I made an instrument to play Popcorn acoustic cover
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- Опубликовано: 29 дек 2020
- Building of a unique instrument, a 4 octaves and a half pop instrument, and making music with!
The full building tutorial and building are available on my Patreon :
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The Pop Sample Pack is also available on my Patreon :
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The tuner I use is Tunable, my favorite one, you can follow this link to buy it, it supports the channel:
get.tunableapp.com/nicolasbras
I'm Nicolas Bras, musician and homemade instruments builder, on this channel you will find tutorials, compositions, building projects, improvisations, live concerts
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Music :
Nicolas Bras - Tounda (unedited)
Nicolas Bras - Le Masque, Homemade (album)
Gershon Kingsley - Popcorn (arr. Nicolas Bras, unedited)
Nicolas Bras - Multisoufflant, Homemade (album)
Sandrine Morais : instrument builder, video editing 
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The TRUE definition of POP Music.....
What a CORNy joke...
This comment will POP like CORN
what the pop is this?
@@nedangeloo Lovin the 'Dad jokes'
Dad jokes are just a-maize-ing
The synthesizer was born to create new sounds which no acoustic instrument did make at the time.
And now you made an acoustic instrument to imitate those then new synth sounds!
Yes, I got a lot of sounds that sounds "electronic" because similar sounds was only known as synthetic, but if piano was never invented, it probably sounds synthetic too!
not only that, but he put all the sounds into a synthesizer program
@@NicolasBras this project is awesome :DD
@@NicolasBras but then again, most "synthetic" sounds are based on _something_
Think about the E Piano 1 on the DX-7! It doesn't sound like an actual, acoustic piano, close, but not the same. And yet that "unrealistic" imitation defined a whole decade.
Popcorn has always been such a weird, but interesting song. It’s a perfect choice.
It has this NES Star Tropics feel I can’t shake
There's something timeless about Popcorn, even the Muppets covered it! What a jam!
Loved that one. Especially with Statler and Waldorf heckling the video at the end via RUclips comments. Same old two dudes riffing on stuff, but a new twist on their favorite post-retirement activities 😆
The Swedish Chef was making "popcorn shrimp" for us.
Here is a link ruclips.net/video/B7UmUX68KtE/видео.htmlfeature=shared
This is nothing more than a pipe dream
Still a better pipe build than the hyperloop
You made me breath heavily out of my nose
Underrated xD
Winner here👏
@@takix2007 ha, someone who knows the scam. Right on.
I'm 54 years old. Popcorn was the first song I "noticed" as a child. This was fascinating. Thank you.
Thanks!
It was one of the first songs I remember enjoying at a chiptune on the A8
Same here. Popcorn was used on children's daytime TV shows, in the 1970s in the UK. It got me into synths.
56 and yes, this was the first song I remember hearing on the radio.
I first heard it on the Muppets with Chef making microwave popcorn.
I think the most impressive/unexpected thing was when you played the instrument by blowing over the pipes for a sustained note, that makes it way more versatile. It's like an air violin with 'plucked' and 'bowed' modes, very cool.
Well, that's basically how a Pan Flute works 😊
I’m 50… As soon as I saw that you made an instrument to play “Popcorn”, I KNEW I had to watch this! I still listen to that song to this day because I love it so much and you didn’t disappoint. That was just so cool! 😁
Fun fact: “Popcorn” was done by a group called Hot Butter. To make it even more strange, if you have the old 45 (like I do), the B side is a song called “At The Movies” 😂
I m 60...and I remember: "Toad in the hole" on B side. What ever that means🤷♂.
Greats J.B.
It was written by Gershon Kingsley....
@@jpunktbpunkt It's a British comfort food, involving sausages baked in a savoury batter - it's delicious!
@@221b-Maker-Street so... more butter references XD
@@rajidahae4220 Butter? No butter is involved - it's _batter!_
great stuff
Who could have guessed... Hi Wilson!
Tjenare Martin och Wilson! sluta aldrig att bygga på MMX! Bästa videorna på hela youtube! :D
Hi Martin
[Martin Seal Of Approval]
Bad Wilson, spit out that feature creep! 😜
*quietly whispers*
“let the bodies hit the floor”
I see you´re a man of culture aswell.
And I have found my people
Hell yeah!!!
ah a neil cicierega enjoyer
"I can only count to four"...
Popcorn was first made on a Moog keyboard, you just recreated the sound acoustically, good job. 👍👍👍👍
He could have made the 10 pipes he needs for this song or he could make an entire instrument.
You know you have to play more songs now, right?
He is a talented flutist:)
4:26 Don't mind me, just putting a replay button
You made my day! Thank you!
legend
Not all heroes wear capes
Try setting it to 0.5x or 0.75x
What song is this, does anyone know?
Just for your information. Popcorn is the most underrated song of all time. It’s the true beginning of electronic, techno, synth etc. it was way ahead of its time.
and beggining of one episode from *Nupagadi zajec!*
I thought it was a swedish chef original.
@@dmitritelvanni4068 what
@@dmitritelvanni4068 🤣 it would be funnier if it was
@@adamkollar2207 look up swedish chef popcorn. It's great
Your a fricken genius. I love your work and you made my day better. Thank you young man.
Thanks!
The bass sounds exactly like a synthesizer bass. Really impressive.
I was impressed from the beginning, but I was really impressed with the sound while playing "Popcorn". Nice job brother!
Thanks!
Really kicked it up a level when the drone long tones came in. Superb.
“So what instrument do you play?”
This guy: pvc
Blue Man Group: also PVC
What I mean to say:
This guy should definitely perform some PVC music live with the Blue Man Group. That'd be beyond AWESOME!!!
"It's complicated."
dont dis on pvc, there is actually a lot of pvc players out there.
And this point "pvc pipes" should just be listed as a oficial instrument.
Thanks for making such an eerily accurate and spooky rendition of one of my favorite instrumentals from long ago.
That is an insane amount of editing.
It is an amazing rendition of Popcorn.
Loved it.
Thanks!
Yes!
@@NicolasBras Incredible but audible 😘 Hardly believe you can make an fantastic from those commonly found tubes and wood ....
Your pop must be proud!
I saw what you did there
🙈🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Badummm ....pop!
😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah man. Comment of the year man
Freaking awesome!!
Thanks!
No more comments here? Strange.
@@alpha.sigma.games_ lol
ruclips.net/video/GQD4WBDeEzI/видео.html
Als Kind hatte ich die originale Schallplatte (Vinyl-Single) 🙏🏼
Danke für diese schöne Erinnerung 🤗
You managed to give me goosebumps using PVC pipes!
My only criticism is that it was too short!!
Excellent work!👌👍🤗
I don't know why RUclips recommended this to me, but I'm sure glad it did.
I literally just said the same!
I assumed it was because I went down a rabbit hole with this `pipe guy` ruclips.net/video/-0gED3rn2Tc/видео.html
If you like the sound of Nicolas's instrument, you might like the video I linked.
@@jaywhy3178 I watched the whole 11minutes, also very impressive, I guess the 64million views speaks for itself!?
same
Love it!!
Huh
Glad to see you here! A lot of comments are calling this "Snubby J for ants"!
the legend of "pipe' music
The king of the Rimbatubes meets the creator of the Fingatubes. (I'll see myself out)
Snubby J!!!!!!
Amazing, 40 years old and I still love the popcorn track, brilliant and innovative 💡, you just got a new subscriber , 🎉
I've really got to take my hat off to you, I struggle to put together art, music, video, editing and design to produce content on my other channel and your going further and building instruments, recording and branding sample packs I'm in awe of how much work you've put into this video and how much value your channel provides its very inspiring.
It has a great sound, and it sounds just like a synthesiser!
Such a well made video! Straight to the point, shows everything that’s interesting, skips everything that isn’t. It really felt like 10 Minutes went by twice as fast as they usually would. Great job on both the video and the instrument!
I think the 10 minutes went by twice as fast as they normally do because the video is less than 6 minutes long.
Thanks a lot!
@@ram434 don't be so picky (but I laughed)
I'm just curious how much recording and cutting time went into the production of the little song cover. Great job.
@@ram434 Yes, that’s kind of my point. It felt like a 10 Minute video but it’s way shorter.
This is great!! I love watching everyday objects becoming something else that is useful. This amazing - it sounds just like the song. Thank you for sharing this with the rest of us to enjoy.
Thanks a lot!
I loved that song and was so happy to hear it again, thank you.😊
I love this so much!
Thanks a lot!
Haha nicee
hi im here this got in my recommended as well
Neat!
And to think, before any of this started for him, it was nothing more than a pipe dream.
😏
Nice
You get a
Like 👍🏻
This guy play real good with his pipe...fast 'n with rythm...and with both hands...well...it's a big instrument...he need a third hand...'cause this thing is long...did this pipe instument have a name...no...i would call this piece...longpoppingdong...a masterpiece of pipe handcrafting...he surely inspire a lot lonely dudes, to play with the pipe instrument...all night long...till the fingers hurt
Am I the only one thinking that this looks exactly like a test tube stand? Or is it just me? XD
You're killing me!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mad. Wonderful. Admirable. And very musical. Thank you so much for this video.
Thanks a lot!
That bass sound from these pipes sounds insanely good
I suppose one good thing about this is that it will never go out of tune.
Unless one of your jackass friends prank you by adding a little water to several of them hahaha
I’m so old, I knew what you were going to play the moment I saw “Popcorn”.
Me too! Lol
Same here hehehe
Mood
Don't have to be old, I knew too...and I'm 90's!
I'm 16 and I know the song so...
Man, this brings back memories. My dad used to work at an oldies radio station and I would always bug him to put this on when I was there. This is fantastic!
Holey moley! Kudos! Love it! Talent! Not just building, but playing too!
That was the most logical song choice!
Right?
@@NicolasBras Nostalgic. I used to drive my mother crazy by getting her to turn up the radio every time it came on and it got a lot of air time when it first came out.
i cant remember the name of the song and cant find it, do you know the name?
@@ekuldan226 Popcorn by Hot Butter. Really.
Gershon Kingsley is the original artist of "Popcorn" and an early Moog synthesizer pioneer. He would be proud.
0:35 If you were wondering about the Peugeot logo on the grinder, Peugeot began in the early 1800 as a cutlery factory then expanded to bycicles and cars, today they still make cutlery tools alongside cars ;-D
They should have stuck to cutlery...
They made coffee grinders and stuff too.
... and bicycles
For a long time the most expensive "large" series Lamborghini was a tractor. Now I think their supercars have non-limited editions that cost more than their tractors.
Porche on the other hand have a lot of stuff branded Porche (I know there is or was a Porche branded laptop) but those are gimmicks, not products in their own right.
Let's just say I have more respect for companies that are true to their roots.
didn't even notice, i learned something today :D
That was so much better than I expected!
It's just fantastic watching talented, passionate people doing their thing, great work, thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing as always!
Thanks!
Rather than torturing your fingers, perhaps artificial wine corks on levers could work instead?
Maybe! but you really need to force on the finger to get a good "pop"
@@NicolasBras Springs with some kind of latching system could easily produce enough force.
@@IkusaTakuma springs at the fulcrum of the "key" levers could probably do that
@@NicolasBras so you need to go to the graveyard.
A guy here in Brisbane Australia made a pvc pipe music thing to busk on Queens Street mall years ago. He uses thongs (aka flip flops) to "drum" the sound.
Well worth a google and might spark an idea to improve this type of instrument.
The original "Popcorn" artist and composer, Moog synth pioneer Gershon Kingsley, would be proud! He loved pushing the envelope of creativity like this! Now I feel inspired to listen to his 1969 "Music to Moog By" album again!
This is awesome- a whole instrument for one song this is so cool!! So much dedication
I would love, if you could publish the whole popcorn song separately. I love your version soo much!
I'm thinking about it!
Please update
pls
Then do the theme from Inspector Gadget
As an old musician, we need more of these guys.
I want this sample pack but don’t want to pay $10 a month. I’d rather pay for the pack straight up and be done with it. Sounds so good!
I always loved this track. To see you make that instrument to play it on was amazing. Thanks.
Thanks!
Truly amazing and what's really impressive too is the sheer patience in the build process.
That's a lot of work to be able to figure out the correct lengths of each pipe to get the right tone/note.
Musical Director: "Here we have the orchestra layout. We have the woodwind section there and the brass section, the string section over there next to the plastic section."
New Conductor: "Plastic section ?!?!?!? WTF?"
The patience required to just drill the holes for the stand, Nevermind cutting the pipes, tuning them, and editing the cover together. I applaud you sir.
🙀I love Popcorn is one of my oldest favourites ever I remember listening to it as a small child WOW that has taken me back many years, nicely played too 🤗🤗🤗
You are a genius.... and extremely talented!!! Loved it!!❤
Nobody:
10 year old me in the plumbing section of Home Depot:
This deserves more likes
@Yol Riin Lask bruh
I definitely understand all of everything he is saying with the music things that i am very knowledgeable about
Yup uh huh me too. As long as there are no further questions, then yeah I understand everything
I know you're joking, but in all seriousness, while I don't understand all the math, I get that he's measuring it to replicate the octaves of most other musical instruments, like a piano. It's not that complicated, in that regard.
@@Chad_Eldridge ah. Cool
Wow...gotta say, not only is that amazing, but also a labor of love! ❤️
that was pretty amazing. Thank you for sharing your brilliance, passion and craft with us. Great.
The amount of effort put into making this entire project only to sum it up into a 5 minute video. You earned a sub. And deserve many more!
Always very much fun to see you perform the building of these instruments. Also it is nice to hear them being played.
Fantastic idea and work. Also big thumbs up for the cover. Perfect. Almost every other covers of Popcorn i've heard had a lot of misseed notes. Special thanks for that!
Popcorn is one of the first songs I remember from when I was a kid. I lost it for a few years but eventually came across it. Great instrument great cover!
Make sure to put caps on it when you’re not using them so that spiders don’t crawl in and make it their home
Nah, the spiders are a feature not a bug!
@@benepic3101 Feature? Nah, they're arachnids
@@benepic3101 wait what, ... they literally bugs!? XD
I got a free propane torch once. It didn't function until I took it apart and cleaned out the spider web inside. That's some good advice.
😱🕷️
This is exactly what I imagined when Popcorn first played.
Tremendous fun! I have always loved "Popcorn" and that was an excellent rendition.
Aw man, this is one of my fav songs, glad some is finally showing it some love!
Those low notes sound great damn
I think too, and I can make two more octaves on the bass register, for the next sampling session probably!
I remember when Popcorn topped the charts. It was decades ahead of its time.
Yup, believe it or not, this was done in 1972. The Moog synthesizer (named after Robert Moog) had just come out. Moog’s new toy was used by “Hot Butter” for their famous hit ‘Popcorn’, and B-side ‘At The Movies’ as one of the first demonstrations of the synth’s capability. I was just a young kid at the time, but was fascinated with the sound.
@@mississaugadave7270 Wrong. Popcorn originally came out in 1969, written and recorded by early Moog pioneer Gershon Kingsley. His "Music to Moog By" album is a landmark synth album, and his work with Jean-Jacques Perrey is legendary.
Everything about this video has made my life brighter, if only for a moment. Thank you!
This is awesome. I love seeing brilliant people doing amazing things.
Thanks a lot!
Thanks so much for doing this! I have also always loved that "pop" sound and I really appreciate all the wonderful musical possibilities that you've just brought into existence!
Thanks! I'm also happy that it exists!
I freaking love that tune, and you did it so well. Thank you.
I loved this video. You worked so hard to put it all together and the sound was on the mark. Fantastic.
That is soooooo awesome! Sounds fantastic.
I don't know if it is pure wasting of time or genius. More simply passion. Deserves some respect!
There’s something enormously cheerful and comforting about popcorn 😄😀😎 great work! Greets from Australia 🇦🇺
Thanks!
Brilliant. Thank heavens for off-the-wall individuals. And yeah, loved Popcorn - maybe one of the first records I owned - KTel.
This is totally awesome. Love your choice of music.
Wow, goals! This is crazy! The amount of time energy and effort put into that looks ridiculous. 😱
This is what I do, a lot more coming!
@@NicolasBras I'm super excited to see more. 😁
I can’t hear this song without thinking of let the bodies hit the floor
Trust me I know that feeling.
(I listened to those albums waaaayyy too much)
You, sir, deserve more praise. Lovely
i really enjoy the way you edit your videos, always including only the most essential information, It's great!
Plays popcorn, soothes me, bass plays, pleases my ears, BLOWS air into the pipes, BLOWS MY MIND! Haha
Brilliant. I love the ideas, the imaginings, and the lengthy trial and error. I love the tenacious determination. I love that the project was carried through to completion. Please pardon me and don’t be offended when I say, this is a wonderful video to teach children that our failures and difficulties pave our road to success. They do not define us nor do they block us from progress. They strengthen us and beckon us on beyond. Brilliant!
Thanks! I love telling the true stories of the buildings and experimentations
I am sure going to spam all the kids I know with it lol
It's a difficult job to make an instrument, but you make it! You're great! "Popcorn" is my favorite songs. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing job! I really love the sound!
Iconic instrumental. Made some memories, this one.
So cool! Thanks for making this!
Thanks!
I’m so glad this channel showed up on my feed!
Keep doing you❤
I love this and your hard work and the song popcorn and your ingenuity is amazing.
4:26 .....you know that's what you want!
Up!
Dude that is TOOO COOOL 😎 Well done! Lots of time and patience.
Thanks!
It is delight both to watch your talent and innovation, but also to read the comments and see how true talent, intelligence and good humor always go together. Thank you.
Thanks a lot!
This cover version made my day. Impressive Instrument you made. Great work.
Takes me back to the 1980s when I asked to play Digger, an old DOS game made in 1983. Popcorn was the theme music for it.
I totally remember that game!
What an original and pleasing instrument.
Un mélange parfait de compétence et de créativité!
Félicitations!!
That is Soo nuts I love it the creativity levels of this is great .