Happy 15th channel anniversary! I recently rediscovered your channel and was pleasantly surprised to see that you're still going strong. What amazing endurance! I watched your videos a lot as a teen and this video is, I think, the last I saw before I stopped. All the best to you and may you have fun making videos for many years more!
Oh my God this version is one of the few worth acknowledgement. It sent shivers down my spine. It does the original justice. All the voices are perfect together because there are three different ranges that merge together oh so well. Edit: five years later, still think so
I hope you enjoy this video & my other releases. :) If you feel like tipping the artist & helping me cover some of my production costs for upcoming projects, you can do it here: patreon.com/trudbol You can pledge whatever you want, as little as $1. It's a great way to help me make all this free music sustainable on the long run. Thanks so much!
***** Julien, I direct a Barbershop chorus in Teaneck, NJ and have been trying to connect with you for a long time. We will be purchasing some learning tracks and want to speak with you regarding the production of some other songs we wish to learn. Please let me know the best way to contact you. Lou Ponte - louieponte@gmail.com
I used this song as an inspiration when I was struggling to escape an emotionally abusive relationship. The Beatles were true Bards! I miss George and John.
I remember listening to this song (from this video) when I was really young, just rediscovered it again yesterday and I remembered hanging out with my older cousin and his friend in their neighborhood, just making memories and having fun. The nostalgia I felt was immense. This video will always be with me.
Thanks. :) No, this isn't our arrangement, it's by the King Singers. It's all in the video description. I however sell audio learning tracks (= the breakdown of the harmony into separate MP3 files + various helpful mixes that make certain parts stand out in the mix). My email is in the video description if you'd like to place an order.
Every time I hear this arrangement I'm struck by the superb control of the “pedal” and the “snare” parts. To keep the volume, speed, and rhythm consistent throughout is really impressive! The whole thing is amazing, of course. Hats off to all involved, and thanks for sharing this gem with the internet. ❤
Mon père est italien, ma mère viens des philippines et nous vivons en France depuis plus de 15 ans désormais, cette collaboration ma fait frissoner, un grand merci a vous et surtout a toi Julien pour ces instants de bonheur.
I'm singing this for a master's recital tomorrow. Scared out of my mind but there is something about your videos that calms me and helps me practice. I just want you to know I've watched all your videos everyday for at least a year, shared with all my friends and tried to spread you around. You've done more for me that you will probably ever know and i'll never even get to meet you. Thank you Julien for all you do.
I first heard this song when I was 10 and in 5th grade. I immediately loved it. Skip ahead 5 years and it’s still one of my favorite songs. Thanks, Mr. Morris.
This brought tears to my eyes. It is the best rendering of an exquisite song. You even trilled the whistling to suggest the song of a bird. I want this played at my funeral.
The performance and production quality is top notch as always, but the whistling skill is impeccable. Truly though, great work. Really love this song and I can appreciate the work the three of you put into it with new headphones.
Amazing that all these harmonies were done in different locations and then combined. The Il divo's of the acapella world...love you guys...take care, vera
I am a fan Julien, I stumbled across One of your videos once and I’ve been following you ever since. I think you’re extremely talented and I wish you well with your career
Yes, I think it's fairly obvious when we hear you sing, haha! Thanks for not blasting out the full opera voice in this collab and giving Enrico and I some space, that was really cool. Still down for another project if you're up for it. :)
Julien, I've got to say that this is one of the BEST pieces you've ever worked on. Maybe it's because this song holds a special place in my heart, or just because it really is very well done. Either way, I've been a huge fan for years, and I can't wait to see what else you come out with!
Oh my goodness!! This is absolutely amazing!! Love the uniqueness of all of your voices, especially Julien's tone!!! And the whistling, haha. Absolutely fantastic!!
Well I'm very glad we had this interchange! It makes sense that you would need to lip sync when singing this, and I hadn't thought of that. I think what I heard when you were singing was you hitting the perfect resonant frequency of whatever room you were singing in. Great job all around! Now I am fully blown away! I also (always) liked your editing job with fading in the different video squares. I'll have to share this! Keep them coming!
Trudbol... dude, you keep getting better and better. I first found your videos a couple of years ago by accident looking up "When I'm 64", and have been following ever since. I have ONE subscription on UA-cam, and that's you. Keep up the great work! And the more Beatles tunes, the better! ...CrazyGus
What a great sound. Inspired by your wonderful performance I have sent for the King's Singers arrangement to use with my a cappella quartet - just hope we can do it justice with only 4 singers!
+Nigel Morley Thanks! It's a 4-part arrangement + percussion, actually. :) You can get my audio learning tracks on my website, they will make the learning process a lot easier & fun than the sheet alone: julienneel.com
Trudbol or Julian, I watch this video everyday and especially every night before I sleep this song and you're rendition calms me relaxes me this is amazing and I can't express how much it warms my heart to hear this and how good it makes me feel, any plans on another collab with them (ex. Yesterday) THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH MATE!
Trudbol!!! I just want to let you know that my chamber choir will also be singing Blackbird this year. Also, I was overwhelmed with happiness when my choir teacher played your rendition of the track just to get the feel of it, before learning the song itself!! In fact, I got too overwhelmed, so now I'm gonna think of you as one my biggest inspirations when we get to perform onstage, especially with this song. Not only in chamber, but in my jazz choir as well.
We did an arrangement similar to this in my choir last year. I had the Tenor part... not so fun. But an EXCELLENT arrangement. Thank you. The lot of you. For bringing such a gorgeous arrangement to life.
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it. Regarding the audio / video difference at 0:30, it's simple: we're lip singing. It wouldn't be technically possible to pull off such a video without earphones. :) At 0:49 (it's me singing), and there's no doubling of the track. I have a little bit of classical training, so perhaps you feel the tone is too deep? And yes, there's reverb on each of the tracks, this one included. I hope you bear in mind we're all amateurs doing this over the Internet. ;)
Absolutely fantastic, guys!!! I can only get this connection thing to music when something has happened, but you got me to cry without anything else!!! You're amazing, and I think that you should keep doing exactly that!!!
I really loved this international collaboration. It would be amazing if you could put one together during this worldwide pandemic. I am sure there are lots of great singers who are sitting at home at the moment. Thanks for all of the beautiful work you create. Much appreciated.
Wow. Totally nailed it. I came up singing A capella and Madrigal and watching this reminds me why I love music so much. Great editing and production. Singing is second to none. Bitchin !
Guys....you give me chill bumps. I love your sound and I love your passion! I'm sharing this and all your videos with everyone I know. We just celebrated the fourth, so I'll start with that one. Please don't ever, ever, ever stop OK?? thanks.
Just today I was listening to your other covers with a few friends of mine, thinking "Damn. That guy can sing, and he sure can pick good people to collab with!" and now BAM, new video! No wait, scratch that. New AWWWWESOME video. Loved every part of it. The editing, the melody, the harmony... I'm sure Sir Paul McCartney would be proud of you guys.
I love that song and this is such a sweet and serene version! And your whistling, Julien, is superb! My late father was a wonderful whistler and yours brought back nice memories but to tell the truth, you are better than he was.
Yes, it was really nice to have this exchange with you, I appreciate you taking time to write all your impressions. UA-cam is (unfortunately) progressively becoming a TV-like media, encouraging continuous video consumption at the expense of social interaction & written text, so it's good to read some detailed feedback like this. As a former Disney animator, you might also enjoy my "Everybody Wants To Be A Cat" a cappella cover. And finally thanks for sharing my work, much appreciated. ;)
I did this song for my choir concert the other day!! also this helped me practice because we are doing accapela and not even using a piano as a guide so it was really difficult. My choir teacher had me do the bass part for most of the song then had me jump to the tenor part so learning it made it even more difficult!!
Thanks! It wasn't hard, it just took a bit of work. We all come from different countries (USA / Italy / France), record with different equipment, lighting, etc. The difficulty is to give the illusion we're an actual group.
I remember being very young about 8 or so in the car with my Dad on a lovely motorway night. We'd often listen to cabin pressure or blackadder or Milton Jones I think it was (the documentary about moments in a guys life as he's about to die but doesn't). Anyways he shows me this song and this exact version and I fall in love with it immediately. I hummed it for days after but forgot the song name and version. Only last week did I find it again and everytime I listen to it km reminded of those beautiful nights 🌟
It depends on the song (duration, difficulty, if you have an existing arrangement at hand, etc.) but a custom 4-part arrangement for voices a cappella is around $100.
One of my favorite King's Singers arrangements! I actually just went to go see them perform last week! Got to meet each one of them and shake their hands. They didn't perform this last week, but they did perform it for one of their 3 encores when I saw them 5 years ago. Good stuff. Can't wait till I have some free time to work with you too!
@rYiOkUn It really depends on the song at hand, but usually it's the melody first, then bass, then baritone and finally tenor. For this piece, the metronome track was laid down first, then the the alto / tenor / bass parts, and finally the melody lines & the whistling bits.
woooohooooo!!!!!!! Julien, the video is great!!!! It's been great working on this collab with the two of you! And... I'm ready for the next project ;-)
Wow!! I can only say I'm pretty amazed by you guys!! Never heard anything from you before but I love acapella music and I searched for this wonderful song! Couldn't resist to check it out and I wouldn't have thought it could be as great as it was!!! A m a z i n g!!!!
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Happy 15th channel anniversary!
I recently rediscovered your channel and was pleasantly surprised to see that you're still going strong. What amazing endurance! I watched your videos a lot as a teen and this video is, I think, the last I saw before I stopped.
All the best to you and may you have fun making videos for many years more!
Aww thank you for your kind message, I appreciate it!
Oh my God this version is one of the few worth acknowledgement. It sent shivers down my spine. It does the original justice. All the voices are perfect together because there are three different ranges that merge together oh so well.
Edit: five years later, still think so
Alana Dunn belladonna1771 I’ve got a tear in my eye listening to this...beautifully done!
this makes me feel happy inside.
Mission accomplished! :)
avril14thlove uu
Damn that whistle skill tho
I hope you enjoy this video & my other releases. :)
If you feel like tipping the artist & helping me cover some of my production costs for upcoming projects, you can do it here: patreon.com/trudbol
You can pledge whatever you want, as little as $1. It's a great way to help me make all this free music sustainable on the long run. Thanks so much!
***** Julien, I direct a Barbershop chorus in Teaneck, NJ and have been trying to connect with you for a long time. We will be purchasing some learning tracks and want to speak with you regarding the production of some other songs we wish to learn. Please let me know the best way to contact you. Lou Ponte - louieponte@gmail.com
Lou Ponte Got your message, just emailed you. :)
..i really do...thank you!!! :-) :-) :-)
How long does it take to make one of these videos?
Thank you for the idea, I really mean it.
I used this song as an inspiration when I was struggling to escape an emotionally abusive relationship. The Beatles were true Bards! I miss George and John.
The whistling is like impeccable. Love this.
I remember listening to this song (from this video) when I was really young, just rediscovered it again yesterday and I remembered hanging out with my older cousin and his friend in their neighborhood, just making memories and having fun. The nostalgia I felt was immense. This video will always be with me.
Absolutely SUPERB! It's amazing how my eardrums connect to my tear ducts! Thank you for the sweet music and keeping the Beatles alive..
I can't stop listening to your videos. They're so magnificently done.
Thank you for the kind words, delighted you enjoy what you see & hear. :)
Thanks. :)
No, this isn't our arrangement, it's by the King Singers. It's all in the video description. I however sell audio learning tracks (= the breakdown of the harmony into separate MP3 files + various helpful mixes that make certain parts stand out in the mix). My email is in the video description if you'd like to place an order.
Every time I hear this arrangement I'm struck by the superb control of the “pedal” and the “snare” parts. To keep the volume, speed, and rhythm consistent throughout is really impressive!
The whole thing is amazing, of course. Hats off to all involved, and thanks for sharing this gem with the internet. ❤
Mon père est italien, ma mère viens des philippines et nous vivons en France depuis plus de 15 ans désormais, cette collaboration ma fait frissoner, un grand merci a vous et surtout a toi Julien pour ces instants de bonheur.
Pete has a really great voice!
I like that touch with the blackbirds flying.
This is what men were put on earth for. This is what man is capable of. The realization of beauty, harmony and love.
I'm singing this for a master's recital tomorrow. Scared out of my mind but there is something about your videos that calms me and helps me practice. I just want you to know I've watched all your videos everyday for at least a year, shared with all my friends and tried to spread you around. You've done more for me that you will probably ever know and i'll never even get to meet you. Thank you Julien for all you do.
Or you might meet them at one point in life.
We never know what’s awaiting.
@ this was 12 yrs ago my dude
@@AngusMcNutz so what? You still might meet Julien one day.
I first heard this song when I was 10 and in 5th grade. I immediately loved it. Skip ahead 5 years and it’s still one of my favorite songs. Thanks, Mr. Morris.
Trudbol/Julien, I hope you know how much so many of us love your offerings. You just keep getting better with each addition. We need this out here!
I could listen to this on repeat forever.
im proud there is still a Filipino collaborated! Magnificent!
This brought tears to my eyes. It is the best rendering of an exquisite song. You even trilled the whistling to suggest the song of a bird. I want this played at my funeral.
The performance and production quality is top notch as always, but the whistling skill is impeccable. Truly though, great work. Really love this song and I can appreciate the work the three of you put into it with new headphones.
I forget every time, Mr. Trudbol, how much I absolutely love your voice. Thank you for blessing us with it, sir.
it's giving wings to my thougths. Thank you your voices are great.
Pete Avendano, your voice is truly amazing.
Wow. So well done. Thank you for music, music, music.
the best quartet acapella Mr. Julien
Amazing that all these harmonies were done in different locations and then combined. The Il divo's of the acapella world...love you guys...take care, vera
One of my favorite tunes. You guys couldn't have done it better!
This song was played at the ceremony before the cremation of my grandfather.
Thank you so much for making such a beautiful cover.
I am a fan Julien, I stumbled across One of your videos once and I’ve been following you ever since. I think you’re extremely talented and I wish you well with your career
Yes, I think it's fairly obvious when we hear you sing, haha! Thanks for not blasting out the full opera voice in this collab and giving Enrico and I some space, that was really cool. Still down for another project if you're up for it. :)
This one is one of the best covers of this song I've ever seen! Great job!
Yeah me too. Nothing quite like a tenor. And he's really holding back in this one!
LOVE the arrangement, and how each of you were featured - it gave us a chance to hear each of your voices, and they're wonderful. :)
Julien, I've got to say that this is one of the BEST pieces you've ever worked on. Maybe it's because this song holds a special place in my heart, or just because it really is very well done. Either way, I've been a huge fan for years, and I can't wait to see what else you come out with!
One of my favorite song by the Beatles, I'm a huge Beatles fan👽👽💖💘🌿💿
Me too :') it's sad Cuz the country I come from hardly has any Beatles fans :(
+Namita Mohinani mine too
Oh my goodness!! This is absolutely amazing!! Love the uniqueness of all of your voices, especially Julien's tone!!! And the whistling, haha. Absolutely fantastic!!
I love blackbirds & I loved your version. You guys give me such a good feeling when you sing!
Well I'm very glad we had this interchange! It makes sense that you would need to lip sync when singing this, and I hadn't thought of that. I think what I heard when you were singing was you hitting the perfect resonant frequency of whatever room you were singing in. Great job all around! Now I am fully blown away! I also (always) liked your editing job with fading in the different video squares. I'll have to share this! Keep them coming!
Trudbol... dude, you keep getting better and better. I first found your videos a couple of years ago by accident looking up "When I'm 64", and have been following ever since. I have ONE subscription on UA-cam, and that's you. Keep up the great work! And the more Beatles tunes, the better!
...CrazyGus
This makes me really happy. Especially the whistle solo
What a great sound. Inspired by your wonderful performance I have sent for the King's Singers arrangement to use with my a cappella quartet - just hope we can do it justice with only 4 singers!
+Nigel Morley Thanks! It's a 4-part arrangement + percussion, actually. :)
You can get my audio learning tracks on my website, they will make the learning process a lot easier & fun than the sheet alone: julienneel.com
FABULOUS!!!!!
Trudbol or Julian, I watch this video everyday and especially every night before I sleep this song and you're rendition calms me relaxes me this is amazing and I can't express how much it warms my heart to hear this and how good it makes me feel, any plans on another collab with them (ex. Yesterday) THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH MATE!
I love the ornament you use in the whistling section! Very cleverly done
Trudbol!!! I just want to let you know that my chamber choir will also be singing Blackbird this year. Also, I was overwhelmed with happiness when my choir teacher played your rendition of the track just to get the feel of it, before learning the song itself!! In fact, I got too overwhelmed, so now I'm gonna think of you as one my biggest inspirations when we get to perform onstage, especially with this song. Not only in chamber, but in my jazz choir as well.
Oh, my. I'm grinning ear to ear. Such wonderful work on such a great tune. I just listened to it about 30 times. Thank you!
I absolutely love this! You are definitely one of the best a Capella artists I've found on UA-cam:)
Talk about a great mix!!! Beatles, King Singers, and Trudbol!! PERFECT!!!
We did an arrangement similar to this in my choir last year.
I had the Tenor part... not so fun. But an EXCELLENT arrangement.
Thank you. The lot of you. For bringing such a gorgeous arrangement to life.
You just got a new fan. Wonderful, so professional.
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it.
Regarding the audio / video difference at 0:30, it's simple: we're lip singing. It wouldn't be technically possible to pull off such a video without earphones. :)
At 0:49 (it's me singing), and there's no doubling of the track. I have a little bit of classical training, so perhaps you feel the tone is too deep? And yes, there's reverb on each of the tracks, this one included.
I hope you bear in mind we're all amateurs doing this over the Internet. ;)
You have no idea how perfect this is.
Absolutely fantastic, guys!!! I can only get this connection thing to music when something has happened, but you got me to cry without anything else!!! You're amazing, and I think that you should keep doing exactly that!!!
I really loved this international collaboration. It would be amazing if you could put one together during this worldwide pandemic. I am sure there are lots of great singers who are sitting at home at the moment. Thanks for all of the beautiful work you create. Much appreciated.
Thanks for all your comments! Don't forget to click that little "share" button to help us spread the music!
I call this: some serious talent. Bravo.
Love A Capella! How talented these guys are!
Wow. Totally nailed it. I came up singing A capella and Madrigal and watching this reminds me why I love music so much.
Great editing and production. Singing is second to none. Bitchin !
whenver i feel down i listen to this... always a pleasure.
Guys....you give me chill bumps. I love your sound and I love your passion! I'm sharing this and all your videos with everyone I know. We just celebrated the fourth, so I'll start with that one. Please don't ever, ever, ever stop OK?? thanks.
Just today I was listening to your other covers with a few friends of mine, thinking "Damn. That guy can sing, and he sure can pick good people to collab with!" and now BAM, new video!
No wait, scratch that. New AWWWWESOME video. Loved every part of it. The editing, the melody, the harmony... I'm sure Sir Paul McCartney would be proud of you guys.
That was amazing! It's even more impressive that all of you did this without ever being in the same place!
the first time i heard this song i was in love! You guys made this song 10000000x times better!!!! ITS OVER 9000!!!!
@ubikspraymusic Yes, they wrote this arrangement, they're credited as they should.
This is what I prefer to play along with when I"m working on timing for Blackbird on guitar. Thanks guys.
I love that song and this is such a sweet and serene version! And your whistling, Julien, is superb! My late father was a wonderful whistler and yours brought back nice memories but to tell the truth, you are better than he was.
Thank you for your kind words, delighted you enjoy the music. Our single is available on iTunes by the way. :)
Yes, it was really nice to have this exchange with you, I appreciate you taking time to write all your impressions.
UA-cam is (unfortunately) progressively becoming a TV-like media, encouraging continuous video consumption at the expense of social interaction & written text, so it's good to read some detailed feedback like this.
As a former Disney animator, you might also enjoy my "Everybody Wants To Be A Cat" a cappella cover.
And finally thanks for sharing my work, much appreciated. ;)
Excellent. Brought tears to my eyes.
That was amazing! You make us proud Pete Avendano!
You all have such lovely voices ! And you harmonized so very well ❤
Bravo! Beautifully done!
I did this song for my choir concert the other day!! also this helped me practice because we are doing accapela and not even using a piano as a guide so it was really difficult. My choir teacher had me do the bass part for most of the song then had me jump to the tenor part so learning it made it even more difficult!!
This is just one of my favorites! You all do such an amazing job!! Keep doing more :D
The best acapella cover I've heard, congratulations, they did a good job !
Incredible. Absolute butter to my ears. Liked and Favorited. Please never stop doing what you all do so incredibly well.
Thanks! It wasn't hard, it just took a bit of work. We all come from different countries (USA / Italy / France), record with different equipment, lighting, etc. The difficulty is to give the illusion we're an actual group.
J'avais oublié à quel point j'étais amoureuse de cette chaîne YT et de toutes les vidéos dessus... Une voix incroyable
A truly enchanting version of Blackbird 💕💕💕
Impressive!!!!! I think Paul would be very pleased!!!! Nicely done fellas!!!! LOVED IT!
Just gorgeous! Love the black & white video images!!
I LOVE that whistling!!
Absolutely marvelous Julien and all. A highlight of the year for certain. -Ron
I remember being very young about 8 or so in the car with my Dad on a lovely motorway night. We'd often listen to cabin pressure or blackadder or Milton Jones I think it was (the documentary about moments in a guys life as he's about to die but doesn't). Anyways he shows me this song and this exact version and I fall in love with it immediately. I hummed it for days after but forgot the song name and version. Only last week did I find it again and everytime I listen to it km reminded of those beautiful nights 🌟
It depends on the song (duration, difficulty, if you have an existing arrangement at hand, etc.) but a custom 4-part arrangement for voices a cappella is around $100.
Thanks for sharing our video & spreading the word! :)
This is beyond beautiful!!! 😢
This is AMAZING
I love old classic sings like this.
some of the best voices on youtube, easily.
I really like this song. You guys made it very entertaining. And great whistling
One of my favorite King's Singers arrangements! I actually just went to go see them perform last week! Got to meet each one of them and shake their hands. They didn't perform this last week, but they did perform it for one of their 3 encores when I saw them 5 years ago. Good stuff. Can't wait till I have some free time to work with you too!
@rYiOkUn It really depends on the song at hand, but usually it's the melody first, then bass, then baritone and finally tenor. For this piece, the metronome track was laid down first, then the the alto / tenor / bass parts, and finally the melody lines & the whistling bits.
Excelente!!! Felicitaciones es bellísimo.
woooohooooo!!!!!!! Julien, the video is great!!!!
It's been great working on this collab with the two of you!
And... I'm ready for the next project ;-)
Wow!! I can only say I'm pretty amazed by you guys!!
Never heard anything from you before but I love acapella music and I searched for this wonderful song! Couldn't resist to check it out and I wouldn't have thought it could be as great as it was!!!
A m a z i n g!!!!
It's actually on my BandCamp page now: the link is in the video description, where it says "DOWNLOAD MY SONGS".
Aww man, I'm doing this song in choir now, and this sounds like almost the exact same arrangement. Very useful, and also very talented!