Asphalt Cocktail By John Mackey

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  • Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
  • This frenetic piece by John Mackey is a concert opener designed to "shout" all the way through. One of the composer's key works, this fantastically fun-sounding piece is certain to wake the audience up :-) World premiere performance by the Michigan State University Wind Symphony.

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  • @BobbyJCFHvLichtenstein
    @BobbyJCFHvLichtenstein 5 лет назад +205

    We should take a moment to appreciate how perfect this recording is

    • @andrewofarkansas2121
      @andrewofarkansas2121 3 года назад +4

      Well, considering that this is the world premier performance...

    • @alanartz
      @alanartz Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/Ty6kSvfhm3M/видео.html this ones better

  • @covajo9
    @covajo9 9 лет назад +234

    This piece is like bass trombone heaven..

    • @mlefeb
      @mlefeb 8 лет назад +18

      covajo9 Every Mackey piece is Bass Trombone heaven

    • @DelawareDark
      @DelawareDark 7 лет назад +2

      JOJO

    • @maccox4629
      @maccox4629 6 лет назад +3

      Sitting in front of the trombones, I completely agree. My friend is the bass trombonist in our band and I can't hear myself over him

    • @joshhhhhhepp
      @joshhhhhhepp 5 лет назад

      I’m the only bass trombone in my band and this is the only song I’m not shy about when playing.

    • @Southpaw-hk2gf
      @Southpaw-hk2gf 4 года назад

      I would kill to play this piece, my band director could never tell me to be quiet on this one

  • @harrys3313
    @harrys3313 8 лет назад +174

    This, Foundry, Turbine, and Undertow. Mackey reeeaaaally knows how to make a percussionist happy.

    • @L0Ldude11
      @L0Ldude11 8 лет назад +4

      As a percussionist- so jealous of people who get to play this!

    • @camdynclarke
      @camdynclarke 7 лет назад +5

      Gotta say that Aurora Awakes is oddly fun as well

    • @AgniGatling
      @AgniGatling 7 лет назад +3

      Let's not forget Night on Fire and Xerxes

    • @raiden1690
      @raiden1690 6 лет назад +3

      Well he did date a percussionist for most of high school. I got to meet him today

    • @connorutegg2486
      @connorutegg2486 5 лет назад +2

      Turbine is my favorite right now, but Wine-Dark Sea is the best

  • @meloyelody
    @meloyelody 7 лет назад +281

    mackey should totally write for video games, this piece just screams "intense final boss battle" (bonus points if undertow is a regular boss theme)

    • @McYoob
      @McYoob 7 лет назад +4

      And Xerxes should be used to introduce the final boss in some way.

    • @noisywhispers1164
      @noisywhispers1164 5 лет назад +3

      Xerxes would just be like a dungeon theme.

    • @mr.cleanarchonoflight8120
      @mr.cleanarchonoflight8120 5 лет назад +6

      No it doesnt. Its not final at least. Its like an underboss. Like bowser jr., a cuphead mini boss. Its too chaotic and fast. It feels less like a lion and more like a hyena.

    • @Cpt.710
      @Cpt.710 4 года назад +1

      True butt o me it would make an incredible boss music for a game similar to cup heads style

    • @gmail377
      @gmail377 4 года назад +1

      Third movement of wine dark sea is more appropriate as a bgm to a final boss battle

  • @unnamed2877
    @unnamed2877 5 лет назад +40

    I get the privilege to play the trash can part at the Midwest Convention this year

  • @FishTetris
    @FishTetris 8 лет назад +132

    I was a first chair clarinet in highschool and we played this song, I remember looking at the clarinet solo on the first day and laughing...then crying a little....then letting the other first chair do it. Amazingly fun song to be a part of, but that solo is Excessive.

    • @jerrytruckn
      @jerrytruckn 8 лет назад +12

      You did this in high school? WOW

    • @kennystimac3167
      @kennystimac3167 7 лет назад +8

      Bo Boutwell I'm also doing this in highschool for festival this year (current concert coming up) and I'm only a junior lol. Check us out at TheCaspa.org

    • @liamm113
      @liamm113 7 лет назад

      FishTetris I'm a freshman and we are playing this. I'm first chair bassoon, and the second page is really something for me

    • @zkatt3238
      @zkatt3238 6 лет назад +5

      It's not called the "misery stick" for nothing

    • @taborclifton8473
      @taborclifton8473 4 года назад

      kenny stimac I’m a trombone and did this as a freshmen it was heaven

  • @michaelbouschet5634
    @michaelbouschet5634 3 года назад +21

    The band: So Mr. Mackey, what time signature are we in today?
    Mackey: All of them.
    The band: haha very funny
    Mackey:
    The band:
    The band: oh shi-

  • @liamm113
    @liamm113 7 лет назад +103

    This piece reminds me of a more chaotic, dissonant version of Frank Ticheli's "Vesuvius"

    • @justeeny9368
      @justeeny9368 3 года назад

      So proud to say that frank ticheli is from my state

    • @ppebisnade5592
      @ppebisnade5592 3 года назад

      So proud to say that for last years spring concert my school band played vesuvius

    • @djnodoubt615
      @djnodoubt615 3 года назад +1

      I airways think ticheli and hindemith when I hear mackey

    • @liamm113
      @liamm113 3 года назад

      @@djnodoubt615 lowkey such a good way to think about Mackey tho

  • @RainbowDj7
    @RainbowDj7 7 лет назад +37

    My director asked me to learn harp specifically for this piece. I have John Mackey to thank for this amazing opprotunity to learn a dying art.

  • @ericdavidson9942
    @ericdavidson9942 4 года назад +60

    Non-band people: why does the trombone have a slide?
    John Mackey: allow me to demonstrate...

    • @Nathan_Jay
      @Nathan_Jay 3 года назад +1

      When you realize it's the French Horns the entire entire

    • @ericdavidson9942
      @ericdavidson9942 3 года назад +1

      @@Nathan_Jay ngl, you had me for a minute, i had to relisten to it for a bit, but I see what you're talking about, and I agree. Some of the things I thought were trombone were indeed french horn, but I was referring to the really low glisses: 3:48
      As a percussionist, I don't think that's possible for your basic french horn, but, of course, I could be wron.

    • @Nathan_Jay
      @Nathan_Jay 3 года назад

      @@ericdavidson9942 as the first chair Horn in my high school wind ensemble having played it 3 years in a row, there's a lot of things a French Horn shouldn't be able to do.

    • @ericdavidson9942
      @ericdavidson9942 3 года назад +1

      @@Nathan_Jay Oh, cool! So how do you do a glissando?

    • @Nathan_Jay
      @Nathan_Jay 3 года назад +1

      @@ericdavidson9942 you hold down all 3 main valves at half length so air goes through both ways, and you pray it works right.

  • @jadcubes247
    @jadcubes247 6 лет назад +33

    I live for that clarinet solo😍😍

  • @drinkablesausage3420
    @drinkablesausage3420 9 лет назад +85

    this is like the daddy to undertow

    • @Tmbirch3
      @Tmbirch3 8 лет назад +3

      +Jordan Miller what a coincidence! in my playlist undertow is right after this

    • @aunyastevens3630
      @aunyastevens3630 7 лет назад +1

      This song is like the big brother to Foundry (you can check his blog)

  • @CalebMartinPercussion
    @CalebMartinPercussion 7 лет назад +27

    Mackey will always be one of my favorites, because he's one of the only composers that actually writes good percussion parts haha

  • @aunyastevens3249
    @aunyastevens3249 4 года назад +26

    This song makes me break the speed limit.

  • @jerrysgardentractorsengine2243
    @jerrysgardentractorsengine2243 7 лет назад +55

    I've played Undertow and Foundry, but if my band was to ever sight read this, we'd sound like a 6th grade band that just got their instruments out for the first time

    • @ktonkin
      @ktonkin 7 лет назад

      Harry Potter nice to see they're introducing Mackey at Hogwarts now

    • @jerrysgardentractorsengine2243
      @jerrysgardentractorsengine2243 7 лет назад +2

      Harry Potter I assume Snape would constantly want to go to measure 394 if he was the professor

    • @zgmerz7305
      @zgmerz7305 6 лет назад

      I'm in 7th grade and playing Undertow. Maybe in 8th or high school I'll be able to play this song!

    • @mia.the_artist
      @mia.the_artist 5 лет назад

      @@zgmerz7305 A couple of years ago, my band tried to play Undertow in middle school, it was soo confusing for practically everyone, it wasn't until last year, in high-school, where we actually got to play it (I got to play Contrabass clarinet, super fun!) This year we r playing Foundry, which is like, amazing. Hope our director lets us play this next year

    • @dumbpunk1165
      @dumbpunk1165 4 года назад +1

      We were gonna play Foundry before corona hit and let me say I'm kinda jealous that it was just Foundry we played. He's gotta so many songs that just go so hard

  • @JoshLeRose
    @JoshLeRose 3 года назад +10

    Best clarinet solo rendition!! And this whole recording is just 😍😍

  • @powerguard2988
    @powerguard2988 5 лет назад +5

    love hearing (and playing) Mackey's stuff, really keeps you on the edge of your seat

  • @chrislinhares7311
    @chrislinhares7311 4 года назад +5

    I can't believe such a difficult piece can even be played - and perfectly.

  • @nyve3014
    @nyve3014 7 лет назад +22

    Our high school top band is playing this. I cry every rehearsal. 😂

  • @xxIceKnight
    @xxIceKnight 8 лет назад +42

    Mackey is genius.

    • @Espik_23
      @Espik_23 7 лет назад +2

      100% Agreed. Great composer and knows how to write a unique, creative, and challenging song.

  • @wyrmur727
    @wyrmur727 6 лет назад +7

    I saw this performed live and the percussion is ridiculous.

  • @Teridactyl
    @Teridactyl 9 лет назад +22

    My band is using this for our marching show😍

    • @adamshaw1310
      @adamshaw1310 5 лет назад

      We are for our closer, Ben lee is writing it, since he is real close friends with our band director

    • @lastronin8175
      @lastronin8175 5 лет назад

      @@adamshaw1310 Our opener

  • @TheNameIsGamestar
    @TheNameIsGamestar 6 лет назад +5

    Last year our concert Band played Undertow. This year we have a good chance at playing Lightning Field and our Wind Ensemble is playing this. Just John Mackey all around. I love his music.

  • @natebrown4689
    @natebrown4689 2 года назад +3

    My senior year of high school or marching band used this song as a basis for one of our movements.

  • @lauraloveleyy8639
    @lauraloveleyy8639 7 лет назад +120

    My bands supposed to march this this year and it's been a disaster thus far lmao

    • @brybrybry995
      @brybrybry995 7 лет назад +7

      Laura.ren101 how do you march to this???

    • @lauraloveleyy8639
      @lauraloveleyy8639 7 лет назад

      blueredpurplebeans ruclips.net/video/g036akg1A0U/видео.html that's the video

    • @lauraloveleyy8639
      @lauraloveleyy8639 7 лет назад

      One With The Force nope lol

    • @andrewbutler7328
      @andrewbutler7328 7 лет назад

      Laura.ren101 marein catholic

    • @erykahjenkins4987
      @erykahjenkins4987 7 лет назад

      We did this 2 years ago... it won’t be bad... you’ll be okay

  • @iang9918
    @iang9918 5 лет назад +10

    5:06 hits and my marching brain goes into severe overdrive with enough energy to power all universes that ever have, are, or will exist

  • @steverman2312
    @steverman2312 4 года назад +10

    this song sounds like the words "crack cocaine"

  • @TrumpetingEthan
    @TrumpetingEthan 8 лет назад +34

    all about that 2x speed

  • @carolynhong6038
    @carolynhong6038 8 лет назад +16

    trippy clarinet

  • @wormy1734
    @wormy1734 2 года назад +4

    This was part of our closer for our marching show this year. So much funnnn!!

    • @AlfonsoDiaz-os6jk
      @AlfonsoDiaz-os6jk Год назад

      what marching band?

    • @wormy1734
      @wormy1734 Год назад

      ​​@@AlfonsoDiaz-os6jkQueen Creek High School. The show was titled Out There :)

  • @jamesbooth7185
    @jamesbooth7185 2 года назад +2

    Still miss playing this, my favorite 8th grade band piece

    • @mrman12w
      @mrman12w 2 года назад +2

      8th grade????? How????

    • @jamesbooth7185
      @jamesbooth7185 2 года назад +1

      @@mrman12w we did a John Mackey concert and this was the last song we played in it

  • @dejgreen4843
    @dejgreen4843 10 лет назад +30

    The Flute part reaches Db 4 reg. #ugh

  • @TheEricJr
    @TheEricJr 9 лет назад +6

    We just played this in concert band last semester. Best timpani part I've ever had and I don't even like playing timpani xD

    • @mlefeb
      @mlefeb 8 лет назад +2

      That's John Mackey for you. ;)

  • @AndrewYocom
    @AndrewYocom 6 лет назад +5

    I'm marching this for my show and I'm hyped

  • @macyturner7263
    @macyturner7263 7 лет назад +8

    man does this piece get stuck in your head

  • @nicolasherrera-vega6899
    @nicolasherrera-vega6899 4 года назад +1

    When I was done listening to this I my ears were hurting so bad

  • @the_harlequin6467
    @the_harlequin6467 6 лет назад +7

    This sounds so hectic, it could be a bluecoats show. I LOVE IT

    • @dadthecrewmate1429
      @dadthecrewmate1429 6 лет назад +1

      Bubbs H it was I believe

    • @iCupboard
      @iCupboard 6 лет назад +2

      It was the closer of the show Metropolis, 2010? I think! :)

  • @jimbojambo9936
    @jimbojambo9936 7 лет назад +2

    I honestly cant stop litening to this, its so fucking good

  • @JasonBarrettePiano
    @JasonBarrettePiano 2 года назад +1

    I played piano in my university’s wind symphony when they performed this. An absolutely insane ride from start to finish. At one point there is literally just something labeled “chromatic forearm cluster at bottom of piano”.
    Me: “what? OH, YES!!!” (slams elbow on keys)

  • @lauraloveleyy8639
    @lauraloveleyy8639 7 лет назад +2

    7/8😭😭😭😭 rip next years marching show

  • @seaflcwers
    @seaflcwers 2 года назад +1

    My band director just showed me this and i love it

  • @juhstyn.1623
    @juhstyn.1623 6 лет назад +2

    Marching this my freshman year. Wish me luck.

    • @ashle876
      @ashle876 6 лет назад

      Where? What show??

    • @juhstyn.1623
      @juhstyn.1623 6 лет назад +1

      Tom Riddle Hillgrove High School this year. No decent videos and were only doing part of it

    • @devinbrown7274
      @devinbrown7274 5 лет назад

      Were doing it too, it's a show called ready set go on marching munk it's pretty cool

    • @steverman2312
      @steverman2312 4 года назад

      @@juhstyn.1623 quite ballsy for a highschool to be playing something like *this*
      then again my marching band played Attentions of Souls last year so what am i saying

    • @scarlett5175
      @scarlett5175 3 года назад

      soo how did you do

  • @julianvalenzuela5277
    @julianvalenzuela5277 7 лет назад +1

    We played this for marching band, it was challenging but was worth it in the end

  • @charleycookie9605
    @charleycookie9605 3 года назад

    everytime i look down at my music i cry a little bit

  • @JeaBo
    @JeaBo 8 лет назад +56

    Bluecoats?

    • @cdanforth112799
      @cdanforth112799 8 лет назад

      When??

    • @JeaBo
      @JeaBo 8 лет назад

      Closer 2011? I think.

    • @natetipton1292
      @natetipton1292 8 лет назад +5

      +Joshua Paul Santiago +Connor Katchmarik 2010 actually.

    • @JeaBo
      @JeaBo 8 лет назад

      Thank you!

    • @someoneelse7287
      @someoneelse7287 8 лет назад

      +Nate Tipton (NTip27) It's 2011

  • @djnodoubt615
    @djnodoubt615 3 года назад

    Sheeeesh this song is nuts! I'd love to play it, (clarinet)

  • @didilydont
    @didilydont Год назад +1

    Me looking at this piece for the first time : *needs more trumpet*

  • @Emma-ul3gz
    @Emma-ul3gz 5 лет назад

    Ugh we played Kingfishers Catch Fire last year and now I really wanna play thissss

  • @Aguamentea
    @Aguamentea 6 лет назад +2

    We are playing this in our “tik -tok” marching show. It’s gonna win us some more trophies (I hope lol) 😭

  • @nicolastime4086
    @nicolastime4086 3 года назад +5

    My band has a stroke every time we play this

  • @llindsseyy8833
    @llindsseyy8833 7 лет назад +2

    im playing this in my highschool marching band and still cant seem to get the hit right ;-;

  • @kid10249595
    @kid10249595 5 лет назад +2

    You know this would be brilliant to put to a roller coaster, although it might be a little jerky given how the song is XD.

  • @lisaammerman9846
    @lisaammerman9846 10 лет назад +1

    Love it

  • @jaepaul6678
    @jaepaul6678 5 лет назад +5

    Asphalt is the dad of undertow and foundry is the uncle of undertow

  • @EthanNeal
    @EthanNeal 9 лет назад +6

    5:05 to 5:13 sounds like something from a marching band show...

    • @RoyaltonDrummer922
      @RoyaltonDrummer922 9 лет назад +4

      Probably because he writes for a field drum

    • @BrianChristoffersen
      @BrianChristoffersen 9 лет назад +1

      RoyaltonDrummer922 not field drum, marching snare drum (kevlar head and VERY different from a field drum)

    • @TheEricJr
      @TheEricJr 9 лет назад +1

      +RoyaltonDrummer922 yeah we played this, there isn't any field drums, only a marching snare

    • @RedstoneManiac13
      @RedstoneManiac13 8 лет назад +3

      +Eric Roberson In the score it says "Field Drum w/ Kevlar Head"

    • @mctraxxasman10
      @mctraxxasman10 6 лет назад

      Field drums are generally low tension where as a drum with a kevlar head is going to be high tension. High tension snare drums are synonymous with marching snares

  • @rann808
    @rann808 7 лет назад

    Saw this in concert!

  • @zachlum4754
    @zachlum4754 9 лет назад +1

    I think it is his second best piece behind Kingfishers Catch Fire

    • @thejolegion1971
      @thejolegion1971 8 лет назад +2

      +Zach Lum omg kingfishers catch fire is so underrated its so good!

  • @pauletheridge2412
    @pauletheridge2412 4 года назад

    This will surely raise Carl Stalling from the grave!

  • @tobiornottobi8710
    @tobiornottobi8710 7 лет назад +5

    my band wants to play this, but it sounds like chaos and the music is going cost us about $1000 just for one concert... I'm very skeptical

    • @andyjacobs7010
      @andyjacobs7010 7 лет назад +4

      The score costs $60 and it is $375 to rent parts.

  • @neilevans1907
    @neilevans1907 3 года назад

    Timpani part is so difficult but so fun

  • @heatherdiley2690
    @heatherdiley2690 9 лет назад +2

    My bands playing this for oba

  • @zgmerz7305
    @zgmerz7305 6 лет назад +1

    Damn Undertoe is nothing to this, this is the real shit

  • @naufalmuhammadalif-siths
    @naufalmuhammadalif-siths 3 года назад +1

    2010 Bluecoats !!!

  • @andrewd555
    @andrewd555 7 лет назад

    playing this with pmea all state band this year and tbh i have no idea how i'm going to practice with this recording 😂

  • @tonylamaestra8402
    @tonylamaestra8402 5 лет назад

    I gotta play this in freshman band

  • @noemigarcia7275
    @noemigarcia7275 5 лет назад

    love when our conductor makes us play this. i’m one of the few freshmen in our symphonic band. #whatdigetmyselfinto

  • @csnoot
    @csnoot Год назад +1

  • @giltzexuh
    @giltzexuh 4 года назад +1

    2020 orchestrated

  • @lunarwanshot
    @lunarwanshot 7 лет назад

    Very cool

  • @vdawg8622
    @vdawg8622 Год назад

    Marching band show based on this song

  • @philipbest2009
    @philipbest2009 8 лет назад +9

    Damn no horn players here?

    • @Avstinato
      @Avstinato 7 лет назад

      philipbest2009 really similar to the trumpet part

    • @josecenteno4974
      @josecenteno4974 7 лет назад +1

      philipbest2009 I'm a horn player and currently playing this song in high school ;)

    • @trudej
      @trudej 7 лет назад

      Oh, there is some horn work in there too, but not as grandiose as some other music Mackey has written. Nice and funky stop-horn here and there, quite fun to play. Listen to the horns at 5:12 ruclips.net/video/Ty6kSvfhm3M/видео.htmlm6s the top there is 8 horns, 0 trumpets helping out there :)

    • @captainvontrapp8
      @captainvontrapp8 2 года назад

      Lots of horn rips and flutter tonguing. Play this in two days. Actually starting to like it.

  • @fioletovium7801
    @fioletovium7801 Год назад

    2019 seattle cascades✨

  • @billyrueckert5113
    @billyrueckert5113 3 года назад

    Mackey's Xerxes on steroids.

  • @acerhythm7026
    @acerhythm7026 5 лет назад +2

    i could see this in a legend of zelda game lol

  • @edxniel4292
    @edxniel4292 4 года назад

    epic

  • @sporkWife01
    @sporkWife01 5 лет назад

    *rapid tambourine playing*

  • @devinbrown7274
    @devinbrown7274 5 лет назад +1

    4:02

  • @jasminebenigno-hall1596
    @jasminebenigno-hall1596 6 лет назад

    Where can I buy or download concert band pieces?

  • @Txdcblues
    @Txdcblues 3 года назад

    Mackey: key signatures are for the weak!

  • @floraflorafloraflorafloraflora

    tom & jerry dir. michael bay

  • @ginogamboni689
    @ginogamboni689 7 лет назад +1

    Actually at 1:31 , there should a 5 octave C

  • @Kai-mg1rz
    @Kai-mg1rz 6 лет назад +1

    Jesus lol

  • @HeyitsNiicho
    @HeyitsNiicho 8 лет назад

    Roll Tide

  • @stevenioannidis8392
    @stevenioannidis8392 7 лет назад +4

    The best part is at 5:33

    • @teyce5454
      @teyce5454 3 года назад

      When it ends? Lol

    • @nathanschmidt4889
      @nathanschmidt4889 2 года назад

      @@teyce5454 it's the unison deep breath and passing out that got cut out

    • @teyce5454
      @teyce5454 2 года назад

      Makes alot more sense lmao

  • @hamsteronacomputer6692
    @hamsteronacomputer6692 3 года назад

    small metal trash can

  • @fioletovium7801
    @fioletovium7801 Год назад

    5:07