Hypnotic Fireflies by Brian Balmages (Rehearsal Track)

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  • Опубликовано: 28 окт 2024

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  • @Optimusskyler
    @Optimusskyler 4 года назад +62

    Was lucky enough to have the piano part when I was with my High School band. Fantastic piece.

    • @doggly8948
      @doggly8948 2 года назад +1

      I’m playing it today for judges! It really is a fun piece to play

    • @0dumbduckie053
      @0dumbduckie053 2 года назад

      @@doggly8948 I just played for judges too, what school did you go to to play?

    • @vanessa14_08
      @vanessa14_08 Год назад

      I get to play it this year and i’m so happy

  • @1ts_Isa
    @1ts_Isa 6 лет назад +57

    This Piece, will be the death of me

  • @stephaniecannizzaro575
    @stephaniecannizzaro575 5 лет назад +33

    Literally one of the most exhausting pieces I've played in a while.

  • @KThizle
    @KThizle 3 года назад +35

    Love coming back to this song every once in a while.. played this in my 7th grade UIL competition and I was doing the bell sounds in this piece with the piano and absolutely loved it 😩

  • @user-oe5sd9lv4f
    @user-oe5sd9lv4f 2 года назад +26

    about to play this piece for my last day of band/concert. love the song. its so deep. a b flat trumpet

    • @TRC_TheGameHour
      @TRC_TheGameHour 2 года назад +2

      The trumpet piece is amazing

    • @-TFORD-
      @-TFORD- Год назад +2

      Ahhh yes a fellow trumpeter who is playing this song 🎺

  • @twoheartkade
    @twoheartkade 6 лет назад +57

    I almost did this for my 7th/8th grade mid-state honor band a few years back, it was one of my favorites and they cut it out :,(

    • @TheBandMan
      @TheBandMan  6 лет назад +8

      Too bad... maybe you will get to play it again some day?

    • @jross.2552
      @jross.2552 6 лет назад +4

      We are doing it for the Symphonic Band at our school it’s fun! It sucks that you’re band program cut it hopefully one day you get to play it at a concert 😁

    • @twoheartkade
      @twoheartkade 6 лет назад +1

      James nah, it’s a nice piece, but the guest conductor cut it because the program was simply too long. Our actual band program is way too high a level now to play this, but it’s nice in theory. Thank you though

    • @erzakc5737
      @erzakc5737 5 лет назад +1

      same and i was chosen for the piano part (i’m normally percussion)

  • @cadenthompson5311
    @cadenthompson5311 4 года назад +23

    I did this for my 7th/8th grade middle school year. I was Crach cymbal, and the amplified metal Slinky, and Triangle Love this peace. 2:20 my fav part.

    • @Gutsy_213
      @Gutsy_213 2 года назад +1

      I I’m doing this in honor band with china cymbal and suspended cymbal

    • @TheBandMan
      @TheBandMan  2 года назад +1

      Umm… what kind of cymbals lol

    • @froggytubes7869
      @froggytubes7869 6 месяцев назад

      euphonium player here 2:20 is my favorite too

    • @Ella-o3g4d
      @Ella-o3g4d Месяц назад

      Yes I am rn 8th grade clarinetist!!

  • @mitosis6575
    @mitosis6575 5 лет назад +111

    Now I know there are some French Horns lurking in here, don't think I don't hear the part where you get to play super loud ;)

    • @yumii8265
      @yumii8265 4 года назад +3

      Mitosis yes sir!

    • @trash_dmleo956
      @trash_dmleo956 4 года назад +2

      First horn reporting!!!

    • @whim6525
      @whim6525 3 года назад +1

      You already know bro

    • @nub_tail_boi
      @nub_tail_boi 3 года назад

      How do you catch me 😨 I love that part tho, we’re playing this in band and I finally learned it

    • @jacksonenglish2918
      @jacksonenglish2918 2 года назад +1

      It says metzo forte but I ingnore that and say forte

  • @nicknyethesaxguy894
    @nicknyethesaxguy894 4 года назад +17

    2:30 sounds so ominous and I love it

  • @BeniiHendrix
    @BeniiHendrix 6 лет назад +67

    im playing this song for my school band and 2:20 feels just like the game terraria it just fits in

    • @Ninjapants237
      @Ninjapants237 6 лет назад +3

      BenGon21 I think it feels more like Wizard101. I can definitely hear some Terraria in there, too, if I try.

  • @matthewtidwell5503
    @matthewtidwell5503 5 лет назад +33

    I wanna freaking cry every time I hear this piece

    • @Jacoby1Diaz
      @Jacoby1Diaz Год назад +2

      the piano part gets me so much man🥲 my middle schools advance band played this and it sounded so nice especially the piano it made me wish my band teacher gave us this song even though im in intermediate band😅

  • @nool24
    @nool24 6 лет назад +39

    Im doing this song for a concert im in 7th grade and me and 3 other people are going to Lodi High to play with 100 other people😳 wish me luck im soo nervouse😕😳😳😆

    • @michaelschiller8143
      @michaelschiller8143 5 лет назад

      which state was the Lodi in?

    • @nool24
      @nool24 3 года назад

      @@michaelschiller8143 i just came back to this video after a few years and i didnt realize i commented on it lol, lodi is in california:)

  • @memelordstillingradeschool8095
    @memelordstillingradeschool8095 6 лет назад +35

    YUS I'M PLAYING THIS IS BANDDD

    • @christine-il7fi
      @christine-il7fi 6 лет назад +1

      Meme lord still In grade school o shiii me toooo

    • @pabsicle
      @pabsicle 6 лет назад +1

      Me too

  • @Yoon-mg9mx
    @Yoon-mg9mx 5 лет назад +17

    My hands hurt thinking about this song because I was assigned the piano part

    • @strikefire6990
      @strikefire6990 4 года назад +6

      That's actually quite sexy

    • @limecm
      @limecm 2 года назад

      @@strikefire6990 lmao what

  • @diegomcstevens2348
    @diegomcstevens2348 5 лет назад +13

    The trombone part in this song is one of the most simple yet the most fun trombone part (I played trombone 2)

  • @emmaeastt
    @emmaeastt 6 лет назад +82

    anyone else doing this for Texas UIL?

  • @madisonfreeman9321
    @madisonfreeman9321 6 лет назад +12

    we did this for the UIL competition, the whole band thought it sucked but it ended up being the only one we got a 1 on so guess not ;)

  • @wiregrass6033
    @wiregrass6033 2 года назад +2

    I did this piece for the Troy University Clinic and Brian Balmages conducted… it was an amazing experience!! I did the clarinet part and it was so fun to play!! 💕

    • @TheBandMan
      @TheBandMan  2 года назад

      WireGrass how did your concert go?

  • @isabella-rosebud2571
    @isabella-rosebud2571 4 года назад +5

    This is for personal reasons feel free to ignore
    0:00 0:15 0:20 0:23 0:26 0:35 0:43 1:01 1:05 1:08 1:11 1:15 1:18 1:37 1:45 1:54 1:57 2:06 2:20 2:34 2:43 2:47 3:04 3:11 3:19 3:30 3:50 4:10

  • @macksbocklage
    @macksbocklage 2 года назад +2

    Our band was lucky enough to meet the composer of this piece at one of our summer camps. He was amazing, and very talented. You could tell he was passioniate about his work. Great piece!

    • @TheBandMan
      @TheBandMan  2 года назад

      Wow, thank you for the story!

  • @artistnoodle
    @artistnoodle 5 лет назад +17

    I’m doing this song and the piano sounds like the breath of the wild 😭

  • @nolanfrost2620
    @nolanfrost2620 5 лет назад +4

    This is an amazing band piece. I played this in high school freshman year spring concert and senior year creepy concert.

  • @addisenwells5889
    @addisenwells5889 6 лет назад +5

    This song is very special to me cause in eighth grade I got chosen to be a fourth clarinet in high school band for UIL and this was my favorite song

  • @cartdotjpg
    @cartdotjpg 2 года назад +5

    I love 2:20 so much. Mainly because I play the trumpet and I love getting to play super loud lol

  • @ButterKing-28
    @ButterKing-28 5 лет назад +3

    I did this for Senior SYMS last year! It was so fun! one of my favorite pieces yet! I played Glockingshpeal (bells).

  • @musicbystander9692
    @musicbystander9692 4 года назад +3

    I’m doing this for my final high school festival in a month and a half. So excited and nervous!

    • @musicbystander9692
      @musicbystander9692 4 года назад +1

      So um... They canceled the festival due to Covid-19 so...

    • @keith5866
      @keith5866 4 года назад +1

      BMORanger i feel so bad! this piece is amazing

  • @Paratyde
    @Paratyde Год назад +2

    Back when I played this in middle school I always imagined this as a superhero theme, and to this day I feel the same.

    • @awesomeb1243
      @awesomeb1243 Год назад

      Ik you said this like 3 months ago but when I played this in 8th grade I always thought of it as a superhero theme especially at the climax

  • @lil_galaxydevil_2840
    @lil_galaxydevil_2840 4 года назад +2

    I'm doing this song this year for a concert and I love it

  • @Jaylynns145
    @Jaylynns145 Год назад +1

    You really feel like ur in a field with wonder in ur eyes in the milled of the music it really gets in you deep I can’t wait to play that music for our UIL

  • @Nightingale-i4w
    @Nightingale-i4w 4 года назад +5

    who else is here to discover what the hell happens there where you should play?
    (I play the oboe in this and i agree that this is soooo beautiful piece :0)

  • @AmariDirus2023
    @AmariDirus2023 6 лет назад +3

    My band Is going to play this for a UIl Competition. The beginning of this sounds Magical. It is a very beautiful piece

  • @Thepreppyratever
    @Thepreppyratever 6 месяцев назад

    This is so beautiful ❤

  • @jackieperez7814
    @jackieperez7814 5 лет назад +15

    2:24 the band director said "FRENCH HORNS PLAY FF THIS IS YOUR MOMENT TO SHINE"

    • @klondike3112
      @klondike3112 5 лет назад +1

      I play horn and I almost never get parts like this. Our band director told us to raise our horns 90 degrees to the side and play very loud. The part for horns is mostly rests, but that part completely makes up for it. :D

    • @mitosis6575
      @mitosis6575 5 лет назад

      Why are all bands connected like how do you know that lmao.

    • @klondike3112
      @klondike3112 5 лет назад

      @@mitosis6575 WDYM?

    • @jackieperez7814
      @jackieperez7814 5 лет назад +3

      I bet all the band directors are in on it

    • @austinchen2907
      @austinchen2907 5 лет назад

      Jackie Perez lmao

  • @sarahcardiello_
    @sarahcardiello_ 2 года назад +1

    i get to place this piece for my 7th/8th grade spring concert this year and i absolutely love it. i play alto sax part 1 :)

  • @ButterKing-28
    @ButterKing-28 5 лет назад +3

    I remember doing this for Senior SYMS 2018! (I was playing the bells)

  • @SkibbbityBop
    @SkibbbityBop Год назад

    I'm working on this piece in my HS band right now and everyone's having so much fun playing it, it's genuinely such a great piece

  • @elenagaleano6811
    @elenagaleano6811 Год назад

    The fact that the French horn part have me goosebumps is astronomical!

  • @yeetothehaw9256
    @yeetothehaw9256 4 года назад +1

    We played this in middle school and got gold at completion for it. Now concert band is playing another piece from him ( When Spirits Soar) and im super jealous because im in the advanced band and i dont believe we play similar music 😤

  • @Tired_Plague_Mask
    @Tired_Plague_Mask 10 месяцев назад

    We’re playing this and the shaker gifts in my ensemble

  • @emp67aaah
    @emp67aaah 8 месяцев назад

    Im playing this for my UIL concert ☝️🤓

  • @Sebastian.Bailleres
    @Sebastian.Bailleres Год назад +1

    2:09 is and will always be the best so good it gives me goosebumps

  • @softpawbs2410
    @softpawbs2410 3 года назад +1

    the first time i saw the music i almost cried
    i play saxophone 2 and its really nice sounding tho

  • @sabrinaly7152
    @sabrinaly7152 3 года назад +3

    I'm currently trying to learn how to play this as a first clarinet. It's actually pretty easy and cool ngl. 😎 don't worry my band is actually doing really well in terms of sight reading this piece. There's only two first clarinets and we're both like, "don't do this to us 😭😭)

    • @brianahooks
      @brianahooks 2 года назад

      Same it was just me playing 1st clarinet and I was like why would y’all do this to me but now I have another person to play with me.

  • @emmasonn7558
    @emmasonn7558 5 лет назад +1

    played this today for my first NEIBA honor band. it was pretty great

  • @TRC_TheGameHour
    @TRC_TheGameHour 2 года назад +1

    Played this piece for UIL along with 2 others, we scored a 2. And a 1 one sight reading

  • @natedawg906
    @natedawg906 2 года назад

    I was a 7th grader who got to play with my 8 grade band (clarinet) this is one of the best pieces I’ve ever played

    • @TheBandMan
      @TheBandMan  2 года назад

      Being promoted is always cool!

    • @natedawg906
      @natedawg906 2 года назад

      Yeah it was awesome!

  • @kjohnson4077
    @kjohnson4077 6 лет назад +5

    00:43 sounds like Something's Coming from West Side Story

  • @h0ly.jup1t3r
    @h0ly.jup1t3r 2 года назад +2

    I’m playing this for a concert and I swear this is the entire energy of the band
    Flutes: We have to trill for 29 measures
    Trumpets: We also have to trill for (insert amount of measures) *i forgot*
    And them there is me (oboe) and the French horns from 108 to the end:
    WAIT!! YOU GUYS ARE GETTING TO PLAY?????

    • @-TFORD-
      @-TFORD- Год назад

      Us trumpets got a 14 ish repeated trill at the end

    • @kendallthompson6798
      @kendallthompson6798 10 месяцев назад

      No because fr from a bass clarinet

  • @LAH0922
    @LAH0922 5 лет назад +1

    I had the piano piece #classof2018 my senior year

  • @yumii8265
    @yumii8265 4 года назад +1

    I’m so glad I play French horn! And 2:25!!!

  • @cooldudecoverssongsiguess
    @cooldudecoverssongsiguess Год назад

    As a French horn player it is fun to actually be able to play a loud part

  • @juliademarco1711
    @juliademarco1711 4 года назад +5

    i can’t be the only one that think 0:42 sound like the intro to barbie fairytopia mermaidia lmao

  • @takiyoshiii
    @takiyoshiii 6 месяцев назад

    i got 2 play this 4 uil last week

  • @baincolinhighlights5050
    @baincolinhighlights5050 6 лет назад +1

    Playing this at WMS(middle school) for band!

  • @CEY0Z
    @CEY0Z Год назад

    playing it for my final concert hooray

  • @MSMDOFrocks
    @MSMDOFrocks Год назад

    I'm playing the triangle, snare, and finger cymbals, and my god its fun.

  • @Raver.
    @Raver. 8 месяцев назад

    I'm 1st clarinet and I'm STRUGGLING so hard on measure 64

  • @ripnae
    @ripnae 4 года назад +2

    3:11 💕

  • @reubenbaquera8333
    @reubenbaquera8333 7 лет назад +3

    🔥

  • @ranarman5866
    @ranarman5866 4 года назад +3

    1:11 that weird sound was it an accident or intentional, am I missing something?

    • @pebble5335
      @pebble5335 4 года назад +1

      RANARMAN ! I’m pretty sure it’s intentional but I’m not 100%🙃🥖

    • @ranarman5866
      @ranarman5866 4 года назад

      @@pebble5335 idk it sounded like a flute crack

    • @almightyllamaqueen9720
      @almightyllamaqueen9720 4 года назад +2

      Not at exactly 1:11, but there is this weird spot that is an amplified slinkie

    • @bynightfall_4516
      @bynightfall_4516 4 года назад +1

      @@almightyllamaqueen9720 yea that probably is what they heard.

    • @TheBandMan
      @TheBandMan  4 года назад +1

      Slinky, the metal kids toy that goes down stairs by itself.

  • @lil_galaxydevil_2840
    @lil_galaxydevil_2840 4 года назад +4

    Anyone else clarinet?

    • @squidward9747
      @squidward9747 4 года назад +3

      Ğãłäxy Đęvįł_73021 me! I really love 2:20!

  • @maeghanmcie7829
    @maeghanmcie7829 6 лет назад +2

    I played this and Arrows for festival in freshman year. I was the only freshman out of the three flutes on 1st in all the songs we played

  • @elizabethtiedt1888
    @elizabethtiedt1888 6 лет назад +1

    Haha I play second clarinet for this this year at our winter concert in high school

  • @realMasterJ
    @realMasterJ 5 лет назад +2

    Shoutout to bell player homies

  • @FCACCREATOR
    @FCACCREATOR 2 года назад

    I adore this part 1:54

  • @elekevin862
    @elekevin862 2 года назад

    very cool at 0:00

  • @romad1272
    @romad1272 5 лет назад +4

    anyone get batman vibes from 2:20 - 3:10?

    • @anirudhdhawan2981
      @anirudhdhawan2981 5 лет назад +1

      I was literally scrolling through the comments just to see if anyone thought the same thing.

    • @nicknyethesaxguy894
      @nicknyethesaxguy894 4 года назад

      The alto sax has one of the best parts, I love it when we go from b flat to a flat really anytime

  • @faitht1264
    @faitht1264 Год назад

    2:17 is straight out of wandavision istg

  • @agentsmith9174
    @agentsmith9174 5 лет назад +16

    Percussion anyone?

  • @pixelator9002
    @pixelator9002 5 лет назад +2

    Playing this on the 11th, this month...

    • @jackieperez7814
      @jackieperez7814 5 лет назад

      good luck tomorrow then

    • @TheBandMan
      @TheBandMan  2 года назад

      how did it go?

    • @pixelator9002
      @pixelator9002 2 года назад

      @@TheBandMan dang I'm gonna have to listen to it again today but I do remember it going well.

  • @0dumbduckie053
    @0dumbduckie053 2 года назад +1

    if anyone has played this in band could i have some tips? i do percussion lol we are learning this song
    Edit: just played this for festival, we did awesome!

    • @user-oe5sd9lv4f
      @user-oe5sd9lv4f 2 года назад

      all I have is try not to get nervous but I'm just an 8th grade trumpet player good luck!

    • @0dumbduckie053
      @0dumbduckie053 2 года назад

      @@user-oe5sd9lv4f ty I’m in the brass class it’s so hard to hear anything when the trumpets play at the beginning of class lol

    • @TheBandMan
      @TheBandMan  2 года назад

      amplified slinky?

    • @0dumbduckie053
      @0dumbduckie053 2 года назад

      @@TheBandMan sadly we don’t have a slinky in my band class :(

  • @Tsukasa_fan
    @Tsukasa_fan 3 года назад

    I get to play the slinky in my band class

  • @kindlyhelpmereach1kwithnoc125
    @kindlyhelpmereach1kwithnoc125 2 года назад +1

    Who else is here because they play marimba?

  • @RileySoro
    @RileySoro 6 месяцев назад

    Trombone

  • @Romo._71
    @Romo._71 8 месяцев назад

    I'm a bari sax and measure 94 is my fav the balance from g to f# is just 😤😤😤😤

  • @RileySoro
    @RileySoro 6 месяцев назад

    It's ez I played it for UIL

  • @dylanu7896
    @dylanu7896 6 лет назад

    same here

    • @pauliefox2077
      @pauliefox2077 6 лет назад

      Hey fellow Dylan, I'm also playing this, if that's what you meant by "same here".

  • @Quantumstar65
    @Quantumstar65 Год назад

    for some reason 1:01 sounds like something outta pikmin

  • @joeham6547
    @joeham6547 5 лет назад +3

    TROMBONE REPRESENT

  • @rachelmills5289
    @rachelmills5289 3 года назад

    This piece was so annoying. I play trumpet and I had to do 2nd part trill even though I was first part (my band director wanted me to help the second trumpets..) and the fingerings were F# & D over and over again. (2 valve and 1 & 3 valve)

  • @bbhiscrazybbhiscrazy4372
    @bbhiscrazybbhiscrazy4372 Год назад

    This thing sounds like it came from Harry Potter

  • @RileySoro
    @RileySoro 6 месяцев назад

    And I'm in middle school

  • @jalakor
    @jalakor 5 лет назад +6

    Way too easy for a Trombone haha :)

    • @altaccount8133
      @altaccount8133 5 лет назад

      Oh yeah

    • @floopdedoop
      @floopdedoop 5 лет назад

      I’m a trombone and I’m so tired of all the easy pieces

  • @ethanlewellen7349
    @ethanlewellen7349 2 года назад

    playing this for UIL competition this year, first horn reporting for duty

  • @doggly8948
    @doggly8948 2 года назад +1

    Don’t need to read this
    Places I need to practice piano:
    0:15
    0:26
    0:43
    1:00 chnage
    1:18
    1:25 flutes come in
    1:45
    1:50 C# A
    2:03 change Bb and Eb
    3:09

  • @-smelmo4256
    @-smelmo4256 5 лет назад

    ha 69 comments

  • @jotarokujo9315
    @jotarokujo9315 6 месяцев назад

    Trombone