It's very good that you put some extra effort into making it sound more real and not as mechanical. That's just great. Thanks for sharing the videos. Keep 'em coming.
Individual sheets are no longer available, but this rag is included in "The Music of Tom Brier, Vol. 1". I think he sells the volumes for $20 each. Each folio contains 16 original Brier compositions. Let me know if you want to purchase them; I'll get you in touch with Tom for details.
Have you ever considered mixing rap over these rags? I think if you did it right some Chuck D or NWA could go really well with it. Or you could do your own freestyle if you're not that great at mixing.
I heard Reginald Robinson say that there was a rapper he knew of who deliberately used rhythms from Scott Joplin rags for his raps. The song version of Maple Leaf Rag is more of a rap than a real song, too. Even its subject matter of going to a party, making a hit with the ladies, the men getting jealous and a fight breaking out, all sounds like it could be from a modern-day rap -- only it's a razor fight instead of a gun fight, and he leaves with the girl in a coach-&-four instead of a limo!
If i wanted to buy toms volumes, would they get delivered to the uk?
19Summers94 7 months ago
@19Summers94 I'm sure he can ship to the UK. Send him a note via email or here on YouTube (tbrier42) -- same name at yahoo. (com -- not co-uk).
Keeper1st 7 months ago
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19Summers94 7 months ago
@Keeper1st Thank You
19Summers94 7 months ago
It's very good that you put some extra effort into making it sound more real and not as mechanical. That's just great. Thanks for sharing the videos. Keep 'em coming.
F0nkyNinja 2 years ago
did Tom compose this? if not, then who's the composer?
GoTFCanada1230 2 years ago
@GoTFCanada1230 Yes, Tom composed this, in 1996. I programmed this arrangement into a computer in 1997.
Keeper1st 2 years ago
@Keeper1st did Tom publish sheet music for the song on the internet? If so, where can I find it?
GoTFCanada1230 2 years ago
@GoTFCanada1230
Individual sheets are no longer available, but this rag is included in "The Music of Tom Brier, Vol. 1". I think he sells the volumes for $20 each. Each folio contains 16 original Brier compositions. Let me know if you want to purchase them; I'll get you in touch with Tom for details.
Keeper1st 2 years ago
@Keeper1st @GoTFCanada1230 - my wife (a classically trained pianist) bought both of Tom Brier's folios and loves them.
specadmin 2 years ago
nice rag by tom :D
Jikyu 2 years ago
scaaaaaary a ghost is playing :D
Vagraant 2 years ago
Frig-in love it!!!
RagtimeFreak86 2 years ago
Have you ever considered mixing rap over these rags? I think if you did it right some Chuck D or NWA could go really well with it. Or you could do your own freestyle if you're not that great at mixing.
UltraBibendum 2 years ago
I heard Reginald Robinson say that there was a rapper he knew of who deliberately used rhythms from Scott Joplin rags for his raps. The song version of Maple Leaf Rag is more of a rap than a real song, too. Even its subject matter of going to a party, making a hit with the ladies, the men getting jealous and a fight breaking out, all sounds like it could be from a modern-day rap -- only it's a razor fight instead of a gun fight, and he leaves with the girl in a coach-&-four instead of a limo!
Keeper1st 2 years ago
Fantastic!
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