Micah Layne Performs Ian Clarke's: The Great Train Race

[flutegirly321]

Your tone is just bewitching! Wow. :D

[hawaiianflutist]

@flutegirly321 Thank you very much. I share your love of French music. Keep up the good work and thank you for the kind words.

[LuxGonderange]

alles gute für deine zukunft :)

[hawaiianflutist]

@LuxGonderange Vielen Dank. Ich verstehe Ihre Freundlichkeit. Es ist eine Qualität, ich respektiere und zurück. In Hawaii wir sagen, "Mahalo und Aloha."

[PIta03141]

A) I agree, it's not a Wagnerian opera. So you vocalized breaths, sometimes it's necessary!

B) The composer's name is Ian Clarke, with an E. He and I share names, and I know I always get annoyed if people spell my name wrong. Wouldn't you?

I loved the performance, you played this really well, the multi-phonics came out really well. I like your take on the piece, it's sounds fantastic. Good job :)

[hawaiianflutist]

@PIta03141 Thanks. Feel free to check out my website for updates and more audio/ video clips.

[shelbybird332]

I agree with LozzaViolin. As a person who plays both classical and jazz, I can certainly appreciate the complexity of the techniques that are displayed in this piece! I also believe that there is CERTAINLY a place in this world for Programmatic music.... it forces the listener to close their eyes and put a picture to what they are hearing. I don't think it's naive... or an imitation, for that matter. I've never heard anything quite like it. Nice job, hawaiianflutist

[LozzaViolin]

Or MAYBE just MAAAYBE Ian Clark is a kind of frontier for new techniques on the flute, you are an idiot... seriously... I play classical music and modern music and can appreciate the attributes of both, not like idiots and people like you. sure YOU are the naive one?

[puppylover21498]

woo! go micah! i know this guy and he is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ur also a great conductor

[ThomasSargeaunt]

Great playing but dont you get more out of playing real music? Ive got nothing against liking this genre, but why not play composers who know how to write something that can change the way you behave or think... thats true art surely? Am I the only person whos not afaid to say it? Ian Clarke's writing is a naive immitation, a joke. He cowers at the footsteps of the greats. When will people see reason and stop playing this useless music, its not worth the paper on which it is printed.

[urSTUDmuffin]

ehh..

it was ok

sorry.

leave this to ian

[120877477]

the sound quality is pretty amazing =) and you sound absolutely incredible!!!! yes, how do you get ur circular breathing so immaculate??

[julyanation20]

wow this was so good :) truely amazing i just wanted to know what do you play on?

[FenAllo1]

wow!!! that's a very very interesting interpretation!

fantastic!!

[psychguy100]

i feel like a bad flute player now... i will probably never get to this level... but i can play that song... very slow though...

[Rsmith19756]

WOOOOOW!! Very good. you sound teriffic!!!

[InstrumentManiac]

good but try not to vocalize the breaths near the middle. Great job though!

[hawaiianflutist]

Thanks for the comment, but it's not a Wagnerian Opera! This piece cries out to defy convention.

[InstrumentManiac]

haha very true! I like playing this piece very much but I was yelled at for 6 minutes for vocalizing breath : P. I guess I am kinduv biased about it after that. But amazing performance! How did you build up your circular breathing?

[Antoniobuster12]

COOL!! :D I there is that thing at 1:08 That is pretty cool.

[kudasango]

my friend is trying to get me to learn this with her XD i WISH i was that good XD

[onln4jesus]

Looks like WOW isn't something you haven't heard before...it is a WOW!

[Flutelearner13nHalf]

Wow, great job,nice!

[UrsoTrapani]

Terrific job, Micah!

[UrsoTrapani]

Great job, Micah!

[miasnutyun]

great JOB!

[badaboehm]

Hey Micah! That's some impressive stuff. I enjoyed it immensely.

[ninaflute]

Well done!!

[flutepixie]

wow, that's the best i've heard this piece bar none.

[furrealjoyful]

Wow... nice job!!

[vampav8trix]

Awsome!!