Yeah I totally get everyone's comments about the 'Gong Master'. Sven definitely knows how to play a Gong, but actually the 'Master' part in the title is referring to the fact that he is the master craftsman overseeing and tuning these Gongs for Paiste. In 2016 Sven gave me a demo of the 80" Symphonic Gong. It built up to a huge roar with just a few small taps as you can see on the vid, the recording I made on my phone cant really do justice to the sound live. Yeah I know its tempting to want to see this thing hit hard and that surely would be satisfying, but actually youll get a much louder sound if you build up the vibrations slowly and will avoid putting it out of tune.
It takes courage to be a Gong Master. You need resistance over your evil self who doesn't want anything but to strike that Gong with one's all might. The removal of temptation to strike it with barely any force shows the resistance against the evil.
There is no electronic instrument that sounds half as ethereal as this Gong in the hands of a master. That sounded like the beginning of life on earth!
Incredible! I never realized proper application of the mallet produces a sympathetic response. I always thought is was all about smacking it. Now my life knowledge is complete. Sven seems quite satisfied with his artisanal grasp. Well done!
@Bart Simpson I thought it was funny. I will like it. I dont like you. You are not funny. I hope you meet gong master Sven in a dark alley. I bet he likes little boys like you.
Absolutely wonderful. There is nothing as satisfying as witnessing an artisan at work. Amazing sounds, made so effortlessly. This man really knows what he’s doing and you can see he really enjoys his work. I wonder how many sci-fi movie directors have watched this and suddenly realised THAT is the sound effect I’m looking for!!! Thank you for posting.
The moment you come to your house in a dark foggy and a little bit stormy night and your neighbour is practizing his gongplay. You wont forget this moment.
Sven sir you are the Master of your art. I've seen you making the gong, from the sheet to the hammering gong, & I'm amazed by your dedication. When you told those guys shhhhhhh, you were in tuning.
This guy could probably fend of an entire 13th century invading army. No chance in hell im sticking around if sounds like that were coming from the castle.
Right. Towards the end, distant wails, like some kind of demon whale or void dragon made of clouds, unfurling itself before the start of an awful hurricane.
Yeah. Psychological warfare is legit and comes in in a variety of ways. I, too, would be off my pillaging game if I heard this while entering battle. I wonder if there were any battles that had this happen.
@@Mcnignog On the other hand, if I felt like attacking this castle was right and just, and not merely advantageous, I might be take these sounds as proof that the occupants consort with evil.
I had a gong bath a few years ago and I closed my eyes and took flight around the globe, every continant, polar regions, deserts , many cultures, an incredible experience
Ppl say this is from a horror movie. To me it's friking relaxing, also on a spiritual level. Sound of sea waves crushing heavily against a rock near a damp cave you're sitting in, half-naked, with your eyes closed, your body being tenderly swept with a chilling watery breeze. You're the last human on Earth. The planet has returned to it's primordial state - just salty waters, bleak rocks, and ever-brooding grey-white sky above.
When he touched it first time I was not even sure it made any sound, but then I realized it was still growing. Not what I had expected to be honest. I thought more in the lines of hit it and see what the next seismograph 150 miles away recorded
Gorgeous! I had no idea that the sounds performed in this video, which I here in ambient film scores often, originated with this epic acoustic instrument. I always assumed the tones heard in this video are created electronically. This again proves that the real thing is always better then the synthesis.
Can you imagine what the unsuspecting neighbours would be say bout Sven....”I don’t know Martha but I’m telling you their are some strange going’s on in that place, strange”
@@Gongasoso going’s on, yes. It’s a saying that my mother would use when I was a child, “I don’t know what’s happening in that office but their are some strange going’s on.”
@@shable1436 I was not sure if he even tapped it in the first place when nothing happened. I did not exactly expect the sound to build up and grow in volume over some seconds. Must have hit the resonant frequency of that thing somehow when he did his taps
Absolutely beautiful. I am lucky enough to have a 24" Paiste gong, and they are the Best. This one would be such a dream, and I'm so glad to hear it being treated with respect. It sings for you then. The children who think smacking it hard just for loud noise will only hear it scream. This one would be scary!
being in a room with a real life gong playing is just such a different experience. i’d have to say it’s relaxing but like it’s like the whole room is immersed with the sound waves coming from the instrument. once my teacher played it quite loud and i had a sensory overload and it was really fking scary and i covered my ears. 10/10 experience
When i was in school we visited the gong factory of paiste with our music class. They had a similar big gong their and they played it for us. You could feel the vibrations of this thing in your whole body.
The gong is such a crazy but instrument; played by a master it borders on creepy/surreal. Most people think of a gong as something you take a big swing at with a big mallet, but it's the softest touches, brushes, subtleties, and vibrations that bring it to life!
When they played _Careful with That Axe Eugene_ at SMU McFarlin Auditorium in '74, at the climactic point, *the gong burst into flames* at the edges from the frame. No one in the band or the audience moved or breathed for two minutes!
I used to play the gong from time to time some years ago. There's nothing like it. Theres like this supernatural power that comes from it. Every other percussion instrument you hit sounds just as you hit. The gong has this little silence where it kinda "charges up" the vibration to sound like this, Its hard to do a good job at explaining how magic this little detail was
When I was in college - (late 80's) - I was a percussionist in the college symphony, and we used to perform a lot of Stravinsky, and the like... Well, this one Stravinsky piece we were performing (Don't recall the title - but it had a LOT of percussion - including Gongs And Thunder sheets!) - required 8 percussionists, yet there were only 4 of us in the percussion section,... so we had to double up, or even more at times... and I had the bulk of 5 - FFFFF (Very Loud - Not exaggerating - it was marked with 5 - F's!!!)... ...Gong "Solos" throughout the piece. I had to literally "warm up" the gong (about 40" or 50" I think), and time the actual strike/hit - which was cued by the conductor and had to be a single loud impact, with no delay when it was cued!... So - I had to warm this puppy up to the point of explosion/climax, and hold it there until I was cued - which had to be soft enough so the audience doesn't hear it, yet vibrating enough to instantly "Go" when struck... It was Not Easy!... It Was Fun However (Plus we rehearsed the shit out of it - so it was ok by showtime..... That's my "Gong" Story...
@@kjc9trader491 Hahahaha the gong odyssey! I love percussion and pretty much any instrument in general but for me the gong has this... Powerful, mystic aura that's super unique, and "taming" it goes much further than everyone could think
His early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think he really came into his own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Gong master has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
BIG RESPECT TO THE GONG BUILDER FROM PAISTE FOR HIS EXCELLENT PLAYING TECHNIQUE!!! This man play better gong than the most gong players you can find here on youtube. First of all, he knows how to hold a mallet and how to stroke a gong properly, you one can't hear the stroke and let the sound bloom. Perfect example of proper playing technique here!!!
Just an amazing instrument. Paiste has always been the one to set the bar as far as I’m concerned. Went to the factory in Nottwil in the early ‘80’s, surprisingly small for a world leading cymbal and gong factory. Paiste is just the best.
There's always that 'one' person who feels they need to be heard at all costs because to them THEY are the most important person in the room at any given moment!
Glad to see a master at work who knows you don’t need to hit it hard to get a proper swell out of it. 👏👏👏 I wish I could have an afternoon with this thing using all the flumies and a 5-point mic setup.
I look at the thumbnail. I see a giant ass gong and a man built like an ox. I expect a bash that will shake the mountains. What I get is anticlimactic. But also satisfying. Love it.
People that know what they’re doing *never* wail away on these. The alloy used is very brittle, so overdriving these delicate instruments could cause cracks that permanently change the sound character.
@Dweeeeeezy09 - my initial comment was because I thought this video was pretty cool. Nobody needs your negativity. Lighten up. How were any of us to know he made it? Be nice.
Yeah I totally get everyone's comments about the 'Gong Master'. Sven definitely knows how to play a Gong, but actually the 'Master' part in the title is referring to the fact that he is the master craftsman overseeing and tuning these Gongs for Paiste. In 2016 Sven gave me a demo of the 80" Symphonic Gong. It built up to a huge roar with just a few small taps as you can see on the vid, the recording I made on my phone cant really do justice to the sound live. Yeah I know its tempting to want to see this thing hit hard and that surely would be satisfying, but actually youll get a much louder sound if you build up the vibrations slowly and will avoid putting it out of tune.
I really think you should pin this message. Hope it helps people thinking the same thing
@@filexferdinandus7041 I think yes..
Do smaller gongs go out of tune too? I got one for my buddys Asian restaurant to hit whenever an order is ready lmao
If I had known there was such a thing as a Gong Master, I would not have wasted 26 years becoming a college professor
Exactly... only takes 5 minutes to become a gong master.
Yep loser
@who cares :D :D :D exactly my thought! I cracked up hard when I read your comment
I bet that thing costed like one milion dollers or maybe even more.
Lmfao right. I want to be a master
imagine waking up every morning knowing you're a gong master
..and the rest of humanity are a bunch of PUNKS! Man these Coco Krispies taste good this morning! 😎👍
Imagine how the gong feels knowing it’s being played by a Gong master
@mydixiewrecked2 Not a bong but I made a cool pipe out of a guitar neck once.
As opposed to reality. Where you are a master bater.
Imagine the look on people's faces when they see his business card.
It takes courage to be a Gong Master. You need resistance over your evil self who doesn't want anything but to strike that Gong with one's all might. The removal of temptation to strike it with barely any force shows the resistance against the evil.
When you get deaf
@LowLinK Yet still I am dsiappointed we did not hear the full boom
When people think an ancient Chinese alarm/signaling tool is an instrument, lmfao, but sure gong master.
@@acywei what?
@@acywei When people think an instrument is not an instrument because someone used it for signaling.
There is no electronic instrument that sounds half as ethereal as this Gong in the hands of a master. That sounded like the beginning of life on earth!
Whale song from the depths.
Or the end....? 🤔
I wouldnt call any of this ethereal, more eerie
Electronic instruments are far more quality than microphone audio compressed through UA-cam.
The last part sounded like 2001 A Space Oddity.
"Gong Master Sven" I mean that's one hell of a name to be known by!
Sounds like an optional dark souls boss
Sounds like Kung fu Panda Masters
XD
Back in 63 he was known ass bong master Sven
that sounds like a pokemon npc
What a title to have on Your business card.
Gong Master
Gong Master Sven wants to fight!
A lot more helpful than mine - Bong Master
My ex is Dong Master
Better than Dong Master like your moms business card
*Paiste Gong Master
Movies: *Hitting it hardest as they can*
IRL: Not even touching it.
Jó a neved bástya xD
@@m4rko347 Köszi
Ad my musical place they have a gong to not very big but if u hit it very hard your probaly deaf
If he hit it hard, the gong would literally make a giant crack right through it if it didn't shatter entirely
If you hit it hard it will most likely break, and they are expensive
I regret to inform everyone else in the world but “Gong Master” is officially the coolest title ever.
*"Woops, I dropped my monster mallet, that i use for my magnum gong"*
Always sunny?
😂😂😂
I immediately thought of Frank, haha!
Underrated joke
Gong Master Tobaggan....
*Mantis Tobaggan!*
This is really frustrating without a big smash as a finale
I don't think one would survive a full smash
How do you not bash it at least once?!
what is a finalé ?
A final flourish to end something
@@Wagoo is this a french word ?
The first full moon of every month id want to play with this thing at night in a hidden location to freak out my whole town....
I'll rent the truck and drive.
There's only one full moon a month anyway...
@@adam285634 we've got two in August!
@@johnbaas8431 no we don't...the next blue moon isn't until October 2020
@@adam285634 my calendar shows one on the 1st and the 2nd on the 31st. Is my calendar wrong?
Incredible! I never realized proper application of the mallet produces a sympathetic response. I always thought is was all about smacking it. Now my life knowledge is complete. Sven seems quite satisfied with his artisanal grasp. Well done!
It's probabaly very thin for it's size.
Roger Taylor had it wrong on the Bohemian Rhapsody video
If you complete his line of quests, Sven the Gongmaster gives you Legendary Forbidden Mallet of the Paisteland.
Might actually use this in a game I'm coding
Kenneth Fleming In what context lol. I’m wondering how this would fit into any game that isn’t about gongs
@@carstarsarstenstesenn " Legendary Forbidden Mallet of the Paisteland" Could be an enchanted Mallet.
@@katrinarose2210 Hope it comes out good man, would love to play it if ever possible!
🤣🤣🤣
Band teacher: "So, which instrument do you play?"
Me: "Minecraft cave noises"
LMAO
@@eierkarton 🍋
This comment should have more likes!
I’m cracking up right now.
ROFL!!!
He should wear something like a wizard robe for full effect.
Lol
I read this as, "He should wear something like a wizard robe and be erect."
Or a white sheet
Mire like a budist monks robe I would think..😄
Or a grim reaper suit.
Not only are the sounds coming out of this gong incredible, but it is also a beauty to behold.
“What do you do for a living?”
“I am Gong Master Sven.”
Me:🍆
when someone don't know nothing about music.. and trying to be funny
@Bart Simpson I thought it was funny. I will like it. I dont like you. You are not funny. I hope you meet gong master Sven in a dark alley. I bet he likes little boys like you.
@Bart Simpson boomer moment
Lol.
Sorry folks, this one’s already sold. Being shipped to Hell Monday morning.
Affordable Plumber 420 I legit laughed so hard at this I farted so hard and therefore shredded my asshole.
Lmao. You hit it on the head, really eerie sounds
Hahaha that is funny!
Kudos! Laugh out loud funny!
We need 666 likes on this one!
When your game doesn't load properly on PlayStation 2
True
Lmao .. u said it
Kristapob Sujivarodom omfg so true
I am dead bro 😂😂😂
ちょっと怖いやつねww
ジャパニーズは？
Absolutely wonderful. There is nothing as satisfying as witnessing an artisan at work. Amazing sounds, made so effortlessly. This man really knows what he’s doing and you can see he really enjoys his work. I wonder how many sci-fi movie directors have watched this and suddenly realised THAT is the sound effect I’m looking for!!! Thank you for posting.
I'm convinced that the gong master keeps the souls of lost children in that gong of his.
Obsodaut that deserves a writing prompt on Reddit
No!!!
Hahahaha omg XD
Man... I guess I just learned that it's possible to create dark ambient music with a gigantic symphonic gong.
Darn,I was just about to write that. Yeah that's some nifty dark ambience. I wonder how those sounds are created?
Yeah and the waterphone too
Have you tried using ableton’s Analog oscillator and ping pong delay? I can get pretty similar results with it!
Don’t let my drummer see this! He’ll have to get one
Acoustic dark ambient
Somewhere a hobbit blacksmith is missing his front door...
Good One !!! 😁😎😁
Gong
Haha, laughed at this one
It's mumbo jumbo
Perfect 🤣
The gong really speaks, and resonates endlessly. I didn't expect any of that, so eerie and beautiful. 😳
I'd love to hear some more of this where there isn't a heard of cattle standing behind the camera.
Right? Damn, he asked nicely! 😅
Chatty cattle 🐂🐂🐃
Seriously!!!!!
Beeeeeh....Moooooh...
An essential part of the experience.
We can joke around all day about that stuff. But let's be honest, the sound coming off of that thing is haunting af.
With such gentle touch too. Such a wild old invention
That's exactly what he's doing
No. The big white man with hie ministick is!
Expect this sound in an A24 score in the future
@@CobraFlows Here's a Snicker, bruh 🍫 You're not yourself when you're hungry
The moment you come to your house in a dark foggy and a little bit stormy night and your neighbour is practizing his gongplay.
You wont forget this moment.
🤣🤣
😂😂😂 _shits them pants_
"Don't worry bro it's just a little gongplay."
It’s resonance is haunting and beautiful at the same time. Bravo Maestro !⛩
Imagine he hit it real hard. Probably would've summoned a demon
LMAOOO
you never hit this instrument hard, you would be deaf
@@MultiNustiu omg I would be so tempted
🤣👍
Lmfao
What do you want to be when you grow up?
G O N G M A S T E R
I'm laughing like an idiot reading this for the last 5 minutes 🤣
*Grows up a bong master instead*
@@AKarinskiy dafuq i've never laugh this hard before 😂😂😂
Jahnu8 the other kid would answer
Be the douchebag who will talk when the gongmaster plays
at least I became a D O N G M A S T E R
“Listen to the sustain on it.... you could go out and have a bite to eat and come back, and you’d still be hearing that note.....”
It goes to 11, it's one louder...
I wonder if it were to be played in zero gravity if it would go on forever.
@@wherethe2riversmeet628 it would not
@@wherethe2riversmeet628 even without gravity the gong is made out of mass
I think I’d have desert and hope that annoying sound went away.
I would never have believed that was a gong making that sound. Incredible!
You could score an entire horror movie with that thing
I definitely couldn't - but I think Sven might
That would be a very interesting soundtrack.
See also: “The Shining” (especially at 1:23)
@tylerpedigo2938 I thought the same.
Actually they use infra sound. The same thing that is generated by wind turbines which is damaging the marine life.
He says "shush" like a BOSS ... And his forearms look like he carried that gong in himself!
Haha! True man
Gong: "I want you to hit me, as hard as you can!"
Sven: "What?"
The building would fall down.
You hit me in the ear!
Private Slamface
That was hilarious :) It must have felt so good getting the opportunity to use that one!
Hahahaha
I'm gonna give you one more chance. You. Me. Hard as you can
Sven sir you are the Master of your art. I've seen you making the gong, from the sheet to the hammering gong, & I'm amazed by your dedication. When you told those guys shhhhhhh, you were in tuning.
This guy could probably fend of an entire 13th century invading army. No chance in hell im sticking around if sounds like that were coming from the castle.
HAHAHAHAHA. No joke.
Right. Towards the end, distant wails, like some kind of demon whale or void dragon made of clouds, unfurling itself before the start of an awful hurricane.
Yeah. Psychological warfare is legit and comes in in a variety of ways. I, too, would be off my pillaging game if I heard this while entering battle. I wonder if there were any battles that had this happen.
@@Mcnignog On the other hand, if I felt like attacking this castle was right and just, and not merely advantageous, I might be take these sounds as proof that the occupants consort with evil.
@@MrCantStopTheRobot I can see where evil crushing zeal would make these sounds give more focus. Good point.
1:50 so that’s how scary movie “something gonna happen” sound effects are made
I wonder if they get this guy.
Holy shit you’re right. That’s freaky as all hell...
When the aliens paralyze you.
@AVIATJET that's called a triangle
They are just using a keyboard
I wish my speakers could play half of the sound it's making
If they could you would NOT wish it again....
dieselscience I think he meant quality
Dkyguy1995 And I wish their mics and preamps could record half the sound it's making.
I had a gong bath a few years ago and I closed my eyes and took flight around the globe, every continant, polar regions, deserts , many cultures, an incredible experience
Imagine breaking into his house and this is what you hear while your inside
the thief turns the corner and sees this guy just playing the gong menacingly while staring at him
Nope
the gong master is coming
@@RockSolitude "alright I'm just going back sorry see ya never"
‘Wait this isn’t Minecraft, why do I hear cave sounds?”
UA-cam on a random 2019 day: Hey wanna watch this dude caressing a gigantic Gong?
UA-cam on a random 2007 day: Hey wanna watch this kid bite this kids finger?
Sounds like all Horror movies I've ever watched until this moment
Lmao
In every video there’s a comment about the algorithm. Can’t people just shut up about it and enjoy the recommendations?
But imagine a beautiful scantily clad Japanese girl doing the same thing...
"so what do you do for a living?"
"I tickle big metal plates till they make squeeky noises"
Aka, a gong master.
Not one of those noises was squeaky.
😂😂😂
Oversimplification of events, but yes
I very much enjoyed this episode of The Gong Show- it’s really different than what I remember as a kid!
Me:
But how do you get the gong to the gig?
Gong Master:
The gig comes to the gong
Damn
👍
😂😂😂😂
Yes! Very cool
j they roll it
Today in UA-cam's video recommended: We learn how to open a portal to outer space and call unknown creatures from other dimensions.
official soundtrack for raiding to area 51
Kkkkkkkkkkkkk
Love this kkkkkk
That's what it Sounds Like!
Ancient alien theorists agree.
There’s a whale somewhere going, “Wtf!?”
Or rather "you said what about my mother!"
There are humans out there, listening to strange sounds coming from the sky, going, "Wtf!?"
Saw this lost my shit fucking funny😂😂😂
Underrated comment’
Unexpectedly subtle skill yields surprising, strong FASCINATING sounds that last and last!
When I first clicked on the video I was like
Pfft... "Gong master"
Then I watched till the end...
Na chuj ci to gówna sam robisz więcej hałasu
I only watched till end cos I wanted him to smash it real hard
I watched till the end cus of this commend. You suck man! Thought something was gonna happen.
@@SenorZx I almost guarantee that you wouldn't be able to reproduce the sounds this guy made. People see gong and automatically assume
HULK SMASH lol
Lmaooo
"Gong Master Sven"
Me: what a silly name
*Health bar appears*
Gong Master Sven: what a silly mortal
pretty underrated comment right here XDD
@@partack1 it is still very young it needs time to grow alright
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Y O U D I E D
Why do I hear Dark Souls music?
I can't believe this model doesn't even come with a gig bag.
Yeah , good luck struggling to gigs on public transport .
Ppl say this is from a horror movie. To me it's friking relaxing, also on a spiritual level.
Sound of sea waves crushing heavily against a rock near a damp cave you're sitting in, half-naked, with your eyes closed, your body being tenderly swept with a chilling watery breeze. You're the last human on Earth. The planet has returned to it's primordial state - just salty waters, bleak rocks, and ever-brooding grey-white sky above.
I’m very amazed how the sound waves grow in intensity! Just a few light hits and then it becomes overwhelming.
When he touched it first time I was not even sure it made any sound, but then I realized it was still growing. Not what I had expected to be honest. I thought more in the lines of hit it and see what the next seismograph 150 miles away recorded
I have had a soundbath with 6 small gongs in a church. The vibration was insane I felt so relaxed
1:14 am and the UA-cam algorithm has me watching a giant gong video from 2016--what is sleep even
2:10 AM for me.
2:51 now nice timezone bro
And almost exactly one day later I have inexplicably slid down the same algorithmic rabbit hole.
1:17 am (Master Chief Time)
On that same trip my dude
He's really a gong master. I never imagined that it's possible to make those sounds with a gong
Und alles wartet vergeblich darauf, dass Gong Master Sven endlich mal ordentlich draufzimmert. Belastend.
Step right up boys and girls, you too can get your very own Paiste 80" Symphonic Gong for just $27,720.00.
Ill take three!
@@NathanChisholm041 no I'll take the whole stock
If he used a really sharp knife, would it be Cut and Paiste?...lol
ill take two!! too cool!
Perfect for my grandma's underplate !
I saw Gong Master Sven open for Metallica in ‘87. Great show.
funny you should say that. @ 1:20 that sound reminds me of jason newsted's solo from the 88 show in their binge and purge box set.
Gorgeous! I had no idea that the sounds performed in this video, which I here in ambient film scores often, originated with this epic acoustic instrument. I always assumed the tones heard in this video are created electronically. This again proves that the real thing is always better then the synthesis.
Wow this is $27,700. New I really like the idea of one of the comments I saw about playing it during a full moon... I'm saving for it now...
ua-cam.com/video/foSJstDFDfg/v-deo.html waterphone same type of sound much better for Hiding in the bushes with....
Can you imagine what the unsuspecting neighbours would be say bout Sven....”I don’t know Martha but I’m telling you their are some strange going’s on in that place, strange”
Strange *gongs on in that place?
I'll see myself out
@@Gongasoso going’s on, yes. It’s a saying that my mother would use when I was a child,
“I don’t know what’s happening in that office but their are some strange going’s on.”
@@carliam3 dude...
nevermind...
@Ganga Din yes, silly me
I'm sitting here looking at a dude that looks like he could lift Mjolnir gently stroke a cymbal that could crush me. Alrighty then.....
Sometimes it not all about the power but the tapping of that huge mallot
@@shable1436 I was not sure if he even tapped it in the first place when nothing happened. I did not exactly expect the sound to build up and grow in volume over some seconds. Must have hit the resonant frequency of that thing somehow when he did his taps
What a magnificent instrument, and expertly played! Kudos on building such a work of art.
Absolutely beautiful. I am lucky enough to have a 24" Paiste gong, and they are the Best. This one would be such a dream, and I'm so glad to hear it being treated with respect. It sings for you then. The children who think smacking it hard just for loud noise will only hear it scream. This one would be scary!
being in a room with a real life gong playing is just such a different experience. i’d have to say it’s relaxing but like it’s like the whole room is immersed with the sound waves coming from the instrument. once my teacher played it quite loud and i had a sensory overload and it was really fking scary and i covered my ears. 10/10 experience
When i was in school we visited the gong factory of paiste with our music class. They had a similar big gong their and they played it for us. You could feel the vibrations of this thing in your whole body.
The gong is such a crazy but instrument; played by a master it borders on creepy/surreal. Most people think of a gong as something you take a big swing at with a big mallet, but it's the softest touches, brushes, subtleties, and vibrations that bring it to life!
Man! Must have taken years to accomplish this skill level! Love how he turns around with a grin to ask you to appreciate his symphony.
Ok I've been a musician 48 year's and this is like the coolest thing ever! Just amazing, this guy should be like the 5th member of Pink Floyd!
Would have been perfect for echos!
This is next level-Roger Waters gong-banging
Seriously could have saved the band countless hours trying to figure out the synthesized sounds they did use in Dark Side!
When they played _Careful with That Axe Eugene_ at SMU McFarlin Auditorium in '74, at the climactic point, *the gong burst into flames* at the edges from the frame. No one in the band or the audience moved or breathed for two minutes!
Forgot to mention the eclipse that was occurring onstage while was happening..
That little pencil thing just played the entire sound track from M. Night Shamalan's "The Village"
I don't care what anyone says, that was a good movie.
@@Giggiyygoo I was just about to say that
💥👍💥
Did guy get buff from hitting the gong or did he get buff to hit the gong
'buff' hell no this guy's F-A-T
...but still a *GONG MASTER*
@@gregm8871 what a pos comment! Grow Up
@@ittybitty7702 ok Dad
Play it in a church. Gong Pastor.
Play it speed metal. Gong Faster
That is eerily beautiful and just using the vibrations of the gong.
I used to play the gong from time to time some years ago. There's nothing like it. Theres like this supernatural power that comes from it. Every other percussion instrument you hit sounds just as you hit. The gong has this little silence where it kinda "charges up" the vibration to sound like this, Its hard to do a good job at explaining how magic this little detail was
Dani Valverde Thunder sheets come close but they’re not quite like it
When I was in college - (late 80's) - I was a percussionist in the college symphony, and we used to perform a lot of Stravinsky, and the like... Well, this one Stravinsky piece we were performing (Don't recall the title - but it had a LOT of percussion - including Gongs And Thunder sheets!) - required 8 percussionists, yet there were only 4 of us in the percussion section,... so we had to double up, or even more at times... and I had the bulk of 5 - FFFFF (Very Loud - Not exaggerating - it was marked with 5 - F's!!!)... ...Gong "Solos" throughout the piece. I had to literally "warm up" the gong (about 40" or 50" I think), and time the actual strike/hit - which was cued by the conductor and had to be a single loud impact, with no delay when it was cued!... So - I had to warm this puppy up to the point of explosion/climax, and hold it there until I was cued - which had to be soft enough so the audience doesn't hear it, yet vibrating enough to instantly "Go" when struck... It was Not Easy!... It Was Fun However (Plus we rehearsed the shit out of it - so it was ok by showtime..... That's my "Gong" Story...
@@kjc9trader491 Hahahaha the gong odyssey! I love percussion and pretty much any instrument in general but for me the gong has this... Powerful, mystic aura that's super unique, and "taming" it goes much further than everyone could think
Who needs clocks? Just by the fact that I’m watching this, I know it’s 4am
.NO ... it's: 3:24am
Yup, 3 am exactly here, shoulda been way asleep by now 😂
Same
Yeh 4am checks out here
3:54 lol
I love how spooky it sounds, especially when you used the smaller mallet. I thought it sounded like mournful cries of the damned haha.
Ooof. That hit the spot. That is the most beautiful gong sound I ever heard.
The control he had over that gong is incredible. He should add wizard to the end of his name too
Sounds like that recording of the planets. Bone chilling.
dummy thicc
The sound quality leads me to believe it was recorded on a ham sandwich
The video quality seems more like egg mayo i reckon
Do not disrespekt This Mighty gong!
Bro I don't even music, but I get that comment.
@@douglasarnold4248 just kidding. It IS Mighty though :-)
Ham sandwich on rye, you can detect tones of stone ground mustard as well
She asks him, "what's that over there?"
"Oh that. That's my wall of gong beaters"
If I went into a black hole, id imagine this sound
@Daniel McCoy yes, I've heard some recordings. Theyre incredible 👍👍
His early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think he really came into his own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Gong master has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
Lol
Let's see Paul Allen's Gong
@@thehitman8663 This was the sommelier's gong at Dorsia.
😂 Good one
I need to return some videotapes...
minecraft ambient noises at 3am while im just trying to breed my sheep
😂 fax
It’s scary man
Then i run as fast i can in my Cabin and stay and hope there is no more than a chicken!
This is deeply impressive and moving. Thanks for this experience.
That was super freaking awesome. Never saw a gong worked like that
BIG RESPECT TO THE GONG BUILDER FROM PAISTE FOR HIS EXCELLENT PLAYING TECHNIQUE!!!
This man play better gong than the most gong players you can find here on youtube.
First of all, he knows how to hold a mallet and how to stroke a gong properly, you one can't hear the stroke and let the sound bloom. Perfect example of proper playing technique here!!!
Yeah..love all the Classics from his hit Album..Hits from The Gong
@@Pavillionairez
I think I seen him on the Gong Show 😆
Yes! He makes the sound bloom, only gong masters can make the sound bloom I have come to discover
Absolutely unbelievable...
You can score entire films with a few light moves.
It has an amazing range of sounds.
I had no idea, having heard only the full - on CRASHH! sound up till now.
Just an amazing instrument. Paiste has always been the one to set the bar as far as I’m concerned. Went to the factory in Nottwil in the early ‘80’s, surprisingly small for a world leading cymbal and gong factory. Paiste is just the best.
Thought this would be boring, ended up sounding like the creation of the universe! 😲🤘
What in the world made you expect this to be boring??
@@nickkohlmann I thought it would be just one large "Gooooooonnnnggggg!!!"........ Hit. 😂
@Thomas Jobe 🤣🇺🇸🤘
@1 2 Yes, "Creation".
@Thomas Jobe I'm writing a book about electricity having an agenda, and it delves into the Fibonacci code golden ratio, etc.
Love it when people can't shut the f up while someone is playing an instrument. It's what gives me strength to push on
There's always that 'one' person who feels they need to be heard at all costs because to them THEY are the most important person in the room at any given moment!
@@haileyadelaidefilms8819 tell me about it. Their mouth is their instrument. Sags.....
Same people that wait for the quietest part of the movie to dig into their bag of popcorn and shake their drink to check if the ice is still there.
Uncommon courtesy. Bunch of savage apes learned to walk upright, people.
I appreciate the ringing of a cellular telephone. During a funeral service.
Glad to see a master at work who knows you don’t need to hit it hard to get a proper swell out of it. 👏👏👏
I wish I could have an afternoon with this thing using all the flumies and a 5-point mic setup.
Sven the gong masters "Greatest hits". 😉
"Hits from the gong"
@@curt6525 🤘🤣
Insane in the svenbrain
@@gt42636 😂🤯
@@ClearAdventure 😂😂😂
I look at the thumbnail. I see a giant ass gong and a man built like an ox. I expect a bash that will shake the mountains.
What I get is anticlimactic. But also satisfying. Love it.
Gotta be honest, those arms suggest a good deal of work, even if we don't see it here! Forearms like that aren't given out with Christmas crackers.
We all thought the same thing. But the wording you used to encapsulate that thought made me LOL.
the build like this is for lugging the instrument around.
People that know what they’re doing *never* wail away on these. The alloy used is very brittle, so overdriving these delicate instruments could cause cracks that permanently change the sound character.
No please, shuffle around making more noise in the room.
J V
Yes please bitch about it uselessly
Aaron needs help
@@Shitbird3249 hypocritical_bitching.png
Don't forget to record it on a shitty phone mic too!
yes, yes!! oh and do it in a brick walled room with wood floors! i really don't want to enjoy it!
Hauntingly beautiful. Thank you for posting this.
If the gong master tells you to be quiet... you listen.
How does one become a gong master? Fascinating......didn't know they could make such sounds.
Practice and master playing the gong.
omg i ws going to say the exact same comment... i need to become a gong master as well.
@Dweeeeeezy09 - my initial comment was because I thought this video was pretty cool. Nobody needs your negativity. Lighten up. How were any of us to know he made it? Be nice.
Drone Doom musicians are looking at their peddle setups and going "Damnit!"
Bert Garcia it’s spelled ”dammit”
@@trijigon
Interjection
damnit (especially Southern US) Synonym of dammit
en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/damnit
didnt sunn use this
@@raulperez2308 I can totally see Stephen O'Malley putting the gong master in a black cloak.
@@raulperez2308 No, but they did something similar with a crypt bell in Báthory Erzsébet.
This helps explain the mysterious noises videos all over UA-cam.