A Man with a Gun Lives Here, by Steve Snowden

[@jongeller4913]

i love this. i once dumped a girl cuz she said "percussion is kinda pointless". some people don't appreciate sound

[@TamoghnaDas_dumbo]

I second you without any hesitation.

[@N0Comm3nts]

jon geller I'd suggest having a look here, I have a whole series of posts dedicated to dissipating the misconception that percussion is simple and that percussionists are simpletons: facebook.com/nudycity/

[@DrummahMike]

@Tabi967 A lot of people get dumped for having a difference of opinions on things, it's called "not getting along". Especially if that dude is a percussionist, that's a big deal. You pull the stick out of your ass sometime.

[@armandorosales1118]

if she said that to you after showing something similar to this, seems like she wanted to be dumped /:

[@emersongoo1224]

Exceptional musicality. This is really, really great.

[@angelflorido]

I no longer remembered this excellent piece . I love their performance, their mallets , the sounds and timber . Great job my friends.

[@Coolrock-fg4tu]

I thought for sure that they punctured the drum head

[@jmpsthrufyre]

a tense piece. the elephant sounds like constant stressed sighs and railyard sounds, the brushwork like the soft steps taken behind, between.. there, but unseen, the loud drum the unrelenting norm always looking to eradicate.

[@isaacdennis4351]

I present you the gods of percussion

[@Bigdrum2]

Lol :-)))...

[@benjaminwaddill1625]

Isaac Dennis :)

[@Yanb57479]

Is that..... a red brake drum?!?!?

[@Everlongfive]

This is absolutely stunning! What a piece and what a performance!!! Thank you!

[@jotagomezmusico]

Bravo! That was excelent! Great composition. Greetings from Chile!

[@DerHerrMitR]

Most prevalent during the Great Depression, hobos were nomads who roamed the United States taking work wherever they could. In their extensive travels, hobos learned to leave notes for each other, giving information about places to camp, where to find a meal, or dangers that lay ahead. This unique Hobo Code was known to the brotherhood of freight train riders and used by all to keep the community of traveling workers safe, fed and in work. Each movement of this piece is based on one of these symbols and, just like those resourceful hobos, makes use of very limited materials. All activity is centered on a single bass drum. Other items utilized include steel plates, rubber balls, and a paper bag containing 3 lbs of loose buckshot.

[@GerstBladeworks]

Why'd you just copy the description?

[@Jdrummer596]

My percussion ensemble at Adelphi University did this piece I love it so much!!!

[@MasterZephyr6]

Jdrummer596 How did you do the cymbal elephant/creaky door noise?

[@DolphinPain]

Around 4:45 I hear an elephant running through the African savanna as a great lion stalks an antelope and kills it. Somehow, I can't make the thieves connection.

[@Ankylophobia]

I imagined the "elephant" sounds as creaky doors, like maybe people are sneaking through his house or trying to get in

[@thewrongones2800]

Ankylophobia I imagined it as a train horn or the train grinding to a halt on the tracks since the piece is about hobos and the great depression and hobos usually hitch rides by train. Or they used to anyway.

[@musical_Kai]

That's the great thing about music; You don't have to make the connection. The performer interprets the music as it is written, and the audience interprets music entirely based on sound.

[@campbellsprojects7533]

The composer said that the piece isn't programmatic, the sounds aren't meant to represent anything, rather they are meant to evoke a feeling, the feeling of being terrified and scared

[@xCentauri]

spiderman into the spiderverse also used these 'elephant' sounds and it truly makes the scenes tons more terrifying

[@bobveldt]

Why did noboby tell me about this? I went from Beato to Drumeo to Matt Garstka to pause for crying to meinl stacks, Vic Firth and NOW you give me this…

[@alainlemoal2643]

Excellent et surprenant (des effets que je ne connaissais pas)

[@groovyjazzbeats61]

To leave the "preformed" concepts of music and ALL its elements is to live FREE... BEAUTIFUL HUMANOID EXPLORATIONS...COOL!

[@MrSifkis]

that was so amazing im going to listen to it again

[@jparks4815]

Beautiful Art. Nothing more to say.

[@antiago1983]

So great, GREAT work. I badly want that bassdrum.

[@patrickmckinney8610]

Incredible!

[@doodoodaadoo1]

I hate how accurate blowing into Cymbal on a bass drum sounds like something heavy is being moved

[@0eroPositivo]

It's a realy creative composition.

[@MrChasalopolis]

Really Good!

[@jimmyshrimbe9361]

It IS about hobo codes!

[@renezinondrums]

Amazing!!!

[@tlmillmus]

Great theatric piece!!

[@dmndsol]

Nothing left in the baggie but seeds, they obviously finished off the weed.

[@VITALSEAmusic]

I've see. These guys preform this live, the man in the black was a graduate from my high school

[@ggggyeeee]

Flipting out...

[@mikegarcia7252]

What are they using for bell plates in the second movement

[@GerstBladeworks]

Oh my lord!! This is excellent with good headphones or a surround sound with subwoofers..did you guys have a mic in the bass drum ?

[@adamwojtasiak6204]

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to mount the metal pieces they use as stand substitutes?😊

[@saaaraaah97]

please someone tell me what theyre dragging across the head at 0:47 is that like a rubber mallet??? wowski i love

[@jordanlieberman2014]

If I'm remembering correctly, the piece calls for a rubber bouncy ball with a stick punctured into it. I think we used some beefy paper clips so we could wrap it around our fingers like a ring (for those quick changes). Goofy, I know.

[@samlau_]

It’s a superball mallet!

[@michaelchang2930]

I can see this properly recorded in a hall in ultra-fidelity and presented as an audiophile recording.

[@ZxMusTanGxZ]

Каааиииф!

[@chebetodrums]

usedes son unos abusadores eso es lo que son !!

[@lidiaber6837]

Magnifico

[@ThereaalSP]

Music sheet

[@edgarloen9714]

great! to make the elephant sound are you blowing in side the plate? or how did you do the sound? congratulations! great job and execution.

[@jawslego123]

What superball mallets are used in this?

[@EAPanamaChannel]

De pelicula

[@MinhLe-qo8iz]

poor paper bag

[@brittanywagner7930]

Anyone have suggestions on how to make the cymbal blow sound? Currently playing this piece for my recital but can't make the sound 🙃

[@justingrubbs5574]

I played this my junior year in college! It’s a great piece. Provided you are using the right kind of cymbal, I used an oboe-ish embouchure and blew down and at an angle through the hole. It takes time to get the right amount of pressure on the head. It takes a LOT of air. Works best on calf-skin heads.

[@brittanywagner7930]

@@justingrubbs5574 thank you!! I think I've been attempting that but maybe thinking more directly to an oboe embouchure will help more. I have the right jing cymbal it just seems that the hole in the top is a little small.

[@justingrubbs5574]

Brittany Wagner Think about your airstream going in a straight line from the hole at the top to the exact spot where the inside chamber meets the drumhead. It worked best for me blowing at that angle towards my body.

[@hunterreece6659]

What are the things being drug across the bass drum?

[@jmpsthrufyre]

Windowpane rubber ball mallets?

[@sstipech]

What size is the bass drum that's used here?

[@sasquatchpatch]

This doap

[@SeijiTakahashi-g9b]

5:56

[@sivadepilif]

Que merda hein?

[@radia9098]

Can someone tell me what they're trying to do when they slide those "half-balls" over the drum?

[@VicFirthCompany]

They are scraping the drum with them which causes the head to vibrate -- and it creates a "whale-like" sound. Sort of like doing a tambourine thumb roll.

[@ajames0531]

Vic Firth What is it exactly that they are using to create the sound?

[@Ankylophobia]

Alex James they look like they may be some kind of "friction mallet" kind of like a superball attached to a stick :) the important thing is that it's rubber

[@iDawd]

Too bad they don't have oily hands. I can do it just as well with my thumb, without beeswax.

[@karlajung1107]

What's in the bag?

[@jakefarley6202]

+Karla Jung Looks like buckshot or bb's

[@matthewgriggs7638]

Theres so much sexual tension in this piece what

[@iownthepack]

except that a punk band named "man with gun lives here" from memphis owns the name

[@JLopez429]

Amazing!!