Dusk to Dawn - Percussion Ensemble - v2 Update - Eric Peel

[@EricPeelMusic]

Have you seen my highly-detailed animation video for my Vibraphone & Marimba Duet, “Alloy & Arbor” yet? kzbin.info/www/bejne/epuzlKJrhraifJIsi=BmRu8I94NKiZiCj7

[@davidpeel3876]

Some of the best graphics, including images, of percussion music or, for that matter, all music. Makes me want to spend time in the woods of Washington State.

[@EricPeelMusic]

Thanks for watching, Dad! A lot of the foresty video clips were taken in Colorado fyi.

[@sunydominguez3078]

Two years ago...my sophomore year...I saw your video "consumed by the universe". It inspired me enough to learn four mallets and play your piece by the end of my high school years. Currently a senior and I'm not quite sure If I should learn the piece just because I am not a good player in four mallet...but I just wanted to let you know that your music piece inspired me. I really love your content. Thank you for providing such nice pieces...

[@EricPeelMusic]

Comments like yours make me happy to do what I do. ☺ You can definitely learn Consumed by the Universe if you want to. Just slow it down super slow, like 20bpm and practice consistency in your motions. Once you have mastered that tempo, then try 21bpm. There's almost no difference in challenge between those two tempos but you will have gotten yourself closer to the written tempo. Keep upping the tempo and then suddenly you'll be at written tempo wondering how you did it! If you can get through the whole piece except one part, then that's the part you need to slow WAY back down and build it up again. Then practice the transition into and out of that part the same way. You can also try testing yourself to see how fast you can accurately play through the whole piece. it may be 25% of the written tempo and that's fine. Then try 26%, etc. This is imo the best way to practice music if you don't have a strong fundamental vocabulary of the instrument, which can take years to build. Sort of like memorizing a poem in a different language but not knowing exactly what the words mean or feel like as if you were a native speaker. You can still enjoy reciting that poem and appreciate the artistry of the language.

[@SMmarcus100]

Been such a long time since I commented! Even after all these years, your percussion ensemble music stands out so well!

[@EricPeelMusic]

Thanks a lot for returning to the comments, Marcus! And sorry for the wait. Feel free to listen to the v2 Update playlist I created. That way the wait feels a bit more worth it.

[@donaldmorgan9082]

Been waiting so long for this. Awesome update!

[@EricPeelMusic]

Thank you very much and sorry for the long wait! Learning the new page flip animation and other parts of the vid = time sink.

[@donaldmorgan9082]

@@EricPeelMusic keep up the awesome work man

[@EricPeelMusic]

@@donaldmorgan9082 Thank you, Donald. I will.

[@thecartrider]

waited so long for this and MAN was it worth it! audio sounds great and i love the way you kept that video slideshow style from the original version. if i could offer one piece of critique: at 3:41 at DD i feel as though the bass sets up this awesome groove that the return to the chorus just doesn't seem to match, especially with the timpani joining it a bit towards the end of DD. to me, it doesn't sound necessarily out of place, but its more like we hear this super fun groove that we want more of but just don't get. admittedly i wouldn't know how to compose a better section, but i feel like that energy should be taken through the chorus, something that a coda may not be able to do. regardless, wonderful piece and i'm going to bug the crap out of my friends from the high school i graduated from to play this bc I LOVE IT

[@EricPeelMusic]

Thanks, Eric! That’s the first negative feedback I’ve received in a long time and I greatly appreciate it. You nailed it though, DD is one of the parts I couldn’t get right. But instead of forcing it and potentially making it worse, I’m leaving it for the v3 update to figure out. It will probably be obvious what should be done about it as time goes on. Believe it or not I actually wrote out a transition into a drum solo there. And then the end of the solo would be where the Chorus coda is, kind of like the end of the drum break in Altitude Wellness. Would have made the piece a lot longer than it already is. Do you think that would be better though? Would be delighted if you did bug your alma mater percussionists to play it!

[@chrisottley2443]

Very Good sir. Enjoyed it all

[@EricPeelMusic]

Thanks, Chris!

[@dankwoomy]

im late to the video release but THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO SEE. YEAHHH this is such awesome work

[@EricPeelMusic]

Equally happy to see your comment! Thank you! FYI, working on the next one already - excited to share the first teaser soon. Thanks for continuing to follow!

[@udarnik-39]

Fantastic! I'm so impressed! Thanks.

[@EricPeelMusic]

Thank you!

[@thetrashpandagod]

I love music that takes you on a journey. You are a music mastermind, I’ll totally ask my band director to play this for percussion ensemble!

[@EricPeelMusic]

Thanks very much for the kind words! I’d be super grateful if you talked to your band director and played it! Thanks!

[@EricPeelMusic]

Do you guys like the classic pano animation or new flip animation more? Or the motion pictures? Or the mix as is? How does the audio sound?

[@manilapremiummusic]

It sounds fantastic and the animation is spot on! What editing programs did you use for the animation and audio?

[@EricPeelMusic]

@@manilapremiummusic Thank you! Video is done in After Effects and audio is done in Logic. Do you like the pano style or flip style more? Doing both has been very time consuming so I'm trying to figure what to focus on for future vids.

[@Rachel_Abusaidi]

I think matching it to the music is best just like you did here. Both are great to watch.

[@beruni5266]

@@EricPeelMusic then I'd say the classic pano style is better. the audio sounds great, really brings out the best in your compositions.

[@EricPeelMusic]

Thanks for your feedback. I’m planning to go pano style crazy with the upcoming Relationship update. Its a marimba and vibraphone duet in case you didn’t know. Gonna animate every single object independently similarly to Consumed by the Universe v2, but only about 4x crazier 😝

[@uh869]

Love it.

[@EricPeelMusic]

Thanks so much! I know there are a lot of glitches in the pano animation - other than that, anything you would change/add?

[@levito112]

Wow! I’m actually gonna be playing bass guitar on this with my schools percussion ensemble. Would you suggest I play this on pick? Also, would it still have a similar effect without all the pedals?

[@EricPeelMusic]

Nice! The demo samples are finger-style but I suggest trying pick, slap or any technique at any moment you want! Then settle for whichever sounds best at any given time. If you can’t pedal the effects, then use your amp to add a bit of drive, otherwise the tone might not be bright or sustained enough to cut through. Then control all the dynamics by strumming softer or harder at the moments the volume pedal would be needed. Let me know how it goes for you!

[@naturalbornweakness]

When you compose, do you prefer Notation software or a DAW?

[@EricPeelMusic]

Finally a useful question, other than the tiresome "wHaT sOfTwArE dO yUo UsE??? I've been writing in a DAW for a few years now, exporting the MIDI file to notate in Sibelius later. It offers higher quality and more realistic audio. But it's a little more time consuming and makes it more difficult to update the music later. Lately, I use Sibelius' and Kontakt's scripting methods to make the playback as realistic and time-efficient as possible within Sibelius, with the MIDI is channeled to the DAW in realtime. That way, there's only one file to maintain and I get to use the DAW's mixer for the best playback possible. For one example, I'm developing a Sibelius plugin that can display and edit dynamics as nodes and lines underneath the staff just like a DAW. There is of course Santiago Barx's Graphical MIDI Tools 2, but it cannot do exponential and logarithmic curves yet. These curves are essential for realistic crescendos and diminuendos. One way Sibelius has improved is how you can loop the audio similarly to a DAW. There is a long list of things I keep begging Avid to add in and it seems like they are slowly, overtime. Dorico has some pretty useful playback tools, but in practice, it's nowhere near as good as Sibelius with a DAW, yet. No scripting either. What about you?

[@naturalbornweakness]

@@EricPeelMusic I previously used Sibelius and currently use Dorico and Cubase together. (I also think Sibelius is better than Dorico.) To be honest, I'm confused between DAW and Notation software. When I want to export the results as digital music, I am worried because I have to work with DAW again. I'm confused about this work flow, so I was wondering which work flow you prefer. After seeing your comment above, I have some understanding of what I should do. thank you.

[@EricPeelMusic]

@@naturalbornweakness Dorico and Cubase can be linked together pretty well now. Have you seen this vid? kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3nHeIiJiriGnJI

[@EricPeelMusic]

@@naturalbornweakness That's one thing I'm still figuring out. When I want to export an audio from Sibelius, I need to either play it in realtime in the DAW and literally record it to a track and then bounce that. Or need to export the MIDI from Sibelius, open it in the DAW, and bounce that. But if that's the only price to pay (along with all the script development time) I think it's worth it for the maintainability and no compromise to audio and realism.

[@naturalbornweakness]

@@EricPeelMusic Oooh...I need to check it out right now. Thank you very much! I just wasted my time by not looking into this. D:

[@tomsmith2417]

What software is this?

[@EricPeelMusic]

Microsoft Paint

[@lylitare]

Oh my gosh hi I went to your page for the first time in a week and it says 6 days ago I'm like what but how are @EricPeelMusic

[@EricPeelMusic]

Haha, no worries. I’m doing well. Started working on the next music update and started my new day job too, finally! Are you back to school now?

[@lylitare]

Tomorrow I'm not going to say what grade I'm in but I'm not in elementary but how was ur day?

[@EricPeelMusic]

I got a special screwdriver to open up my computer and modify it to run directly from battery instead of power outlet. Basically saves energy and makes the audio have no more annoying static noise. Have fun on your first day of school tmr! Always easy, usually no homework and it’s nice to start fresh. And see friends again of course. And how was your day?

[@lylitare]

Just made me tired and I can't sleep I'm too excited for school!

[@EricPeelMusic]

Tired bc of the tech talk? Haha jk. You should sleep! School sucks when sleep deprived.