Making Beautiful Music Without Hearing It (...or at least trying to)

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[@Jpo-xw1jc]

In the not too distant future: Interviewer: what's your new al um sound like? Rob: I dont know

[@paulmccartney1109]

I eat books. -Rob Scallon, 2018.

[@-CLASSIFIED-]

rob " WHAT ?! I CANT ... ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?? IM DEAF"

[@TheDarkMessiah]

Next First of October album : Writing an album in 10 hours without hearing it. Aka "We haven't driven the sound engineer crazy enough already"

[@ibikun5493]

That was a really good joke🤣🤣👌

[@coasterelite4042]

That's basically how pop Is nowadays

[@RudyAyoub]

BeEtHoVeN wAS deAf

[@aakiguitar]

Love your content m8

[@dabj9546]

@Jyswoo So the 9. Symphony is his worst?

[@f4c3toface99]

@Jyswoo the 9. Is one of the best in my opinion with the 7. And the 4. , also its the anthem of europe and he was close to killing himself because he was deaf

[@GCF-Media]

Rudy Ayoub but he put his head up against the piano and listened to the vibrations

[@NOTSERP69]

Big oof

[@1111iv]

three keyboards and four mice what

[@mandaloriancrusader3746]

Honestly at this point I think it's just a joke

[@rich1051414]

Disposable mac shit. Costs a fortune, you need a dozen backups to make it through the week.

[@thomas.thomas]

@@rich1051414 really because they break so fast?

[@hmmm8735]

Keyboards for macros

[@petiteetrille1004]

@@rich1051414 nah

[@FranklinSoong]

Rob writes better songs deaf than me actually trying to compose music while listening to what I'm playing 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@craftmasy]

Looks like you haven’t practiced 40 hours a day

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

Same xD

[@Wingsky]

@@craftmasy Ling Ling lol

[@backhandboi5030]

Shut up

[@peas1171]

@@backhandboi5030 no, I don't think he will

[@coragon42]

Watching Rob calmly chant, "I eat books", while staring at the microphone with a dead face gives me life.

[@idontknow-df3jf]

Time stamp?

[@cryptidkai]

12:48

[@pkbreeze08]

First Beethoven, now Scallon. Let's get Rob to the number two search result for "Deaf Composer"

[@quanahriddle3065]

Alright, let's do this

[@bongwater5612]

Everyone: Bookstore Rob: Buffet

[@ceelogaming3537]

that got me laughing so hard XDDDDD

[@bongwater5612]

Ngl, I may have forgot that I made this comment.

[@jixs4v]

@@bongwater5612 Damn

[@goldenjam_0189]

I eat books *Take on me* Rob scallon: *sweating*

[@jayeffarelti1919]

nah not really

[@shitpost428]

I and eat are the same notes as take and on but me and books are different

[@thestrat699]

Matters how you use it.

[@thestrat699]

And how you say books, or just the part of Take On Me you are talking about.

[@RAMZIAARON]

its what I heard as well

[@Roxfox]

For anyone who doubts it, THIS is the power of music theory!

[@AriTheElk]

Exactly. Knowing *why* something sounds good is a valuable tool, though it's not always necessary with today's production pipelines.

[@JoeMakaFloe]

We have never had music theory, it's sad :(

[@Roxfox]

@@JoeMakaFloe Never too late to start! Go find yourself some circle of fifths, some of them... uh... tonics, and... Okay so I don't really know anything about music theory, myself, but it's all out there on the Internet, waiting to be learned! Subdominants! Polyrhythms! Hemidemisemiquavers...!?

[@zombieman395]

@@Roxfox hemidemisemiquavers are 64th notes so quad the speed of semi quavers they are pointless 😂

[@swiss4366]

MUSIC THEORY DOESN'T EXIST!

[@revkyran]

Wow! You actually kinda pulled it off! Wait why am I surprised? Of course you did, you're Rob Scallon!

[@tophatmonger]

Well of course he’s Jared dines

[@c82153]

Beethoven be like "you stealing my video ideas?!?!"

[@cringebubbles7480]

Chris G Beethoven died very very long ago...

[@superswirley6606]

Raymond Gûßhûlłåk whooooooooosh

[@viggoulander9671]

Raymond Gûßhûlłåk boi..

[@cringebubbles7480]

Oh thanks

[@onegamezone1006]

Nice

[@joshloaf89]

Anyone who doesn’t understand music theory: *aight imma head out*

[@skullcrushers1000]

3-word chorus you say? *TAKEEEEEE ONNNN MEEEEEEEE*

[@AriTheElk]

TAKE ME ON

[@dillipphunbar7924]

I'll be gone........@@AriTheElk

[@ohp1629]

@@dillipphunbar7924 IN A DAY OR TWO

[@loota_]

Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down

[@kevinlel]

yeah the first two notes are the same lol only the third is different

[@juliansolomone7442]

Rob is better at making music without hearing than I am with hearing

[@MrDoboz]

same :c

[@redevil4056]

Check this out it helped me a lot kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2nIeqd_idtrh6M kzbin.info/www/bejne/nImsdqCDedyWbac

[@airconditioningsounds9316]

@@redevil4056 just stumbled across this, thanks

[@jamesstarter359]

I feel like you invented a really really really good excersise for developing creativity, timing, pitch .. and just overall songwriting for anybody thats blessed enough to have this equipment this should be a really really good once a week excersise!!!

[@noesunyoutuber7680]

I think being able to hear what you're doing and work on correcting it far outweighs the benefits of this challenge.

[@dopplerfox]

I’m particularly good at hearing beautiful music without making it.

[@jakubturlinski7159]

14:55 I Eat Books by Rob Scallon & the Deaftones

[@robindreier9796]

Released on "Better than Roomie Records"

[@nevviles.4219]

@@robindreier9796 So glad its still exist....

[@DamnedEyez]

I feel like he could've put "Static Click" in there somewhere...maybe in the liner notes as producer or engineer.

[@MrDoboz]

underrated

[@legaciestr]

Jakub Turliński kinda does sound like deftones lol

[@ysflight100]

Sign me up for "Rob hums for 10 hours trying to find a note"

[@zoombronco]

🤣

[@ChillWire777]

1 day ago? How?

[@natesquiggles6666]

Pangerwati Ozukum patreon bro

[@Coltranized]

Your voice drives all the tuners wild! ♡

[@jd42010]

This video shows just how experienced and skilled he is as a musician. He can't hear, but he knows exactly how the harmonies work, what the progression is. It is still incredibly difficult but damn, it is impressive.

[@mrstrypes]

That was awesome! When I was brand new to recording, just a young pup, I remember being too timid to tell the engineer that I couldn't hear myself at all, so I just played what I thought would work. When the song finished, everyone said, "Great! On to the next track." I replied, "Wait! Can I hear it first?" "Of course", the engineer replied. Only after hearing it back and being relieved that it actually sounded right did I tell them that I couldn't hear myself during the recording. The engineer looked at the board and realized that he had my channel muted in the headphones. He felt awful, but the band said, "Whatever...it worked!" By the way, I agree with one of the other comments that this is one of the huge benefits of music theory. You know what will work before you play it.

[@crumbdoggmillionaire]

just curious, i know this is an older comment but is there anywhere i can hear what you were working on? great story btw÷)

[@mrstrypes]

@@crumbdoggmillionaire It was a demo. Unfortunately, all of the copies are long gone. Our lead singer sounded like a cross between Steve Perry (Journey) and Geoff Tate (Queensryche). It's a shame none of us could find any copies of the demo, but it's been almost twenty years.

[@samidamntheducc4066]

Someone needs to buy this man a mouse and keyboard

[@grantwilliams2650]

SamIdamn the d u c c lmao

[@volen5868]

SamIdamn the d u c c bUt hE hAS 4 kEYboArDs aND 4 mICe

[@SovietUnion84]

r/woosh

[@nekokatz9925]

Eugene Mabugat r/doublewoosh

[@matejlan29]

You can make something TOLERABLE without hearing it Beethoven: Excuse me what the duck

[@ubelblatt285]

Beethoven was flat on the floor playing a sawed off piano , he said he could sort of ear it

[@notafurry5965]

Ubel Blatt I’m pretty sure Beethoven was completely deaf near the end of his life, and mainly just relied on math to compose

[@skutecnyatom]

pěkně Matěji

[@renangelo419]

"I just need to think really hard about what a G sounds like" All the emo kids hear G notes in their heads and cry

[@Pigeon_child]

HAHAHA actually genius

[@bubblebass8498]

God damn it look what you've done, that meme died with their career you pussies

[@rachelliauw8807]

Ouch I’m crying

[@numberedauthorityband]

Tears are running down my face

[@headfirst.4.halos.]

My eyeliner is running

[@peskaondra]

I'm pretty sure you'd do better if you had more keyboards and mice

[@almostliv]

Mentalist Andrew 😂

[@AMB666]

Is this what you do after a Trivium tour???''..sorry wrong channel. Very impressive Davie!

[@RyanDardenA]

If I could hit the like button on this comment and then hit the dislike without it taking away the like, I would

[@AMB666]

@@RyanDardenA Thank you.

[@swaggypanda1808]

hahahahaha nice one

[@kinkynikk]

@@RyanDardenA you could log into another user and dislike it

[@nateklug5933]

😂😂😂

[@Kapin05]

Still better than anything I'll ever compose.

[@identifyedm9203]

This comment section: 65% “Four Mice/Three Keyboards 25% Memes 9% “Should be on Radiohead album” 1% “Beautiful”

[@masonmurphy675]

Identify EDM 0.01% this comment

[@FadingPixel]

"Beethoven was deaf"

[@SanicStudios]

It's more like 99% Beethoven and 1% everything else

[@Tymon0000]

That solo is awesome

[@cemdenizkorkut9608]

Next time make a song without hearing it with FRETLESS INSTRUMENTS.

[@kopykat1018]

Cem Deniz Korkut Hey cool idea, Satan

[@TheIcanntspel]

Cem Deniz Korkut Thats evil.

[@BlutigeTranen]

This

[@MrBananun]

Blindfolded

[@TightyWhities94]

it is actually easier that doing it in computer

[@blackdog12873]

Love the track! Im going to start eating books too now! Thanks Rob!! You rock, bhai!

[@sweetcisteen_]

“I just need to think really hard about what a G sounds like” *me in my head* dontsayitdontsayitdontsayitdontsa- *w h e n i w a s a y o u n g b o y*

[@illinoise4547]

neon.pxnkk I always know what a g sounds like thanks to MCR!!!

[@EpicMogi]

Ok I’m not a music person at all, but I didn’t finish reading your comment I stopped at young and immediately sang when I was a young warthog......

[@FabulousKilljoy]

EpicMogi bruh 😂

[@ideitbawxproductions1880]

better than my choice (Suck My Kiss by RHCP)

[@jiffy5925]

This song literally could’ve been on a Radiohead album

[@Mephiston]

Or a sigur ros album

[@ferabra8939]

I just wrote that!

[@bronjames3997]

So ur saying his song is beautiful af

[@TheDamnBeast]

Lyrics and all.

[@aliennoodle4844]

I was seriously thinking that...

[@Elverond]

Typical school band simulator. Everyone's playing without hearing anything. :d

[@natejohnston480]

True true

[@momokolove]

_shade_

[@zarifbo7616]

i feel attacked

[@niftyspiffyguy]

7:53 trying to plug in an acoustic 😂 that was pretty good. So much humor in your personality 😁

[@akimshelkov6335]

I have an electro-acoustic so I was confused as to why he suddenly gave up. 2 seconds later, it dawned on me.

[@Cruelriver]

@@akimshelkov6335 why didn’t he

[@dylangilman]

@@Cruelriver Because he was using a standard acoustic, which does not have a pickup, thus no cable. Because it's, you know, acoustic.

[@Cruelriver]

@@dylangilman yeah i know, but how did he record it?

[@gatorz8610]

He used a mic (bottom left 15:48)

[@alekscardenas7258]

A true testament of an artist pushing against obstacles and coming out victorious. Rob, great job. Regardless of the obstacle, you have conquered your hurdles. Very inspirational.

[@crankysports]

You are such a good musician. I love that you keep challenging yourself in crazy entertaining ways.

[@slimkt]

This is one of those ideas that seems really intriguing on paper, but would be infuriating in practice. So, of course, Rob manages to have fun and end up with something decent.

[@UncleKalle]

4:53 you can even tell, how f*ng loud the metronome and noise is in Robs' ears.

[@kaomocchi3671]

I didn't need to know what rob was hearing but thanks for the broken ear drum anyways! Nice video as always!

[@karinaube1750]

i was getting solid radiohead vibes, especially from the vocals and in the chromatic part... thom yorke is deaf conspiracy????

[@jefgirdler7232]

It's infuriating how good you are at writing a whole-ass song without even hearing the parts and it takes me four years to finish a track when I don't have any excuses Hatefully jealous of your work ethic and talent, keep up the impeccable work

[@JustQuitePro]

That's some early Radiohead shit right there ladies and gentlemen

[@kysonvandyke5336]

The fact that your always sharp makes me feel better about my singing

[@hiqwertyhi]

"Better Than Roomie Records" I'm dying also the verse kinda sounds like it's supposed to be a jonsi/ sigur ros cover

[@rockerex]

Dear rob, my lack of english-speaking vocabulary limits from expressing how much i love your videos

[@Processgoose]

Nar you all goods g

[@ghoulishgam3r508]

@@Processgoose r/whoosh

[@mycatisfat2866]

Due to a set amount of ignorance of which I obtain on the commonly spoken language most widely known as English, I am mentally incapable of connecting a word for word sentence within my mind in order to express my emotional stimulus I experience while using my senses to watch and hear upon the most fabulous, and thought out time framed videos on the digital world known as the internet.

[@maxislas3141]

My Cat is Fat r/increasinglyverbose

[@mycatisfat2866]

@@maxislas3141 dude, thank for showing me this subreddit. Now I've got something new to check out on my ride to school. This is epic.

[@emiknits02]

9:08 "Cool; this is hard." yes, way to go Rob. You'll need all the enthusiasm you can get

[@rebugall1727]

man i rewatched this video after some years of studying a bit of theory and the end result just amazes me, Rob just managed to write and produce a really Rob Scallonish song without even hear it, whats cool about this all is how Rob added some non diatonic harmony and made it work without knowinh if it would, even if its only passings chords, thats just amazing

[@kassemir]

Software tuners for the win I guess. Can't imagine what would've happened without that suggestion thrown in there :D

[@newpianotutorials]

I saw the title and the thumbnail, and thought - that's easy - but the piece you put together was really beautiful - thanks !

[@roguescape]

Rob:I’m going to try to make music without hearing it Beethoven:am I joke to you

[@FabulousKilljoy]

😂

[@bluebery4130]

he actually could hear but extremely weak

[@that_cat21]

in year 8 music class we were making songs with a bunch of preset loops. i did this (in a way), by clicking randomly on a couple loops from each set (acoustic guitar, electronic drums, etc) and chucking them together in some sort of order and it turned out okay (as okay as you could get with those loops haha)

[@tomschmidt7565]

That_cat21 Yeah, me too

[@umblapag]

The Adam Neely Musical Theorist mode really helped there. All those Progressions, Chromatics, Tonalities, you know.

[@Yin7094]

next deaf song, will be called : i eat mac books

[@alrifat9419]

Bruh, you killed me. WHY YOU GOTTA DO THAT TO ME MAN. Killed me! xDD

[@aryanpoudel5353]

Ha ha

[@sabus4312]

one Mac book 4 mice and three keyboards

[@vvill-ga]

Tastes like an apple...

[@dmtm]

It has been bookmarked. :')

[@X_THE_3MPYR1ON_X]

Producer: We need an album made in a week. Unfortunately we don't have time to get the band members. Rob: Hold my headphones 😂

[@reviewforthetube6485]

Now this is how you know tou have true talent great job buddy very impressed

[@AlessandrodiTria]

So that means metal music isnt.... beautiful? jeez rob

[@ricardogaideski7102]

why would screaming be beautiful?

[@leobonjean4998]

Ricardo Gaideski First, Robs metal dont usually have lyrics, and if you think that, then you havent listen to gojira ;)

[@georgedoty-williams2085]

Correct

[@GabrielDiaz-nh1nt]

Leo bonjean Amen brother

[@dannywamuya]

yap. its not

[@nyannaaung2544]

No books were harmed during the making of this video.

[@tikitavii]

I don’t think I’ve seen a video with this much effort put in. The Idea, and the editing just amazing. Subbed

[@hw_yozoraVODS]

FoO improved rob's singing a lot. he came a long way from this to Halloween, jangly bones and find a way.

[@thepickle2535]

Damn, dude. As if the internet couldn't be blow away by your talents any more...you find another way to truly have your gift shine. Keep being amazingly awesome!

[@twinklestar3556]

I can't get over how nice your speaking voice is. It's so kind? Genuine? I dunno ❤

[@adamclaybourne]

This channel and your creations are beautiful and so raw. Love what you do man, inspires me as an artist

[@Taronites]

Such a funny feeling to watch for almost 20 minutes a clip with a near permanent giggle in my stomach. Though the "...going home without them" made me laugh out loud. That was flipping fun and great!

[@farisfaiz9430]

I love the random cuts to what Rob's hearing. Just loud static

[@HogFlamboli]

This is why you need basic music theory kids

[@HogFlamboli]

@@lymphhh Dude, I'm joking. If you want a practical use of music theory, you could also use it to help you figure out where you might want a riff to go instead of just trying to hack it out for an hour. You can see if staying in the same key or switching to a completely different one or saying fuck a key I'm gonna go chromatically here. Another practical use is explaining the key to a band member so they can join in (of course this only works if they know basic music theory too). Music theory, unlike what music teachers like to push, is a way of communicating and labeling what you're playing, not a parameter of how to play, or an excuse to act like an elitist.

[@samcmusic3031]

Danger Geoff knowing theory would actually make writing down music really easy without hearing it

[@puppies3742]

"I eat books" -Captain Beatty pretending he doesn't read, Fahrenheit 451.

[@debabratdeka4021]

You are great man.You are very talented.You come up with unique ideas everytime.I would like to meet you at least once in my lifetime.

[@lauri6943]

I LOVE THIS SERIES!!!!

[@sebastiannanook531]

T series

[@lauri6943]

@@sebastiannanook531 STFU ;(((( xD

[@trumpetperson11]

Is this a challenge for Andrew Huang?

[@wronglayerbutok]

I believe he has already done it in a collab with Rob, roomi and boyinaband

[@_nurmi06]

In soviet russia, the books eat you

[@ubelblatt285]

thats an old wife s tale to send kids to work.....

[@gludington2002]

Man Rob, so the first half of the video, I'm sorta following along and can envision things. And then you start the vocals, and I forgot what the buildups and chorus sounded like, and you seemed to do the same. I was almost certain by about 3/4 of the way through that it was going to be a bit of a mess. But I have to say, you're a musical genius, and it was a real bonafide song by the end. I'm extraordinarily impressed man, stellar work!

[@GabeMillerMusic]

Dang, that actually worked! That solo section was really nice.

[@ShallieDragon]

I am immensely impressed by how well that worked.

[@omniscient_tree]

rob: trys to make music without hearing it also rob: absolutely crushes it

[@Yuckietv]

As a non-musician, my favorite part about this video is that the song you came up without even hearing it is far better than anything I could make without any impairments! Glad this popped up on my recommend, gonna check out your other work. Subscribed!

[@yamanfattal8647]

How do u not go crazy listening to that sound

[@danielskrivan6921]

Step 1: Be crazy. Step 2: Never be driven crazy again.

[@trystanriddle8286]

Be born crazy AF already

[@RijuChatterjee]

What in the WORLD makes you think he's not crazy

[@edwardthorne9875]

My tinnitus is not static, but a high pitch whistle. My answer is - You Can't.

[@boogie8006]

I'm really hungry for literature all of a sudden.

[@lyokon8]

ikr

[@sammydrake441]

This is my favorite video so far. You are incredible man I don't know how you so this stuff.

[@chesterrory]

I know this is an old video, but Rob! You man is a real genius! And I did not mean that just as a compliment, but you are gifted on an other level!

[@amuseofatune5623]

Rob, My man that's the EXACT SAME chord progression of ministry of lost souls ( Dream Theater) outro and intro i Vi III Vii 5:10

[@0fluu0]

This intrigued me so much.. I depend on my hearing SO MUCH but you nailed it! ~eats books~

[@wyattisrite5153]

I love the way you dropped the advertisement in this episode. It was really nonintrusive and it definitely felt really natural. More people should do that.

[@superlegoboysz]

literally your best pitch matching to date

[@Big_Con]

The only thing I can look at is the three keyboards and the four/three mouses. In one shot he has four but them one other part he has three

[@Big_Con]

Agilitykissa true

[@Raxerm]

I really like the ethereal feel this has, even that major 7th you sung at 15:52 which was kinda painful, but that just made it so much more satisfying to hear it resolve, haha

[@GrimReaper3131]

Purple davie signature, that's sexy. Keep up the good work Rob

[@GrimReaper3131]

This is also why I do tabs not notes, yeah I should learn them but I'm still in school and I don't want the added stress of note learning. Tabs are also easier to do on bass.

[@marcimli3231]

I am glad this is now on the Internet and in the world! 😄 making music should be this fun

[@BenDover-dr8lr]

This sounds a bit like take on me

[@nicolasbertin8552]

Yep thinking the same thing

[@1db1db1db]

i was thinking it kinda sounded like sweet disposition

[@GrimRT]

I was excited for the finished project because of this comment xD favourite song

[@potatolol4579]

Drinking game; take a shot every time he says G.

[@Apricot_418]

Potato Playthroughs & Reviews as well as every time he plays a g.

[@Andrew-qs7xt]

I tries and after 1minute i was already drunk simce he say it so many times

[@jonandsn]

I got alcohol poisoning by just reading your comment.

[@numberedauthorityband]

*Emo has joined the chat* **cries** G?

[@sum-dum_nerd]

Does geez count? It's pretty much a g

[@thephoenixsystem6765]

Dude, no way! You're freaking amazing!

[@WaaDoku]

7:00 Plugging it in is a pretty vital part of the process.

[@stanislawrybinski]

- do you have a perfect pitch, Rob? - NOOO! cracked me up so hard.

[@peterbrooke7146]

14:04 Those words really spoke to me some hard hitting stuff right there

[@hydrasalesman9629]

Surprisingly good. Congrats Rob!

[@svenjansen2134]

We love you, Rob ❤

[@one_man_community]

This has been done so many times. But its always great.

[@sum-dum_nerd]

Yeah it was a hoot with Beethoven

[@Karlgolden]

Need to give this a go! Mine would turn out much worse though! 😂🤣 Although i'm pretty deaf already!

[@morioh6505]

I see you everywhere wtf, I'll wait for that video

[@JayAlastor]

If singing wasn't involve i would listen to this in my sleep

[@caseydonovanmurphyanderson4381]

I absolutely looove that he's using Studio One ❤️❤️