Modern Spaceman Harmony - Big Band Arranging SECRETS REVEALED

[@ewertonrocha1867]

Uau! I'm Brazilian and I'm delighted with this content. Very good!

[@tcorman]

Good stuff as always. Not to carp, but losing the background music helps us focus on what you're saying, Elliot. Anyway, thanks for this!

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

Noted.

[@BrunoCortina]

@@PandemoniumBigBandBUT it's because the music is so awesome that it distracts a little! :)

[@tooter1able]

Great revelations!! Thankyou Elliot>

[@mimosa-music]

Love this series of yours

[@finnheine5045]

its makes so much fun watching your videos. i was looking for these kind of videos for a long time!!! im so happy!!! really nice!!! thanks man...

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

Thank you so much!

[@salemhakima9458]

BROTHER, YOU ARE THE BEST!!! You oooh really helped me!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[@MikeJamesMedia]

Thank you, Elliot! Always fun to hear your description of these things. And, they sound good! :)

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

Thanks for watching! I’m going back to basic concepts with the next one... this was more of an advanced idea.

[@BrunoCortina]

Awesome Elliot! Thank you for sharing your wisdom

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

My pleasure!

[@CrisMejiaQuartet]

nice and fun as always, thanks for sharing!

[@good.citizen]

Thank you Have fun. Take me to your space sounds

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

You are already there!

[@richardwilliamsmusic]

Fantastic tip!

[@simonleesax4788]

I’m really loving all your videos. Slightly off topic but I would also like to hear your take on how you interpret a chart as a conductor, the things you bring out of a band, the things you want to hear, what sets apart a top session band and a middle of the road band. Thanks for all the work your putting into these videos.

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

Thank you so much for watching and sharing! Those are both interesting topics. I’m thinking about making some vlog-style musing videos (in addition to the arranging tutorials) and those would both be great topics to think about.

[@simonleesax4788]

@@PandemoniumBigBand 😀 looking forward to it.

[@oletrenner]

Great stuff, thank you! I've first heard of the fact that every melody note can be combined with every bass note in a video with Jacob Collier, "Harmony in 5 levels of difficulty". I still can't quite get my head around it, so thanks for explaining it a bit more and showing the examples :) Cheers!

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

I remember that video! Jacob talked about it briefly, but since it was more of an entertainment piece (instead of a tutorial) he didn’t go into any detail about how it worked. Very entertaining though! Jacob Collier’s a boss.

[@nuages3406]

Elliot you're so awesome, cheers! Also, in regards to your video you released today, I love the background music, it suits the video personality. And more importantly, you're embedding a sound into our heads that really connect us to your understanding of harmony. It's like how sneaky ass parents sneak broccoli into apicky kids diet by putting it inside a chick'n nugget. Keep up the great work mon frère !!

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

Thank you so much! Honestly, one of the reasons I use that particular track so much (The Cassowary) is because it doesn't have as many twists and turns as most of my other material!

[@arnaudbesson7464]

Hello Elliot, thank you for this great lesson ! I was wondering what kind of software/plugins one could use to get realistic sounding playbacks from Sibelius ? Some suggestions for your next lessons : spread voicings and pads, countermelodies, voicing in 4ths, clusters, big band with woodwinds...

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

You aren’t hearing and Sibelius playback in my videos! The secret is that I record my examples with real musicians, and mix in Logic. I show the scores from Sibelius on screen, but the sounds you heard in this lesson are 4 layers of my trumpet and 5 layers of Will Vargas’ saxophones. The bass is midi, but the sound is from Logic.

[@arnaudbesson7464]

@@PandemoniumBigBand That's why it sounds so good ! The MIDI playback is so unrealistic that it's hard to hear how an arrangement would sound with a real orchestra... Always better with real musicians !

[@johnbirkby2913]

Just to add my plea for "how to write chord sequences for entire/any melodies". I am assuming that your MSH method is only to be used sparingly.

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

Yes. Definitely meant to be used for it's effect. I suppose you could write an entire chart that way...

[@jerrodshack7610]

WHEW those horns are tight

[@tooter1able]

I don't follow the F Maj 7 chord symbol in m 4..? Looks like Gm7/F maybe moving to the FMaj7 next beat.Am I being too picky?

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

Good eye. That is exactly what I did. The melody of the tune has a Bb on that down beat, so that is the way I chose to harmonize it. There are probably other good solutions to that too.

[@tooter1able]

@@PandemoniumBigBand Thanks. Clear. LOve all your music and videos.

[@dougbanwell]

" I feel dirty...." Ha!

[@tooter1able]

So very helpful. Have questions about the Sibelius set up . (ex.Reduction on score?) Thanks Elliot great revelations and explanations.How low can you put altered upper partials without losing chord identity? Ex scoring a C13#11b9? throughout the three sections?)

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

Ooh. Good question. I’ll put that on my future videos list.

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

The reduction in the score was purely for the demonstration. I would usually have a normal score without the reduction grand staff.

[@richardwilliamsmusic]

Interesting

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

I try

[@Jaujau933]

Can't take this guy seriously with this constant giggling 😱😱😱😱

[@floydturner2346]

Yeah, I listened quite closely and failed to hear anything particularly funny.

[@BellEndBrass]

Why have the background music ?- it ruins a otherwise truly excellent presentation.

[@PandemoniumBigBand]

Again… watch some of the more recent tutorials.

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Have subbed!