Persona 5 - "Price" Cover - Jam Session #5 // J-MUSIC Ensemble

Our first rehearsal of "Price" (Kaneshiro's Palace music) from Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 5, composed by Shoji Meguro, and this version arranged by Patrick Bartley.
You requested it (well, we kinda did too), and now it's here! This is one of greatest tracks in the entire game's OST, and it's SUCH a shame that it's so short on the album - that's why we made this version! I've (Pat) been personally entranced by this song since I first played the game, and I realized something that could be interpreted from the soundtrack: the opening half-time backbeat part is like the bank break-in, sneaking around part, and when it goes into the upbeat rocking part, it's either the rush to escape the bank before the alarms go off, or the alarms already went off and it's time to escape the guards. Either way you look at it, this song fits Kaneshiro's bank PERFECTLY, and hats off to Shoji-san for making such a great backdrop of this palace.
To emphasize those interpretations, we took a lot of creative liberties with this one, adding a soprano sax to emulate the higher lead voice (if someone could tell us what instrument that's supposed to be, that would be great), extending out the form with some new chord changes for the keys and guitar (Aaron Shapiro's first session with us!) to solo, and another reappearance from our boy Norman on drums - the only drummer we know to be able to take such a technically ridiculous drum solo and still make it sound melodic, thematic, and musical. We had a LOT of fun on this one, and we hope you have as much fun as we did! (Bonus post-jam clip of us finishing the song at the end lol)
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Wooo! After nearly a year, we're finally back with another Persona 5 session, and as you can probably already tell, this one is certainly bigger and better than ever before. While we're still learning and getting better at our production skills, we put a lot of time, effort, and hard work into making this session what it is. We're most notably featuring new guests and collaborations for this one in ways that we've never done before, but most importantly, this session was unique because all of you in the community who've been standing by us no matter what. We couldn't have done this without you. Here's to the future!
Patrick Bartley (@patbartmusic) - Soprano Sax
Khrys Williams (@khryswilliams) - M-Audio MIDI Synth; Conga
Aaron Shapiro (@aaron.b.shapiro) - Guitar
Matt Wong (@allthewongnotes) - Keyboards
Brad Miller (@bradadammiller) - Electric Bass
Norman Edwards (@normanedwardsdrums) - Drums
Video shot and edited by Patrick Bartley.
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[@JMUSICEnsembleOfficial]

Whoever posted the comment "Makoto is dancing to this" then deleted it, please put it back because it made us happy and now we're sad

[@memel0d75]

my man shido on the drums killing it

[@HavokBringerof]

Makoto is dancing to this. (wasn't the OP, but I'll do it anyway)

[@tuxedoninja2365]

I actually hated getting into battles in kaneshiro’s palace cause this song would stop

[@janissary131]

drummer went completely crazy i love it

[@zerotoanime3953]

THOSE DRUMS. MY MAN DID NOT JUST KILL IT. HE JUST ENDED THAT DRUM SETS CAREER.

[@xUnreachablee]

THIS SLAPS BIG TIME

[@Skeletone56]

When you blackmail teens out of their life savings:

[@PatrickBartleyMusic]

If anything, doing this cover made me realize how much I need to practice soprano more. That sucker is hard. 😓

[@Amyisdeaddd]

Whenever I suddenly get hyped for P5R I binge all your P5 vids lmaooo

[@ZeppHead]

Drummer before he sits down at his set:

[@khryswilliams]

Press F to pay respects to my hands after slapping the crap out of that conga.

[@JavBarcaCoppiSol8]

5:45

[@marcusgadsden5109]

The comment section is basically

[@centphilipjumawan4560]

So this is where Shido went after having a change of heart.

[@CraftyJ]

makoto slow down with johanna, at this rate you'll run into someone!

[@ZainKhan-we7md]

Drummer's expression at

[@megalomic875]

6:00

[@cremesent]

6:00

[@ALGOChannel]

I'll def be listening to this instead of the original one from now on