1 Year of Live MIDI Art - My Experience
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- čas přidán 28. 05. 2024
- Today is exactly 1 year since I uploaded my first live MIDI art video. Thank you for the INCREDIBLE support throughout the year!
If you enjoy what I do, please consider joining my Patreon. As a member, you'll be able to download everything I've created in the last few years (including MIDI files): / glasys
I have merch too, featuring my different MIDI drawings: glasys-merch.myshopify.com/
Here's a playlist of ALL my live MIDI art: • Live MIDI Art
Concert photos by Jim Snyder.
All music and video by Gil Assayas (GLASYS).
Chapters:
0:00 1 Year of Live MIDI Art!
0:35 Why I Made These Videos
1:43 What I've Learned
2:26 I Need Your Input
2:45 What's Next? - Hudba
The people who think your art is fake have probably never played piano once in their lives. Keep up the great work!
@Muffinconsumer4 what proof do you need other than him pressing the keys and then the notes popping up on screen?
@Muffinconsumer4 just looking at the piano notes and the notes showing up on screen you can tell that it's not fake, so the proof that it's not fake is literally right there, people are just too lazy to check.
@@burntspud7466 especially since people have for years been making music by drawing into the piano roll and then tweaking it to sound good - this is just that but in reverse.
I don’t imagine I’ll ever get bored of the midi art, it blows my mind every time
Thank you! That means a lot 🙏
Knowing how influenced your style is from classical pianists, it would be interesting to do a midi art spelling out their names, in the style of their music. Not sure if that's possible but would be very impressive!
That’s a very cool idea! I’ll write it down and maybe experiment with it. Thanks Bitclef!
I'm not bored of the midi art, those short videos that pop up in my sub feed give me a nice break from my normal content.
Glad you’re still enjoying them! Thanks for the support my friend 🙏
I would love to see more covers and original music! The midi art has been a fascinating challenge and very well executed, but it's just not something to listen to, if that makes sense. :) The videos where you make short semi-improvised sound bytes (like the one where you test all the pedals) have been some of my favourite videos in the past, would love to hear more wild synth patches and beautiful chord progressions
Thanks for the feedback Mark! Yes I haven’t done gear-focused stuff in a while, I’d like to get back to it. I also plan on releasing many more originals this year. Appreciate your ongoing support man!
100% agree :)
yes! more. I haven't seen them all, just one. But I still say MORE. 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹👍👍👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
I'd love to see more midi art, but I originally subbed to the channel because of your amazing proficiency doing drums/bass/keys covers. I like video game music, but I'd love to see you apply that same proficiency to non-video game songs
Frankly though, I love this channel, so I'll happily take whatever content you want to make 👍
Thanks Spencer! Appreciate the longtime support my friend. I would love to do everything, but there’s so little time. I’m gonna do my best to diversify my content though, and bring back things I haven’t done in a while!
I remember it was the amazing covers you did of the Game Boy Castlevania and Contra tracks that originally had me smashing that sub button, but if that hadn't impressed me, the MIDI arts would've.
Never seen Midi art before but im glad I found this video. Well off to go watch every single one!!!
Thanks Sax King! Appreciate you checking it out!
A huge part of my love for your content is your genuine personality and willingness to show the creative process. I'll always be blown away by the skill you've developed, but the little bits of you failing and the "in an hour" videos have actually taught me quite a bit, and I appreciate that so much. I've been trying to play music this last year more than ever simply because I can see someone so much further ahead than me still have to repeat, retry, and restart. Thank you.
Thanks Andrew, that’s great to hear! I’ll be sharing a lot more of my creative process soon, mostly in live streams!
"It's obviously green screen"🤣 gata love the internet .I'm still giddy that I suggested the Pacman one 🤣🤣 wish you luck on your tours and your channel man!
Thanks my friend! Yup, those conspiracy comments are always entertaining 😂
It’s really fun seeing a MIDI art video here and there in my noti’s when catching up, so if you like it then I think you should just keep going with the amazing content! It is very unique after all.
Thanks so much! I do still enjoy it, so I’m glad to hear you do too :)
MOre please!!! They always blow my mind and you end up watching it 10 times in a row and anways enjoy
Glad you are able to reach a larger audience through your MIDI art. It really is a great showcase of your skills and artistry. Do things for as long as you enjoy them and you'll always have an audience of at least one here!
That being said I cannot wait for that new album!
Always great to hear from you my friend! Hope all is well in your world 🙏
The MIDI art absolutely should keep going.
MOAR MIDI ART AND MUSIC ALL THE TIME YAAAAASSSSS
Thanks for keeping up with the GLASYS channel and continuing with your excellence ! Love to see longer versions of your songs too.
Thanks Kent! Hope you’re well man
@@GLASYS And the best to you sir !
These are fascinating. I love them. I'd like to see your life on the road too. I first saw you with Utopia and have been a fan ever since.
Thanks Preston! That means a lot, I miss the Utopia tour
I need monthly dose of your MIDi art I'm so obsessed
The midi art videos are amazing! I personally want more keys-centered videos, like the older ones you have on your channel ( your perception of harmony and synth patches just blows my mind everytime, so watching you playing sometimes it's just as fun as the other kinds of videos).
Never boring. But it might be nice to see a longer video of you working one of these pieces of art out- like a behind the scenes of a 20 second fight scene that took two weeks to shoot.
Congratulations on a good year- Yeah yeah!
Thanks Gregg! I’ve done some behind the scenes in my tutorial and live streams, but I will definitely do more! Thanks for the feedback and support 🙌🙏
@@GLASYS Off to the archives!!!
I can never get enough of your midiart videos.
Thanks for watching Julius!
Glasys,, Through the one year you've been here, you've been spreading pure fun and pure imagination of what music can portray of either games or company titles and you kill it every time, I'm happy that you continue to make these videos for the community😄💖
Thanks for being so awesome Tails! I appreciate you 🙏💜
music + pixel art + videogames = awesome. Thank you for creating great stuff,
Dude whats the limit ? Can you play videogames with a piano keyboard with cool sound fx or music? Lol jk man keep up the good work and song live old videogames!!
Thanks Esteban! Haha playing games with a piano keyboard is possible, but would probably sound terrible lol. I’ll bet someone has tried that before, I’ve seen a drummer do it 😄
@@GLASYS True 😅
This is a really cool idea! Play through stage 1-1 on Super Mario Bros with the piano. Using different tones and sounds for every button. Would be really interesting to hear what that would be like!
WE NEED A WAARIOOO MIDI ART! WaAAAAaaH! Your awsome!
Happy 1 Year MIDI art anniversary! It is annoying when people think your art is fake as they probably dont even understand how the process works.
Thanks Javy, hope you’ve been well! I did find it frustrating at first, but now I don’t mind the “fake” comments. Some are really entertaining 😄
I'm just happy to keep listening to the music and content you enjoy making.
Thanks so much! Appreciate you listening
Thanks for sticking around and being so awesome MrPizzaGuy!
This is just like gaming, if people acuse you of cheating, but you arent, it's because you really have talent on what you do.
Keep up the good work man, from here you will only go up!
Thanks Dragon!
Since you asked, i'd love to see more of it. But most importantly, I think some of them deserve an extended version because of how cool they are. Havent seen them all yet, but so far, my fav is Pac Man.
Keep it up!
Thanks Lantos! I’d like to extend more when I have the time
Since the first midi art video I found from you I'm subbed man. I love them. I will never get bored of them and for sure I want to see more :)
That’s so great to hear, thanks so much! 😀🙏
Go, go! Continue live MIDI arting game themes, you rock! ❤
I was scrolling through Shorts one day and one of your midi art videos popped up. I immediately went to your channel to see if you had more. When I watched them all, I subscribed for more lol. It's such a unique concept and never gets old. You have an incredible talent combined with a beautiful artistic vision. You're awesome!
Thanks Naser! I really appreciate you checking out all the vids and sticking around! Means a lot! 🙏
Love them Gil! Please keep them coming. They are amazing!!!!
I first found your channel when your metroid title theme remix was reccommended to me, and i was instantly hooked on your channel. Your magmoor cavern remix is one of my favourite songs, with a beautiful solo. The fact that midi art is even possible blows my mind, and you crush it everytime you make a new video. I'm glad you've started getting more attention, you absolutely deserve it. Happy 1 year anniversary to the midi art!
Hey IndigoThrone, thank you! I appreciate the longtime support my friend . Glad you enjoy the Metroid covers as well! 🙌🙏
I just discovered your channel yesterday (July 11, 2022). My kids and I are loving your MIDI art videos. And also just your playing in general. My son plays and composes his own music. Jordan Rudess is a big inspiration as is any classical composer. So we loved your electronic Chopin video. Amazing playing.
We also love the channel Rousseau, the pianist who uses a visualizer along with classical pieces played live.
We were just discussing how it's hard to believe such great musicians exist and we never hear about them except through something like the MIDI art videos. By the way my son's music can be found at Niall Stallman Composer on CZcams. He actually has written about 110 pieces but only recorded a few. Keep up the inspiring creations.
Thanks Delayne, that really means a lot! I appreciate the kind words. Wishing you and your kids all the best! 💜🙏
Thankful to Rebop and Todd for bringing you into “ our family”. I love everything you create!
Thanks Julie! 💜🙏
I love the MIDI art, as long as you feel like making it then I'll watch.
I appreciate it! 🙏
Been a fan for a longtime! I'm glad to see youtube finally giving you the shine you deserve!
Thanks my friend! Appreciate you sticking around and being awesome 🙏
I remember looking for midi in the past, before you uploaded, and I couldn't find anything, and when I found your channel, I was ecstatic that I finally found exactly what I was looking for, and it was one of my most amazing finds on this app, thank you for all the work you put into each video, and congrats on the 1 year ❤️
Thanks L2M, you’re incredibly kind! I appreciate you being here! 🙏
Thank you, love everything you do!!!!!!
Thanks for being awesome!
i would love to see more covers or arrangements of game music. like dkc2 or secret of mana
New versions!! , that's a cool idea, there literally hundreds of awesome titles
I’ve done quite a few video games covers over the last few years, I’ll definitely do more in the future! Thanks for the feedback 😀
Always a treat
Seeing midi art inspired by bands or artists in their own sound would be cool
That could be cool! Good idea :)
I love your songs and covers. The MIDI art is cool and I still watch em but your songs and covers I will actively choose to go back to listen to older ones when it pops in my mind (TPain Tiny Desk, Finger Twisters, Live at Sequential, etc). Either way make whatever you want to!
Thanks Mark! Really appreciate you listening to the older stuff as well! 🙏
yes more please. i've only just discovered this 😭
Thanks Nemo! :)
Thank you for sharing these incredible videos! 🙏🏻
Thanks so much for your support! 💜🙏
it’s so good i feel like it’s not real but you even show your hands, amazing work
I think yo are amazing with the midi art. You are also a musical wizard. I'd like to see you push the envelope in the areas ou find most fun. You having fun is really what I like to see.
You’re very kind, thanks for the kind words and encouragement 🙏😀
Love all your content!! It's inspiring to see all the forms of creativity that emerge from the level of playing ability you've achieved, and how it continues to grow/evolve.
My favorite would have to be "Finger Twisters", that's the one that got me hooked! Def would be cool to see more stuff like that, maybe even a crossover episode - MIDI Art Twisters. Guess that could be interpreted in different ways, so here's a few possible interpretations off the top of my head (along with some more general ideas):
• draw 2 different images at the same time (on separate tracks maybe ?)
• draw 3 images at the same time (1 main image visible during performance, but secretly it becomes 2 additional images. via having 2 MIDI clips selected at the same time so it merges all the notes together in the piano roll, and then when you view the individual clips, they also are independent images of their own)
• multi-voice multi-color images (rather than predefining note colors, using multiple tracks with different voices & colors and viewing MIDI clips of all of the tracks at the same time)
• exquisite corpse - take 3 subscriber ideas and stitch them into one entity
• draw a GIF (draw the same image several times, each with some variation to make an animation when stitched together with the others)
• optical illusion - draw an image that is also a different image when the orientation is changed
Note: some implementations are based on Ableton's features. dunno which of those also work in Cubase.
Thanks for those awesome ideas! Some great stuff in there. Yeah unfortunately the multi-track multi-color thing doesn’t work in the Cubase piano roll, I’ve tried it. Might have to consider Ableton or another DAW. The animation idea has been suggested several times and it’s something I’d like to try. Doing several drawings simultaneously- not sure how possible that is unless I use two computers- but definitely worth experimenting with! 😀🙏
Congrats man! Never cease to impress me with those videos. Keep it up!
Thanks Aryan! Appreciate your support :)
You're always an insane artistic bro. Love your midi arts.
Thanks so much!
Love everything you do🎶
So excited to see what you do next…what a creative mind you have❣️
Thanks so much 💜
Love the MIDI art, more videos of course...
Thanks Melvin! 🙌🙏
Your MIDI art is fun, no doubt about it! The work involved makes for inspiring exercise. It seems like a set of limitations, such as 12-tone composition, with another dimension added to it - like the 3D chess on Star Trek? (lol). As far as suggestions on what might come next, I'm happy to hear and see the variety of all that you do. I think as long as your heart's in it, you'll continue to provide interesting and mind-blowing music and art covering a wide swath of interests. I'm very much a fan of your musical journeys! Keep moving onward, man!
Thanks for the longtime support Gary! 🙏
I would never get bored. In fact, I'm looking forward to more complicated art lol
Super looking forward to that 8-Bit album man! I think the Midi Art stuff is awesome, but I am sad you don't do the 1hr composition videos anymore, those were my fav!! Anyway you rock and hope those numbers keep going up for you!!
Hey man, always appreciate your feedback! I’ll be bringing back the composition sessions for sure - probably as live streams (which I may then edit down). Thanks for years of support! 🙌🙏
i know this is probably annoying to hear, but i absolutely love love love the live synth covers, so would definitely love to see more of those!
Thanks! Not at all annoying, I appreciate the feedback! 😀
Thanks for awesome content!
30 in one year is not a lot ???? Dude that's soooo much !! You got it bro , your video is good and your art's is amazing..keep it going
Thanks for the encouragement Draken! Appreciate you being here! 🙏
Love em! I don't think I could ever get old of them. Its boggles me on the tunes that comes out of these. My favorite is the Adult Swim one and the Minecraft with the LUMI. Makes me want to get one so bad bad even though I'm ass on keyboard haha!
Thanks Pascal! Really glad you’re still enjoying them! Appreciate the support 🙏
8-bit album... excelent idea! 😀
I’m with most of the others - I don’t want this to stop, but would appreciate more of a mix from what you used to do too.
Also, props to you for replying to everybody, even the comments which (IMO) take a bit of liberties with what counts as “input”, essentially trying to blag a free commission!
Thanks Kaitlyn! Always appreciate your input. And that’s ok, I don’t mind the requests. Sometimes I get cool ideas from them! 😄
This guy is a freaking god, keep the art up.
You’re too kind, thank you 🙏
Midi art is really good i mean i saw same idea about an art and how its 'sound' and it's just machine that playing the 'art' notes on computer, yours is completely different and far more better IMO
Love your content since i found out about it nearly a year ago, definitely would be interested in seeing more for years to come, same for the future albums and full version releases, the skull one was amazing and i believe without the limitations that come with making them represent something visually as well (which is not even that simple without any concern for making it sound good), you could produce even better music. Keep it up!
Thanks so much for your support Tegeken! I’m glad you enjoyed the Skull Song, I think you’ll like the upcoming album then! 😀🙏
Longtime subsciber here. I feel like you are not only really talented but also your unique personality shines through in all the videos you make. So I'd say that maybe seeing more of you (in a more traditional CZcamsr/CZcams personality role) would be nice
Thanks Max, I really appreciate that! I’ve been getting more comfortable talking to the camera so I’ll definitely be doing more of that 🙏
I would love to see a kind of MIDI art battles where you perform:
art pieces opposing eachother or
one figure forms from left to right and the other in reverse or
a scrolling MIDI art screen where a short scene or story is depicted.
Cool ideas, thanks! :)
Why doesn't this guy have more subscribers? This is super impressive!
Thanks for the support! I’m grateful for what I have 🙏
Dude, I didn’t realize these were you! I know GLASYS from his TinyDesk submissions, especially your Taylor Swift cover from years ago. Congrats on your success sir, keep making great art and music.
Thanks Joe! Appreciate you remembering that stuff! 🙌🙏
I dig them
This is insane. Love it
Thanks Jie Mileng! :)
I would love to see longer midi songs! I expect that making the whole song into art might be difficult. Instead you could incorporate a few smaller images into the rest of the midi. Maybe you could even tell a story with them!
That’s a cool idea! Thanks Kenneth
Wait, you really started uploading this amazing stuff on July 9th? That's awesome, man! I will henceforth assume that you did this as a birthday 🎂 present for me!🎉 Thanks for being amazing, and apparently amazingly coincidental. PLEASE keep doing the midi art. I was wondering if you had ever considered doing multiple bars on a repeat, with different instruments adding new colors to the previous measure? Though it would possibly be less melodic, you could absolutely create some amazing pixel art on the fly, with color and shading growing with each loop.
Happy birthday! I’ve tried doing multiple colours on different channels, but unfortunately my software has some limitations that make it impossible to do in real-time. If I can figure out a way I’ll def try that! Thanks so much for your support 😀🙏
I love your MIDI art. I'd like to see some original creations in addition to the VG themed creations
Thanks Matthew! Definitely gonna do more original stuff as well 😀
I've really enjoyed your content and music over the years and personally would like to see more songs, performances, little compositions and etudes, etc. Those were always so spectacular and inspirational, to see and hear the personal craft of your music. The MIDI art is another facet of your creativity, one that is undoubtedly getting traction in the social media landscape way more quickly and efficiently. Now I'm not here to be ~that guy~ that says it's "less meaningful and interesting" and "most viewers are ignorant, impatient, and uninvolved" and "social media now is so dumbed down by populist forces". I think ~that guy~ is often misguided and wrong and I don't feel that way at all about your live MIDI art. It's insane and so creative!
I love these videos, and I love and miss your older videos, and if it were up to me I'd get both with more of the latter. However I'm just one casual viewer among many, I get your content for free, and I affirm your agency as a content creator and as a person. I'd be happy if you did what you wanted to do, what you enjoyed, and what rewarded your efforts satisfactorily.
So whatever you choose moving forward, I will support you!
Thanks for your kind and thoughtful comment my friend. You make some very interesting points! The social media landscape has become really complicated. I’m super grateful for your kindness and support ! 🙏
congrats!!!! hope your doing well on tour :)
Thanks Tom! Hope you’re well too
Insane what you are doing! Would love to see some game OST covers in the future.
This is amazing
Thanks Alexander!
Tus videos son justo la inspiración que necesitaba. Thank you very much. ✨✨😌🙋♀️
Ojalá hagas videos hablando sobre Cómo aprendiste a tocar o quién fue tu inspiración. 🤗
Thank you! 💜🙏
It always sounds good
Thanks so much!
i really like the midi art so i want to see more of that. also you should make a poll for that
Thanks! I did make a poll :)
Gotta feel good though, like gettin called a cheater in a videogame when you're not. I've messed a bit with midi art myself; I've got some experimental stuff on my channel. One thing I've been using is a Launchpad, trying to make shapes and colors along with the notes. You can even make a virtual one in Ableton, and I run many of those through OBS to make a bunch of variations.
Thanks Vaurien! That sounds interesting, I’ll have to check it out!
@@GLASYS I'd be honored :D I also forgot to mention - I put in one-note chord shapes as well for some of the notes, or arpeggiation to others, to give you more specific shapes for specific notes
hyped for album! Id be curious to see you doing midi music to the beat or pacing of gameplay of a zelda game.
Thanks Em! That’s an interesting idea!
Hey I think the MIDI art was cool but would love to see more of your synth playing and composition like in your make a song in an hour challenges. Congrats you definitely deserve all of the fans you made because you are an actually insane musician (and nice guy)
Thanks Talanky! I’ll be bringing back the song creation videos soon, glad you like them! 🙏
The Atari logo would be dope! 🕹👾
I absolutely love your covers! Your version of Brinstar theme is among my favourite songs on Spotify, I love how you can take something that I'm already sentimental with and make it new and better!
Will you ever do an OMF2097 cover?
Thanks so much, I appreciate the kind words! Not familiar with that, what game is it from?
@@GLASYS One Must Fall 2097 is a 90s DOS fighting game with some catchy tunes :)
@@k0sashi oh right, I forgot about that game! Need to refresh my memory :)
You should DEF keep doing these because you’re the best at it. What will be the next biggest thing?…, I think you’ll discover it accidentally and the audience will have to learn to adapt to it as it might be ahead of its time.👍👍😎
Congratulations! Your skill is Incredible. Personally I would be very much interested in a small series or video on fingering related to playing fast runs on the piano. Really enjoy your videos. Don't stop :) Regards from Vienna
Thanks Sonic Eldorado! piano lesson videos isn’t really my thing, but I try to incorporate a little educational stuff in my live streams and song creation videos. :)
Super cool
Definitely don't stop the midi art, but I really loved you jamming on T-Pains Tiny Desk so maybe something like that
Amazing
Thank you!
I don’t think I’ll be bored of the midi art, ever. As far as an idea, maybe something Godzilla related?
Thanks Tyler! I’ll add that idea to my list! :)
Go on, it's so good!!! I especially love when the musical style you play to draw the logos fits the logo itself! Some new idea: You could write names of prominent people (actors, politicians, ...) and live-compose a matching soundtrack. Or write some messages like "stop the war in Ukraine" using the song blowin in the wind or similar... Is that even possible? Write messages with clever arranging the notes/chords of an existing song?
Thanks for the encouragement Johannes! Those are cool ideas, I did want to do something for Ukraine but then got booked on 3 tours… still wanna do it though!
The People say fake
He dint know How hard Your Working For This Art
ㅎㅎ추카추카 ~~
For greater variety, you could have the midi displayed vertically like how many piano CZcamsrs display their performance.
Yeah I’ve considered trying that. I need to find software that does that
I just heard you on the DIY Musician podcast and am now discovering MIDI art for the first time. Amazing! It's amazing that the pieces don't just sound like a mess, either harmonically or when it comes to timing. As for new ideas (which may not be new since this is literally the first time I've ever seen MIDI art!) I'm geometry-minded. So how about changing the left-to-right paradigm? Going right-to-left would basically create the same picture in reverse, but you could try drawing top to bottom or bottom to top. Or how about from the centre going both left and right to always get a symmetrical image? Or a square growing from the centre out to the edge. In that case as pitch goes up you'd work around the edge of the square, so the highest and lowest note would wrap around to meet somewhere on the square. Or a growing circle. Or going left-t-right but using a curve rather than a line. Or, could velocity be used somehow? It could be used instead of pitch, or maybe both could be used together and then you don't need the moving line at all as you already have control over 2 dimensions!
Hey thanks so much for the kind words! Those are all really interesting ideas, unfortunately I don’t have software that can do that. Traditionally, piano rolls record from left to right.
I have done one where I rotated the screen 90 degrees, it’s the “Sans - Undertale” vid 😀
@@GLASYS ha, I've been making music for a few years and didn't even occur to me that you were just using the piano roll from a DAW. I was thinking hey where can I find that MIDI art software?! I'm tempted to write some dedicated MIDI art software. Would you be interested? Another idea for you: put a mirror next to the screen and you could make it look like it was spreading on both directions at once to make a symmetrical picture.
@@disconnectica I'd definitely be interested in new software for MIDI art if that's something you're interested in creating! I think it would be awesome to visualize MIDI in new and unique ways. One idea that always comes up is doing it in 3D - but that would be very complicated. :)
@@GLASYS can you expand on the 3D idea? Likfe building a pile of 3D bricks, or tombstones maybe going back from the viewer. I've done a lot of 3D graphics programming (and even some 4D!). I've also been writing software to do effects for my music videos. See Treat and Somewhere Always on my channel for examples (though these don't use 3D effects).
@@disconnectica Well that's the thing, I believe it would be too difficult and finicky to create 3D midi art in realtime. The 3rd axis would have to be mapped to velocity, which would be way too hard to control precisely (down to the exact value) while playing. This is why I haven't really pursued the idea, but if you can think of a good way to implement it I'm definitely interested in trying.
Thanks!
awesome guy! greetings from germany :-)
Would like to see you make videos of how you make your patches
I’ll be sharing more of that on future livestreams
Thanks for creating The Legend of Zelda rendetion. Probably you can a compilation off both your art and music (especially your music, because I see that your base is a musician and you've got a solid foundation and a sense of videography too! ) I can hear that your talent is in the creating music and probably mixing some here and there. I don't dislike your MIDI art, but it can get pretty boring fast.
Thanks for the feedback Johan!