Interview With Viral Saxophone Soloist Aidan Brown 

oh yeah!?? I CAN PLAY HOT CROSS BUNS

He could do well in dci............. oh wait

He is good but I've seen a guy play flight of the bumble bee on a trombone. Now THAT takes a LOT of skill

not to bash him, hes still a good player, but i think people are blowing his skill out of proportion. He's definitely talented, but I wouldn't go as far as calling him a prodigy

What this kid that is extremely impressive is not his skill. What is most impressive about this kid is his drive and motivation. He works harder than many high school students work on anything in general. Aidan has the gift of being very intrinsically motivated allowing him to progress at an above average rate. This kid clearly loves his instrument, but if he were to find another passion for something he can study, he will progress just as fast as he has here because of his drive. I don't mean to belittle his skill either. It is absolutely amazing for an eighth grader, far above what most of my peers and I are expected to be able to play as seniors (expectation does not equal skill, just a general area of where one is skill wise). To comment on what others have said, he definitely could develop a better tone, but what he has tone wise is passable for middle of the road high school students. His technique is good, I personally don't see much of a problem with how he plays. He looks at home with how he holds the instrument and I bet he will adjust if the need arises. This kid has a bright future.

My district didn't have 5th grade band.. it started in 6th grade.., that sort of explains it

I find that middle and high school band directors often disregard RU-vid as a learning tool for their students. Aidan flat out says he saw someone circular breathing and then decided to look up how to do it, of which there are plenty of videos. This was totally out of his own curiosity and now check out how far he's come. Personally I couldn't circular breathe comfortably until my second year of college, so huge props to Aidan for his determination more than anything. Hopefully he doesn't overuse it as it is not always practical and does tend to hinder one's breath capacity in those impractical cases. He is definitely proof however that you do not have to have years of experience in order to pull off "advanced" techniques. Keep it up Aidan!

Not really fair. He’s from Texas. 😂

Anyone saying this kid is nothing special just because they are "a fellow muisican" is envious. Point blank. He is 14 and is already skilled in circular breathing, has great tone, intonation is on point, what else do you want? Watch some of his performances on pieces other than flight and I dare you to say he's nothing special. Keep up the good work aidan you're going places.

To anyone that says this kid could just be a one song wonder; I made Texas area competiton this year (top 8 of other regions, nothing but amazing players) and this kid made state (1st chair out of other amazing players) in 6A as a freshman or sophomore. You don't earn that by just learning flight of the bumblebee.

Oh shoot this guy was at a band camp with me one year!

that boy looks like the guy from up when he was young

The negativity in the comments section is way more impressive than this boy’s fantastic abilities. I’m not sure I have ever seen so many people bashing a child on the internet before. Good job, young man. This Leander mom is looking forward to hearing more from you in the future! Hopefully as a soloist in an upcoming CPHS competition marching show!

Daniel and Mr. Myagi

I know I'm supremely late to this, but I've been saving this since I saw the video in the first place. I think though he shouldn't be given a super high title, I believe he still is better than most people. I'm an eighth grader as well and I can play flight of the bumblebee with ease because it's a very similar pattern on the saxophone. Though, I haven't seen anyone other than my director be able to play pieces as difficult as this. I believe the only reason Aidan Brown had gotten so much credit in the first place is because of the video itself getting viral and the slim amount of young performers of the piece. However, I can understand why people would think of me saying this with a bias, for which I am going to say I have nothing against him. I actually felt the urge to be competitive against his early technique since I saw the video of him for the first time. For whomever who thinks against him, it all generally comes down to your personal opinion and whether or not you believe he is beyond musically talented or simply just a sudden trend. I may feel like he should deserve some type of applause, but I don't believe he is as much of a big deal as people had said at the time of the video. I for one haven't seen anyone of which I've had nearly the same in common about compared to other band players. Then again, you'll just have to trust in my word that I know what I'm talking about. Anyways, no harsh feelings and I still think Aidan's better than vast majority of eighth graders you'll see today in your average middle school. Thanks for (hopefully) reading. I hope all of you have a good day.

Pro where's his teeth

Well, that’s nothing, I CAN PLAY OLD MACDONALD ON THE TRIANGLE!

So he is good at playing one song? The one song is literally all I hear from him and it’s he only thing they talk about 😂

He’s very good! But why have I only seen him play flight of the bumblebee?

Why is everyone hating? He's an 8th gradwe playing a very hard song WITH cirrcular breathing. I think its very impressive and amazing that an 8th grader can do this. ALSO HIS JAWLINE IS 👌👌

I only know square breathing.

Soooooooo the only song he knows is bumblebee

so many people are in the comments are like “as a musician, he isn’t actually that good”. honestly though, he is. playing saxophone since 6th grade AND already being able to alternate fingerings that fast on an instrument with over 20 buttons doing flight of the bumble bees AND he has done circular breathing? great tone, pitch, this kid is amazing. you cannot convince otherwise.

I’ve only ever heard this kid playing one song. He can’t be that good

Okay now giant steps at 260 BPM :D

Wait are they calling him a prodigy because he circular breathes? That means I’m a prodigy and 5 of my friends are too

Cool but is that ALL YOU'RE KNOWN FOR? PLAY SOMETHING ELSE MAN

Phhhft this guy is an amateur.. I can play Mary had a little lamb!!!

I CAN PLAY 50 NOTES A SECOND (Cmon who knows twosetviolin) (I'm a cellist)

My band was never taught circular breathing, and the fact that this kid did it, let alone play flight of the bumblebee while doing it is mind blowing.

Honestly this kid doesn't need to circular breath for one whole note

The only thing I've seen him do is the flight of the bumbees fast which is hard but can be done. If I could see other solos that are slower and more melodic then I would be impressed because that would demonstrate variety which is very important

When they asked him how he was able to learn circular breathing, his response was basically just “I’m built different”😂

legend says he just obsessed with his new instrument and he plays 10 hours a day

I remember when that video popped up in my recommended section a while back, now this video’s in my recommended that’s talking about the dude in the video in my recommended a while back, and both of the videos were uploaded a year ago. 🤔🤔

He's not that great

Hes a one trick pony tbh

I play the flute! Im planning to change to saxophone on May!

See, this is what happens when students are motivated. When I joined band last year (as a freshman) I didn't know anything and my band director threw me on alto saxophone. After our first marching comp, the drum major gave us a speech and basically blamed the freshman... so from that day forward I wanted to prove him wrong and be the best saxophone player I could be. And now a year later I am 1st chair in my band. Motivation and hard work are what you really need to succeed. Talent helps, but being talented does not automatically make you the best.

I can play careless whisper get clapped kid

hes a one trick pony

Man I play saxophone, and man that circle breathing and finger control is fantastic especially for his age, AND BOOM TEXAS REPRESENT!

you guys think HE'S a prodigy? he isn't young enough,. I can also play flight of the bumble bee, and I am NOT a prodigy

Is that all you know kid?

Oh yeah? Well i can play BABY SHARK

This kid has no social skills, but is good at music... rip social life

Our band teacher showed us that video 😂

Does he ever play something hard besides “the chromatic scale song”

This kid just plays flight of the bumblebee because he’s practiced it so many times that he’s really good at it. I would really like to see him cite read.

I play saxophone and I thought I was good until I heard him....yikes

Seems like a nice mature young man. He is going places for sure with that good attitude 👍

I didn't know cedar parks band hall looked exactly like leanders... My god I hope i don't have to go against I'm on high school. His band or football team.

I hate to be rude but it's not THAT impressive. It's really cool but you're being a bit melodramatic. Yeah it's fast and yeah he can circular breathe and yeah he's only 14, but most of it just chromatic scales and trills. He also started in 5th grade, he has an extra year of playing than most 8th graders (At least in Colorado). Then he inherited some natural talent, it came easier to him. Putting all that aside, he's a great saxophonist and he definitely has a future in music.

Here is a easy task play some phil woods,cannonball,come with your own ideas.understand if you play parker,then you are some else playing what parker did.saludos from cuba.

Oh shoot, I actually go to this school, Cedar Park, I know Mr. San Louise aswell. I’m just casually watch this video and see his shirt and I’m like, SHOOT, Cedar Park has fame for football, dance, band, and volleyball, but I never knew that they would make a RU-vid video with actual views, wow.

Oh damn I met this kid

Okay but all this guy can play is flight of the bumblebee. I don't think people earn their livings by playing flight of the bumblebee each single day. He's talented, but maybe he should shift his focus from flight of the bumblebee and circular breathing to something more useful like his tone.

This guy thinks hes shit i can play twinkle twinkle had a little star 😂😂 (BTW ITS A JOKE HES GOOD ASF)

If you are in 7th-8th this year in 2019 and you are in band and you don’t know who the conductor was then that means you didn’t make wind ensemble for region band

I can play flight of the bumblebee on my clarinet, I’m in 8th grade, sure wish I got much attention as you, I just get get called a show off

I’ve just done grade 5 and my show stopper is pink panther or tequila...

Guys! Stop hating him because he played one song! The whole interview is about him playing that song.

Greetings, I want to inform all of you that this “ saxophone mentor” is fake. He has a phone inside the saxophone which plays the song. He is not the one playing flight of the bumble bee.

Bitch why is this guy so famous, I’ve seen ppl play way harder and faster songs so just whyy?

stop hating omg. an eight grader is actually doing something productive.

Psshht bet he can’t play hot cross buns. I bet I can play WAAAAY better than him on my clarinet

Omg this kid, blowing this out of proportion. Fame for nothing

This dude has a Sharingan he copied the skill of thousands of sax players

To bad he’s not brass cause drum corp/dci don’t except no peep squeaks lol

i don’t wanna be really picky here but the last note is a minor not a major... just sayin

I clicked the vid and my player was at 2x speed and I was like chill chill

I used to play the saxaphone, then i had to forcefully quit, heh.

I don’t like him he like a kid that brings carrot sticks to lunch

Can he play something that's not flight of the bumblebee

**The bees have left the chat.**

This kid is so painful to listen to, talented musician tho

People, sax is easy to play, hard to master. You happy?

He is great. But the rythm is not flawless.

This is the worse you can play with a Saxophone

Is that a tenor sax

I have seen this guy so many timessssssssss? Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

If you can play it slowly you can play it quickly

What’s up my felo saxophonist

But can he play flight of the bumblebee on tuba

I would hate for him to be in my district

ifyoucanplayitslowlyoucanplayitquickly

I could circular breath in 8th grade

I mean it’s not that hard on the sax I can play it

not to brag but i can play mary had a little lamb 😎

Now learn a different fast and tecnical piece

Well he was very awkward in the awkward

Jeez those fingers are moving so fast

He looks like the iridosiclytis guy

That's all he can do what's so special?

Im a tenor sax and don't have pantner :😩

Look at this dude 😂👋🏼

Why does he look like insaneintherain?

*struggles to put instrument together*

Oh yeah I can play hard rock blues

of course its Cedar Park..