Agreed ! Weirdly I ride horses most every other day at the same times that Satie did; I used to fence three times a week; I eat white foods some days as that helps mitigate migraines (the fun darker foods have the fun yet bad and headache causing alkaloids) ; and interestingly I used to be a failed composer... But now for 20 years a "professional" inventor; and yet for me I am bitter about the fact that people these days really don't have a proper sense of the absurd and for some reason society is bent on pounding all joy and fun and general randomness out of people at a very young age* . I know first hand that the French really know how to live and I think Satie's routine , although somewhat satirical of the idle rich is not a million miles away from what most creative "Bachelors" with a bit of money and time on their hands (of the time) would be getting up to. _____________________________________________________________________________ * I feel that Satie's routine is designed in spirit to preserve and nurture creativity over the arc one's entire life, and yes I too sleep deeply but with one eye open... [more of a state of mind and disposition but also a good joke too :-) ].
4:11 omg i laughed so hard. I'm French and Memoires means memoirs, but also memory, and amnésique is pretty transparent (=amnesic). So he basically called his book "memory of an amnesic man"
@@TheDavidlloydjones I don’t get it you can’t ride an octopus in the sea because it is something that cannot be ridden A horse is something that can be ridden and can be played also as a sport it’s a sport which is called an equestrian sport or horseback riding for simpler beginner phrases So Plainly And honestly don’t understand so please reply to this comment and clarify what you meant by the famous composer lying about the horse back riding habit of his so I really don’t get it
@@fatmahisham8613 Your remarks about „the horse“, it’s something that can be ridden and played, sound very questionable to me. The age of man as „the dominator of nature“ is coming to an end.
I wonder if it said "ne dormir que d'un oeil" literally translated to mean "sleep with only one eye". It is a common expression in French, meaning shallow sleep, still thinking (for various reasons). Satie often played with words as he loved to do. Satie revelled in his oddness and being a non conformist. One only has to read his compositions for children "Le Roi Des Haricots" ("King of Beans") or what happened to the girl's doll (a satire on the compositions about dolls by Tchaikovsky?) Personally, I think breaking normal routine and slowing down allow for alpha waves in the brain and increased creativity.
This boredom idea remided me of Tarkovsky's awnser to: What would you like to tell young people? I don’t know… I think I’d like to say only that they should learn to be alone and try to spend as much time as possible by themselves. I think one of the faults of young people today is that they try to come together around events that are noisy, almost aggressive at times. This desire to be together in order to not feel alone is an unfortunate symptom, in my opinion. Every person needs to learn from childhood how to be spend time with oneself. That doesn’t mean he should be lonely, but that he shouldn’t grow bored with himself because people who grow bored in their own company seem to me in danger, from a self-esteem point of view."
Your piece at the end was gorgeous. I love the deep atmosphere it created. It made me think of a guy who has a singular thought on his mind, and he just can't stop thinking about it, because he's become obsessed with it. I'll go and take your survey now... EDIT: I just remembered something else I wanted to add. Satie seemed to be one of those people who really wasn't passionate about food. It was low on his radar, and that's why he gave it such little attention. I also bet that he only ate monochromatic white foods, so that he was never distracted and over-stimulated with it, because he wanted to only dedicate his creative energy towards music. I have a collaborator, whose only clothes are a few pairs of blue jeans and a bunch of T-shirts that are all the same color. This way, he never has to spend time thinking about what to wear. It's a minimalist approach!
I'm really glad I saw this video. A lot of the information I've seen about Satie tried to make him out a nutcase. This video made me realize how much of what they used to call him crazy, was actually just an absurdist or ironic sense of humor. He's been pretty wrongly portrayed from other videos I've seen about him.
Can I just say, as a French person, your pronunciation of the composers' names at the beginning is spot on. Actually, the whole video is excellent, as always
I've loved that brilliantly absurd piece of writing for 25 years, since I first encountered it. And I love your takeaway here, that we don't need to focus on productivity all the time and instead, like Satie, can have long stretches of the day that serve as time and space for creative inspiration. Thank you for this video!
@@parsa.mostaghim Through my kids I know what Little Nightmares is and what the soundtrack sounds like, and I think you’re onto something. It is kind of similar.
Erik Satie seems like Nikola Tesla of the music world! They were around the same time, had similar weird schedule and life rituals, highly inspiring work!
Another great presentation and interesting topic to me as musician since seeing your openness to that schedule and trying to write music while walking is relatable since I often compose music without my instrument since notes come to me while moving freely.
Thank you for attempting this experiment and sharing with us the insights you got from it. I also learned a lot about Satie - I had no idea he was such a joker. I am always interested in hearing how creative people organize their day. A key idea I got from this - which reinforces something I already believed - is productivity in creativity really requires a lot of "space", not an industrial efficiency time management approach.
This video was weirdly wonderful, maybe a lot like Satie’s music. Really enjoyed the end of the “For the missing pastry” part especially. Genuinely helped me to just calm down and Be
I especially resonated with the idea of composing away from the keyboard. I used to come up with good stuff while riding a bicycle (I think because of the rhythmic body movements). I didn't realize that Satie was so funny. I like his sense of humor challenging the assumptions of his society. Well done video.
Thank you Nahre, I really needed to hear this. To stop obsessing about productivity sometimes and let things come to me, and to enjoy what I am doing, even if it is not 'work'
This is one of my favorite videos so far. I often feel overwhelmed by music classes, but your videos make me feel refreshed and less burnt out. Thank you! ❤️
I don't know how I never ran across this, but love it! So fun, I am GIANT Satie obsessor, and doing a fun composition Satie challenge/project next year! Will share this with everyone (so I don't have to go do this myself. But I'm good with White Cake for a few days, so that part is easy!).
There are 10 minutes and 30 seconds to this video, and all I did was repeat 0:04 - 0:07 over and over.. and over again.. Was that your mom who drained that three-pointer?! EDIT: 3:35 Nice shot! I just realized that you let out the same "오!" that I give off whenever I'm surprised by something EDIT2: 5:17 not so great haha EDIT3: Boredom is the "yang" to Productivity's "yin".. I think Anyway, I finally finished the vid.. boredom is what led me here, but I leave fully entertained!
What an excellent reflection and set of thinking this video is! As a completely uninformed outsider I’m sure you’ve “read” Satie’s intentions correctly and I’m also sure you’ve harvested the real fruit of his capricious presentation of a working day. Furthermore, I think there’s a boatload of value in how he went about things - the only thing I wonder about, as non-creatives forever have, is the balance between this contemplative form of creativity and actually making a living! Still, as a retired person, there’s room for me to try things. I’ll say that walking the dogs is one of those activities that lets you get out of your own way and allows your mind to make suggestions to you while you’re a little distracted. Having a shower in the morning before work is another - you’re half thinking about your day and your mind slips little ideas into the other half. Anyway…great video, very great set of thoughts and music. I loved that we hear your surprise as you hit the 3-pointer and that we also get to see a mammoth air ball. I wish I could make suggestions that you request but I’m so far out of my experience I probably cannot. All the best!
Really interesting and how fun! There must be humor in life-which requires looking at things from a different perspective, with a smile and a bit of quirkiness. Just lighten up a little. 😄
If I remember correctly: Eric Satie was disappointed that people enjoyed gymnopedie since he intended the piece to be something in the background and not the main attention.
Since I'm autistic, the first thing that came to mind was that Satie must have been autistic, too. The thing with a specific colors of food and precise planning and keeping a routine are typical of someone on the spectrum! We are weirdos, but in a good way.
Funny to see how NS' mothers smile when she won the paper-scissors-rock is something clearly inherited. Even more funny to watch how someone turns an experiment of limitation and satire into an existential journey.
Very nice and funny, but remember not to believe anything that you read about composers and from composers. I know that musicians tend to be a little naive and not so much into literary criticism, but try to stay critical.
Eccentric Satie, when I listen to Bach I sometimes think of those long rambles he would take for hundreds of miles to attend concerts, its like hearing birdsong whilst taking a walk in the countryside around the whole cycle of keys.
Great experiment/experience (the two words are actually used inversely in French)! I saw a John Mayer video just hours ago where he said his #1 practice tip would be to write music or come up with musical ideas *away* from the instrument; your explanation corroborates his nicely :) Don't be afraid to explore more of these ideas - especially the ones that don't make it to your videos!
Oh my goodness the piece you made for the end of the video is incredible, super fascinating and catchy music! and groovy too, the best possible way I can think of to create a modern "Neo-Satie" style. Fabulous work.
Amazing! for the last 2 months I've listened to Satie an hour before sleep, during, and an hour after waking. I've also not taken a single pastry. 'For the missing Pastry' makes me want to go get some pastry and watch the weather of this approaching tropical storm. Is it weird to enjoy ambient piano, wind, and thunder?
I really love the sincerity with which you approach your projects. It's so inspiring (and also humbling). It has a real feel of diving into everything you do, which is very hard to actually do
Your talent and commitment is super refreshing to see and hear! Also, Erik Satie “dried embryos” is hilariously great. I show everyone I know the ending (you know the one), I laugh every time!
This was a great video documentary Nahre! Wow, thank you for sharing this journey...so refreshing. You are genuinely admired and I love your little dogs so much. 🎹👍🎶
Nahreeeee!! I read about this before and wished a musician would try to do it. Was not too surprised that it'd be you (ok, maybe I was a bit surprised haha.) Thanks so much for this!! You keep inspiring me to be a great and knowledgeable musician!!
I love researching details about my favorite authors and look for clues of their character in their compositions so this video is really one of my absolute favorites on YT 🔥
This reminds me of something Neil Gaiman said about being serious and being funny and how they are not mutually exclusive. Satie seems to be the embodiment of that.
I love how you focused on finding the schedule's benefit in your own life! Satie seemed like someone who was honest with himself; I wonder how many points in his schedule seemed bizarre but were actually things he felt benefited his own life.
Its incredible how your sound mixing skills developed though your videos, congratulations! (don't get me wrong, it was never bad! It's just noticebly good now : ] )
I think people, even in their leisure time, always have to assign some sort of productive goal. Say they go fishing; and all of a sudden, it turns into a competition - the first, biggest, the most, etc, etc, etc. But do these people even enjoy fishing? Or they want to go for a hike from one point to another point on the map. Why not just explore without forcing your footsteps before even starting? It's supposed to be leisure, not a reflection of every day life, right?
Nahre.. we fell in love with Erik in 1970.... I've read every book on "The Velvet Gentleman" I could locate. The best two in my thoughts are both entitled "Erik Satie. One by Rollo H. Myers. My favorite is by Alan M.Gillmor. Previously he was a member of the Music Department at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. I was so knocked out with his book I called him last year. He said it was a massive labor of Love to do the research. As Roger Shattuck notes on the cover it's a balanced, widely informed study. The best barbed wit and bitter sarcasm can be found in Erik's essay, " In Praise of Critics" found in the Myers book. Peace out.
I like all of your videos, but "I Tried Erik Satie's BIZARRE Daily Routine" is on another level. Joyful and profound. There's a percolating creative vibe that fills the screen, a sense of excitement and discovery like you just found a new world. It's philosophy in action, where the deeper meaning at the heart of piece is the goal. Maybe in a way, following that 19th century routine helped you bring concepts into the 21st century. Enjoy nature, refined humor, leisure(free time). Performing something can make it come to life. Or maybe I just like fun experiments. I walk to compose action. It's tricky making videos about BIG IDEAS - please make another (now I'm checking the color of all food 🔎 🍊 🧞 )
Weirdly fascinating. I've been really thinking about routine, productivity, and how to design a life that has more spaciousness and balance since I quit my job in March (in part because the 9-5 grind just doesn't work with my ADHD and disabilities). One of the observations I've made is that it is impossible to really describe how good it is to just be in nature without anything specific to do and observe/reflect, which seems in line with the "inspiration" portions! I learned that when I was trying to spend my whole day reading and watching things, my mind would be super exhausted. I needed space to integrate new information and be in my body. But I also need to spend some time creating things or I'll start to get depressed.
Once, Satie's funny and absurd calligraphy were shown on TV. In the form of announces for an imaginary newspaper. Sadly I cannot find those anywhere on the internet.I remember one: "A vendre: Cathedrale Gothique, entièrement en fonte ...."(Gothic cathedral for sale totally made of cast iron)
Thousand thanks to Nahre for dedicating this video to Satie. It is not very easy for a French people to understand everything, it would require for me automatic subtitles in French... On this subject, and as an example of humor very specific to Satie: "If I am French? ..... Of course ..... Why do you want a man with my age not to be French? .... " "Si je suis Français...Évidemment... Pouquoi voulez vous qu'un homme de mon âge ne soit pas Français ?"
learning more about Satie has inspired me to try and seek ideas from weird and uncommon things, like how vexations seems to be made to invoke boredom, and to not take myself, or my music too seriously. I'll try to also create something simple yet fascinating. what a cool video, thanks Nahre!
Hello Nahre, this is your second video i watched. The first one was about how Classical musicians find it hard to improvise. I instantly gel with your thoughts. And yeah, though i do not know much about Erik Satie's life, i somehow get lost in his music. So well he is one of my very favourites too. In this video i liked that part where he/you used a specific part of the day to just "be inspired". Like setting aside a time for that! WOW! I really want to try that. For the records, im just a beginner in music. Have oceans to dive into.
If you want to evovle higher, during inspiration times look into Flat Earth, Phoenician Royalty (they run the world), The Ether and the Magneto-Dielectric Geometric Construct of the Universe, Mt Meru in the North Pole (the Source and the Naval of the Universe), and practice being HERE right NOW. These will change your music, art, work for the better.
This is such a lovely video, thank you. Although I had not thought of it before, it struck me while watching that Satie's sensibilities were also a precursor to Thelonious Monk's approach to music.
2:00 - I'd like to add that Gymnopédie no. 1 was cleverly incorporated into Janet Jackson's song "Someone To Call My Lover" (in the chorus section). That is all, thank you.
The first time that I heard Satie, I thought it was random playing of odd notes. Then I LISTENED to it. My favourite composer, the Gnossiennes being my all time favourites.
Thnx for the video. Very interesting. - For ordinary people, a genius will always be seen as a weirdo 😉 Sadly though, a genius also often suffer from being lonely, the jealousy/envy of others, being able to see through all the garbage and easy get some kind of depressed feelings. - Another thing is place, time and era. It was so special at that time in Europe and other parts of the world. Try study some history beyond the trivial official narrative and you quickly get my point! - Erik Satie was Brilliant a true genius, sadly very few saw it at that time! - Only dead or injured fish flow down with the current of the river 😉😂🤣
Every time i watch your video, i feel better. Classic music becomes more and more familiar to me. And the way you talk about your work gives me the will to be better and less lazy with my instrument.
When I see this video, I think you could visit France again. I think here in France we really appreciate this kind of experimental, philosophic, free and innovative approach. Also you may enjoy how classical music fits in with the other art forms such as painting, architecture (buildings and gardens), cuisine of the same era. I had a great experience before Covid at Giverny (Monet's house) where classical music, paintings and gardens were brought together on a sunny spring day.
It's incredible that a man who was considered as an _hurluberlu_ (total nutjob) by his traditional contempraries has such a big influence on many people around the world nowadays. In French, "sleeping with one eye open" means sleeping and trying to keep as much consciousness as possible. That's something which could be achieved by people who are used to deep meditation states or lucid dreams. Not everyone's ballpark, tho. On a broad scale, French people really like personal and socialization time because it helps them to be more productive and efficient even by working less time. The time passed outside work can be useful to discover new ideas, concepts and artistic pieces.
What, no mention of Igor Levit streaming his entire performance of Vexations? 😱🎶... although he was more vexed than whimsical at the time ... Thank you for this video, it is very interesting!
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Me: procrastination
Satie, an intellectual: *_inspiration_*
Yes haha!!
Satie , Slacker Supremo. Knows how to find excuse too.
I wonder how Satie earns a living back then.
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Luke, your work is amazing
I find you!
What do you mean "Erik Satie's pretty ridiculous routine"?
I am calling you out for an umbrella duel!
Nevertheless, something I never expected to see on TH-cam some day.
Haha!!
hold up
Agreed ! Weirdly I ride horses most every other day at the same times that Satie did; I used to fence three times a week; I eat white foods some days as that helps mitigate migraines (the fun darker foods have the fun yet bad and headache causing alkaloids) ; and interestingly I used to be a failed composer... But now for 20 years a "professional" inventor; and yet for me I am bitter about the fact that people these days really don't have a proper sense of the absurd and for some reason society is bent on pounding all joy and fun and general randomness out of people at a very young age* . I know first hand that the French really know how to live and I think Satie's routine , although somewhat satirical of the idle rich is not a million miles away from what most creative "Bachelors" with a bit of money and time on their hands (of the time) would be getting up to.
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* I feel that Satie's routine is designed in spirit to preserve and nurture creativity over the arc one's entire life, and yes I too sleep deeply but with one eye open... [more of a state of mind and disposition but also a good joke too :-) ].
@@extradimension7356 Pith and marrow of the subject matter achieved and unlocked in your comment, good sir!
Can’t wait for Nahre to stack a second piano on top of her first loll
Lol
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Who saw my comment before this one lol
Don't you mean an Organ. 🤦♀️
he didn't have Pianoteq
4:11 omg i laughed so hard. I'm French and Memoires means memoirs, but also memory, and amnésique is pretty transparent (=amnesic). So he basically called his book "memory of an amnesic man"
That’s Satie! : )
Also the title of Oscar Levant’s autobiography.
100 years in the future, musicians and composers will be studying the works of Nahre Sol.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I hope it doesn't take that long for people to realise that Satie was lying about the horse. He meant octopus.
@@TheDavidlloydjones I don’t get it you can’t ride an octopus in the sea because it is something that cannot be ridden A horse is something that can be ridden and can be played also as a sport it’s a sport which is called an equestrian sport or horseback riding for simpler beginner phrases So Plainly And honestly don’t understand so please reply to this comment and clarify what you meant by the famous composer lying about the horse back riding habit of his so I really don’t get it
@@fatmahisham8613 He also lied about riding. He meant becoming.
@@fatmahisham8613 Your remarks about „the horse“, it’s something that can be ridden and played, sound very questionable to me. The age of man as „the dominator of nature“ is coming to an end.
I wonder if it said "ne dormir que d'un oeil" literally translated to mean "sleep with only one eye". It is a common expression in French, meaning shallow sleep, still thinking (for various reasons). Satie often played with words as he loved to do. Satie revelled in his oddness and being a non conformist. One only has to read his compositions for children "Le Roi Des Haricots" ("King of Beans") or what happened to the girl's doll (a satire on the compositions about dolls by Tchaikovsky?) Personally, I think breaking normal routine and slowing down allow for alpha waves in the brain and increased creativity.
3:06 you mom saying “funny” in a deadpan voice while handling a sharp knife 😭
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Erik Satie has to be one of the weirdest composers to ever walk planet earth
Definitely…. 😅
The true definition of edgy.... Those metal moppet are babies compared to him....
The next question: what is normal?
Followed up by the question: does normality even exist?
You should look up some of the oddities of Percy Grainger if you're interested in weird composer behaviours
Would love to have heard a conversation between the likes of him and Ives.
This boredom idea remided me of Tarkovsky's awnser to:
What would you like to tell young people?
I don’t know… I think I’d like to say only that they should learn to be alone and try to spend as much time as possible by themselves. I think one of the faults of young people today is that they try to come together around events that are noisy, almost aggressive at times. This desire to be together in order to not feel alone is an unfortunate symptom, in my opinion. Every person needs to learn from childhood how to be spend time with oneself. That doesn’t mean he should be lonely, but that he shouldn’t grow bored with himself because people who grow bored in their own company seem to me in danger, from a self-esteem point of view."
Didn’t realize Nahre could H 🏀 🏀 P ! Haha seriously though, this was hilarious and awesome and interesting
Thank you!!! I actually really enjoy shooting hoops, although it’s been YEARS since I did !
Fun fact: After Erik Satie's death (I think it was after), 2 grand pianos were found stacked onto each other.
Yes and that infuriated me
that's how Grand Piano are born Duh! didn't you learn that in school? 🙄
@@keithkunikida1222 You're not my mom
Heard about that a few months ago, still wondering how tf he did that
@@kulti7 lol me too
what a refreshing video! Thank you :)
Satie had a SATIErical routine
Haha!!! 🤣
thank you, there's the exit door
@@leebsyforu Thanks, I couldn't find it
How bizzare I guess you could say it's not my cup of satie
Dried up Embryos, anyone-- maybe to go with that cup of Satie?
The comment I’ve been waiting for
Your piece at the end was gorgeous. I love the deep atmosphere it created. It made me think of a guy who has a singular thought on his mind, and he just can't stop thinking about it, because he's become obsessed with it.
I'll go and take your survey now...
EDIT: I just remembered something else I wanted to add. Satie seemed to be one of those people who really wasn't passionate about food. It was low on his radar, and that's why he gave it such little attention. I also bet that he only ate monochromatic white foods, so that he was never distracted and over-stimulated with it, because he wanted to only dedicate his creative energy towards music. I have a collaborator, whose only clothes are a few pairs of blue jeans and a bunch of T-shirts that are all the same color. This way, he never has to spend time thinking about what to wear. It's a minimalist approach!
Watching The Office for inspiration. Very understandable, Michael Scott is a very wise man.
Right?? 😅
@@NahreSol "Fool me once, strike one, but fool me twice...strike three."
Can't argue with that 😄
can we get a standalone video for "For the Missing Pastry"? It's a wonderful piece, very inspired!
I'm really glad I saw this video. A lot of the information I've seen about Satie tried to make him out a nutcase. This video made me realize how much of what they used to call him crazy, was actually just an absurdist or ironic sense of humor. He's been pretty wrongly portrayed from other videos I've seen about him.
Can I just say, as a French person, your pronunciation of the composers' names at the beginning is spot on. Actually, the whole video is excellent, as always
I've loved that brilliantly absurd piece of writing for 25 years, since I first encountered it. And I love your takeaway here, that we don't need to focus on productivity all the time and instead, like Satie, can have long stretches of the day that serve as time and space for creative inspiration. Thank you for this video!
Wait, is there a way we can listen to “For the Missing Pastry”?
Will release it sometime…!
@@NahreSol thanks! It caught my ear, and was too beautiful not to ask!
check this track meanwhile (kinda same sound world): Little nightmares - Prison Toys
@@parsa.mostaghim Through my kids I know what Little Nightmares is and what the soundtrack sounds like, and I think you’re onto something. It is kind of similar.
Erik Satie seems like Nikola Tesla of the music world!
They were around the same time, had similar weird schedule and life rituals, highly inspiring work!
Another great presentation and interesting topic to me as musician since seeing your openness to that schedule and trying to write music while walking is relatable since I often compose music without my instrument since notes come to me while moving freely.
Thank you!!!
Thank you for attempting this experiment and sharing with us the insights you got from it. I also learned a lot about Satie - I had no idea he was such a joker. I am always interested in hearing how creative people organize their day. A key idea I got from this - which reinforces something I already believed - is productivity in creativity really requires a lot of "space", not an industrial efficiency time management approach.
This video was weirdly wonderful, maybe a lot like Satie’s music. Really enjoyed the end of the “For the missing pastry” part especially. Genuinely helped me to just calm down and Be
I especially resonated with the idea of composing away from the keyboard. I used to come up with good stuff while riding a bicycle (I think because of the rhythmic body movements). I didn't realize that Satie was so funny. I like his sense of humor challenging the assumptions of his society. Well done video.
Alma Deutscher gets many of her best ideas for compositions while jumping rope.
Thank you Nahre, I really needed to hear this. To stop obsessing about productivity sometimes and let things come to me, and to enjoy what I am doing, even if it is not 'work'
This is one of my favorite videos so far. I often feel overwhelmed by music classes, but your videos make me feel refreshed and less burnt out. Thank you! ❤️
"This is a society where productivity is pushed onto us". This will be my contemplation of the day. Nice, thanks.
I don't know how I never ran across this, but love it! So fun, I am GIANT Satie obsessor, and doing a fun composition Satie challenge/project next year! Will share this with everyone (so I don't have to go do this myself. But I'm good with White Cake for a few days, so that part is easy!).
There are 10 minutes and 30 seconds to this video, and all I did was repeat 0:04 - 0:07 over and over.. and over again..
Was that your mom who drained that three-pointer?!
EDIT: 3:35 Nice shot! I just realized that you let out the same "오!" that I give off whenever I'm surprised by something
EDIT2: 5:17 not so great haha
EDIT3: Boredom is the "yang" to Productivity's "yin".. I think
Anyway, I finally finished the vid.. boredom is what led me here, but I leave fully entertained!
Wonderful! 😀I'm guessing he only drank white wine, oo 🍷 - sorry, YT's emojis only have red wine - obviously not a Satie fan...
okay try this: play a Satie track over a Bukowski poem (being read by Bukowski).. I recommend "People are Not Good" poem. thanks.
What an excellent reflection and set of thinking this video is! As a completely uninformed outsider I’m sure you’ve “read” Satie’s intentions correctly and I’m also sure you’ve harvested the real fruit of his capricious presentation of a working day. Furthermore, I think there’s a boatload of value in how he went about things - the only thing I wonder about, as non-creatives forever have, is the balance between this contemplative form of creativity and actually making a living! Still, as a retired person, there’s room for me to try things. I’ll say that walking the dogs is one of those activities that lets you get out of your own way and allows your mind to make suggestions to you while you’re a little distracted. Having a shower in the morning before work is another - you’re half thinking about your day and your mind slips little ideas into the other half. Anyway…great video, very great set of thoughts and music. I loved that we hear your surprise as you hit the 3-pointer and that we also get to see a mammoth air ball. I wish I could make suggestions that you request but I’m so far out of my experience I probably cannot. All the best!
Really interesting and how fun! There must be humor in life-which requires looking at things from a different perspective, with a smile and a bit of quirkiness. Just lighten up a little. 😄
If I remember correctly: Eric Satie was disappointed that people enjoyed gymnopedie since he intended the piece to be something in the background and not the main attention.
Since I'm autistic, the first thing that came to mind was that Satie must have been autistic, too. The thing with a specific colors of food and precise planning and keeping a routine are typical of someone on the spectrum!
We are weirdos, but in a good way.
Surprisingly inspiring: Too bad I didn’t watch this at 10:23 A.M.
He was a frequent visitor to bordellos as well…😉
Funny to see how NS' mothers smile when she won the paper-scissors-rock is something clearly inherited.
Even more funny to watch how someone turns an experiment of limitation and satire into an existential journey.
Very nice and funny, but remember not to believe anything that you read about composers and from composers. I know that musicians tend to be a little naive and not so much into literary criticism, but try to stay critical.
Eccentric Satie, when I listen to Bach I sometimes think of those long rambles he would take for hundreds of miles to attend concerts, its like hearing birdsong whilst taking a walk in the countryside around the whole cycle of keys.
from background sounds is "who was erik Satie?" its sounds like gnossienne but i never listen to it
from there i just know that theres 7th gnossienne
I really enjoyed pausing to read Satie's writing.
I had no idea he was such a shitposter.
Great experiment/experience (the two words are actually used inversely in French)! I saw a John Mayer video just hours ago where he said his #1 practice tip would be to write music or come up with musical ideas *away* from the instrument; your explanation corroborates his nicely :) Don't be afraid to explore more of these ideas - especially the ones that don't make it to your videos!
I feel like Satie is shitposting with that "routine" of his lol.
I invented musical trolling.
I love the concept! We are pushed so much to constantly be productive. We need so much boredom to keep sain 😁
Yes!! Exactly!
Nonsense. What you're sain is insain
This reminds me of a recent video of Veritasium.
Nice video! But one thing you forgot to do, to really get into Erik Satie, is to stack a piano on top of another one. :)
Sounds like the guy was actually a legendary level shit-poster.
Oh my goodness the piece you made for the end of the video is incredible, super fascinating and catchy music! and groovy too, the best possible way I can think of to create a modern "Neo-Satie" style. Fabulous work.
Amazing! for the last 2 months I've listened to Satie an hour before sleep, during, and an hour after waking. I've also not taken a single pastry. 'For the missing Pastry' makes me want to go get some pastry and watch the weather of this approaching tropical storm. Is it weird to enjoy ambient piano, wind, and thunder?
Thank you!!! And what a combo there!!
HORSE NAHRE HORSE NAHRE HORSE NAHRE HORSE NAHRE!!!!!
Did you drink copious quantities of absinth though?
I really love the sincerity with which you approach your projects. It's so inspiring (and also humbling). It has a real feel of diving into everything you do, which is very hard to actually do
See the symphonic readings? That is active listening.
Your talent and commitment is super refreshing to see and hear! Also, Erik Satie “dried embryos” is hilariously great. I show everyone I know the ending (you know the one), I laugh every time!
I had to come here as soon as possible to see if I read that title wrong.
This was a great video documentary Nahre! Wow, thank you for sharing this journey...so refreshing. You are genuinely admired and I love your little dogs so much. 🎹👍🎶
how did you stay full on only 7 minutes of eating a day?? did you snack during your "various activities?"
Why, of COURSE - but it was white!!!
You better start your umbrella collection miss!!!
He slept with one eye open cuz he needed to keep an eye out for Selenerrrr
Nice to see you not in Manhattan(or it's surrounds)
4:45 "We live in a society." -Nahre Sol
I seriously loved this video so much❣️❣️❣️so glad this idea made it into a video🙌🏻🙌🏻 and even more glad for your new piece “For The Missing Pastry”😍😍
I'm always pleasantly surprised by the thoughtfulness in your videos. This was a delight to watch.
Nahreeeee!! I read about this before and wished a musician would try to do it. Was not too surprised that it'd be you (ok, maybe I was a bit surprised haha.) Thanks so much for this!! You keep inspiring me to be a great and knowledgeable musician!!
I love researching details about my favorite authors and look for clues of their character in their compositions so this video is really one of my absolute favorites on YT 🔥
This reminds me of something Neil Gaiman said about being serious and being funny and how they are not mutually exclusive. Satie seems to be the embodiment of that.
You have to buy seven identical suits…
I love how you focused on finding the schedule's benefit in your own life! Satie seemed like someone who was honest with himself; I wonder how many points in his schedule seemed bizarre but were actually things he felt benefited his own life.
Its incredible how your sound mixing skills developed though your videos, congratulations!
(don't get me wrong, it was never bad! It's just noticebly good now : ] )
The difference between digging Satie and digging INTO Satie! How fun! Your genuine smile throughout was worth the price of admission! Thanks!
I'm learning Gymnopedie 1 or the first time so this video is perfect timing and I love getting into this curious, open headspace. Thank you Nahre Sol!
You're an amazing person with an inner world that is unique and utterly beautiful. Thank you for letting us sneak peek into it 🌸🌿💕
I think people, even in their leisure time, always have to assign some sort of productive goal. Say they go fishing; and all of a sudden, it turns into a competition - the first, biggest, the most, etc, etc, etc. But do these people even enjoy fishing? Or they want to go for a hike from one point to another point on the map. Why not just explore without forcing your footsteps before even starting? It's supposed to be leisure, not a reflection of every day life, right?
I feel like I fall into that trap you mentioned often. That competitive mindset is toxic
I wonder what Shostakovich's daily routine was.....
Nahre.. we fell in love with Erik in 1970.... I've read every book on "The Velvet Gentleman" I could locate. The best two in my thoughts are both entitled "Erik Satie. One by Rollo H. Myers. My favorite is by Alan M.Gillmor. Previously he was a member of the Music Department at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. I was so knocked out with his book I called him last year. He said it was a massive labor of Love to do the research. As Roger Shattuck notes on the cover it's a balanced, widely informed study. The best barbed wit and bitter sarcasm can be found in Erik's essay, " In Praise of Critics" found in the Myers book. Peace out.
I like all of your videos, but "I Tried Erik Satie's BIZARRE Daily Routine" is on another level. Joyful and profound.
There's a percolating creative vibe that fills the screen, a sense of excitement and discovery like you just found a new world. It's philosophy in action, where the deeper meaning at the heart of piece is the goal.
Maybe in a way, following that 19th century routine helped you bring concepts into the 21st century. Enjoy nature, refined humor, leisure(free time). Performing something can make it come to life. Or maybe I just like fun experiments. I walk to compose action.
It's tricky making videos about BIG IDEAS - please make another (now I'm checking the color of all food 🔎 🍊 🧞 )
Weirdly fascinating. I've been really thinking about routine, productivity, and how to design a life that has more spaciousness and balance since I quit my job in March (in part because the 9-5 grind just doesn't work with my ADHD and disabilities). One of the observations I've made is that it is impossible to really describe how good it is to just be in nature without anything specific to do and observe/reflect, which seems in line with the "inspiration" portions! I learned that when I was trying to spend my whole day reading and watching things, my mind would be super exhausted. I needed space to integrate new information and be in my body. But I also need to spend some time creating things or I'll start to get depressed.
Once, Satie's funny and absurd calligraphy were shown on TV. In the form of announces for an imaginary newspaper. Sadly I cannot find those anywhere on the internet.I remember one: "A vendre: Cathedrale Gothique, entièrement en fonte ...."(Gothic cathedral for sale totally made of cast iron)
Thousand thanks to Nahre for dedicating this video to Satie. It is not very easy for a French people to understand everything, it would require for me automatic subtitles in French... On this subject, and as an example of humor very specific to Satie:
"If I am French? .....
Of course ..... Why do you want a man with my age not to be French? .... "
"Si je suis Français...Évidemment...
Pouquoi voulez vous qu'un homme de mon âge ne soit pas Français ?"
learning more about Satie has inspired me to try and seek ideas from weird and uncommon things, like how vexations seems to be made to invoke boredom, and to not take myself, or my music too seriously. I'll try to also create something simple yet fascinating.
what a cool video, thanks Nahre!
Hello Nahre, this is your second video i watched. The first one was about how Classical musicians find it hard to improvise. I instantly gel with your thoughts. And yeah, though i do not know much about Erik Satie's life, i somehow get lost in his music. So well he is one of my very favourites too.
In this video i liked that part where he/you used a specific part of the day to just "be inspired". Like setting aside a time for that! WOW! I really want to try that. For the records, im just a beginner in music. Have oceans to dive into.
If you want to evovle higher, during inspiration times look into Flat Earth, Phoenician Royalty (they run the world), The Ether and the Magneto-Dielectric Geometric Construct of the Universe, Mt Meru in the North Pole (the Source and the Naval of the Universe), and practice being HERE right NOW. These will change your music, art, work for the better.
This is such a lovely video, thank you. Although I had not thought of it before, it struck me while watching that Satie's sensibilities were also a precursor to Thelonious Monk's approach to music.
New series unlocked? "[Insert Composer Here]'s Daily Routine, As Digested* By A Modern-Day Classical Musician"
*possibly literally
2:00 - I'd like to add that Gymnopédie no. 1 was cleverly incorporated into Janet Jackson's song "Someone To Call My Lover" (in the chorus section). That is all, thank you.
The first time that I heard Satie, I thought it was random playing of odd notes.
Then I LISTENED to it.
My favourite composer, the Gnossiennes being my all time favourites.
I LOVE THIS!!! Simply beautiful, the piece you created matches the scene that you were riding a horse!
Interesting..Next you should try daily routine of Hunter S. Thompson. It will go viral!
Lol! The look of your mom when you get up from the table at lunch (12:14PM), like... confused.
I enjoyed this video. Thank you!
Thnx for the video. Very interesting. - For ordinary people, a genius will always be seen as a weirdo 😉 Sadly though, a genius also often suffer from being lonely, the jealousy/envy of others, being able to see through all the garbage and easy get some kind of depressed feelings. - Another thing is place, time and era. It was so special at that time in Europe and other parts of the world. Try study some history beyond the trivial official narrative and you quickly get my point! - Erik Satie was Brilliant a true genius, sadly very few saw it at that time! - Only dead or injured fish flow down with the current of the river 😉😂🤣
Wonderful endeavor, and I love the excerpt of the piece you wrote!
Every time i watch your video, i feel better. Classic music becomes more and more familiar to me. And the way you talk about your work gives me the will to be better and less lazy with my instrument.
Satie: Im going to make my friends laugh with my Dadaist fake routine.
TH-camr: 👀
When I see this video, I think you could visit France again. I think here in France we really appreciate this kind of experimental, philosophic, free and innovative approach. Also you may enjoy how classical music fits in with the other art forms such as painting, architecture (buildings and gardens), cuisine of the same era. I had a great experience before Covid at Giverny (Monet's house) where classical music, paintings and gardens were brought together on a sunny spring day.
Really enjoy your "Missing Pastry" theme. Thanks for video!
Thank you!!!
Ha! Awesome. You even have two Satie-ish white dogs (not for consumption, ofc). ;-) P.S. You need to work on your jumpshot, and get a new net. ;-)
It's incredible that a man who was considered as an _hurluberlu_ (total nutjob) by his traditional contempraries has such a big influence on many people around the world nowadays.
In French, "sleeping with one eye open" means sleeping and trying to keep as much consciousness as possible. That's something which could be achieved by people who are used to deep meditation states or lucid dreams. Not everyone's ballpark, tho.
On a broad scale, French people really like personal and socialization time because it helps them to be more productive and efficient even by working less time. The time passed outside work can be useful to discover new ideas, concepts and artistic pieces.
What, no mention of Igor Levit streaming his entire performance of Vexations? 😱🎶... although he was more vexed than whimsical at the time ...
Thank you for this video, it is very interesting!