@@cadyheron9951 i begged my high school director to let us play it and he said no cause it wasnt sophisticated enough when i got into college i asked my director there if we could play it and he also said no cause its too hard
@@steverman2312 oh noooo. it did sound like trash for several months while we were learning cause the timing is so exact so i bet your hs director just didn't want to admit he didn't want to teach it haha
Literally my favorite wind band piece of all time. Asphalt Cocktail operates in two settings: "this stuff is quiet but it's somehow making me sick anyway" and "HOLY SHIT BALLS THAT'S A LOT OF SOUND" and I love every second of it
This is the piece that inspired me to learn clarinet. Five years later, I got to play Wine Dark Sea on bass clarinet in the OSU Wind Symphony under Russ Mikkelson. John Mackey is a composer that changed my life.
@@johnmackeyenthusiast I'm actually a sophomore lol----it was just a summer program that any high schooler can apply to, but yea i'm already worrying about it lol
@@ethanhcomposer I checked some of your stuff out- it sounds great! your level of output makes it clear how hard working you are. i’m sure you will end up someplace you will be proud of. Don’t stress too hard! if you worry too much, then your music will come out worried as well.
if you're referring to 5:17, it should be marching snare drum, a china cymbal with a splash inside, and a splash cymbal. check out the instrumentation page for the percussion key.
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If theres anything ive learned from john mackey: hes really good at making brass players and percussionists happy
That, and also crying in the case of Frozen Cathedral (I loved and hated learning that part at the same time.)
we played this my senior year of high school and i got to be the cocktail shaker trash can percussionist and i was LIVING
@@cadyheron9951 i begged my high school director to let us play it and he said no cause it wasnt sophisticated enough
when i got into college i asked my director there if we could play it and he also said no cause its too hard
@@steverman2312 oh noooo. it did sound like trash for several months while we were learning cause the timing is so exact so i bet your hs director just didn't want to admit he didn't want to teach it haha
and making woodwinds either very happy or very angry
Literally my favorite wind band piece of all time. Asphalt Cocktail operates in two settings: "this stuff is quiet but it's somehow making me sick anyway" and "HOLY SHIT BALLS THAT'S A LOT OF SOUND" and I love every second of it
Bass bone player here and this part is so good
This is the piece that inspired me to learn clarinet. Five years later, I got to play Wine Dark Sea on bass clarinet in the OSU Wind Symphony under Russ Mikkelson. John Mackey is a composer that changed my life.
Oh god what the hell. So many time signature changes
I got to meet John Mackey at Juilliard Summer Composition. He was so nice--he told us about how the percussion in this piece caused many injuries!
i assume u are applying for schools if u are at that program.... good luck on apps. rooting for ya
@@johnmackeyenthusiast I'm actually a sophomore lol----it was just a summer program that any high schooler can apply to, but yea i'm already worrying about it lol
@@ethanhcomposer I checked some of your stuff out- it sounds great! your level of output makes it clear how hard working you are. i’m sure you will end up someplace you will be proud of.
Don’t stress too hard! if you worry too much, then your music will come out worried as well.
I'm so happy you uploaded this! This has to be one of my favorite John Mackey pieces! :)
I'm getting a drunk Frank Ticheli or Eric Whitacre vibe from this...some nice bassoon stuff in this!
dam daniel a fellow john mackey n tf2 fan u don't see that very often
kablooey
Very enthusiast! Great piece indeed.
new friend here..watching from USA
K is the best part of the whole piece
Yup. that five note percussion assault at bar 238 is what i live for
Wow.... that's outstanding....
This guy sure loves 7/8
never thought id encouter a piece called asphalt cocktail... real good
Bro we play a part of this in our show and it's so fun
Same here dude
what school?
1:55 may be why you're here
those clarinet sighs 😩😩😩
Wizard music
3:56
What instrument is that at the bottom that has the quintuplets
if you're referring to 5:17, it should be marching snare drum, a china cymbal with a splash inside, and a splash cymbal. check out the instrumentation page for the percussion key.