Composer/Musician Reacts to Thank You Scientist - Chromology (REACTION!!!)

Bryan reacts to and talks about his thoughts on Chromology
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[@thewhorocks515]

That synth/keyboard sound in the beginning and the solo around 9:30 is an EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument) that the sax player plays. It was super cool to see live as I'd never seen anything like it before. The solo that sounds like a violin is indeed an electric violin and there is a full time electric violinist member of the band. This song is just insane on all fronts. Love it.

[@funnyperson4027]

EWI’s are so sick. Found out about them in high school and would kill to have one

[@hackandslash873]

The first track to grab me off this album. Anchor ended up being my favourite in the end though.

[@33matou]

Geronimo 😍😍

[@reaper2r]

That's so funny, I preferred a few different songs but also settled on Anchor being my favorite after awhile.

[@AmadeusAxoid]

@@33matou also my favorite!

[@Cobalt985]

For me personally, Everyday Ghosts or Son of a Serpent. Both are straight up experiences.

[@ibrahimutant]

YOU HAVE TO DO TIGRAN HAMASYAN THIS WEEK, DUDE! Please do What the Waves Brought the live performance, and then Fides Tua. He is incomparable.

[@priyanshu7851]

I can rally behind this.

[@jfleminator]

My vote is for The Court Jester

[@progperljungman8218]

You can affect choices as a Patreon 😊

[@ibrahimutant]

If he hasn't done a Tigran reaction by the time I'm making a living wage, I will absolutely contribute then. But it would be criminal for him to ignore Tigran any longer!

[@gcvibe]

Every Tigran piece is incredible! I would recommend pt1 Collapse + pt2 Alternative Universe to start!

[@AmadeusAxoid]

I would strongly suggest their song Suspicious Waveforms, lots of fun solo shenanigans for every part of the band!

[@BenIrvine11]

Hell yeah up there with one of my fav songs by them

[@interruptVEKTOR]

Once all this covid shit is over, there are few bands I could recommend seeing live over Thank You Scientist if you ever get the chance. They are just absolutely spectacular and there's no way to not have a great time at one of their shows. Great reaction as always!

[@ih3851]

I feel so lucky that I got to see them live in Dec 2019. This song was the biggest surprise for me. On the album, it's one of my least favorite tracks (just above Birdwatching), but watching them play it live was incredible. For example, I had no idea that the electronic melody at the beginning was actually an instrument being played, as opposed to a synthesizer.

[@thevastidity888]

only problem is solos get drowned out but overall the shows are actually magical

[@Cobalt985]

I saw these guys in Calgary and they were fucking phenomenal. Can't recommend it enough if you're into them at all.

[@progperljungman8218]

Wonderful song! More prog with jazz influences than jazz-fusion maybe, but still some kind of "fusion" of the two worlds. Fusion is, after all, a wide "genre" with everything from total improvisation with "rock instrumentation" and beats to a "jazziness" within composed rock songs.

[@CriticalReactions]

I'm certainly learning about the wide net that this genre casts. I had an idea of what Jazz Fusion is and so far we haven't touched that idea yet.

[@priyanshu7851]

While this whirlwind of a song is fun, personally I don't find myself revisiting it often. However, my reactions to it the first time was pretty much like yours! Awesome at any rate. Great talk after as well. And, although I don't know the list, I mostly expect this week to be rock with jazz influence than the other way around. :D Let's see if that is the case!

[@progperljungman8218]

I'm sure you're right about the ratio... Many labeled fusion songs does tend to be more rock in terms of pre-composed material though. Just take one of the real classics: Birdland with Weather Report. More of playing the pre-composed melodies in a playful way but not really improvising much unique melodies in the moment. But then again, Weather Report did a lot of improvisational stuff on other tracks. Who's to say what's "right"...

[@ryansadauskis]

I missed Sal's vocals tbh.

[@pseudonym4899]

jazz fusion that is different from this: Guthrie Govan - Fives The Aristocrats - Bad Asteroid Greg Howe - Extraction Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue Weather Report - Birdland John Scofield - A Go Go Soil & "Pimp" Sessions - In The Twilight

[@MTheoOA]

Allan Holdsworth and Weather Report are the kings in this list

[@aruarian43]

death jazz hell yeah. didnt expect to see that here 🤙

[@Lukkern]

05:22 is one of the best moments i've heard in music. EVER

[@jonathanhenderson9422]

Seems like you've liked TYS more with each video! I think one interesting discussion this week could spark is what is the "ratio" of rock-to-jazz in each piece. To me, this is actually pretty close to 50/50. While most of it is definitely pre-composed, it also uses a ton of cadences and "sounds" from jazz that it still often feels more like composed jazz than typical composed rock. I mean, other than the absence of lengthy solos, and perhaps the presence of constant time signature/feel changes, this piece is probably as close as TYS has gotten to Snarky Puppy. If you do hear the Miles Davis I recommended this week it will be interesting to hear your thoughts on the "mix" of genres there, because to me that's as close as Davis got to rock and it often sounds more like a rock band jamming than a jazz band rocking.

[@fernandosuebre]

You like Queen? You think Freedie was the best? Please should react to his LAST TIME ON A STAGE. He wrote Barcelona to sing with Montserrat Caballe kzbin.info/www/bejne/npzWnKigfJWIj8U and its EPIC!!!, he want to play this song i his funeral. If you never listen yet this song prepare for an experience. Try to not get the chills. Sorry my English.

[@pseudonym4899]

If you like this you have to check out Panzerballett, more specifically their new album Planet Z, it's a masterpiece.

[@jaspin555]

Nice review. Thank you scientist really is great, but I was always turned off by the vocals tbh, but this music is amazing. Not totally sure you'd call it jazz fusion- maybe jazz and deathmetal fusion, but I promise this band is pretty unique. Ever forthright - Screen Scenarios They are a but chaotic, and quite heavy.. I once had the crown by iron thrones is still what I'd love to hear you react to most, but ever forthright has some scary jazz.

[@renancaprucho8289]

please, react to suspicious waveforms and rude rube goldberg variations you will love

[@gustavmetal]

Circle of Illusion - The Run You wont regret it if you like jazz prog fusion

[@vincentmichelon5217]

Glad you picked this one! This band sounds great live! In another genre, you could try a song from the band Destrage (you should try the album Are you kiddin? No). Greeting from France

[@PeachyKeena_]

I’ve heard multiple TYS songs over the years via Spotify discover weekly, and I’ve said multiple times that they’d be one of my favorite bands if I didn’t hate the singer’s voice. There’s a couple songs I can tolerate it on, but for the most part I can’t stand it. It’s instrumental songs like this that make me want to listen to more of them and hope I can get over that voice.

[@thosava]

You just need to replay the songs until you tolerate the voice, then over time you’ll learn to enjoy it

[@PeachyKeena_]

@@thosava funny enough it did eventually click for me. Esp after seeing them live opening for Intervals. But Chromology is still by far my favorite song of theirs, if not one of my favorite songs of all time.

[@thosava]

@@PeachyKeena_ That's great to hear! Chromology is also my favorite, but that's not because I don't like his voice, it's just how good the song really is.

[@StoneAndMortar]

Maaaaaaaaaaan I love this track. Favorite off the album easily. I don’t normally get behind super long tracks - but this ones movement all feels so cohesive and well connected. I dunno. I don’t have the words for it - I just love what they did here lol.

[@CriticalReactions]

I can agree with the cohesive connected-ness of it all. It's one long journey that feels like a single tale and not sporadic sections haphazardly taped together.

[@CGMiller]

Man Zappa would have loved this...

[@acrocduck2alk]

Happy to see ya in such a good mood! You made me enjoy the music even more! :D

[@CriticalReactions]

Anything jazzy will do that to me. I just can't help but physically get into music like this. :)

[@acrocduck2alk]

@@CriticalReactions Try Moscow by Impact Fuze. Short and super fusion, you'll have a lot of fun! :D

[@necromantic2955]

En todo caso godspeed you black emperor suena a rock, combinado al jazz por parte de las baterías y si le suman, gran influencia por la música clásica y el progresivo

[@ruizv354]

algunas recomendaciones que tengas camarada? no estoy seguro como llegué aquí, tampoco había escuchado cosas como esta y cielos que placer! saludos

[@necromantic2955]

@@ruizv354 ufff que clase de música te gusta, la banda que menciono en el comentario anterior es mi banda favorita su música es diferente al resto, escucha moya de godspeed you black emperor! No te arrepentirás

[@javiersoraire3782]

@@ruizv354 Los 3 discos de TYS son re contra recomendables para escuchar bro, y si te encanto Cromology puedo apostar que te va a encantar Rube Goldberg variations y suspicius waverforms

[@laynesanders738]

do Anchor

[@skippermullet69]

Bro, check out Medeski, Martin and Wood. Definitely jazz based. They will blow your mind for a 3 piece

[@supersapphire]

please do sorceress by return to forever!! sick jazz fusion, and RTF has been widely sourced to be a big inspiration to the band chon back when they first started during the myspace days

[@christopherpoore795]

If you like this, you'd love Rube Goldberg Variations by them. It's so good

[@rudolphpyatt4833]

Good stuff! Reminds me a bit of The Muffins, circa “Chronometers”.

[@youtubesucksforforcingthis]

As much as I love TYS, which is a whole lot, the one thing that gets to me is that they do not seem to find value in playing a solo live like they do on the album. Granted there is something to say about freestyle sections in jazz music or putting a spin on something, but there are also iconic solos that shouldn't be messed with, and sometimes the live solos can be a big departure from the album. I start to wonder if they can reproduce the solos from the albums some times. Ben Karras (violin) may be the exception. Thanks for the TYS! Rube Goldberg Variations is another song of theirs that would fit right in with this theme. Looking forward to a new album from them soon!

[@youtubesucksforforcingthis]

ps: Rube Goldberg Variations is less distortion and more of a jazz-fusion feel with emphasis on the jazz

[@aruarian43]

@@youtubesucksforforcingthis RBV is so dope honestly, it sounds so govan-y at times I had to double-check the credits if he wasn't featured on it

[@PZMaTTy]

Best band ever. Period. hahaha

[@PZMaTTy]

I forgot about Snarky Puppy upss

[@edoardoalves]

Thank you, thank you, Thank You Scientist! I love this band, thanks dude 😁

[@saulherrera5270]

Thank you scientist is one of those bands I heard a few songs about in 2015 and loved. Then came back to them a few years later and fell in love with them again instantly

[@redshift912]

A lot of these ideas I hear remind me of the band gruvis malt .

[@GeoffCano]

Oh man this is gonna be my favorite week theme. Starting off dam strong no less

[@aruarian43]

you should do the funky knuckles