Watercourse and Exchange - from How Crayons are made

[@brucev.4774]

That music was such a core memory for me. It was a wonderful experience as a kid and it all worked so beautifully. Thank you for the video I watched the whole thing and it’s incredible to pick out all the details and instruments. It inspired me to join band as a kid and learn music.

[@syrys1]

RH is delighted with these positive reactions....and promises there will be another "movie" soon....

[@MonsterpieceTheatre]

I would be delighted, and happy to purchase, if he'd release the track stems for these pieces.

[@michelangelolucco7018]

I'm looking forward it!

[@user181]

Any updates on this? Still very interested.

[@MonsterpieceTheatre]

Unfortunately not, that I know of.

[@jestercinti]

As a child, I was GLUED to the TV set waiting for this segment to come on TV. THANK YOU for the memories!

[@soulchorea]

I can't believe it - that sesame street clip is one of my all time favorites and I just randomly stumbled on this! Long live the internet lol

[@FULLR3TARD]

JBarber3d that music was so rich as to be intoxicating to me as a child

[@pancakewalrus99]

This video deserves way more credit and views.

[@dalejr183]

1983 I was 3 and still remember that song and video.

[@sarikadookie2489]

I can die in peace now. Thank you Richard Harvey!! Iconic pieces of composition!!

[@syrys1]

Please don't die! These comments are like gold....

[@sarikadookie2489]

@@syrys1 Lol. I have searched my whole life trying to find out who composed the Crayon theme from Sesame Street. Now that I've finally found the amazing man behind the composition...I can relax.😏😏😆😃

[@Maggiolone85]

Nerded-out to this as a boy in the 80s and nerding-out again as a 35 year-old synth wave nerd. Thank you for existing Mr. Harris.

[@GooniesLM]

Richard - this song is my earliest musical memory, in fact I think we are the same age. Pre-internet I used to reminisce about how awesome both the segment and music were, (it's been in use as my internal soundtrack for decades) and then one day I found it on KZbin. This video, however, tops them all!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making the best freaking song ever ❤️

[@g1tfinger]

In case Mr Harvey is still reading these comments, I’d like to add my name to the requests for more vids from him. I actually know his music from a couple of different places, namely Motor Roller which was featured on Jigsaw (early 80s BBC show. Also, several nifty fingers tracks made it onto the Channel 4 testcard back in 1982. Loved it all as a kid and it took decades to find out what it was. That’s the beauty of library music - anonymous, but when it gets picked up, it goes viral!

[@RichardHarveyComposer]

It's a pleasure! I also love to look back to rediscover how we worked and created - in a simpler age!

[@robblacklockjr.4569]

WAVES Woodblock VST - $399 lol

[@antzpantz]

How's that for a deprecating ending, that was fascinating!

[@christopherlucas4620]

Wow. I never in a million years thought I would find the creator of this masterpiece on youtube. This song is forever embedded into our hearts and minds as a small piece of our childhood. I cannot begin to thank you enough for this beautiful melody that I've carried with me through life and will take with me the remainder of my life.

[@scottn940]

It was wonderful I grew up in the 80s when US manufacturing was still part of a child's education both on Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street. Kids these days are largely clueless as to how things are made and what is involved. The music is brilliant - I still think about it often from my childhood.

[@coolbluelights]

The music my generation (Early millennials) was exposed to at an early age was so much more dynamic and complex than what kids get to listen to today.

[@Blahbevava]

Thank-You so much for reconstructing this wonderful music. Brought a little tear to my eye to hear it in such clarity. The fact that it's stuck with me in the back of my mind since the age of 4 is really quite something. I feel sorry for kids today that don't have the same quality programming that we did. Great music is absent today from kids lives in just about everything.

[@multimediaman256]

this is one of the best videos to date I've found on KZbin. seriously listened to this all day at work. I'd gladly pay for re-recorded versions of all RH's songs, just by how enamoured I am with "Exchange"

[@MakeMineMelodic]

Thank you so much for posting this! I have loved this music since I was a little boy in the 70's and it was fascinating to learn how it was created. Please add "Sesame Street" and "Richard Harvey" to the video title so more people can find this incredible video! Best wishes from Australia!

[@gryphon202]

Genius. I grew up on Sesame Street, was born in 1978, and tonight was the first time I had ever heard Water Course (a) and Exchange separately. Lots of good stuff came out of the KPM house. Thank you for being such a memorable part of my childhoot, Mr. Richard Harvey! :)

[@danielonn2002]

I love these songs reminds me of dancing(: These are brilliant songs(: Thanks Mr. Harvey for the explanation

[@DA-oj4hq]

Brings me right back to my childhood. Thought this was The Who for the longest time.

[@JonasClark]

Amazing, seeing this and its deconstruction! It took a lot of fans years to figure out where this came from. Speculation was, it that it might be something Joe Raposo did, though it really isn't his style; for Sesame Street he tended to do a lot of ragtime. The entire "Nifty Digits" album is amazing, especially considering you played ALL the instruments. I can listen to that music endlessly, as with the Gryphon stuff; too bad I wasn't alive in the 1970s to hear it all when it was new.

[@HiRumblePie]

Well, you just made MY night, sir.

[@MonsterpieceTheatre]

I would love it if Richard Allen Harvey released the stemmed multitracks to this piece of greatness. I'd like to do some extended mixes with dub sections and all.

[@aawwilson]

I feel like I just found a hidden gem!

[@Blahbevava]

Thank-you so much for composing this music! So beautiful to hear it now in full clarity. This music inspired me a lot musically as a young child!

[@designcode]

Such a kind and gentle person just like his music. I remember watching the clip again and again in my childhood. For two reasons, the clip was awesome and music was brilliant. Watched this again, and it brought back all the good memories from childhood. For a split second, I was again a worry free child :) Thanks Richard Harvey for making this!

[@CaptWesStarwind]

Noticed I was dancing along with him at 3 mins in. Thanks for this.

[@HiveofLive]

This is fascinating. I loved the crayon clip as a kid and this music was a huge part of why. Part of this song briefly appears in the first episode of Netflix's "High Score" series and I had to track down this song all over again, decades later.

[@lordcinturon]

VERY VERY VERY VERY INTERESTED in walking through this and any other compositions you have!

[@thatcopkransky]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us all. Absolutely beautiful music and remains unforgettable to me to this day. Thank you for taking the time to show the deconstruction of how it all came together.

[@michelangelolucco7018]

Amazing and really really interesting, Richard. Meeting you after the 2009 Reunion Gig was a real honour for me!

[@chrisa5376]

Why hasn't a composer picked this up yet. It would be phenomenal to hear in a symphony orchestra. Personally i consider this a masterpiece.

[@MIKECNW]

+Chris A Believe it or not NFL films used the middle up temple part of one of their 70's highlight films.

[@MIKECNW]

***** So what? Plus I could do without this. "!"

[@rmsonline9799]

It was incredible, to seat down on my chair of my studio, and hear this piece of art! Lovely 80's, when i saw Sesame Street in Portugal with my 5 years old. Thank you for such harmony, and all of this instruments, that give us, musicians, a new concept, with 5 years old. Amazing! Thak you so much.

[@TannerCundy]

This is such an incredible video, and - sitting in my studio listening on reference monitors, sounds absolutely fantastic. Couldn’t be happier that I stumbled upon this today. Thank you for sharing and hats off for the composition and engineering on this.

[@AroundIndiana]

This is amazing. That crayon video has stuck with me for over 30 years

[@talltrini10]

More, please!!! Also, loved to see that after all this time he still jams out to his own song. People who clearly love what they do are the best! Any chance we could get a list of all the instruments he played in this?

[@ElanorRiley]

This music is outstanding! Thank you for the memories.

[@syrys1]

Richard says many thanks Elanor...more coming soon!

[@drewwhite6865]

Amazed to find this. I knew Water course from Channel 4 trade tests. Always a unique and fascinating piece. Festival (a & b!) was another very distinctive track, which often seemed to turn up in promotional use at Christmas. It would be lovely to hear that broken down in the same way, as Exchange, as again there seemed to be so many different instrument sections. Oh and, of course, Motor Roller which always surprised with its radical combination of prog-renaissance - I had often wondered if it was recorded in different sections and then hard spliced, since the 16 track must have been straining and bouncing for all the different instrument groups it used. A real joy to see this! Thank you

[@otakumouse3308]

Nice to see this. As a youngster growing up in Nigeria, this was one of my favourite Sesame Street tunes. Thanks.

[@godfreypoon5148]

The composer is a musical genius.

[@jessejace]

Very glad to have found this video.

[@Thrawn53]

I cannot thank you enough for posting this. As a child, this segment from Sesame Street stuck with me more than any other for its music. I ended up going into audio as a career, and now to see the multitrack of this was just about a dream come true. What I wouldn't give to play with those samples!

[@christianmccollum1028]

Very interested in hearing more! Thank you for the priceless memories of my childhood, Richard.

[@progrockfan28]

Thanks for sharing this. No wonder I eventually grew into liking 'progressive rock' and such types of music. I enjoy these 'behind the scenes' presentations, taking the song apart track-by-track and detailing how it all came together into such a memorable piece. I hear bits of synth pop, classical, and medieval-style folk all brought together. And like most others, for me, to think it all started with that film about 'How Crayons are Made' on Sesame Street.

[@Alpha8713]

Not boring at all! Thank you for posting this. What a beautiful piece of music.

[@JARedwolf100]

I remember being a young kid and was and/or more accurately am still enthralled by these tunes. I wasn’t impressed with the skit about making crayons, I saw far better on 3, 2, 1 Contact but this music just bewitched me! I’m pleased to have found it on iTunes! Exchange is just pure poetry with sound! Anyway, your music is still enchanting to me! Cheers!

[@wfat]

Grew up with that wonderful and highly imaginative sequence. Stuck with me for over three decades. Thank you!

[@LeeLucas]

Well I am certainly 100% interested Richard and that was a purely awesome demonstration. Ever since I heard the first Gryphon album back in 1973 when it came out I was totally hooked on the band and it's musical style of medieval folk and all its progression thrown along its path. I have to say I was not even aware you actually wrote this piece of music and it's the first time I have actually ever heard it, and for me it says exactly what the band Gryphon said to me and spoke very highly to me. You are one hell of a musician and by seeing this demonstration your very much a very talented multi instrumentalist at that. I will have to check out your solo material chap because if you have an album of this stuff boy have I missed something here, and I am hoping it's still available to buy, cause this rocks my boat 100%. I very much have all the Gryphon albums and I can assure you they still give me the same amount of pleasure they gave me back in the 70's and its music that will never die for my ears and stands it's test of time very much so even today, and it's still never far away from my turntable so to speak. That stuff can even brings tears of joy to me and fills my heart with tremendous pleasure. I recently visited the Gryphon website and was amazed you guys are planning to go back out again live this year. I very much missed the last one off show you guys did back on 2009 and was kicking myself to death as I could not afford to make that trip at the time. But I m eagerly awaiting news of when and where these shows will take place, and thank god it is going to happen again so I can get to see you guys live. I noticed this video of yours here pop up on the Gryphon FB page, and immediately checked the Gryphon website first to see if there was any news of the live shows. None at all I see so far, and so I watched this demonstration and have to say I am completely gobsmacked by it all. Terrific stuff Richard and yes please do more mate...

[@mikek4419]

Wow! Originally I was set on finding out even just the names of the songs but this was SO much more than I was expecting. Absolutely love seeing the breakdown of these pieces which have always been such a big mystery to me. Wonderful, wonderful work and I'm definitely looking forward to any other goodies you're willing to share with us! Honestly, thank you so much!

[@ejwa12]

Thanks for making this video. This song was by far my favorite of all the music pieces I ever saw on Sesame Street. If I was doing something in addition to watching the show, I would stop and spend the time just listening to the music, not so much as watching the film. I found the song on KZbin here just a few years ago and made it a part of my playlist. Thanks again for helping me remember pleasant memories from my childhood.

[@normanreynolds9889]

That made my day. Cheers from the USA.

[@richardharvey3217]

Thank you and best wishes. At this time we all need some music and to keep smiling!

[@ianshircore]

Fascinating. Loved it. "And these sounds, of course, are sandpaper and an aerosol..." Great stuff.

[@robblacklockjr.4569]

2024. I fell asleep with You Tube on 'random' - woke up to this after 40+ years. I was like 'who the hell wrote that tune?' - And here we are.

[@jonathancover2701]

A guided tour of the album track would be just lovely.

[@chriswhitsettdesign]

This was the first song I ever became obsessed with (I was maybe 4 years old). I remember just feeling chills when it would come on. This song probably set the direction of my musical tastes for the rest of my life.

[@RichardHarveyComposer]

That's a really beautiful comment and very inspiring during these dark days. Best wishes...RH

[@bergmanf]

This was a wonderful watch. Count me among those very interested in seeing more!

[@stevenparham9924]

Hello Richard, that was absolutely fantastic, thank you. We'd love to hear the guided tour ! The whole album is a classic. :)

[@MIKECNW]

NFL films used the Exchange song for one of their films. Think it was called NFL Greatest Coaches from 1981.

[@Asterra2]

This is incredible. I was a big fan of the music in question and tried very hard to locate it, long before the internet was at the point where it could actually be of help in that search. (Now of course I own the album.) I can't tell you how gratifying it is to see an artist who is proud enough of their work to go into such detail of its inner workings. Very often I have been frustrated by the phenomenon of composers being uninterested in something they did so long ago, or in a fan's appreciation of their work. Bravo, sir, and many thanks for doing this. I echo earlier sentiment about interest in the individual tracks. Especially the Jupiter 8 - I was always very fascinated by the extreme complexity of its brief cue.

[@johnsharp71]

More, please, Richard! Fascinating stuff.

[@Treknologist]

I was only able to find your music because of you tube. Thank you!

[@GoemonLovesFujiko]

This was brilliant and inspiring! Thank you so much!

[@ForTheLoveOfAudio]

Thank you so much for this! Your music made such a sonic impression om so manh around my age, and havimg grown up and found myself in the misic industry, this was quite a treat!

[@thepiperswife]

Loved this. Yes please to the full Monty!

[@phillip5245]

Thank you very much for your time and effort in making your wonderful music and showing the makeup of it in this video. Definitely not boring to me in the least and would love to see whatever background information that you have on your tracks!

[@mattkulesza]

An absolute classic.

[@SiddiqScott]

This needs a revival and a remix with a famous rap artist

[@MusicalProstitute77]

Simply Fantastic! Thank You Richard!

[@andrewtodaro2874]

Thanks for this video, Richard! Great music!

[@gowerdave]

Thank you Richard, that was great! Please enlighten us further! Made my day!!!

[@imabeliever81]

Loved this allot thank you for showing this. It's over off my favorite clips abs the music as well. It's why i love keyboards and synthesizers today. Which i play as well not very good but good enough lol.

[@d8alus]

Any word yet on more? I hope Mr Harvey got enough interest to do another video like this.

[@fardmuhammad733]

Thank you so much for taking the time to make the video. I love hearing how a piece of music is mixed from different sources, so I watched it from beginning to end. :) Hearing the track took me back to the early 1980s when I first heard it on "Sesame". Count me in as very interested in seeing the video on the whole album track. Have a good day, and thanks again for doing this!

[@progrockfan28]

+Fard Muhammad It did likewise with me, a nostalgia trip to a more simple time watching that clip. And this is in stereo to boot which really lets you hear bits you didn't notice before in the film. And oddly even after watching this a few times over, that opening recorder melody plays, I picture two kids coloring.

[@hairyconfucius7619]

Thanks Richard. Love it

[@floofytown]

yes, please, for the love of god, do a video on the album track! very interested! interested a great deal! the interest level is hard to describe!

[@jonbrookscomedy]

This mix is better than the MP3 for sale on google play

[@geikosera]

This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing! :)

[@drudence]

Really enjoyed this, looking forward to more :) The percussion textures in particular were great to have broken down.

[@PBShelley1]

I’d love to learn more about Nifty Digits or anything else you have to share about what it was like making music for libraries back then. In any case, great video and Nifty Digits is a classic!

[@danielonn2002]

I would love to hear the whole track. Why didn't Crayola use your beautiful piece for their commercials? Did Sesame Street pay Crayola royalties as well?

[@shaun_rambaran]

Thank you so much for sharing!

[@vanni9283]

I'd love to get the guided tour of the original album track! ; )

[@josephmora5230]

Makes me wanna color ,)

[@meganmoyes5403]

OH MY GAWD I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUUUUUUCH!!!! AAAAAH ON REPEAT!°

[@pancakewalrus99]

this is my ringtone lol

[@LuficariusRatspeed]

Yay! Thank you so much for this. :)

[@scuttyark]

Wow! I loved this song when I was a kid... then I got into Gryphon & thought: 'Gosh! That sounds like that song from Sesame St! Coincidence or what!' Well now finally I know that it wasn't a coincidence it was all a musical CONSPIRACY!

[@SilentServiceCode]

Okay so my life is now officially complete. My next question is do you have this remixed version somewhere for download?

[@syrys1]

The copyright in these tracks is owned by Kpm/Sony so Richard is powerless to make any commercial decisions. Perhaps the guys at KPM could be talked into making stems etc available....

[@godfreypoon5148]

From the Sesame Street clip, I learned that crayons are made by the elderly.

[@davidb.8948]

Masterpiece. Hail Generation X and the Xennials!

[@marcusc4828]

how about doing this live...maybe an extension of it..

[@floofytown]

RELEASE THE STEMS

[@lanerussell7958]

I thought this had kind of an early Alan Parsons Project vibe about it. This is lovely! Is there sheet music available?

[@LastOneLeft99]

Have you ever listened to Boards of Canada? They have a very nostalgic vibe.

[@metricmine]

Nice. I'm now wondering how that's done using 1978 technology. You can't just add tracks using a computer like that back then.

[@SilentServiceCode]

They had multitrack recording by then, it wouldn't be that much of a challenge

[@drawingart3407]

Hi, Did Richard Harvey write the instrumental music that was used on Sesame Street's "Chewing Gum Factory," and National Instructional Television's (NIT) "Inside/Out"?

[@meganmoyes5403]

Is there any way to purchase or stream this particular song?? PLEAAASE I NEED IT!!!

[@PoolEnvy]

Mr Roboto + Exchange + Whip Cream

[@snoolee7950]

Those are awfully big computer monitors.

[@AdamStJamesStJames]

Would you say you were influenced by ELP