Alice in Chains - Man in the Box (piano cover)

[Kirandera]

Do you know how to play "Again"?

[ToddGates]

@Kirandera

> Do you know how to play "Again"?

Never worked on it ... great song, but I don't know how well it would translate to solo piano.

[c0ldmen]

the best part is; end.

[ToddGates]

@c0ldmen

> the best part is; end.

It's my favorite part too--thanks for catching that!

[guitarraveboy]

sounds off 

[TheImmortalDimebag]

This isn't man in the box, Im lost.:(

[spiderman34444]

great job!

[ToddGates]

@spiderman34444

> great job!

Thanks!

[ComaAlpha]

Frigging bitchin! Love it!

[ToddGates]

@ComaAlpha

> Frigging bitchin! Love it!

Thank you!

[ComaAlpha]

@ToddGates WAAAAAAYY better than the fat girl doing Down in a Hole.

[pitchforkpat]

Cantrell should open a show at the piano playing this arrangement, an unattended mic stand in the spotlight, bridging to the original just as you do. Might be the one way I could bring myself to go see them without Layne.

This really hits home, and my own humble opinion is that Layne woulda dug it.

[ToddGates]

@pitchforkpat

> This really hits home, and my own humble opinion is that Layne woulda dug it

Thanks -- I'd like to think so too!

[ToddGates]

@HEAVYfukkinMETAL

> ha nice

Thanks!

[grungeromexico]

fuck¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

great ohohohoh

[ToddGates]

@grungeromexico

> great ohohohoh

Thank you!

[mollycup]

do u have sheet music for this?

[ToddAllenGates]

> do u have sheet music for this?

No, sorry, it's just my own arrangement.

[Topekachu]

I really love this cover! Is it okay if I use it for a vocal cover? I'll link to your video/profile.

[ToddGates]

> I really love this cover!

Thank you!

> Is it okay if I use it for a vocal cover?

Absolutely!

> I'll link to your video/profile.

Yes, either post it as a video response to this video or somehow let me know -- I look forward to hearing it.

- Todd

[stuffbyhilary]

hi good job check out my video singing alice

[ToddAllenGates]

> good job

Thanks!

> check out my video singing alice

I don't see any uploads on your channel.

[fuckmichaeljackson1]

your performance is excellent. Its almost God-like. You have my highest respects. I'm curious if you can cover "Rooster" by Alice in Chains. In any case, once again, great performance

-fuckmichaeljackson1

[ToddAllenGates]

> your performance is excellent. Its almost God-like.

Ha-ha—thank you!

> I'm curious if you can cover "Rooster" by Alice in Chains.

Great song! But I'm unfortunately overwhelmed with work and family obligations at the moment, and won't be uploading new piano videos any time soon.

[italianking29]

wow man simply amazing.

[italianking29]

no problem man. can you try doing black gives way to blue? i don't play ive tried but im no god at all but i love the way you harmonize

[ToddAllenGates]

> can you try doing black gives way to blue?

Great song! But I'm a bit preoccupied with other projects at the moment--although if I give it a try in the future I'll let you know!

[0024ccmpj]

que paja!!(Y)

[thequestinband]

absolutly awsome, realy cool, did u just take the guitar notes n play them on the piano, well its pretty cool, if its no trouble make a lesson so i can learn

[ToddAllenGates]

> absolutly awsome, realy cool,

Thanks!

> did u just take the guitar notes n play them on the piano,

For the right hand, yes; but the left hand part is just something I came up with on my own.

> if its no trouble make a lesson so i can learn

I'm unfortunately swamped with other obligations at the moment, but I'm flattered that you asked!

[thequestinband]

thats amazing how u made that up, it sounds like it was made for the song, n dont worry bout the lesson, if its 2 much work just dont worry about it

[VeryBored111]

Very nice cover. I really enjoy it when artists create these and share them over youtube. If only I could play piano. I hate making requests but a cover of Rooster by AIC would be awesome.

[ToddAllenGates]

> Very nice cover

Thanks!

> a cover of Rooster by AIC would be awesome

I'm unfortunately preoccupied with other projects at the moment, but once I *do* get back to making piano vids of hard rock/metal songs, I'll probably do some more AIC. "Rooster" on my list of songs to consider ... but I always have to experiment a bit to see if I can come up with arrangements that "work" on solo piano.

[VeryBored111]

Nah man, no problem at all.

[snipermonkey86]

This is awesome...I can see this accompanying some black and white film.

[ToddGates]

> This is awesome

Thanks!

> I can see this accompanying some black and white film

Good idea -- and this video itself might have been better in black & white.

[SpeakerForrTheDead]

Ahhh...

For now, the dead do not hate...

Beautifully done

[ToddAllenGates]

> For now, the dead do not hate ...

Good to hear I've helped appease them!

> Beautifully done

Thanks!

[mobius1aic]

Please oh please do AIC's Rain When I Die!

[ToddGates]

> Please oh please do AIC's Rain When I Die!

It's on my list of "potentials"!

[mobius1aic]

And Sunshine :D PLEASE!

[1234dougal]

Absolutely fantastic!

[ToddGates]

> Absolutely fantastic!

Thanks!

[ActinLikeaRobot]

This gave me the chills the first time i heard it.. Great work my friend. Also what youve done on your commentary page... Keep it up!!

[ToddGates]

> This gave me the chills the first time i heard it.

Thank you! It took a lot of experimenting to come up with an arrangement that worked for the piano: glad to hear you liked it!

[kevix23]

wew..so awesome..=)

[ToddAllenGates]

> so awesome

Thank you Kevix!

[labrat882]

Alice In Chains? You know my weakness.

I love your renditions of these songs and I'll eagerly wait for more!

[ToddAllenGates]

> Alice In Chains? You know my weakness.

They're mine too!

> I love your renditions of these songs and I'll eagerly wait for more!

Thanks—more on the way!

[flintrock1010]

beautiful bro,

check out my band's acoustic jam of this song. Peace

[ToddAllenGates]

> beautiful bro

Thanks!

>check out my band's acoustic jam of this song.

Just did—sounded great!

(I believe I responded to your comment last week, but for some reason it disappeared. Odd.)

[WWFHEAD]

My god that was outfreakin standing 

100000000000000000 STARS

[ToddGates]

> 100000000000000000 STARS

TOO kind, WWFHEAD, but thank you!!!

[EliasMohr]

Very pretty, my kind of pianist..

It takes a good ear to arrange a song like that into something like this. And i love both.

[ToddGates]

Hi EliasMohr, and sorry for my delay in responding.

> It takes a good ear to arrange a song like that into something like this.

It took a lot of experimenting ... I tried about five different approaches before I finally settled on this one.

> Very pretty, my kind of pianist..

Thanks!

[GodlessHippie]

i REALLY want to learn to play this.

tutorial please?

[ToddAllenGates]

> i REALLY want to learn to play this. tutorial please?

My "To Do" list is booked right now--but if I ever get to it, I'll let you know! (So far I've done only one tutorial - it's my piano version of Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer's "Plays Pretty for Baby.")

[RonPaulvsTyranny]

brought a tear to my eye bro..

amazing

[ToddGates]

> brought a tear to my eye bro..

Thanks Ron---I'm very flattered!

[Chrisnoscrub047]

chea

[QuantumFireball2099]

Great song and great cover!

[ToddAllenGates]

> great cover!

Thanks!

[TaikenKage1212]

OMG May I ask permission to use this? I would LOVE to sing over this!! it's amazing!! PLEASE RESPOND ASAP!!

[ToddGates]

> OMG May I ask permission to use this? I would LOVE to sing over this!

Absolutely! At least as far as using my arrangement goes ... and my guess is that Alice in Chains won't mind either. (That is, they haven't objected to all the other Alice in Chains covers on YouTube so far.)

Also, feel free to mention where you got the piano playing from! :)

> it's amazing!!

Thank you!

[imaginenoreligion]

Very subtle product placement! :)

[ToddAllenGates]

> Very subtle product placement! :)

But just in case people don't notice the books on the keyboard, the closing 30 seconds are far less subtle!

[jared10222]

Awesome!!!

[ToddAllenGates]

> Awesome!!!

Thanks Jared!

[greatgames145]

fantastic man

[ToddAllenGates]

> fantastic man

Thanks GreatGames!

[greatgames145]

check out my sea of sorrow music video

[ToddAllenGates]

> check out my sea of sorrow music video

Another great song by Alice in Chains (although I don't think I come up with a decent piano version of it).

[greatgames145]

yeah its pretty hard song can you do alice in chains the song name is again

[ToddAllenGates2]

> can you do alice in chains the song name is again

"Again" is another one of my favorite Alice in Chains songs. The piano can't, of course, capture the heavy guitar rhythm of that song ... I can see if I can come up with an arrangement that works for piano---but I might not be able to, so no promises! (FYI: The next song on my To Do list is a re-make of an earlier video I did of Korn's "Freak on a Leash.")

[greatgames145]

nice freak on a leash one of my favorite korn songs

[bryantitus]

cool man! check mine out too!

[ToddAllenGates]

> cool man!

Thanks!

> check mine out too!

I just did: great job!

[Deathinmusic]

Beautiful. Great arrangement.

[ToddAllenGates]

> Beautiful. Great arrangement.

Thank you!