for anyone saying that this piece is garbage and that he can't play worth a shit, i would really like to see you go out there and put on the same presentation
Why do people get mad/jealous about other people "winning"? Just except the fact that THEY won. They aren't gonna win everytime, everyone always gets there own chance so just congragulate them and be happy for them. If you were the winner, you wouldn't want people talking about you badly... By the way, I love 3:09, just saying.
You people piss me off so much. This guy worked on this on his own time there is never any time that is given to work on i and e solos. People bitching about how I and e are never perfect obviously have never done drum corps.
If you want to ridicule the marimba this has got to be the ultimate tune. Add some leftover clothes from the Batman tv-series (I guess the Riddler refused to wear them) and you've got a winner.
I thought this solo was actually very good. Sure, everyone misses notes, especially under pressure. And sure, there were few dynamics, but this guy is very talented and I would bet that many marimba players wouldn't be able to play this solo as well as he did for the time allotted.
If that won then... Wow. That was terrible. Bad marimba, bad solo, bad accuracy, no dynamics, terrible choice of mallets.... Come on. I'm sure circumstance came into play here. But folks, don't beat your marimba. It didn't do anything to you.
Great job on this solo! What kinda board are you playing on? It sounds VERY kelon... This might have sounded even better on a better marimba. Either way, screw all these haters; you have killer chops, or you wouldn't have won. Keep it up!
@felixhelix420 I agree, the marimba sounds TERRIBLE. This would have sounded AMAZING if it had been played on a rosewood marimba. What a shame.
Anyways, screw all of you haters, this guy is awesome. If he had been able to work on this for more than 2 weeks, he obviously wouldn't have missed so many notes.
Alight everyone, now that life has slowed down a bit for him (and actually had the money to buy a camcorder since his 1st MA is a bit on the expensive side..lol), he has been able to post a couple of more vids. Keep in mind he is just messing around in these.
Do a search for gnoted since youtube wont let me link to other videos
Ok the musicality in this was very different but you are very talented and I think maybe the wrong notes weren't actually jus wrong, maybe to a person that doesn't read alot of mallet stuff it is but it really sounded like a lot of key changes and chord inversions. But nice job man most def!!
i can do that to ding dong ding ding dong loud ding soft ding dong high piched ding dong ya i win 500 thousand dolars ya for me !!! ow that hert my ears
@lmao642 im a percussionist (mostly drummer) but i also play vibes/marimbas every now n then...and let me tell you, they are NOT easy at all. especially not when you go around playing w/ 4, then its even more of a challenge. you are an idiot and i hope you get brutally smacked by a semi truck transporting marimbas for the actual marimba players who could kick your ass on them. have a lovely day
@lmao642 dood this is not easy i play the extended orchestra bells dats hard this is twice as big an i bet he hit 96 percent o da notes on da key board so dis ain easy ill beleive u wen u put up a vid an u du better dan him but otherwise jus kno it ain easy
Whats funny about all this to me, is that some of ya'll are still complaining 4 YEARS after the fact. Face it, Frank won in 2006. Eitherway, he is on to bigger better things. Back in April, he was a featured soloist at the Kennedy Center. He is also completing his masters in performance and is going for a second masters in conducting next fall. And to top it all off, he is getting paid darn good money to clinic and judge around the country. How many of the haters out there can say that?
@zwigoose bullshit u try holding 2 mallets in 1 hand and shifting them each time u hit new notes. fucking ridiculously hard, i know because i am the 1st chair in my percussion section, and it took me forever just to get the hang of holding 2 mallets in 1 hand AND hitting the same notes over and over. i'd like to see you try doing that nub.
@drakethekool56594 Calm down..... its not THAT hard.... whats hard is using the technique to make music, hitting notes in harmony.... it doesnt matter if you have the grip if you cant make music using it
Dude I dont care if he missed notes. Thats AMAZING! Im learning Polaris right now by Mark Ford. So if anybody has any pointers, feel free to message me. But GREAT JOB DUDE!!!
i don't know if it's the recording, or my ears, but it sounds ....almost metalic for some reason....the dude is rockin, but i think my ears are sensitive right now.
i partially agree with you...there was no significant dynamic variation, and absolutely no phrasing- just loud. The reason being this is for DCI---they focus more on chops then musicality.
@chenwenhua2269 he got champ cuz hes the best skill-wise. i would much rather hear someone play chopsticks on a marimba than hear this but i would give this guy the trophy because hes obviously a beast. dont hate the player, hate the song.
Excellent work, for sure. But I feel like he should have a softer mallet for the bass notes. When he goes down to the lower octave he gets a lot of really high overtones and it sounds more percussive than melodic. If that is what the piece calls for, then I'm totally off the mark, but if not...
then do us a favor and look at the competition requirements regarding the time limits and how much time you actually get to practice this while still having to travel and perform for your drum corp
Besides being abrasive, all the beautiful musicality is robbed from it due to the break neck speed and cuts. The actual length is about 10 minutes. If you thought this was good, do yourself a favor and find the recording by Mark Ford to hear what it's supposed to sound like.
he's actually our high school's front ensemble instructor this season, didn't see this vid until after band camp but he's a cool guy and very good at what he does, obviously.
I was saying no to PladLake's comment. It's a five for shure. I forgot that replying to a reply on Youtube makes people (me) look stupid sometimes. My bad.
Nada, ni la hora, es un power ranger haciendo como que toca. Y fardando de secuencias de pequeñas estrofas de melodias, como si se tratase de un entrevista de trabajo.
Sinceramente, para un concurso no me parece acertado tocar esto.
Y por supuesto, luego escuchas a Gary Burton y sabes de ipsofacto qué es musica y qué no.
he didnt write this. it says in the description that its written by mark ford. if you were actually a well-educated percussionist you would know that.
Okay, let's get a question that has nothing to do with the music (damn good player though)...........does his last name end in an 's' or a 'z'. Frank, which is it?
Well, look at how he plyaed. He played like he knew what he was doing. Therefore, its safe to assume, he knows what his doing when playing this piece. He played it with confidence, something many players don't pick up upon quick enough. Doesn't matter if he missed notes, hes giving the aura of "I'm a bamf, i did not miss a single note". Thats what you want. I enjoyed watching this a lot. And, hes doing a solo. so, if it sounds good, thats all that matters (well, almost all. ha)
Si me ponen a mi con los palitos y el vibráfono, me saco una actuación por lo menos 30 veces mejor, y no es por fardar, porque yo no he estudiado música, pero tengo mas creatividad, espíritu, sentido del ritmo y de la melodía que este despojo humano.
Campeon de los Pringaos, ya que es tan bueno, porque no compite contra Gary Burton.
Quizas, si les comparais, si primero escuchais a uno y luego a otro, se entiende lo que digo.
sabes que? ya se que admites que no sabes mucho sobre el tema pero a lo menos buscalo en el net. esta competencia esta abierta nomas a ciertas edades. mientras los miembros compiten en grupo estas personas tienen que buscar tiempo en su regimen. de madrugada a noche practican en grupo. los que quieren practicar individualmente, tienen que buscar el tiempo.
dude i went to school with this guy i wanna see you attempt this piece or even a grade below it and knock it off..... he a great player as well as composer
I've played this so I know wrong notes when I see & hear them. If you knew anything about this piece, you'd know he didn't play two correct notes in a row for 50% of this video. The first 4 notes of each phrase are D, D, G, A. He plays D, C, then whatever random notes his right hand misses. He only won because the judges (and obviously his buddies) aren't familiar with the piece and didn't recognize how terribly this was performed.
you're retarded. they work on these solos for a majority of the season. just because the contest is in finals week doesnt mean they dont work on it before then.
Actually, he didn't work on it till about 2 weeks before the competition. I know cuz he's my little brother. And for everyone wanting to know, he knows he missed notes. He walked out of that room and called me saying that he blew it. And jmcbr600, for the record, the judges weren't buddies...
well its definitely a hard piece but thats not saying much. Music wise its a pretty shitty piece and really hard to listen to especially with mallets that are way to brittle and a shitty marimba. And yah, those notes are fucking random too. Mark Ford isn't a composer, he's a percussionist/ composer... those don't count unless your steve reich.
This seriously won?! What a hack. No sense of time, touch, musicality... barf!!! If you ever heard the actual recording of Mark Ford performing this, you'd be disgusted by this.
ugh... after a 2nd listen. Wow. He misses almost every opening note. It's supposed to be a d minor chord. Oops! He's totally nervous and doesn't play anything in time. It's supposed to have an actual 7/8 "groove" to it, not just rushed through like madness. DCI judges are on crack.
Actually, I can think up many reasons why it sounds "harsh." These marimbas absolutely need to be heard outside during DCI shows. In addition, much of the time, the mood of the music is supposed to be purty harsh and "busy."
I'm not real familiar with all of Adams models, but that sounds ringy like a sythetic bar marimba, which would explain the high harmonics and harsh sound. The mallets definitely don't help either. This guy does have some good chops, but unfortunately Drum Corps teaches people bad mallet techniques and to overplay the instrument.
If that is a rosewood marimba, he's beating the hell out of it.
Drum corp does not teach to over play, but to play with more velocity. there is a noticable difference. and with playing like that all season, when you suddenly switch to a concert style/setup of playing, your bound to be in awkword in betweens.
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Lol at some parts he like hitting it as hard as he can like a snare drum, you can agree with me on that at least. I mean wtf kind of mallets is he using anyways. Who ever gave him that music or if he wrote it himself should kill himself now.
for anyone saying that this piece is garbage and that he can't play worth a shit, i would really like to see you go out there and put on the same presentation
iisthedude07 1 hour ago
Balls to all the crappy comments...he is just tooo good!
sunilb21 1 week ago
fail piece is fail...
BlackSparkzGaming 1 month ago
Drum Corp isn't always about how pretty the music is. Sometimes its something just to show off with.
50me0ne5etupu5the80m 2 months ago
He's an excellent player, but this piece just sounds disgusting.
TheKingOfTheTwilight 3 months ago
@TheKingOfTheTwilight This piece's tonality was designed to represent chaos.
JordanClunn 1 month ago
Why do people get mad/jealous about other people "winning"? Just except the fact that THEY won. They aren't gonna win everytime, everyone always gets there own chance so just congragulate them and be happy for them. If you were the winner, you wouldn't want people talking about you badly... By the way, I love 3:09, just saying.
saleanah 3 months ago
You people piss me off so much. This guy worked on this on his own time there is never any time that is given to work on i and e solos. People bitching about how I and e are never perfect obviously have never done drum corps.
TheRoZySaYzWaH1 3 months ago
That guy was my teacher :D
reaperoflove13 3 months ago
If you want to ridicule the marimba this has got to be the ultimate tune. Add some leftover clothes from the Batman tv-series (I guess the Riddler refused to wear them) and you've got a winner.
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I thought this solo was actually very good. Sure, everyone misses notes, especially under pressure. And sure, there were few dynamics, but this guy is very talented and I would bet that many marimba players wouldn't be able to play this solo as well as he did for the time allotted.
Galvin2319 5 months ago
If that won then... Wow. That was terrible. Bad marimba, bad solo, bad accuracy, no dynamics, terrible choice of mallets.... Come on. I'm sure circumstance came into play here. But folks, don't beat your marimba. It didn't do anything to you.
infinity182yahoo 7 months ago
now everyone's a fucking critic
IlovelouisDTV 7 months ago
very technically challenging. Musical expression left much to be desired
zacoboe 9 months ago
Great job on this solo! What kinda board are you playing on? It sounds VERY kelon... This might have sounded even better on a better marimba. Either way, screw all these haters; you have killer chops, or you wouldn't have won. Keep it up!
felixhelix420 9 months ago
@felixhelix420 I agree, the marimba sounds TERRIBLE. This would have sounded AMAZING if it had been played on a rosewood marimba. What a shame.
Anyways, screw all of you haters, this guy is awesome. If he had been able to work on this for more than 2 weeks, he obviously wouldn't have missed so many notes.
tenniscrazy2 8 months ago
Leigh Howard Stevens grip right there...
progdrummer78 9 months ago
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ABUDHABICOMBATCLUBOA 9 months ago
Alight everyone, now that life has slowed down a bit for him (and actually had the money to buy a camcorder since his 1st MA is a bit on the expensive side..lol), he has been able to post a couple of more vids. Keep in mind he is just messing around in these.
Do a search for gnoted since youtube wont let me link to other videos
varuna03 11 months ago 3
Ok the musicality in this was very different but you are very talented and I think maybe the wrong notes weren't actually jus wrong, maybe to a person that doesn't read alot of mallet stuff it is but it really sounded like a lot of key changes and chord inversions. But nice job man most def!!
MAC94BMP 11 months ago
Didnt particularly like the music, BUT it would take an enormous amount of skill
broncostars89 11 months ago
Beast.
blizzard4391 1 year ago
I enjoyed it, but I am bias probably, I marched BK lol
i4future 1 year ago
I prefer softer mallets, but there's no denying the skill. Nice performance.
chessic4 1 year ago
i can do that to ding dong ding ding dong loud ding soft ding dong high piched ding dong ya i win 500 thousand dolars ya for me !!! ow that hert my ears
lmao642 1 year ago
@lmao642 Kill yourself.
Stalchild0 1 year ago
@lmao642 yeah i'm pretty sure you will never be able to do that...
CardinalsMan321 1 year ago
@lmao642 go jump off a cliff. That ain't easy.... AT ALL
sumiboy88 1 year ago 2
@lmao642 oh my god. get hit by a car.
Bzong 1 year ago 3
@lmao642 you have no idea... are you even a marimbist?
SimonIsSuperHot 1 year ago
@lmao642 im a percussionist (mostly drummer) but i also play vibes/marimbas every now n then...and let me tell you, they are NOT easy at all. especially not when you go around playing w/ 4, then its even more of a challenge. you are an idiot and i hope you get brutally smacked by a semi truck transporting marimbas for the actual marimba players who could kick your ass on them. have a lovely day
TacoOnABoat 1 year ago
@lmao642 dood this is not easy i play the extended orchestra bells dats hard this is twice as big an i bet he hit 96 percent o da notes on da key board so dis ain easy ill beleive u wen u put up a vid an u du better dan him but otherwise jus kno it ain easy
DJRockstarbaby 1 year ago
for the haters out there it was actually really good so if you cant play like him then i think it'll be best if you just keep quiet :/
DoraEatBabies 1 year ago
Whats funny about all this to me, is that some of ya'll are still complaining 4 YEARS after the fact. Face it, Frank won in 2006. Eitherway, he is on to bigger better things. Back in April, he was a featured soloist at the Kennedy Center. He is also completing his masters in performance and is going for a second masters in conducting next fall. And to top it all off, he is getting paid darn good money to clinic and judge around the country. How many of the haters out there can say that?
varuna03 1 year ago
I can wack a marimba with my mallets too...
zwigoose 1 year ago
@zwigoose bullshit u try holding 2 mallets in 1 hand and shifting them each time u hit new notes. fucking ridiculously hard, i know because i am the 1st chair in my percussion section, and it took me forever just to get the hang of holding 2 mallets in 1 hand AND hitting the same notes over and over. i'd like to see you try doing that nub.
drakethekool56594 10 months ago
@drakethekool56594 Calm down..... its not THAT hard.... whats hard is using the technique to make music, hitting notes in harmony.... it doesnt matter if you have the grip if you cant make music using it
vibeplayer125 7 months ago
And jmcbr600, for the record, the judges were buddies...
socaldgafbro 1 year ago
Dude I dont care if he missed notes. Thats AMAZING! Im learning Polaris right now by Mark Ford. So if anybody has any pointers, feel free to message me. But GREAT JOB DUDE!!!
CRHSdrumline99 1 year ago
holy shit just bought the music to this and its crazy ill guess ill save it for next years juries lol
whitecastleawesome 1 year ago
wtf just happened. how is that possible
sakacool 1 year ago
Different but i like it!
Changed4Gewd 1 year ago
i don't know if it's the recording, or my ears, but it sounds ....almost metalic for some reason....the dude is rockin, but i think my ears are sensitive right now.
nextJW 1 year ago
Is this in the 12 tone scale? If not, it sounds atonal.
cwu873 1 year ago
i had one of these when i was little
mylaser91 1 year ago
@mylaser91 i sincerely doubt you had a Marimba when you were little.... maybe a xylophone, but definitely not a marimba
tydydpony93 1 year ago
@tydydpony93 sincerely, who gives a shit...i think i clicked on this by accident anyway, stupid ass
mylaser91 1 year ago
@tydydpony93 no but i had ur momma when i was little her tit was good, pussy smelled though
mylaser91 1 year ago
@mylaser91 lol, if you're into that kind of thing man.
tydydpony93 1 year ago
i love it, not all marimba pieces are supposed to be all cute...
kmarimba82 1 year ago
lol I like the vic firth advertisement at the end!
OprahMemorizedPi 1 year ago
dude y'all down there are crazy... the song is awesome.... mark ford is a damn genius, dont be jealous.
paschaldances248 1 year ago
Bastard!
revolhsoms 1 year ago
I'm sure this guy is good but I can't tell because the song choice is absolutely horrible. It sounds like a cat playing with wooden wind chimes.
xeptix 1 year ago
Needs more Steven's grip.
Deoxysdog 1 year ago
blue man group so much better big time
Germany981 1 year ago
dynamic contrast who gives a .... its fine
FavoriteBandBlog 1 year ago
Idk why everyone hates this piece and thinks it's ugly. It's a ridiculous solo and he did an amazing job! Well done.
PeaceLovePercussion 1 year ago
I think he's got a hard on when he's playing this.
johnymarder 1 year ago
lets just say it's his style and it doesn't seem easy at all
good job !!
charquisna 1 year ago
for all those whining about lack of dynamic contrast, note that all youtube videos undergo heavy compression.
punchinthedolo 1 year ago 11
he could use lessons
JohnPattonLord 2 years ago
my God no musical value at all just rhythmic chords and runs
chenwenhua2269 2 years ago
i partially agree with you...there was no significant dynamic variation, and absolutely no phrasing- just loud. The reason being this is for DCI---they focus more on chops then musicality.
skidrum11 2 years ago
@chenwenhua2269 ya that makes complete sense thats why he got DCI marimba champ
swingisthething94 2 years ago
oh dam!
cajunstix 1 year ago
@chenwenhua2269 he got champ cuz hes the best skill-wise. i would much rather hear someone play chopsticks on a marimba than hear this but i would give this guy the trophy because hes obviously a beast. dont hate the player, hate the song.
ciano15 1 year ago
Excellent work, for sure. But I feel like he should have a softer mallet for the bass notes. When he goes down to the lower octave he gets a lot of really high overtones and it sounds more percussive than melodic. If that is what the piece calls for, then I'm totally off the mark, but if not...
seanrosenberry 2 years ago
@seanrosenberry yeah that's the point of the solo i believe.
PogoPantheon 2 years ago
I disagree about this track being disgusting. If the audio was of good quality I'd remix this into something really odd.
willywooba 2 years ago
the music isnt that bad. don't know what people see in it thats bad
InfernoX1994 2 years ago 14
well it has been said before, he's performing good and his technique is very advanced without a doubt... yet the piece just SO sucks ass.
OogaB0oga 2 years ago
he's a monster but it sounds disgusting
marimbaplaya17 2 years ago
the
music sucks
matey800 2 years ago
He is an excellent player, but this music is so ugly.
twilight6432 2 years ago
Does that have four or five octaves?
kewlips27 2 years ago
five by my count
BarbedWireTV 2 years ago
five octaves
Juntcagio 2 years ago
look at his right hand at 1:47, amazing!
terrypercussion24 2 years ago 3
then do us a favor and look at the competition requirements regarding the time limits and how much time you actually get to practice this while still having to travel and perform for your drum corp
chibilightofhope 2 years ago
Besides being abrasive, all the beautiful musicality is robbed from it due to the break neck speed and cuts. The actual length is about 10 minutes. If you thought this was good, do yourself a favor and find the recording by Mark Ford to hear what it's supposed to sound like.
Chidsuey 2 years ago
If you find it, I'd be glad to be an un-biast judge!
Ollievarium 2 years ago
Ahhhhh love this. I need this sheet music.
PeaceLovePercussion 2 years ago
The guy is clearly really good, but the abrasiveness of the board/mallets added to the wrong notes still limited my enjoyment of the piece...
ATPrelax 2 years ago
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i dont mean to be rude, but dose anyone know why this vic firth guy is wearing a flash gordon/ star trek uniform ?
id choose him just for his bizarre attire.
bastardtubeuser 2 years ago
as hard as that may be..its still sounds like a little kid just hammering random notes...
clubby9806 2 years ago
hahaha
TasuLife 2 years ago
just crapped my pants
swingisthething94 2 years ago
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I'm gonna be the first 8th grader to play this song flawlessly. :P
TheConcealedBagel 2 years ago
haha right
put that video up and ill believe you
BenBriggs14 2 years ago
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You willing to wait for a while? I'll have to rewrite a couple parts though, the biggest marimba I have access to is just 4.3 octave...
TheConcealedBagel 2 years ago
sure
id be inspired to see that
BenBriggs14 2 years ago
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Memphonian 2 years ago
epic...
he's actually our high school's front ensemble instructor this season, didn't see this vid until after band camp but he's a cool guy and very good at what he does, obviously.
goonggoong 2 years ago
@goonggoong HAY ALEX WAZZUP.
xxAVAxADORE 1 year ago
He was one of my schools 2 percussion instructor and CHS marching band will miss him.
sonicmaster1234 2 years ago
He was one of my schools 2 percussion instructors both from DCI Frank we will miss you!
hottieottie23 2 years ago
This is what madness must sound like. But I like it.
winkybun401 2 years ago
mallets r kinda hard on the low notes... i hate synthetic bars
alancheng12345 2 years ago
They aren't that bad if you have the right ones.
ZoaTV 2 years ago
@alancheng12345 yeah i didnt even know adams made a synthetic marimba for 5 octaves
Lp3DMAnime 1 year ago
Marimba solos don't seem as exciting as battery solos; but I can't fathom how he has that much skill
ndbass09 2 years ago
I love the way he's not even looking half the time where one hand is striking even when he's playing massive intervals, he's literally insane...
...in a very good way of course. :)
Rock on Franky!
woooo!
sam261007 2 years ago
Do you think you could pass off this song on a 4 octave marimba?
ZoaTV 2 years ago
no, you wouldn't be able to get the same sound as you would on a 5.
mashimarokim 2 years ago
nope it requires the low E
zuzrwolrd 2 years ago
no.
AreY0uExperienced 2 years ago
C-VILLE pit instructor for 2009-?
so excited
alwaysmovin7 2 years ago
I haven't heard a single missed note in this performance so far.
TheChickenSpeaks 2 years ago
the double lateral section was incredible
Conn210 2 years ago
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this kid is beating the marimba... no way he got first... ZERO dynamics
lascari19 2 years ago
Talk about ignorance...
NateMaster 2 years ago 2
maybe he's just listening through crap speakers...
...or crap ears.
sam261007 2 years ago 2
is that a 5 octave marimba?
MikeGiunta 2 years ago
sure looks like it
guitarhero4504 2 years ago
its a monster! i want one..
MikeGiunta 2 years ago
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its a 5 and a half octave marimba lol... I play one at my school
PladLake 2 years ago
No, it's not. count again.
phantasos12 2 years ago
5.0 ;P
Armatureus 2 years ago
I was saying no to PladLake's comment. It's a five for shure. I forgot that replying to a reply on Youtube makes people (me) look stupid sometimes. My bad.
phantasos12 2 years ago
Nada, ni la hora, es un power ranger haciendo como que toca. Y fardando de secuencias de pequeñas estrofas de melodias, como si se tratase de un entrevista de trabajo.
Sinceramente, para un concurso no me parece acertado tocar esto.
Y por supuesto, luego escuchas a Gary Burton y sabes de ipsofacto qué es musica y qué no.
rafaelneville 2 years ago
I'm looking for sheet music for this song. If anybody knows where I can find it, PLEASE tell me!
ZoaTV 2 years ago
its movement beyond by mark ford
you can buy it off steve weiss
nhspercussionist 2 years ago
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wow. this would be musical if he had better dynamics, played at the actual tempo, and didnt miss 682 notes
futrphantom 2 years ago
dude in DCI u write ur own music so its his tempo, and dynamics.
evilmonkey003 2 years ago
ahhhhhhhhhno
that is written by mark ford
yes it is faster but the dynamics are the same and he did not write it
however the tenor and snare stuff is original
nhspercussionist 2 years ago
he didnt write this. it says in the description that its written by mark ford. if you were actually a well-educated percussionist you would know that.
futrphantom 2 years ago
he got first place so i guarantee you everything he did had a purpose behind it.
vVcLuTcHVv 2 years ago 2
agreed.
stevegadd124 2 years ago
Okay, let's get a question that has nothing to do with the music (damn good player though)...........does his last name end in an 's' or a 'z'. Frank, which is it?
opksuwildcat 2 years ago
It ends with a Z...officially that is.
varuna03 1 year ago
He's good.
I just don't like the piece. =P
contagiousx4 3 years ago 19
It sounds so weird that I couldn't tell if he is playing a wrong note or not.
thebangcarrot 3 years ago 20
Well, look at how he plyaed. He played like he knew what he was doing. Therefore, its safe to assume, he knows what his doing when playing this piece. He played it with confidence, something many players don't pick up upon quick enough. Doesn't matter if he missed notes, hes giving the aura of "I'm a bamf, i did not miss a single note". Thats what you want. I enjoyed watching this a lot. And, hes doing a solo. so, if it sounds good, thats all that matters (well, almost all. ha)
Memphonian 2 years ago
I've the score: what he plays is a "good" variation of that piece. And the performance... speed is not all!!!
xluca1980 3 years ago
Este vídeo es una puta mierda.
Si me ponen a mi con los palitos y el vibráfono, me saco una actuación por lo menos 30 veces mejor, y no es por fardar, porque yo no he estudiado música, pero tengo mas creatividad, espíritu, sentido del ritmo y de la melodía que este despojo humano.
Campeon de los Pringaos, ya que es tan bueno, porque no compite contra Gary Burton.
Quizas, si les comparais, si primero escuchais a uno y luego a otro, se entiende lo que digo.
rafaelneville 3 years ago
sabes que? ya se que admites que no sabes mucho sobre el tema pero a lo menos buscalo en el net. esta competencia esta abierta nomas a ciertas edades. mientras los miembros compiten en grupo estas personas tienen que buscar tiempo en su regimen. de madrugada a noche practican en grupo. los que quieren practicar individualmente, tienen que buscar el tiempo.
chibilightofhope 2 years ago
Hey Jmcbr, i would like to see you with a big trophy from this competition. Do you have one? No.
skadoooo41994 3 years ago
OOO 1:20 he hits a resignator yuck
plasma710 3 years ago
lol... resignator =/= resonator.
petethepianist 3 years ago
Ya that lol
plasma710 3 years ago
Yes. because he definitely took his mallets, and hit the resinator. (sorry for sl\pelling) which is located underneath the bars. NICEEEEEE.
Memphonian 2 years ago
This has a taste of Joseph Schwantner in it. Awesome piece and awesome performance!
Dabombmh1990 3 years ago
HEY JOHN!
its alex coming into say your a fricken qwarish qweer
trange1230 3 years ago
sounds like he is raping windchimes
agiaco1 3 years ago
i didnt know adams made 5 octave synthetic marimbas, they sound like poo
rdavidr 3 years ago
its mainly used for marching sounds alot better than yamaha or dynasty
michaelwr80 3 years ago
well duh. didnt bk switch from rosewood to synthetic in the middle of the season this year? the sun must of killed the keys....
rdavidr 2 years ago
Are those judges high? This is definately a horrible sound.
Zoraura 3 years ago
lol innovative solo means its very abstract. but very hard techniqe wise.
joemusic93 3 years ago
that's the problem- this isn't an abstract piece. It only sounds like it because this guy hits so many wrong notes and can't play it in time.
jmcbr600 3 years ago
dude i went to school with this guy i wanna see you attempt this piece or even a grade below it and knock it off..... he a great player as well as composer
michaelwr80 3 years ago
I've played this so I know wrong notes when I see & hear them. If you knew anything about this piece, you'd know he didn't play two correct notes in a row for 50% of this video. The first 4 notes of each phrase are D, D, G, A. He plays D, C, then whatever random notes his right hand misses. He only won because the judges (and obviously his buddies) aren't familiar with the piece and didn't recognize how terribly this was performed.
jmcbr600 3 years ago
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josereyesjr 3 years ago
you're retarded. they work on these solos for a majority of the season. just because the contest is in finals week doesnt mean they dont work on it before then.
futrphantom 2 years ago
Actually, he didn't work on it till about 2 weeks before the competition. I know cuz he's my little brother. And for everyone wanting to know, he knows he missed notes. He walked out of that room and called me saying that he blew it. And jmcbr600, for the record, the judges weren't buddies...
varuna03 1 year ago 58
@varuna03 Go Frank. Missing notes, little imperfections... All part of the glory of music. Never stop.
quaecky 9 months ago
well its definitely a hard piece but thats not saying much. Music wise its a pretty shitty piece and really hard to listen to especially with mallets that are way to brittle and a shitty marimba. And yah, those notes are fucking random too. Mark Ford isn't a composer, he's a percussionist/ composer... those don't count unless your steve reich.
joerules03 3 years ago
This seriously won?! What a hack. No sense of time, touch, musicality... barf!!! If you ever heard the actual recording of Mark Ford performing this, you'd be disgusted by this.
jmcbr600 3 years ago
ugh... after a 2nd listen. Wow. He misses almost every opening note. It's supposed to be a d minor chord. Oops! He's totally nervous and doesn't play anything in time. It's supposed to have an actual 7/8 "groove" to it, not just rushed through like madness. DCI judges are on crack.
jmcbr600 3 years ago
that marimba sounds like shit especially with those mallets...fuckin drum corps lol
bigstanmcmuffin 3 years ago
you can bitch to mark ford if don't like the piece.
drive yourself down to UNT, where he teaches marimba at one of the best percussion schools in the nation.
you don't get a signature marimba line for writing random notes, kids.
dawizard737 3 years ago 3
Actually, I can think up many reasons why it sounds "harsh." These marimbas absolutely need to be heard outside during DCI shows. In addition, much of the time, the mood of the music is supposed to be purty harsh and "busy."
zechs650 3 years ago
I'm not real familiar with all of Adams models, but that sounds ringy like a sythetic bar marimba, which would explain the high harmonics and harsh sound. The mallets definitely don't help either. This guy does have some good chops, but unfortunately Drum Corps teaches people bad mallet techniques and to overplay the instrument.
If that is a rosewood marimba, he's beating the hell out of it.
bmbell71 3 years ago
well i think it's because of the fact that they have to beat the bell out of it so the people in the back of Krum stadium can hear them!
gulliversslave 3 years ago
Drum corp does not teach to over play, but to play with more velocity. there is a noticable difference. and with playing like that all season, when you suddenly switch to a concert style/setup of playing, your bound to be in awkword in betweens.
Memphonian 2 years ago
I played marimbas in 5th grade... And i still play em'. It's fun....
And yes I want a cookie. >.>
XXNejifanXX 3 years ago 3
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Lol at some parts he like hitting it as hard as he can like a snare drum, you can agree with me on that at least. I mean wtf kind of mallets is he using anyways. Who ever gave him that music or if he wrote it himself should kill himself now.
BangorTexan 3 years ago
If you don't like the mallets then complain to Vic Firth who sponsors Blue Knights. If you don't like the piece then complain to Mark Ford.
gnoted 3 years ago 4
I don't know what y'all are talking about, that was awesome.
ThePitbullAngel 3 years ago
what a horrible piece.
bdunks50 3 years ago
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Sure doesnt sound like a Marimba and also it sounds like he is just hitting random notes.
BangorTexan 3 years ago
u should listen more music.
need pratice.
KrebSDani 3 years ago