We Answer Your Questions About Working Professionally in an Orchestra 

Eddy: Usually it’s about 40 hours Ling Ling: :O Eddy: A week Ling Ling: >:C

We're glad the guy who was "very very very very shy" and the "didn't want friends" guy became "bffs 4eva"

The orchestra is not a child’s playground, it’s a battlefield

Oh man I remembered we had a huge argument with the stage people. The light for the stage is too bright and the glare is literally blinding us whenever we tried looking at the conductor or CM. I think they said it was for the soloists. Back and forth argument, and they fixed it by changing the angle. And on the day of the concert? They freaking returned it to the original position. I remember thinking there’s holy aura surrounding our conductor that day. Can’t even see his baton, he’s just glowing fabulously.

Just imagine yourself going to a professional orchestra as a 15 year old. You think you're so good. 20 minutes in and you see a 11 year old arrive.

Times like these i wonder why i still watch them when I'm not a musician

"I'm just here to play violin, leave me alone." Brett is such a mood.

Ling Ling doesn't need to work for an orchestra. Ling Ling is the orchestra.

I’d pay to see a TwoSet orchestra

Who's the most amazing musician you've played with? Brett: EDDY Eddy: BRETT Yaaassss BREDDY!! Friendship Goals!!

Twoset "Australians are pretty chills" question : "what happen if you're late ?" Twoset : WAR FLASHBACK !!!!!

Just realized that the clip they put for Swan Lake was actually my mom dancing back in the days 😂. My mom made it in a Twoset video wohoo!! Edit : I confirmed with my mom, and it isn’t her :/, due to the partner she was with when she played the role. It almost fooled me with the side profile and the arms though. To respond to some of you that asked, my mom’s name is Muriel Valtat and she played Odette in 1998 with The Royal Ballet , if you’re interested in seeing footage (although there’s really not that much uploaded to RU-vid).

Me fully knowing I will never be in a professional orchestra. Also me: InTeResTiNg

“Are there any politics?” Yes. I once played in an orchestra that hired a new conductor. After two concerts, the new leader asked to audition everyone, but we were promised that our positions were 100% safe. The audition was ONLY for the conductor to assess the level of the players, and would be very short. Just a couple of excerpts from the last concert, and a bit of a solo work of your own choosing, no big deal. Happy, happy, joy, joy, just want to get to know ya. No one will be let go! You’re all safe with me. After the audition, several players were fired (not me, thankfully).

0:27 Did orchestra help develop your skills? 1:30 vacations 2:08 no. of performances per month/busiest month 3:13 do you audition every year? Does it decide your seatings? 3:47 Was your first time in orchestra stressful? 4:31 How many rehearsals per week? 5:04 does the competition stop you from making friends? 5:37 consequences of being late 6:16 Do all rehearsals happen with every performer? 6:47 does it become boring (in a bad way)? 7:30 do concertmasters take charge aside from the conductor? 8:03 how many takes does it take to do a recording? 8:48 who’s the most amazing musician you’ve played with? ❤️❤️❤️ 9:00 how pro orchestra differ from youth orchestra 10:21 different pay rates? 10:57 have you been called out for messing up? 11:55 dramatic conductor stories? 12:38 how do you “ascend” in chairs? 13:06 any work politics? (Let me know if I didn’t get everything right 😊)

The biggest question is: Does editor san also play an instrument?

Percussion is the field goal kicker of the orchestra. Only comes out a few times during a 3 hour game but he better be perfect every time. Couldn’t pay me enough to count 98 bars of rest and the ensuing panic attack.

I highly recommend joining in an orchestra. I feel that even playing in a high level youth orchestra has improved my playing a lot. As a woodwind player you have got a lot of solo passages and that's when you really want to sound good and start practicing more and more to achieve that. You also learn a lot and develop your own prefered sound quality from listening to other players, performing in concerts and working with soloists. And also it's a lot of fun.

I just love how when the camera dies editor san just needs to basically animate all their motions and its even funnier because its just still frames of random photos of brett and eddy. photoshopped poorly. This is high quality content

11:12 I just searched 'Dene Olding' and learned he's a distinguished violinist and concertmaster at SSO. Wow, to get picked by Dene to sub him as concertmaster must have been nerve-wracking and an honour.

“Why am I here?” -Sun Tzu, The Art of War

*In a professional orchestra,* when a concert master makes a bowing change everyone gets it. You're always looking out for the front. If someone writes something in, what they write you make the change *Youth orchestra* "Stop! Hey guys, let's make this change on bar A-Z" *Everyone* : ANYONE HAZ A PEN OR PENCIL

As a former ballet dancer (was non pro though, but I'm sure anyone who danced in any corps de ballet can relate), I feel you guys. Especially during Nutcracker season. As corps though, we had to play multiple roles (party guest, snow AND flowers for nut!) in a ballet so we had the added difficulty of memorizing multiple dances and blockings plus keeping track of multiple castings. Fun 😆😰

Eddy: “I was very very very very very very shy” But what about the Rite of Spring in public video?

I'm not even in professional orchestra, but my orchestra teacher at school always says "early is on time, on time is late, and late is unacceptable" lol

Brett and eddy:40 hours a week Twoset fan:wait, that's illegal Why are you still here? Go practice lah!

I love how brett said "we will answer your questions as honest as we possibly can" like brett was 70% certain they were gonna sugarcoat some shimmies 😂

Question: did you have any pressure for the first time playing in the orchestra? Eddy: *HOLD MY BEER*

I really love when they make serious videos like this, It's not just entertaining but educational as well 💖

I love it when a bit of Brett's Lofi is being played.

"Who's the most amazing musician you've ever played with?" Brett: Eddy Eddy: Brett Me: AFBAKTNRODIFGNEWK (edit: i kinda meant it in a friendship way but ok that works too)

Yo being one of the dancers in ballets where we did two shows a day is just as hard I feel for the orchestra 👍

“I didn’t want friends.” “I’m just here to play violin, leave me be!” Brett is his own mood

_days when we used to sightrea- uhh _*_*cough*_*_ p- practise all our parts, y-yeah_

"Who's the most amazing musician you've played with?" Eddy: Brett Brett: Eddy ✨Friendship✨

I Fortunately I had the pleasure of meeting Brett and Eddy during one of their shows and let me say they are so nice! Practice 40 hours a day Ling Ling wannabes! And also are any other Australians watching as soon as this was uploaded which was 11pm.

This video is so good. So much knowledge for those who are going to a professional orchestra

Eddy: I was very very very very very very very very shy Me who can’t even talk to a cashier without being nervous: I feel you...

Alt title: professional orchestra musicians experience flashbacks

I vote we hear some of these stories of conductors 'missing it', as Brett put it. You said there were so many instances. I'm intrigued...

And you realize Brett is the concertmaster

I still think about that time I went to the Sydney opera house and saw Brett, but I didn’t know who he was at the time and I cry about it to this day. (Cuz this is a video about orchestra and I watched him perform)

8:56 FRIENDSHIP

Story Time When I was in orchestra before corona hit, my conductor heard the basses mess up, and made us all play the part INDIVIDUALLY, and I was scared as FUCK. For all you non musicians, when you get called out in orchestra, it’s feels much worse than it sounds. One of my old conductors would always roast the violins and violas, and make them play separately....and I fell asleep. Another time the cello teacher in orchestra was singing the part, and the amount of pressure put on us to not laugh...when we went on break I was laughing my ASS off!!! 😂😂😂😂 Edit: ohmygoodnesslikes-

I’m so early that Brett was still wearing braces

Ahhh I bet half the questions after asked by asian kids who wanted to show their parents their stereotypes were wrong

As a young conductor myself, I am hopefull we will leave that old school model of the "yelling conductor" behind. You can know what you want, be asertive and get results without doing so, it just takes more personal work to reflect on how to best achieve that.

2:06 just wondering if your RU-vid channel has day-offs at Monday and Tuesday because you are used to the orchestra schedule

Twoset Violin: Tuning their violins* Dashie: WHO WAS IN THE STUDIO MURDERING THIS!?

“Coz we actually practice and do the music properly...” Brett: *shuffles anxiously on the chair* laughs awkwardly

This video is proof that these guys have the right to roast people for bad playing.

Orchestra story time would be dope

It was too adorable when brett and eddie chose each other for the most amazing musician that they've play with

sometimes i forget they are proffessionsl violinists lmao

I will say, working with a professional orchestra, there tends to be FAR more maturity than with youth/college orchestras. That's something I greatly appreciated.

8:48 they answered that so fast as if they wanted to skip it

Can we talk about how beautiful Eddy's new violin is

Second? Once I was 20 minutes late to a jazz band gig, because I couldn’t find the venue... I haven’t been called in since. 😂I LOVE these Q&A’s. Please do more! Update: darn it, I never get here on time!!

I can't even relate since I'm not a musician but i just like the vibe of two people just talking about their professional experience and being chill about it It feels nice

Hearing stories about their professional work is so fascinating for some reason. This is great!

I love it when Brett and Eddy share their experiences with us^^ Whether it's embarrassing or funny, I always finish their video with a smile on my face~

Who's the most amazing musician you've played with? (in orchestra) Eddy: "Brett" Brett: "Eddy" Awwww

3:23 It will keep everyone sharp, and not flat... Love u, TwoSet

Who else would pay money to attend a concerto that Two Set is in?

Never been in orchestra, but twoset has really made me want to try! 😄

question: 'who's the most amazing musician you've played with (in orchestra)?' eddy: brett. brett: yeahh eddyeveryone'sagreatmusician NEXT

Petition to make part 2 of this Q&A

The flute in the GRILLED wind section ( 12:10 ) looks like a carbon instrument

just an audible soft "aw" when they named each other as the greatest musician they've played in orchestra with... i know Brett said everyone's a great musician but that was very sweet XD like Eddy taking a beat of consideration before saying Brett's name, and Brett not hesitating either, and no goofing about saying each other's names like it's an embarrassing thing too...

10:40 Percussionist 100 dollars per note Violinist 1 cent per note Pianist 1 Vietnamese Dong per note

About being late: I had the chance to talk to a musician of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra about that exact thing. He told me the following: after the first time you'll be invited to a serious talk with the orchestra's management. After the second time there will again be a talk with management plus you have to pay a multiple of the amount of money you would have earned (for that rehearsal) as a punishment. After the third time you're out of the orchestra.

You guys should do a Q&A for playing in quartets.

i played for a youth symphony for two years, and then i joined a professional orchestra when i was 13. WHAT A CHANGE! oh, and there can be a loooot of jealousy in an orchestra, too. but there are a lot of chill people. 😂

I want to have a career in music because it’s something I’m really passionate about, but my parents always tell me how scary it can be to actually find a stable job in the music industry, so I got pushed back in this little shell of constant doubt that I’ll become homeless if I try to have a career in music, but twoset gave me some more confidence about being able to start one, even if I did start playing viola a bit later than others. I’ve played piano for 6 years and viola for 3. I love playing both and I love how twoset was able to give me some confidence in wanting to actually have a life that’s mainly something I love, music.

*Literally* *every* *Twoset* *video* No one: Brett: please accent> the like button Eddy: makes weird noises in the background

13:43 "We're here to create music. And on that note..." lol Inadvertent dad jokes.

About the question at 10:22: In Germany strings and non-principal musicians get paid approximately the same. The concert master and the principal-strings (?I'm not certain what it's called) get paid a little extra. The principal wind instruments get even more, cause of the great responsibility they have to take... Then some orchestras pay you extra if your married, have children or/and live outside the city the orchestra is in. Also the orchestra pays you for your instruments repair and some orchstras even have the option of giving you a work-instrument. I don't now if that applys to every orchestra in Germany, but that's what I now

8:35 if you don’t know who oliver is, go watch their video “reacting to our first ever video” 🙃

2:21 SICK RHYMES

It's so cool to hear your experiences! Sometimes I wish I had started playing the violin earlier, so I could have been a professional musician :( Even though I started late (at 19) I'm still soooo glad I did it at all. I'm playing in an amateur orchestra and it's fun to compare your experiences in professional orchestras to my experience in an amateur one :D

For the first time in forever Eddy: 40 hours a week

1:50 I finally know why it’s Lingling “40” hours

Just started learning the violin! Thanks a lot guys for the motivation.

Honestly i could listen to you talking about this storys for hours...

When are we going to get the story of eddy’s nee violin?

Brett + Eddy = bffs 4eva -Editor san

11:58 I think most twoset viewers will think back to a previous video where Toscanini completely loses his s**t.

Just loved that a video, thanks!

THEY ANSWERED MY QUESTION IM PEAKING OMGGGGG

Real talk for a quick second: Where did the number 40 come up? Like they could've said 60 hours we still would've rolled along with it, where did 40 come from in 40 hours?

You guys adore each other

At 11:43 when Eddy is feeling shameful all I hear is: "Dishonour! Dishonour on you, dishonour on your family, dishonour on your cow!" 😂

Eddy : I was just very very very very very shy Brett : I just didn't want friends You're not alone daddies :")

I can totally relate to this as a Metal Guitarist!👍

Editors using Brett's Nightmare Zone lo-fi track to cry/ be afraid to is _everything_

I love you guys. I started playing Viola when I was 10. I gave up and picked up a bass at 13. I still play bass, but a drum kit is my main instrument. I can now play 4 instruments and I'm a vocalist. Hate me if you choose. At least I practice.

This was very informative and funny! Love you guys! ♥

TwoSet: Talking about working professionally in an orchestra Me: 6 years into being a professional orchestral musician Also me: * clicks *

Literally been watching a bunch of your videos today and just as I finish the Classical Conspiracies one I find you uploaded a new one - excellent timing 👌

I love how eddy just randomly keeps his violin with him