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- miakeru, on 10/12/2007, -2/+44Really kick ass job, guys. Made me want to start playing the Halo games through again. Bravo.
- VicTheKnife, on 10/12/2007, -2/+43Ha ha, sad enough, it wasn't a competition. But we did close out the night!
We spent a week learning the music, but there was about one month of transposing and arranging all the music. This was all done by the guitar player (David Verlee) who one night left his halo game on the opening screen for hours just writting down all the music. David also performed all the effects (choir, etc.) by using a midi pickup which he installed into his guitar...it is a Very cool toy!
Thanks for the feedback everyone, I thought a few people might enjoy it! - NightRush, on 10/12/2007, -1/+38This video reminds me of simple times, Driving in a warthog, in some random hole with 2 bases on each side..
- VicTheKnife, on 10/12/2007, -1/+35Thanks a lot guys. Just FYI, that violinist is now attending Juliard school of music. She is fantastic.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31Sweet violin and drums!
I really wish the video had better audio. It probably sounded amazing live. - VicTheKnife, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23ATTENTION PLEASE, NOT BMG
Hey guys, just to clear up a few things.
We are indeed NOT the Blue Man Group.
We dressed up as blue men during the show for the effect of trying to be cool percussionists (lol) plus the whole custom made PVC was our creation. (specifically Pat Fischl)
We were all at Libertyville High School, and this took place last spring.
You can even check out this video which was taped by a parent in our schools auditorium, it also zooms in on our faces a bit. :)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=V_qUpObkCgQ
thanks for the tremendous support everyone! - eastbeast314, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23Tremendous violin! Great job on bringing all that together!
- aprocter, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21from the youtube link:
"captainrad (2 minutes ago)
Lol, 3 of us were dressed up as blue men. :)" - betterth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20File before YouTube @ 35MB: http://pasra.org/HaloTheme.mov
Sound is not that much better but the video is much, much cleaner. - truthRises, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22You must be kidding. OR You're hallucinating. These are obviously high schoolers.
- popltree2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18If you don't have some positive critiquing, shut the f*** up.
- dantidote, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17so... i think everyone is wondering... Did you win?
I cant imagine you wouldnt, that was freakin awesome. - VicTheKnife, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Continued Here's our bio
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We all are from Libertyville Il, and this was performed at Libertyville High School. This was transcribed and arranged by David Verlee (guitar) who is currrently attending University of Illinois School of Engineering as a freshman.
The violinist was Hanah Stuart who is now currently attending Julliard School of Music (freshman).
Other members include Myself (Corey Richardson, on quads). I currently am a Junior at Libertyville High School.
Artie Snow (timpani) is also a Junior at Libertyville High School.
Dave Bedell (drum kit) is now a Senior at Libertyville High School.
Pat Fischl (Custom made PVC set) is a Junior at Libertyville High School.
and Robb Leu on bass currently is a Freshman at Rose-Hulman institue of technology.
Thank everyone so much for the intrest, I had no idea this would happen!
ps
For those of you who noticed, Myself and Artie snow represent the band Ska Robot Army (skarobotarmy.com), but as well, Dave Verlee and Rob Leu represent the band Corporeal, and I'm sure he would appreciate it if you all gave them a listen. (http://myspace.com/corporealmusic)
I also have posted a download of the video, as some of you have asked for it. :)
http://pasra.org/HaloTheme.mov
Thanks so much! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+19Did anyone else think this looked like the Blue Man Group? There were definately 3 guys in all black painted blue. It also seemed to have pretty high production values for a high school talent show.
- nickerbocker, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15I didn't know the Blue Man Group show was hosted by teenagers. "Student Council Presents: Blue Man Group."
- jadewolf, on 10/12/2007, -6/+20Wow . . . such high end effects . . . Anyone who knows a damned bit about lighting would know that the "lighting effects" that you are oohing and aweing over like a preteen seeing his first porno are just a couple of cyberscans . . . and to boot a baby can run them too, combine that with some PAR cans and some cyc lights and guess what you have! A high school's basic lighting inventory . . . I can't believe that people can be so . . . ignorant. Add a few hundred thousand dollars worth of lighting gear on stage and then you might have something. Oh and as for the PVC Marimba . . . I've seen dozens of those things in various music departments . . . one kid or a class decide that it is cool to build one . . . then it sits around collecting dust, so it is kind of neat to see some music students actually playing one. Hangs head in shame . . . give the kids props where its due. It isn't the Blue Man Group, it's high school level, deal with the fact that the kids these days are more technologically inclined that we were at that age. Now I guess I had better get done with this rant and get back to finishing up my lighting plot for Full Monty. Have fun kiddies.
- aprocter, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14I'm not saying i know for sure whether it is or not, but it's a girl playing the violin and she doesnt look very blue... *shrug*
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I wept with joy, kid. Damn good show, you son of a bitch! Damn good show indeed!
- Resolver, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14watch the ending. never seen the blue man group on a stage like that.
- sketchydave, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Um, no. But they did such a great job that I understand why you are mistaking them for professionals.
Seriously though, look at the stage? BMG has a more extensive set up and their stage is a tad bit messier than just that within 5 minutes of their performances. Plus look at the SIZE of the stage...its a high school auditorium. And the PVC percussion has become a lot more popular ever since blue man group and it used all the time in marching band / drum-core. Then there is the fact that these look like kids playing the instruments, a bunch of kids came out towards the end, and there were a bunch of kids in the audience.
Vic, if you're reading these comments, take them as a compliment. You did such a great job performing that people think you are part of a multi-million dollar theater group. That's something to be proud of. Cheers and good luck in all your endeavors. - cphuntington97, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Congratulations to violinist Hanah Stuart; for those of you not "in the know," Juilliard is just about the most pretigious music school in the world.
You heard some great violin playing on that video! (Too bad about the sound quality - sounds like clipping to me). - Logan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Would you mind uploading the transcribed music, if you have it in a format that it is easy to do that too?
- airmann90, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9That song, for the weirdest of reasons, sends chills down my back! I love it!
- Resolver, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10possibly a high school band trying to replicate a certain sound?
- RailsAddict, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10For the people that think this could be BMG, why would they take time out of making their mega-bucks to play a high-school talent show? It sure looks like kids playing to me. As far as the insturments and props go, that PVC creation cant be all that hard to make. I'm no musician, but the prinicple behind it seems pretty simple, different lengths of tube = different note, just gotta spend countless hours tuning it. As for the lighting, that stuff is entirely possible for a decently funded high school theater program, I'm pretty sure my old high school had similar lighting/effects. And the confetti is some pretty simple stuff as well, any industrious teenager who isnt failing physics can figure out how to shoot some confetti across a stage.
Whoever it was, BMG or High School kids, that was pretty bad ass. - jus1haz2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7what about all the kids on the stage at the end? They look like highschoolers to me...
- enderwigin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8its not that hard to do good lighting my schools band dose stuff like this
- sketchydave, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Nice, your bass player gets props for playing while wearing a paintball mask. Very, very well done.
- Caboose101, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Wow that was great, the origional halo music composer was pleased with their performance... halo.bungie.org
- Kriss, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Good work by David, transcribing that must have been really tricky, especially considering the mad drum parts. I love when it goes into hard rock style, too. Class.
- Petrarch1603, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6at first i thought this would be really amateur and lame (admit it: some lame videos make it to the front page) however i was really taken by it. Thanks!
- aprocter, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6That was awesome, there's some very real talent there. Amazing job.
- super_spyder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5the chick on the violin stole the show, she was amazing guitar was a little weak in comparison..... although im sure he would have been great on his own
- GrimReeper, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Nice, I like the Mario bit as well. It was not bad at all.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5It sounds like you changed a bit of stuff up. If you guys have a direct recording of that I'd love to hear it (youtube audio sucks). Remixes of classics are always fun.
- wilsonder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6nice. My hat goes off to the violinist, she was really into it.
I wish I coulda seen it live. - truthRises, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I wonder how long it will be until high school bands are marching to video game music at UIL competitions. F***ing awesome performance btw.
- Amplix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Do you READ the comments?
Do you NOT think this would have gotten burried long ago if that were true?
Do you THINK someone else asked that by now?
Dont underestimate the digg community, We're quick to figure out the facts. - Sheir, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5That was surpisingly ***** hardcore.
- snefsky, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10that... was... awesome... i have a musical boner right now
- xXShadowstormXx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Dude, that was absolutely fantastic. Great job!
How long did it take you guys to learn that? (Like, exactly how to play it, etc) - moobster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I'd love having the violin music. If you wouldn't mind giving that out, that would be great.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Badass...
- ontain, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Does this remind anyone else of the musical number that the nerds performed in Revenge of the Nerds? not in the music but the concept.
- blacklilyninja, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3you are simply jealous
this was phenomenal. - Corpoguitar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I have to say, this is all very flattering and kind of funny. Hi, I'm Dave V, the guitarist in the video. I don't know how to prove verification on all this but we all definitely were in high school. Corey (Vic) already cleared a lot of this up, but I want to verify that we are not popular enough to do a show with the actual BMG. We are the products of Libertyville High School, most known for it's fine arts department.
- jus1haz2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3nice
- soupnrc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Oh, and in responce to Urasai... REALLY? "Good effort. Bad music."??? Are you mentally insane? Do you have no music background what so ever and only base it on the fact that it doesn't sound EXACTLY like Halo. Or do you have like a doctorate in music and decide to hold EVERYTHING up to your standard? Cause only one of those two would say that their performance was bad. I myself have some musical background and am fairly knowlageable in music and music theory... and that was simply amazing for a single highschool student to sit down and write in one night for all the different instruments. David Verlee sat down and listened to it and rewrote all the parts.. BY EAR...
Don't say that it sucked... cause it was VERY well done... ESPECIALLY for a highschool talent show... so stick that in your pipe and smoke it - Agret, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You mean bad sound quality surely, the halo theme is a beautiful piece of music and if you don't like it so what? That doesn't make it bad music.
- MuzzBuzz10, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I was in the auditorium when this show was put on, it's definately not the blue man group, since they perform with three guys at a time, and no women. And it definately rocked! Sorry if you doubt its validity but, this took these musicians a lot of time to put this together so don't be rude. And PS it was a public high school, no billionaire parents or private institutions, but the violinist is now at Juliard
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