Matt Nolan Custom : Bowed Gongs quickie

[valerianTriangle]

I want them all. :)

[jamalshookup]

Thanks for the video. Those are some awesome sounds you're getting out of your gongs.

The bat-wingged gongs sound gorgeous. They look as if they're paper thin near the edges, just like a real bat's wing. How long does it take for you to hammer a wing that way? And, wouldn't it get more brittle, the thinner you hammer it?

I'm in Seattle, WA; I'll look for your gongs in the States.

[MattNolanCustom]

@jamalshookup They are thin right from the beginning. The most hammering is in forming the spines / ridges.

[jamalshookup]

Beautiful and brilliant!

[JohnLRice]

Love your creations!!!!! :-)

[kennydinoboy]

Wow... I should express the use of the bow more frequently in my composition...

[RedeyeSPR]

That is one creepy sounding instrument.

[TheHeeheehaha]

1:50 almost sounds like an electric guitar with reverb or overdrive or somethin' like that. We had to do this in Machu Picchu for our band last year and we couldn't get enough of it!

[BDNproductions]

Incredible! Some of the sounds you get out of them remind me of some of the gritty, pealing effects you get by playing around with FM synthesis..

[NickyXDrums]

Damn those bat wing cymbals are perfect for A7X!

[AusProM]

@NickyXDrums who gives a flying fuck about a7x

[108246]

@AusProM since they make better music than you could imagine some people do give a fuck about them.

[dontcryoverspiltmilk]

I kinda feel like bowing gongs makes the best and worst sound possible at the same time I think that its the worst in the fact that its so dissonant but also the best because it still sounds cool

[mistahmaxi]

How do you lathe you cymbals?

[MattNolanCustom]

@mistahmaxi err, with a cymbal lathe - see my other video...

[mistahmaxi]

@MattNolanCustom watched it, and I'm pleased.

[toskoramone]

is that a german bass bow?

[MattNolanCustom]

@toskoramone I can't remember. It is a bass bow, not a cello or violin bow.

[toskoramone]

@MattNolanCustom yeah, it looks like a german

[mindbodylightsound10]

@toskoramone it's french

[toskoramone]

@mindbodylightsound10 Is it? well, thank you.

[1995pg]

nice beginning^^

[cmshuf]

The low sounds from the batwings sound so... for lack of a better word, evil. I love it!

[ryanandbranslurppiss]

man they're amazing they sound amazing and look amazing!! nice work

[ramonbunny69]

sounds like that sound effect you hear in scary movies :)

[Ragnarock83]

wow, simply wow

i love your "dragonwing" cymbals really really really great work :)

[DEATHCORESHAWN]

crazy!

[apla0]

Insane ,, you are my hero.

[Mp5Drummer]

I got chills from this. Could sample those sounds for some dark ambient music!