Animal Crossing "K.K. Ragtime" in full ragtime, piano/flute

[juliansomething]

This made me smile

[vidgmrjoe]

Awesome!!

[finbowolfgang]

k-k-k-killing frenzy

[WhiteLotusTile]

OVERKILL

[Coffelover28]

HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

[RaCh3L521]

Love<3

[vanessaLoveeful]

chicken noises in the background

pwop pwop pwop

[Kuriie]

This is epic!

[CourtneyNVO]

LOLOLOL This actually made me sooo happy

[mariosluigi]

OMG OLD PEOPLE PLAYING KK RAGTIME?!!? AWESOME!

[Quietschquatsch]

I think I'm going to show this to my friend. This nice song is what he needs now.

[F0nkyNinja]

Imagine this in a high quality recording/with a very good microphone on the camera. I wish you could hear Julia's Flute more.

[F0nkyNinja]

Someone's making funny noises is in the background.

[Keeper1st]

@F0nkyNinja Yeah, there was a guy standing next to me who'd had a bit too much to drink. He gets into the tune, though he'd never heard it before!

[SoulofCrona]

@F0nkyNinja  hahahahaa

[robinrero]

本当に素晴らしいです。

いい曲ですよね

[ayashiiguy]

@robinrero それはいい音楽確かです。

[sana57]

je n'en crois pas mes yeux , mes félicitations ^^ pas une fautes, tous ceux que j'ai déjà entendu le faire n' été pas réellement capable d'y joué ^^

[luxaul]

とてもすばらしい演奏です。ありがとうございました。

[Quietschquatsch]

I just wonder:

Has Tom ever heard the 2 original-versions?

[Keeper1st]

The version of K.K. singing, yes. I sent him a link to it after his original sight-read of the tune.

[Quietschquatsch]

Do you remember his reaction? I´m just curios...

[Keeper1st]

I don't recall if he wrote any reaction.

[hannspree12345]

that piano player is beyond the earth

[JKmadu619]

It`s good, but you changed the song up a bit. It`s cool and creative!

[felidsentry]

Ragtime is so cool! I love how you changed the song up a little bit. It sounds like such fun!

[CourtneeMalakian]

that sounds nothing like k.k. ragtime..

[Keeper1st]

Sure it does. It's not like how the game plays it (how boring would that be?), but how accomplished ragtime musicians play it. Of all the recordings of Tom playing it, this one has the most filler and improvisation, but it's still quite recognizable.

[tacaloi]

the flute hears lonely xD need ochestra^^

[Keeper1st]

Watch the video response then and you'll hear the whole band playing it. No more lonely flute!

[MusicalYoshi]

Interesting.

I didn't start learning music and foreign languages until I was 13. I am currently 15.

Although I possess no extraordinary talent, people say that I have the ability to grasp things easily, one being the piano. However, my music reading ability is quite pathetic and I can't respond quick enough to notes on a staff. That hinders my ability to play note-filled ragtime.

Would you know of any famous ragtime composers? I would like to immerse myself more in the style. Thanks a lot!

[Keeper1st]

Try ragtimepiano(dot)ca for a site that has downloadable scores of ragtime of various styles, from both well known and obscure composers.

(note the ca -- not com)

[gasbag40]

when u say music reading ability, do you mean sight reading? like playing something that you have never learned?

[MusicalYoshi]

Awesome! I am currently learning this song.

but... What makes him a great Ragtime Pianist?

I am learning so that I may become one myself.

[Keeper1st]

Tom is somewhat unique. He learned to read music at the same time he was learning to read English. Exposed to ragtime via player piano rolls since birth, he has an inherent sense of the music, and because music is like another language for him, he can play a tune with embellishments differently every time, in the same way as you or I might speak the same sentence in different ways.

But then you look at Adam Swanson, who started playing when he was 9 and is already one of the greats, at age 17.

[auaiao9]

This is a a totally happnin jam session!

[MuzzlyMuz]

I'm learning to play the piano now! :D

[1wigbert]

8D

way to bust some mad beats!

(in real-speak)

good job.

[Lollipopsaregood884]

I could only dream of being able to play the piano like that...

:(

[ryoki999]

holy crap!

[AquaCadet2]

that's amazing! great work.

[Squarerig]

Delightful music played by outstanding musicians.Real ragged stuff.Thanks for the clip

[ducksmasher09]

Amazing!!!

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Are you going to post the full versions of other K.K. Ragtime Pieces?

[Keeper1st]

You mean other Animal Crossing tunes? This is the only one that I have transcribed, since it was most appropriate to present to ragtime performers.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

No, actually I meant other Koji Kondo pieces like "Yoshi's Island Athletic" theme.

[Keeper1st]

Ah. Well, Kondo didn't compose this one; Kazumi Totaka did. But I have just made a few scores for tunes that were requested by folks (mostly Kondo tunes). We'll see if Tom has time to read through them next weekend.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Great. But Do you guys do "Radio?"

[Keeper1st]

I guess not, since I don't know what you mean.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

What I mean is have though of putting Ragtime on A local Radio Channel?

[Keeper1st]

Tom, Julia and the rest of the band play at schools in the area. I'm sure if there were demand on local radio, they'd be up for it. But there isn't. There are a few ragtime radio shows dotted around the country, some of which are on stations that stream their feed on the internet. The Raspberries would need an album for such a radio station to play first, though, and they haven't yet recorded.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

They'll record eventually.

[Keeper1st]

There is talk of it. Logistics are key. The band doesn't meet very often.

[iplayragtimepiano]

im sorry, i dont the flute kind of ruins ragtime... tom is still the best though..4 stars

[PeteB614]

tom is the man!

[Jojomaner]

pure awesomeness

[Quietschquatsch]

Is this an ordinary piano? Or do you need a special kind of piano for playing ragtime?

[Keeper1st]

Any piano will do!

[NinplayFaq]

This is awesome! Wish I could play like this...

[Emerl70]

Me too :P I realy like K.K. Ragtime :P

[saschamuecke]

Very Good!! I wish I could improvize like him!

[Quietschquatsch]

Well, what should I say? They know how to play good music.

[Roseforever84]

Dude who are these people? This is awesome!

[Keeper1st]

Tom Brier and Julia Riley. I have a lot of videos of Tom's piano playing. He has CDs that can be purchased online (search his name at CDBaby to find his latest, "Rewind"). Together, they are part of a ragtime band called the Raspberry Jam Band, or a smaller ensemble called Tom Brier & The Saloon Sweeties. The bands don't have a CD yet but there is demand for a Raspberries album to be made someday. They play around Northern California, especially the Sacramento area.

[dsanw]

good duet, thank you ... :D

[Raphy013]

very nice :p