Yellow After The Rain - Mitchell Peters

[XxaliusxX]

With your technique, I think you should try out a set of vibes! You'd be perfect!

[bbrandonorbust]

I'm impressed with the mallet control of the "un used" mallet. Mine is constantly wiggling and yours seem to be virtually motionless. Great technique.

[akaneik]

everytime i put two mallets in my hands they dnt stay in place.....

[4MalletPrincess]

Wonderful!

[coolpianoplaying]

wauw

[purpleoctopus923]

This was really good!

I am working on this piece for a contest next year. Hope I can play it as good as you can! =)

[KillerKayla2014]

I Have to Play This For My Addition

Geeze Your Scary good!

can i marry you?! :P

i cant wait to be like you some day.

[commentxxpolice]

I'm playing this for solo contest in 6 hours. It's nice to think of all the people who have done it first. Thanks, everybody.

[commentxxpolice]

Brilliant!

[ozzylu2001]

Totally just played this two weeks ago at a school thing. xD

[Imagine1350]

Great dynamics! I love your rolls.

[Pyrovine]

I'm thirteen, and doing this for solo and ensemble, wish me luck!

[firehousecrazyhorse]

Just one peice of criticism to make. It could have been a bit faster. But fantastic job. Also if you stand back a bit from the marimba it helps when your reading music so you can see it and the marimba at the same time. Good work!

[mpianista]

Absolutely great! :) i'm playing this and i wanted to see what it sounded like, you couldn't have given me a better idea! thanks and keep it up :)

[rosaliebradford]

what tempo is this at?

[cjammproduction]

nice pelvic thrust xD haha good job ur a beast

[clolom95]

your my inspiration man, keep it up

[MrSebasR]

Welke zaal is dat? Dronten, Winterswijk of Etten-Leur?

Die vrouw spreekt mij ook altijd toe..:P Zij is echt overal waar de KNFM ook is..:P

[GhostVenom051]

Wow. your one of the best Marimba I've seen so far in my life.

Your better than me.

lol

Nice technec

[bclass24]

Very interesting

[StupidLyss]

This piece is done far too often with poopy dynamics. Thank you for playing it with some feeling :)

[maddydancer777]

Very impressive, nice work!

I played this for a solo 2 years ago...you are WAY better than I was! :)

Personally, I was most impressed by the ending (the part with the fourths in both hands). I could never quite get that down.

Again though...this is fantastic

[explodingpimp]

This is awesome stuff! I'm planning on learning it for Solo & Ensemble, and I was wondering, is a 5 octave marimba required? Because our school only owns 4 1/3 octave marimbas and less

[quaileen123]

@explodingpimp You dont need five octaves im learning on a 4 octave and its fine

[cvanepern1]

VERY Impressive - I played this myself in my senior year of high school, and even after being a percussionist for 7 years at that point, I didn't sound near as good as you did. And the best part is that you're only 13 when this vid was made WOW

[isisdazs]

Your dynamic contrasts and musicality really shine in this piece. Man, your rolls at 1:07 - 1:15 were near-perfect. How long had you been playing 4-mallets before working on this piece? You perform this with such great control and ease, making the more difficult sections sound like a cakewalk.

[mhdibs1824]

well done man! i would just have one critique, emphasize the triplets coming out of the 16th note section a little more, maybe accent the beginning of each triplet: it shows your control over each mallet and makes it sound like less of a retard, unless you want it to sound like your just slowing down. overall great work! you made the ending look soooo easy :)

[MagicalMusician15]

i really enjoyed watching this! a lot of people play yellow after the rain as their first marmiba piece, therefore, it doesnt always sound that great but you were actually pretty good!!!! i must admit i was suprised at how well you performed this. great job and keep up the hard work!!!

[Alvinwhatup2]

I love this piece! You played it very nicely :)

[HallMichael8]

This is EPIC!

[RohanCastle]

This was the very first song I was told to learn in school. I was told I had 2 months to master the marimba, Never once touching any bell related instrument, I said okay.

First month, I developed the toughest hands imaginable, learning all warm up and practice scales and tunes. Developing proper stance, dynamics, rhythm, etc

Second Month, Yellow after the rain.

I was accepted into SFA with YATR and 2 snare pieces:

Snare - "And the Kitchen Sink & Legend of the Two Eyed Soldier" - Edward Freytag

[danccaddy]

@RohanCastle cool story bro

[2kreh]

@Maikel2play i just upload my video of this same piece man, could u comment it ??... just to have one opinion man.

by the way extremly good performance, love the tremolos,!

greetings from México

[Yrovi23]

That may be one of the best times i've heard that piece played. You're so machine-like, and I mean that in the best way possible. No obvious wrong notes and your rolls are amazing. Your dynamics were obvious and your technique is quite good. And I like that you managed all this and still kept a quick tempo. Very impressive.

[18dannywhite]

Excellent workl my man!! A+!! What mallets were you using?? I love the sound of them, and for my university degreee I would love to have them!

[veraax94]

geweldig, echt supergoed!!!!

dit is in elburg of zie ik dat verkeerd? haha daar heb ik ook gespeeld!

[TaylorPeppers74]

I used to play this on the marimba too. It was really well done but I agree that it was a bit fast. Nice Sambas though.

[Texasdrum]

That is a beautiful Marimba :)

[MrSchnappi0815]

really good

i play it too

but i think it's a litlle bit too fast

[marimbagirl526]

Great job! I'm playing this for solo and ensemble this weekend. Just make sure to keep your tempo steady, it seemed like it varied a little bit. Also, use more of your wrists and not your whole arm. Trust me, you'll get a much better sound that way.

[Penguinbot1324]

Ayuufing ledgend. thts all there all there is to it

[Whoomp12]

Absolutely love it. A few weeks back, me and some others made an ensemble and played vivo vivaldi...worst time ever yet the perfect score and now going to state this week is amazing

[kaidynasty]

Just amazing. One week from today I perform this for solo and ensemble. I'm no where near this.

[darknesshwn]

realllyyy good,

i'm doing this peice for solo and enseble, i've got it down, but the dynamics are really hard, and i cant get those rolls as good as that, but you might want to cheak out some of the notes on the sixteenth note patterns, not all of them are right, i'm not saying you didnt do good, cause you really did,

Great job,

-hunter

[sarahjane1304]

Uhm... can I marry you? This was FANTASTIC!!! =D

[holyhell937]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!!!

[timetoslowdownisnow]

Im so glad you took this tempo and didn't rush. I really like this recording! Very musical!

[CwalkinZoom]

a boy of my music class played the same song today, it was pretty awesome, just like this

[Energizer7777777]

excellent

[MyLawdImSexy]

hey, you know what? THIS IS SO COOL. niiiice job, seriously.

[soopermario]

What sticks were you using they sound fantastic.

Loud and not harsh

[Maikel2play]

I'm using Robert van Sice M13, It's a product of Adams (Ittervoort, Holland)

[Drummer2004]

@Maikel2play I got through most of my undergrad using those mallets, and they just so happen to be perfect for the solos I'm doing in my graduate degree. All my critiques for the solo are minor and not worth bringing up, so good job dude! Keep it up!

[ilikelemontrees]

@soopermario

Try Innovative Percussion's IP 300's:D They're the bomb.

[zLazowski1]

Awesome dynamics man. They make a good solo into a great one. :) Keep it up

[kundek13]

good job man

[thatsbeccaforya]

can i marry you?

[TheTarantula666]

LOL haha =))

[2kreh]

im playing this in december, and this vid is just helping a lot man, ur performing is awesome dude!

[Nielsification]

Vet, ik leer hem nu ook :)

Je hebt vast rain dance ook gedaan? :P

[revengeisweet64]

my friends learing this and hes not supposed to be ..lol ..hes doing really well without the teachers help he so good at all percussion ..GO AARON!!

[advancewarsaddict]

Bravo! Wonderful performance. In particular, I enjoyed the quality of your single independent strokes during the permutation section.

Some things to work on: Keeping proper posture behind the instrument. During much of the performance, your head was craned over the instrument. In a recital, or even concert of marching, setting, this detracts from the visual enjoyment of the instrument.

[randomplace]

most excellent.

[TheArkms]

love the dynamics.

im not sure, but i think in the beginning, you're kinda playing into the instrument too much.

but great job!! :D

[beaverteeth92]

What are your mallets taped with?

[Alcor07869]

hard song. im learning it but cant get that last section

[ManateeInaCoiPond]

AWSOME!!!  ;D AMAZING ;o

[7h3d4rkw0lf]

im tryin to learn this piece and this vid helps alot since unlike the other videos, you dont rush or anything and the sound is nice!

lol, im having at the very end but thats about it, aside from the end where you have the main melody (except with all four mallets), im doing alright

anyways this vid helped me quite a bit :D

[LuvPercussion]

Nice job!! I love how exaggerated your dynamics are. I don't know about you, but the middle section....C or D I believe (I don't have my music with me) was so much fun to play. I hated the actual practice though. I wanted to shoot Mitchell Peters in the foot every time. You did really good. Is that a Marimba One or Yamaha?

[waactastic]

Very well done sweetie...you did awesome. I hope you got a prize!

[zuzrwolrd]

how do you get all the notes right at 4:44

and what mallets are you using? are those m14 or m13?

[iheartbrandon69]

yes this is awesome:)

[BlackStarShadow619]

VERY VERY GOOD. The best one of all. 9 out of 10. Now 16th note section was great but going down from sharps/flats becareful of playing out because i played louder on the naturals. in the end please watch of arms u tended to use more arm and less wrist. Your rolls are very good but in low octaves i cannot say this enough please roll slower and harder so u can bring out the sound. Very smooth and connected though. BEST ONE ON YOUTUBE :D

[soopermario]

How do you get so much power?

I always mess up my sticking in this piece when i try to get a lot of power

[PercussionistPhil]

haha at 1:16 you have a little pelvic thrust going on its pretty funny but that's what its all about getting into the music, move around a little instead of playing and just standing there like a log

[7h3d4rkw0lf]

thats one of the biggest mistakes i used to make when i first started on marimba :P

i used to stand still like a idiot and tried to move around with only my arms and let me tell ya, didnt work out too well

[stmahu]

i was going to do this song for competition but i chose suite mexicana instead.

[7h3d4rkw0lf]

i keep on messing up starting the third page( 1:40 ish) cuz i gotta move my hands so much and my marimba bars get REALLY wide so its hard to get accurate hits :P

[jax777987]

that was my first solo!!!

this one was my second

I love hearing them

[jnjams]

Im learning this song and it isn't easy

[swimgirlsub111]

really good job, maybe to make it even better, you could change the rolls to one handed rolls. . .

=]

[KVCO]

he made one handed rolls...

(great job)

[bandgekzrule]

Your rolls are AMAZING and I love your phrasing.

Not to mention the quadruple stop section at the end! Holy moley!

Bravo!

[miphoenix1]

Goed man! Nederlands kampioen met 95 punt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ik was daar toen ook zelf was ik ook kampioen!

[iGuard2thax]

Yo should be commended for posting the BEST version of this song on youtube. After Hearing this i'm not sure anyone except for Mitchel peters himself could sound this good. Keiko Abe Too.

[zenrarity]

Yeah, no. No one trumps Keiko Abe, especially not this kid. He's really good, but she's better.

[iGuard2thax]

Ya i never said he was better, i said that she is better. But it is worded very badly and i appologize for that.

[masterchief497]

im in 8th grade playin this song..not as well as this guy tho =P

[reflectionist]

When you go from bar chords on the accidentals to bar chords on the naturals, make sure your pelvis stays where it is!

:-p

[reflectionist]

Oh yeah, and watch your down strokes on those opening notes.... achieve the forte by pulling more sound out of the bars instead of making them cry in pain.

[bandgeekasaurus]

you have really good 4 mallet technique:)

the only thing i would say is to use ur wrists more on those crescendos and to relax cuz u seemed kinda stiff and that kills ur chops......Ive heard many interpretations of that song on youtube but yours is probably the best.....great job!

[mormonmarimbaman]

i really admire your technique, I would've taken it just a bit faster though. but that's just my personal opinion, sounds awesome.

[styxandsparkles14]

wow! wonderful job, which grip are you using?

I am working on this song, I'm in seventh grade (no not a lie, lol).

[drumbumGR2]

looks like stevens' grip.

great job with that piece! i'm a second semester freshman in college learning this piece and i hope to play it that well!

[satheril]

Probably the best 4 mallet technique ive seen, very Good job.

[LittleDrummerBoy52]

absolutely amazing, when ur outside mallets were not playing they were barely moving, amazing

[amburXbow116]

Wow! This Was Surely Amazing.

And i admire your dynamic changes(:

It made it sound so well.

i think you're playing was the best i've heard of it.

Well Done(:

[TraptInNightmares]

Very well done! And at your age I'm severely impressed! I'm a senior and I'm working on it just now! This is definitely the best I've heard yet. You followed the dynamic contrast exactly, and I think I heard a personal embellishment or two. Again, I'm very impressed. You did well.

[MyChoiceZildjian]

holey god I used those exact mallets when playing this piece for my second semester exams last year. they're great mallets hey

[SavanHaria]

Very good performance :D

The best I've heard so far :D

[JumpShotDude]

Fun solo!!!

[dimmiedrummer]

That was very well done. I'm trying to get this down for S&E Contest. This is great!

[darkmatterchaoscgun]

You're awesome. You're the best I've heard heard at this song so far! Your mallets look really good when you're playing! What kind of mallets are you using? How long have you been playing?

[mcsniper14]

nice man! im 14 and am playing this for my solo, its really not that difficult once you get the hang of the independent part at 1:35

[leonard03]

nice im playing this too=D i played raindance when i was 13... good work man

[threadedinsanity]

excellent work, technically almost perfect, and musically it was very well shaped. my only two thoughts on it are: 1) ritard a bit more near the end, especially on the last three rolled chords...you can draw them out! 2) this is really a matter of preference, but in the restatement of the first melody with all four mallets on the 4th page, I prefer if it stays very soft and dulcet there rather than going big for contrast. but thats a personal thing.

GREAT JOB! :)

[iheartbrandon69]

holy cow man! you played this better than I did. Even with more practicing I did. How old are you?

[t1movies]

goed man

[oimele]

nice played :-)

very good tremolo