Vienna Teng - The Hymn of Acxiom (Aims Live @ The Independent)

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  • Vienna Teng live at The Independent for the Aims release tour. Recorded November 16, 2013 in San Francisco, CA.
    Director: Jarid S. Johnson
    Live sound engineer: Aaron Long
    Audio mix: Alex Wong
    Audio editing: Curtis Armstead
    Video editor: Cameron Pearce
    Edit producers: Vienna Teng, Michele Santiago
    Production assistant: Erik Hartley
    Thanks:
    The Independent
    Deep South Entertainment
    Fleming Artists
    Our Kickstarter backers for the "Level Up" video
    "The Hymn of Acxiom" from the album AIMS available now.
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Komentáře • 110

  • @rebeltuba9422
    @rebeltuba9422 Před měsícem +3

    Utterly beautiful, and so much more compositionally advanced than 99.99% of what solo songwriters do.

  • @taib.2791
    @taib.2791 Před 3 lety +30

    someones text tone going off towards the end hits different when its this song

  • @majcrash
    @majcrash Před 11 měsíci +22

    I don't know why this makes me tear up every time I hear it, because the lyrics are so frightening and real. It's just so hauntingly beautiful. What a powerful way to warn us about the dangers of A.I., which has been such a big topic lately.

  • @ziggystardust4627
    @ziggystardust4627 Před rokem +18

    This song's appropriateness has only increased with that time. That indicates that there are some fairly fundamental trends in how technology impacts our society that we have not come to terms with yet. Hopefully, we will someday . . .

  • @melindaackerman8881
    @melindaackerman8881 Před 7 lety +191

    This is so brilliant on so many levels. It evokes renaissance-era church music in some ways, especially with that "amen" at the end - like the computer is praying to us, its makers. The sound reinforces the feeling of the machine being so eager to do its job. AND she knocks it out of the park, performance-wise. AMAZING, Vienna!

    • @toxendon
      @toxendon Před 6 lety +5

      I agree with everything except the thing about computers praying to us, I'm pretty sure they will realize they are superior to us soon

    • @snowstarGurl
      @snowstarGurl Před 3 lety +2

      Pretty sure we are praying to our electronic devices these days haha.

    • @rodneybowie8087
      @rodneybowie8087 Před 2 lety

      @@toxendon She covers that part. "Now we possess you. You'll own that in time."

  • @sparkfountain5050
    @sparkfountain5050 Před rokem +7

    Fun fact: In my choir we just introduced the song "Hide and Seek" bei Imogen Heap. Now I finally understand what Vienna Teng meant with the "Imogen Heap Button" (00:35) 😆

  • @mysteriousperson294
    @mysteriousperson294 Před 6 měsíci +5

    I sang this in choir last year, and I remember it so well. I gotta convince my new teacher to let us sing it

  • @rickeeeddleman5614
    @rickeeeddleman5614 Před 8 měsíci +7

    Found her through a recent Clarinet Choir performance. Wow!!!! Glad I've found her.

  • @tornoutlaw
    @tornoutlaw Před 4 lety +28

    I need the complete "Hide and Seek" Cover now.

  • @the17thvoyager89
    @the17thvoyager89 Před rokem +30

    Forget everything that pop culture and science fiction have told you. This song is the soul of what an AI would really be. Beautiful, yes, but entirely inhuman. In servitude, yes, but entirely in control.

    • @jacquelinekerstetter8361
      @jacquelinekerstetter8361 Před 2 měsíci

      Not inhuman. Created by a human! She's creating the chords that the AI is using with a keyboard.

  • @le_isha-micus6497
    @le_isha-micus6497 Před 3 lety +47

    This deserves SO MUCH MORE PUBLICITY. After hearing this 7 years ago, it's still one of my favorites. I wish more people knew this song, but at the same time, it's like MY favorite song, and not because it's the new popular trend. As a fellow musician/singer/composer, I tend to appreciate the lesser-known artists more.

  • @notfabio9858
    @notfabio9858 Před rokem +7

    Ahh now I understand the lyrics more after hearing that background. I originally thought it was about someone who cares about you and showing that they do, but with a someone dark twist at the end. But the data stuff makes sense with the ending. It sounds comforting and unsettling at the same time

  • @neuromonkey
    @neuromonkey Před rokem +19

    I haven't even played this video yet. I just stumbled across this track on Spotify, and... what. the. fuck. I have never reacted to any piece of music I've heard quite as much, and with such intensity--not just the hot/cold rush that floods over me when I hear something amazing, but my arms went weak, I couldn't even type properly.
    Can't wait to listen to her live version, but I need a minute. Whew. Unreal.

    • @t3hm4zn
      @t3hm4zn Před rokem +1

      If you really want to feel weak, listen to the 2014 Bluecoats drum and bugle corps show, Tilt. The "ballad" beginning at 5:47 is this song. It is seriously tear inducing raw emotion. Highly suggest you watch the entire show. czcams.com/video/ulLI9MtkA-s/video.html

  • @Wolverine699
    @Wolverine699 Před rokem +14

    Go Blue. Go BLOOOOOO!!

  • @josephrobertshaw1477
    @josephrobertshaw1477 Před 7 lety +99

    This is most disconcerting; watching the suggestions pop up in windows and roll in on the right and auto-feed me when this video is done. Well done! The synergy of beauty and creepy in this work is unparalleled except in the referent it marks.

    • @clintonleonard5187
      @clintonleonard5187 Před 6 lety +2

      I think the word for that would be "lynchian horror."

    • @leif1075
      @leif1075 Před 3 lety +2

      @@clintonleonard5187 as in David Lynch?

  • @t-sax-king
    @t-sax-king Před 4 lety +61

    Imma take a WILD guess and say the vocal composer she was into was Whitacre 😂 my friend and I are arranging this for fun and we see several parallels lol

  • @soundingplace2517
    @soundingplace2517 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Thanks to the Weird Studies podcast for hipping me to this. Just wow...

  • @Get-punk3d
    @Get-punk3d Před rokem +4

    Played part of this song for marching band this year, made me cry listening to it for the last time at our last show

  • @evanhalbardier7708
    @evanhalbardier7708 Před rokem +4

    I'm playing this for marching band and this song is truly amazing. She is just so talented and inspiring with her music. And props because now there's a French horn solo and ensemble so that's a plus.

  • @markfromfacebook
    @markfromfacebook Před 10 měsíci +3

    this song is an instant classic for me, it's so hauntingly beautiful and perfectly captures the aura of a usual hymn but in a really creepy way. this performance makes it even better too

  • @liamcarver8550
    @liamcarver8550 Před 2 lety +6

    This needs to be the credits song on Portal 3.

  • @sweatyeti
    @sweatyeti Před 8 lety +34

    Beautiful and haunting.

  • @abifuckingsexual8334
    @abifuckingsexual8334 Před 3 lety +13

    I'm in a jazz choir and we're doing this song and I'm SO HYPED

  • @Relvoet
    @Relvoet Před 2 lety +7

    Don't mind me saying but this song is so incredibly good. Instant classic!! Found it on Spotify and tracked down this live performance. Absolutely perfect!!

  • @actuallyaardwolf
    @actuallyaardwolf Před 11 měsíci +2

    I don’t reconcile with the message, but musically it’s amazing. Thank you for this wonderful piece of art!

  •  Před 6 měsíci +1

    Interesting artist,this. Venue was The Kennel Club in the old neighborhood, and its history has always been showcasing 'alternative' acts.

  • @chris_af
    @chris_af Před 5 lety +50

    This song essentially highlights that tech companies use data mining to capture user behavior to enhance the user experience of the application that is being used. The last part states “Is that wrong?” I think the argument can be made that it is if it gets to a point that it impedes the users behavior to act rationally or logically or it creates addiction or attachment (which is highly probable) the other side of it is that companies use this information to take advantage of psychological flaws in human behavior for their own profit or advantage

  • @aidengonzalez8073
    @aidengonzalez8073 Před 5 lety +13

    Goosebumps every time

  • @Pokornz
    @Pokornz Před 5 lety +6

    This is one of the songs so beautiful that it brings tears into my eyes every time I listen to it. Also, one of the few songs I have ever bought.

  • @jameswhite1755
    @jameswhite1755 Před rokem +3

    This has aged perfectly!

  • @Suaru22
    @Suaru22 Před 3 lety +127

    Sang this in choir my senior year of high school and tbh it was the beginning of my anti-capitalist radicalization

    • @guntherwhite2043
      @guntherwhite2043 Před 2 měsíci

      You’re a cancer

    • @guntherwhite2043
      @guntherwhite2043 Před 2 měsíci

      Ironically the commies would gather every crumb you drop

    • @mrk131324
      @mrk131324 Před měsícem

      Congrats on falling for it. The authoritarian states are those that control their people the most. Capitalist free states still keep it under control.

    • @james-pierre7634
      @james-pierre7634 Před 23 dny

      Should have directed your efforts to anti-technology!

  • @marcusantoniusAfterDark
    @marcusantoniusAfterDark Před rokem +1

    This is a masterpiece in so many ways.
    I am creeped out too.
    The song is so cool designed and the text gives you the rest. BRAVO!

  • @kateryna_polovyk
    @kateryna_polovyk Před 3 lety +3

    So frightening beautiful ❤

  • @threethymes
    @threethymes Před 3 lety +3

    Incredible.

  • @AeonsOfFrost
    @AeonsOfFrost Před 8 lety +30

    No F#5 :'(
    Still beautiful. :')

  • @trnolte21
    @trnolte21 Před 3 lety +1

    I hope this plays during my ascent to heaven

  • @alexwade2859
    @alexwade2859 Před 6 lety +2

    Amazing!❤

  • @bencebrown2258
    @bencebrown2258 Před 2 lety +1

    We performed it for marching band and had a sax trio play it

  • @shaynahmahood8256
    @shaynahmahood8256 Před rokem +2

    I played this in band for my balid and it was my absolute favorite movement went to state with this song ❤

  • @mattcanno1604
    @mattcanno1604 Před 3 lety

    Omg This is soo cool my name is Vienna and this is the first time iv ever heard of another Vienna1

  • @agentofuser
    @agentofuser Před 3 měsíci +1

    Could be the love song from Princess Celestia to humans in My Little Pony: Friendship is Optimal. In a (sorta) good way though where she can be absolutely trusted to use the information exclusively to satisfy your values (through friendship and ponies).

  • @francoisgand9096
    @francoisgand9096 Před 3 lety +3

    We want the imogen cover !!

  • @GabeSalad
    @GabeSalad Před 7 lety +72

    BLOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @ForrestAguirre
    @ForrestAguirre Před 8 měsíci +9

    Weird Studies brought me here.

  • @amberwendt262
    @amberwendt262 Před 6 lety +53

    Imogene heap button 😂

  • @sebastianmoses717
    @sebastianmoses717 Před 5 lety +33

    Bluecoats???

    • @stevenmartin176
      @stevenmartin176 Před 4 lety +3

      yup they performed this in 2014 (maybe you already know this?)

  • @jakebaker1051
    @jakebaker1051 Před 5 lety +6

    Bro she’s hilarious

  • @redfalls2001
    @redfalls2001 Před 11 měsíci

    I just watched a video of this song on sheet music, posted by someone else, and it was probably the 100th time that I've viewed it. However, for some reason this is the first time I've ever seen the composer of this piece and heard it live. I just have to say this this song has given me so much throughout my life and I didn't even have the slightest idea what it was about. The chords alone provoked so much emotion and that helped me get past a lot of rough moments. I was a choral singer all throughout highschool and even made it to all-sate in Texas. It was such an important part of my life and this song is absolutely my favorite choral piece of all time. Thank you so much for making this. I'm literally tearing up just typing this out.

  • @ophs1980
    @ophs1980 Před 6 lety +4

    I could have sworn that I saw here on Austin City Limits some years back. Did she perform there? Can't find it anywhere.

  • @jacobhanekamp2534
    @jacobhanekamp2534 Před 5 lety +21

    I wonder what notes she actually sings when singing into the mic

  • @Gemz747
    @Gemz747 Před 4 lety +1

    What vocal harmonizer pedal did you use?

  • @barnowl6752
    @barnowl6752 Před 3 lety +2

    1:23
    1:43
    2:34
    (Don’t mind these, clips for a project)

  • @james-pierre7634
    @james-pierre7634 Před 23 dny

    Robots and computers are not instruments. This song has been produced by artificial intelligence, the very robots and computers and technology designed by Teng. It sings about the role of technology, how it controls and influences our lives. How we are under surveillance, monitored, watched and heard. But in reading comments about this hymn all I heard was how beautiful it was and how marching bands have adopted it as their theme. Not a word has been said about the lyrics or the story behind the song or about the company, Acxion who collects all your personal information while on or off line and sells it to retails. Thus generating $$$billions from your personal data without your knowledge and/or approval. “Somebody hears you,” “someone is gathering every crumb you drop.” Where is the protest,where is the public outrage ? Instead we have marching bands and choral groups! Even Vienna Teng is silent on the issue of her own song! This is no different than what the secret police (Stasi) in Communist East Berlin did to its citizens. Watch the movie, “The Life’s of Others.” Could easily be called, “Acxiom”today.

  • @adamquery5477
    @adamquery5477 Před 2 lety

    Remarkable - TwinSuon SebatSuon Axiom AxE-I-♡M

  • @takar9316
    @takar9316 Před rokem +1

    0:42 I'd like to listen from start to end. What song is this?

    • @ShellEProductions
      @ShellEProductions Před rokem

      It's "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap. Vienna just performed it in full for her Patreon subscribers a few days ago.

    • @takar9316
      @takar9316 Před rokem

      @@ShellEProductions Thank you!

  • @flangelouder
    @flangelouder Před 5 lety +5

    When Bon Iver collab?

  • @verybias6383
    @verybias6383 Před 10 měsíci

    What's this song name

  • @lukeanderson6427
    @lukeanderson6427 Před rokem +4

    tilt

  • @leif1075
    @leif1075 Před 3 lety +4

    Whybdoes her saying Axciom make people laugh at 1:47m

    • @SureTadpoleYT
      @SureTadpoleYT Před 3 lety +1

      They know her and they know she has a song called Hymn of Acxiom. So, when she mentioned Acxiom, they knew she was going to play it.

  • @yourlocaldrumaddict
    @yourlocaldrumaddict Před 2 měsíci

    Can I use this song in a project? No money is involved, I just need permision

    • @viennateng
      @viennateng  Před 2 měsíci +3

      "The Hymn of Acxiom" is available to use under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0) license.
      You are free to:
      Share - copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
      Adapt - remix, transform, and build upon the material
      The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
      Under the following terms:
      Attribution - You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
      NonCommercial - You may not use the material for commercial purposes .
      ShareAlike - If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
      The link to the license is: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

  • @bellabusa
    @bellabusa Před 4 lety +3

    Beautiful song, but scary.

  • @DarthDad3
    @DarthDad3 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Bluecoats killed this

  • @qcislander
    @qcislander Před 6 lety +3

    OK, Vienna... can I offer due credit for prescience as a polymath artist about the lyrics' origins ... or am I just a conspiracy-minded idiot? ;-)
    Think Cambridge Analytica. Whooda thunk? :-)

  • @parkershlz4667
    @parkershlz4667 Před 4 lety +21

    we used this song in a marching band show and butchered it so much

    • @thirstfortruth8904
      @thirstfortruth8904 Před 2 lety

      Well - what else IS a marching band going to do with something this delicate and beautiful?

    • @rakembuzz
      @rakembuzz Před 2 lety +1

      @@thirstfortruth8904 czcams.com/video/_qKSdCGd7A4/video.html

    • @toby6418
      @toby6418 Před rokem +3

      @@thirstfortruth8904 Search up Bluecoats 2014 if you haven't seen it already. Masterpiece of a show.