I Wrote a Dark Song So DARK, I'm 99% Sure You Will Be DEPRESSED!
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In this video I wrote 5 dark songs, focusing on different aspects of darkness - loneliness, suffering, pain, abuse, and angst.
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00:00 Intro
00:13 1 Minute Dark Song
01:35 10 Seconds Dark Song
02:29 10 Minutes Dark Song
04:37 1 Hour Dark Song
06:23 1 Hour Dark Song "Total Isolation" Performance
11:11 10 Hour Dark Song
16:55 10 Hour Dark Song "Imprisoned Soul" Performance
#Music #Piano #Epic #Virtuoso
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Lionel cheating almost every time lol. Honestly I don't care.
Btw, could you sell your sheet of Total Insolation on your website? I will buy it the moment you will put it on!
Call it No Empathy
I’m gonna be honest, when I hear the live play through for the 10 minute song all I could think of for a title was “in their eyes” don’t know why so take that as you wish
what the software you used
This guy: writes a song in 10 seconds Me: can't find a note in 10 seconds
Well, to be fair, what is written in 10 seconds and 1 minute is not a song. It's just a short part that can be used to make a song (in 1 hour or longer).
@@vladimmi Well, to be fair, he cheated.
sounds like it's pretty dark where you are.
@@djtbone001a you couldnt compose a song :))
@@hideakino Thats probably a fact but chill
My heartfelt thanks to Julie Marie for submitting her personal story which provided the inspiration for the 10 hour piece. It takes a lot of courage to share one's experience about past abuse.
Just think if this song took 3.5 hours how good would it be if you truly used all 10 hours
Could you play the main theme from Ori and The Blind Forest or Ori and The Will of The Wisp?
Why the fuck does this make me feel I know the marie? Wtf????
@James Fischer An abusive relationship is all fun and games when you learn about the Cambodian genocide.
@James Fischer or how about 6 seconds, 66 seconds, 66 minutes, and 6.6 hours?
10 second challenge: if you can compose slowly you can compose quickly
edwina would appeove
Sacrilegious lol xD!++
s a c r i l i g i o u s
10 year challenge
Twosetters unite!
This man is a legend He took a break from playing piano to play piano
10 hour song: *exists Lionel: “I paid for the whole piano, so I’m going to use the whole piano”
As expected lmao
Expected comment
Damn straight. Why waste the keys when you have them?
i like how he is writing a dark song but he has a HUGE smile on his face
He is a man without emotional response towards darkness but yet met with the sanity of one in the dark. (People please don’t murder me for this comment)
If you are hurt enough, you will enjoy the sound of agony as a type of emotional release.
Do not be deceived by his light appearance, he is quite powerful in the dark side.
@@jackleyt689 I like this comment.
Hes just amazing
“If you enjoy the video, please consider subscribing. Enjoy the video.” I see what you did there.
What did he do
@@johnthang6223 he said if you enjoy the video subscribe. Than he said enjoy the video making us want to enjoy it therefore we have to subscribe
@@bobacat3436 No he mean enjoy the video
Lol I get it
Smooth.
Lionel: It has to be dark and devoid of happiness" Sibelius: Key Signature - C Major
Titles: 1 Minute: "Tears Of A Lost Journey" 10 Seconds: "Memories Of Days Long Gone" 10 minutes: "Approach The Unknown Void" Great as always!
Amazing titles
@@Faultality thank you
Omg I had the same name idea for the 10 minute piece,great names by the way!
Those are some great ideas
Wow
Him: my goal here is to just create something that sounds kind of depressing, be like devoid of any kind of positivity or Happiness. Also him: *smiles while he says it*
POV: You're looking for Julie Marie's comment.
*Gasps* POV : You're the person who liked this comment and was shocked of this person's comment.
Nop
Hmm Monika pfp
Oh a DokiDoki Fan
You'll be my Reminder, Thanks
"Imprisoned Soul" got me. I was doing so well with not crying but then the piano started playing and I became a wreck. My highest respect to Julie Marie for getting out of that situation. You are an inspiration.
first reply
Make sure to turn on Captions for the 10 hour song playthrough! What did you guys think of the story?
Seeing that nobody replied yet, I will take the honor of being your first reply! So when beginning to look at the story, I remembered hearing a similar story to the one in the captions: It was about a boy who struggled to understand himself. He couldn't know what he likes, what he dislikes, or what he even is. However, all he knew is that he didn't want anyone to know how confusing he is, so he acts like the class clown. He managed to convince everyone that he was a happy, and humorous guy who makes everyone have a happy time. However, his happiness ended when a new transfer student arrived. That student saw through his disguise, and fear corrupted the class clown. He didn't want everyone to know how different he actually is. He tried to make the transfer student think otherwise. He continued acting happy and being the class clown, however, nothing seemed to work. The transfer student was basically the one who took away his happiness, while the boy still remained hopeful in persuading him of his fake identity; being obsessed.
Geeze man. I just came here on the algorithm I guess, this was really intense. Really really good, but man, that was a lot of feels from just having watched a wood working episode on sharpening a card scraper lol. Am definitely subscribed, thank you.
AMAZING
Could you do a tragic song? Where a father disowns his only son and the son falls into a deep depression... then once a glimpse of hope arrives he reaches almost this suspense where this will make or break him, then eventually that glimpse of hope fade and he almost is in this lost purgatory until he finally ends it and dies from lack of happiness or hope
AWESOME!! 😭😍😍😍😍😍
I think the ten minute should be called a walk through the cemetery because its calm at the start but the wind starts blowing and you hear like voices and as it blows and you hear voices you get uneasy and anxious and when it gets the fastest and loudest is when your super freaked out and your running around in fear of the things around you and its dark and foggy
YESS
I've only been able to listen to "Imprisoned Soul" all the way through once. ='( It's a great piece, but I can't stand the feelings. (My deepest respect goes to Julie Marie who experienced it and freed herself). "Total Isolation" still leaves me with an oppressive feeling. I am sure there are many people currently who know this emotion. This shows once again how well you can capture emotions.Many of us were worried about you. I would call the 10-minute piece ( 3:33 ) "Enter the Haunted House".
You seriously getting that upset over music? Bruh how do you even handle living in the real world if you’re that emotional?
@@d3von443 it isn't necessary that a person who gets emotional cause of music gets emotional cause of every little thing. music might be the only thing which brings out this feeling in them
Respect
The music is so sad because of the description and also because well I don’t really need to say anything just listen to it really well
@@d3von443 you don’t understand
Who else found this guy and stayed cuz your inspired by him? 😂
I have no other way to describe his 10h songs than magical
...you caught me
This guy inspires me to start playing paino
I'm amazed how fast you can transform your thoughts into the actual music. And I mean from 10sec. also to 10hours. True artist right here, you feel the music. ✌
Nice cover 👀 i sub
How is no one in the comments talking about the accidentally brutal but true words he gave about being in and leaving an abusive relationship? "You didn't win. You just didn't lose." It's such a simple thing he throws out while considering how to write, but the truth stands so well. An abusive relationship is a nightmare, and just because you're free from it, doesn't mean your free from its effects. You survived your own personal piece of hell to continue living... but that doesn't mean you won. It's brilliant in its accidental simplicity and so extremely accurate.
The 10 second song sounds like a video game character’s death theme
You truly smashed me in the feels with my synthesia when the 10 hour piece hit the "struggles" it manifested itself in intense (but in a strangely desirable way) tingles shooting from the bottom to the top of my spine, and rising to my neck, accompanied by a sense of urgency. (There are times when such deep personality traits and feelings are good; INFJ & synthesia experiencer) Thank you Lionel, than you Julie
I don’t know if it’s just me or nearly all of his songs have this Professor Layton kind of vibe. I absolutely love it!
*Lionel not premiering a Composing challenge is the same as no fruit executions*
Omg u again 😂
@@MarkAz5 😜
@Collin Heine hallo ;)
@@KaasIsLekker u have blown up every comment section
@@derekpintozzi2498 whaha thnx mate 😁. Nice to see you again Derek :)
Him: when there is light there is no darkness Mobile legends Luo Yi: when there is light there are also shadows
In the brightest light there are the darkest shadows, but remember in the pitch of night the slightest light is as the sun at noon
You need BOTH light AND dark it's life, you can't have one without another,
The darkest nights are the brightest days
Names for each one 1 minute: 'Why should i call this?' 10 seconds: 'Void' 10 minutes: 'Deep Grave' Hope you like them! as much as i like your videos!
Wow! Total isolation is so awesome! I want to have a midi file of that so I could add in some more instruments and vocals, do you think you could send me a midi file? Pretty please? I can feel that I can learn a lot from it and of course, I will credit you if someone else gets to hear it. Thank you for your amazing content, it's always a joy to listen to your stuff!
The first song should be called... when you pull on a push door and everyone stares at you
total isolation feels like it has a deeper meaning than being isolated... idk there’s something about it that really intrigues me lol
Like there's a whole emotional component and backstory about why they're now isolated. How at times they fought hard to escape but were repeatedly defeated, perhaps betrayed by someone they trusted and that's how they ended up trapped there.
Damn. Well this went from fun to truly dark. I got what i came for and was so inspired which i wasn't expecting. Thank you Julie for sharing your story as i was once in the same position- i also broke free and idk i feel like this was confirmation that im on the right path ❤️❤️ youve definitely earned my sub and ill share too which is rare for me lol
"The darkness surrounding the soul would turn bright when the soul has understood something" - Hugo Wong Alone Eat
Act 3: craziest goosebumps i have ever had going til the end if the song
"when there is light, there is no darkness" inspirational
The 10 min dark song should be called “The Ten Minute Terror”
Which one was your favorite? 10 second | 1 Minute | 10 Minute | 1 Hour "Total Isolation" | 10 Hours "Imprisoned Soul"
10 hour bro 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 but they where all brilliant including the 2 line ‘10 sec’ (more like 15 but 😂)
Imprisoned Soul definitely takes my number 1 spot. after giving it a listen without the story telling first, I could still for the most part understand the emotions in the music. The ten second one put up a good fight for what it was worth though haha
the 10h one was really incredible!
10 hour, 1 hour, and 10 minute if it was longer
10 sec
2:41 "When there's light, there's no darkness" - Lionel Yu
Me: Of course...
"where there is lught there is no darkness" Shadows, which appear only if an object is illuminated: *Am I a joke to you?*
That’s simply incredible
The 10 minute one kinda sounds like an anima character died
Didn't expect that but Imprisoned Soul struck me hard in 2 act. Almost in tears. And I'm usually listen to some brutal and crazy metal. Great work!
Names 1 minute: Silent Scream, Tears 10 sec: Silence, Nothing
Imprisoned Soul is beyond amazing
Listening to these songs made me write a poem for some reason
Lynel Red FV can you share what they said? If not that’s totally fine, just curious
I'd like to read it too
Good for you
Names! 1 minute - losing a friend 10 second - forgotten 10 minute - the void
This turned out so incredibly moving. You captured the different phases of the emotional relationship to a tee. And quite proud of Julie Marie for sharing her story and struggle. Having been in that exact same scenario, I can relate with those feelings and emotions.
Lionel: "If you enjoy the video, please consider subscribing" Lionel 0.5 seconds later "eNjOy ThE vIdEo"
*insert angry pingu meme here*
1 Minute: Never Meant To Be 10 Seconds: Lost Memories 10 Minutes: As the Reaper Marches On 1 Hour: Failed Escapade From Truth 10 Hours: Fortification These were my ideas for the songs. I hoped you liked them!
I find it funny how both of us had similar ideas for the 10 minute song, having to do with the Grim Reaper.
" when there's light, there's no darkness." I want a picture on my wall of you and that quote
"I know why the caged bird sings," in music. Your music has love and longing whether you intend it or not.. The sound of sadness you create is palpable. I loved all these pieces, You even named it: "This imprisoned soul finally breaks free."
1 hour song should be called “The Soul’s Requiem” because I think it sounds like a requiem and because it’s dark something like “the soul” should fit with the “dark” theme
Total Isolation is quite possibly your greatest piece ever. I love it!!
You didn't win or lose, you survived...and that's what matter the most, above all else.
god the imprisoned soul one is so good I can’t imagine the emotion I would feel if I was the one breaking free from that toxic relationship
You are the greatest composer of our time. Your 10 hour story pieces hold a powerful magic to them!
Here are the titles that hit me during listening to each songs .. 1:12 ((1 min dark song)) : Dancing in the rain of regret 2:18 ((10 sec dark song)) : The forest of no return 3:34 ((10 min dark song)) : Screaming shadows
You NAILED it on "Inprisoned Soul"
I agree! I find it so much easier to write sad/dark songs when I'm in a dark room
The 10 minute song sounded like it could be in one of the Fate animes.
Hi Lionel. Just want to say that your music is really moving. I have been playing piano for 12 years and recently I have not been as into it as I once was, but watching your videos has made me get into playing the piano seriously again and I am enjoying myself. I do have a question, how long does it take you to perfect these songs that you play in these videos because they are so incredibly written? Thank you for putting your music on this platform.
@john coleman John Coleman, stop trying to impersonate MusicalBasics. This won’t draw any attention to you, and it won’t get people to subscribe either. This is a bad scandal, and I am sure you can change your ways. Thank you for your cooperation.
13:24 am i the only one vibing so hard with this part rn
I like how, even after the "escape", the walking notes are still present.
10 minutes dark song: You are walking through a forest in the dead of night, the moon just shy of dissappearing behind the clouds, barely seeing in front of your nose but the shadows cast by the ancient trees that watch over you like silent giants, yet they do not offer you any comfort under the cold breeze. your feet hesitate and shake at every step as your breath fogs your glasses, griping tightly your backpack as you hear the sounds of the forest. You are so close to escaping. Just keep going, you're gonna make it! Your jaw hurts by how hard you are clenching your teeth, but you ignore it. You're so close. The light will appear soon, the other end of the forest will appear and I shall be free! You said to yourself as you don't notice the glowing eyes watching you from the dark...
Thanks... Now I can't sleep...
I was also thinking of composing a song,I'm making a soft and mind relaxing song,on a phone..
Marsy's Tips for getting into the mood on a budget, if you don't have a way to just dim the lights, you can turn the lights off and light a candle or two. Gives an effect of being mostly in darkness, and you get the bonus of a little bit of inconsistent lighting from the candle's flickering and some pretty unsettling shadows around the room.
Total isolation is definitely my favorite. Absolutely beautiful
everytime he says da dada you know he’s going to make something spectacular
Challenge: write a song that doesn't sound like an anime song.
Omgg frrr all of them sound anime to me, I’m glad I’m not the only one feeling thsi way XD
If youre weeb enough all piano you never heard before sounds like it came from anime, all japanese song sounds like intro or outro of an anime. I know it cause thats how i feel all the time.
Anime music derives from neoclassical music not the other way around :/
...than play it revert and get a cool opening :-D
Everything's an anime song if you're brave enough
2:19 This sounds like a tune that plays in a JRPG as the main characters's best friend/love interest is killed by the villain, and the screen fades out, leaving you to ponder on your failure to save her.
That "imprisoned soul" is a masterpiece. Bravo man. Bravo! I'm honestly...wow...I'm at a loss for words...😭
me after listening to the 10 sec dark song: Uhhhhhhh :| me after listening to the 1 min dark song: Great! :) me after listening to the 10 min dark song: Woah! :D me after listening to the 1 hour dark song: 100% AMAZING!!! THIS MADE ME CRY!!! ;D me after listening to the 10 hour dark song: "Unbelievable" **Explodes**
it is just a song. it is just a song. it is just a song. it is just a song iam not craying
Listening to Total Isolation: I wonder how happiness trapped in a narcissist's cage would sound... Listening to Imprisoned Soul: *shocked pikachu face*
"Total isolation" manage to conjure up my emotional states everyday for 12 years and counting. It's actually eerie to listen to for me.. Thank you.
The darkest song but with colorful lights, yeah!
Pls do a song about my past story it would make me feel better it’s ok if you don’t tho So I got manipulated by people online that’s what happened basically and I didn’t know how to get out of there grip and then I met a girl online she pretended to be my long lost sister and all started crumbling down at this point and 1 day she got hacked and then I said she was a hacker herself and she said I will handle this and she made everything worst I hade to tell my dad bc the hacker said he was in front of the house he was not tho and I had to give my phone to my dad and he found out si was manipulated by man and woman online and we talked and then every thing got better but my dad and my mom were always fighting and I pretty much got depression from that and now I still live with my parents and they still fights but it’s getting better and again pls do a song out of my story plssss and love your vid btw
Wow
That story was incredible It's a long way to go, but I hope she continues to persue on the journey... Best of luck to you, Julie Marie, and to everyone else who experienced/is experiencing this or something of the sort. Feel free to use this comment as some kind of freedom wall to vent out what you've been keeping inside. I'm just some random stranger in the internet but I'm willing to listen. I can't promise that I would be able to help, but I'll try my best
The last song gave me chills
You should call the 10 minute song: "Tears of Secrecy"
What software did you use? I’m considering writing my own (and maybe submitting) my piece. I’m currently using Musescore 3, but I find it somewhat limiting.
I think Sibelius
1 minute dark song- the widows craft 10 minute song- The old mans grief
Damn that last song almost had me in tears the song combined with the lyrics in the captions just had me going it was absolutely beautiful thank you for that wonderful masterpiece
am I the only one who thought calming instead of dark 😀 and smh the imprisoned soul stir something in my heart tht idek what and when does tht something exist sjsjsj
1 minute song was really good, sounds like it would be in a movie
The last song, Imprisoned Soul, is so sad. I don't easily cry, but I couldn't help it. It was so sad. I can't imagine how much pain Julie went through. I feel so bad for her. The man who abused her deserved that. He deserved worse. It does sound harsh when I type that, but if you think about what he did, it was horrible, and just imagine how much pain she had to deal with. If you turn on captions you can hear her story. It's truly horrible.
You NAILED it with "Total Isolation"
I thought dark music meant like horror music or something, not sad and emotional ;-;
Pov your looking for Julie comment
Until halfway through it all sounds more calm than sad. Like sitting in your room with your eyes closed, waiting for the mail or the boiler to finish your breakfast consisting of a cup of coffee with oatmeal poured inside because you ran out of milk the other day and don't want to go shopping again this week. I sometimes set up my old keyboard and start playing some augmented chords and simple harmonies. I can't play very well and i can't play fast, but it works for me as far as darkness goes. I get that a lot of these techniques you were using are somewhat popular in genres considered "dark", but the timbre is the key; A piano ist just too warm so sound even remotely non-boring in these repetitve pieces. Darkness is timbre and absence of living melodies.
Wow it’s so impressive! I was totally absorbed by the 1 hour and 10 hour song. I will go listen the Standalone version right now. You did a really good job. Congratulations
The 1 hour song has some interstellar vibes
Yeaaa i was about to mention it as well, the first notes sound almost the same ! Cool music tho
"Oh, you think darkness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING! The shadows betray you, because they belong to me! I will show you where I have made my home while preparing to bring justice. Then I will break you."
What kind of anime character are you
@@raphaeldahdah2430 The quote is from the dark knight trilogy. Bane tells it to Batman while they are fighting and proceeds to beat the crap out of him.
Man Total Isolation kinda feels relatable.
11:55 , i never thought of outlining before writing a song in my years of making music, this is such a revelation.
How to make dark songs : 1. Become a death metal band. 2. Profit.
Ta..ta ta.....tatata......TAAAAAAAAAA
I think a cool title for the 10 min song could be "the forest" because the movement within the left hand creates a feeling of movement or walking within the forest and the more dissonant chords within the right hand create a spoopy atmosphere
total isolation gives me suuuuch specific vibes tbh, it sounds really good! it's a nice night out with friends. joking, laughing, having some fun. one of them starts talking about the 'creepy' cave up ahead, and you, still on a high, decide to go with them. when you approach it... it seems normal, but off, somehow. weird vibes, or maybe just cowardice? and then you hear it. behind you. you run far into the cave, splitting off from your friends in the process, panicked, startled, and having a feeling that you were right. looking behind, you expect to see your friends, but you don't. you couldn't have ran that far, right? you can't hear the either, so you start calling out. maybe if you walk back the way you came, there might be the exit? it's worth a shot, anyways. minutes turn to hours, hours turn to days, and soon enough you realise. you've doomed yourself. you were the one who ran in. who split off from the group. who made it so far that there wasn't even a hope of getting back. you brought this upon yourself. as the years pass by, never aging, never dying, you start to come to terms with your new life. it's cold, damp, and lonely, with not even the eventuality of death to soothe you. you're isolated now. any hummanity you one had is gone. how long has it been since you've seen someone else, you wonder aloud, wandering the twisting corners of your prison. everything looks the same, so for all you know you've been wandering in circles. day after day. week after week. month after month. year after year. slowly going *mad.*
I absolutely Fell in love with total Isolation. Don’t feels dark at all for me, more like Full of hope. You‘re brilliant.
I got the feels at the "You destroyed me" part. You captured the emotions so well! Beautiful!
this guys whole life is music like, even his break is playing the piano and watching music youtubers, respect
I wish all of these were on Spotify Bc I love how much emotion is put into each piece and how much emotion you can feel from the music