MUSIC DIRECTOR REACTS | BAND-MAID / Blooming (Official Music Video)

I really loved the use of the intro as the ending. I loved it all TBH!
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[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

⏩ Video Question: What is your favorite summer activity? I asked this on a poll the other day but I wanna know here also!

[@Oedwak]

"I like hearing this stuff. It's fun." For me that's it. The variations are like a kaleidoscope of sound very rarely heard. While rare having the variations isn't unique to Band-Maid, they do it in a way that has their unique style. Like you said. Fun!

[@patron40silver]

I love how BAND-MAID always makes me feel like being shot out of a cannon, going a million mph, and then the weightless, freefall floating, feeling that follows.

[@vhaarr]

Blooming is my favorite song by Band-Maid! Until I listen to Manners, then Manners is my favorite song. Until I listen to Daydreaming, then that is my favorite. Until I listen to Blooming ... :-P

[@edwardallen4051]

Kanami is a big tease when it comes to her outro solo's, they are often the most bluesy and often slightly hidden under the vocals, they are what I enjoy the most from her because that's what I grew up on in the late sixties and seventies from all the amazing British blues/rock bands.

[@greylocke100]

On the snare, There is a photo around of their EU Tour, and Akane had 3 travel cases which were snare sized. One said Ludwig, one said Tama and the last said Pearl. At Line Cube Shibuya she had her Ludwig, set for her main snare and had her Tama off to her left side underneath her Roland trigger pads.

[@surfingasongwave]

If memory serves, the bass plays E♭, D, D♭, C, B, C♯ (or D♭) for the intro and outro (ending on E♭ for the stinger). The guitar plays a rising line for the intro (curtain rising) and a descending line for the outro (curtain closing). The opening four and the closing four are the only times it's heard.

[@_JimS]

Just one ROCK Masterpiece. 16th not bass chugging, "Gorilla" drumming. insane tapping/harmonics, machine-gun rapping vocals with angelic harmonies....and an "All In Jam" at the end.........man it just doesn't get any better than "Blooming". I knew this tune would cook your noodle...Lol!

[@crabuki1273]

My favorite BAND-MAID song, where we finally get that big Kanami feature we long for. Thanks for coming back to BAND-MAID.

[@werdnaxela9553]

IMO, Blooming is the pinnacle and culmination of their work. The transitions and layering are amongst the best I’ve heard in the industry.

[@JuanSan66]

Hey, what an impressive job Tony. I´ve listen to one hundred times this song and I´ve seen a number of reactors comment about this song... and this has been by far the more complete analysis in barely fifteen minutes. You have picked up some very interesting points about their songwriting but that quote "let musicians be musicians" is something I´m actively stealing from this video to try to explain Band Maid´s songwriting from now.

[@viaverde3153]

This bass sound diving into the abyss...

[@edwardallen4051]

I've also noticed that Akane uses a variety of tunings on her snare and to my ears anyway it''s also varied from tour to tour. She also has different snares , the kit Tama snare, definitely seen her with a Ludwig and some drummers have mentioned that she sometimes uses a Gretsch. Pretty sure she sticks to Tama for concerts as she is endorsed by them.

[@RTEcalcite01]

Glad that you are finding the music from Band-Maid fascinating. Many decent guitarists could play this arrangement- But at this speed? It's been well documented in interviews etc. that Kanami is always pushing the skill levels of the band members- mostly Akane and Miku- who is still learning, and herself. Misa pretty much does what she pleases. I'm now pretty sure that closing chord sequence is the reverse of the opening sequence. Great reaction yet again. I recently took up drumming because of hearing Akane and it does help you appreciate what a genius she is. I use the same Wincent 5A sticks with a TAMA kit. Pre ordered my New Band Maid EP- 8 tracks, this morning- released 21 Sept.

[@jkkansasband7056]

Another great reaction Tony. One of my top 5 Band-Maid songs. I love Kanami's tapping because it's not for the sake of tapping. Her tapping always has a melodic riff and sounds so sweet. The whole band is in full beast mode here. BAND-MAID provides the Awesome and you just sit back and enjoy with a big ass grin on your face. The essence of Band-Maid. Peace. 10.3

[@cembor]

Blooming is one of my top 3 songs. This song is just so awesome on so many levels not the least of which is Kanami and MISA just killing it backed by an incredible beat from Akane.... and then you throw Miku's incredible rhythm work and the most SUBLIME vocals from Saiki and Miku's ethereal backing vocals.. and the breakdown followed by that pause coming back in... just absolutely brilliant song writing and execution.

[@wloffblizz]

Love you pointing out the variations; my favorite part of most Band-Maid songs is the second verse, because their basic pattern -- if they have one -- is to first play it once "straight up", and then after the first chorus, you get it again but never the same way, but instead always with some kind of a crazy cool and interesting variation thrown to it :)

[@FirenSolaris]

This is one of my 70 favorite songs hahaha. The solo with drum support gave me chills ever time. Awesome song. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@tonygriffin_]

I think Saiki takes one colossal breath at the start of this jewel of a song and then uses all that stored air to sing up to the 1st breakdown. Can't work out how she could sing that fast and continuously otherwise! Unless she's like some sort of vocal goddess...ahah, mystery solved! Obi-Wan Kanami's intricate composition and layering of instruments is, as ever, incredible. I like how she used the Gregory Coleman 'Amen Break' in the middle and particularly how she used it only for its full 7 second length and didn't feel the need to make a whole genre out of it a la 1980's Drum 'n' Bass.

[@SoryIrippedUrHeart]

They are well diverse, dynamically good and they master transition... Kanami is a riff machine