long way home, marimba solo by Chad Floyd

long way home, for solo marimba (4.3 oct.). Composed and performed by Dr. Chad Floyd in the fall of 2016. This piece is self-published and is available from the composer. Purchase here: www.chadfloyd.c...
Chad's website: www.chadfloyd.com
Mallets:
Left Hand - Innovative Percussion IP703 amzn.to/2KZ4ZC4
Right Hand - Innovative Percussion IP704 amzn.to/37Q5JTo
Recording and Editing:
Canon EOS 7D amzn.to/2X2DxHE
Shure SM81LC amzn.to/2R4WBRQ
Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 Audio Interface amzn.to/346DzQe
Logic Pro X www.apple.com/...
Apple Macbook Pro amzn.to/3bPbEXE
Chad is an endorser for:
Grover Pro Percussion Inc. (groverpro.com)
Humes and Berg Co. (humesandberg.com)
Innovative Percussion Inc. (innovativepercu...)
Pearl Drums and Adams Musical Instruments (pearldrum.com)
Remo Inc. (www.remo.com)

[@GiacomoTongiani]

when heisenberg decide to play marimba

[@ZUESONTO]

I often come back to revisit this masterpiece in music. Brings back great memories ❤️

[@ChadFloydPercussion]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@emmamazurek6879]

I absolutely love this piece! I decided to play it for Solo & Ensemble this year, and I’ve had so much fun learning it. Not only is it a beautiful piece of music, but I find it really fun to play. I love how calming it is while also being upbeat and vibrant - perfect balance. I enjoyed it!

[@ChadFloydPercussion]

Thanks so much for those kind words!

[@antoniokofoed7139]

This is beautiful Chad. Looking at going back to school . This sounds like a good audition piece 😎

[@jawslego123]

I love your work. I have chatterbox which I recieved a one at solo and ensemble, summer treehouse, and unBENt. I hope to buy this one soon.

[@lgarnermusic]

Nice work once again Chad! Really enjoyed it

[@adriannunez6813]

So good Chad! I love this

[@JosephM7]

walter white wasn’t only cooking up drugs

[@FollowJesus777-KING]

😂😂 bruh if classical music was mainstrem on social media there would be so many memes with chad floyd/walter white

[@gracegao6674]

very beautiful music, touching!

[@cecevle]

I’m looking for something for solo and ensemble this year. last year i played ghost garden and i’m not sure if this is too big of a jump. it’s absolutely beautiful tho :)

[@lamperier]

Beautiful !

[@percussiontvgunho6631]

Wow~~♡

[@tanner1548]

I think it's all well and good that plenty of people like to play and write chop-busting, virtuoso pieces (e.g. Velocities), but I think it's equally important to have marimba music out there that's just pleasant music. (Admittedly, this piece might be harder than you make it look just because of you having good/well-developed skeelz, though.) The musicality in this is great. I appreciate the dynamics choices and the feel of it more than other pieces I've seen that seem to focus more on monstrous one-handed rolls or crazy runs or things like that. I was wondering--the PC4s appear to have been discontinued (looks like there are just a couple of overpriced-ish pairs on Amazon but that's it); any suggestions for mallets to use as a substitute for the PC4s? (And now I'm off to check out everything else you've put on KZbin.)

[@ChadFloydPercussion]

Tanner, thanks for these kind words - I appreciate you checking out my music! I will take a look at what's going on with the PC4s and get back to you.

[@ChadFloydPercussion]

Tanner, I checked with IP and the PC3 and PC4 is now discontinued unfortunately. I recommend the IP703 (left) and IP704 (right) as this is the closest to the PC line.

[@tanner1548]

@@ChadFloydPercussion Oh thanks! And Merry Christmas!! I'll get those soon!

[@tanner1548]

@@ChadFloydPercussion So...quick update. I DID in fact buy a pair of 703s and a pair of 704s as part of...well I don't know if you noticed the Steve Weiss buy 2 get 1 free on IP mallets? I...may have gone a little overboard with my mallet purchases. But...holy wow that 703 especially sounds INCREDIBLE. I mean, the 704 is great, and both give super warm sounds in their ranges (think I'm using the right lingo here), but I've never had a really bass mallet like the 703, and it's just amazing how full and rich the tone feels in the bass with those mallets! Just wow! Thanks so much for your recommendation! (...now all I need is the Mode 5 I'm waiting another few weeks for so I can finally get to learning and playing this! Going to buy the music from your site soon!) On a different note (oh yes--all the puns!) the shafts are so thick and feel so tough. Is that how all rattan shafts feel? (I think this is the first time I've touched rattan mallets.)

[@ChadFloydPercussion]

Great! Glad it's working for you! In my experiences those bigger mallets will have a thicker shaft. Yes, they feel different and some people don't like them for that reason. It's personal preference.

[@arild4237]

I absolutely love it! Btw, are those mallets from Innovative Percussion? I think I've got the exact same model!

[@ChadFloydPercussion]

yes!

[@griffinlawmusic]

mallet choice?