5 COMPOSERS 1 IDEA (ft. June Lee, David Bennett, Ben Levin & No Compliments)
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- 5 composers write a short piece based on the same limitation - a piece for solo piano in 3 sections, with main line and accompaniment, where the main line has either 1, 2 or 3 notes.
Special thanks to pianist Sequoia
www.sequoiasounds.com
PDFs and MP3s of all the pieces are available on my patreon: / davidbruce
David Bennett's Channel:
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and David's video all about Songs with One Note Melodies:
• Songs with One Note Me...
No Compliments channel:
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Ben Levin's Channel:
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June Lee's Channel:
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"Frustrated Beethoven Energy"
"Angry Phillip Glass"
"Depraved Student at St Petersburg Conservatory at the end of a montage of him practicing the same thing over and over again and then smashing the piano"
Ben would definetely win a competition for "most hilarious and still strangley useful playing instructions", if such a thing existed.
These are brilliant!
Best performance directions, hands down.10/10 would evoke the exact intentions of the composer.
Would be cool content for a future video: all those weird instructions in modern music. I thought about Rautavaara's instruction in cantus arcticus: 'think of autumn and Tchaikovsky'
Those are almost Eric Satie levels. of instructions
@@SprokkereefNederlands I've recently really gotten into his second piano sonata, "Fire Sermon," what works do you recommend for me to check out by him?
@@lifeontheledgerlines8394 Personally I'm a huge fan of his Incantations. Concert for Percussion and orchestra. It's one of my ablsute favorite classical pieces.
It was a real treat to collaborate with all five of you brilliant musicians (inc. Sequoia)! Thank you for the opportunity 😊🎶
Thanks for being part of it David! You're talented and a gentleman!
congrats David!! great to e-meet you and your music :)
No Compliments you too!
Your piece tour my soul man.... The way it moved from sadness to hope with that bittersweet ending.... Someone needs to stop chopping onions in my room....
@@DBruce Get Jacob Collier on this series next or I'm unsubscribing lol
It's so unfair that this David Bruce managed to be in this collab for the third time.
😂😂
😂👌
He's really good though, gotta hand it to him
It's so unfair Ben Levin managed to be in this collab for the third time.
Whoever brings the ball gets to play!
“This really puts the cream in my doughnut” as they say. I am now filled to the brim with new insight, gratitude, and more reasons to wake up in the morning and explore music. Thank you for being my baker of doughnuts DAVID!! And wow I am honored to sit in a video next to freaking GOAT composers yolo for life
dude you're purely enlightened! pleasure to e-meet you and your music xx
@@noplexus Wonderful to meet you too, thank you for the wonderful sounds and brain!!!!
@@BenLevin C O M M E N T
Those were the best performance directions I've ever seen dude, 10/10
I absolutely loved your piece! I was loudly applauding at the end :-D
12:15
"Depraved student at St. Petersburg Conservatory at the end of a montage of him practicing the same thing over and over again and then smashing the piano"
- Ben Levin
It's been a truly inspiring experience from the beginning writing process to seeing how it all came together! Thanks David, Sequoia and fellow composers 🤩
June! So great to e-meet you, and your piece was gorgeous :)
@@noplexus Likewise, Allison!
So will you make a video of your piece with the chord analysis?
I enjoyed your piece I'm glad you've worked hard at being a good musician otherwise I'd never have heard it
@@JuneLee yes please make a video about your part, like Ben and Adam Neely and David did
Ben: mine is like a carrot.
....of course ben, of course.
At first I thought he meant caret, but then he started describing eating it...
this is why ben is great
Well, he had a fruit thing going on recently, which is close enough to a carrot I guess. Can only recommend his fruit festival videos
What color is a carrot uuhh a carrot i think i thinks its a carrot uuh a carrot
David did warn you to expect the unexpected
"My name is no compliments, *thank you* to David Bruce"
you had one job
oh f%@k
Bruh lmao
not sure if "thank you" is a compliment though haha. it's appreciation.
rofl
this is so stupid
i loughed out loud xD
can we talk a minute about Ben's score indications? "with a frustrated Beethoven energy"
I loved "Angry Philip Glass" 😆
Are we just gonna ignore the student at the St. Petersburg conservatory of music thing?!?!
@@benjaminlight7227 nope
@@benjaminlight7227 That was my favorite
nobody mentioned it, that made me think they don't see sheet music during reaction
"the piece is enjoying itself". What a wonderful observation!
9:06 You know you have got some juicy chord, when even June Lee makes a stank face and mumbles "That chord..."
i'm considering making a 5 second grab of that moment and putting it on my website as a review lol
@@noplexus Also, happy pride month!
@@lifeontheledgerlines8394 thank you!!
@@noplexus Fanastically well done, I'm so glad you were in this. Never heard of you before, but I've already subbed and I'm not even done with the video. You've got that "good-vibe" energy.
@@mavmav0YT Oh gee now I'm just blushing, thanks Airdragon!
June Lee asking “how do I notate this” is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard
June: How do I notate this rhythm in my head
Also June: lemme notate this modulation to G half sharp major
Hahahaha
Hey everyone! So great to be here :) :) :)
Thanks for being part of this!!
@@DBruce thank YOU for having me! also I need Ben's philosophising to be turned into some sort of audio book or wellness app. swipe right for Ben's musings on life. i think there's a huge market for it.
@@noplexus Facts
Your piece was fantastic. I was smiling the whole time
@@josephalvarez5315 Thanks for commenting Joseph, I'm really glad you liked it!
01:44 - David Bennett ("One, Two, Much")
06:31 - No Compliments ("Carnival of the Bruce")
11:04 - Ben Levin ("Ruining a good thing by making it better")
16:27 - June Lee ("3-2-1")
21:43 - David Bruce ("Alternate")
Timestamps for the performances!
@@TTinari no problem!
thank you for this!!
Bravo
Eroe
I just want to note how delightfully distracting Sequoia's Pink Floyd pants are. :)
"David Bruce as a flamingo" is my new mantra.
Mine is "Daddy doggy David Bruce. My god, my god, my boss, my dad, my David, my dad, my son David Bruce."
David bruce: Talks about June Lee's harmony
Ben Levin: Oh wow that form, it reminds me of life as I understand it now!
Ben's annotations are gold
For David Bennett's piece, that little soft thing that June sang needs to be recorded and released.
I couldn't agree more
19:44 Ben's interpretation of June's piece as a metaphor for life hit me hard
I don't know how Ben can be so goofy and so deep in equal amounts.
@@DBruce It's like when a child says really profound things. It hits different lol. Cool guy
And at the same time!
Agreed. It was such a profound interpretation of June's harmony.
13:30-13:36
"Hmm"
"Oh"
"Oh"
"Oh"
"Yeah"
"Oh"
"Oh"
"Hmm"
"Yeah"
Nice editing!
No Compliments referencing Bec Plexus, Ben Levin's awesomely descriptive notes, rhythmically editing the the reactions to match the pieces, David Bruce being called fancy things (this time Dad and Flamingo)...
Such bliss!
Would've love some Tanatcrul though, but I'm just being choosy.
don't worry, he'll be back!
I had to throw in a sneaky reference to Bec. Couldn't resist! heheh
Don't forget Adam Neely!
@Sasha Lemay That would be so extra. I'm down to watch that.
"Light and Snowy, sustain pedal ad lib throughout" ok
"Frustrated Beethoven energy" weird but I get it
"Angry Phillip Glass" wat
"Depraved Student at St Petersburg Conservatory at the end of a montage of him practicing the same thing over and over again and than smashing the piano" well that escalated quickly
Please never stop making 5 composer challenges
I feel like using Sequoia is cheating in an on itself, this guy could just tap the pedals for half an hour and manage to make it sound beautiful
"The form is like a carrot"
Ben Levin - 2020
Ben’s ability to describe the narrative at work in pieces of music is just uncanny
Sequoia is AWESOME! I had the chance to work with him in an opera workshop led by my singing teacher. So kind and VERY talented!!
Would love to see a challenge where the brief is to write an atonal composition. Would be very interesting
I guess it can be interpreted differently?
microtonal challenge!
Yonatan Beer with Jacob Collier of course performing 😉
Awesome idea! I'd suggest to call Samuel Andreyev for that
This is a great idea, though atonal is a really broad term.
"That nasty green stuff that nobody wants to eat on the end of the carrot" Does this series work without Ben Levin's commentaries?
This is like Masterchef for professional musicians without the unnecessary dramas and I'm here for it
June: This is so joyful I can’t stop smiling 😐
My favourite thing about these videos is how differently each composer interprets the brief. Loved how restricting this brief was too
David your channel truly embodies what makes CZcams great.
Couldn't agree more 🙌
can we talk about 13:28 and how "stuck" starts syncing everyone with the music for a bit? Damn, even video editing he's a good composer.
"Angry Philip Glass" is probably my favorite staff text
Reactions
David Bennett 2:52
No Compliments 7:55
Ben Levin 12:24
June Lee 17:50
David Bruce 22:52
I find it amusing you have David Bennett in this video, as for the longest time I kept confusing both channels' names.
The second composition sounds like a butterfly out exploring and then coming across another butterfly. There's a pause, as he holds his breath in awe, and then a timid step forward as they begin to interact, it's innocent and cheeky, slowly growing in chemistry until they finally begin fluttering around together blissfully and excitedly.
Really beautiful.
David Bennett's piece reminds me of The Snowman. For those that don't live in the UK and have this as part of their childhood, The Snowman was a 1982 animated television film and symphonic poem based on the 1978 book of the same name, written by Raymond Briggs. Something about the music just makes me think of it, like it's the kind of song you'd hear in one of those voiceless films that play on BBC every Christmas, and I love it
Thats what I pay internet for!
I like how Ben Levin's response to June Lee's piece was just straight up Albert Camus
David Bennett's piece is the only one I would totally listen to on a Sunday afternoon when trying to relax.
I'm shocked at how good this is.
Wow. Everybody really brought their A-game. Outstanding.
Have you considered something like "five composers, one poem" and doing an art-song or a four-part-chorus?
Ben should make a Fiverr account where he just listens to music and records his reactions with his classic poetic descriptions.
As a brazilian, it makes me remember the One Note samba from Tom Jobim. On the first part, the melody is made in one note, then it goes to all notes on the chorus! Thanks Guys, amazing video
if you take a look at David Bennett’s channel, he has a video on one-note melodies, and includes the One-Note Samba in his discussion. that’s how I came to watch this video, as he mentions it in his discussion.
I was so surprised when she said she had a girlfriend. Isn’t it a rule that composers don’t have girlfriends?
she might have meant it as a friend sort of way? idk
simply kathryn rebeca
they were joking
@@simplykathrynrebeca It's always so confusing to me when women do that lol
Nope, she does. I know No Compliments; she has a partner.
This is the second one in this series where one of the women has a girlfriend. Is there something about lesbians and composers now lol
David Bennett is by far my favorite. the only one id listen to again. very elegant and classical sounding
Idea for the next edition: piece for a choir or a vocal ensemble
Yeah i thought so too
Because of covid19 choirs arent singing together for a while.
@@philaphobic That could be an advantage though. If you're using a virtual choir, that saves a lot of time and effort in getting people together, getting a space, etc.
Yeah just get Jacob Collier to be your whole choir
Honestly, I absolutely love these types of videos (of different composers and an Idea). Very well done David! (As I myself am an 'almost composer', (as I am only 12) classical Composer at that) When I always see these videos, I always think, 'how possibly could they compose like this and ever since I started composing my first piece, I always looked at other composers works and try to understand how to compose a good left hand accompaniment (trying to forget the simple Alberti bass) and these videos really support me with this problem. Again, Great job David, keep up the great work!
At the end of No Compliments piece, the last 5 measures, the right hand is doing the 3 notes she chose (B F# and E) in a chord. I'm not sure if you noticed that, Bruce, but it's still the 3 note section, she's just using it like how an atonal composer might compress a few notes of a 12-tone row into a chord. The way you put the labels on it just as the B, and F# later, makes me think you didn't realize.
Oh, nice catch!
I'm definitely seeing shades of Tigran Hamasyan in June's piece
Shit you're right
David's too, actually.
Yuppppp
Listen to “II. The Mystic” from Matthew Bourne’s Montauk Variations. That’s what it reminded me of.
david bennet!! i love his videos
This is by far my favourite of your 5C1I vids so far. Overflowing with inventiveness, each. There's no one piece that stands out, they're all 10/10. Would make a good cycle for public performance.
Nice David Bennett hes nice
cheers!
Quackers!
David Bennett Piano loved your composition so much, i was floating the whole time
David Bennett: Tender and emotional, reminds me of some Yiruma pieces.
No Compliments: Frantic and fun and bouncy, just like a fair.
Ben Levin: I like the syncopated rhythms. Sounds a little futuristic and a little jazzy.
June Lee: Thought it was going to stay nice and idyllic but turned super dark and crunchy.
David Bruce: The rhythms of video game music with the harmony and texture of jazz.
June's piece sounds a little bit like something Tigran Hamasyan would do imo.
GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies14 very true
Nice descriptions! David Bennet's was Ravel-like, No Compliments' SaintSaens-esque, Ben' jazzy, June's with hints of dissonance and David Bruce's with an increasing contemporary feel. The order really seem to progress through the styles of the last 100 years or so. Loved it.
I swear, if I had only one thing I could watch for the rest of my life, it would be the ‘5 Composers 1 Theme’ series. These are always so brilliant and great for getting excited about exploring all music has to offer.
THAT PIANIST IS PHENOMENAL THO
I know, right
Loved this. And lol, love how No Compliments and Bec Plexus from the 5 Composers orchestral video both had a similar story for how they named their pieces. 'I told my girlfriend about it and she said...' Just a weird coincidence.
ETA: apparently not a coincidence at all, I'm just dumb. LOL
Another totally weird coincidence... is that Bec and I are now both engaged to be married. On the same day. In the same place.
... to each other.
Hahahah. Oh man, I am slightly embarrassed now - I am new here 😂😂😂 I'm super happy for you guys though!! Congratulations :)
@squidge no no! You’re the first person to pick up on this easter egg. No one knew yet, this was our overtly complex and sneaky way of us outing ourselves 🤣🤣
@@noplexus That's so cute! 😭 I probably only noticed because I watched them back to back but I'm just going to pretend I sleuthed it out. Congrats again!
This is such an incredible series, and I’ve loved every installment, but I think this is my favorite so far. The creativity that came out of such restriction is captivating and really inspiring
No Compliments: *exists*
Also No Compliments: *gives lots of compliments*
david bennet's composition sounds like something hisaishi would compose
I’m so happy ❤️❤️❤️ I feel like anytime Ben Levin is part of 5 composers he always creates something different and elegant, then David is always “hold my beer” 😂 very fun and dramatic
June's piece is fantastic. That ending is so rich, dark and weary yet hopeful. Love Ben's metaphors on everyone's pieces, he really hits the nail on its head with those. And Sequoia...damn!! Great work David, your channel certainly is one of the best.
I'm stunned by how these 5 comps sound so different! Beautiful
Ben Levin trying to explain his thought process describing a carrot is exactly why I love him and this series.
Next one should have twoset violin as the performers and the composers can write for violin duo.
😃🤩😋
Yes pleeaaase 😁
Please make this collab happen!!
Legendary
They’re too busy practicing
I heard so much of Debussy's "Golliwog's Cakewalk" in No Compliment's brief. Excellent job by all!!!
That first song... Using so few notes on the melody... Made me wanna cry... Gave me goosebumps. So beautiful.
Guess because I'm an emotional person that song grabbed me the most.
I don't recall hearing this episode before but I clearly liked it because my thumbs up like is there. This time I know I shall remember it. This is a fantastic episode and I like what all five composers did with it. Need I say, Sequoia was amazing. Without their playing I doubt that I could have appreciated any of these five pieces, but the presentation on the keyboard was so clear and powerful that each piece moved me dramatically.
Mr Bruce, David, if I may, over the approximately 2 years I've been listening to your programs I have come to appreciate them greatly and to love you for putting them together and presenting them. I played the string bass (badly) for 13 years and the tuba briefly at the end of that period. But I never really learned to truly hear and appreciate music Lenny Bernstein and others have helped me with this but few have come close to teaching me as much as you seem to have. Your discussions on composing and putting things together and how to arrange things and be creative and so on and all of your five composers 1 x episodes have taught me so much. This episode is four times better on the second hearing. I hope that this message in some way indicates how grateful I am to you for your programs and for your sharing of yourself and of your knowledge. Thank you.
As a beginner music producer it feels so good seeing and hearing what those talented composers come up with.. a good source of inspiration also, great vid :)
it seems like June Lee nailed exactly the right things that you had to do with those limitations. Use of interesting rhythms to add more intrigue and tension to the use of one note and lush harmony to recolor it in an interesting way. It seems that he was careful with the texture most of them all because while he uses quite messy chords, nonetheless there remains clarity as much as it seems to be possible. Wonderful!
Holy shit I heard "Sequoia" as I was doing the dishes and I flipped my head around. Glad to know there are more of us in this world
This video has such a cool personal feel. It feels like reality TV or a competition show, but nice. Their oooos to Ben Levins composition became part of the peice.
Sequoia *killed it*!!! The right-hand piano line at the end of Bruce's composition (22:35) reminded me a bit of the end of the first movement of Petrushka, if you took the big chords out of it and cut it off :D
I wasn't familiar with No Compliments before. Solo piano music is so different from the tracks I found on her website, but her piece (6:31) showed she can totally take advantage of the tools available on an acoustic piano to produce just the effects she wants!
Yeah, Petrushka must indeed be part of its inspirational baggage, I too felt that very strongly.
every piece I was like "ok this is my favorite"
then I went back and was like "okay but this was so good too.."
amazing stuff
David Bennett: Straight up classic and buttery
No Compliments: Bouncy and blissful
Ben: Classy and dramatic
June: Mystic and complex
Daddy Flamingo: Intense and adventurous
I get stuck in the same boat, but then realize you can't decide because they each capture a different vibe.
I love everything about this video... It made me happy. Thanks everyone!
What amazed me is that when David Bennett finally got to use three notes, he used the third one as a mere ornament. It's like he could have simply kept on making beautiful music with just one or two notes! let's hear the rest...
June Lee's got an epic gamer mouse :P
Wow. As with the previous installments, all the composers did a great job.
I must say though there is something in David Bennett's piece that is special. It feels like he did the most with the least. I've listened to it multiple times now. On the surface it's so much more sparse and straight forward than the other pieces, but there's something subtle in there that I can't quite put my finger on that just pulls me in emotionally.
June's wild jazz chords coming to those last three satisfying resolutions was a really cool thing to hear.
The first one is so beautiful. The others are nice musical experiments, but hardly leave the same feeling.
Loved all five compositions! It was great to see the variation between the different approaches.
Perhaps you cheated a bit at the end, David. But that was so worth it. The soft, tender but at the same time frenetic cascade in the right hand was such a great counter to the earlier part of the piece. June Lee's piece was incredibly dense and told a story, but your piece was like a picture of the world. I don't know. I felt the both really deep. Again, all five compositions were excellent. Thanks for this.
The talent on display here blows me away!
I like how "Depraved student at St Petersberg Conservatory at the end of a montage of him practising the same thing over and over again and then smashing the piano" is a clear musical direction.
It would be interesting to see Rick Beato in this series.
ooooo that would be cool
I'm glad the david I always confuse with david is finally collabing with david!
Months later and I keep coming back to David Bennett's piece. It's so beautiful. I can't help but fall and stay in love with it.
My gosh, the piece by No Compliments left me in awe!
i saw June Lee and i clicked immediately
You gotta stay in the month
June Lee makes you forget and not realise the limitations completely
Ben's emotional analysis of June Lee's composition... wonderful.
David Bennett’s piece makes me feel like I’m walking around lower Tribeca, Manhattan... so evocative!
"I love harmony"- June Lee, 2020
"Fifths are wonderful" - June Lee, 2020 (at 23:25)
"I like chords."
- Jacob Collier in the understatement of the century
Damn, these pieces sound so beautiful! Especially the first one has a kind of Nils Frahm touch, reminding me of his Wintermusik album. Great work everyone!
Yeah so June Lee deserves a lot of credit for his composing and arranging skills. So wonderfully rhythmically complex, without it being too much. Tense, tender, and then the balance of the 5th on the final chord. The 66 BPM section is so nice!
These composers are absolute geniuses. Their music is so surprising and refreshing. I wonder how I got so far without knowing about them...