In the Heights: Percussionist's Perspective
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- A few selections of In the Heights from the percussionists perspective. Filmed with a GoPro 4.
In the Heights
96,000
The Club
Blackout
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Got any sheet music
@@GatorGatorGat www.reddit.com/r/MusicalScores/ You'll find it here probably
Musical Pits are so underrated
Just like the performers on stage, the pit also has a shit ton of music to learn. This is truly amazing.
Thank you I appreciate it
Big respect to the guys and girls who have to sightread these shows
@@tommaxwell4470 Most of the Percussion/Drum music I've seen for this show just gives a basic idea of the pattern/genre and they have to improvise the rest
Conductor: Yeah so we have a guy for kit, and another guy for *everything else*
Evan Insky yeah we’re doing this show at my highschool and we need 3 people on aux to make it work
Sacrificial Pig clearly you don’t 3 people to make it work.
did you steal this comment from the west side story one?
@@danielkim7739 indeed
I'd pay to watch this happen in stead of the actors. Impressive
+Matthew Caruk maybe I found my new money making plan.
Same
Idk in the heights is really good
The guy who wrote this music has potential, he should write a musical about a founding father. Jokes aside this is hella impressive
phill vill Hamilton?
MexicanSODA they were joking
@@mr.mendoza4285 r/wooooosh
@@CoolFellaProductions reddit
my god, the bongo flams at 7:39 are so extremely satisfying
Hahahaha thank you
That usnavi is hardcore strugglin in the opener
I'm amazed at your level of skill and discipline. Like holy shit.
Theodore Nicholas thank you for the compliment. And thank for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
4:00 he groovin'
Never knew how much a theater show percussionist has to actually do during a show. So many groups of instruments to be in charge of as well as play at the right moment. Are you in the pit along with the conductor or do you have monitors ? I play drums and percussion as well. Thank you for sharing what you do, I've always been curious about this as a job. Do you work in New York City ?
+Eleni Eliades I work in Los Angeles, and for this performance I was in the room with the conductor. Thanks for watching!
Pit orchestra percussion is very hard indeed. Take it from someone who’s done it with very little help.
Bandito 27 eat your cereal
Tropic775 always
AlL wE dO iS hIt ThInGs
And hit them well
We must hit them with *technique*.
Hit'em with the wrist
wE alSo ShAKe ThInGS
Me: [Watches these videos] Wow theatre percussion looks cool
School(Next Day): We need percussionists for the school musical
Me: Well That Worked Out
(I'm signing up as soon as winter break ends)
EDIT: I just a bunch of my friends to sign up on there appropriate instruments, this'll be fun. We're doing Crazy For You.
Haha awesome! Have a great show
Damn, bro. We were gonna do Into the Woods at my school, and I was gonna do percussion. Then they decided that Into the Woods was too cool for us, so we switched to Xanadu, and cut the pit down to four people. I play kit, too, so I was like... "Can I play pit?" They told me no, that they needed someone experienced (I've been playing for years) and that they were just gonna hire pros.
More than half the cast has dropped out. It's gonna be a real shitty musical, but their pit is gonna sound great. I wish them luck.
it’s one of the best experiences you can have as a musician in my opinion it really enhanced my skills
Eli Porter CRAZY FOR YOU IS SO GOOD
R3dstoneR3quired lollll my school is going to do into the woods in less than a month
Ohhh boy I'm getting major flashbacks of playing In The Heights arrangements in the marching band six years ago
Good times, good times
PaintingJo sounds like that would be a fun marching band show.
We basically made a sort of merge between In the Heights and It Won't Be Long Now. Real groovy stuff. If only I still had the scores.
as a violinist, i’ve always underestimated percussionists. this shit is IMPRESSIVE. i could NEVER
I'm also a violinist and my conductor is a percussionist. He is amazing
0:00 In the heights
2:54 96,000
6:58 The club
10:12 Blackout
7:37 is insane!!
Haha thank you
please tell me they provide the big instruments (bongos, congas, vibes, timpani, etc) because those gigs better pay WELL if they expect a percussionist to already own all that...is it BYOI? (Bring Your Own Instruments)
All of this equipment is mine. Being a percussionist you are expected to own and provide all of the equipment.
Joe Martone thanks for the reply, that's got to be a tough profession to get into, good on you man
Yeah good luck buying a xylophone, vibraphone, glockenspiel, bongos, congas, timpani, tambourine, triangle machine, cowbell, vibraslap, cymbal, bass drum, etc.
Tisana Del nojé easy 30k atleast
@@JoeMartone if you don't mind me asking, how do you deal with the logistics side? How do you carry/set up all these instruments?
Awesome performance!! Can't miss when you open with a 3/2 clave'...😁😁 Fantastic work!! 👍👍
I'm sweating here at the beginning when it's basically only Usnavi and the percussion. MUST NOT MESS UP! MUST NOT MESS UP! Good on you for being a pro!
Amazing to see/hear how integral the conga is to most of the songs -- they wouldn't be the same without it.
So much respect for all the musicians in the pit. They don’t get the recognition they deserve.
Okay I got an ad that was just the entire LEGO movie and I’m definitely not upset
Hahahaha that’s hilarious
Wow. I’m really not sure if you are a Latin percussionist by trade or if this was a rare thing for you, but your mastery of some of the fundamentals is so incredible. The way you took the 3/2 son clave groove from the claves to the congas was flawless. Your timbale technique is great, too. I grew up listening to my Papi play, and he spent many years playing with Señor Puente. Watching this video brought back many fond memories. Bravo, sir.
Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed the video. And thank you for your kind words.
Did he just bang a cymbal with his hand??
I haven't watched the video in a while, but probably haha. Thanks for watching.
I read this just as he did it 😂👏
questions:
1) When a new percussionist comes in, are they locked into the same setup as the predecessor? What if they move differently from instrument to instrument?
2) Are the instruments purchased for the show, or do they belong to the players?
For this show everything was mine and I set it up this way. I did look up other peoples set up though to try and find the most efficient one.
i was the flute player for my school's production of hairspray, and since i rarely played i helped my friend with the percussion... it was so much fun, even though there were times both of us still ended up playing multiple instruments at the same time. you're amazing!!
emi mizuki yeah i did the drum set part in pit in hairspray it was a lot i was helping out with the aux stuff while playing set which was a process lmao
That's awesome, thanks for watching
This guy=absolute legend
Haha thank you. And thanks for watching.
This was my field show for marching band my freshman year of high school really brings back some great memories
I love how the conga patterns are so basic yet so solid!
OMG! The sound of the kit and piano then the orchestral percussive section! Uhhhh I love it!
Our high school just did In The Heights. I played Keyboard 2. Amazing show!
This is beyond AWESOME!! Thanks for recording it. :)
I love when you can see the camera moving as Joe bops his head to the music!
Thank you! Very cool!!!
I really like these videos. I can see all kinds of things you need to do, but also because I often cant hear percussions as well as I could.
I'm glad you like them
I absolutely love this! You did an amazing job !
Thank you I appreciate it
Awesome!
Hey Man! Love the videos! Hope to see more posts on this channel.
Cheers
Myke Phillips thank you! I'm hoping to post some more content this summer. Subscribe and stay tuned.
Ok so ... Explain why this was never on my UA-cam recommend as soon this is out ???
***FREAKING LOVE UR WORKS!!! First vid i watch from your channel and i always love / enjoy listen different parts of music in musicals!!keep it uppp
it’s videos like this that made me start learning percussion on the side
Doing this for the musical this year. This video is a HUGE help. Thank you!
I'm glad it could be helpful, that's why I wanted to post this. Thanks for watching, and good luck with the show!
I literally saw in the heights yesterday and this is recommended to me 🤯
I was trying to find a video like this for weeks! Only to realise this one uploaded very recently! Good stuff!
Marc Cyberston thank you very much. I just finished the fun a week ago and posted the video afterwards. I'm glad you found it.
Yeah were working on the musical too. Just finished Everything i know.
this is so soothing to watch!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.
what a great perspective. awesome video!
Victoria Andrews thank you for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Absolutely excellent stuff man !
Dylan Tierney thank you! I appreciate it!
The West Side Story video is also amazing!!!!
Thank you I appreciate it.
I love watching these videos! I’ve played in the pit for our high school’s production of The Addams Family, and I was the drummer as well as the aux. Super frustrating looking between two, no, three books! I am amazed that there are two drummers in the pit, my father(who played as a pit musician in NYC) just told me stories of one drummer, himself. Keep it up!
I’m glad you enjoy them. Thanks for watching.
My high school did In the Heights a few years ago and this brings backs so many memories 👏👏👏 also you’re incredible
Thank you for your comment. I’m glad it brought back some memories for you. It was an awesome show to play.
wooowww this is so cool! i feel like i'll be like a kid in a candy store! idk why i never really paid attention to this. it basically didn't exist in my world! im gonna look it up! looks so coool!!
RESPECT
-a fellow percussionist
Really interesting video! Thanks for sharing!
+Anne 7700 thanks for watching.
this is so cool!! i’m in constant awe of theater percussionists. So Many Cues.
Thank you for watching
of course my dude you have talent :)
Now I'm watching this video bc it looks awesome
Very inspiring
i could listen to you hand drum all day
Amazing, Enjoyed very much ! You are very talented ! Bravo
I wish 1 day I be like you
Thank you for your kind words and for watching.
I really like this. We’re doing this for our high school musical next year and this is gonna be a good source for reference.
I hope it's helpful, good luck with the show.
Never heard of this musical or this song but love these orchestra pit perspectives.
It's worth it to go listen to 😉
@@catcraftawesome5646 I don't think it's ever been performed here in the UK but I'm sure if it ever is, your words will be ringing in my ears. lol
Amazing as always. (Insert "needs more cowbell"-joke here).
SO GOOD
Thank you for watching
i used to be a percussionist in the school band for a long time, and i'm also in theatre and was recently in the ensemble of a production of in the heights last year, where i spent a lot of time just listening to the instrumentals and tracks, studying them just for fun. long story short? this video = awesome.
Haha thank you for watching. I hope your production went well
Do you have more full videos, like e.g. «When you´re home» as full videos? This is really great!!!
Really inspiring.
I have many full videos from in the heights on my channel.
I’m just binging your channel right now. I am a percussionist in high school. Will be attending umkc for music education after I graduate. Videos like this really are gonna make me regret not pursuing mainly performance.
Yes but we always need more teachers. I was in KC a few years back, great city. Best of luck to you.
that conga tech is SPICY
....Love This....!!!!.....2023'.....🤩🤩🤩
Great work - our little theater just finished this run last weekend. Great show to be able to play. Kudos!
Dan Kesterke thank you, and thanks for watching!
Great interesting video!
Thank you for watching.
Rip drumset at 0:55
What happened?
Trevor Thompson not the worst fill in the world
I don’t understand
lmao prolly just nervous
King i thought it was a really tasty fill
glad that your playing makes up for the trumpets
Oh come on, they did a good job.
There were a few notes that were so high that the trumpets didn't even try to go for them. One that stood out to me was at the end of the "You must take the A train" segment. They played an F, the actual note is Ab. I could be wrong though, I play flute, not trumpet, but I have a close friend who's playing trumpet in our ITH Pit Orchestra. I honestly hear how these trumpets did on the first note of The Club. That note's nearly impossible.
exhilarating
Those triplets at 9:08 are TAAAASTY
Haha thank you. Thanks for watching.
This is talent
Thank you I appreciate it
Yep this is accurate
I was there and... IT WAS SO GOOD
You were at this show?
This is the coolEST THING EVER
+Ayren Taylor thanks, I loved playing this show.
I’m going to middle school next year and hope to get percussion, this looks like fun!
I teach at two middle schools. Practice hard and learn those scales.
4:59- (Girl): "You are so cute!"
(Me): Awwww!!!
Fantastic video! Love the percussion in this show when I first saw it in London! I have question if you don't me asking. How are these setups usually mic'd up? for example using the shakers, I don't visibly see a microphone nearby
London Lad thank you for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it. As for the mics, it really depends on how the theater wants to do it. It's hard to see them because of the angle of the camera, but there's a mic over the bongos and another by the trap table. Basically one over every area of the set up, so when you see me play I'm playing towards a mic. I hope that answers your question.
This is my goal in life.
I need more cowbell!
Haha it's as loud as it can get. I'm playing it with my foot.
In the music, is it notated specifically when to play marcha or mambo for example, or are the actual figures written out? And how much variation are you able to include?
Sebastian Hochman the music basically says “martillo 3-2” or “salsa” or any kind of style it wants you to play. then it says “simile” with a bunch of repeated measures
I love how evenly he shakes the egg @5:07
2:49 anyone else hear "Me? I'm the damn fool that shot 'em." In their head? (Shades of Hamilton)
The Band Man I think you got it backwards, Lin Manuel Miranda wrote this first.
If you listen to both shows soundtracks it's easy to tell that the same two people wrote and orchestrated the music. Rhythmic and Harmonic similarities are everywhere.
@@Holobrine I think he ment that the music is so similar that he could have written either one first and they would sound the same
this makes me really want to be a musical composer
you are such a beast
0:24 WOW!!!
Haha thanks. Thank you for watching too.
Nice conga chops
As an oboeist, i always wondered what mixed percussion was like
Hopefully now you've gotten a taste
I need that triangle rig
It’s called a miller machine. They’re amazing!
Would love to see you do Hamilton
I would love to play Hamilton hahaha
I don't think there's much non kit percussion in Hamilton. Unless they use pads for all the electronic sounds.
Where's the sound at 3:40 coming from? The cymbal stand?
5:10 Oh my, you're a human metronome!
nice
i dunno, i just can’t seem to get my flams, especially the bongo ones at 7:39 ;-;
Do you have the full show from your perspective? I would pay you for it
Haha I don't sorry. I'm working on a new one though for Bright Star
Hey, I was wondering how you, and how myself, could get involved in doing percussion for musicals. (who to contact, how you made your rep, etc.)
Find local shows in your area and see if they’re in need of musicians. Or go see shows, meet the players, add them on Facebook. Almost every gig I’ve played has come from a recommendation or just meeting people.
WAs that a low volume cow bell??!?!?!? 4:50
Hello, my name is Matti. I'm from Germany and I'm 12 years old. My dream job is to later work as a drummer, percussionist, conductor or something else in a musical. May I ask you how much does a drummer/percussionist earn in a musical? I know musicians don't like to talk about money, but it would interest me a lot.
Best!)
Евгений Викторович thanks for watching
The first part sounds like a bo burnham thing
samsalabamgames thanks for watching