this is literally perfect timing - my band is doing a video-game related (not quite, but close enough) concert, and our quartet is looking for music (also, as a soprano player, I love the soprano part)
Wow that’s perfect! Glad I could release this piece just in time. 😂 Let me know how everything goes - do you know what other pieces you’ll be playing in the concert?
I’m curious as to why you removed the eighth note triplets during the chorus at g? It was probably the most exciting part and it sounds rather bland after the updates
Although I don't know the exact reason,it could be because Volcanic Ash's perusal score took multiple years to be posted because of how messy it was,so maybe he removed it to not make the score too messy,or he didn't really know how to write it.
@@dylanrogers32 Yep, Dylan is right it’s still a transposed score, I just modulate so often that I figured no key with accidentals throughout would be easiest.
This could technically be written as one,with a clarinet(soprano),alto clarinet(alto),bass clarinet(tenor),and contra-alto(bari) as they both are in Bb and Eb
Plexus and their instructor Mark Smith helped me by recording drafts of Final Boss as I was writing it! It was incredibly helpful hearing what the piece sounded like with live musicians. They didn’t end up performing the piece, but Mark Smith’s other quartet (the Orion Quartet) has a recording on TH-cam!
I've been hesitating to write this comment for some time now, but I just couldn't hold back the urge... 1st of all: amazing composition and arrangement. I love it. It's absolutely stunning. 2nd: Why are your soprano and alto so much out of sync at one point? Damn, I love this piece so much but please consider re-uploading it. I know it's a lot of work but it will be so much of a better experience for your listeners. I'm literally on my knees. I beg you. 😢 Edit: It's at the start of part F, fyi
Just the beauty of a live performance! I conditioned the ensemble to expect two 8th notes on beat 1, so breaking that pattern caused a bit of confusion. There should be a studio recording in the near future, so I’ll upload that when I have it. Glad you like the piece, despite the hiccups!
@@cehass11 I appreciate it, tho it's reeeeeaaaaally confusing.. And I get the love performance bit, mate. As a multi-instrumentalist, you have to adapt.😅
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Noo I had to go to the bus and couldn't get my music book signed 😭
2/21/24 1:15pm-2:12pm
I love the fact I can hear the bari sax through the whole piece.
-as a Bari Sax fan,not player,I approve.
I wish I had your composition talent
Sounds like volcanic ash in the first movement.
I just can't help write low fifths in the tenor/bari! 😅 Love that power chord sound.
@@cehass11 love listening to it. Awesome music.
@@criscubes Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
All your sax quartets are just so much fun to play and listen too!!!
Hey thank you so much! I love writing for this instrumentation!
FINALLY! LOVE YOU CHRIS!
love this man, huge fan of your stuff. Luminous Sky was just absolutely beautiful
Aw thanks so much, I know this is a bit of a departure from Luminous Sky 😅
sounds amazing!! absolutely inspiring music as usual 🫶🏾
You’re too kind! I really appreciate you Dayla!
Hey! i love your music and im happy to say i just ordered Volcanic ash for my S&E Sax Quartet, i look forward to learning and playing it! W composer
Yep. Definitely going in my playlist
YIPPEEEEEEE IVE BEEN WAITING FOR A NEW QUARTET
this is literally perfect timing - my band is doing a video-game related (not quite, but close enough) concert, and our quartet is looking for music (also, as a soprano player, I love the soprano part)
Wow that’s perfect! Glad I could release this piece just in time. 😂 Let me know how everything goes - do you know what other pieces you’ll be playing in the concert?
we just got this song!! also, I still have no idea what other pieces the quartet is doing
I’m curious as to why you removed the eighth note triplets during the chorus at g? It was probably the most exciting part and it sounds rather bland after the updates
Although I don't know the exact reason,it could be because Volcanic Ash's perusal score took multiple years to be posted because of how messy it was,so maybe he removed it to not make the score too messy,or he didn't really know how to write it.
Another reason could be because a quartet was playing drafts,and maybe the triplets were there and he decided to scrap it.
EPIC
I’m begging you to write something for flute and or piccolo🙏🙏🙏
i swear i heard my band play this during a pep rally...
you sure it wasnt Shout It Out?
you might be thinking of “land of a thousand dances;” they sound remarkably similar
@@kreator4life Not even close to similar, well, maybe the trumpet part has some similar characters.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar the opening rhythm is kinda similar
I love playing this but if alto and bari sax have no flats or sharps in their key signature then shouldn’t the soprano and tenor sax have one flat?
it’s probably in concert pitch
there's no key signature, they're still in Bb and Eb they just use accidentals instead of a key sogmature
@@dylanrogers32 Yep, Dylan is right it’s still a transposed score, I just modulate so often that I figured no key with accidentals throughout would be easiest.
Will you ever release volcanic ash full score on your channel? I’d love to see the music and the intensity of it AH
I’ve been meaning to, the score is just a little messy and I need to clean it up first. Hopefully I’ll find some time over the summer!
@@cehass11will you be able to release it sometime this month?
@@glowify_yt2927 Aiming for August!
You should make a clarinet quartet
Someday!
This could technically be written as one,with a clarinet(soprano),alto clarinet(alto),bass clarinet(tenor),and contra-alto(bari) as they both are in Bb and Eb
1:34 what motif is this from? 🤔
Team Rocket theme music????? That's what I hear lol
@@nathanmoss4464 after listening to it I believe you are right, thank you random internet stranger!
did plexus ever play this?
Plexus and their instructor Mark Smith helped me by recording drafts of Final Boss as I was writing it! It was incredibly helpful hearing what the piece sounded like with live musicians. They didn’t end up performing the piece, but Mark Smith’s other quartet (the Orion Quartet) has a recording on TH-cam!
@@cehass11i just wanted to know, mr smith is my teacher as well and my friends are in orion
This gives off Grant Kirkhope vibes in a veeeery good way. :)
Yes! Love to hear it, definitely one of my favs.
kinda sounds like a piece from octopath
One of my favorite recent OSTs! Any piece in particular this reminds you of?
I've been hesitating to write this comment for some time now, but I just couldn't hold back the urge...
1st of all: amazing composition and arrangement. I love it. It's absolutely stunning.
2nd: Why are your soprano and alto so much out of sync at one point? Damn, I love this piece so much but please consider re-uploading it. I know it's a lot of work but it will be so much of a better experience for your listeners. I'm literally on my knees. I beg you. 😢
Edit: It's at the start of part F, fyi
Just the beauty of a live performance! I conditioned the ensemble to expect two 8th notes on beat 1, so breaking that pattern caused a bit of confusion. There should be a studio recording in the near future, so I’ll upload that when I have it. Glad you like the piece, despite the hiccups!
@@cehass11 I appreciate it, tho it's reeeeeaaaaally confusing.. And I get the love performance bit, mate. As a multi-instrumentalist, you have to adapt.😅
I actually really like the out-of-sync part,gives more of an exciting and rushing feeling.