Melos fans, don't worry about people that don't like this type of music. People say Tera Melos is complicated just for the sake of being complicated, or that there is no discernible melody or time signature or whatever. People said the same thing about Stravinsky, and ever since he came on the scene, music has never been the same. Same thing here... and to the haters, of course you're entitled to your own opinion. But so are we, and our opinion is that if you don't like it then fuck off. :)
I love tera melos but this video is just awful quality, they are all over the place in this one and it's hard to hear a lot of the particulars that really make them fantastic
@TheUnclesidandthegay nope its shite. The people that like it are the ones that are convinced this is the new wave stuff and are also most likely high.
@TraceurOmega trust me i'm all for liking whatever you like.. but i just dont quite get this. It just contains chord progressions that clash and melodies that dont go with the chords. Maybe someday i'll look back on this and think damn why did i not like this? But not today :P
@Bunters196 See that's the kind of attitude I actually respect. Where you are being reasonable and stating why you don't like it. It is difficult to comprehend, but that's why I like it. It's challenging.
i love how this slows down at 2:53, you have some shots of the tiny dog relaxing and then they blast it again and the dog is kinda blown away!!! hahaha2
i saw a comment referring to nick's guitar, i spoke to him over facebook he said its an sg-z. they all have the cool lightning bolt too. he uses some odd peavey guitar on the new record. it has like one pickup in the middle.
l don't get it and don't really like it, but l'm giving it a thumbs up because l can tell they're thinking this out and not just jamming. Plus l want to encourage indy musicians. I am 2:30 into it and still can't get it, but the best of luck to 'em.Indy fusion, l guess.
@davidbrucemusicvideo listen to the studio version, this guitar is kinda murky sounding and drowned out by the drums, plus the studio version kinda flows into the next two songs in the most beautiful and awesome way.
i can't tell if i like tera melos... i mean, it looks like they could be awesome, but the sound in this video makes it sound like they're all just banging on their instruments.
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Their practices must be like," K guys, I came up with a new song, its in 27/8, no direct key, bunch of free sections for improv, here's the first verse..."
It actually sounds like they don't listen to each other as they play. Could be just the recording and that's why they sound so out of key and time with one another.
@lanternhead Uhhh, they're actually playing in key, and the time signature here is so swiftly-changing and complex that you can't even follow it, so I wouldn't say they're out of time- if you notice, when they switch from one part the next, the only actual indicator of a time signature that you can pick up on, they're perfectly synced with each other. Soo that's both your points out. The sound quality is awful here, but their playing isn't.
@waffles032 Not sure why they decided to record in a glass room with parallel walls all around. They're still awesome though. Use to catch their shows at the local community center about 6 or 7 years ago.
@lanternhead The quality of this video here (and the mixing--I can barely hear the guitar over the drums) suck balls, but I'm afraid you're gravely mistaken. I can tell you for a fact, they're in the key E major for the duration of the song. And I'm still working out the time signatures, but after they play Ambassadors of All That Is Good the intro is in straight 4/4 (though the accent is on beat 4 in measure five, making it seem like a bar of 3/4, but they make up for the lost beat at the end
@lanternhead (cont.) of the intro). The break after the intro at :43 can also be counted in 4. The next section where Nick taps is a bar of 6/4, then a bar of 7/4. Then it's two bars of 13/8, then I believe a bar of 15/8, though I'm only 90% positive, then afterwards is two bars of 4/4. Then the next section is all 4/4, though heavily syncopated. Then from 1:18 to 1:26 is heavily syncopated 4/4 as well. Then at 1:26 starts the section where they'll do three bars of 4/4 and then a bar of 5/4.
@lanternhead And that repeats until 1:49, where it's just 3 bars of 4/4. It's really not that complicated, all you have to do is have a second grade education so you know how to count.
@kewl2006 You haven't taken melody, progressions or key into account. Of course anyone can count up to 15 and vary the patterns in repetition...it doesn't make you talented just because you can change time signatures and play syncopated sections...it's making them sound good that's talented. The beatles used use alternative time signatures in parts of songs, Im all for that but the difference with the beatles is that they made them sound good.
@lanternhead "sounding good" is a vague and incredibly subjective term. And yes, I have; I mentioned previously that it's in the key of E Major for the duration of the entire song. And there is a melody, though trying to describe it without notation would be pointless. And the progression is IV-I-IV-I-IV-I-IV-V-I-iii-I-iii-IV-I ; the next section is then IV-V-vi-IV-V-I-vi-N6/V-IV-V-vi-IV-V-vi-N6/V-IV-V-vi-I-vi-N6/V-I-vi-N6/V-I-vi-N6/V-I. That's the progression from :30-1:53. Which if you think
@lanternhead (cont.) about it, there's nothing overly complex about the progression at all. the only bit of intricacy in the progression is the occasional neapolitan of V they throw in there (which, in the key of E major, is Cnatural major) something you and many others fail to realize is that there are in fact people with different tastes in music. you'll encounter that your whole life. had you said something like "I don't like this music," that'd be well and good. but saying things like there
@lanternhead (cont. again) is no meter, progression, or key is absolutely absurd. this isn't that complicated honestly. if you have trouble with this, then people like stonberg, webern, stravinsky, etc would melt your brain. and stravinsky was hands down THE most influential composer of the 20th century. but i digress... i love tera melos. they are a kick ass band. and I also love the beatles. and it's OK that you don't like it and i respect that. but think before you speak.
@kewl2006 you are the greatest man on the internet. rites of spring melts my brain (us poor horn players!) and tera melos rocks my socks. hats off to you for your genuine knowledge of music theory and your desire to go out of your way to prove that this is, in fact, exceptionally musical stuff!
Honestly, the crazy noises is what I love most about this band. Alot of people have ways of getting out problems by making music. For some people its writing a sad song, for some its making a heavy metal song, these guys (and alot others) like to make noise. But these guys are smart about making noise, they keep it in time, and try to give it a melody that people can connect with. That is one of the reasons why I connect with them and love their music. Some people dont connect like thisbutohwell
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@yousurnaym without taking it? jesus, you guys must have some pretty concentrated acid to where you only have to put it to your ear to experience audial hallucinations
why do people keep calling this "math rock"? that is dumb. just listen to it. stop trying to make it fit into an arbitrary, preexisting genre. it just is what it is. i understand why a lot of people dont like this. its weird, obviously. but art can be weird. anybody who thinks they can define absolutely what art is or is not is a fool. art and music exist as a way to express emotion that is beyond language.
also, tera melos would kick you in the face if you called them math rock
"Make MUSIC, not what this is." This is a sad comment. Music is art. It is subjective. If you don't like it, don't listen to it. Just like avoiding bad tv shows and silly movies, all you have to do is sidestep what you don't like. Don't criticize it because you can't listen to it. Genres exist for a reason.
Go ahead and call me ignorant, but I just couldn't tell when the music started. I can say all 3 of these guys are obviously good musicians. But for 3:34+ minutes this sounds more like some people building a house... a lot of superflous noise that never seemed to coalesce into anything resembling real music, more like a bunch of guys doing their own thing, warming up for the REAL show, which is to come later. I mean, even the dog during this entire performance seems utterly distressed.
note: I admit unfamiliarity w/ their music; this being the only piece I've heard.. unless this is the same 40 Rods my brother, God rest him, recommended I give a listen to. My comment is specific only to this piece! To my thinking, the drums drown out the guitar/bass making the offering cacaphonous. Though there are a few delectable moments of music interspersed throughout this, they are not enough to listen to this twice. I'll go hear their other stuff; they may redeem themselves yet.
@enilegnave21 I had this same issue when i first heard this.. mainly 'cos i think the guitar's a bit too quiet/drum's are too loud however that was before i had heard the studio version of this EPIC piece of art. Now i can fully appreciate this video! I thoroughly suggest you do the same
the way i see tera melos is that they are a very complicated band, hard to understand, and what people dont understand they fear, thats why jasonthedrummer doesnt like them: hes not ready for them yet, he doesent understand how intricate all of there songs are all he hears when he listens to them is random bursts of sound that sounds terrible, and ill be honest when i first heard them thats what i heard, but i kept listening, and soon i was able to apreciate math rock, i hope jason will soon to
@wannatalkaboutnick I just checked out 'everend', thinking they were a better band than Melos, as you claimed, and turns out they are just kids dressed up like Justin Bieber playing ultra predictable rock riffs. I would rather listen to Miley Cyrus fart the rhythm to achy breaky heart while taking a bong rip than listen to that sorry pseudo suburban rock pollution. Tell those kids to eat some LSD immediately before it is too late for them.
i wish this was properly recorded; all i can hear are the drums and barely any guitar or bass. and it all just sounds like it was recorded with one mic at 10 feet away from everything.
@jasonthedrummer I can't believe you are trying to develop an argument into what music is, and what it isn't. You sound like a faggy wine taster. And to hear you say that Melos has missed the point of music because they play for musicians, well, do you like to smell your own farts too? I checked out your drumming vids and I guess it's no surprise that your definition of music as you play it is predictable and yawning. Music is created from the infinite universe, not from inside a box, jason
@doggysti3s So the guy who listens to music that represents a much bigger demographic is the wine connoisseur and the guy who listen to really bad music that most people hate represents a casual drinker? My drumming style is very straight forward i agree but that doesn't mean i don't like other styles of music. Music is meant to invoke emotion not "Yeah, watch me play this terrible riff." Music is about sound not ability.
@jasonthedrummer You obviously have made your mind up already that Melos is a band of flashiness with no sound, which is very far from the truth,but, besides the point that you are a pretentious musical snob. You proclaim yourself as "the guy who listens to music that represents a bigger demographic". If those aren't the words of a soulless, marketing, musical snob, then I don't know what is. And, you say music is "not about ability"? I say, eat some lsd, and get over yourself, bro snob.
@doggysti3s You totally didn't get my question if you think i'm a "snob." You think that you have some higher understanding of this music because you almost definitely are a musician and because i'm not a good drummer i will never understand. "Soulless, Marketing..." You can't be serious. A good portion of the bands i listen to the most will NEVER be on top 40 radio.@whilweaton This Town Needs Guns, Minus The Bear(My Favorite), Six Gallery, Maps & Atlases, Rooftops, American Football.
@jasonthedrummer The way I KNOW that you are an ignorant bro snob is because you are expressing a superior musical taste. "Make MUSIC. Not whatever this is." Those are snob words. "You think that you have some higher understanding of this music because you almost definitely are a musician and because i'm not a good drummer i will never understand. " Does this sentence make sense? The truth is- you don't understand their melody/ time sigs, and you claim that there is none to keep afloat your ego.
@doggysti3s 1.This is reaaaally bad music so yeah your music taste pretty much sucks. 2. Read the sentence again. 3. I "don't understand" ??? You just proved me right about the sentence you can't "understand." Haha!
@jasonthedrummer jason the bro snob drummer "listens to music that represents a bigger demographic." If you fart in a glass, he will smell it for you and tell you if it has talent or not.
@jasonthedrummer i will have you know, sir, tera melos does invoke emotion with me, different people experiance different things with music, btw, whats your favorite math rock band?, my 2nd favorite is this town needs guns
I can understand how someone watching this could think it's trash if they've never heard tera melos before. This video doesn't really do their sound justice, even for a pro shot. They sound much better on their albums and live in person than on live videos.
@tokyorose999 there is no such thing as plain old guitar if you're a good enough musician. you can create worlds of sound without extra effects or pedals
@meatwadXcore but when you want to do something different and are EXTREMELY good like these guys you move on to pedals to make "worlds of sound" with them also so what are you even saying dude yes the pedals are necessary
Haha. Yes you can, but in this case maybe it should be called an instructional video rather than "awesome" music. These guy are on stage practically saying "Look how good I am. Hear me roar."
@jasonthedrummer Thats the way they exspress themselfs and if you dont like it then dont listen to it..but yet your probabaly jerking yourself off while trying to piss everyone off about they're music preferance. Also you might want to get your ears checked out because there is melody and a a constant time signiture in this song, only its in short peices. You should just keep listening to your butt-rock.
This is a classic case where what's going on does not sound good and the only people who enjoy it are gawking musicians. Seriously, I mean they are just fucking wailing out there. No melody, no coherent time signature or anything for that matter.. If you are writing music for musicians then you have missed the point.
first problem with your statement: everyone is a musician. you're talking about music to impress musicians, or maybe music that you think satisfies a persons ego as this is a typical complaint about music that seems to focus on skill. i for one like the sound of what's going on, but i listen to a lot of experimental music and i've learned to appreciate it. maybe that is because i am a musician, but it's not as if it's not possible to appreciate this without skill or as music
@sshhrriinnee "maybe that is because i am a musician" - Exactly. Nothing else to appreciate.
And for those who say they sound any different live.....I saw them about two weeks ago and i absolutely haaaated it. I saw that they were technically pulling off some really cool things but it sounded terrible. Make MUSIC. Not whatever this is.
i see tera melos as a band who is complicated just for the sake of it. with no structure it doesnt sound like a song you would follow, or ever listen to.
I can see why someone wouldn't like this band. It takes a musician or something with patience to give this music a chance. It's amazing and well thought
that pedal board is a monster!
waitforthebreakdown 2 days ago
im the dog.
davisosta 1 week ago
that drummer is now a math teacher. think about that for a second.
dubsubs 3 weeks ago 3
How does everyone in the world not worship this song?
2MuchRhythm 3 weeks ago
What were you expecting, sepia tone and wide angled shots in slow motion?
JonathanGleadell 4 weeks ago
DOG!
inkBot7 1 month ago
Horribly filmed, fire the camera man please.
BelRiose2000 1 month ago
the dog!!!!
manuysunuevavida 2 months ago
Vince with a kick, a snare, hihat, and a ride: his natural habitat.
myfriendtheZebra 2 months ago
Love how the dog is just chilling and watching
cossack77 3 months ago
That dog understands
Rowdizzle08 3 months ago
if this was mic'ed and recorded properly this might be the best video on youtube
poobumdickie1 4 months ago 12
@poobumdickie1 Fuck that.
sonicyouth45 1 month ago
ijustwantthecameratostaystill!
pupupupupuberty 4 months ago 2
fuck that nigga @combatwombat1995
MannyOfSara 4 months ago
Melos fans, don't worry about people that don't like this type of music. People say Tera Melos is complicated just for the sake of being complicated, or that there is no discernible melody or time signature or whatever. People said the same thing about Stravinsky, and ever since he came on the scene, music has never been the same. Same thing here... and to the haters, of course you're entitled to your own opinion. But so are we, and our opinion is that if you don't like it then fuck off. :)
the9ingredients 4 months ago
This sounds like a group of mentally challenged people trying to play heavy metal.
CombatWombat1995 4 months ago
@CombatWombat1995 lol i respect your screen name because thats a fantastic animation, but your opinion can go fuck itself
1313silverscreen1313 4 months ago
@1313silverscreen1313 Thanks, so can yours
CombatWombat1995 4 months ago
@CombatWombat1995 <3
1313silverscreen1313 4 months ago
crap!!
chup1ladas 5 months ago
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sigurdtk15 5 months ago
after they finish (9:22) they're all like "no big deal"
ilikecheese1011 5 months ago
why the fuck is jason lee playin the drums\?
xian9026 5 months ago
46 people think double bass sounds cool.
sonicyouth45 5 months ago
I love tera melos but this video is just awful quality, they are all over the place in this one and it's hard to hear a lot of the particulars that really make them fantastic
weighanchorTV 6 months ago
this band makes me want to smoke acid. yes, smoke acid
deathwish959 6 months ago
This almost sounds like dillinger some parts.
sigurdtk15 6 months ago
wtf, why have I only discovered this band?
giovanni9763 6 months ago
BUT SERIOUSLY!!! Do you see any microphones anywhere? stop complaining about how it sounds, it's probably the camera mic for fuck sakes.
refusedchad 6 months ago
SO MANY LIGHTNING BOLTS!
refusedchad 6 months ago
all my friends say this sucks...... Yeah, well i have no friends now (:
InLocoParentis96 6 months ago
This drummer is so much better than their current one.
hurtztwopee 6 months ago
the dog is all like''get da fuk out of my house!''
DeathBreath091 7 months ago 2
I guess I'm small minded for thinking this sounds like shite? Maybe it's just over my head.
TheUnclesidandthegay 7 months ago
@TheUnclesidandthegay nope its shite. The people that like it are the ones that are convinced this is the new wave stuff and are also most likely high.
Bunters196 5 months ago
@Bunters196 Lol im straight edge and love this. The recording is poor, but they are a wicked band and do take alot of getting used to.
TraceurOmega 4 months ago
@TraceurOmega trust me i'm all for liking whatever you like.. but i just dont quite get this. It just contains chord progressions that clash and melodies that dont go with the chords. Maybe someday i'll look back on this and think damn why did i not like this? But not today :P
Bunters196 4 months ago
@Bunters196 See that's the kind of attitude I actually respect. Where you are being reasonable and stating why you don't like it. It is difficult to comprehend, but that's why I like it. It's challenging.
TraceurOmega 4 months ago
lolwtf a dog lol
jibblejubs 7 months ago
didnt know that sam brown from wkuk played bass for them? shits so cash.
hank1234567890 7 months ago
i play minecraft to this shit...its dope as fuck
eokmfcvefiom 7 months ago 3
i love how this slows down at 2:53, you have some shots of the tiny dog relaxing and then they blast it again and the dog is kinda blown away!!! hahaha2
nflores20 7 months ago
this is a hipsters Spastic Ink.
kingdiamondking 8 months ago
i saw a comment referring to nick's guitar, i spoke to him over facebook he said its an sg-z. they all have the cool lightning bolt too. he uses some odd peavey guitar on the new record. it has like one pickup in the middle.
AndrewRoxSocks 8 months ago
that guitar nick is useing is something like $1,200...i saw one one ebay
eokmfcvefiom 8 months ago
Who the fuck uses socks to masturbate?!
eokmfcvefiom 8 months ago 5
Props for the T-40 bass. :)
nortyfiner 8 months ago
reminds me of hella...... without the powerful drumming
radiantnoir 9 months ago
Motherfucker is making that much noise and playing those kinds of time signatures with a FOUR-PIECE KIT?! Kudos... kudos indeed.
lightthiscity11 9 months ago 3
i love you. iloveyouiloveyouiloveyouiloveyouandsoonandsoon
StaticSea1 9 months ago
That dog saw the awesomeness and ran away.
ScottDavidKeller 9 months ago
this video never gets old
tokyorose999 10 months ago 3
I love how everyone tries counting it out and counting when they play it, and there Nick is playing by feel. Kudos Nick
andrew12398 10 months ago
l don't get it and don't really like it, but l'm giving it a thumbs up because l can tell they're thinking this out and not just jamming. Plus l want to encourage indy musicians. I am 2:30 into it and still can't get it, but the best of luck to 'em.Indy fusion, l guess.
:-) Thumbs up.
davidbrucemusicvideo 10 months ago
@davidbrucemusicvideo listen to the studio version, this guitar is kinda murky sounding and drowned out by the drums, plus the studio version kinda flows into the next two songs in the most beautiful and awesome way.
potatomonkeyrap 9 months ago
@potatomonkeyrap
Thanks, although I don't know where I'd find the studio version.
davidbrucemusicvideo 9 months ago
@potatomonkeyrap
Wait, l found the studio session. Thanks.
davidbrucemusicvideo 9 months ago
tech-grunge?
redrabbitreviews 10 months ago
"we choreograph our headbangs" - tero melos
kohead 10 months ago
great!
miwa0akihiro 10 months ago
the dog definetly cant deal with it
AttaKru 10 months ago
I'm surprised no one has made a comment about how much of a good taste in music the dog has.
XAlphaZEROX 10 months ago 2
i can't tell if i like tera melos... i mean, it looks like they could be awesome, but the sound in this video makes it sound like they're all just banging on their instruments.
BobbySplax 11 months ago
@BobbySplax i'll admit, it does resonate a lot, but i can still hear their amazing abilities.
Qw3rtyX2 11 months ago
@BobbySplax just give the cd recordings a listen, they are mind blowing.
TraceurOmega 10 months ago
there time signatures are so complex, you have to be a true musician to understand. not for the average listener.
iaintnofish 11 months ago
these guys play so complex.
iaintnofish 11 months ago
I miss Vince.
DuesEstNonsanus 11 months ago
Math Rock can't get any better then this..
bigace511 11 months ago
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teganyavo 11 months ago
sounds like shit taking a shit
schnickerface 11 months ago
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vasudevamusic 11 months ago
Their practices must be like," K guys, I came up with a new song, its in 27/8, no direct key, bunch of free sections for improv, here's the first verse..."
PGROSYE02 1 year ago 2
It actually sounds like they don't listen to each other as they play. Could be just the recording and that's why they sound so out of key and time with one another.
lanternhead 1 year ago
@lanternhead Uhhh, they're actually playing in key, and the time signature here is so swiftly-changing and complex that you can't even follow it, so I wouldn't say they're out of time- if you notice, when they switch from one part the next, the only actual indicator of a time signature that you can pick up on, they're perfectly synced with each other. Soo that's both your points out. The sound quality is awful here, but their playing isn't.
waffles032 1 year ago
@waffles032 Not sure why they decided to record in a glass room with parallel walls all around. They're still awesome though. Use to catch their shows at the local community center about 6 or 7 years ago.
illeventeen 11 months ago
@lanternhead The quality of this video here (and the mixing--I can barely hear the guitar over the drums) suck balls, but I'm afraid you're gravely mistaken. I can tell you for a fact, they're in the key E major for the duration of the song. And I'm still working out the time signatures, but after they play Ambassadors of All That Is Good the intro is in straight 4/4 (though the accent is on beat 4 in measure five, making it seem like a bar of 3/4, but they make up for the lost beat at the end
kewl2006 11 months ago
@lanternhead (cont.) of the intro). The break after the intro at :43 can also be counted in 4. The next section where Nick taps is a bar of 6/4, then a bar of 7/4. Then it's two bars of 13/8, then I believe a bar of 15/8, though I'm only 90% positive, then afterwards is two bars of 4/4. Then the next section is all 4/4, though heavily syncopated. Then from 1:18 to 1:26 is heavily syncopated 4/4 as well. Then at 1:26 starts the section where they'll do three bars of 4/4 and then a bar of 5/4.
kewl2006 11 months ago
@lanternhead And that repeats until 1:49, where it's just 3 bars of 4/4. It's really not that complicated, all you have to do is have a second grade education so you know how to count.
kewl2006 11 months ago
@kewl2006 You haven't taken melody, progressions or key into account. Of course anyone can count up to 15 and vary the patterns in repetition...it doesn't make you talented just because you can change time signatures and play syncopated sections...it's making them sound good that's talented. The beatles used use alternative time signatures in parts of songs, Im all for that but the difference with the beatles is that they made them sound good.
lanternhead 10 months ago
@lanternhead
Yep, and I think this sounds damn good.
nlo13 10 months ago
@lanternhead i think your looking to hard into it. just let sound be sound. these guys paint with alot of colour.
shinobibass000 10 months ago
@lanternhead "sounding good" is a vague and incredibly subjective term. And yes, I have; I mentioned previously that it's in the key of E Major for the duration of the entire song. And there is a melody, though trying to describe it without notation would be pointless. And the progression is IV-I-IV-I-IV-I-IV-V-I-iii-I-iii-IV-I ; the next section is then IV-V-vi-IV-V-I-vi-N6/V-IV-V-vi-IV-V-vi-N6/V-IV-V-vi-I-vi-N6/V-I-vi-N6/V-I-vi-N6/V-I. That's the progression from :30-1:53. Which if you think
kewl2006 8 months ago
@lanternhead (cont.) about it, there's nothing overly complex about the progression at all. the only bit of intricacy in the progression is the occasional neapolitan of V they throw in there (which, in the key of E major, is Cnatural major) something you and many others fail to realize is that there are in fact people with different tastes in music. you'll encounter that your whole life. had you said something like "I don't like this music," that'd be well and good. but saying things like there
kewl2006 8 months ago
@lanternhead (cont. again) is no meter, progression, or key is absolutely absurd. this isn't that complicated honestly. if you have trouble with this, then people like stonberg, webern, stravinsky, etc would melt your brain. and stravinsky was hands down THE most influential composer of the 20th century. but i digress... i love tera melos. they are a kick ass band. and I also love the beatles. and it's OK that you don't like it and i respect that. but think before you speak.
kewl2006 8 months ago
@kewl2006 *schönberg, excuse me.
kewl2006 8 months ago
@kewl2006 you are the greatest man on the internet. rites of spring melts my brain (us poor horn players!) and tera melos rocks my socks. hats off to you for your genuine knowledge of music theory and your desire to go out of your way to prove that this is, in fact, exceptionally musical stuff!
BadCompany2113 8 months ago
These guys are far better than anyone realizes.
spracketskooch 1 year ago 3
sounds like spaghetti
orkmage 1 year ago 41
@orkmage well you sure do suck their meatballs
putnamizer 6 months ago
If I try to describe Tera Melos in one word, its messy
Ivhobbs23vI 1 year ago
@Ivhobbs23vI you just dont understand. god bless your weak ear <3
MichaelEdwardCurtin 1 year ago
@MichaelEdwardCurtin I try to understand it but some of the things they do are so complex I can't make sense of it all
Ivhobbs23vI 1 year ago
Honestly, the crazy noises is what I love most about this band. Alot of people have ways of getting out problems by making music. For some people its writing a sad song, for some its making a heavy metal song, these guys (and alot others) like to make noise. But these guys are smart about making noise, they keep it in time, and try to give it a melody that people can connect with. That is one of the reasons why I connect with them and love their music. Some people dont connect like thisbutohwell
kh44man 1 year ago 2
Tera Melos is the Jam!
swytzaspaceshuttle 1 year ago
Is this an old drummer?
ainsleywalker 1 year ago
@ainsleywalker yeah, this is their original drummer, Vince. miss that dude
dontknowmuch 1 year ago
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Twolypzrevolution 1 year ago
They've really come along way with this song! So much cleaner and it sounds like a legit song compared to older recordings of them playing it live!
jjh1238 1 year ago
it's legend around these parts that if you put an acid tab up to your ear, you can hear tera melos playing this song.
yousurnaym 1 year ago 47
@yousurnaym without taking it? jesus, you guys must have some pretty concentrated acid to where you only have to put it to your ear to experience audial hallucinations
finishingchief1 1 year ago
why do people keep calling this "math rock"? that is dumb. just listen to it. stop trying to make it fit into an arbitrary, preexisting genre. it just is what it is. i understand why a lot of people dont like this. its weird, obviously. but art can be weird. anybody who thinks they can define absolutely what art is or is not is a fool. art and music exist as a way to express emotion that is beyond language.
also, tera melos would kick you in the face if you called them math rock
m0sketti 1 year ago
IMATROLLTROLLTROLLOLOLOLOLOLTERAMELOSSUCKSYEAHTOTALLY. jk i love this band to death.
srpazoozoo 1 year ago
"Make MUSIC, not what this is." This is a sad comment. Music is art. It is subjective. If you don't like it, don't listen to it. Just like avoiding bad tv shows and silly movies, all you have to do is sidestep what you don't like. Don't criticize it because you can't listen to it. Genres exist for a reason.
pimpsauce57 1 year ago
Go ahead and call me ignorant, but I just couldn't tell when the music started. I can say all 3 of these guys are obviously good musicians. But for 3:34+ minutes this sounds more like some people building a house... a lot of superflous noise that never seemed to coalesce into anything resembling real music, more like a bunch of guys doing their own thing, warming up for the REAL show, which is to come later. I mean, even the dog during this entire performance seems utterly distressed.
enilegnave21 1 year ago
note: I admit unfamiliarity w/ their music; this being the only piece I've heard.. unless this is the same 40 Rods my brother, God rest him, recommended I give a listen to. My comment is specific only to this piece! To my thinking, the drums drown out the guitar/bass making the offering cacaphonous. Though there are a few delectable moments of music interspersed throughout this, they are not enough to listen to this twice. I'll go hear their other stuff; they may redeem themselves yet.
enilegnave21 1 year ago
@enilegnave21 And, of course we know dogs are the best judge of music.
dclowd9901 1 year ago
@enilegnave21 I had this same issue when i first heard this.. mainly 'cos i think the guitar's a bit too quiet/drum's are too loud however that was before i had heard the studio version of this EPIC piece of art. Now i can fully appreciate this video! I thoroughly suggest you do the same
JTosser 1 year ago
Tera Melos is good music.
twili47 1 year ago
the way i see tera melos is that they are a very complicated band, hard to understand, and what people dont understand they fear, thats why jasonthedrummer doesnt like them: hes not ready for them yet, he doesent understand how intricate all of there songs are all he hears when he listens to them is random bursts of sound that sounds terrible, and ill be honest when i first heard them thats what i heard, but i kept listening, and soon i was able to apreciate math rock, i hope jason will soon to
whilwheaton 1 year ago
@whilwheaton If you only knew how much i love math rock. I listen to quite of bit of it. I'm a huge fan.
jasonthedrummer 1 year ago
@jasonthedrummer math rock/ jazz/ experimental/ punk, there a melting pot of so many styles
whilwheaton 1 year ago
@wannatalkaboutnick I just checked out 'everend', thinking they were a better band than Melos, as you claimed, and turns out they are just kids dressed up like Justin Bieber playing ultra predictable rock riffs. I would rather listen to Miley Cyrus fart the rhythm to achy breaky heart while taking a bong rip than listen to that sorry pseudo suburban rock pollution. Tell those kids to eat some LSD immediately before it is too late for them.
doggysti3s 1 year ago
I thought it was shiat
dagwoody 1 year ago
i wish this was properly recorded; all i can hear are the drums and barely any guitar or bass. and it all just sounds like it was recorded with one mic at 10 feet away from everything.
kewl2006 1 year ago 2
TM just isn't the same since vince left
ArlanCashier 1 year ago
...noise, mainly due to the drums being too loud. why does this sound not nearly as good as their recorded version on myspace?
nubbinnoob 1 year ago
Oh sorry it's barely music. My bad.
jasonthedrummer 1 year ago
@jasonthedrummer I can't believe you are trying to develop an argument into what music is, and what it isn't. You sound like a faggy wine taster. And to hear you say that Melos has missed the point of music because they play for musicians, well, do you like to smell your own farts too? I checked out your drumming vids and I guess it's no surprise that your definition of music as you play it is predictable and yawning. Music is created from the infinite universe, not from inside a box, jason
doggysti3s 1 year ago
@doggysti3s So the guy who listens to music that represents a much bigger demographic is the wine connoisseur and the guy who listen to really bad music that most people hate represents a casual drinker? My drumming style is very straight forward i agree but that doesn't mean i don't like other styles of music. Music is meant to invoke emotion not "Yeah, watch me play this terrible riff." Music is about sound not ability.
jasonthedrummer 1 year ago
@jasonthedrummer You obviously have made your mind up already that Melos is a band of flashiness with no sound, which is very far from the truth,but, besides the point that you are a pretentious musical snob. You proclaim yourself as "the guy who listens to music that represents a bigger demographic". If those aren't the words of a soulless, marketing, musical snob, then I don't know what is. And, you say music is "not about ability"? I say, eat some lsd, and get over yourself, bro snob.
doggysti3s 1 year ago
@doggysti3s You totally didn't get my question if you think i'm a "snob." You think that you have some higher understanding of this music because you almost definitely are a musician and because i'm not a good drummer i will never understand. "Soulless, Marketing..." You can't be serious. A good portion of the bands i listen to the most will NEVER be on top 40 radio.@whilweaton This Town Needs Guns, Minus The Bear(My Favorite), Six Gallery, Maps & Atlases, Rooftops, American Football.
jasonthedrummer 1 year ago
@jasonthedrummer The way I KNOW that you are an ignorant bro snob is because you are expressing a superior musical taste. "Make MUSIC. Not whatever this is." Those are snob words. "You think that you have some higher understanding of this music because you almost definitely are a musician and because i'm not a good drummer i will never understand. " Does this sentence make sense? The truth is- you don't understand their melody/ time sigs, and you claim that there is none to keep afloat your ego.
doggysti3s 1 year ago
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jasonthedrummer 1 year ago
@doggysti3s 1.This is reaaaally bad music so yeah your music taste pretty much sucks. 2. Read the sentence again. 3. I "don't understand" ??? You just proved me right about the sentence you can't "understand." Haha!
jasonthedrummer 1 year ago
@jasonthedrummer jason the bro snob drummer "listens to music that represents a bigger demographic." If you fart in a glass, he will smell it for you and tell you if it has talent or not.
doggysti3s 1 year ago 2
@jasonthedrummer "You think your shit don't stink. But guess what? It does. And it smells like shit,"
jasonthedrummer 1 year ago
@jasonthedrummer and apparently Jason the bro snob drummer will smell your shit, too. He is a real connoisseur
doggysti3s 1 year ago 3
@jasonthedrummer i will have you know, sir, tera melos does invoke emotion with me, different people experiance different things with music, btw, whats your favorite math rock band?, my 2nd favorite is this town needs guns
whilwheaton 1 year ago
I can understand how someone watching this could think it's trash if they've never heard tera melos before. This video doesn't really do their sound justice, even for a pro shot. They sound much better on their albums and live in person than on live videos.
TheReflect10n 1 year ago
some pants that guitarist has got
Aarodynamicshiphop 1 year ago
ive smoked weed with the drummer
rollerbladingking 1 year ago
Hints of Weezer.
TheMRoosevelt 1 year ago
@TheMRoosevelt Hints of Katy Perry
nofx84 1 year ago
jesus that pedal board is bigger than the guitarist...
do you really need all those effects...
meatwadXcore 1 year ago
@meatwadXcore when you want to play more than just plain old guitar yes.
tokyorose999 1 year ago
@tokyorose999 there is no such thing as plain old guitar if you're a good enough musician. you can create worlds of sound without extra effects or pedals
meatwadXcore 1 year ago
@meatwadXcore but when you want to do something different and are EXTREMELY good like these guys you move on to pedals to make "worlds of sound" with them also so what are you even saying dude yes the pedals are necessary
tokyorose999 1 year ago
I'm seeing them in Atlanta! Let me know how it goes, it'll be my first time seeing Maps & Atlases. I'm stoked.
isntred 1 year ago
Thanks dude. No worries. The irony is i'm going to see these guys play tomorrow night. I'm a big fan of Maps & Atlases who is headlining the show.
jasonthedrummer 1 year ago
Well at least you know they're all really good.
I take it back, you're not a douche after all.
My bad dawggg, I just get worked up over people talking bout the band that made me wanna shred in the first place.
isntred 1 year ago
Haha. Yes you can, but in this case maybe it should be called an instructional video rather than "awesome" music. These guy are on stage practically saying "Look how good I am. Hear me roar."
...Bag?
jasonthedrummer 1 year ago
@jasonthedrummer Thats the way they exspress themselfs and if you dont like it then dont listen to it..but yet your probabaly jerking yourself off while trying to piss everyone off about they're music preferance. Also you might want to get your ears checked out because there is melody and a a constant time signiture in this song, only its in short peices. You should just keep listening to your butt-rock.
swytzaspaceshuttle 1 year ago
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jasonthedrummer 1 year ago
Last time I checked you can write music for whoever the fuck you want.
Douche
isntred 1 year ago
This is a classic case where what's going on does not sound good and the only people who enjoy it are gawking musicians. Seriously, I mean they are just fucking wailing out there. No melody, no coherent time signature or anything for that matter.. If you are writing music for musicians then you have missed the point.
jasonthedrummer 1 year ago
@jasonthedrummer
first problem with your statement: everyone is a musician. you're talking about music to impress musicians, or maybe music that you think satisfies a persons ego as this is a typical complaint about music that seems to focus on skill. i for one like the sound of what's going on, but i listen to a lot of experimental music and i've learned to appreciate it. maybe that is because i am a musician, but it's not as if it's not possible to appreciate this without skill or as music
sshhrriinnee 1 year ago
@sshhrriinnee "maybe that is because i am a musician" - Exactly. Nothing else to appreciate.
And for those who say they sound any different live.....I saw them about two weeks ago and i absolutely haaaated it. I saw that they were technically pulling off some really cool things but it sounded terrible. Make MUSIC. Not whatever this is.
jasonthedrummer 1 year ago
@jasonthedrummer
News flash, this IS music.
nlo13 1 year ago
@jasonthedrummer music isn't defined by melody. texture is part of it too. and i know plenty of non musicians who enjoy this stuff
sshhrriinnee 6 months ago
@sshhrriinnee actually nevermind i hadn't seen this in a while and it'stoo chaotic
sshhrriinnee 6 months ago
@jasonthedrummer dude you really enjoy crying about stuff.
swytzaspaceshuttle 1 year ago
loove these guys !! technically sound and rediculous at the same time.
matchbookluver 1 year ago
If Stravinsky had electric instruments.......
MrMoosetrainer 1 year ago
they're cool but, might as well just spend that time listening to the mars volta tbh :P
alphaguitar2 1 year ago
@alphaguitar2 haha i kinda have to agree. mars volta=fucking awesome. tera melos=awesome
JWRONG1996 1 year ago
i see tera melos as a band who is complicated just for the sake of it. with no structure it doesnt sound like a song you would follow, or ever listen to.
BrianMcGooch 1 year ago
i dont see how it would be physical possible to hate this band. this band is soo technical and soothing (to me) its amazing. i love tera melos
ParkerBlitz 1 year ago
can anyone please tell me what pedal or just what kind of effect he hits around 1:38?
mushroomcloud46 1 year ago
@mushroomcloud46 delay/reverb
moggieman10 1 year ago
@mushroomcloud46 It's most likely a digital reverb.
putnamizer 1 year ago
The musicianship of this band is amazing.
JAL2K 1 year ago
Technically awesome!! This band is way better instrumental.
Melody0fMe 1 year ago
1:45.... the dog is so freaked out.
fairxreign 1 year ago 2
I can see why someone wouldn't like this band. It takes a musician or something with patience to give this music a chance. It's amazing and well thought
samx919 1 year ago
this song actually has a key and time signature. just not so easy to pick out
adamxxxy 1 year ago
Catch vince on tour with Marnie Stern!
Fuck yeah
isntred 1 year ago
2 drums 2 cymbals
How real men play the drums.
steveo565 1 year ago 55
@steveo565 two sticks too! ;D
xCoreyCrazyx 1 year ago
@steveo565 not really.......
blueprinttothebeastM 1 year ago
@steveo565 lol I don't know about that. I've seen quite a few of them play with more.
adoll000 1 year ago
That's a sexy bass, what is it?
WeekendWarrior126 1 year ago
@WeekendWarrior126 Peavey T-40
fiftyfiveseventy 1 year ago
Unlucky Dog :PP
DamagedPeople 1 year ago
A co-ordinated use of musical chaos makes for unique audial magic.....
Yes, that does make sense.
trwrhys 1 year ago
lol, the dog at 1:44 is going like wth is happenin.
tmtat 1 year ago
Ugh, I'm not liking the crackhead cameraman. The music is amazing. Yr camera doesn't need to be part of the piece.
nyc77style 1 year ago 2