairly strong music background and i'm ok at theory.

[smalin]

@TheYtml If you have sufficient theory chops to parse the tonality/harmonic/interval structure of this piece, I'd say "just listen, and if that doesn't cut it, ask Grayson for a copy of the score."

[TheYtml]

@smalin so you're saying basically, "if i can't figure it out myself, then don't even ask?" just wondering.

[smalin]

@TheYtml No, I'm just telling you what I do. I majored in music theory and composition in college. Most of what I learn about music, I learn by listening to it. When that isn't good enough, I study the score. If Grayson's music belonged to a particular tradition, you could read about that tradition to learn how it fit in, but that's not something I could do for you --- at least not about this piece.

[TheYtml]

@smalin oh, ok :)

thanks for everything you've told me btw

[Glaither]

Reminds me of a drum cadence.

[Ganbacchau]

Whilst listening to this i see an ocean of suits infront of me on their way to work as they push eachother around on teh busy streets. Population overload.

[DaleSparrow]

fuck yea

[Theanimal1990]

It sounds like video game music. Can imagine this playing in a weird Legend of Zelda dungeon.

[antonima1]

@Theanimal1990

yeah - i thought I heard this before in Link's Awakening

[Icannottolerateit]

I prefer dead white Europeans....

[TheHomelessCripple]

wtf am i listening to? and I don't mean that in a bad way

[spudthepotato42]

Is there somewhere I can download the midi for this? I've been all over the internet and cannot find it.

[smalin]

@spudthepotato42 Try contacting the composer.

[BinaryDragon1996]

i love its messed up quality

[MultimediaTutGerman]

and i thaugt, that i have no hobbys -.-

[Ko0kee07]

JAWDROPPING!!

[ihqrosa]

XDDDDDD BEST :D

[Rykhart]

After listening to the piece several times, I am learning to appreciate this new type of music. It sounds kind of funny, in a way, but it is interesting to notice that it creates a kind of mental stress in me. Hard to endure for a long time. Anyhow, it was a great experiment for me to hear this interesting sequence of geometric and colorful sounds!

KEEP IT UP!

[physphilmusic]

OH MY GOD. The first reaction was - quite a well composed piece of atonal music - after a while you adjust yourself to the initially annoying MIDI piano sound. The graphic score merely assisted with appreciating it. As the music approached 4:53 (the LACMA thing), I thought it was not a significant part of the piece. But when those sounds actually did come out, along with the graphic score of the piece - I felt that music animation has created a new art altogether. Simply breath-stopping.

[woodenclock2]

fkn brilliant

[fatwadmcskylar]

this is so strange, i feel like im going insane as i listen to it

like, if we exposed this to babies while theyre still in hte womb they would form mutations, and be crazed maniacs

[collinlloyd]

eurgh

[jamma246]

HOLY FUCKING MIND FUCK!

[jawamaster]

I was about to say wheres the sheet music. That was before I heard a full minute of this song.

[bra13vo]

simpler visual animated score sounds more twisted than the complicated animated score..

[rigoliro]

For me, its sounds like the songs of some caves at Pokemon Red, blue, and yellow versions, jajajajaja.

[gakodomi]

ending is.... jaw opener

[TomcatBlackAce]

LMAO at the end!!!!

[MaickelJ]

Brilliant!

[phoenixking127]

Wtf was that!?! I was going crazy over that........ What ever that was! O_o

[Re9syr]

run mario , run !!

[DeathNoteFangirl13]

^O^'.......(speechless)

[mnzv8]

que temaso!! alguien conoce algunos mas?

[Rykhart]

IS THAT MUSIC?

[MetalNicola]

@Rykhart

Yeah! Do you know the avantgarde music?

[HoboGaiden]

EPIC !

[RepublicofVideos]

LACMA-Los Angeles County Museum of Art

[Lrt505]

The graph is more beautiful than the music itself

[thebeardman88]

It sounds like the guy that makes mario bros. tunes! Sweetness :)

[theonekari]

omg... this is gonna give me nightamares.... :(

[super6plx]

at exactly 00:38 when the blue part (AND the pink part just under it) come in, it sounds like something from mario xD

[whythewar1]

It sort of reminds me of a rat moving from his hole to under a table and to another safe area then running again over and over again , while getting knives and pots thrown at him until finally he gets to another hole..

[jimbear7]

4:55 is the best sound ever!

[RZrecklezz]

Lol, I have listen to a lot of Smalin's uploads, its incredible how many fools he has to refer to the FAQ..

[Gabumon54321]

@RZrecklezz Oh, and, thank you for calling me a fool. I really appreciate that. Really.

I always read the description before watching a video, so when I watched it, i didn't think to read the description again.

[GandalfDaBlack]

very cool.

[Noxasja]

Ugh! this song gives me a headache; I need some Debussy! <3

[Midiman741]

awesome...playful...dated sounds, but still sweet.

[ThePaladinOfLight]

i think my brain melted

[misanthrope8]

NOTHING SHORT OF SPECTACULAR. Total treat for the eyes and ears and mind! Glorious!

[trabbit25syst]

Ist' é muita b'nit'e sem dúvida. Desenhar formas geométricas nas pautas e chamar àquilo música . Se queres fazer música aleatória, pelo menos ouve o Solus Solus Mis do Maestro Buello Bruto.... ah, ... Ou então lê Saramago, que pelo menos fala de coisas mais calmas como SITUAÇÕES APOCALÍPTICAS. Isto destrói a escala do que eu considerava razoável em termos auditivos.

[trabbit25syst]

Ist' é muita b'nit'e sem dúvida. Desenhar formas geométricas nas pautas e chamar àquilo música . Se queres fazer música aleatória, pelo menos ouve o Solus Solus Mis do Maestro Buello Bruto.... ah, ... Ou então lê Saramago, que pelo menos fala de coisas mais calmas como SITUAÇÕES APOCALÍPTICAS. Isto destrói a escala do que eu considerava razoável em termos auditivos.

[dch111]

whoa.

[ericblue85303]

whomever made this has got some mad talent. I love it. it is so weird but tight

[ericblue85303]

whomever made this has got some mad talent. I love it. it is so weird but tight

[FatNutria86]

Sounds like an old Mario game :)

[BARAKA192]

WOOOOW!!!!!!Great))))))

[Gabumon54321]

L.A.C.M.A... Does that mean anything?

[smalin]

@Gabumon54321 see the FAQ

[whythewar1]

@Gabumon54321 Los angeles county Museum of art.

[Gabumon54321]

@whythewar1 I appreciate the reply, but as you can see, smalin has already answered my question.

But thanks anyway.

[zenocomplex]

@Gabumon54321 L.A. County Museum Of Art

[Memmo061091]

3:40 awesome *_*

[12GaBoR21]

what does it mean ?!

[smalin]

@12GaBoR21 If it were possible to use words to convey the meaning that's in music, we wouldn't need music.

[nomutente]

MASTIFOR?!

[FatNutria86]

? >:(

[whythewar1]

Really interesting piece...gives me the thrills...Its so.......fast and relentless

[chrischrist2u]

this must be the product of a warped mind

[hyperprogressive]

best music

[MirifiqueHarmonie]

This weird : I first don't like this piece and Scriabins' opus but the more I listen, the more I understand (in my way), the more I like the music.

[smalin]

@MirifiqueHarmonie You've learned an important lesson.

[Eatleet1234]

This is fuckin trippin' man

[e30brian]

this song IS that fine line musicians talk about when discussing where too much is too much.

[dylbann91]

wow i liked that :D

[jazzpsalti]

that smiley face was HILARIOUS!!!!

I really liked the opening theme, in all seriousness

[nshrzg13]

Gahh.. this plus acid is fucking epic.

[smalin]

Uh, I think anything plus acid is f****** epic.

[tazelator]

i really love it its awsome it only sounds somehow crazy cause bach, mozart, beethoven, tschaikowsky and all of those great composers always used notes that we are used to so we think that they sound good and the rest between them sounds awful.

but still the end is not really composed for music i think but the rest is normal

[aramaat55]

At least it looks nice with the colors and all...

[PLANKTON33]

da muss man schon auf LSD sein um darauf abzugehn

[silosteve5101]

nice idea for coding text ... bad for muzic

[leonhrad]

sounds like buckethead

[Nerevar2]

@leonhrad exactly

[SegundoAmanecer]

Interesant. Maybe a little crazy, but not bad at all.

I'll hear it again...

[happyman]

some parts remind me of squidward dancing

[FarrenfollowsBen]

Interesting. Some parts remind me of old Nintendo

[superdiaper]

Those were my thoughts as well. I just kept thinking "wow classic game music sounds"

[here2killlu2]

Wow. . . that was something else. . .

[CaptainShifty54]

3:35 onwards is just trippy, and the ending is hilarious :D

[pascalh94]

this piece is... umm... intense ^^ I'm not sure whether I like it or not, but it's definetely avant-garde

[smalin]

Listen to it a few times over a few days. If you're like me, you'll get to like it more and more.

[kastlesucksTDOTS]

is this a midi?

[EpicKandy]

You are exactly right. I love this now!

[MasterOfDisguise116]

@smalin Yeah i hated it and then went back after a while and i started to like it more. It is kinda weird though... did he make the music specifically for this program? Or was it for another one, which would explain all the weird designs?

[smalin]

@MasterOfDisguise116 Grayson wrote the piece to have visual qualities to it; when he played it in public, he didn't use my software, but something similar.

[Maaarteh]

looks much like a computer game of the 80's

[BadBlueBoy213]

wtf... but it sounds very interesting

[Gisler5]

very nice! i like it! 5*****