Half of these I know about from This Exist... actually wait pretty much all of these but Microtonal Funk (Thank you King Gizzard) I know about from This Exists. Sam Sutherland was ahead of his time
Microtonal sounds like I just woke up drunk on a boat heading to an unknown island with pig who speaks Latin, like I am incredibly confused but kinda enjoying it
@@malcolmforsythe4329 theres microtonal funk pop and synth wave going back towards the beginning of the 60s. Google it. King gizz just popularified it lol
@@mynameisnotcory I know, I'm just saying that as far as I know, they invented the layout that Sammy G has on his microtonal guitar that is now the standard.
Me at 9:47: "Oh, he put on a massive wig". Ten seconds later: "Oh, that is what happens when his hair isn't in a bun." Much respect, long hair Sammy G.
@@varunagrawal7036 the acoustic woud give the song too much resonance, it woud just sound like any other acoustic song. I also just think the small white noise in the backround just gives the song an intresting contrast
@@justaamateur6533 I agree, the white noise gives it kind of an interesting lo-fi kind of vibe. I just think that the unplugged electric guitar sounds a bit restricted in vibration (to my tastes). The slide part is beautiful though.
Dude its so good to see someone put so much effort in their videos. I enjoyed the lowercase, black midi, and simpsonwave demos. You should try writing something in the Cape Verdean Morna style.
i know people mention king gizzard in his comment sections all the time now but if you like microtonal funk you’ll love their song intrasport lmao edit: ruclips.net/video/05s4dEcAgMI/видео.html
Okay, so here are my thoughts: The Microtonal Funk honestly sounded more enjoyable than most Funk I've heard... Black MIDI... Sounds like my computer is glitching out... Simpsonwave sounded very enjoyable to me. Pop Lowercase sounded pretty much like some chill Country. I think the video you did with Adam Neely, where you perform "4:33" is a better example of Lowercase, really... Kawaii Metal was kinda... weird. But then again, everything gets weird once the Korg Miku is involved. Overall rating: 5/5 - Would listen again.
As someone who knows a lot of weird genres and makes music in a lot of these you've presented two genres I yet haven't heard of (lowercase and Simpsonswave). Just makes me realize there's so much music out there that we'll never get to hear. Nice video!
4;47 something that came to my mind just before what you were wondering: You can convert an audio track into midi, and that will sound like a cluster of notes, so much that sometimes you can even hear the words of the original file. It might depends on settings. But if you do that, clean it a bit up and tweak it to preferences it could easily be a way to incorporate millions of notes without being Too random.
Interesting enough, there is already a metal genre quite similar to synthoid kawaii metal called vocaloid metal . The main theme of the genre is that the vocals are created with the Vocaloid synthesizer software. However, what separates vocaloid metal from kawaii metal is that popular vocaloid metal artists like Utsu-P write their lyrics more around edgy subjects than kawaii subjects. It is really amazing how vocaloid metal artists can create death growls and other metal vocal techniques just from synthesizer software.
8:22 You remember lowercase because you did the video with Adam neely and one of the challenges someone gave you on Insta was to make music in an obscure genre. So you picked lowercase.
Dave Fiuczynski has been playing microtonal funk music for 2 decades. He teaches a course on it at Berklee. Props for coming up with it independently and having the courage to explore it!
That last one would have either made my childhood scared or headbanged to it. Literally looked exactly like one of my favorite guitarists with the same exact guitar and hair.
Playing quartertones is the "nice and simple" version of microtonal music, but a lot of microtonal musicians actually choose to divide the octave in a number of equal divisions other than the standard 12. The album Spidermilk by "mathrock" band The Mercury Tree is in 17 EDO (17 equal divisions in an octave), and Cryptic Ruse"s doomy/sludgy "Our Crumbling Psychic Infrastructure" uses 13, 17, 21, 22 and 46 EDO. Both are incredible in my opinion, not only because of the weirdness factor, but also as works of music. Also, I think both lowercase and "kawaii metal" (Babymetal, basically) were featured in a "Top 10 weird genres" video that went out years ago... so that a lot of people heard of at least these two genres :)
Finally!!! A Sammy G class for pentatonics! I’ve finished both the rudiments and beyond the basics with you and I’ve been waiting for something for the blues!
Well, I figured Folk Metal was obscure. At least that's what I get when I tell people I'm in such a band. Also, Black Midi seems like it could be inspired by Zappa's "The Black Page."
@@shitmultiverse1404 You may see it that way, but that has just not been my experience. It might be because I live in Western Canada as opposed from where you hail from, but when I tell people (even in the metal community) that I am in a Folk Metal band, the average responce is "How Does That Work?" It is out there, and certainly more than the genres that Sammi is exposing, but my perception of folk metal is that it is still a pretty niche sub-genre.
Microtonal Funk was awesome!!!! I love Funk music. [I was happy at the Vulfpeck reference] Black Midi was interesting, and weird Simpsonwave doesn't really seem like a music genre, since it does not have a unique sound, it's just Vaporwave, but with specific music video styles. Really more of a visual art movement "NOISE ART?!" All music is "noise art". That's what makes it music. Pop Lowercase wasn't quite lowercase, but it was certainly interesting. ...
I loved this! It was definitely a surprise when you got to kawaii metal. I enjoyed that part the most because I’m a pretty big fan of Babymetal. And, I was sure you were going to bring out the Miku pedal. You didn’t disappoint. The metal Celine Dion shirt was a nice touch. The microtonal funk was really interesting too.
Mozart was a bit of a prankster bad-boy type, nothing like the more staid, intellectual Bach. I suspect if he were alive today he’d be a metalhead, or into weird stuff like black midi. Or both.
This is really nostalgic. For some reason when I was 13 I was really in to Black midi videogame cover songs. Mainly the game series call touho, so this brings back good memories
The microtonal funk makes me want to see you on Scary Pockets. pop lowercase is one of the more beautiful things I've heard. You originally did lowercase in the collab video with Adam Neely.
I love the microtonal stuff, because I am absolutely OBSESSED with King Gizzard. If you did a vid analyzing/ talking about using the microtones less as passing tones and more as their own intervals like they do, that would be sick.
I enjoyed the experiments, they turned out well. I called the funk sound you put together, "Elevator funk". It sounded recognizable, it wasn't bad, but was missing a certain something.
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A fun challenge would be to try and create music in a genre you've never listened to, based on descriptions by other people
Making music with pagefire genre tutorials
Now that's a great idea!
This is the way
Hell yes
Call ‘em “elevator pitch jams” :)
"microtonal funk has never been done"
king gizzard a week before: step down son
David Fiuczynski a decade (?) ago: Step down brothers.
mononeon: am i a joke to you?
Are they rock or funk?
@@pureviolet2742 listen to the song intrasport
@@pureviolet2742 King gizzard are almost every genre, ranging from Metal to Acoustic, Garage rock, Microtonal, Western, and the list goes on
Microtonal funk should be called Drunk, love it
Is it bad that I actually enjoyed it? Lol
@@aaronbopst8764 I'd prefer it over regular funk tbh
It's weird seeing you here and not in agadmator's video 😂
@@aaronbopst8764 Same
That was amazing the microtonal funk
This guy seriously underestimated my knowledge of obscure music
yeahhh this is rookie stuff xd
mfw Baby Metal is now obscure even tho they toured with Rob Zombie
He underestimated how lonely I am
He doesn't even really "get" what these genres are.
Half of these I know about from This Exist... actually wait pretty much all of these but Microtonal Funk (Thank you King Gizzard) I know about from This Exists. Sam Sutherland was ahead of his time
Attempting Your Musical Challenges w/ Adam Neely is when lowercase first appeared on this channel
Lenin saved Sammy G's sanity. A phrase I never thought I'd ever say...
@@joethelegenddavis2620 I did
Thank u comrade
Thanks Lenin
Correct, about 2 ½ minutes in
Microtonal sounds like I just woke up drunk on a boat heading to an unknown island with pig who speaks Latin, like I am incredibly confused but kinda enjoying it
A pig who speaks Pig Latin?
If you like microtonal stuff then listen to King Gizzard, they practically invented the microtonal guitar
@@malcolmforsythe4329 theres microtonal funk pop and synth wave going back towards the beginning of the 60s. Google it. King gizz just popularified it lol
@@mynameisnotcory I know, I'm just saying that as far as I know, they invented the layout that Sammy G has on his microtonal guitar that is now the standard.
ngl I was hoping sammy g was gonna dress up as a Japanese school girl himself for the last one
Same
I was half expecting it
Yeah, kind of disappointing
Davie504 did lol
That's an image that I never thought would be in my head.
Pop lowercase sounds like all those early 00's indie folk / math rock / Mike Kinsellas. I love it
Yeah, the beats being all thumps and scrapes because of no cymbals felt very American Football LP1 (particularly The Summer Ends).
Oh shit you're right, it twinkles hard
@@drpibisback7680 thats literally the song I thought of
it sounded very rob scallon-y to me
Me at 9:47: "Oh, he put on a massive wig". Ten seconds later: "Oh, that is what happens when his hair isn't in a bun." Much respect, long hair Sammy G.
Are you a patreon?
I read this comment before I saw that part, and I still was not ready for it.
Go back and find the episode on weird pedals that has the thing with a vacuum cleaner hose attached to it. So much hair!
Missed opportunity: Celine Dijon
Yeah, he really let his hair out when doing that tracks...
Those microtonal funk riffs were actually incredibly dope sounding
Can't wait for an angry lowercase fanboy response about how you misrepresented the genre to your massive audience and ruined the music
Yo this isn't twitter chill bro🤣🤣🤣🤣
yOu in$ulTed th3 Holy LowerCaSe gEnr3 YoU mUSt PAy!!1!
That's basically you, you're just trying to hold back.
@@canti7951 Basically me, to be honest.
Well I love Kawaii Metal and I think it was pretty good! Except for the production and guitar tone not sounding Japanese at all but oh well
"We've passed Ludicrous speed...oh God, we've gone to Black Midi!"
Microtonal Funk sounds like what i imagine when i think of Primus but in the style of Sublime. Deadly.
My fave combo
More like talking heads
The black midi piece sounds like something you might hear while playing a kirby game in a nightmare
Pop Lowercase is one the coolest things I’ve ever heard
Sounds like a Mark Knopfler song 😉
I love it...
Would prefer if it were done on an acoustic guitar tho.
@@varunagrawal7036 the acoustic woud give the song too much resonance, it woud just sound like any other acoustic song. I also just think the small white noise in the backround just gives the song an intresting contrast
Fennesz is consider lowercase?
@@justaamateur6533 I agree, the white noise gives it kind of an interesting lo-fi kind of vibe. I just think that the unplugged electric guitar sounds a bit restricted in vibration (to my tastes).
The slide part is beautiful though.
u would like post rock music
Dude its so good to see someone put so much effort in their videos. I enjoyed the lowercase, black midi, and simpsonwave demos. You should try writing something in the Cape Verdean Morna style.
I actually was aware of a couple of these, and wow I really like microtonal funk now.
Also, props for finding an excuse to break out the Miku.
i know people mention king gizzard in his comment sections all the time now but if you like microtonal funk you’ll love their song intrasport lmao
edit: ruclips.net/video/05s4dEcAgMI/видео.html
"king gizzard and the... Vulfpizzard"
I appreciate the effort
Hey man he tried leave him alone
DUDE THIS IS INSANE!! why do I want to try and dance to every track you made lolol
That’s hype
Okay, so here are my thoughts:
The Microtonal Funk honestly sounded more enjoyable than most Funk I've heard...
Black MIDI... Sounds like my computer is glitching out...
Simpsonwave sounded very enjoyable to me.
Pop Lowercase sounded pretty much like some chill Country. I think the video you did with Adam Neely, where you perform "4:33" is a better example of Lowercase, really...
Kawaii Metal was kinda... weird. But then again, everything gets weird once the Korg Miku is involved.
Overall rating: 5/5 - Would listen again.
The Black Midi part truly sounded epic for what it's worth in my opinion.
Well sheet music boss has this, its insane
Im really nostalgic for black midi since thats all i watched in the early 2010’s
2:57 there's a band called Black Midi, they don't make music in that genre, but they also fall into the "what genre is this" category
I’ve heard them described as no-wave or noise rock.
You did lowercase with Adam Neely on the “Attempting your musical challenges” video
Thanks for the free Pentatonic Mastery Course - looks great!!
Oh boy i used to listen to black midi, those were dark times indeed.
How about the band black midi, who make noise/math rock?
Pun intended?
@@daishoryujin95 such a good band
As someone who knows a lot of weird genres and makes music in a lot of these you've presented two genres I yet haven't heard of (lowercase and Simpsonswave). Just makes me realize there's so much music out there that we'll never get to hear. Nice video!
Microtonal funk is just talking heads
Good notes
Some baaad notes
but it all works out
I'm just a little freaked out
@@indubiousComrade I've got micro now
I've got micro now
Take it easy baby
It's a matter of fact
How about this?
ruclips.net/video/S0WmAy8Z_H4/видео.html
Northlane
King gizzard and the lizard wizard
I didn’t know any of these obscure genres, but I enjoyed all of your interpretations.
I'm fairly certain you played lowercase with adam neely in the musical challenges video. Sounds way better than it did then.
Can’t wait to try out your new course! The first two are excellent.
I make music in obscure genres when I'm trying to make music in everyday genres. I can't help it, it just comes out that way.
Hell yeah man, that's exactly my groove. Anywhere I can find your work?
I kinda have the same problem, but for me it's the gag reflex kicking in when I play something too poppy.
@@hahahadracula damn that's so it
4;47 something that came to my mind just before what you were wondering:
You can convert an audio track into midi, and that will sound like a cluster of notes, so much that sometimes you can even hear the words of the original file. It might depends on settings. But if you do that, clean it a bit up and tweak it to preferences it could easily be a way to incorporate millions of notes without being Too random.
Interesting enough, there is already a metal genre quite similar to synthoid kawaii metal called vocaloid metal . The main theme of the genre is that the vocals are created with the Vocaloid synthesizer software. However, what separates vocaloid metal from kawaii metal is that popular vocaloid metal artists like Utsu-P write their lyrics more around edgy subjects than kawaii subjects. It is really amazing how vocaloid metal artists can create death growls and other metal vocal techniques just from synthesizer software.
Just saw you hit 700K subs, gratz man!
8:22 You remember lowercase because you did the video with Adam neely and one of the challenges someone gave you on Insta was to make music in an obscure genre. So you picked lowercase.
is it on this channel? upd: ruclips.net/video/DlI62HH2p1M/видео.html
He did it on his main channel
Dude, at 4:06 I think you wrote the same modulations that appear on the theme of Attack of Titans! There's definitely a hint of it there :)
Love it make it a series my guy
This is awesome. Congratulations on challenging yourself and creating your version or alter version of these genres.
Okay but when are you going to take a deep dive into recreating all of the various obscure subgenres of folk punk?
Dave Fiuczynski has been playing microtonal funk music for 2 decades. He teaches a course on it at Berklee. Props for coming up with it independently and having the courage to explore it!
I could listen to the pop lowercase one for a lifetime
Listen to anything by mike kinsella
That last one would have either made my childhood scared or headbanged to it. Literally looked exactly like one of my favorite guitarists with the same exact guitar and hair.
The microtonal funk was one of my favorites you've done.
your black midi is just the touhou OST and the lowercase pop sounds like my hipster friend would tell me it changed their life, love it!
8:21 You did do Lowercase before it was in your video "Attempting Your Musical Challenges w/ Adam Neely" at 2:20, don't ask how i remember that lol.
Playing quartertones is the "nice and simple" version of microtonal music, but a lot of microtonal musicians actually choose to divide the octave in a number of equal divisions other than the standard 12. The album Spidermilk by "mathrock" band The Mercury Tree is in 17 EDO (17 equal divisions in an octave), and Cryptic Ruse"s doomy/sludgy "Our Crumbling Psychic Infrastructure" uses 13, 17, 21, 22 and 46 EDO. Both are incredible in my opinion, not only because of the weirdness factor, but also as works of music.
Also, I think both lowercase and "kawaii metal" (Babymetal, basically) were featured in a "Top 10 weird genres" video that went out years ago... so that a lot of people heard of at least these two genres :)
That microtonal funk was pretty dope
Finally!!! A Sammy G class for pentatonics! I’ve finished both the rudiments and beyond the basics with you and I’ve been waiting for something for the blues!
Imagine if Ron Jeremy’s background music was microtonal funk
This is probably by favorite video I’ve seen from you. Super fun idea, I’d love to see this as a series! 💙
It’s a good day when the Miku makes an appearance
Your metal tone has improved a lot
"Sounds like my guitar's been drinking all day" sounds like a good song title
While my guitar gently dies of liver failure.
That 'Pop lowercase' piece kinda touched something deep within me. Love what you do, Sammy G.
Microtonal funk actually slaps
Excellent video man. Your "Pop Lowercase" was great. I'm going to play around with it for fun too.
baby metal live was one of the weirdest things ive ever experienced
Pop Lowercase was incredibly call and soothing. I would genuinely listen if you or someone else did a full song.
That microtonal funk gave me an aneurysm in a good way.
Your enthusiasm was magnificent.
Keep up the good work! 👷♂️
Well, I figured Folk Metal was obscure. At least that's what I get when I tell people I'm in such a band.
Also, Black Midi seems like it could be inspired by Zappa's "The Black Page."
Folk metal is pretty mainstream tbh, heard lots of folk metal band. Technically most power metal subgenres involving a specific culture are folk metal
@@shitmultiverse1404 You may see it that way, but that has just not been my experience. It might be because I live in Western Canada as opposed from where you hail from, but when I tell people (even in the metal community) that I am in a Folk Metal band, the average responce is "How Does That Work?" It is out there, and certainly more than the genres that Sammi is exposing, but my perception of folk metal is that it is still a pretty niche sub-genre.
1:55 "ChickenTonal Funk" - Sammy Pastorius from Album MicroWay Blues
Microtonal Funk was awesome!!!! I love Funk music. [I was happy at the Vulfpeck reference]
Black Midi was interesting, and weird
Simpsonwave doesn't really seem like a music genre, since it does not have a unique sound, it's just Vaporwave, but with specific music video styles. Really more of a visual art movement
"NOISE ART?!" All music is "noise art". That's what makes it music.
Pop Lowercase wasn't quite lowercase, but it was certainly interesting.
...
What a FANTASTIC video!!! Really fun to watch and listen to and as usual very well made! Hats off. Thank you! 😃
I think this is what you are talking about when you said you did a video that features lowercase: ruclips.net/video/DlI62HH2p1M/видео.html
Someone else reply to this so Sammy G notices it!
That's gotta be what he was thinking of. Nicely done!
Nice! indexed memories
I loved this! It was definitely a surprise when you got to kawaii metal. I enjoyed that part the most because I’m a pretty big fan of Babymetal. And, I was sure you were going to bring out the Miku pedal. You didn’t disappoint. The metal Celine Dion shirt was a nice touch. The microtonal funk was really interesting too.
I wonder if Mozart would say “Too many notes” to black midi...?
He'd start playing with his feet
@@rouge5140 organist mozart...
Mozart was a bit of a prankster bad-boy type, nothing like the more staid, intellectual Bach. I suspect if he were alive today he’d be a metalhead, or into weird stuff like black midi. Or both.
This is really nostalgic. For some reason when I was 13 I was really in to Black midi videogame cover songs. Mainly the game series call touho, so this brings back good memories
I suppose Sammy G laughs internally every time he mentions his overwhelming enthusiasm, I know I would
Dude, that funk jam with the microtonal guitar ripped!!! Super sick!
I've heard of Micronesian funk, but not microtonal funk. Cheers, SammyG....
Now for microscopic funk! Funk played on a microscopic guitar (which exists)
A simple youtube search for "microtonal funk" reveals that Sammy is far from the first to explore this genre.
vid feels so well put together, beautiful
The microtonal funk wasn’t bad. Of course some of that might have been watching you have fun with it. Have a good day.
The studio's looking great! Could you do a setup tour?
The microtonal funk makes me want to see you on Scary Pockets.
pop lowercase is one of the more beautiful things I've heard.
You originally did lowercase in the collab video with Adam Neely.
I saw Baby Metal live back in 2018 and they were honestly the best act of the night. The whole band had amazing energy and it was just glorious
if youre interested in microtonal funk check out altin gün. they have loads of good stuff inspired by 70s turkish music
I'm pretty proud that I had heard of three of these
“Some of the blackers out there” -Samurai Guitarist 2020
#sammyGiscancelled
This was amazing! Good job on all the genres!
8:19
you played lowercase in a video named "Attempting Your Musical Challenges w/ Adam Neely
" from 2018.
You're welcome.
I have always wanted to see someone use the behind-the-nutt strum and I'm glad you incorporated kt
shoegaze vid would be cool...this channel needs some big muff action!
I love the microtonal stuff, because I am absolutely OBSESSED with King Gizzard. If you did a vid analyzing/ talking about using the microtones less as passing tones and more as their own intervals like they do, that would be sick.
yo nice
You are a amazingly talented man that continue to inspire and motivate me with the guitar! Thank you so much!
If i'm not mistaken you played lowercase with Adam Neely in an instagram challenge video.
Fantastic video! So much effort, insane quality . Subscribed!
I'd sure listen to a whole album of Black Midi. The band "Black Midi" that is. (They're almost as obscure though)
Great band
Who ironically, don’t play Black Midi-style music at all.
Omg, ducter and bmbmbm are my favs off the album
@@user-pz4um9hi1j hell yes! Near DT, MI is my fav
Bro, that's an insane amount of work you put in one video. Great job
Last time I came this early I got kicked out without my pants on
No
That pop lowercase was beautiful man, beautiful.
Baby Metal ROCK! Also, that microtonal funk track worked really well! Amazing talent and composition in such a tight spot.
Blackmidi is even more fun on a player piano. One composer was writing these 100 years ago. Crazy stuff.
Conlon Nancarrow I believe
Your attempt at black midi was surprisingly musical and listenable. :) KUDOS!
I enjoyed the experiments, they turned out well. I called the funk sound you put together, "Elevator funk". It sounded recognizable, it wasn't bad, but was missing a certain something.
This was actually brutally cool! More of this please!
your lowercase song reminded me of so many things wow it was so calming
Anyone remember when Andrew Huang and Dave from Boyinaband made that musical genre guessing game and one of them included the "lowercase" genre?
Sometimes your videos just tickle me to death. This was certainly one of them. Oh, I gave it a thumbs up, in case you were wondering.