![Snakey Chantey - Donkey Kong Country 2 [Violin Folk Jazz Cover]](/img/o.gif)
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@SamanthaBallard 12 сағат бұрын
I only jsut got around to watching this but WOW now that's what I call creativity 😄 I think the Lego-koto sounds great! The percussion layers are really grooving too
@SheaViolin 12 сағат бұрын
Haha thanks Samantha!! So glad you liked how it turned out 😊
@prollybee Күн бұрын
hauntingly beautiful rendition, i loved it ❤ also btw i think your drying rack has some Legos stuck in it
@SheaViolin Күн бұрын
I'm so glad! It's such a beautiful song. And thanks, those kids leave Legos EVERYWHERE. Sometimes I don't notice them until it's too late.
@luizhenriqueamorim9457 3 күн бұрын
Great Work. Congratulations!!!
@SheaViolin 3 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@InstrumentManiac 6 күн бұрын
The lego Koto is a very innovative instrument! What a great solution to get that distinct koto sound 👏
@SheaViolin 6 күн бұрын
Haha thanks Luke! When I asked whether I could buy a "real one," the answer was no before I could finish asking. So now I have "the koto we had at home" instead. 😂
@AdrianUnplugged 6 күн бұрын
An overpowered amount of instruments. You're recording quality is so good. Good job!
@SheaViolin 6 күн бұрын
And ironically none of them are powered! I'm glad I'm getting better at the recording quality, since that means I'm making progress! 😁 Thank you!
@_.Alucard._ 7 күн бұрын
Goosebumps 😮 This track plays for the first time when you are able to recover Setzer's girlfriend hidden airship.
@SheaViolin 7 күн бұрын
Thank you! Exploring the ruined world with that airship and getting the whole group back together was one of my favorite parts of the game... I'm definitely due for another play through soon!
@_.Alucard._ 7 күн бұрын
Excellent 👍
@SheaViolin 7 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@Mshill211 7 күн бұрын
You had me at BEWARE. One of my all time fav games. great cover
@SheaViolin 7 күн бұрын
Thanks! I had a lot of fun with this one!
@Mshill211 7 күн бұрын
You had me at DK2
@SheaViolin 7 күн бұрын
It's a great soundtrack! I'd like to do a few more some day
@The_pebble_music 8 күн бұрын
Splendid ! And the homemade koto sounds fine and is a daring idea !
@SheaViolin 8 күн бұрын
It was a fun project for sure! Glad you liked it!
@normal8372 9 күн бұрын
Excellent!
@SheaViolin 8 күн бұрын
Thank you so much!
@Naeddyr 9 күн бұрын
This is absolutely one of the greatest renditions of Schala's theme I have ever heard on a LEGO Koto.
@SheaViolin 8 күн бұрын
The competition is fierce, but I'm glad this one rose to the top for you 😂
@AnimalisaKeys 9 күн бұрын
Beautiful arrangement and playing!
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
Thanks Annalisa!
@johannsous 9 күн бұрын
Great arrangement of a great track, nicely done!
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@ChrisSchaffer 9 күн бұрын
as always, simply phenomenal
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
Thanks Chris!
@sidarthas3867 9 күн бұрын
Love it! 🕺🔥💃
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@OokiiPeter 9 күн бұрын
Not only do you play all these instruments, but you've even made your own! So so cool!
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
The ADHD blessing and curse, I guess. 😂 I never know what I'm going to do until after I've done it, some days.
@Mcpblackheart 9 күн бұрын
One thing i love about your skill also is that you capture that perfect sound of the japanese and chinese legato strings.
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
I love having these sounds in my collection! It's just such a nice contrast in the mood they can create!
@Mcpblackheart 9 күн бұрын
I just dropped a Schalas theme cover the other day. Always happy hearing new renditions 🔥 . This one really goes hard i love it
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
Thanks Blackheart! I had a lot of fun putting this one together. Super excited to get the album together!
@imptwins 9 күн бұрын
Shea. You actually made me tear up a little. This is one of my fav retro songs and I can't even put into words how beautifully it came out. The composition came out so nice, the balancing is perfect, every instrument, the bass is so wonderfully featured and comfortable in there, your already wonderful erhu playing has come such a long way since I first found you, all the percussion adds so much, gods this is SO GOOD. ... Except the koto. I gotta be real with you lmao. It's good! I also would not have expected it to come out this well, and it serves really nice when it's back in the mix, but I don't think it stands against the rest of your instruments once the solo kicks in at 1:15. It's just a bit too... Tinny. A bit too empty performance hall. Something about the acoustics, something about the tone, I don't have a good enough ear to describe it well. Might even just be the strings for all I know. You're new to it, either this thing (affectionate) you've created or koto in general, to playing it and to mixing it, and it is a crazy achievement to have made this thing so I don't blame you wanting to feature it, but I gotta be honest and say I don't think it currently holds up to everything else you're doing. It's still an incredibly gorgeous cover though and I am looping it as we speak, still manages to be one of my absolute fav covers I've heard. So I hope the criticism isn't too rough.
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
That's TOTALLY fair! 😂 I could always do a version with just the violin solo and nix the feature! I had a lot of fun with the process of making and playing it, and I was a little skeptical whether I would be able to use it as a lead because it's so low in the frequency spectrum. I think it might have more of a place in a sparser mix, or possibly tuned much higher! I haven't found how tight I can make these strings before breaking to push it more into a band that could stand up better. Realistically I'm not going to succeed on this platform with what I have been doing, so I decided to try something weird to maybe break out of my downward trend.
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
For what it's worth, I asked a whole bunch of musicians that I respect a whole lot if I had ruined my song before I published it, and everyone I asked liked it 😂
@imptwins 9 күн бұрын
@@SheaViolin ugh, i fucken hate youtube man. You do such wonderful work Shea, and it's obvious you work so damn hard too, I'm sorry this garbo platform doesn't appreciate it. :I For what it's worth and to reiterate, I don't think it at all ruins the track. And in the grand scale of things adding a very slightly tinny lego koto to a track is far from the worst thing you can do to chase clicks lmao
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
😂 thanks! Yeah, it seems like video essays, reaction content, and AI are the best "content" for the platform, and I'm trying to just make peace with that. I'm going to succeed in music through collaborations and session work regardless of whether or not my solo work succeeds, and while it would be nice to be able to pay other artists to help make my work better I can still make stuff that I love on my own!
@imptwins 9 күн бұрын
@@SheaViolin Yeahhhh I've lost a lot of channels I really liked in the last couple years to floods of reaction content making it fucken arduous to keep following :') From a washed up muso who couldn't make it, I'm glad you found your window. People underestimate how hard it is to just make a living in a field you love, I'm really glad you're working it.
@XanderPlute 9 күн бұрын
Absolutely beautiful! Love the creativity on display here!
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
Thanks Xander!
@offdutyenglishmajor9924 9 күн бұрын
This song was made for you to cover, Shea. I'm glad you got around to it. It's one of my favortie's from Chrono Trigger. So beautiful and heartbreaking.
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
It's really such a gem, and I'm so glad you liked the version I made!
@rophmusic 9 күн бұрын
Fantastic 🥰
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
Thanks so much Roph!
@erikoftheinternet 9 күн бұрын
That sounds great. Any chance for a 'making of' video, or some sort of demo?
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
Sure! I didn't take video as I made it, but I could demonstrate all the pieces!
@Emunator 9 күн бұрын
Erhu and koto is a match made in heaven with this theme ❤️ Truly fantastic arrangement, I’m so excited to see the koto unleashed finally!
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
You might say the melody was unchained. Oh wait. That's a different song entirely! Glad you liked it Emunator! I hope I can find more ways to use it in the future!
@LucasCooperVGM 9 күн бұрын
That erhu is dreamy!
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
Thanks Lucas!
@TrAntidote 9 күн бұрын
Oh wow, i love this rendition
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
I made an updated version of this arrangement here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6nUiXykqs6UhNU
@mercury4885 9 күн бұрын
you have outdone yourself. this is astonishing
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! I love this song so much, and I'm so glad I decided to revisit it!
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
I released an updated version of this arrangement, watch it here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fafNh4SphL2opbM
@0nlyGh0sts 9 күн бұрын
This is one of the most beautiful arrangements of Schala's Theme I've ever heard. The LEGO zither is really just the cherry on top!
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
Thank you! It's such a low instrument, it's a little hard to get it to sit nicely in the mix, but I think I got there! I'm really glad I reworked this for the album because this one has really grown on me
@Tremendouz 9 күн бұрын
LEGOTO! Sounds great as always
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
Thanks Trem! I think I'm starting to get closer to a releasable sound before I ask for help by working on the masters lately. I think I'm learning!
@ThomasMHead 9 күн бұрын
Absolutely amazing work, Shea!! A wonderful finishing touch for your album! That koto is a great invention, and reinvention of this piece!
@SheaViolin 9 күн бұрын
Thanks so much Thomas! I'm so proud of this collection, though I might have to start on volume 2 because I have so many more songs I want to do 😂 I was just listening to memories of green this morning and it's calling to me
@ThomasMHead 9 күн бұрын
@SheaViolin I'm happy you're getting such satisfaction and further inspiration!
@AndyInTheFort 11 күн бұрын
Wow, this is such a great interpretation! It's so refreshing and different, it's especially catch at 0:45 for me.
@SheaViolin 11 күн бұрын
Thanks!! This one is such a blast to play!
@SadGatomon 11 күн бұрын
perfection
@SheaViolin 11 күн бұрын
Thanks! I had so much fun with it :)
@alexmfholmes 13 күн бұрын
Nice
@alexmfholmes 13 күн бұрын
Chefs kiss
@SheaViolin 12 күн бұрын
I'm glad you liked it!
@therandompineapple3805 14 күн бұрын
What's always made sense to me is that fiddle is a blanket term for Bowed instruments played under the chin AKA violins and violas
@Mcpblackheart 14 күн бұрын
Such layers done so professionally ^_^ . Nintendo could def use this as a easter egg cameo on a Zelda game like they used to do with the music in their games :), Loved it
@SheaViolin 14 күн бұрын
Thanks Blackheart! I'm glad people seem to be liking this one! I was worried about breaking from the Chrono streak and losing people from changing franchises.
@ObscureMachines 15 күн бұрын
Super dope!
@SheaViolin 15 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@Alyosha58293 15 күн бұрын
Dang, beautiful playing as always
@SheaViolin 15 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@Purple1222119Music 15 күн бұрын
Wow, I really love the arrangement of the first section! The second section is so much fun too!
@SheaViolin 15 күн бұрын
Thanks so much! Uncontrollable smiles for me :)
@SeveralAnts 15 күн бұрын
Haha, that story about the nesting Christmas gifts in the description was too cute. Also this rendition is beyond beautiful.
@SheaViolin 15 күн бұрын
Thanks so much! I'm glad you liked the arrangement, and it was fun to recount that memory with my sister when our families got together for Thanksgiving this year!
@erikoftheinternet 15 күн бұрын
DK has such a bizarre history of incredible tracks that seem tonally out of place for their level. This ditty for a boss battle, the serene stickerbush symphony for a terrifying maze of spikes and explosions, etc. Great remix, I throw my hat at you
@SheaViolin 15 күн бұрын
I think stickerbush was originally written for a water level, at least as far as the internet lore goes, but that's another great tune! I was considering trying to do that one this month, but I ran out of time to do it properly, and I want to make sure I do that one well! Thanks Erik!
@erikoftheinternet 15 күн бұрын
@@SheaViolin Shea doing stickerbush? Hell yeah, can't wait!