@@MissGarland1986 literally for all my childhood, as a low reed player, my dream has always been to play in the pit band for this show. i wont get there, but if i did, i would be rocking out in the seat playing every single night pouring my heart and soul into every song and loving every second. Every one of these guys in the pit has that exact same mentality. there is so much pride and passion that goes into music at this level
Amazing job! The guitars are what really sets it out during most of Wicked for me. Man, the sound is so ethereal sometimes, it is cool to see you making what, for me, was some of the coolest parts of the orchestration in the whole show. Again, well done, sir!
chriswpcs thanks heaps Chris! Check out the video of Dancing Through Life... that had the most effects of any song, some really nice bits.. that was my favorite track to play. It was a challenging show for me, I'm not a professional guitarist so really had to work at it .. some bits were still a bit terrible but nothing the audience will have noticed haha!
joe threlfall a professional might.. but I’m no professional. I haven’t studied and I don’t play full time. Guitar is a hobby. Even so, even a skilled player would struggle sight reading this show sight unseen in a live performance.
joe threlfall with respect, sorry but you’re wrong. There is far more to playing a show like this than just the dots written on the page. Add in the sound changes, fast guitar changes, watching and following a conductor, time and feel changes, track segues etc.. “sight reading” it at home is one thing - do it for a real show with a band you don’t know and an audience, then tell me it’s easy. You sound to me like an arrogant uni music student. Sorry. Ps, like I said I’m not trained - I do not know every position on the fretboard. So for me I don’t sight read.. i practice the show ahead of time.
@@DaveBanen a question just popped into my mind when i just saw you told someone you're not a professional guitar player, do orchestra players have to audition for the shows too.
Big fan from Japan here! The Addams Family musical performance you uploaded earlier was fantastic. If you’ve got any more Wicked videos, I’d love to check them out! The movie won’t hit theaters in Japan until next March, so I’m basically starving for more Wicked tunes. Help feed my musical cravings! 😭
Glad it went well for you. Any advice on improving my reading in middle/higher positions? That's the limiting factor for me when learning this much material.
sorry for slow reply. Not really. I struggle with this very much so too, and was by far the hardest part of learning the show. Muscle memory and committing to memory as much as possible... All the e-bow stuff (some of which you'll see in other videos), was tricky because it's all on the B string, sliding from one end of the fretboard to the other, and using note positions I normally wouldn't use.. add to that, because you're sliding all over the place, i couldn't read the music and play at the same time, or watch the conductor... so committing those lines to memory was tricky for me.
Was this from the closing night of the 1st National tour back in 2015? (I can't think of any other productions that didn't pause for a speech on closing night)
Michalis Karagiannis haha no.. this is non professional.. band has 2 rehearsals on its own then one rehearsal with the cast. Then it’s in the theatre for maybe 3-4 rehearsals before opening night.
f@ck !!!! amazing !!! good job !!! where did you find the score ??? i would like to have the score if its posible for you i wiould really apreciate ...my mail is : karmich1972@gmail.com ..........thank you !!!
Hi Dave, hope you don't mind me asking - but is it possible you could send me the music for this or any other musical shows you may have lying around? I'm trying to work on my reading chops but it can be quite difficult getting hold of these types of scores. Great tones and playing btw, I have a lot of respect for you guys handling this type of gig - it certainly doesn't look easy!
Hi Glen, I don't have the music (and I'm not sure if Dave does either) however I do know that show music parts are rental and not available for purchase - I'm working on a show right now on keys and band parts are only leased for a short while. The parts can be very hard to get hard of, however if you want to improve your reading chops I'd suggest reading chord charts for songs online (most pit parts, from what I know, expecially for guitar are slash notation with the odd bit of stuff notated in treble clef (melodies etc.) so I'd suggest working on those aspects). Sorry if the reply is late / not very relevant but I hope it helps!
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man this brings me back to my senior year of HS when I had to come up with a bunch of Line 6 pod 500x presets to make every guitar part needed
The bassist was having the night of his life... Well done!
I would go all out on the closing track on final night.
How could you NOT have the time of your life? Its absolutely amazing.
@@MissGarland1986 literally for all my childhood, as a low reed player, my dream has always been to play in the pit band for this show. i wont get there, but if i did, i would be rocking out in the seat playing every single night pouring my heart and soul into every song and loving every second. Every one of these guys in the pit has that exact same mentality. there is so much pride and passion that goes into music at this level
@@MissGarland1986Playing the bass for Wicked is playing the best instrument for one of the greatest musicals. It must be amazing.
Amazing job! The guitars are what really sets it out during most of Wicked for me. Man, the sound is so ethereal sometimes, it is cool to see you making what, for me, was some of the coolest parts of the orchestration in the whole show. Again, well done, sir!
chriswpcs thanks heaps Chris! Check out the video of Dancing Through Life... that had the most effects of any song, some really nice bits.. that was my favorite track to play. It was a challenging show for me, I'm not a professional guitarist so really had to work at it .. some bits were still a bit terrible but nothing the audience will have noticed haha!
joe threlfall not for a show this complex I don’t.
joe threlfall a professional might.. but I’m no professional. I haven’t studied and I don’t play full time. Guitar is a hobby. Even so, even a skilled player would struggle sight reading this show sight unseen in a live performance.
joe threlfall with respect, sorry but you’re wrong. There is far more to playing a show like this than just the dots written on the page. Add in the sound changes, fast guitar changes, watching and following a conductor, time and feel changes, track segues etc.. “sight reading” it at home is one thing - do it for a real show with a band you don’t know and an audience, then tell me it’s easy. You sound to me like an arrogant uni music student. Sorry. Ps, like I said I’m not trained - I do not know every position on the fretboard. So for me I don’t sight read.. i practice the show ahead of time.
@@DaveBanen a question just popped into my mind when i just saw you told someone you're not a professional guitar player, do orchestra players have to audition for the shows too.
As an actor myself I have a personal love for the orchestra!
As a pit musician, we have a special love for the actors who care about the orchestra!
Do love a good pit cam :D and wicked is an Amazing production! Saw the UK Tour last Year! Twas amazeballs :3
great video. I love these pit/"behind the scenes" videos as a musician :) thank you for sharing!!
Excelent, I wish I could play in a musical like that one someday, congratulations
Big fan from Japan here! The Addams Family musical performance you uploaded earlier was fantastic. If you’ve got any more Wicked videos, I’d love to check them out! The movie won’t hit theaters in Japan until next March, so I’m basically starving for more Wicked tunes. Help feed my musical cravings! 😭
Very, very nice work!
fantastic playing. Thanks for sharing
Ellen Greenberg thanks Ellen! Very kind of you to say!
love the keyboards in the background!
Nóra Hidvégi there’s 4 of them!
Thanks for the love Nóra - Keys 1 and AMD here!
@@timjverdon i love that part too.
Amazing! Please post some more :)
Nice solo!!
thanks man!
山田健太 I noticed the same thing and just went... wow....
chriswpcs thanks so much!
Is that A Clo on bass? 😊❤
I want your job how do I get to play in a pit I did in high school but how do I do it out of high school
Sean Schweska You really just gotta do community productions in your area and just build up your resume.
Study music performance in college, that might help
Glad it went well for you. Any advice on improving my reading in middle/higher positions? That's the limiting factor for me when learning this much material.
sorry for slow reply. Not really. I struggle with this very much so too, and was by far the hardest part of learning the show. Muscle memory and committing to memory as much as possible... All the e-bow stuff (some of which you'll see in other videos), was tricky because it's all on the B string, sliding from one end of the fretboard to the other, and using note positions I normally wouldn't use.. add to that, because you're sliding all over the place, i couldn't read the music and play at the same time, or watch the conductor... so committing those lines to memory was tricky for me.
@@DaveBanen I'd say learn the entire fretboard 😊 every position.
cool man!! ✌
JC te hubieras lanzado así cuando estuviste. Hubieras mas que brillado
Defying Gravity?
bows/curtain call
Lol no sh*t! I meant has he got it to post? :P
rockgodpatrick lol my bad
i haven't got defying sorry
Was this from the closing night of the 1st National tour back in 2015? (I can't think of any other productions that didn't pause for a speech on closing night)
I think this was from the world premiere amateur production in Melbourne, Australia.
wow !!! great job dude !!! how many regearsals for that ??? 1 month or more ???
Michalis Karagiannis haha no.. this is non professional.. band has 2 rehearsals on its own then one rehearsal with the cast. Then it’s in the theatre for maybe 3-4 rehearsals before opening night.
f@ck !!!! amazing !!! good job !!! where did you find the score ??? i would like to have the score if its posible for you i wiould really apreciate ...my mail is : karmich1972@gmail.com ..........thank you !!!
Non-professional still pay performance rights. The company gets copies of the proper charts (which are the same ones used by the pro tours)
Is that a fretless bass he's rocking?
No I don’t think so from memory
Hi Dave, hope you don't mind me asking - but is it possible you could send me the music for this or any other musical shows you may have lying around? I'm trying to work on my reading chops but it can be quite difficult getting hold of these types of scores. Great tones and playing btw, I have a lot of respect for you guys handling this type of gig - it certainly doesn't look easy!
Hi Glen, I don't have the music (and I'm not sure if Dave does either) however I do know that show music parts are rental and not available for purchase - I'm working on a show right now on keys and band parts are only leased for a short while. The parts can be very hard to get hard of, however if you want to improve your reading chops I'd suggest reading chord charts for songs online (most pit parts, from what I know, expecially for guitar are slash notation with the odd bit of stuff notated in treble clef (melodies etc.) so I'd suggest working on those aspects). Sorry if the reply is late / not very relevant but I hope it helps!
Dave is it boring that you are not In any musicals
Yes