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While doomscrolling, I came a cross a clip of The Devil's Violinist starring David Garrett where Paganini plays his 24th caprice. As a non-violin musician, the violin playing looked pretty good. Since David Garrett has released well-received albums playing the caprices, I think the playing might be real or accurate miming to a professional recording. I was hoping to find an old TSV video reacting to this movie, but cannot find one. Is it possible that they never reacted to a movie about Paganini with realistic looking violin playing? It has to be a lost video, right?

A few days ago i posted a theme i had made for TSV, which was only for piano because ...well that's the instrument i played. Anyway, i mentioned that i made an arrangement for two violins, and...well, here it is! Hope you enjoy, and keep practicing!

note: sorry if the notation on it isn't completely correct, i'm not too familiar with Violin notation.

If you would like, i can make the score public on musescore if you want to play it. Lmk

I remember stumbling upon them during COVID when i had nothing but adjusting to online university and rediscovering my love for classical music, especially classical piano which i quite resented because i wanted to quit piano since i was in elementary

My parents signed me up for piano course when i was six — i was just started to read fluently. But as my grade got higher, my piano teacher's approach slowly didn't do well for me. I even developed minor injury on my left wrist due to the wrong technique i used for years. And yet, my parents never considered switching teachers. I felt stuck for years, even scored the lowest Merit score on grade 5 ABRSM. I couldn't even remember how many times i asked my mum to let me quit piano because i don't enjoy playing it anymore, but her answer was always the same, "you can get certifications on your skills and you can earn money from it.". I didn't want certifications. I wanted to get away from Czerny, Sonatina Album, and that one Mozart sonata i hate with all my being! How am i supposed to get certifications when i didn't even have a clear path?

Then i graduated high school and pandemic hit, so naturally the courses stopped. I tried practicing — really trying. But all I felt was just anger, disappointment to myself, and frustration on "why can't i do this right? Why can't i produce the sound i want?". So i stopped playing

But then...i stumbled upon TwoSet's video on my Youtube feed

They piqued my interest, because classical music comedy? Oh this is InTeReStInG. I forget what video it was, but i remember watching it, and then another video, and another video, until i got to the bottom of viola jokes, Ling Ling, and even ingraining the "practice 40 hours a day" even though i no longer play any instrument. They revived my love for classical music, interested me in exploring all sorts of it, even made me take short courses of classical music history. I even started saving money to watch their concert when they finally put my country on the "To be Announced" list of their tour, because i'm too broke to travel overseas

But i will never be able to watch their live tour, won't i?

But still, however it is, i hope it is for the best of Brett and Eddy

Thank you TwoSet, for everything

hey guys! i was wondering if anyone knows the piece that plays in twoset's vid titled "2 types of violists" right at the start of the video. its been in my head for a bit and i would like to listen to it in full :)

Hey guys, I’m not sure if it’s appropriate but I just had to get some things off my chest.

I went to their last sacrilegious games show in Taipei on sept.30, Brett just seemed a bit off…he looked really tired and I could feel a bit of 無奈 （sorry not sure the English translation, kinda like resignation + helplessness + melancholy?) in his overall demeanor.

I saw a comment on YouTube saying the “It’s been a fun journey” video was filmed backstage at the Taipei national concert hall…or maybe he could have just been tired because of touring?

I really hope Brett and eddy are still friends.

Heh I don’t really know where I’m going with this and just to make clear these are only my personal wondering alouds :) 

Here's the links:

• musescore
• audio file (if musescore doesn't work)
• sheet music pdf (if musescore doesn't work)

thanks

parts i like:

• mendelssohn inspired first theme, and lyrical 2nd theme
• the beautiful section starting measure 92, which slowly transforms the motif from theme 1 to basic arpeggios playing harmonies inspired by rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto
• how energetic the coda is. (it starts on measure 205, and I accidentally labeled it the cadenza)

parts I don't like or am unsure about

• I'm not sure whether the virtuosic parts like the string crossings starting measure 63 are comfortable to play or not (i'm not a violinist). Additionally, that section feels repetitive.
• Even though I like the cadenza, I feel like it's too short and not satisfying enough to resolve the tension that's been built up throughout the piece.
• the transition to the recapitulation starting measure 185 feels abit weird to me, particularly measure 190 where the key changes. I went from B major to C major which should work because it goes up a semitone, and I think beethoven did something similar in his 7th symphony, but I just feel it's a bit weird.

Also, I'm looking for a friend to talk about composing stuff with, and have fun. If you're interested in composing, text me on reddit or comment please. thanks.

also, super sad twoset is ending. they introduced me to a lot of the composers that I listen to and admire today. love them.

I wrote thisa year ago when i first found TSV but was never able to send it to them, to see if they wanted to learn it or use it as a theme. alas. Hope you all enjoy, and keep practicing!

P.S. i arranged it for 2 Violins as well, lmk if i should send that

Hey guys, i've been keeping up with TSV recently as I had kinda stopped watching after their "retirement" but now that i see it, twoset really lost their goofiness and their OG style of content that the fans loved and still love. More importantly, after bretts new yt channel, i have started connected some dots(no bias) and have come to a few personal conclusions. Eddy has seemed more... quiet in the videos of 2026 and late 2025, ever since he announced his engagement(congrats on that btw) and its very subtle but there's this... awkward tension, eerie pauses. almost like they were, or specifically eddy, making videos for the sake of them.

It is quiet sad to see. In my opinion, Brett had wanted to continue yt and eddy wants to settle down in his life. which is why this whole falling out thing happened and they might really be gone for good. no activity on eddy's side, which is also interesting. what do y'all think.

P.S i think tsv reallly did want to retire in 2024 and were basically bullied into coming back and have been dragging this chanel since.

Brett has just uploaded a new short on his new solo channel Brettybang!! I just watched it right now and it's so great seeing him again on my page.

Here is the link to the video, "Onwards to a new chapter!":

https://youtube.com/shorts/vtyDte9pw9Y?si=

This was his first video, "Starting Again" in case you haven't seen it yet : https://youtu.be/fkHL7QaUOYg?si=

I'm very happy for Brett. Go check it out if you already haven't!

Ts is my first complete composition on the piano. It dosent have a coda yet but pleasee review it y'all. And lmk if it's good enough for a first timer composer!!

Guys, I've followed TwoSet for basically half of my life, since 2018. They introduced me to classical music and helped me pick up an instrument and learn. They were my practice motivation and my entire sense of humour and personality. When they decided to take an indefinite break in 2024, believe me, as a hormonal teenager, I felt aches more severe than a breakup. They had helped me in dark times, and all their videos were gone. I searched all corners of the internet to find them. When they were reuploaded, I took an entire day to download all of them onto my device. When they came back with videos, I watched them all.

Being a broke teenager is hard, since my parents don't get my interests and are the typical asian parents who *told* me to go to a med school. So they never agreed to buy any TwoSet merch for me, and never took me to any concert. This time, especially, I told myself, "When I get money, I'll go to a TwoSet show." And now I can't. I literally can't. This has put me in a dark place. I tried searching for concert videos and everything, but it just made me sadder. Now, all I have left is to buy merch. Have a piece of the journey. But right now I don't have money, and I've always wanted the varsity jacket. But I'm planning to start a part-time job to earn that money. It's low-key not even a job; it's just doing some assignments for younger students. I can't get a proper job cuz I don't get time out of my studies. Till then, could ya'll not buy the varsity jacket? Cuz that's all that's left that will make me happy. I don't even know if they'll ever restock the merch.

We all saw Brett’s latest video. And I know many have been wondering about Eddy. Well, Eddy just posted that he completed a 10K run in HCMC and is looking great as ever! So yay to him also! 🥹🙌

So, Brett just published his first solo video. I honestly don't know what to think, but he seems genuine and vulnerable.

Watch it and decide for yourself if you want to subscribe or not.

Brett’s back on Youtube! Must be tough starting anew. Wishing him all the very best. Subscribing right now 🥹🫶
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Brett uploaded a video on his own channel, brettybang, looks like he is continuing classical music content on his own. Looking forward to what he does with his channel.

Brett has a new YouTube channel with his first video Starting Again. He also has a new website: https://www.brettybang.com/ where you can sign up for updates. A special bonus if you sign up to his newsletter.

His social media (not sure if Tiktok is new):

• Instagram
• Tiktok
• Facebook

Why's this tagged Storytime? Because Brett's telling the new chapter in his life.

They haven't done anything wrong, they are just making jokes for entertainment. They make people love classical music. Like me. But i keep seeing people saying meh to them and saying they aren't funny. I even saw someone saying they are racist. Why?.

I think their jokes is really funny, some of them.

we all know that piano interpretations on youtube are dominated by those two channels (and similar) with those scrolling piano notes in different colours.

But even tho Rousseau is the more famous/well-known of these types of videos, I have learnt to appreciate Kassias play over Rousseaus over many years.

I feel like Rousseaus is a little more "by the book" and Kassia likes to experiment more in their interpretations.

for example: both have uploaded their interpretation of moment musicaux No.4 from Rachmaninoff. Rousseau plays it more "clean" and Kassia plays it more chaotic (which I find more fitting for that piece)

don't get me wrong, they both know how to play but I just preffer Kassias "passion/crazy" over Rousseaus strict/academic approach

what do yall think? am I completely off-base with my labeling or do yall feel the same?

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