Instrument Demos

Instrument Demos

Listed below are individual instrument demos, including arrangements recorded with my three primary instruments - marimba, vibraphone, and drum set. Click on any instrument thumbnail to view its demo(s).

Listed below are individual instrument demos, including arrangements recorded with my three primary instruments - marimba, vibraphone, and drum set. Click on any instrument thumbnail to view a short description, and click again to view its demo(s).

Arrangements:

Arrangements:

Mallet Percussion:

Mallet Percussion:

Vibraphone

My vibraphone is a standard 3.0 octave instrument built by Yamaha; however, it has been augmented with pickups (a piezo is underneath every bar), allowing me to use microphones, pickups, or both when recording.
The pickups in particular give me the option to add various effects, including guitar pedals and amp simulators, to my sound.

The first video is a minute-long demo reel, displaying virtuosity, extended techniques, and improvisation, with sound captured from both microphones and pickups, all from arrangements of mine on my YouTube channel.

The second video is an example of the capabilities of the pickups on my vibraphone - here, they are running through a NeuralDSP amp sim (Archetype: Plini). 



Vibraphone

My vibraphone is a standard 3.0 octave instrument built by Yamaha; however, it has been augmented with pickups (a piezo is underneath every bar), allowing me to use microphones, pickups, or both when recording.
The pickups in particular give me the option to add various effects, including guitar pedals and amp simulators, to my sound.

The first video is a minute-long demo reel, displaying virtuosity, extended techniques, and improvisation, with sound captured from both microphones and pickups, all from arrangements of mine on my YouTube channel.

The second video is an example of the capabilities of the pickups on my vibraphone - here, they are running through a NeuralDSP amp sim (Archetype: Plini). 



Marimba

The instrument I have in my studio is a 5.0 octave concert marimba with Honduran rosewood bars, built by Coe Percussion. 

The video shown is my arrangement of “Fisherman’s Horizon”, from Final Fantasy VIII. This is a semi-chorale-style arrangement - marimba chorales are pieces where all the notes are rolled, resulting in a pleasing wall of resonance.

Marimba

The instrument I have in my studio is a 5.0 octave concert marimba with Honduran rosewood bars, built by Coe Percussion. 

The video shown is my arrangement of “Fisherman’s Horizon”, from Final Fantasy VIII. This is a semi-chorale-style arrangement - marimba chorales are pieces where all the notes are rolled, resulting in a pleasing wall of resonance.

Drum Set & Auxilliary Percussion:

Drum Set & Auxilliary Percussion:

Drum Set

My current drum kit is an electronic setup that uses Sensory Percussion drum sensors. These sensors offer unmatched flexibility and quite literally unlimited possibilities with the kinds of sounds that the drums can produce. Two varied examples are shown here, in which chord progressions are played in addition to drum sounds, and the sequence is manually controlled by strokes on the different playing surfaces of the drums.

The third video is my drum set demo reel from 2022, which features excerpts of my covers of prog, metal, and jazz songs by several friends.



Drum Set

My current drum kit is an electronic setup that uses Sensory Percussion drum sensors. These sensors offer unmatched flexibility and quite literally unlimited possibilities with the kinds of sounds that the drums can produce. Two varied examples are shown here, in which chord progressions are played in addition to drum sounds, and the sequence is manually controlled by strokes on the different playing surfaces of the drums.

The third video is my drum set demo reel from 2022, which features excerpts of my covers of prog, metal, and jazz songs by several friends.



Tambourine

Description: Now commonly used in classical orchestral music, the tambourine has many different regional variants, and can be played in various ways, from striking with a hand or stick, shaking the instrument, or thumb rolls along the edge of the instrument.

Tambourine

Description: Now commonly used in classical orchestral music, the tambourine has many different regional variants, and can be played in various ways, from striking with a hand or stick, shaking the instrument, or thumb rolls along the edge of the instrument.

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