We Are Heroes, by Adam Tan (trio for two marimbas and drum set)

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"All of you are heroes in your own special way. We are heroes."
- Adam Tan, to the audience at Percussion All-Stars Season 4 (2020)
We Are Heroes is the largest work I've written to date, consisting of three players, two marimbas, two drums and a drum set. I wrote it originally for and dedicate it now to my good friends Jackson Vickery and Jet Kye Chong, who I've known for almost the better part of a decade. I've always wanted to play something exciting, dynamic and unashamedly bright with these two incredible people as an everlasting reminder of all the things we have gone through together and how much they have supported me since the beginning.
We Are Heroes sounds like it could be representative of fictitious superheroes, like the Avengers, the X-Men or even Saitama from One Punch Man. The true meaning of 'heroes' in We Are Heroes is intended to represent everyday people who do things for others, rendering them 'heroes'. For example, during COVID-19, the sacrifice of medical and other frontline staff on a daily basis made us look up to them as heroes. I also consider educators and even parents to be heroes to their students and children respectively. Everyone can be a hero to someone in their own way.
The above is represented with the simple yet memorable themes of We Are Heroes, which are sliced in varying time signatures for an irregular yet forward moving feel and amplified with advanced techniques like large powerful octaves, quick scale runs and continuous one handed rolls. The drum break represents a simplistic expression of the 'powers' of everyday heroes, with influences that I've picked up from Japanese taiko drumming (Jet is a professional taiko player which helped a lot!), Chinese lion dance and even some elements of Beijing opera. Together, these elements form a powerful soundtrack that I hope inspires you to be heroic and selfless for others.
We Are Heroes was premiered by Adam Tan, Jet Kye Chong and Jackson Vickery at:
Percussion All Stars Season 4
28th November 2020
Callaway Music Auditorium, UWA Conservatorium of Music
★ MALLETS/INSTRUMENTS USED IN THIS VIDEO ★
ADAM
Yamaha YM-5100 5.0 octave marimba
Mike Balter Keiko Kotoku mallets
JET
Musser M500 5.0 octave marimba
Yamaha Keiko Abe mallets
JACKSON
Yamaha Stage Custom drum set
Sabian HHX cymbals
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@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

*DOWNLOAD 'WE ARE HEROES' AS A PDF WITH SCORE AND ALL PARTS NOW: **adamtanpercussion.com/download* *GET THE HARD COPY NOW FROM EDITION SVITZER: **editionsvitzer.com/catalog/o1t9o7cri4/c-23/p-2629* *STUDIO ARTISTS AND VIPS GET YOUR DISCOUNT CODES: **patreon.com/adamtan* *JOIN OUR COMMUNITY - THESTUDIOFAMILY DISCORD SERVER: **adamtanpercussion.com/discord* First video for 2021 and it's We Are Heroes!! I've been sitting on this project for the last three weeks and finally it's ready - big thank you to Jackson (@jackson.vickery) and Jet (@jetkyechong) for not only helping me perform and record this project, but also develop the parts for it that I wasn't too sure about. I've never written something this big before so hope you all like it! Let me know in the comments below if you would play this piece 😁 (I can just hear someone saying 'FINALLY not a slow sad piece from Adam' hahaha). #TheStudioFamily

@o.omalley 3 жыл бұрын

I can't wait Adam! :D

@monicadesnoo9219 3 жыл бұрын

Adam and Jet: We memorised it all! Jackson: What's a memory...

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha his part is hard thoughhhh

@Leveriza 3 жыл бұрын

Man I wish someone from any corp in DCI sees this masterpiece and make it a part of their show in the future. Good job guys, especially to you Adam!!!

@matthewrhodes6951 3 жыл бұрын

This looks like a lot of fun! If only my school had two 5.0 octave marimbas haha

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh yeah that's why I try not to write for this too often haha. Hope you get a chance to play in a place with two soon!

@JustAnotherPerc Жыл бұрын

I never realized how lucky I am for the fact that we have three five octaves at our highschool

@blaketundra3216 3 жыл бұрын

Very different from the car videos, but so glad I clicked. Beautiful piece, fantastic performance.

@bengarrison5256 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Just wow! This is marvelous man. Please keep composing more music. I’ve loved every piece so far!

@suspayngettetapayngette8766 3 жыл бұрын

1:31 reminds me of the arpeggio in Meet Again! I love this piece so much!

@georgeian405 2 жыл бұрын

Those marimbas and that Yamaha absolute nouveau kit sounds phenomenal alone not taking into consideration the awesome playing

@valt5757 3 жыл бұрын

DRUMSET!!!!!!!!!!!!#! Finally i was waiting for a bid with drumset

@ethanschneider625 3 жыл бұрын

First off, this piece is is sick!! Great job Adam! Secondly, I think a cool thing to do (maybe later), is convert one of (or both) the marimba parts to a 4.3 octave marimba so more schools and universities can have access to this piece as well. Awesome job regardless!!

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

That would be cool! I'll have to think of how to do that cause I really like dat bass line haha but it's a good idea. Thank you for listening!!

@somecomposingfudsa 3 жыл бұрын

can't wait to see this used in DCI 2021/2022

@trequa7017 3 жыл бұрын

excited!

@joschateichmann1065 6 ай бұрын

Hey Adam, it's really really awesome and I love it, but I can't afford a 5 Octave Marimba, please create some more content for 3 Octaves!

@BenPenta 3 жыл бұрын

This gives me shovel knight vibes! Super cool

@gabriellasso8808 3 жыл бұрын

As a taiko player that misses play taiko due to the pandemy, I LOVED THIS

@aydeetherandom5179 3 жыл бұрын

That was fantastic! If I had access to two 5.0 octave marimbas, I'd definitely try to learn this with some friends. In the meantime though, I'm currently learning Hope! Keep up the awesome work, Adam! Truly brilliant!

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh thank you so much for learning Hope! Glad you are enjoying it :)

@JesseGuo 3 жыл бұрын

A bop, for sure!

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jesse!!

@cashews1016 3 жыл бұрын

That was amazing! Bravo

@catemurphy8014 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent composition and playing!

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Catie!! I appreciate it :))

@Alex-sz6te 3 жыл бұрын

I like how your solos gave one word names, your duo’s have 2 word names and your trios have 3 word names😂

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

Makes it easier for people to choose what they wanna play ahahaha

@joshuabushman7 3 жыл бұрын

Groovy

@hectorshutty1294 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!!!!!

@zacklanger694 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds awesome!! I hear front ensemble influence lol

@jeremyjacobus7009 2 жыл бұрын

This is an amazing piece of work. I do a lot of music composition and I am beyond amazed with this piece and everything you write. I am a sophomore at mansfield university and I am playing the marimba 2 part with 2 other percussionists in my studio. Please keep up the amazing work. You are such an inspiration to people who are still getting a hold on playing mallet percussion. People Like me haha

@AdamTanPercussion 2 жыл бұрын

Ah thank you so much Jeremy, this means so much to me! I look forward to seeing your rendition of it!

@jacksonhall3151 3 жыл бұрын

holy crap this is amazing

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

Ahh thank you Jackson!

@chandlerwebb3230 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam, could you do a video sometime about how to care for a marimba (both padouk and rosewood) and things about cracked and broken bars? Im not sure if I'm doing things right with mine and everytime I look it up there seems to be different opinions on things. LOVED the new piece btw.

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

Ah I've never had a problem with cracked bars, but my marimba is always indoors kept and in a dry room. I was keen to make a video about instrument care with some opinions from experts sometime this year so thank you for reminding me! And thanks for listening :))

@burning_trash 2 жыл бұрын

Okay I know who exactly who I want to play this with, may have to figure out how to play/re-write on 4.3 octave marimba, but definitely something I wanna preform by my senior year

@noecruz2055 3 жыл бұрын

Doing big things! Keep up the good work👍🏼

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Noe!

@leehuayong1070 3 жыл бұрын

Love this 😀

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you auntie 🥰

@michaelnancyamsden7410 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice. Good melody. Good rhythm

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

Ahh thank you so much!

@robertkoh3539 3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@143685753ton22y 3 жыл бұрын

omg this is so cool

@AfonsoPinto2002 3 жыл бұрын

1:06 that anime opening reference is thiCC :p

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

An animal of the blue variety 😌

@pithaustgen3954 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing😍it sounds great

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Pit!

@cpsnakemusic3082 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds amazing! It could sound even more amazing if maybe the marimbas were a little louder in the mix and the drums adam and jet play had a little more low end, maybe captured with something other than an sm57? Still, sounds amazing, great job adam!

@cashews1016 3 жыл бұрын

YAY 😁

@thomaspate9328 3 жыл бұрын

I did a research project on you for band finals. Thanks for doing so much for mallet percussionists your work is awesome dude!

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

Whatttt that's so awesome Thomas! What was the project about? Thank you so much for your support :)

@thomaspate9328 3 жыл бұрын

@@AdamTanPercussion the project was about historical figures of music and what they’ve contributed to the music world, and I was like dang that dude with the chill room and the marimbas looks like he has something going on that I don’t know about. I did some research and it turns out that you’ve actually given mallet percussion a chance to grow out on an international scale, so I found it fitting to put you up there with the all-greats. Also your song titles are catchy and I really needed some hope. Conveniently I think there’s a song with that exact name😉

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

@@thomaspate9328 ahhh I'm honoured, you make me sound way better than I actually am!! Thank you so much for featuring me in your project, that means a lot to me 🥳

@mikaeelfaleel2236 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam, What grade in ameb do you think this would be suitable for?

@AdamTanPercussion 2 жыл бұрын

Grade 8 I think :)

@ChristianRivera22 3 жыл бұрын

Woaaaah this is dope, it's easily an A Tier for me haha. I've seen many comments talking about the piece being for 5 Oct marimbas, but hey, it's not that hard to adapt for 4.3 and give the bass line to a nice piano (it won't be a trio anymore but it'll maintain the sweet bad ass bassline) Anyway, congrats Adam and team!!! Also, the drummer nailed it :)))

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh I'm glad it made it past B Tier HAHA... that would be a cool idea actually to adapt it to a piano, I guess you still need two 4.3 marimbas though... I'll make sure to tell him :)))

@ChristianRivera22 3 жыл бұрын

@@AdamTanPercussion absolutely, yeah!!! You rock man!

@Jackcaleb1653 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Adam! Great playing! What mics and audio interface were you using for this piece?

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Jack! For the marimbas we used Behringer C-2s, I think the drum overhead is possibly Rode NT-1A and the taikos are SM58s. Audio interface is Focusrite 18i8 3rd Gen :)

@jiwonkim7536 3 жыл бұрын

Great Performance!!! The one thing that could've been better were the snare drums. The snare drum tuning didn't sound crisp/have enough pizaz into it but that's pretty much it.

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

We agree with you, the snare was definitely a last min addition hahaha

@malharlakshman 3 жыл бұрын

*Paycheck comes in* Me: I should save for my this semester or invest! Adam: * uploads a new piece* Me, lacking both marimbas or people to play the piece with : haha PayPal go brrrr Seriously, great job with this :)

@AdamTanPercussion 3 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA you made me spit my water. Thank you for listening!