Asphalt Cocktail By John Mackey
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- This frenetic piece by John Mackey is a concert opener designed to "shout" all the way through. One of the composer's key works, this fantastically fun-sounding piece is certain to wake the audience up :-) World premiere performance by the Michigan State University Wind Symphony.
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This piece is like bass trombone heaven..
covajo9 Every Mackey piece is Bass Trombone heaven
JOJO
Sitting in front of the trombones, I completely agree. My friend is the bass trombonist in our band and I can't hear myself over him
I’m the only bass trombone in my band and this is the only song I’m not shy about when playing.
I would kill to play this piece, my band director could never tell me to be quiet on this one
We should take a moment to appreciate how perfect this recording is
Well, considering that this is the world premier performance...
th-cam.com/video/Ty6kSvfhm3M/w-d-xo.html this ones better
This, Foundry, Turbine, and Undertow. Mackey reeeaaaally knows how to make a percussionist happy.
As a percussionist- so jealous of people who get to play this!
Gotta say that Aurora Awakes is oddly fun as well
Let's not forget Night on Fire and Xerxes
Well he did date a percussionist for most of high school. I got to meet him today
Turbine is my favorite right now, but Wine-Dark Sea is the best
mackey should totally write for video games, this piece just screams "intense final boss battle" (bonus points if undertow is a regular boss theme)
And Xerxes should be used to introduce the final boss in some way.
Xerxes would just be like a dungeon theme.
No it doesnt. Its not final at least. Its like an underboss. Like bowser jr., a cuphead mini boss. Its too chaotic and fast. It feels less like a lion and more like a hyena.
True butt o me it would make an incredible boss music for a game similar to cup heads style
Third movement of wine dark sea is more appropriate as a bgm to a final boss battle
I get the privilege to play the trash can part at the Midwest Convention this year
The band: So Mr. Mackey, what time signature are we in today?
Mackey: All of them.
The band: haha very funny
Mackey:
The band:
The band: oh shi-
I was a first chair clarinet in highschool and we played this song, I remember looking at the clarinet solo on the first day and laughing...then crying a little....then letting the other first chair do it. Amazingly fun song to be a part of, but that solo is Excessive.
You did this in high school? WOW
Bo Boutwell I'm also doing this in highschool for festival this year (current concert coming up) and I'm only a junior lol. Check us out at TheCaspa.org
FishTetris I'm a freshman and we are playing this. I'm first chair bassoon, and the second page is really something for me
It's not called the "misery stick" for nothing
kenny stimac I’m a trombone and did this as a freshmen it was heaven
My director asked me to learn harp specifically for this piece. I have John Mackey to thank for this amazing opprotunity to learn a dying art.
Non-band people: why does the trombone have a slide?
John Mackey: allow me to demonstrate...
When you realize it's the French Horns the entire entire
@@Nathan_Jay ngl, you had me for a minute, i had to relisten to it for a bit, but I see what you're talking about, and I agree. Some of the things I thought were trombone were indeed french horn, but I was referring to the really low glisses: 3:48
As a percussionist, I don't think that's possible for your basic french horn, but, of course, I could be wron.
@@ericdavidson9942 as the first chair Horn in my high school wind ensemble having played it 3 years in a row, there's a lot of things a French Horn shouldn't be able to do.
@@Nathan_Jay Oh, cool! So how do you do a glissando?
@@ericdavidson9942 you hold down all 3 main valves at half length so air goes through both ways, and you pray it works right.
This piece reminds me of a more chaotic, dissonant version of Frank Ticheli's "Vesuvius"
So proud to say that frank ticheli is from my state
So proud to say that for last years spring concert my school band played vesuvius
I airways think ticheli and hindemith when I hear mackey
@@djnodoubt615 lowkey such a good way to think about Mackey tho
I live for that clarinet solo😍😍
Mackey will always be one of my favorites, because he's one of the only composers that actually writes good percussion parts haha
This song makes me break the speed limit.
this is like the daddy to undertow
+Jordan Miller what a coincidence! in my playlist undertow is right after this
This song is like the big brother to Foundry (you can check his blog)
Best clarinet solo rendition!! And this whole recording is just 😍😍
I've played Undertow and Foundry, but if my band was to ever sight read this, we'd sound like a 6th grade band that just got their instruments out for the first time
Harry Potter nice to see they're introducing Mackey at Hogwarts now
Harry Potter I assume Snape would constantly want to go to measure 394 if he was the professor
I'm in 7th grade and playing Undertow. Maybe in 8th or high school I'll be able to play this song!
@@zgmerz7305 A couple of years ago, my band tried to play Undertow in middle school, it was soo confusing for practically everyone, it wasn't until last year, in high-school, where we actually got to play it (I got to play Contrabass clarinet, super fun!) This year we r playing Foundry, which is like, amazing. Hope our director lets us play this next year
We were gonna play Foundry before corona hit and let me say I'm kinda jealous that it was just Foundry we played. He's gotta so many songs that just go so hard
I can't believe such a difficult piece can even be played - and perfectly.
Last year our concert Band played Undertow. This year we have a good chance at playing Lightning Field and our Wind Ensemble is playing this. Just John Mackey all around. I love his music.
Our high school top band is playing this. I cry every rehearsal. 😂
love hearing (and playing) Mackey's stuff, really keeps you on the edge of your seat
5:06 hits and my marching brain goes into severe overdrive with enough energy to power all universes that ever have, are, or will exist
Agreeable
this song sounds like the words "crack cocaine"
I saw this performed live and the percussion is ridiculous.
My senior year of high school or marching band used this song as a basis for one of our movements.
Mackey is genius.
100% Agreed. Great composer and knows how to write a unique, creative, and challenging song.
trippy clarinet
My band is using this for our marching show😍
We are for our closer, Ben lee is writing it, since he is real close friends with our band director
@@adamshaw1310 Our opener
The Flute part reaches Db 4 reg. #ugh
This was part of our closer for our marching show this year. So much funnnn!!
what marching band?
@@AlfonsoDiaz-os6jkQueen Creek High School. The show was titled Out There :)
I'm marching this for my show and I'm hyped
We just played this in concert band last semester. Best timpani part I've ever had and I don't even like playing timpani xD
That's John Mackey for you. ;)
all about that 2x speed
Lmao that's about 248 bpm
Honestly doesn't even make a difference
Still miss playing this, my favorite 8th grade band piece
8th grade????? How????
@@mrman12w we did a John Mackey concert and this was the last song we played in it
My bands supposed to march this this year and it's been a disaster thus far lmao
Laura.ren101 how do you march to this???
blueredpurplebeans th-cam.com/video/g036akg1A0U/w-d-xo.html that's the video
Is your band from Greendale WI?
One With The Force nope lol
Laura.ren101 marein catholic
I played piano in my university’s wind symphony when they performed this. An absolutely insane ride from start to finish. At one point there is literally just something labeled “chromatic forearm cluster at bottom of piano”.
Me: “what? OH, YES!!!” (slams elbow on keys)
When I was done listening to this I my ears were hurting so bad
Ugh we played Kingfishers Catch Fire last year and now I really wanna play thissss
My band director just showed me this and i love it
Sheeeesh this song is nuts! I'd love to play it, (clarinet)
man does this piece get stuck in your head
I honestly cant stop litening to this, its so fucking good
We played this for marching band, it was challenging but was worth it in the end
This sounds so hectic, it could be a bluecoats show. I LOVE IT
Bubbs H it was I believe
It was the closer of the show Metropolis, 2010? I think! :)
Me looking at this piece for the first time : *needs more trumpet*
7/8😭😭😭😭 rip next years marching show
Saw this in concert!
Love it
everytime i look down at my music i cry a little bit
My band has a stroke every time we play this
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playing this with pmea all state band this year and tbh i have no idea how i'm going to practice with this recording 😂
Bluecoats?
When??
Closer 2011? I think.
+Joshua Paul Santiago +Connor Katchmarik 2010 actually.
Thank you!
+Nate Tipton (NTip27) It's 2011
We are playing this in our “tik -tok” marching show. It’s gonna win us some more trophies (I hope lol) 😭
im playing this in my highschool marching band and still cant seem to get the hit right ;-;
Marching this my freshman year. Wish me luck.
Where? What show??
Tom Riddle Hillgrove High School this year. No decent videos and were only doing part of it
Were doing it too, it's a show called ready set go on marching munk it's pretty cool
@@juhstyn.1623 quite ballsy for a highschool to be playing something like *this*
then again my marching band played Attentions of Souls last year so what am i saying
soo how did you do
I think it is his second best piece behind Kingfishers Catch Fire
+Zach Lum omg kingfishers catch fire is so underrated its so good!
Timpani part is so difficult but so fun
You know this would be brilliant to put to a roller coaster, although it might be a little jerky given how the song is XD.
Very cool
I gotta play this in freshman band
love when our conductor makes us play this. i’m one of the few freshmen in our symphonic band. #whatdigetmyselfinto
Asphalt is the dad of undertow and foundry is the uncle of undertow
Where can I buy or download concert band pieces?
This will surely raise Carl Stalling from the grave!
5:05 to 5:13 sounds like something from a marching band show...
Probably because he writes for a field drum
RoyaltonDrummer922 not field drum, marching snare drum (kevlar head and VERY different from a field drum)
+RoyaltonDrummer922 yeah we played this, there isn't any field drums, only a marching snare
+Eric Roberson In the score it says "Field Drum w/ Kevlar Head"
Field drums are generally low tension where as a drum with a kevlar head is going to be high tension. High tension snare drums are synonymous with marching snares
2020 orchestrated
my band wants to play this, but it sounds like chaos and the music is going cost us about $1000 just for one concert... I'm very skeptical
The score costs $60 and it is $375 to rent parts.
Marching band show based on this song
2010 Bluecoats !!!
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My bands playing this for oba
Heather Diley MAN I LOVE OF BANDS AMERICA
Haywood Yablowme same we went last year too
2019 seattle cascades✨
epic
4:02
Damn Undertoe is nothing to this, this is the real shit
*rapid tambourine playing*
Damn no horn players here?
philipbest2009 really similar to the trumpet part
philipbest2009 I'm a horn player and currently playing this song in high school ;)
Oh, there is some horn work in there too, but not as grandiose as some other music Mackey has written. Nice and funky stop-horn here and there, quite fun to play. Listen to the horns at 5:12 th-cam.com/video/Ty6kSvfhm3M/w-d-xo.htmlm6s the top there is 8 horns, 0 trumpets helping out there :)
Lots of horn rips and flutter tonguing. Play this in two days. Actually starting to like it.
Mackey's Xerxes on steroids.
i could see this in a legend of zelda game lol
Fighting Ganon? I could see that!
tom & jerry dir. michael bay
Actually at 1:31 , there should a 5 octave C
only those will get the reference
Mackey: key signatures are for the weak!
Jesus lol
Roll Tide
The best part is at 5:33
When it ends? Lol
@@teyce5454 it's the unison deep breath and passing out that got cut out
Makes alot more sense lmao
small metal trash can
5:07