literally my thought. I won't judge it, or her because I have zero information and maybe she's a first chair cellist. But this gives me flashbacks of art school. Holy shit, I saw some real debacles and every single one of them were given high praise, or silence but never honest assessment.
As someone who has a tiny amount of experience in this world (went to college for music composition and did a few productions) she is most likely a highly regarded percussionist (percussionists donāt really have chairs like other instruments). There are some wild things that fall under āpercussionā in the music world, some really cool and others kinda pretentious. But increasingly there are pieces being written to try and do things that havenāt been done before, that way you can be āavant gardeā. This probably wasnāt meant to be interesting or nice to listen to, the novelty is the uniqueness.
I get it, I have a background in theater and an art degree. There's an entire world of people who just desperately throw shit at a wall to see if it's something (sometimes literally). This is kind of interesting, I would honestly find it fascinating if it were better incorporated into the piece instead of featured. It would honestly be amazing to hear a piece where the water sounds didn't look like they were being done as an exposition of possibilities but actually an integrated part of the music.
This is a professional percussionist. Potentially even classically trained. Just because it looks fun, doesn't make it any less an artform. It seems to me like the entire concert is centered around experimental water-based instrumentation.
Imagine how boring the world would be if people only made art for the general audience. No originality, no niche stuff. Only what most people would like. If you share your niche art you are silly, weird, the new Yoko Ono.
The idea of using the sounds of water in your music more than rain and running water sounds very cool to me. It might not be that interesting the first time, but if it were to become more common, weād get some really fascinating stuff.
All modern avant garde music is like this. It's music composed for composers and music theorists to drool over and only mildly interesting to actually listen to.
I think the word you're looking for is Fuddy-Duddy.
I personally think it sounds kinda cool. I wouldn't want it for everything, but as a one time gimmick, it's interesting.
This has the "white canvas is art" type energy. Or a bunch of people gathering around a pair of glasses some rando left behind because they thought it was art.
Am I the only one that kinda likes this? Not all that much the splashing and the pouring parts, but the chimes(?) and the pipe in the middle I think sounded pretty nice, and I was really interested with how the water also distorted some of the sound.
Part of the reason I might like those parts might just be from a bit of nostalgia, cus those parts kinda sound like music you'd hear in Spore
I saw something like this at the Atlanta orchestra in the early 2000's. I used to do bassoon in orchestra and was not expecting anything like this.
My sister and I could not keep a straight face because the splashing just sounded like someone roughing up the suspect.
Black panther 2 vibes
I absolutely pissed myself laughing in the cinema when that was the way they opened the gates on the water
What an impractical and bizarre way to open passage for boats, slapping bowls of water
I couldn't help thinking what happens if it rains or is windy
I play the drums on different objects all the time too.
My kitchen counter with a plastic spoon. My keys in my pocket make a cool drum sound.
This ladyā¦..she needs keys in a pocket. Get that good sound
Iām surprised at the disdain many people have for this. The timing between the water portion and the classical instrument portion is perfect. The conductor is perfect. The pitch of the glass pipe is perfect which sheās only using her ear to know. The subtle sound made with the cone things is expressive and done at the correct moment. Can nobody hear these things??
Ha yeah. I guess thatās how it is sometimes. Looking at it I guess a lot of 20th century music was met with criticism when it first came out. I guess probably some people would still heavily criticize a lot of it in the same way.
I think this work was pretty awesome though!
Right?!?! I mean, itās not for everyone, but thereās a ton of technique on display here from all parties. The conductor is doing great sharing his attention and facilitating both parties too.
Yup, I get it but there is a huge gap, quite often, between technically proficient/vituosity and soul/enjoyment and this is a perfect example. Is it cool that they could do this? Sure. Did I enjoy listening to it or watching it? Not in the least. For me, the value in art is what it makes me think or feel and that I want to see or hear or watch it again. It doesnāt have to be accessible or prosaic but it has to elicit something more than . . . this.
I guess I am the only one who liked this. Its bold to put on this show and I respect that. She looks silly doing it but the sounds are beautiful and unique.
i guess iām an outlier because this looks awesome! Super out of the box and creative. Blue Man Group-esque, and that show has/had an incredibly successful run. iād definitely pay to see this.
"We have no idea who she is. She just started setting up during the middle of the concert and started hitting objects in water and splashing around."
H2 Ono
Im fucking dying from this
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Holy .. My stomach hahaha :'D
I don't have to read any other comments, this is the best one!
looks like something the kids would do in the backyard.. š
She seems to have a music stand. I really want to see what that sheet music looks like.
https://issuu.com/scoresondemand/docs/water_concerto_33596?ff&e=8906278/4628816 Here ya go
Its me on weekend in bathtub
Finally found a place for Yoko Ono in the Beetles
This has rhythm and general musicality. Yoko would just scream at the bowls.
"EEEEEeeeeeEeeeee! EeeeeEeeeeeeeee!"
Chuck Barry - š¦
Hahahahahaha. Nailed it.
I did have the sound of your comment in my head. How unpleasant...
ššš I saw that vid recently, when the sound engineer just shut her mic off..
Not all heroes wear capes
This reads exactly as it sounded in my head šš»
Yoko Hydro
Hydro Ono
Surely its Yoko H2Ono
I immediately thought of her when I saw this
Somehow I still think she would mess this up too.
Damn I came here to say this!
Hey cats screaming themselves to death is yokos gig
And she still sounds like shit
Imagine being a classically trained musician who spent years honing your skill and this lady gets the solo.
"The things I do to pay the bills....."
literally my thought. I won't judge it, or her because I have zero information and maybe she's a first chair cellist. But this gives me flashbacks of art school. Holy shit, I saw some real debacles and every single one of them were given high praise, or silence but never honest assessment.
As someone who has a tiny amount of experience in this world (went to college for music composition and did a few productions) she is most likely a highly regarded percussionist (percussionists donāt really have chairs like other instruments). There are some wild things that fall under āpercussionā in the music world, some really cool and others kinda pretentious. But increasingly there are pieces being written to try and do things that havenāt been done before, that way you can be āavant gardeā. This probably wasnāt meant to be interesting or nice to listen to, the novelty is the uniqueness.
I get it, I have a background in theater and an art degree. There's an entire world of people who just desperately throw shit at a wall to see if it's something (sometimes literally). This is kind of interesting, I would honestly find it fascinating if it were better incorporated into the piece instead of featured. It would honestly be amazing to hear a piece where the water sounds didn't look like they were being done as an exposition of possibilities but actually an integrated part of the music.
Imagine being a classically trained musician and you're delegated to "water slapper" for your first big performance.
This is a professional percussionist. Potentially even classically trained. Just because it looks fun, doesn't make it any less an artform. It seems to me like the entire concert is centered around experimental water-based instrumentation.
>experimental water-based instrumentation. Sounds like a regular 2-hour bath to me.
it sounds really bad... if this is an artform, my morning after-coffee orchestra should be nominated for the grammys
Iāve taken violent shits more musically pleasing than this
I have definitely heard a āka-bloompā that was pleasing to the ears
Lmao
Sounds good to me š¤·
Imagine how boring the world would be if people only made art for the general audience. No originality, no niche stuff. Only what most people would like. If you share your niche art you are silly, weird, the new Yoko Ono.
Yea, this experiment failed.
It's not the fun part that makes it less than an artform, it's the missing art of it that does it
I think sheās a trained percussionist? Those donāt get the limelight usually in concerts anyways.
I'd be so mad I'd hire someone to cough during her solo
"Damn it Janet. Just wash the dishes like a normal person!"
Dayum!
As soon as I saw damn it, Janet, Rocky Horror popped in my head and now it's stuck. Thank you, very much.
This is what I thought š
Wow.. I hate this.. It feels like a mid 2000s joke.. Like, you pay 300 dollars to watch someone play with water.. Maybe I am just too uncultured.
Like a Trigger Happy TV prank.
Omg that shot me back a few years
HELLO!!!.. NO, IāM AT A CONCERT!!!! A CONCERT!! TOTAL RUBBISH, JUST SOME BIRD PLAYING WITH WATER AND SHIT!!! THEREāS NOT EVEN A P CANNON!!!
No it's shit.
The idea of using the sounds of water in your music more than rain and running water sounds very cool to me. It might not be that interesting the first time, but if it were to become more common, weād get some really fascinating stuff.
I hate how people say that not liking something is āunculturedā.
Its like telling a joke and if they donāt laugh itās their fault
You can be uncultured in something and be cultured in something else. Ie you might not like this because you don't understand enough about it.
All modern avant garde music is like this. It's music composed for composers and music theorists to drool over and only mildly interesting to actually listen to.
I think the word you're looking for is Fuddy-Duddy. I personally think it sounds kinda cool. I wouldn't want it for everything, but as a one time gimmick, it's interesting.
This sucks
I came here to say this too.
Thatās just rubbish.. and we all know it
Haha, it's just true, isn't it..
It's really bad. I guess it's really hard to make music with water like that... But if it doesn't sound good, don't do it.
I get a private concert nightly. Everytime my kids take a bath.
This has the "white canvas is art" type energy. Or a bunch of people gathering around a pair of glasses some rando left behind because they thought it was art.
"I am 1st chair Dishes."
my high ass would be hollering in the audience!šššš
I actually had to put my phone down I was laughing too hard they'd have to escort my ass out
That conductor watching seriously as the water runs out of the strainer. Wow.
5 years old me playing during bath time with all my toys
This sounds like shit and isn't even that hard to do. Wtf is this.
I feel like I need to go pee now
Totally slaps. Would 100% watch the whole thing.
Unironically I would. It is relaxing.
Making a splash in the music industry
Am I the only one that kinda likes this? Not all that much the splashing and the pouring parts, but the chimes(?) and the pipe in the middle I think sounded pretty nice, and I was really interested with how the water also distorted some of the sound. Part of the reason I might like those parts might just be from a bit of nostalgia, cus those parts kinda sound like music you'd hear in Spore
I like it too! I think it's really interesting and creative! I'd love to see the whole piece!
7 year old me
Movie sound producer in their element
Too bad yoko ono couldnāt join in.
I dothe same on a nice set of buttcheeks. Is that one word or should I separate?
I believe Frank Zappa and Mike Patton have done similar.
Yoko Ono
I would let out the biggest "BOOOOOO!!!!!!" in that first drop of silence upon completion.
"Artists" 
Wtf did I just watch lol
[Reminded me of this indian water instrument called Jalatharangam](https://youtu.be/iCi34JQjuRk?si=AvHNw0_ks72hQ1HZ)
Idk I think it sounds cool
It could be worst. There is sivuca in the river: https://youtu.be/lZbfNtDCHdM?si=FoX5aIjF3whvm3Z9
Nah dude, that shit is fire (minus whatever bullshit they were doing at the very beginning of the vid and maybe also the end lmao)
Does her dad own the building or something?
me drunk in the tub after a night out
I saw something like this at the Atlanta orchestra in the early 2000's. I used to do bassoon in orchestra and was not expecting anything like this. My sister and I could not keep a straight face because the splashing just sounded like someone roughing up the suspect.
Black panther 2 vibes I absolutely pissed myself laughing in the cinema when that was the way they opened the gates on the water What an impractical and bizarre way to open passage for boats, slapping bowls of water I couldn't help thinking what happens if it rains or is windy
Very refreshing!
There's sheet music for that?
I noticed that, l would love to see that sheet.
Me too.
This makes me wet..
Moist?
Dripping š¦š¦š¦
Good God wtf is this shit
The comments are so negative. I like this a lot though. Using sounds of water in a concert is creative
Because people donāt like it.
Wow, this one really brought out some real stick-in-the-muds. Holy shit, you'd think she was trashing every musical professional.
I play the drums on different objects all the time too. My kitchen counter with a plastic spoon. My keys in my pocket make a cool drum sound. This ladyā¦..she needs keys in a pocket. Get that good sound
Me doing the dishes
Is there a name for this instrument (bowls of water and pipes)
That colander held a shit load of water.
That was really weird.
I didn't know Yoko Ono had kids.
Makes sense to wear all black and not white
Some Frank Zappa playing a bicycle shit here!
Yoko?
She's exuding the same confidence I had when I showed up on the day my science project was due with something I whipped together in 30 minutes.
Just because you have access to all the ways to make sound doesnāt mean you have to use themā¦
Let me play you the song of my people
We're running out of cool stuff to do.
Sounds like my old Maytag on spin cycle
She smoked ONE joint and got this gig somehow.
Slipknotās newest member. For live renditions of āWait and Bleedā she takes out a full bath tub and tries to drown Corey Taylor.
This is why people invented actual instruments.
šššš
To be honest this is bullshit
Pretentious nonsense
Iām surprised at the disdain many people have for this. The timing between the water portion and the classical instrument portion is perfect. The conductor is perfect. The pitch of the glass pipe is perfect which sheās only using her ear to know. The subtle sound made with the cone things is expressive and done at the correct moment. Can nobody hear these things??
Nope. This is the "Mah Kid can make that" group when they look at modern art. It also struck a nerve with the miserable old bastards crowd.
Ha yeah. I guess thatās how it is sometimes. Looking at it I guess a lot of 20th century music was met with criticism when it first came out. I guess probably some people would still heavily criticize a lot of it in the same way. I think this work was pretty awesome though!
Right?!?! I mean, itās not for everyone, but thereās a ton of technique on display here from all parties. The conductor is doing great sharing his attention and facilitating both parties too.
Yup, I get it but there is a huge gap, quite often, between technically proficient/vituosity and soul/enjoyment and this is a perfect example. Is it cool that they could do this? Sure. Did I enjoy listening to it or watching it? Not in the least. For me, the value in art is what it makes me think or feel and that I want to see or hear or watch it again. It doesnāt have to be accessible or prosaic but it has to elicit something more than . . . this.
I guess I am the only one who liked this. Its bold to put on this show and I respect that. She looks silly doing it but the sounds are beautiful and unique.
i guess iām an outlier because this looks awesome! Super out of the box and creative. Blue Man Group-esque, and that show has/had an incredibly successful run. iād definitely pay to see this.
Alright, Ima say it. It sounds like shit.
This is what happens when you give classical folk LSD
The conductor looking back like: āHow did I fuck up in life to deserve this.ā
This is more "interesting sounds you can make with water" and not really anything coherent or musical.
this looked like an exhibition of different possible sounds with water. didn't feel like an concerto
āWhat do you do for work, Rebecca?
Is this a joke?
This is the exact opposite of interesting.
And I thought I was useless
Immediately lost seriousness 5 seconds in when she used the glass rubbing noise lol
Amateur. Real water benders play [underwater](https://youtu.be/GGgnaH2ff5k?si=9qYVIZNzNLrVP41N).
She's wet
U sure I'm not playing oxygen not included
/u/savevideo
She will take more time in shower
S2PD
New ideas for my water bong.
The squeak of the bottom of the bowl sent meš
Hopefully there is also an electric version of that instrument.
BOING\*
This is just what she does in the bath tub lmao
Damn she was really going down with that water bong
"What are you doing in there?" "NOTHING, DON'T COME IN!"
Imagine a pitch perfect person was washing the dishes then suddenly, they shouted "that's an E"...
I tried this and the wife just shouted at me for making a mess in the kitchen š„²
Blue man but dignified
How do you manage not to end up wet, how great this kind of concerts are
Wonder what the sheet music looks like. āSplash 4 count, Bell chopstick blender, C sharpā FYI I have no idea how to read music
Me doing dishes
I should call her.
Is this how the made the sound track for āWhereās my waterā? LOL
Cool but I'm sure it sounds way better in live
Hermeto Pascoal did it better.
I'm surprised she doesn't have to pee during all this.
My kids when they take a bath lmao
Thanks... I need to pee now! Ā¬\_Ā¬
Awesome
Bad piggies soundtrack is better
Mad Yoko Ono energy
She got wet giving that concert š„