When one starts to study music, learning about harmony, rhythm , and all the other facets of music theory... when one spends 8 hours a day in the practice room trying to become perfect in your instrument,... when one begins to compete with other musicians for jobs and accolades .... one can lose that initial love and joy that's present prior to all the training. When one listens to music, it then becomes something to be analysed, quantified and judged. When I listen to Jacob's music, I simply enjoy it and I'm transported to a time when I loved music just because it was music. I didn't understand anything, I didn't try to understand anything. I just... listened to it. Thank you so much Jacob for giving me this again. It means the absolute world to me... it means everything. Everything.
+Anthony C Your comment made my tear up. As a fellow musician, I completely relate. I often contemplate if over working to become proficient at my primary instrument is the wrong way about going about it, simply out of fear of possibly resenting the thing I love. Regardless, Jacobs piece truly sparked that memory of a more innocent time, which I absolutely needed.
+thatperson11111 Lovely, I resonate highly. After dedicating years of my life to intense guitar technique training, I hate seeing anyone play something challenging for me. I'd practice so often only to see another person come out on top out of nowhere, which can be discouraging as my instrument becomes a chore, another thing to master. I see where you're coming from, I've been playing much less often the past few months and it's taken so much stress off me. I find it necessary for my mental sanity. I wonder if taking breaks are vital to growth.
I tried to learn saxophone for a few decades, got involved in other stuff so neglected it but now when I play I find a simpler pleasure in playing the instrument as just a nice sound maker, scales and chords are more apparent because I'm not complicating my approach with advanced ideas. Taking a longish break can refresh the basic pleasure in doing music.
I don't know if you've watched the two part interview where he goes into theory. But he goes into this insane description of what he's doing musically then comes right back to "but it's how this chord or melody makes me feel that's really important..." Sometimes I get lost in the music theory weeds and this is a great reminder that if I can make people feel something, I've done my job as a musician.
LOL Paint, when I was watching Jacobs videos I was thinking of you 'Paint, you have now a really good competitor'! :-p You should stick together and make a duo song :-p
Bro, his voice is genuinely so perplexing!! He's making his vowels tall, which usually creates a darker, hidden sound. But his sound is so bright!!! How??? What is he doing with his voice?!???
@@benjaminperez4570 Well I'm from Chicago and I don't sing with a Chicago accent, also it doesn't matter his nationality, your singing voice sounds way different from your speaking voice
This level of prodigy is so rare. It's really a staggering amalgamation of so many different finely tuned talents and disciplines - not to mention beautiful on the ears and captivatingly shot/produced. And he's 21. I think Collier is going to catch a very big wave...
+Douglas James I dislike the word 'talented.' In my view it suggests that the individual was born with the ability, ignoring the hours upon hour of work and self that it took to get them there. The doubting voice in our heads that make us think that we could never achieve something similar. The same voice makes it easier to believe that our destiny is guided by fate then to come to terms with the fact that we hold the reins. UA-cam is great for explaining this, go back an watch his older videos and see how hard work has progressed his understanding.
So many people have big houses or flats but just banal stuff all over the place. Jacob has a mental universe in 15 sqm. May he be an inspiration to all of us.
@@bille77 The song starts with A=432 and as the song progresses, the whole friggin' tuning changes to A=440, creating a sense of returning to home :) Mind boggling stuff
I have played, taught and even produced music for almost 50 years. I have worked with a lot artists during my time at Sony Music. Not important who, but they were the biggest. I have never seen or expected to see anything like this. I am stunned, delighted, almost in tears, and still shaking from the chills. You are some kind of miracle.
@Dapdoi Ardon It's fine to think something's shit, but it's worth putting a reason as to why you think it's shit. There's a good chance this music just wasn't aimed at the demographic you fall into.
@Dapdoi Ardon music is entirely subjective, and listening to challenging and cerebral material is exciting for some people, in the same way some people call the video game Dark Souls shit because it's hard. It's not about enjoying music to appear indie and hipster, it's just about different tastes. You may not like this song and that's totally fine, but if you dislike Ocean Wide, Canyon Deep by him at the Mahogany session for the same reasons that you dislike this one then I don't see much more point continuing this discussion, as that's basically the same as the older generation always hating younger generation's music.MiHearing someone say "Asians never made great musicians" is kinda weird. We haven't heard about them in the west because we're western, that kind of music doesn't come over here very often, not much of the asian population will know the works of Mozart, and we don't know the artists who created the foundation of Asian music.
Dapdoi Ardon Shut up and stop shoving your opinions into this comment section. We Asians think Asian music is good just as y’all love your western music. There is no right answer in music, if there was there would be no room for creativity, so stop saying this song is trash like it’s a fact. If it’s not your taste then at least respect it, or at the very least just ignore it. U sound like you’re jealous that this guy is so talented
"Sir, we've genetically engineered the greatest musician of all time." "Fantastic, agent! Did you use the bio-schematics we based on all the members from the Mahavishnu Orchestra?" "Not quite, sir. We took DNA from Herbie Hancock's hair, David Bowie's skin, Prince's nails, Tigran Hamasyan's eyeball, Flying Lotus' taint, Stevie Wonder's left nut, and used data from the medical histories of all participants of Sly and the Family Stone." "Genius! Are we keeping him in cyro-stasis?" "No, we locked him in a recording studio." "Shit, check the testing monitors. He's probably already begun Phase IV" *The military members see the Hideaway video on the CCTV feed* "How is he multiplying? We didn't test for that! What's with that smile? Does he know we're watching him?" "As an entity of this magnitude, he must be psychically aware of any audience of his at all times." "Sir, what's happening? Why can't I stop my limbs from convulsing in a 5:3 polymetric pattern?" "Oh no, the inspirational funk has already infected us. He must have used those lovely songwriting chops to trojan-horse the mental toxin into us without us knowing. We were so close to crafting the perfect military weapon; if only we could contain it. Help! If anyone out there is listening, please tell my wife that the soundtrack to my death was somehow simultaneously complex and tasteful." *Their brains then melt as they try to theorize the chord voicings."
I closed my eyes listening to this song and really listened to the instruments. They took me to Italy, Paris, Hawaii, a rainforest, a beach- i love this song
I just learned by watching June Lee's second interview with Jacob that this song starts out in the tuning of A=432 and ends in the standard tuning of A=440! I'm pretty sure that's never been done before, but I could be wrong. Jacob you are inspiring so many people with your incredible knowledge of music theory, your level of musicianship, your genuine enthusiasm for music, and most of all your willingness to push the boundaries of conventional music. You've introduced this soon to be 44 year-old drummer/pianist to a world of ideas, both in harmony and in rhythm. Keep doing what you're doing, including educating the rest of us, and I bet your name will eventually be up there alongside the names of the artists you've covered. I'll be watching from the cheap seats.
@@mrgreendot4784 the change happens at 5:30, as far as I can tell. You can really hear the difference if you listen to the very end of the song (the mandolin finger-picking thing) and then jump back to the start. The beginning feels darker with the 432 Hz, and the ending brighter.
Normally when I watch stuff like this, I feel despair, because much as i love music, and have great songs I hear in my soul, i cannot play the beauty i hear within. I struggle not to envy such beauty and skill. but having seen the sheer musical magic people like Cory Henry and Jacob Collier pour into our aching hearts, i have learned a valuable wisdom. Music transcends ego. And i have learnt to let their talent inspire me to keep hearing my inner voices and keep pushing my outer boundaries. I have learnt to just receive their freely given treasure and simply say #ThankYou.
This literally has to be one of the GREATEST PIECES OF MUSIC I've ever heard in my life. EVER. It's an absolute MASTERPIECE on every possible level of musicianship and production. My God....there are no words...tears, yes....just, take the time to listen to the entire thing on the best system possible. And just think, this is the FIRST STEP in Jacob's journey. A true Artist: defying genre, breaking ground, fully aware. Remember...he's only 20. We still get 50-60 more years of this guy! We are now all fortunate to be living in the "Time of Jacob Collier".
Once you discover Jacob Collier's music, it's like that scene from Rick and Morty where Morty steps onto "true level" ground and ends up having to get his mind erased because he can't go back to normal ground after experiencing perfection.
Don't lose hope :) i found myself thinking the same when I first discovered him. But Jacob had to put in work to acquire his skill, much like how we must as well. If you work hard, I'm sure you could be just as great. Maybe it might take a little more time and effort as compared to Jacob because he definitely has a gift, but it's definitely not impossible for us.
It's like playing 8th notes with your left foot and playing a kick drum rhythm with you right foot and playing a ride pattern with your right hand and playing a snare with your left hand with some ghost notes It's called practice!
Well, it's been 3 years since I "discovered" Jacob, and I am reminded of the first day. After wiping the tears from my eyes for having had my ENTIRE musical vocabulary of 40 years turned on its head, I was starting to wonder whether I had gone mad, or indeed I had stumbled across the next Great Leap Forward. My 3 young kids (despite my advanced age, I'm still knocking 'em out) were in the midst of an enormous argument. One was 4 years old, one 8 and the eldest was only 9 years old - all rambunctious, noisy, very different from each other, and all with varying degrees of musical ability. So I couldn't calm them down, so I just sat them on the sofa, fired-up my screen and told them to just "watch" - not listen. From the get-go all 3 of them froze. I mean TOTALLY. I didn't hear a squeak out of either one of them, all 3 being transfixed by what they were hearing and seeing. And THAT is when I realised that we were dealing with something quite exceptional. And the freakiest thing of all - this guy literally lives 2 streets behind where I used to live!! I can't believe dthe lost opportunity. If only I had known!!!!
You know that music that feels kind of sacred so you have to make sure absolutely no sound follows after it finishes and you hold your breath and just bathe in the feeling it gives you? Well to me, this is one such song
Seven minutes ago I wanted to be a musician but now I'm not so sure... you've made me so helpless HOW CAN SOMEONE COMPOSE SOMETHING SO CRAZILY ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT SOMEHOW MAKE IT WORK??? a genius
I get that experience from so much of Jacob’s music. This feeling of gratitude for the chance to listen to and appreciate such beauty. Glad it strikes you in this kind of way, too. Sometimes that’s just what we need.
As an 'ex-composer' (now I seem to be de-composing!) I've gotta say the gift that you have inspires and implodes me and tears come to my eyes. Thank you and may the Universe protect you.
I truly think that Jacob will become one of the great composers of our era, i'm blown away everytime he releases new song. Great voice, great playing, and most importantly that super-complex harmony... Now that's how music in 2016 should be!
Take me Anywhere you want to go You know that my love is strong In my hideaway Softly Like the calm that follows storm Find what I've been searching for, all along In my hideaway Even when I close my eyes Darling, I will always stay Wide awake In my hideaway Touch me Like I've never loved before In a place that I adore In my hideaway I know Whichever way the wind may blow There will be a place for me to go In my hideaway Whether you be lost of found Darling, if you've gone astray I'm on my way To my hideaway My hideaway Down going down Down falling down Down goin' down Follow down When the rain falls Falling down to the sea Flow that river To the depth of me Let me Feel the sky and feel the Moon Let me sing an honest tune To my hideaway Trusting Wherever I go wandering I'll find a home in everything In my hideaway Maybe you can come to stay And I will meet you here someday Far away In my hideaway
Jacob proves that we are not made of matter, but of a symphony of complex harmonies. I have never heard better music or a better composer in 66 years. (R.N. Board of directors- Metropolitan Opera Auditions)
That was me the first time I heard the track, this wonderment then increased after I watched this video .. such a talent, I love that he does everything himself, another Stevie Wonder in that regard.
Thanks for being here JC.... Just had the thought that listening to this, is like getting into music as a teenager for the first time again... You're a beautiful and pure channel for creativity #blessings #peace #somuchlove 🤍
I just wasted an hour of my life trying to figure out exactly what he does in the polyrhythm section (2:26). I notated it to prove to myself I understood. I'm about to study a doctorate in music. That was humbling.
What exactly is going on? I hear septuplets? maybe? It's good to know even someone who's about to study a doctorate in music finds it difficult too. :)
It changes to 5/8 time. The fundamental pulse stays the same since the minim (half-note) of the previous bar has the same duration as the 5/8 bar. The thing that gives it the extra kick is the shaker and ukulele play groups of threes against the 5. The melody stays in 4 over the top (the 5/8 bars are in larger groups of 4), making is seem seamless. So essentially you have 3 against 4 against 5.
Thank you Jacob for showing us how incredible a human being can actually be when finding purpose and giving all to it at every second of the "ride". Your music belongs to the universe!
It's very clever! I think the main reason it feels so smooth is the shaker pattern, which is playing groupings of three 8th notes starting on the second beat. That creates a polyrhythm that only lines up with the 5/8 every three bars, preventing the "jerky" feeling you can encounter in odd time when the bar violently restarts. Can I analyse it? Yeah. Could I compose anything using that technique that sounds 1/1000th as good as this? No way.
I think it's important also to note that it's not really 5/8 but 4/2 with each minim divided into 5 quavers instead of 4 (in the shaker part at least), so it still has the '4/4' backbone our ears are used to.
I always come back to this whenever I want to feel grounded and centered. I can tap into his essence and his universe which are filled with joy, beauty, freedom, and egolessness.
I can't stop listening to this song. All of those beautiful chords, the interesting syncopation, the diverse instrumentation, and I can't forget to mention your vocal layering...this song is musical heaven. If the rest of the album is like this, I may not have to get any more music for the rest of my life. This is incredible, and I'm chomping at the bit for more.
Now if there was some prodigy in the language department to adequately describe everything that just happened in my brain while listening to this explosion of art, that would complete my experience. TIA lol.
I discovered you only last night and I'm gone sleep at 2 a.m listening your art... This morning, while driving at work, I listened again this song, and I found my eyes crying for the massive amount of emotions. I listen to a lot of genre, from metal to funk, from classical to punk. From David David Sylvian to Sonic Youth, Ravel, Slipknot, Kool and the Gang, Nine Inch Nails, Brian Eno, Giacomo Puccini, Fishbone, Mr. Bungle, Chemical Brothers... Well, Jacob... from now I know that one day I will say "I lived when Jacob Collier came on the Earth". I am a lucky man, thank you.
Guys I had a lucid dream last night that my friend was playing this song, sang the first two lines, and then Crab rave played and worked so well with it. For some reason. It was like 15 seconds and I woke up in disbelief.
Because it's too good. That's not meant as a joke. There's a certain sweet spot of complexity / artistic seriousness that works best for the masses. It's near but not at the bottom. This is pretty near the top as far as I'm concerned. Too hip for the masses.
I just want to meet this boy, hold his hands, and then hug him for a million years and say thank you thank you thank you. Jacob, you are wonderful! Thank you for your music! So full of heart. It's not just "impressive", it is GOOD. music.Even on my darkest days, I cannot stop smiling when I listen to your music! Amazing stuff, Jacob. Keep on. :) xo
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This song sounds like what waking up just as the sun rises, walking around the house, opening the windows to air out the space, journaling, spiced tea, prayer, meditation and yoga would sound like... those few moments to oneself before the rest of the world starts to move. This song, sounds like an awakening.
I can't honestly remember the last time I heard music so true, and I can't really find any other word to describe it. The complexity and all the technique which is implemented here completely disappears in light of its artistic value, all of it matters of course but it's all in service of the artistic expression this man wanted to achieve. And this is truly something to value.
Dear Lord Jacob, I hope you read this... You are an awesome musician, Jacob. Oh man, I love you! Your music is just beautiful, it fills my heart with joy and peace and... just I don't know what to say, there are no words that describe what I feel when I listen to your music. Thank you for sharing all this and doing what you do. You are an inspiration for me, I am 15 years old now, and music is what I love, what I do and will do for life and I am so proud and excited about it. You are always drawing a smile on my face.
I absolutely love the wooden drum sound that starts at 0:44. It pans into the center from both left and right and just adds so much... depth, or whatever that feel is.
i love singing along to songs but when it comes to jacob i can’t help but listen in awe to his sheer talent and beautiful understanding of music. it’s like he speaks the same language as the instruments and they’re singing a duet together. i missed loving music this much. thank you, jacob.
This song makes me like I am sitting there in the serene mountains, away from the tiring urban jungle. Never has a song made me feel like this. Even with that messy instrumental intro, it was like everything at its right place. I get mad when I can't analyse songs (teenage musician myself), but even with so much going on, it's something that magically calms the mind. For once, I won't try to analyse a song, I'll rather enjoy this... I don't know how to describe it. A gift to the ears? Trying to describe it will simply be an insult to whatever this song is. You're someone who is so much of an inspiration to me in the jazz scene. And you're like only 7 years older than me. You're as good as a brother. When someone who is so close to you in age creates magic, it's really inspirational. You're a contemporary musical... don't know what to say. Genius, Amazing, awesome, they're really just some vague adjectives. Keep weaving magic, mate.
I absolutely agree! Well I must say I can't help myself but I also try to analyse Jacob's music, but I mostly fail, because it's so incredibly complexe and creative. I'm 16 and also a musician, what about you?
To learn from masters you gotta learn what they did so if you don't analyze Jacob's music you're simply a listner if you wanna be a Student that has a passion to learn from him analyze his songs it's not an insult It's how music is learned but I'm gonna be honest there's a lot of stuff that Jacob does which has no explaintion because he doesn't use theory in it he uses his ear and that's called colours
I have immense respect for someone who doesn't so much as write and perform music, as someone who intuits and simply feels it flow through him. I sense that it's not just upbringing, not just access and support at home, it's buried within the id, below the self. I'm moved by this, which is rare given how much I've experienced in my own unusual connection to music. Thank you for sharing yourself.
When it come to being classified as “genius “ …there would be very few modern day musical artists that would fall into such a category… once in a generation artists are so few and far between that it can be easy to miss them… Jacob Collier is one of these artists… His talent, musicianship, compassion and understanding of his art form is without question..genius… Having myself played music for the last 46 years of my life…in multiple instruments and multiple genres..…I have never seen, nor heard…such an extraordinary talent such as Jacob Collier… If the entire mainstream music industry as a collective could do us all a favour, and begin to recognise the great musical art forms from non mainstream musical artists like Jacob Collier, Louis Cole, etc, etc… then the world would be a better place… These “new” artists need air time…. Let’s pay respect and give these artist the credit where it is due!!
Wow! I'm freaking out! Having trouble following Collier's chord progressions and rhythms, OK I got it! Nope! There he goes again with the 7/4 time together with 10/8 time and then that vocal thing!!! WTF! Oh yeah and he's playing EVERYTHING. I'm a pretty talented musician who had a full scholarship to Berklee but THIS.....This is something else all together. I'm in love with the fact that there is someone who has made music both interesting and challenging again, time to woodshed and learn this stuff, but those chord progressions and substitution chords and accidentals, that's iT. i'M CALLING THE POLICE!
I' guessing you mean 2:28 and after listening to that part probably about 10 times (because that amazing rythmic pattern is so wonderfully hard to describe), i figured out it's not actually 7/4. The guitars indeed play quintuplets, which can be counted as 10/8 i guess, but the shaker is playing in one 3rd of the quintuplet notes, completeng the pattern in 15 quintuplets, with 5 hits. So, like you counted the guitar into 10/8, the shaker would be 15/8... (although i'm also not sure if you can call it eights, as i'ts actually quituplets compared to the 4/4 rhythm) anyways, i've applied to a music study aswell, and especially this kind of music excites me so much! What has been your experience studying music?
Hi there. I attended Berklee College of Music way back in the late 80's. I've been a live performer for many years. Now I mainly record at home. I have a nice little studio that works for me. I'm also studying film scoring with Hans Zimmer Master Classic. Very cool class.
You're in good company! Quincy Jones signed him as soon as he heard Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing. Here's what he had to say: I have never in my life seen a talent like this… Beyond category. One of my favourite young artists on the planet - absolutely mind-blowing”. A few of many more: "Magnificent" - Chick Corea; "Blown away"- Steve Vai; "Wow!! Jacob, your stuff is amazing"- Herbie Hancock . “I am a big fan… great chords, great arrangements, great singing!” - Pat Metheny Just check out the comments on Jacob's website. Astonishing genius.
If music were a painting of a star, other artists finger paint a star that everyone can see. Collier (and very few others) hashes out the entire night sky with millions of precise strokes.
i feel so helpless. a lifetime of effort won't get me to anything close with his talents. how can one be so talented. i sincerely think you are the most talented musician i've ever seen or knew of in my life.
Don't worry, it's not about levels. There are so many musicians out there that there's no competition. You don't need to make the exact same music as other people. Just listen to the music you enjoy, and create the music you enjoy even more.
Gosh-- well, I guess you've forced me to make a dumb comment. It's 2 in the morning, and I feel so humbled whenever I get to watch a new video from you. : ) I love how much like a mad scientist you come off in your videos-- like the sort of person who, even if he wasn't doing music or videos, per se, would just go around creating the most unbelievable things that would change the way people see life. A true renaissance man with ideas constantly floating above his head. Your spine-tingling chord-coloring, lush arrangement, and attention to detail in production is so sock-knockable. The moment the syncopation hits at 2:28?! Psshaw. I can't even figure out the time signature-- 5/4? But not only that, but the actual song itself, lyrically and melodically, sounds like it could've fit in right alongside so many timeless jazz standards, of Jerome Kern caliber. And MAN, I thought it wasn't going to get any crazier than your PYT one-take cloning machine of yourself-- as someone who's been through elaborate rounds of masking, keying, and tracking, I have NO stinkin' clue how you got all those clean shadows on the ground, did all those beautiful, gentle transitions to accommodate for each take's lighting... *whistles* And the thing is that -- no matter how simple or extravagant you go, you never lose sight of your purity of vision. Your simple joy in creation, in playing around with sound is infectious and truly inspiring. It's not super often that I start tearing up during a song just because of how beautiful and heart-stopping it is-- but this is one of those times. Not very often that a song becomes a whole UNIVERSE of possibilities. (Speaking of, this video really made me think about how amazing a 360 degree music video from you would be. Your room would be PERFECT for that.) Thank you so, so much for always making me excited to make new music, and new videos. (Random last notes: I really adore those videos you've done with your mother-- it really warms my heart, as someone who's been blessed to be part of a big ol' musical family, to see someone riffing with their parent. Also, have you ever heard Becca Stevens Band? Some of the mandolin & accordion work had some of the magical feelings of their best works like I Forgive You.)
It's so true. In the new June Lee interview he went through a lot of wonderful nuggets of this song and some others. If you haven't seen it, I'd seriously recommend. It's cool to see a youtuber I watch here. :)
When one starts to study music, learning about harmony, rhythm , and all the other facets of music theory... when one spends 8 hours a day in the practice room trying to become perfect in your instrument,... when one begins to compete with other musicians for jobs and accolades .... one can lose that initial love and joy that's present prior to all the training. When one listens to music, it then becomes something to be analysed, quantified and judged. When I listen to Jacob's music, I simply enjoy it and I'm transported to a time when I loved music just because it was music. I didn't understand anything, I didn't try to understand anything. I just... listened to it. Thank you so much Jacob for giving me this again. It means the absolute world to me... it means everything. Everything.
+Anthony C Your comment made my tear up. As a fellow musician, I completely relate. I often contemplate if over working to become proficient at my primary instrument is the wrong way about going about it, simply out of fear of possibly resenting the thing I love. Regardless, Jacobs piece truly sparked that memory of a more innocent time, which I absolutely needed.
+thatperson11111 Lovely, I resonate highly. After dedicating years of my life to intense guitar technique training, I hate seeing anyone play something challenging for me. I'd practice so often only to see another person come out on top out of nowhere, which can be discouraging as my instrument becomes a chore, another thing to master. I see where you're coming from, I've been playing much less often the past few months and it's taken so much stress off me. I find it necessary for my mental sanity. I wonder if taking breaks are vital to growth.
I tried to learn saxophone for a few decades, got involved in other stuff so neglected it but now when I play I find a simpler pleasure in playing the instrument as just a nice sound maker, scales and chords are more apparent because I'm not complicating my approach with advanced ideas. Taking a longish break can refresh the basic pleasure in doing music.
You sir are a truly soulful being. #SoGladYouTouchedInnerBeautyYetAgain.
I don't know if you've watched the two part interview where he goes into theory. But he goes into this insane description of what he's doing musically then comes right back to "but it's how this chord or melody makes me feel that's really important..." Sometimes I get lost in the music theory weeds and this is a great reminder that if I can make people feel something, I've done my job as a musician.
This is considered his "humble beginnings" later in his career. Let that sink in for a second...🤯
Haha we are watching the same thing on the same day!
Chacorinco we areeee😍
he doesnt have as many different shirts yet
@@jordan_private ah thats why
Don't worry, It's just intonation.
This is still my go-to song to test headphones.
Ha. Never thought of this. But you're right. It's nice to test headphones and iems with this.
Just tested some studio/monitor headphones, works well
I use it to test my iems as well
haha nice. i use the first song of that album, woke up this morning
Funny, I'm literally doing that right now lmao. It's a good base line!
This is a ridiculous display of talent. wonderful sounds
Oh, you here
Paint couldn't agree more :)
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LOL Paint, when I was watching Jacobs videos I was thinking of you 'Paint, you have now a really good competitor'! :-p You should stick together and make a duo song :-p
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Bro, his voice is genuinely so perplexing!! He's making his vowels tall, which usually creates a darker, hidden sound. But his sound is so bright!!! How??? What is he doing with his voice?!???
michelle badalov he’s English
I imagine that he sings more or less how he speaks
@@benjaminperez4570 Well I'm from Chicago and I don't sing with a Chicago accent, also it doesn't matter his nationality, your singing voice sounds way different from your speaking voice
michelle badalov I get that, but I’m saying that, although you might not, he does sing how he speaks
michelle badalov literally listen to any video with him speaking and then hear his singing voice and you’ll get what I mean
This level of prodigy is so rare. It's really a staggering amalgamation of so many different finely tuned talents and disciplines - not to mention beautiful on the ears and captivatingly shot/produced. And he's 21. I think Collier is going to catch a very big wave...
+Douglas James he IS the big wave.
INDEED!
+Douglas James :D
+Play My String THANG he is the ocean
+Douglas James I dislike the word 'talented.' In my view it suggests that the individual was born with the ability, ignoring the hours upon hour of work and self that it took to get them there. The doubting voice in our heads that make us think that we could never achieve something similar. The same voice makes it easier to believe that our destiny is guided by fate then to come to terms with the fact that we hold the reins. UA-cam is great for explaining this, go back an watch his older videos and see how hard work has progressed his understanding.
He stays in one room but I was shown the galaxy.
Nice. Very poetic description.
that's exactly the point. Same here, like being awaken even with opened eyes
So many people have big houses or flats but just banal stuff all over the place. Jacob has a mental universe in 15 sqm. May he be an inspiration to all of us.
I want a love that makes me feel the way this song does
you will have it)
@@phyxgard950 You are both so cute!
Same here 🥺
Me too 🤩
Make someone else feel the way this music makes you feel.
Opening: A=432 Hz
2 minutes in: A=~435 Hz
5 mins: A=~438 Hz
By the end: A=440 Hz
How does that work, does he tune his instruments down throughout the piece??
I'd have done it afterwards electronically. it seems gradual.
I was about to say, if he managed to do that live, he is a demi god
LOL TRUE
He would have to tune his instruments up, not down
I am 72 and this young man has got me as exited about music again as I was about the Beatles in the 1960s!!
This has become much more a prayer for me rather than a song.
same
This and "In The Real Early Morning" both do that for me
me too!
music: (is in a key)
jazz musicians: how about a key change?
jacob: how about a *tuning* change?
haha!!!
Finding myself unable to laugh about this inside joke. So please enlighten!
Horst Jedlika instead of changing the key of the song he literally retuned his instruments so they would sound like the way they do
@@bille77 The song starts with A=432 and as the song progresses, the whole friggin' tuning changes to A=440, creating a sense of returning to home :) Mind boggling stuff
@@villiamaxtelius1170 Thanks!
I don't think I've ever been so emotionally connected to a song before
RIGHT!
+Alex Sammy Listen to more music maybe? :D
+Yadeehoo go slap yourself.
Rainbow Sam lol
let her express herself without feeling the urge to comment some assholeness cause you liked her profile pic, maybye?
Mansplaining at it's best
I have played, taught and even produced music for almost 50 years. I have worked with a lot artists during my time at Sony Music. Not important who, but they were the biggest. I have never seen or expected to see anything like this. I am stunned, delighted, almost in tears, and still shaking from the chills. You are some kind of miracle.
Dapdoi Ardon how is this shit
@Dapdoi Ardon It's fine to think something's shit, but it's worth putting a reason as to why you think it's shit. There's a good chance this music just wasn't aimed at the demographic you fall into.
@Dapdoi Ardon music is entirely subjective, and listening to challenging and cerebral material is exciting for some people, in the same way some people call the video game Dark Souls shit because it's hard. It's not about enjoying music to appear indie and hipster, it's just about different tastes. You may not like this song and that's totally fine, but if you dislike Ocean Wide, Canyon Deep by him at the Mahogany session for the same reasons that you dislike this one then I don't see much more point continuing this discussion, as that's basically the same as the older generation always hating younger generation's music.MiHearing someone say "Asians never made great musicians" is kinda weird. We haven't heard about them in the west because we're western, that kind of music doesn't come over here very often, not much of the asian population will know the works of Mozart, and we don't know the artists who created the foundation of Asian music.
Dapdoi Ardon Shut up and stop shoving your opinions into this comment section. We Asians think Asian music is good just as y’all love your western music. There is no right answer in music, if there was there would be no room for creativity, so stop saying this song is trash like it’s a fact. If it’s not your taste then at least respect it, or at the very least just ignore it. U sound like you’re jealous that this guy is so talented
@Dapdoi Ardon preachhhhh
Me: * see's the thumbnail *
Oh, he has a band!
Me: * see's the video *
Oh, he is the band!
Love this. Hilarious mate
I have a band you foolish mortal
WE HAVE JACOB
Everyone in his band looks the same
Adam DeBard lol
+* LoveDontLoveNobody * I'm pretty sure that it's just himself edited in different takes.
+Luke Ellis, dude really... :| I doubt editing could look so real
+Luke Ellis, it's usually worth the risk... For the love of the comedy 😏
I hope that you're high or something
"Sir, we've genetically engineered the greatest musician of all time."
"Fantastic, agent! Did you use the bio-schematics we based on all the members from the Mahavishnu Orchestra?"
"Not quite, sir. We took DNA from Herbie Hancock's hair, David Bowie's skin, Prince's nails, Tigran Hamasyan's eyeball, Flying Lotus' taint, Stevie Wonder's left nut, and used data from the medical histories of all participants of Sly and the Family Stone."
"Genius! Are we keeping him in cyro-stasis?"
"No, we locked him in a recording studio."
"Shit, check the testing monitors. He's probably already begun Phase IV"
*The military members see the Hideaway video on the CCTV feed*
"How is he multiplying? We didn't test for that! What's with that smile? Does he know we're watching him?"
"As an entity of this magnitude, he must be psychically aware of any audience of his at all times."
"Sir, what's happening? Why can't I stop my limbs from convulsing in a 5:3 polymetric pattern?"
"Oh no, the inspirational funk has already infected us. He must have used those lovely songwriting chops to trojan-horse the mental toxin into us without us knowing. We were so close to crafting the perfect military weapon; if only we could contain it. Help! If anyone out there is listening, please tell my wife that the soundtrack to my death was somehow simultaneously complex and tasteful."
*Their brains then melt as they try to theorize the chord voicings."
prosthesis_ most underrated comment i've ever seen. You deserve 299384849292 likes
absolutely love this
Kwin gives this comment an 11.5/10
Your humble comment gets...
purple/10
My mom thinks I'm crazy because I shouted
"I can't stop convulsing in a 5/3 pattern"
😂😂😂 rip me
I closed my eyes listening to this song and really listened to the instruments. They took me to Italy, Paris, Hawaii, a rainforest, a beach- i love this song
Maybe that is it.
Is it.
The place where unconditional love is,
The hideaway,
No unloving impact, just the way it has been
It’s the world
Aa I started to read this comment Jacob dang "I closed my eyes"
Bruh
somewhere is South Asia, too. :D
It is literally an outbursting of the imaginative faculties....I went everything too
This came on my Discover Weekly playlist on Spotify while I was walking to class, and I had to sit down.
Beyond words amazing.
Julianne McLaughlin And it's not till you see the video that you realize he is playing ALL the instruments
I just learned by watching June Lee's second interview with Jacob that this song starts out in the tuning of A=432 and ends in the standard tuning of A=440! I'm pretty sure that's never been done before, but I could be wrong. Jacob you are inspiring so many people with your incredible knowledge of music theory, your level of musicianship, your genuine enthusiasm for music, and most of all your willingness to push the boundaries of conventional music. You've introduced this soon to be 44 year-old drummer/pianist to a world of ideas, both in harmony and in rhythm. Keep doing what you're doing, including educating the rest of us, and I bet your name will eventually be up there alongside the names of the artists you've covered. I'll be watching from the cheap seats.
Oh my god what? Really!?!?
@@mrgreendot4784 the change happens at 5:30, as far as I can tell. You can really hear the difference if you listen to the very end of the song (the mandolin finger-picking thing) and then jump back to the start. The beginning feels darker with the 432 Hz, and the ending brighter.
@@hazzmando Nope, it happens at 2:00. What you thought as tuning up is actually a modulation up a semitone.
@@MrKeiyaku It is less than half a semitone, so it is actually a tuning up imo
Cheering you on...from the cheap seats=) The thing I love best about music is that is always enough to go around for everyone!
I listen to this in my room with my eyes closed every time I need to recharge. I swear this song feels like floating on pure light.
Amazing right
In My Room....I see what you did there 😁
@@siphosekonyane4388 Right! My room is my hideaway too!!!
Normally when I watch stuff like this, I feel despair, because much as i love music, and have great songs I hear in my soul, i cannot play the beauty i hear within. I struggle not to envy such beauty and skill. but having seen the sheer musical magic people like Cory Henry and Jacob Collier pour into our aching hearts, i have learned a valuable wisdom. Music transcends ego. And i have learnt to let their talent inspire me to keep hearing my inner voices and keep pushing my outer boundaries. I have learnt to just receive their freely given treasure and simply say #ThankYou.
saaammeee
Growth mindset > Fixed mindset
Amen brother.
holy shit
beautiful
thoughts and feelings bro!
This literally has to be one of the GREATEST PIECES OF MUSIC I've ever heard in my life. EVER. It's an absolute MASTERPIECE on every possible level of musicianship and production. My God....there are no words...tears, yes....just, take the time to listen to the entire thing on the best system possible. And just think, this is the FIRST STEP in Jacob's journey. A true Artist: defying genre, breaking ground, fully aware. Remember...he's only 20. We still get 50-60 more years of this guy! We are now all fortunate to be living in the "Time of Jacob Collier".
Once you discover Jacob Collier's music, it's like that scene from Rick and Morty where Morty steps onto "true level" ground and ends up having to get his mind erased because he can't go back to normal ground after experiencing perfection.
if you think thats what "True level" is go peep his albums on TIdal (free 30 day trial :3)
That’s so accurate hahaha
It’s so true
@@Hillgrov ugh thank you. I felt insane. He's talented, but it gave me a headache. And I really tried, but I cannot stand his voice.
@@d3rrick10493 Damn fair enough . personally i love it.
Well being a musician was fun while it lasted. No point even trying after watching this. Absolutely incredible Jacob.
Don't lose hope :) i found myself thinking the same when I first discovered him. But Jacob had to put in work to acquire his skill, much like how we must as well. If you work hard, I'm sure you could be just as great. Maybe it might take a little more time and effort as compared to Jacob because he definitely has a gift, but it's definitely not impossible for us.
Jovianne Tabraham thanks, I was only kidding of course :)
well there's always edm if you need a pickmeup
It's only made me want to try harder
This is why I no longer do anything but leave youtube comm... wait... you just left a better comment than mine... thanks a lot. Goodbye cruel world.
me - jacob, what instruments do you play?
jacob- yes
He is an Instrument
😂👌🏾✋🏽💯💥🔥
'all of them'
Love it
spoons
Revisiting this masterpiece after 8 years. I'm addicted to Djessie 4 right now in 2024. Thank you, Jacob! God be with your soul. Peace!
He's a wizard. It's the only way.
3:40 also I don't know how many people realize how hard it is to keep that beat on a cowbell and sing an ad lib freely at the same time
John Baxter I just did it... It wasn't that hard
Trueee! I have been trying to both at the same time since this video came out. Still struggling. He is a freakin genius 😱😱😭😭
@@architgupta4433 vids or it didn't happen.
It's like playing 8th notes with your left foot and playing a kick drum rhythm with you right foot and playing a ride pattern with your right hand and playing a snare with your left hand with some ghost notes
It's called practice!
Nope.
Well, it's been 3 years since I "discovered" Jacob, and I am reminded of the first day. After wiping the tears from my eyes for having had my ENTIRE musical vocabulary of 40 years turned on its head, I was starting to wonder whether I had gone mad, or indeed I had stumbled across the next Great Leap Forward. My 3 young kids (despite my advanced age, I'm still knocking 'em out) were in the midst of an enormous argument. One was 4 years old, one 8 and the eldest was only 9 years old - all rambunctious, noisy, very different from each other, and all with varying degrees of musical ability. So I couldn't calm them down, so I just sat them on the sofa, fired-up my screen and told them to just "watch" - not listen. From the get-go all 3 of them froze. I mean TOTALLY. I didn't hear a squeak out of either one of them, all 3 being transfixed by what they were hearing and seeing. And THAT is when I realised that we were dealing with something quite exceptional. And the freakiest thing of all - this guy literally lives 2 streets behind where I used to live!! I can't believe dthe lost opportunity. If only I had known!!!!
Holy shit... this is what I want to be someday
+insaneintherainmusic You're getting there!
my man carlos, look at you in 2021
So you just leave comments on all of the best music on youtube, huh? It's great to see you here!
Holy shit... this is what you are now
Except for that you and Jacob are very different musicians but both incredible in different ways
ikr
This makes me love being alive.
Along with the change from 432 to 440, the lights in the room also get brighter to emphasize 'opening up'. Incredible.
You know that music that feels kind of sacred so you have to make sure absolutely no sound follows after it finishes and you hold your breath and just bathe in the feeling it gives you? Well to me, this is one such song
Seven minutes ago I wanted to be a musician but now I'm not so sure... you've made me so helpless HOW CAN SOMEONE COMPOSE SOMETHING SO CRAZILY ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT SOMEHOW MAKE IT WORK??? a genius
Find your unique voice. We all have them..but yes, this kid is pretty badass
Audrey Rouge ye he is a modern day Wolfgang Mozart of sorts.
you dont need all these crazy tricks, look at some of the beatles songs, just a guitar and a voice.
Go listen to some zappa. Please.
Find what you want to play and dedicate as much healthy time you can into it. Thats about it. Its all about how much effort you put in to it.
This song…makes life worth living.
I get that experience from so much of Jacob’s music. This feeling of gratitude for the chance to listen to and appreciate such beauty. Glad it strikes you in this kind of way, too. Sometimes that’s just what we need.
it pushes me forward every day. All of his music.
I had the privilege of seeing him live at the Anthem last May in DC. I hear something different and unique every time I listen!
As an 'ex-composer' (now I seem to be de-composing!) I've gotta say the gift that you have inspires and implodes me and tears come to my eyes.
Thank you and may the Universe protect you.
Beautiful of you 😊
He is the Universe. A part of it. How just astounduing are the cases when there is human born with the talent most can't comprehend.
I truly think that Jacob will become one of the great composers of our era, i'm blown away everytime he releases new song. Great voice, great playing, and most importantly that super-complex harmony... Now that's how music in 2016 should be!
Wow 好和弦
I feel like a bard just cast a spell on me.
Sl1pg8r - Daily Stuff and Things! Woah! Hi Slip!
Hey sl1p. Fancy seein' you here.
Simple: he is a bard; he did.
what is a bard?
@@birdseye2239 what-
I like the part with the music
One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
Hey you should listen to this song again because you probably haven’t in a while and I am here to remind you how beautiful and pure it is🪵😇🕊🌎🌿🌱🐴
It replaced Rachmaninov's Second Sonata OP36 for me as the #1 piece of music I have ever experienced.
about twice a year I come back and spend 7 minutes here.
| Next stop: Jacobs Room |
a pilgrimage
I'm back.
@@samplayssaxtwice a day, I come back and spend about 7 minutes here
ONLY TWICE A YEAR!?!?!
Young Man you are not on a level,
you are the level, and so far there is none other above.
God has anointed you.
Take me
Anywhere you want to go
You know that my love is strong
In my hideaway
Softly
Like the calm that follows storm
Find what I've been searching for, all along
In my hideaway
Even when I close my eyes
Darling, I will always stay
Wide awake
In my hideaway
Touch me
Like I've never loved before
In a place that I adore
In my hideaway
I know
Whichever way the wind may blow
There will be a place for me to go
In my hideaway
Whether you be lost of found
Darling, if you've gone astray
I'm on my way
To my hideaway
My hideaway
Down going down
Down falling down
Down goin' down
Follow down
When the rain falls
Falling down to the sea
Flow that river
To the depth of me
Let me
Feel the sky and feel the Moon
Let me sing an honest tune
To my hideaway
Trusting
Wherever I go wandering
I'll find a home in everything
In my hideaway
Maybe you can come to stay
And I will meet you here someday
Far away
In my hideaway
Ariel Pedernera +
let me sing an honest tune to my hideaway
Yayyy thank you ! I was searching for the lyrics 😄
Jacob proves that we are not made of matter, but of a symphony of complex harmonies. I have never heard better music or a better composer in 66 years. (R.N. Board of directors- Metropolitan Opera Auditions)
i've never heard a 5/8 section (2:26) sound so freaking natural. its unbelievable musical genius
WHAT!!?? THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!!
Dude. Completely blown away. Insane.
Can't wait for the album!
I finally found you in the youtube comment section you ratbag!
PS It's Mr Wong. Catch you soon bruh
That was me the first time I heard the track, this wonderment then increased after I watched this video .. such a talent, I love that he does everything himself, another Stevie Wonder in that regard.
Thanks for being here JC.... Just had the thought that listening to this, is like getting into music as a teenager for the first time again... You're a beautiful and pure channel for creativity #blessings #peace #somuchlove 🤍
how can be the whole universe in a boy
I just wasted an hour of my life trying to figure out exactly what he does in the polyrhythm section (2:26). I notated it to prove to myself I understood. I'm about to study a doctorate in music. That was humbling.
What exactly is going on? I hear septuplets? maybe?
It's good to know even someone who's about to study a doctorate in music finds it difficult too. :)
Wait, 9tuplets?
It changes to 5/8 time. The fundamental pulse stays the same since the minim (half-note) of the previous bar has the same duration as the 5/8 bar. The thing that gives it the extra kick is the shaker and ukulele play groups of threes against the 5. The melody stays in 4 over the top (the 5/8 bars are in larger groups of 4), making is seem seamless. So essentially you have 3 against 4 against 5.
Try to count in fives with the ukulele. You'll hear it!
Ah right cool! I hear it now, thank you!
You can always trust Jacob to remind you just how far you still have to go
I have a feeling that he just scratches a surface of a new wonderful world of infinite micro-tonal music melodies, chords and transitions.
I feel like i'm coming home while i'm hearing this.
Ramos Janoah Mad thing? That’s by design.
the magic of the tonic :)
The song starts at A4 = 432Hz tuning, then ends on a A4 = 440Hz tuning which creates the feeling of resolution or “coming home”.
You know shit's about to get grooved when bear hat Jacobs show up...
+Adam Marshall "Bear Hats"
I know right??? Like bear hat appears and there's a smug ass smile and then your world gets rocked haha
Thank you Jacob for showing us how incredible a human being can actually be when finding purpose and giving all to it at every second of the "ride". Your music belongs to the universe!
i've never heard a 5/8 time signature (2:26) sound so freaking natural. its unbelievable musical genius
It's very clever! I think the main reason it feels so smooth is the shaker pattern, which is playing groupings of three 8th notes starting on the second beat. That creates a polyrhythm that only lines up with the 5/8 every three bars, preventing the "jerky" feeling you can encounter in odd time when the bar violently restarts.
Can I analyse it? Yeah. Could I compose anything using that technique that sounds 1/1000th as good as this? No way.
I think it's important also to note that it's not really 5/8 but 4/2 with each minim divided into 5 quavers instead of 4 (in the shaker part at least), so it still has the '4/4' backbone our ears are used to.
I'd call it more of a sustained quintuplet feel, but still I agree it's so natural and amazing
Jacob describes it as a very slow 4/4 (bpm = 49), with each beat subdivided in 5. You can hear a very slow kick and snare on 4/4's beats 1 and 3.
It’s such a gorgeous piece. Every time I have a panic attack/ when my depression gets really bad, I always come watch this. Helps out a lot. 💙
There is so much healing power coming from a happy, supporting and secure childhood.
I always come back to this whenever I want to feel grounded and centered. I can tap into his essence and his universe which are filled with joy, beauty, freedom, and egolessness.
Well said, man.
That's some of the descriptions of God!!!
I can't stop listening to this song. All of those beautiful chords, the interesting syncopation, the diverse instrumentation, and I can't forget to mention your vocal layering...this song is musical heaven.
If the rest of the album is like this, I may not have to get any more music for the rest of my life. This is incredible, and I'm chomping at the bit for more.
If Mozart were alive today, he'd be a fan of Jacob. This kid is a genius. Wow.
No, he wouldn't
Now if there was some prodigy in the language department to adequately describe everything that just happened in my brain while listening to this explosion of art, that would complete my experience. TIA lol.
The last "hideaway" always gives me chills, so beautiful...
Email' s SAME its the most warm and hugging chord ive ever heard
Well, this just made my morning.
I feel so bad for those not using high-quality headphones. it just brings this song from a 10/10 to a 15/10. truly amazing!
Incredible. Absolutely phenomenal. Felt like a well needed hug that couldn't have come at a better time.
I discovered you only last night and I'm gone sleep at 2 a.m listening your art... This morning, while driving at work, I listened again this song, and I found my eyes crying for the massive amount of emotions. I listen to a lot of genre, from metal to funk, from classical to punk. From David David Sylvian to Sonic Youth, Ravel, Slipknot, Kool and the Gang, Nine Inch Nails, Brian Eno, Giacomo Puccini, Fishbone, Mr. Bungle, Chemical Brothers...
Well, Jacob... from now I know that one day I will say "I lived when Jacob Collier came on the Earth".
I am a lucky man, thank you.
When you can't trust your friend to record the part right, so you do it all yourself
Sometimes genius throws you back on yourself.
Napom?
It do be like that sometimes.
Disbelief every time I watch this. You are my favourite musician. Jacob, you inspire me.
Same, mate
Same here.what a blessed guy
I know right he is soo inspiring
How do I even after watching this?
+Ehh flat I think you missed a word out dude. Looks like it was a verb,
+Jason Evans knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-can-t-even
+flamingspinach demolished
Yeah, Internet "memes" are no excuse for poor grammer.
lol
Guys I had a lucid dream last night that my friend was playing this song, sang the first two lines, and then Crab rave played and worked so well with it. For some reason. It was like 15 seconds and I woke up in disbelief.
Why does this not have a billion views???
Because it's good enough not to be in the mainstream...seriously though, it deserves to be viewed by all human beings in existence.
Because it's too good.
That's not meant as a joke. There's a certain sweet spot of complexity / artistic seriousness that works best for the masses. It's near but not at the bottom. This is pretty near the top as far as I'm concerned. Too hip for the masses.
I just want to meet this boy, hold his hands, and then hug him for a million years and say thank you thank you thank you. Jacob, you are wonderful! Thank you for your music! So full of heart. It's not just "impressive", it is GOOD. music.Even on my darkest days, I cannot stop smiling when I listen to your music! Amazing stuff, Jacob. Keep on. :) xo
When one of your fave musicians is a fan of another of your fave musicians
There's a Jacob Collier discord server now! Join us for pages of memes, theory, theory-memes, heartfelt discussions, and lots of smiles and laughs :) We've even got some Jacob and June emojis!! Enter the community @ discord.gg/Q63TcYV
Haha you have the mega gay
no u
no Yew
This song sounds like what waking up just as the sun rises, walking around the house, opening the windows to air out the space, journaling, spiced tea, prayer, meditation and yoga would sound like... those few moments to oneself before the rest of the world starts to move. This song, sounds like an awakening.
I can't honestly remember the last time I heard music so true, and I can't really find any other word to describe it. The complexity and all the technique which is implemented here completely disappears in light of its artistic value, all of it matters of course but it's all in service of the artistic expression this man wanted to achieve. And this is truly something to value.
Dear Lord Jacob, I hope you read this... You are an awesome musician, Jacob. Oh man, I love you! Your music is just beautiful, it fills my heart with joy and peace and... just I don't know what to say, there are no words that describe what I feel when I listen to your music. Thank you for sharing all this and doing what you do. You are an inspiration for me, I am 15 years old now, and music is what I love, what I do and will do for life and I am so proud and excited about it. You are always drawing a smile on my face.
I absolutely love the wooden drum sound that starts at 0:44. It pans into the center from both left and right and just adds so much... depth, or whatever that feel is.
Same, I still can’t find out what that percussion instrument is called
@@ADHDandD it's an udu
@@play3r.wav. thank you so much!
Dont even know anymore - to be more amazed by hes writing skills or size of wardrobe?
A perfect blanket of harmony and polyrhythm. Complexity in the form of simplicity. Pure coziness.
i love singing along to songs but when it comes to jacob i can’t help but listen in awe to his sheer talent and beautiful understanding of music. it’s like he speaks the same language as the instruments and they’re singing a duet together. i missed loving music this much. thank you, jacob.
This song makes me like I am sitting there in the serene mountains, away from the tiring urban jungle. Never has a song made me feel like this. Even with that messy instrumental intro, it was like everything at its right place. I get mad when I can't analyse songs (teenage musician myself), but even with so much going on, it's something that magically calms the mind. For once, I won't try to analyse a song, I'll rather enjoy this... I don't know how to describe it. A gift to the ears? Trying to describe it will simply be an insult to whatever this song is. You're someone who is so much of an inspiration to me in the jazz scene. And you're like only 7 years older than me. You're as good as a brother. When someone who is so close to you in age creates magic, it's really inspirational. You're a contemporary musical... don't know what to say. Genius, Amazing, awesome, they're really just some vague adjectives.
Keep weaving magic, mate.
I absolutely agree! Well I must say I can't help myself but I also try to analyse Jacob's music, but I mostly fail, because it's so incredibly complexe and creative.
I'm 16 and also a musician, what about you?
Paul Leclair Maybe his mother is also into baroque. 17th century tuning...
this song brought me from the brink of suicide, i agree. never has a song touched me this much and changed me in such a way.
Agreed! I'm also 7 years younger than him
To learn from masters you gotta learn what they did so if you don't analyze Jacob's music you're simply a listner if you wanna be a Student that has a passion to learn from him analyze his songs it's not an insult It's how music is learned but I'm gonna be honest there's a lot of stuff that Jacob does which has no explaintion because he doesn't use theory in it he uses his ear and that's called colours
best example of: "If you want it to be done just right, do it all by yourself" :D
I have immense respect for someone who doesn't so much as write and perform music, as someone who intuits and simply feels it flow through him. I sense that it's not just upbringing, not just access and support at home, it's buried within the id, below the self. I'm moved by this, which is rare given how much I've experienced in my own unusual connection to music. Thank you for sharing yourself.
Awesome. The build from 3:30 onward is perfect.
+Adam Marshall I agree
2:00 love it how he nearly forgets a beat on the udu lol - he is human!
You either get it, or you don’t. I’m with you Jacob!
Goshhhh yess this is the comment I've been finding
Jacob, you and your boy band were wonderful and you made me smile from the inside out 😊
Man, all I can say is I'M A FAN and this could be one of the most brilliant songs I've ever heard.
When it come to being classified as “genius “ …there would be very few modern day musical artists that would fall into such a category…
once in a generation artists are so few and far between that it can be easy to miss them…
Jacob Collier is one of these artists…
His talent, musicianship, compassion and understanding of his art form is without question..genius…
Having myself played music for the last 46 years of my life…in multiple instruments and multiple genres..…I have never seen, nor heard…such an extraordinary talent such as Jacob Collier…
If the entire mainstream music industry as a collective could do us all a favour, and begin to recognise the great musical art forms from non mainstream musical artists like Jacob Collier, Louis Cole, etc, etc… then the world would be a better place…
These “new” artists need air time….
Let’s pay respect and give these artist the credit where it is due!!
Glad you mentioned Louis too! They are both dynamite
Wow! I'm freaking out! Having trouble following Collier's chord progressions and rhythms, OK I got it! Nope! There he goes again with the 7/4 time together with 10/8 time and then that vocal thing!!! WTF! Oh yeah and he's playing EVERYTHING. I'm a pretty talented musician who had a full scholarship to Berklee but THIS.....This is something else all together. I'm in love with the fact that there is someone who has made music both interesting and challenging again, time to woodshed and learn this stuff, but those chord progressions and substitution chords and accidentals, that's iT. i'M CALLING THE POLICE!
I' guessing you mean 2:28 and after listening to that part probably about 10 times (because that amazing rythmic pattern is so wonderfully hard to describe), i figured out it's not actually 7/4.
The guitars indeed play quintuplets, which can be counted as 10/8 i guess, but the shaker is playing in one 3rd of the quintuplet notes, completeng the pattern in 15 quintuplets, with 5 hits. So, like you counted the guitar into 10/8, the shaker would be 15/8... (although i'm also not sure if you can call it eights, as i'ts actually quituplets compared to the 4/4 rhythm)
anyways, i've applied to a music study aswell, and especially this kind of music excites me so much! What has been your experience studying music?
Hi there. I attended Berklee College of Music way back in the late 80's. I've been a live performer for many years. Now I mainly record at home. I have a nice little studio that works for me. I'm also studying film scoring with Hans Zimmer Master Classic. Very cool class.
Paul Zarvis really interesting! have you made music that i could check out somewhere?
Kalkaanuslag. Yes all my music is parked on SoundCloud under my name. Enjoy.
You're in good company! Quincy Jones signed him as soon as he heard Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing. Here's what he had to say: I have never in my life seen a talent like this… Beyond category. One of my favourite
young artists on the planet - absolutely mind-blowing”. A few of many more: "Magnificent" - Chick Corea; "Blown away"- Steve Vai; "Wow!! Jacob, your stuff is amazing"- Herbie Hancock . “I am a big fan… great chords, great arrangements, great singing!” - Pat Metheny
Just check out the comments on Jacob's website. Astonishing genius.
If music were a painting of a star, other artists finger paint a star that everyone can see. Collier (and very few others) hashes out the entire night sky with millions of precise strokes.
I want my children to listen to Jacob Collier and be in love with his music for them to know what kind of love standard they must seek in life
Hey, did you know that this video starts in tuning A=432 and ends in 440Hz?
I've just learned it, thanks Adam Neely!
I just discovered you and I am in love already your music makes me feel so relaxed and it is uplifting and emotional y moving
A miracle in our genuis musician, God is real. Go, go Jacob! We love the love you share. Thank you.
This is utterly breathtaking. Your music is a blessing to all who are lucky enough to hear it. Thank you, truly.
Not all earthlings are actually from here. This guy came from heaven to remind us of our divinity. Thank you Jacob...
Proof that it's not about what kind of mic you have but about what you sing into it
i feel so helpless. a lifetime of effort won't get me to anything close with his talents. how can one be so talented. i sincerely think you are the most talented musician i've ever seen or knew of in my life.
Don't worry, it's not about levels. There are so many musicians out there that there's no competition. You don't need to make the exact same music as other people. Just listen to the music you enjoy, and create the music you enjoy even more.
It will. Music is only 50% talent, you don't get anywhere without knowledge.
I know the theory but I don't know the production
I agwee. Don't let it put you down though. He is like the top top top end of musicians. A level that most of us wouldn't able to reach.
Basically you have no friends
Gosh-- well, I guess you've forced me to make a dumb comment. It's 2 in the morning, and I feel so humbled whenever I get to watch a new video from you. : ) I love how much like a mad scientist you come off in your videos-- like the sort of person who, even if he wasn't doing music or videos, per se, would just go around creating the most unbelievable things that would change the way people see life. A true renaissance man with ideas constantly floating above his head. Your spine-tingling chord-coloring, lush arrangement, and attention to detail in production is so sock-knockable. The moment the syncopation hits at 2:28?! Psshaw. I can't even figure out the time signature-- 5/4? But not only that, but the actual song itself, lyrically and melodically, sounds like it could've fit in right alongside so many timeless jazz standards, of Jerome Kern caliber.
And MAN, I thought it wasn't going to get any crazier than your PYT one-take cloning machine of yourself-- as someone who's been through elaborate rounds of masking, keying, and tracking, I have NO stinkin' clue how you got all those clean shadows on the ground, did all those beautiful, gentle transitions to accommodate for each take's lighting... *whistles* And the thing is that -- no matter how simple or extravagant you go, you never lose sight of your purity of vision. Your simple joy in creation, in playing around with sound is infectious and truly inspiring.
It's not super often that I start tearing up during a song just because of how beautiful and heart-stopping it is-- but this is one of those times. Not very often that a song becomes a whole UNIVERSE of possibilities. (Speaking of, this video really made me think about how amazing a 360 degree music video from you would be. Your room would be PERFECT for that.) Thank you so, so much for always making me excited to make new music, and new videos.
(Random last notes: I really adore those videos you've done with your mother-- it really warms my heart, as someone who's been blessed to be part of a big ol' musical family, to see someone riffing with their parent. Also, have you ever heard Becca Stevens Band? Some of the mandolin & accordion work had some of the magical feelings of their best works like I Forgive You.)
+HomeStarRunnerTron BEAUTIFULLY said. and there is a recording of him and Becca in NY and they both have recordings with Snarky Puppy.
True awesomeness!
Yeah the part at 2:28 is crazy. Took me a minute to figure out but I think he's doing 5/8 but the shaker is in 3/8.
+Gitai Vinshtok yeah I think so! Crazy stuff,
What Tron said!
A collierian soundscape is always a pleasure
Absolute genius. One of the greatest things I've heard in at least a year.
It's so true. In the new June Lee interview he went through a lot of wonderful nuggets of this song and some others. If you haven't seen it, I'd seriously recommend. It's cool to see a youtuber I watch here. :)
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