Sheet Music Boss: Subscriber Specials in ADOFAI

Read on to find out about how SMB's Subscriber Specials came to be, and how you can play them in ADOFAI.
This guide is a work in progress, meaning it will continue to be updated as more are made playable.

Introduction Part 1: Sheet Music Boss Origins

If you've heard of a musical piano piece called Rush E, you've probably heard of a YouTube channel called Sheet Music Boss. Co-founded on February 4, 2017 by Australian composers Andrew Wrangell and Samuel Dickenson, for the past 7 years (and still going strong), they have been posting new videos on said channel every single day.

Such tactics have garnered them over 3.6 million subscribers as of 1 Feb 2024.

They are perhaps best known for their Rush series, which includes Rush A, Rush B, Rush C, Rush C♯, Rush D, Rush E, Rush E 2, Rush F, Rush G, Rush Area 51, and many more. We all know how difficult these pieces sound.

Anyway, let's get on with the main topic: their subscriber specials.

Introduction Part 2: SMB Subscriber Specials

For those of you who don't know, Sheet Music Boss has garnered a huge fanbase. Not only do they produce piano tutorials for musical numbers all over the Internet, but they also produce some original content of their own.

Most notably of their OC is... wait for it... their SUBSCRIBER SPECIALS.

For certain subscriber milestones, Andrew and Samuel have composed a completely original piece matching the exact number of notes to the number of subscribers.

Let's take, for example, the 1,000 Subscriber Special. Posted on June 13, 2017, it contains exactly 1,000 notes. (Mind you, they were SHOCKED to see a thousand within only 4 months... they thought it would take a year or more!)

Their most recent milestone, upon reaching 3 million subscribers mid-November 2022, was a staggering 13.5 minute long piece that went up on 25 Nov 2022. They've been going strong ever since, plus they've been gaining about 1,200 subscribers on average per day.

A few of these, thanks to yours truly, have been made playable in ADOFAI. Read on to find out which ones!

1,000 Subscribers Special

Merely 4 months after they started their channel, Sheet Music Boss celebrated 1,000 subscribers on 13 Jun 2017 with an approximately 23-second long piece containing exactly 1,000 notes. Check out the composition here.

The 1,000 Subscribers Special is also playable in A Dance of Fire and Ice. Check it out here! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2943007363
Because it is so short, I have made sure that it is also easy as well. Almost anyone can clear this one Pure Perfect. (Even completely new players could probably do it!) However, the later milestones are where the difficulty is going to really kick in, especially with their latest ones.

Technical details:
130 BPM
58 Tiles
Difficulty 1 / 10 Beginner

5,000 Subscribers Special

On 14 Jul 2017, just one month after hitting their first thousand, SMB shot up to 5K. It was so insane, the duo had to make another piece, dubbed "5000 Subscribers, 5000 Notes".

This one is a work in progress. Be sure to check back on this guide frequently, as you never know when new updates will come!

10,000 Subscribers Special

It gets crazier. Barely even two weeks later, SMB celebrates 10,000 subscribers with the craziest piece yet! But little did they know at the time that they were going to continue skyrocketing...

This one is a work in progress. Be sure to check back on this guide frequently, as you never know when new updates will come!

25,000 Subscribers Special

It was on 30 Sep 2017 (yes, not even two months after hitting 10K) that SMB hit 25,000 subscribers. The 25,000 Subscriber Special is certainly a masterpiece.

This one is a work in progress. Be sure to check back on this guide frequently, as you never know when new updates will come!

50,000 Subscribers Special

By mid-November 2017, SMB had already shot past 50,000 subscribers. They promptly celebrated with this 2-minute-long composition containing exactly 50,000 notes. It was crazy how quickly they had grown!

This is one of the more difficult ones, but given that there are several checkpoints throughout, you should be able to handle it.

Check it out:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2941677581

Technical details:
160 BPM
470 Tiles
Difficulty 7 / 10 Tough

75,000 Subscribers Special

10 months into their career, on 7 Dec 2017, the duo reaches a staggering 75,000 subscribers - and celebrate with their longest milestone piece yet, at a staggering 4 minutes and 15 seconds.

This one is a work in progress. Be sure to check back on this guide frequently, as you never know when new updates will come!

100,000 Subscribers Special

Enter the Silver Play Button... TWO WEEKS LATER. SMB celebrates their first 100,000 on 22 Dec 2017, just in time for Christmas.

The art is like nothing before seen in the previous Specials.

This one is a work in progress. Be sure to check back on this guide frequently, as you never know when new updates will come!

150,000 Subscribers Special

It gets better still. 21 Jan 2018. SMB reaches 150,000 subscribers, and puts out yet another masterpiece, containing a hidden Easter egg in the form of references to Rush B (another one of their own), as well as the main themes of Kirby and The Legend of Zelda...

This one is a work in progress. Be sure to check back on this guide frequently, as you never know when new updates will come!

200,000 Subscribers Special

They thought 1,000 subscribers at the end of their first year would be great? The people were like, yeah, let's give them 200 times that! 10 Feb 2018, SMB celebrates 200,000.

This one is completed, and the link will be posted shortly. Keep checking back!

300,000 Subscribers Special

2 Apr 2018, SMB celebrates 300K. It keeps getting crazier...

This one is a work in progress. Be sure to check back on this guide frequently, as you never know when new updates will come!

400,000 Subscribers Special

28 May 2018, SMB unleashes the demon with their 400K Special...

This one is a work in progress. Be sure to check back on this guide frequently, as you never know when new updates will come!

500,000 Subscribers Special

Half a million in less than a year and a half? SMB got it. Their 500K special is a true celebration.

This one is a work in progress. Be sure to check back on this guide frequently, as you never know when new updates will come!

750,000 Subscribers Special

On 14 Dec 2018, the duo celebrates 750K and begins to gear up for that shiny million... it all goes downhill from here with how much crazier it gets!

This one is a work in progress. Be sure to check back on this guide frequently, as you never know when new updates will come!

1 Million Subscribers Special

12 Jul 2019. 2 years and 5 months after the channel is born, SMB reaches 1 million subscribers for the Gold Play Button. Together with Rafał Bienias, the trio pours their hearts into a staggering 10-minute-long piece celebrating their fanbase. It only gets crazier from here...

This one is completed, and the link will be posted shortly. Keep checking back!

2 Million Subscribers Special

26 Oct 2020, SMB celebrates 2 million. They enlist Rafał Bienias again, but also Luke Faulkner as well, and together the four put out a massive 15-minute-long piece, the longest one yet!

This one is a work in progress. Be sure to check back on this guide frequently, as you never know when new updates will come!

3 Million Subscribers Special

The duo's latest milestone, on 25 Nov 2022, celebrates 3 million subscribers. The art featured in this one is unlike any other special before it!

This one is completed, and the link will be posted shortly. Keep checking back!

What's Next for SMB?

The channel currently, as of 1 Feb 2024, stands at 3.63 million subscribers. At this point, several roads lead to them reaching 4 million subscribers in about 6 months or so...

Anyway, as this guide is a work in progress, new content will be added frequently - so keep checking back to see the latest!

Cheers,
MCMaster3268

[yoshibrawler256]

I'm guessing you haven't quite finished the others yet? Keep at it, the first ones were amazing!

[sunk.evil]

epic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!