Steel Tongue Drums

Or handpans as a more general term for these and similar instruments...
Handpan Jam: • Handpan Jam
Idiopans
www.idiopan.com/
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[@element2476]

I wish I made sounds this beautiful when I beat things in my lap.

[@vanzyl2547]

Woah there

[@Cole-ek7fh]

Versal Mit Unterstrich 69 meme is trash tier. just not current enough to be funny anymore.

[@everythingplayfull]

But then everyone would know what you were doing all the time

[@ok-tchau]

Can you imagine Rob's musical level at the age of 65? I bet he will be wearing a badass armor.

[@beidouvirus3978]

A knight of music

[@salottin]

Or a wizard

[@ARR0WMANC3R]

The technical term is bard

[@Lukos0036]

He's too tall to be a gnome though, so he won't be quite Scanlan level.

[@generalizedkyle]

oktchau he will have played every instrument known to man, and will even make a shoestring djent.

[@DeAd3nD56]

What instruments do you mainly focus on playing? Rob: Yes

[@dylanplumridge6570]

Dimitri Ivanov honestly I’m the same

[@johnwatson3906]

you should make a metal song using only the different and uncommon instruments you have gathered over the years

[@kezianaomi1839]

i really like these like chillout videos. i really wouldnt mind a podcast of just talking about music and shit coming from rob.

[@mrtalkative91]

theres something I love about chill music playing and then hearing rob say "hey everybody" and start talking while the music plays. like his teaching videos

[@FuzzyPain22]

Rob, watching the second channel videos is never a waste of time.

[@gewuerzgurkeev]

Rob can slap on every instrument

[@dwilliams4142]

I go looking into pan drums and of course end up at a Rob Scallon and Andy's music video... all musical roads lead to Rob.

[@grantolson7200]

The second channel is slowly becoming higher quality and it makes me violently uncomfortable

[@arnabtaranga5223]

Legend say's that Robs musical sense grows from the cap.....☺

[@rintymo9918]

Arnab Taranga i think it's jared

[@jeremycbarnhart2305]

You can 'palm mute' using popsicle sticks, dollarstore furniture 'feet' (the sticky backed protectors that you stick on the bottom of things to protect floors), and any sticky or double sided tape.

[@busteronlyfullscreenmode]

After seeing this video I want one too. Does anyone know where I can buy a Rob Scallon?

[@PoGoX7]

it's awesome to hear about the Drone guy !!! it's so cool to hear when things line up !!!

[@WorldOfNemo]

Another great garbage content from the 2nd channel that i enjoyed watching. Great job ;) The more videos i watch from you and the more amazing i find you.

[@sergiolazaromartinez491]

This channel is so fucking good quality man

[@broderick.8054]

Max seems like such a cool, down to earth guy.

[@jumalvelho4337]

I made my first steel tongue drum awhile ago. Will be making a vid of the process on my other channel. I'll post a link here when it's finished if somebody is interested :)

[@scarletstarlet773]

YES

[@Detren]

YEEEEES

[@robscallon]

cool!

[@robertej09]

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[@AlchemistTongueDrums]

I recently started making them too. I uploaded 3 vids of mine so far. Did you learn from the Celestial Hunter drum vid?

[@throughtheveilproductions]

One of my all-time favorite KZbin artists.

[@davidrahn9903]

I really like these second channel videos where you talk about the instruments and the recording process for some of the lesser known instruments you find yourself using.

[@littlesnowflakepunk855]

This dude is so chill

[@aiferapple1246]

I have a tank drum made by a friend that cost me approx $60 and it's amazing. I love playing it by the ocean

[@artbygunny]

Thanks for the demo man! Just purchased my first dominus, its my first steel drum in general.

[@paisley5820]

i like how chill the vibe is in this video

[@nonamename7763]

thank you for introducing me to this awesome instrument!! 😊

[@joeyjohnson5850]

Perfectly placed duck

[@niacin33]

dude, you've got the calmest voice I know it's great

[@Lukos0036]

Such a calming sound.

[@lazrpo]

after this video, I kind of want Rob to narrate my life with that steel drum playing in the background.

[@adam7868]

But dose it djent

[@tommeakin1732]

Everyone needs their daily does of Djent ammirite...? Eh eh...?

[@ghostofgar]

Depends which plateau you have reached....

[@alejandroe.5045]

what does it mean

[@josearroyo5409]

But can you spell correctly?

[@joona7152]

Alejandro Escareno just google it

[@ltcg1674]

i bet if u hit it with a drum stick it would sound like the st. anger snare.

[@yuiwaileung]

Rob should start a band for only wacky instruments.

[@alvin_row]

This is too good for the second channel... You should make a 1.5th channel

[@kingadalou]

it be cool to make a song using all the exotic instruments you've acquired

[@boab69y2k]

loving the random ducks 😂😂😂👏👏👏

[@teriscallon]

yes...you filmed the harp metal on a very hot summer day

[@williamkevern3285]

Teri Scallon there's a Mrs. Scallon????? Rob's wife? or Mom? possibly sister? distant or second cousin?

[@teriscallon]

Relax...I am his Mom. No sisters or wife (yet)

[@williamkevern3285]

Teri Scallon :) hi Rob's mom Teri.... So, do you Djent, Orr?

[@Elias-xf3gw]

how is it to have a son who plays everything? Was ist annoying when he was little?

[@teriscallon]

Definitely not

[@delicrux]

should get some small door stoppers and add magnets to them and see if it adds vibrato

[@sergiolazaromartinez491]

Man this is the best 2nd channel in the whole youtube

[@ralfbeswick]

that cat is my spirit animal

[@berkanpalpatine2959]

can you make a bağlama metal jam

[@salottin]

YEY

[@SoulSecureOfficial]

I used to play metal on my sazlar but I don't have any videos of it. It's not hard. Rob, if you've ever played mandolin or better yet octave mandolin (or Irish bouzouki) you tune a saz Gg-DD-Aaa as concert standard which are the same 3 lower courses on an octave mandolin (except w/o octave pairings). Electro baglamas are sick and since you like low tuned stuff, the Divan Saz is a bigger, lower instrument of the same family.

[@jirapatthaenphromrat2910]

+Rahmemhotep You should make videos on it

[@SoulSecureOfficial]

If I'm upfront, I don't really play metal any more and I'm also not really a great musician to begin with. For one thing, back when I played metal, I was a bass player and so I can't sweep pick or do much fanciness like you would expect from a guitarist. (plus, I was into, goth, black, folk and nu metal styles which is completely different from djent and NWOAHM and you aren't generally competing in the olympics in these genres if you get my drift) Nowadays, I play mandolin on my Church's worship team and the last show I played was as mandolin in a Christian Bluegrass band. As a solo artist I make Christian lounge/downtempo/chillout. The main reason it was easy for me to convert metal rhythm and melody playing into saz was it's tuning scheme and the fact that you spend a lot of time playing melodies up and down the neck. I'm pretty rusty on saz as well and was never anywhere close to as good as a trained player. I used to be able to play some Ahmet Koch songs on saz, but I tend to fumble around the finger board a lot :P To sum it up, I suck at music and the instrument I used to be intermediate on (bass) I pretty much don't play anymore.

[@CoTStudiosRO]

That last show was magic :) I loved it

[@nickbenz5281]

these instruments are so beautiful :D

[@fuytuk]

Fucking magnets, how do they work?

[@bengunski]

DropD DropG MIRACLES!

[@elcucumber2847]

DropD DropG electrons

[@daftnord4957]

like highly concentrated gravity

[@justinrojas3289]

Totally like my kinda people . This is my first video and honestly you guys remind me of the people I used to hang with in high school . Like just chill down to earth kinda people yet hella knowledgeable

[@oopoopee]

This guy... "ayyyy"

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

I want one of these but I can't justify the price. I wish they had one (the large one) without the pickup for like $200

[@farfromirrational948]

There are low quality 10 note tongue drums for under $100 now They are still very beautiful to play, just might not be able to play some of the more advanced techniques due to excessive reverberations

[@chrisdrew1768]

this was quite tame for a second channel video

[@jesterdaclown98]

I just noticed the duck passing by at 7:28 like wtf 😂😂😂

[@RobFlaxMusic]

Middle school desk tappers 4 lyfe!!!1!one!!

[@ariyanchowdhury302]

rob scallon and kirk hammett

[@KelmoMusic]

you should actually make a metal track with melodic elements with this tuned to a bunch of minor notes.

[@AmyNaylorMusic]

Are you aware of the RAV VAST? It'd be ace if you could get hold of one. Beautifully warm instrument.

[@davidkeeth5968]

Ok I've been watching for a number of yrs now .I'm currently in the process of making my own out of a propane tank ,how do I find the rite tuning without just guessing or is it really poke n hope .Thanks for the videos keep them coming!!

[@sunilscorpy4594]

Cute cat passing behind :-)

[@danw1955]

I wouldn't imagine distortion would work with one of these since there is so much reverb and overtones between notes. What probably *would* sound cool though, would be some sort of ethereal chorus effect. I like the ability to tune them with magnets though. I'm guessing they'd have to be high strength neodymium magnets, so they don't slip when you're playing.😉

[@elisedarchis1759]

Just ordered one of these. Looking forward to the change from "usual" instruments😊

[@mihailpiperkov8558]

Where did you order it from? Perhaps an update on how it is, is it worth it? I am thinking of buying one.

[@elisedarchis1759]

@@mihailpiperkov8558 from Flowershave and i will make videos with it on my channel😊 but their customer service is awful so i don't recommend them. Been waiting for a tracking number for 10 days now.... still waiting for delivery despite taking express shipping😠 i've ordered a 2nd one from Ebay due to arrive on Saturday.... so i recommend Ebay at least you'll know.

[@funfunprod69]

Should do a version of Rain on this

[@thesnowedone]

Nice; I have a percussionist friend who I think would go nuts for these. :)

[@robinsonsvillage7599]

You should do some kinda cover using one of these (maybe an American Football cover??)

[@mikem4161]

Rob, you spoke of distortion on these. With an actual handpan, the tones are more clear. Sustain is crazy on the tongue drums, and I imagine it doesn't pick it up well (unique timbre on them as well). You CAN run a handpan with distortion (an actual handpan though, dimples and ovals, not tongues) -----> a small experiment I ran using guitar rig through Logic - soundcloud.com/mike-mascioli-1/the-ideal-the-actual-2 - any distortion you hear is the handpan, just playing chords with it. Melodies are made with the same handpan I used distortion on. Don't even bs and say these don't djent!

[@martyg8137]

reminds me a little of Tool's "Disposition" :)

[@DezDav4]

It gave me the same feel, too.

[@eskoriakiebraqeyo7942]

maybe he can play some Tabla and see if does djents...

[@DrMrCat]

Hey Rob, love your videos, was curious after you mentioned attempting to distort it if you had attempted any other effects like delay or a phaser or anything?

[@rockrollinnolan8521]

I accidentally read "Steel Tongue Dreams"... I guess that's a cool album name, though!

[@jamesbaxter7227]

Is a steel tonge drum the same thing as a hang drum?

[@abonynge]

Very similar function, but the design is a bit different.

[@roblamb4848]

hang drums AFAIK cannot be tuned, cecause insted of the sound being made from tongues, it's from indentations in the metal, like a steel drum

[@abonynge]

The RAV drum is a high end steel tongue drum.

[@nicolasbertin8552]

What's a bit of a shame is that a tongue drum is originally an instrument made from recycled material, usually a propane tank. So to see it sold for 400 $ (for the 14 inch one) is a bit sad... But I guess if there is a market for it...

[@maximilianbehrens4101]

Nicolas Bertin but are these instruments also made from recycled material?

[@SilvaDreams]

Most likely, though a ton of steel now days is recycled metal. Though even if they used new metal stamping these things out is not exactly an expensive process nor is painting them work 400$ of work for 15$ of paint and metal

[@AlchemistTongueDrums]

A couple of thoughts on that having made a few--I doubt Idiopan uses a propane tank. Like Hapi, they probably get a slightly thicker steel custom made and have them cut with an automated plasma cutter or laser and that ain't cheap to streamline the process like that. Also, the industrial neodynamium magnets they use? I guarantee that's at least 40-60 bucks per set for those good industry-standard magnets. Additionally, that's an epoxy powdered coat. That wasn't just sprayed on--they had to spray on powder and then COOK it on at 400-450 degrees while most likely hanging it with some apparatus that grips inside the hole so you can't see the spots where it was suspended from in the oven. Either the drums are MIG welded by hand and then meticulously grinded down also by hand to make a flying saucer shape, or it was manufactured in one piece which I doubt, or if it was it would be very expensive and complex. Next there's a bit of theory involved. You have to pick a scale that's high pitched to get a good tuneable range of multiple scales. On top of all this you're factoring the costs of maintaining a website, good recording and video equipment for demonstrations, shipping, mallets, optional rubber mute rings, bags, AND even the option to install pickups that allow you to plug it into an amp! They do all of this and have the drums ready to ship for your convenience versus the traditional guys who can take up to a month to make your drum--or longer if they're dishonest about their shipping time, here too I speak from experience. Furthermore the 400 dollar tag is for the top-of-the-line drum the offer. They give you tons of options as far as size, tuneable or not, and pickups or not. Now with all this work and effort put in, they ABSOLUTELY deserve the profit that comes with a 400 dollar price tag. I feel like a schill for Idiopan at this point, but the truth is that I've made a handful of these drums by hand so I recognize and respect firsthand the quality that these guys have achieved with their tongue drums. And don't worry, if you go on etsy or ebay you can still find $200 ones made by hand. I might even start selling them myself on the side. Take care.

[@thugasaurusrex6004]

Lol if you knew how much of a pain in the ass they are to make then you'd know why they're so expensive. They are the bottoms of propane tanks but if you mess one thing up on them it's very hard to go back and fix them lol you basically need to start over.

[@thugasaurusrex6004]

ReubenRabinowitz if you start selling I might take a peak xD

[@kilpikonnatortugas]

I am digging these, contemplating getting one, which one ya digging on the most?

[@nightrous3026]

Sounds like minecraft music

[@WatchPuPu]

legends r here

[@Tgrogg1]

Make a song with a melodica next.

[@stack.that.cheese]

No, these are not handpans. Tongue drum is the general term for this instrument. Other names are hank drum, hapi drum, tank drum

[@GennaroGiugliano]

Wonderful,ciao

[@HubertRatajczak]

the legend has it that Rob Scallon replies...

[@robscallon]

ever...

[@HubertRatajczak]

Oh fuck 😀

[@thewonable]

Well that got out of hand.

[@vanzyl2547]

When the reply has more likes than the comment...

[@cuteasxtreme]

have you tried using any modulation effects on the electric one? I feel like chorus, tremolo, phaser and especially some octave effects might be cool!

[@aidanraymond2423]

chill

[@MichaelNatrin]

More tomfoolery please.

[@cesarmaceirinha]

You gotta try the mouth berimbau, its pretty cool

[@roycruz5841]

you should do an all mid east instrument metal cover

[@murphyboyse4135]

Kitty! Hello adorable! All I need in life is music like this and kitties

[@meandfriendstv]

I really want to see a Steel Pan Metal Video :D

[@alamdaali8776]

These should be called UFO drums

[@tomasgrikenis8186]

This content is too good for the 2nd channel ;)

[@mrscary3105]

Suggestion, try a wah pedal on it.

[@Stropitor]

Hey Rob, I want to buy your 8 string signature guitar, but I just can't figure out if it does well with overdrive and very high gain. Can you please tell me that?

[@alejandropirela1317]

can you do a video playing the venezuelan cuatro instrument, like it should sound, that would be hard, because if you arranged it to sound otherwise would be pretty easy (like a ukulele)

[@carlosdiego2332]

+RobScallon2 try a volume pedal before dists....maybe wet a little the sound on the dists/od? then delay it? lol idk !? may work for something...

[@DoctorHorse]

Hey, Rob! I recommend you to find the instrument named Saz. I bet you can do really cool things with it and have fun. Btw, it can djent.

[@JoshRiffMonster]

It is a beautiful instrument xd

[@angelroots7]

I just got a 14" steel Tongue drum from China for $105. I wish u guys can do a tutorial series how to play for beginners

[@nightwalker_9871]

Hang Drum master race

[@alanboee]

I want one

[@LouiHandwerker]

I want one now :(

[@BA7ARO]

$500 is a little excessive dont ya think

[@Dreadkid08]

For a musical instrument that's actually not a bad price

[@BanHelsing]

@@Dreadkid08 nah, it's still excessive

[@Dylan-we5dz]

BA7ARO maybe for that one, but have you seen a Rav vast?

[@paranormalsoulcircle3176]

The work that goes into making them plus time ,Tools metal and all that is most likely why the price is like that

[@dicksahoy5529]

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU GUYS? GINGERCAT COMES IN, RAISES HIS TAIL, AND NONE OF YOU PET HIM NOR ACKNOWLEDGE HIM?

[@spectre722]

modern hippie drum gotcha

[@flynn_22]

It was good

[@thehermeticgnostic66]

it could be cool with the egyptian scale ^^

[@keyla2211]

Hey Guys. Where can I see how you play the little ones? I want to hear the Difference. Thanks

[@amdnable]

Max is clearly a dog owner

[@luis_li]

I love your hippie side, Rob.

[@saifmanman]

yo that guy has really nice teeth