The fact Toby and I are the same age is partly why I feel like I resonated so freaking much with his works. Also, I just want to say how impressive it is that Toby Fox couldn't actually read music (at the time) and taught himself all of this via playing by ear
I did that with my clarinet in middle school, though me being able to read music helped out a lot. I could play Concerning Hobbits, Amon Hen, Ride of the Rohirrim, and several others from the Lord of the Rings soundtrack, as well as a few songs from Zelda and Fire Emblem, all of which I was obsessed with at the time
I'm sure by now Toby can understand notation. He's been making music for the majority of his life by now, and his understanding of music theory trumps most musicians due to just the sheer size of his discography.
3:15 Wow. It was insane how he just learns Ducktales on the spot like that. The audience was just giving hints to the beginning of the song and he just 'Plays the rest out of nowhere'.
Imagine in the back of Toby's head it's this video. He knows of its existence, but just for some random person to come across this. I have no idea how this appeared in my recommendations I'm really tired and its 1am and I was just practicing Piano. Most likely I'm going to delete this comment if I come across it again. I will wonder what I was thinking making this months ahead...
@ nah, analysis is my absolute jam! You're most likely right. I like re-watching these videos because they feel oddly cozy and like a little time capsule of a moment.
What an insane flex to have on your RUclips account. Never expected to see this kind of performance from him. It almost feels like a behind-the-scenes look or something. Super cool.
He doesn't know how to play, he can't read notes and he just bangs out the tunes based on sound and touch. If you want to play like Toby, just sit at a piano for like 30 mins a day and fuck around. You'll get there. He learned to make music because he wanted to make music for a webcomic, haha.
@@Ledundeadv66 Well he learned how to produce music on a computer because he wanted to make music for a webcomic, but I think he's been playing the piano since he was a kid.
What a talented pianist. I wonder what he would do in the future... maybe make a Japanese-styled RPG based off of Earthbound and Touhou where you don't have to hurt anyone, can pet many dogs, go on a date with a skeleton, make millions off of it, and then make his dream game where we have to wait 3 years for a new chapter/set amount of chapters.
making a few messy notes for my own future reference: - most of the chord harmonising with the melody is done in the right hand with dyads and triads, not really in the left which mostly provides bass via alternating octaves, apart from when playing broken chords in left hand. need to practice this style lol. look at 37:04 for simple example - many parts of the songs are being played completely different from how they actually are (even from his own songs, e.g. black!) this fucking blew my mind. i wonder when he transcribes his music to fl studio or whatever, whether he takes a specific recording of him playing piano for that song and then transcribes it, or just writes out a melody that comes while programming notes directly in the DAW? in fact looking at a lot of the songs played (e.g. aggrieve at 0:25), he improvs completely different melodies to the original. is this for bits of songs he can't remember, or intentional experimentation? - with some unfamiliar songs, he'll run through the melody as quick as possible in the right hand disregarding tempo just to get the notes before properly attempting playing the song - doesn't care about original key songs are in - i wonder how he goes about writing bgm like e.g. school from deltarune soundtrack, if he mostly sticks to octave/broken chords in left hand? (the bass adds a basic two-part counterpoint.) perhaps he starts with the melody and a basic accompaniment, then programs in the bassline after? maybe i'm just a bad piano player though and he has good enough hand independence to write music like that at the piano without leaning on a computer? - makes sure to play all notes even if tempo slows down, rather than skipping over some to keep time, which probably is much more important for composition - playing by ear in the sense of playing by memory, rather than sitting down with a mp3 file and slowly playing/pausing decipher the notes...
Haven't checked this for all of the tracks, but I think he always starts off in either C major or C minor, probably because he is used to those keys and can easily anticipate on chords when improvising
I think it's fair to assume Toby does a lot of the writing, if not most, in FL Studio. He can certainly play the piano pretty well, and he has a good understanding of music theory, but in the past he has described writing a quick melody and maybe a chord progression on the piano before moving to FL studio and using what he made as a base for a real song. Sometimes he might never use the piano at all. The drums, the flourishes, a lot of the chords and countermelodies, and all the other little things that make his music awesome probably come to him at the computer. I haven't made nearly as much music as Toby, but what I've made was mostly done on the computer. I'm not a better writer than Toby, but I am a better player and I still experience somewhat of a bottleneck when trying to write songs on the piano that I don't experience when writing in FL. Playing some of the chords and melodies at the speed I want to in my songs sometimes just isn't possible, and I know that's the same for Radiation because his music gets very fast and complex.
Started playing piano recently so naturally I got a bunch of piano stuff in my feed for searching. Finding this in my recommended is such a gift, haha! I'm a game dev, so that's even more of a fun coincidence!
My pen is a video camera, for those who are wondering what the hell I'm doing. The sound quality on this is far better than my pen, for those who are curious.
To some this is the guy who made those earthbound rom hacks to others he is the composer of homestuck (also never watched homestuck before) but to everyone else he is the creator of undertale
Its weird, and this is probably a completely erroneous and even slightly insulting comparison given I can barely play, but sometimes I've noticed moments in these old videos where he does little things that I also do and it makes me oddly emotional. Makes me feel human, you know?
Bruh, stop making undertale songs so overrated, check earthbound halloween hack,hiveswap, and homestuck. i think homestuck was just how he showed his talent, and undertale was a litte. My opinion.
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Man,this guy should try making an rpg game where nobody has to get hurt
Y'know, UNDERTALE... or another RPG game???!!!!!!!
@@xXLeandro12 the hell is an undertale
@@xXLeandro12 or if he doesn’t like that name, he can switch the letters around and call it something like Deltarune
@@JaCaBrA144 or DuntEaler
Si , parece un buen tipo solamente esperó que sea un buen RPG y tenga una buena comunidad, se merece
Somehow, this dog is playing a piano.
The fact Toby and I are the same age is partly why I feel like I resonated so freaking much with his works. Also, I just want to say how impressive it is that Toby Fox couldn't actually read music (at the time) and taught himself all of this via playing by ear
Thats exactly what I'm doing right now....I had no idea
I did that with my clarinet in middle school, though me being able to read music helped out a lot. I could play Concerning Hobbits, Amon Hen, Ride of the Rohirrim, and several others from the Lord of the Rings soundtrack, as well as a few songs from Zelda and Fire Emblem, all of which I was obsessed with at the time
I'm sure by now Toby can understand notation. He's been making music for the majority of his life by now, and his understanding of music theory trumps most musicians due to just the sheer size of his discography.
SANS UNDERTALE IS 31 CONFIRMED!!!??!???!?!?!!?!??!
WTF HOW
ah yes, Toby xXxRaDiAtIoNxXx Fox, truly the greatest pianist that has ever lived
His name shall go in the history books. The name Toby "xXRadiationXx" Fox, shall truly strike such emotion in any musician.
I just call him "Toby Don't Call Me Radiation Fox". Short and simple.
toby "don't call me" radiation
toby "don't call me toby 'xXxRaDiAtIoNxXx' fox" fox
Toby "Don't Call Me "Toby "Don't Call Me "Toby "FwugRadiation" Fox" "FwugRadiation" Fox"" "Don't Call Me "Toby "FwugRadiation" Fox" "FwugRadiation" Fox
33:04 An early prototype of the "Hey Guys"
toby and bowman is so cool around here
I love the barely audible part at 26:34 where someone asks “What is this called?” and Toby stutters as he says “s-sunsetter”
s-uns-setter
Sansetter
that was cute
hes literally so cute just a high school theater kid
@@therealestcupheadonyt😃…
3:15 Wow. It was insane how he just learns Ducktales on the spot like that. The audience was just giving hints to the beginning of the song and he just 'Plays the rest out of nowhere'.
Realmente ahi lo que arranca a tocar es Assault de homestuck xddd
This man was destined to be a [[BIG SHOT]] from the very beginning!
[[0f c0rse]]
ew
@@armageddongirl612 lmao that’s so outta the blue
This man became one of the [BIIIIIGGGEREEEEEEEARR SHOT]s before he even invented being a [BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG shot]
Indeed
“Can you sing it?”
“no.”
figures it out anyway
Imagine in the back of Toby's head it's this video. He knows of its existence, but just for some random person to come across this. I have no idea how this appeared in my recommendations I'm really tired and its 1am and I was just practicing Piano. Most likely I'm going to delete this comment if I come across it again. I will wonder what I was thinking making this months ahead...
@ nah, analysis is my absolute jam! You're most likely right. I like re-watching these videos because they feel oddly cozy and like a little time capsule of a moment.
Azariah Deckard I always feel sad though.... I don't know why
I don't really know the guy I've looked up to for years
@@henryenslin9010 I too share the feeling.
Azariah Deckard It's also kinda sad to get lost in years old videos where there is only one other person to talk to xD
0:00 Homestuck - Aggrieve
1:15 Homestuck - Black
3:08 Banana Phone
3:33 Assault
5:45 Cave Story - Plantation
8:04 Homestuck - Squiddles!
9:52 Homestuck - Eridan's Theme (Failed Attempt)
10:34 Homestuck - Eridan's Theme
11:48 Homestuck - Explore
14:52 Homestuck - Pumpkin Cravings (Failed Attempt)
16:10 Homestuck - Olive Rogue
19:08 Ducktales
20:28 Improved Inspector Gadget Theme
22:57 Homestuck - The Blind Prophet (Failed Attempt)
24:15 Homestuck - Sunsetter
28:21 Homestuck - Alternia
30:25 Homestuck - ElevatorStuck
34:36 Homestuck - Sburban Jungle
38:10 Mary had a little lamb
Originally by Xurloz
lol the ducktales one is banana phone
Verivik idk, I just reposted it at the top so it'd e easier for me to get to different places
there I changed it
19:08 is ducktales
oomtm alright cool
What an insane flex to have on your RUclips account. Never expected to see this kind of performance from him. It almost feels like a behind-the-scenes look or something. Super cool.
I've just recently discovered these videos of Toby and I'm glad I did.
@@ahhh1336 there's multiple videos of Toby on YT
@@ImJustJAG -I can play the chords and you put the soul.
-YEAH!
I love this man. He's an inspiration for everyone.
The second 5:45 hit I felt emotions not described by humans it feels weird. I'm very happy and nostalgic but mournful
cave story
cave :)
Toby just feels like that one senior from high school that everybody knows.
This guy sure is talented, I wonder how he's doing now..
*searches him online*
HOLY CRAP HE MADE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR VIDEOGAMES OF ALL TIME
@@necromancer147 Bro really had to look him up D:
@@TheRealNSHtheyre joking xD
Michael "Radiation" Bowman is now on youtube
It’s crazy to think that this guy would go on to make one of the greatest video games ever with some of the best music ever
All the homestuck songs I recognize:
0:00 Aggrieve
1:14 Black
8:05 Squiddles song
9:53 Eridan's theme
11:48 Explore
14:52 Pumpkin carvings
16:11 Olive Rogue
24:16 Sunsetter
28:10 Alternia
30:27 Homestuck
34:37 Suburban jungle
38:24 Mary Had a Little Lamb
Peter Sullivan ruclips.net/video/2ZIpFytCSVc/видео.html
5:61 cave story
@@theguywhodoesthings9608 how did that not turn into a timestamp
@@zorby1008 time doesn't work that way...
I would pay top dollar to see a video series by TF teaching piano
Daniel Moore same, but i probably wouldn't play, I'd just watch him play
He doesn't know how to play, he can't read notes and he just bangs out the tunes based on sound and touch. If you want to play like Toby, just sit at a piano for like 30 mins a day and fuck around. You'll get there. He learned to make music because he wanted to make music for a webcomic, haha.
@@Ledundeadv66 Well he learned how to produce music on a computer because he wanted to make music for a webcomic, but I think he's been playing the piano since he was a kid.
Learn to use Lydian mode, play almost everything in C, use major to minor chord progressions, alternating octaves and fifths, use seventh chords...
Where have I heard your name before?
As a beginner pianist and a fan of toby fox, this is so damn interesting for me
same
Bro, this guy should draw a short blue jacketed skeleton that kills bad guys because of all the crimes they committed.
What a talented pianist. I wonder what he would do in the future... maybe make a Japanese-styled RPG based off of Earthbound and Touhou where you don't have to hurt anyone, can pet many dogs, go on a date with a skeleton, make millions off of it, and then make his dream game where we have to wait 3 years for a new chapter/set amount of chapters.
April 2012 😮
oh dear god
OH
making a few messy notes for my own future reference:
- most of the chord harmonising with the melody is done in the right hand with dyads and triads, not really in the left which mostly provides bass via alternating octaves, apart from when playing broken chords in left hand. need to practice this style lol. look at 37:04 for simple example
- many parts of the songs are being played completely different from how they actually are (even from his own songs, e.g. black!) this fucking blew my mind. i wonder when he transcribes his music to fl studio or whatever, whether he takes a specific recording of him playing piano for that song and then transcribes it, or just writes out a melody that comes while programming notes directly in the DAW? in fact looking at a lot of the songs played (e.g. aggrieve at 0:25), he improvs completely different melodies to the original. is this for bits of songs he can't remember, or intentional experimentation?
- with some unfamiliar songs, he'll run through the melody as quick as possible in the right hand disregarding tempo just to get the notes before properly attempting playing the song
- doesn't care about original key songs are in
- i wonder how he goes about writing bgm like e.g. school from deltarune soundtrack, if he mostly sticks to octave/broken chords in left hand? (the bass adds a basic two-part counterpoint.) perhaps he starts with the melody and a basic accompaniment, then programs in the bassline after? maybe i'm just a bad piano player though and he has good enough hand independence to write music like that at the piano without leaning on a computer?
- makes sure to play all notes even if tempo slows down, rather than skipping over some to keep time, which probably is much more important for composition
- playing by ear in the sense of playing by memory, rather than sitting down with a mp3 file and slowly playing/pausing decipher the notes...
Haven't checked this for all of the tracks, but I think he always starts off in either C major or C minor, probably because he is used to those keys and can easily anticipate on chords when improvising
In November 2016 he tweeted that he's moving away from composing songs on the piano, so that could explain the Deltarune thing.
this is a really good analysis damn
ever heard of notepad lol
I think it's fair to assume Toby does a lot of the writing, if not most, in FL Studio. He can certainly play the piano pretty well, and he has a good understanding of music theory, but in the past he has described writing a quick melody and maybe a chord progression on the piano before moving to FL studio and using what he made as a base for a real song. Sometimes he might never use the piano at all. The drums, the flourishes, a lot of the chords and countermelodies, and all the other little things that make his music awesome probably come to him at the computer.
I haven't made nearly as much music as Toby, but what I've made was mostly done on the computer. I'm not a better writer than Toby, but I am a better player and I still experience somewhat of a bottleneck when trying to write songs on the piano that I don't experience when writing in FL. Playing some of the chords and melodies at the speed I want to in my songs sometimes just isn't possible, and I know that's the same for Radiation because his music gets very fast and complex.
im happy this video exists. it's cool to have one of my heroes having a genuine piano performance! :p
And now his character got in Smash Bros.
... how wholesome. (,:
@@kattman4605 i know :)) this is seriously one of my favorite things to happen for a while. just amazing
Toby Fox saved my Life...
With a simple game...
He is a Angel that came to this world.
@@Flemingluiz-mr9ep for real man. changed my entire life.
I mean, Toby xXxRaDiAtIoNxXx Fox IS in fact the greatest artist of all time
Honestly yeah, it's not even funny
Insane. It has less than 20000 views. That means only the most dedicated fans can find this video.
I mean, I just searched "Toby playing piano" and I'm here now
Got recommended
"Toby xXxRaDiAtIoNxXx Fox"
Sure this man had a lot of names
And heck as sure he manage to get his talents to be know.
Nice i found this.
THAT DASTARDLY CANINE!
A history of Robert F. "Toby" Fox with The Great Papyrus
my recommendation is blessing me with some Toby moments, love it
Wow, he's so talented, he should make a turn-based RPG with bullet hell elements based on picking a morale
moral*
@@theharvinator double asterisk M O R A L E
My boy is so talented, I love him
I love how so many people won’t realize this is Toby, since the Undertale/Deltarune fandoms have dropped the “Radiation” part of his name.
Radiation sounds WAYYYY cooler than toby fox!.
Started playing piano recently so naturally I got a bunch of piano stuff in my feed for searching. Finding this in my recommended is such a gift, haha! I'm a game dev, so that's even more of a fun coincidence!
I dont know who you are and you neither but remember me when you make up a super-succesful indie game with your own music.
@@aeb1885 Same
@@aeb1885 same
@@aeb1885 SAME
@@aeb1885 same
The start of a legend
His name is toby (xXxRaDiAtIoNxXx) Fox
An icon of RPG videogames
This is the same anoying dog who steals your legendary orb
OH MY GOD he's amazing!!
i honestly love fwugradiation's new game trailer but wouldnt it would be so cool if the game actually released???
Me: oh cool Toby Fox playing piano
My brain: it's 39 minutes not 40!!!!
i feel special being one of the only 13k people who watched this video
24:16 my favorite part by far
Scrungo McDungo Sunsetter is a great song I'm agree!
@@fallingmoonshadow yeah dude! its one of my most favorite songs in Homestuck! :D
yep me too!
and then no one, least of all he, knew what the future had in store for him
And now, every time I see a piano, I always think of playing Megalovania. Apparently I’m not the only one.
As a creation of this man after 3 years, I claim that he is simply a superman.
26:22 Sounds like he snuck in the MM3 theme
Yeah lmao
the pianist ever
Thats just toby fox, and it sounds great!
the big man
hass the piano
alhy-oop for the slam dunk
Toby Fox "The Present Beethoven"
when toby fox was still called radiation
TOOOOOOBY,MY LOOOVE IS PLAYING PIANO !!! CUTE! 😢❤❤❤😢😙
are you ok?
Dude the backwards hat with the american flag sleeved shirt goes so hard
Ah, the days when it was Toby "Radiation" Fox.
But I'll still call him that to this day, regardless.
Toby "Don't Call Me Radiation I Don't Really Like It" Fox
wow hes good maybe he should make a game or something... just a thought
this will never happen
insane how this only has 56k views lol
My pen is a video camera, for those who are wondering what the hell I'm doing. The sound quality on this is far better than my pen, for those who are curious.
Sorry for RIDICULOUSLY late reply, but would you happen to still have the audio file?
Good lord... I'll have to look for it, I am nearly certain I have it somewhere but I'll get back to you
thanks man
@@Ledundeadv66 Damn hello. Were you one of the people here?
@@Ledundeadv66 do you have it?
21:26 Inspector Gadget. That's fun
20:02
Ducktales Uh-uuh
PLIM
(Yeah.)
epic fwug moment
upright piano at what seems to be a changing room!!!!! wooo!!😎😎
32:32 i love this moments
Shock this doesn't have more views
To some this is the guy who made those earthbound rom hacks to others he is the composer of homestuck (also never watched homestuck before) but to everyone else he is the creator of undertale
he's the creator of undertale to everyone else too, he's just multiple things to us
@@blartversenwaldiii yes
you don't WATCH homestuck, you read it
and then watch it
and also play it i guess
and maybe listen to it too
What a sick ass rendition of Black, though.......
sweet summer child toby fox
Its weird, and this is probably a completely erroneous and even slightly insulting comparison given I can barely play, but sometimes I've noticed moments in these old videos where he does little things that I also do and it makes me oddly emotional. Makes me feel human, you know?
No
@@Globbss Ah. Well, thats just how it goes sometimes I guess.
Here's my new game; Undertale!
How new!
How relevant! XD
How did I come across this? I was looking at Blender tutorials and this just popped up??
Darker yet Darker at the end?
this was before undertale
bruh
wtf
@@armageddongirl612 he came up with gaster concept in april 2012
I have no business here. I am here anyway.
I just watched this WHOLE thing @.@ Was this at a convention?
hello 11 years ago
Hello 11 months ago
Dang he's so good! I think that's why the undertale soundtrack is really really good! 😂👏🏻😁
Bruh, stop making undertale songs so overrated, check earthbound halloween hack,hiveswap, and homestuck. i think homestuck was just how he showed his talent, and undertale was a litte. My opinion.
@@Joojy Toby did an excellent job on both. I haven't read Homestuck but I've played Undertale and he shows a lot of his talent through the games OST
@Lewdatrix he's kinda right. It way too overated
@@samuelpowers8577 you should read homestuck :)
@@armageddongirl612 quit being everywhere
Toby lore
it cool that you still use his username "radiation"
wym "still" that was just what he was called back in the day
still? bro it was 10 years ago
@@theharvinator he means, that he didn't change the title of the video to this day
@@slowcuber_aze yeah but the channels inactive so i was confused
@@theharvinator it's okay, mate!
DuckTales Woo-oo!
0:36 o bella ciao
Toby is my religion
27:29 Y'know that sounds alot like certain song that has the name DON'T FORGET from Deltarune... Hmmm.
I know it's a different song, but 4:47 reminds me a bit of Dogsong. Pretty sure it's Homestuck though
I wonder what the occasion was.
What the hell is 33:04
Negative Pixel it’s a reference to this: ruclips.net/video/pA9uy3KdeEU/видео.html
Toby Fox for ya
Its new and relevant
IMFAO
So classic 😢
Can someone figure out what all he's playing for sburban jungle and make sheets please-
He did this cuz there was a snas
21:00 inspector gadget!!
Epic
true hero
nice
39:08 WD GASTER!!!
not even close
@@basicaIIymyseIf THE GREAT PAPYRUS!
Where is he in the footage..?
@@reallyofficialcoolcat6651 i know that’s is toby fox but i mean WHERE not WHO
@@Lasagna182 sorry for misunderstanding. I am also curious where he is at the video. I couldn't find any info about. Really sorry for misunderstanding
@@reallyofficialcoolcat6651 okok its fine
he should've teased his undertale music. that would've been cool
Ah, even past Toby cannot escape the raving fans. I don't think he was considering his career in game development here....?
@@funnylittlecreature not even like his own songs that he was unknowingly going to use for the game when he actually started developing it?
Someone shoud transcribe this
Is this Bowman?
Nope, that is *Toby Fox* aka Radiation.
when toby wasn't known by HALF of the world cause of undertale (awsome game, very cancerus fandom)
24:19 DELTARUN REFERENCE !
huh?
Toby?
Someone knows when this was recorded?
look at the video date it was 2013
@@krispyhoe2126 2012*
@@deboraartehur7917 oops
what does octopimp have to do with this XoD
15:33