LOGIC SESSION BREAKDOWN: "Moon River"

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  • Опубликовано: 9 дек 2019
  • Jacob Collier breaks down the logic session of his GRAMMY winning arrangement of Moon River.
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  • @akowalz
    @akowalz 4 года назад +6072

    “That’s such a nice thing to do to a root, give it a fifth to be friends with”. Jacob Collier is the Bob Ross of harmony, confirmed.

    • @kentosalazar
      @kentosalazar 4 года назад +28

      akowalz bob ross of music

    • @casscrockett1630
      @casscrockett1630 4 года назад +75

      WAIT. I LITERALLY TEXTED MY FRIEND THIS LIKE 5 MINUTES AGO ALMOST WORD FOR WORD. ITS OFFICIAL

    • @stasia5463
      @stasia5463 4 года назад +3

      ❤️🥺

    • @verystrongchild
      @verystrongchild 4 года назад +1

      why are you even suprised lol

    • @KiermacGames
      @KiermacGames 4 года назад +2

      This made me laugh way harder than I thought it would😂

  • @CircoSalvona
    @CircoSalvona 4 года назад +3925

    "I like to change key sometimes."
    Jacob Collier, 2019

    • @tremen151
      @tremen151 4 года назад +91

      understatement of the decade lol

    • @anteros__
      @anteros__ 4 года назад +8

      @@tremen151 Are my eyes decieving me or is that you, Tremen? Good to see you here!

    • @tremen151
      @tremen151 4 года назад +12

      Anteros _ hey I’ve been recognized in the wild! Also why wouldn’t I be here, Jacob Collier is a genius

    • @iliatilev
      @iliatilev 4 года назад +1

      😂

    • @adamgattis3749
      @adamgattis3749 4 года назад +12

      In one of his masterclasses somewhere on youtube he says "I have a tendency to change chords sometimes"

  • @Chestnut-xm2pv
    @Chestnut-xm2pv 4 года назад +915

    "I would sing a note that I wish was in the chord".
    ~ Jacob Collier
    This quote won my like.

    • @sharbux
      @sharbux 3 года назад +7

      This quote .... story of my childhood.
      Oh to have this kind of equipment easily accessible 25 years ago like it is today.

    • @SparklesNJazz
      @SparklesNJazz 2 года назад +5

      hahaha when he said that i screamed YOU’RE SUCH A NERD
      but also, same. respect. lol

    • @AstorSkywalker
      @AstorSkywalker 4 месяца назад +1

      20:00

  • @jakeharvey3582
    @jakeharvey3582 4 года назад +404

    “Someone went and captured the Notre Dame as a space, and I filled it with moons.” I'm pretty sure that's one of the coolest sentences ever spoken

  • @sarahlikestoread
    @sarahlikestoread 4 года назад +5388

    i love how he casually just said “chris martin, hes my friend, hes in a band called coldplay”

    • @alejandrom.4680
      @alejandrom.4680 4 года назад +147

      sarah elizabeth I mean, at this point he is a celebrity, you know

    • @DCPhoto
      @DCPhoto 4 года назад +92

      When I first saw this comment I kinda thought that he was going to just mention Chris, not actually FEATURE HIM.

    • @Anomatron
      @Anomatron 4 года назад +140

      Man I don't think people in the comments really appreciate the people who sent him the moon clips; every single person he named is an incredible musician from their own well-known music group. I'm seriously astounded; at a first glance it just seems like random people, but in reality it's Quincy Jones, Hans Zimmer and Herbie Hancock. It's crazy.

    • @AndyLowe-net
      @AndyLowe-net 4 года назад +65

      @@Anomatron why would you assume that other people 'in the comments' don't appreciate these people? I don't think many people watching Jacob Collier videos haven't heard of Quincy Jones, Hans Zimmer and Herbie Hancock etc

    • @danialdennison9545
      @danialdennison9545 4 года назад +17

      @@Anomatron ya man u not special, in fact, u named all the normies of the bunch

  • @asmunddahlin1603
    @asmunddahlin1603 4 года назад +2897

    Learning music by watching Jacob Collier is like learning to drive a car by watching Formula 1 racing

    • @CH4NNELZERO
      @CH4NNELZERO 3 года назад +137

      So true. Unless you're already at that elite level you aren't really learning anything that's directly useful. It's more like you're being inspired or amazed that these higher levels exist.

    • @chippchipp1
      @chippchipp1 3 года назад +82

      More like learning to drive a car by watching Han Solo fly the Millennium Falcon

    • @TenorPhan23
      @TenorPhan23 3 года назад +9

      Sorry did someone say formula 1👀

    • @pedrosilvaproductions
      @pedrosilvaproductions 3 года назад +4

      @@TenorPhan23 Bet you he would learn a lot on how to drive with Kimi

    • @christian53050
      @christian53050 3 года назад

      Well put...

  • @reid1967
    @reid1967 4 года назад +939

    When I see an accomplished musician it's like looking at someone on a high mountain; I can see how, given enough effort and time I could get up there. When I see someone like Jacob Collier its like looking at someone sitting on a cloud; I have simply no idea how to get there.

    • @juangimenez3129
      @juangimenez3129 3 года назад +50

      What a great metaphor! I dig it...

    • @sierramolinary
      @sierramolinary 3 года назад +25

      i reckon that was perfectly said

    • @SeanVedell
      @SeanVedell 2 года назад +25

      Couldn’t agree more. We are witnessing genius and it is a privilege.

    • @reid1967
      @reid1967 2 года назад +4

      @@QalinaCom omg, fixed now

    • @fairyqueengee
      @fairyqueengee 2 года назад +8

      This is the best explanation of what I also feel.

  • @valkzh767
    @valkzh767 4 года назад +400

    i just spent an hour and 37 minutes watching a man wearing a wizard hat explain the breakdowns of a song that he is madly crazed and in love with and *i dont regret a single millisecond.*

    • @QalinaCom
      @QalinaCom 2 года назад +11

      you didn't watch the whole thing, cos he takes the hat off LOL

    • @taliesinmusic
      @taliesinmusic 2 года назад +1

      *you mean a nanosecond*

    • @Sammy71ful
      @Sammy71ful Год назад +1

      I mean, he IS a wizard.

  • @leftclot
    @leftclot 4 года назад +3288

    Imagine all the different locks in his home with the way he keeps changing keys

  • @mlln_official
    @mlln_official 4 года назад +2038

    The fact that he shows us everything he's thinking is seriously inspiring

    • @rondaroth5454
      @rondaroth5454 4 года назад +1

      Little less conversation,little more action[sang,Elvis]

    • @dylandecker_music
      @dylandecker_music 4 года назад +7

      1:00:45 Yes, Jacob, thank you for this vision that you have given all of us to see music in an entirely different lens.

    • @melaniejackson-cracchiolo356
      @melaniejackson-cracchiolo356 3 года назад +10

      Really, he is being so incredibly generous letting us into his thought processes for music writing, performing, and recording

    • @achenarmyst2156
      @achenarmyst2156 3 года назад +10

      „Do things on your own term, do things in your own time, do things for yourself, and give everything away“ JC Grammy speech 2020

  • @yellowsweatshirtgaming1033
    @yellowsweatshirtgaming1033 4 года назад +630

    It seems like he's rediscovering his own music sometimes, and it's a childlike wonder. I love this man.

  • @knockoffairpods4524
    @knockoffairpods4524 4 года назад +376

    This. This is why he won a Grammy for this song.

    • @daniell5856
      @daniell5856 3 года назад +64

      The Grammy was honoured that he won it

    • @wallymcguire2033
      @wallymcguire2033 3 года назад +22

      I’m glad he made this video because I can appreciate the talent that went into the song much more now.

    • @robinfisher3299
      @robinfisher3299 Год назад

      Gifa

  • @saberlazer43
    @saberlazer43 4 года назад +2012

    Somebody: *makes joke*
    Jacob: *laughs in Dmaj7

    • @atirkahn
      @atirkahn 4 года назад +95

      Vltra Vlogs D half sharp* maj7
      With a hint of added #11 & #15

    • @nathanielsaxe3049
      @nathanielsaxe3049 4 года назад +58

      D F# A C#
      ha ha ha ha

    • @ItsDextrin
      @ItsDextrin 4 года назад +22

      Then Laughs in D lydian

    • @saxombie8614
      @saxombie8614 4 года назад +4

      Plus C7

    • @wizard1370
      @wizard1370 4 года назад +10

      Laughs a 1/1-5/4-3/2-7/4 where D=1/1 (just intonation version)

  • @beng2617
    @beng2617 4 года назад +687

    "If you ever send a moon to someone, do it with a crossfade."
    Thanks Jacob, I'll keep that in mind

  • @byzaantine
    @byzaantine 3 года назад +181

    1:35:48 "I'm going on tour next year!"
    -Jacob Collier, 2019.

    • @jazzyboyem7b569
      @jazzyboyem7b569 3 года назад +6

      aw not anymore 🥺
      he is going on tour as soon as safely possible, though.
      edit: tour dates were announced!

    • @liamouziel211
      @liamouziel211 2 года назад

      Pure evil

    • @evanmooseker4744
      @evanmooseker4744 2 года назад

      “Top ten moments before disaster”

  • @dafingaz
    @dafingaz 4 года назад +265

    Jacob: "I sat here for a week and I didn't leave the room." Imagine the stuff he's making right now!!!!!!

  • @CUBOSH
    @CUBOSH 4 года назад +1478

    basically every 10 seconds of the whole video theres a life changing lesson for any musician to absorb

    • @dylandecker_music
      @dylandecker_music 4 года назад +25

      That means every second of this arrangement has that.

    • @throwsand2
      @throwsand2 4 года назад +28

      absolutely. the lesson is - don't oversaturate your music. less is more.

    • @JabariMore
      @JabariMore 4 года назад +46

      Randy Price the lesson is the music is actually amazing for his specific audience. If you don’t like it then you don’t. Nobody can force you to like it but this is impressive, technically amazing and actually very inspiring. They way he “over saturates” his music is absolutely amazing and the specifics of it are purely amazing. I feel people just hate on it to hate on it. I see it all the time. You can be one of the most talented musicians on the planet and people will still hate you. You showed that people can still have a distain for technically amazing music that SOUNDS good. That’s absolutely baffling to me.

    • @countdooku75
      @countdooku75 4 года назад +10

      @@JabariMore Hes just envious

    • @LimewaterMusic
      @LimewaterMusic 4 года назад +1

      Randy Price you’re just jealous you could never have this many elements in your track without sounding like garbage... plus you’re white

  • @DionCastroMusic
    @DionCastroMusic 4 года назад +665

    58:03 "that should not be allowed...... and yet, i did it."
    Basically sums up Jacobs entire musical career.

  • @eliwarnock9849
    @eliwarnock9849 3 года назад +106

    This man casually name drops legends like Quincy Jones and Hans Zimmer. Legendary.

  • @MostLikelyMortal
    @MostLikelyMortal 3 года назад +36

    54:20 “you just walked in on me micro-tonalizing” I hate it when that happens

  • @JeiShian
    @JeiShian 4 года назад +730

    45:40 casually singing between justly tuned, Pythagorean and equal tempered thirds.
    Just Jacob things

    • @moritzheinzel815
      @moritzheinzel815 4 года назад +51

      It's just insane, there just seems to be no way anyone could do this and he does it like its nothing.
      After 10 years I will not be able to play the piano the same way after knowing it's not justly tuned, fuck me.

    • @micahsonyt
      @micahsonyt 4 года назад +4

      Moritz Horst 🤣 exactly the fact that his voice and brain are so different and unique is crazy

    • @andytrox
      @andytrox 4 года назад +23

      @@moritzheinzel815 To be fair, you should be happy it isn't justly tuned otherwise you'd be constrained to a single key and everything else would be useless.

    • @j.p.westwater2334
      @j.p.westwater2334 4 года назад

      @@andytrox Yup

    • @MM-vs2et
      @MM-vs2et 4 года назад +11

      Dude is 100% in touch with his voice and pitch, it's like he has a tune knob that he can consciously turn, and sing it.

  • @kevin_dasilva
    @kevin_dasilva 4 года назад +721

    Jacob "I was thinking the other day about chords" Collier

  • @nicolasvivanco9574
    @nicolasvivanco9574 Год назад +53

    29:24 Contrary motion for modulation.
    30:20 Replace a note with the two surrounding notes.
    1:02:28 Fluent movement through key signatures.
    1:05:10 Equal temperament vs. just intonation visualized.

  • @selfiestick1589
    @selfiestick1589 4 года назад +44

    18:31
    "So the notes that feel important are enphasized by adding more Jacobs"
    it surprises me how much sense it makes, with or without context, I mean everything is emphasized by adding Jacobs

  • @zan6585
    @zan6585 4 года назад +366

    “I like to change keys... sometimes. You can quote me on that.”
    -Jacob Collier (2019)

  • @holyflutterofgod
    @holyflutterofgod 4 года назад +742

    40:21 Jacob casually stating "the first thing you need to know about this chord is that it doesn't exist," and then off-the-cuff PROVING that it doesn't exist, then digging into the degrees of cents necessary to achieve it, and then _fist-pumping_ as a means of transitioning into the key of D half-sharp should have been a top ten moment in RUclips Rewind.

    • @zaccameron5446
      @zaccameron5446 4 года назад +9

      YESSS

    • @guiAstorDunc
      @guiAstorDunc 3 года назад +3

      Honestly it’s the one chord that truly feels like it shouldn’t exist on this planet lol

    • @Cr1z4n63L
      @Cr1z4n63L 3 года назад

      Maybe its a Bbsus4(13)?

  • @howtokdj1498
    @howtokdj1498 3 года назад +86

    53:28 *I love how he just playfully composed the Disney intro theme song, without even trying...*
    THIS MAN'S A LEGEND!

    • @zackglickert4495
      @zackglickert4495 Год назад +4

      also at 26:52 it’s joy to the world

    • @isaiahsmith5435
      @isaiahsmith5435 Год назад +4

      Right! The Disney theme is actually and old song called "When You Wish Upon a Star", which is a jazz standard nowadays. The fact that him just throwing stuff down on the keyboard is better than most of the thousands of renditions I've heard is just astonishing.

    • @chris407x
      @chris407x 6 месяцев назад +1

      I am only half an hour into this. What an incredible gift to be able to watch a genius explain what he did and why he did it. Not only is Jacob a rare, musical genius but he is an extremely witty and charming person. He is using his great power to make the world a better place. Thank you.

  • @davidhix2913
    @davidhix2913 3 года назад +29

    I was not expecting to sit on my bed for an hour and watch this whole thing but here we are this was the best RUclips video I’ve ever seen

  • @TheDelahunt
    @TheDelahunt 4 года назад +2785

    "The first thing you need to know about this chord is that it doesnt exist"

    • @yo.poldoo
      @yo.poldoo 4 года назад +60

      D half sharp.

    • @kultw1837
      @kultw1837 4 года назад +9

      That moment 😍

    • @hectorjordan66
      @hectorjordan66 4 года назад +4

      ruclips.net/video/cY0DhushY_0/видео.html

    • @wegriz5570
      @wegriz5570 4 года назад +40

      *laughs in microtonal*

    • @juicywhiteman5850
      @juicywhiteman5850 4 года назад +34

      40:20 for anyone who wants the time stamp

  • @austinmcneill6330
    @austinmcneill6330 4 года назад +922

    okay but can you imagine being one of the people that Jacob Collier just causally texts

  • @rohanmccourt8713
    @rohanmccourt8713 4 года назад +51

    Bloody hell, this is class. A Grammy undermines what thought goes in.

  • @alvarezgamers
    @alvarezgamers 4 года назад +77

    Logic Developers: No one will ever need the new 1000 track feature.
    Jacob: Hold my Logic.....🤯

  • @beeenjammmins
    @beeenjammmins 4 года назад +705

    "You can remove said squeak and remain victorious"
    -Jacob Collier, 2019

    • @graciejoy4777
      @graciejoy4777 4 года назад +3

      beenjammins
      Yes.

    • @Nowhy
      @Nowhy 4 года назад +7

      That quote explains so much because of the choice of the word victorious.

    • @alpine6692
      @alpine6692 3 года назад +5

      It's like musical photoshop.

    • @azeyd7317
      @azeyd7317 3 года назад +1

      BEN JAMMIN In the house?

    • @play3r.wav.
      @play3r.wav. 2 года назад

      that's a new sentence

  • @thomasreid2609
    @thomasreid2609 4 года назад +838

    33:54 Imagine if Jacob didnt get the Grammy for best a capella arrangement because they discovered there are bubbles in moon river 😂

  • @shamardaniel4819
    @shamardaniel4819 2 года назад +32

    30:25 A very interesting harmonic tip I found extremely useful for immediate unique and explorative voicings

  • @ThePortraitArt
    @ThePortraitArt 2 года назад +110

    how crazy we get stuff like this, for free. I love the details, especially when he discusses certain details like the two dynamic ways the DAW plugin generate the same note sound. And the difference is miniscule. I consider myself having a decent ear and can barely tell the difference. To him it seems like it might be night and day. I can relate to this to some degree in my craft (not suggesting respectively we are anywhere close at same level, I can't see the bottom of his shoe). But u do become more sensitive in your own craft if you spend enough time on it.
    He is using very simple colloquial terms to speaking about the process since it's a public stream and I can barely keep up with it at all. truly next level.

    • @milanstevic8424
      @milanstevic8424 9 месяцев назад

      I am a hardcore music amateur, and I will probably sound pretentious, but the difference is not miniscule.
      I understand every little thing he did here, he's just completely meta and doesn't find doing everything by hand and ear as tiresome as I do. I ended up being a programmer, I don't really enjoy repetitiveness, though I'm quite dexterous.
      This comes from someone who couldn't purse music in life solely because of inconsistent hearing that largely depends on air pressure and humidity, and if I'd listen a pretty good track on a bad day, I would destroy it out of spite and lose interest, because I can't hear the goodness in it any more. This would inevitably spiral down until I lost all interest in music except as a hobby, though I've persisted more in some tracks where rhythm played a larger role, however the harmony is what is really fascinating to me, because I seem to have a keen perception of microtonalities, and also the way of playing music in my head is based on absolute hearing and I can always tell the tiniest discrepancies.
      And who knows maybe I'm actually a musical genius, but wasn't very lucky or recognized. I can't really play any instrument like Jacob and my theoretical knowledge is basic at best. Still the difference is not miniscule for me, it is incredibly huge, and Jacob's now helping us move out from the quantization hole we've dug ourselves into.
      All this being said, I truly appreciate Jacob and his work, but I actually don't like his music. He's a good craftsman, and a brilliant mind, but he's more of a classical composer, in a sense of doing it for the entertainment of people who thought they couldn't be surprised and are willing to praise the young master. It's a technical and intellectual surprise (and enterprise), virtuosity, embellishment, that kind of thing, not really a well-balanced, well-grounded storyline, to which ordinary humans can innately and passively connect.

    • @ThePortraitArt
      @ThePortraitArt 9 месяцев назад

      Thank you for your thoughtful insight and experience. Music is out of my lane but something I always want to explorer, recently start to play around with FL studio hehe.@@milanstevic8424

  • @vincentpenschke500
    @vincentpenschke500 4 года назад +286

    25:34 "wherever there was a silence to be breathed in, i brathe in it" - Jacob Collier

    • @michelleshaheen767
      @michelleshaheen767 4 года назад +14

      Vincent Penschke this was literally the funniest word I think he has ever said.

    • @jet-ew2eg
      @jet-ew2eg 4 года назад +6

      "And uh, yeah, that's what I did"

    • @tellikakneezusthethird4898
      @tellikakneezusthethird4898 4 года назад +9

      "That's the last thing I did. I breathed everywhere"

  • @PMillan
    @PMillan 4 года назад +1218

    Wait... Hans Zimmer sent him a "moooooooon"? Holy...

    • @elinemay
      @elinemay 4 года назад +218

      So he TEXTED Hans Zimmer.....

    • @PMillan
      @PMillan 4 года назад +144

      @@elinemay AND Hans responded him back...

    • @severinruschsr
      @severinruschsr 4 года назад +96

      well yeah... thats cool i guess. but i mean... CORY HENRY sent him a moon

    • @Leo-mu8kn
      @Leo-mu8kn 4 года назад +58

      @@severinruschsr Herbie Hancock sent him one lmao

    • @WizardOfArc
      @WizardOfArc 4 года назад +16

      And I think he did it with throat singing

  • @fatguy338
    @fatguy338 4 года назад +340

    Hey Jacob! There's a bunch of comments comparing you to Bob Ross in this video, I was wondering, would you ever do a "compose along" session, where you make something in Logic in real time with the intent for people to make something along with you? I'm not sure exactly how it would work but I think it could be beautiful.

    • @notpresobama1553
      @notpresobama1553 3 года назад +7

      Your wish has come true! ;))

    • @eliaswren
      @eliaswren 3 года назад

      @@notpresobama1553 wait did he do something like this?

    • @notpresobama1553
      @notpresobama1553 3 года назад +5

      @@eliaswren yupp you can search “jacob collier song creation tiktok” on youtube to find it 👌

    • @jesusgst
      @jesusgst 2 года назад

      @@notpresobama1553 Wait did he!?

    • @finleytobinjones
      @finleytobinjones 2 года назад

      yesss this one’s great check it out!
      ruclips.net/video/cvKY5L9C4Ek/видео.html

  • @theaddmeister436
    @theaddmeister436 3 года назад +63

    48:07
    Jacob: “You’d expect like a C # half finished... wouldn’t you?”
    Me: “Duh of course we would expect a C # half diminished.”

  • @jessebout3093
    @jessebout3093 4 года назад +1389

    My brain is crashing watching this, not sure how your computer survived.

    • @danielespatara6332
      @danielespatara6332 4 года назад +56

      132 Gb RAM

    • @puliso1749
      @puliso1749 4 года назад +52

      it's so obvious that his computer went to the gym

    • @davidburt3512
      @davidburt3512 4 года назад +48

      its actually mostly audio files so it wont be too stressful on the comp. If it was a bunch of VSTs though it would crash instantly haha

    • @Oli420X
      @Oli420X 4 года назад +7

      Its a mac I think too, what the fuck - pretty sure its record breaking stuff

    •  4 года назад +3

      Jesse Bout i bet he has a cheese grater hahaha. Yea Jacob can you share to us what computer you’re using? Not that we can max it out like you do but, we’d love to know what’s reliable for you

  • @Dabro1010
    @Dabro1010 4 года назад +515

    I imagine Jacob has 15 tracks layered just for silence

    • @caryshooper8072
      @caryshooper8072 4 года назад +21

      Have you seen him listing all the types of silence? It’s really cool!

    • @lupito6185
      @lupito6185 4 года назад

      @@caryshooper8072 pockets

    • @goodnightosaka
      @goodnightosaka 3 года назад +3

      @@caryshooper8072 where can i find this

    • @caryshooper8072
      @caryshooper8072 3 года назад +5

      It’s in his Interview with June Lee (part 3) at like 28 mins

    • @arcioko2142
      @arcioko2142 3 года назад +1

      1:29:44 he actually has, look carefully at the bottom, not 15 but some

  • @philippm.148
    @philippm.148 4 года назад +52

    We are witness to the next Mozart/Bach/“whatever musical genius you
    want to compare him to” being alive and sharing his work... 🤯 This is by far the most incredibly amazing, awe-inspiring thing I have ever seen... un! be! lievable!

    • @ErnestoMaldonadoTeran
      @ErnestoMaldonadoTeran 2 года назад +3

      I just heard of Jacob Collier looking for songs to test a new headphone, immediately though this kid is going to be the 21st century Mozart!

  • @markymark9516
    @markymark9516 3 года назад +13

    everyone's texture on just "moon" makes me realize the deep musicality that exists within EACH of or voices. Jacob I salute you to constantly catching me off guard with your inspiration.

  • @owensmusicalmisadventures2312
    @owensmusicalmisadventures2312 4 года назад +689

    Imagine being Jacob Collier's artist of the decade

  • @amandazehr4523
    @amandazehr4523 4 года назад +161

    54:23 "Oh, you just walked in on me microtonalizing!"😂

  • @Prismac
    @Prismac 6 месяцев назад +3

    how does this guy even exist? unreal talent

  • @demazy
    @demazy 2 года назад +32

    1:14:23 I can’t wait for you to explore more those gospel, darker moods. They sound so optimized and pure and go straight where it feels good to hear them. That’s where I personally find richness and depth to the story that is being told. When the set of emotions are mixed, tangled, undecided, bitter, grief are giving death to the song. Looking forward to the older Jacob that has lived more rodeos. I dig the song and your approach and surprised for my non-educated ears that everything I’ve heard is revolutionary in its harmonizations where it felt logic to my ears. Rules, habits and the lack of exploration is a dry well.

  • @marek.p
    @marek.p 4 года назад +1349

    Apple: introducing the new Mac Pro with a 28 core processor and 1,5 TB of RAM
    Jacob: so I made a song with ten thousand tracks

    • @lucidlake2399
      @lucidlake2399 4 года назад +35

      Jacob exploring the limits of computers

    • @ypfilmz2776
      @ypfilmz2776 4 года назад +4

      Marek Prudil 😂

    • @Chasenwajaé
      @Chasenwajaé 4 года назад +11

      Does anyone know his actual computer specs?

    • @franckdebank
      @franckdebank 4 года назад +16

      @@Chasenwajaé At the end he's talking about 128 Gb of RAM...

    • @zionjaymes4415
      @zionjaymes4415 4 года назад +7

      @@Chasenwajaé I bet that it's a hackintosh. He says that his friend built him the computer at the end.

  • @112BALAGE112
    @112BALAGE112 4 года назад +281

    It's not often that we get to see into the mind of such an unparalleled musical genius.

    • @torreyyyy
      @torreyyyy 4 года назад +12

      for free too! he's so nice

    • @achenarmyst2156
      @achenarmyst2156 3 года назад +1

      „Do things on your own term, do things in your own time, do things for yourself, and give everything away“. JC Grammy speech 2020

  • @matankesselman456
    @matankesselman456 4 года назад +296

    Jacob: Makes a super complex song with a billion tracks.
    Me with my ten tracks and repetitive af chord progression: 👁️👄👁️

    • @itsyoboii3197
      @itsyoboii3197 4 года назад +18

      Me with 8 tracks cuz ableton lite only 8 tracks :😐

    • @CamKnoppMusic
      @CamKnoppMusic 4 года назад +11

      More complex doesn't mean better tho. Many of the most famous songs ever are relatively simple and not many tracks.

    • @Nomorepheasant
      @Nomorepheasant 3 года назад +6

      @@CamKnoppMusic they are also boring

    • @meeek2
      @meeek2 2 года назад +6

      the most complex songs never become the most famous unfortunately, despite taking so much effort and sounding so good

    • @SparklesNJazz
      @SparklesNJazz 2 года назад +9

      i agree with all here.
      sometimes the greatest songs are simple bcuz the melody alone is so solid and well written, or because it has a great groove or funky bass line.
      some songs are great and extremely complex. these are harder to come by, though, because complexity can be easily done wrong. jacob collier has some incredible songs that are both complex and well written, but complex does NOT equal well written.
      point being, it depends. simple does not equal great, complex does not equal great
      edit: also, many popular songs are also simple and horrible written

  • @josephkabi1229
    @josephkabi1229 3 года назад +38

    Let's take a moment of silence for those who still don't know that this man & masterpiece exist ...

  • @odilf_
    @odilf_ 4 года назад +240

    Love the part at 58:00
    “You could describe it as a maj7#9#5,
    but why would you do that?”

  • @lilyrapoza8573
    @lilyrapoza8573 4 года назад +120

    He describes things in a way that makes complete sense, and makes me feel smart, which completely juxtaposes with the insanity that is moon river. My hero.

  • @sartoriusrock
    @sartoriusrock 4 года назад +21

    "If you ever send a moon to somebody, do it with a crossfade"
    - Jacob Collier, 2019

  • @ObvsCam93
    @ObvsCam93 4 года назад +17

    Every time I listen to this guy I learn something new. He's a serious genius.

  • @discflame
    @discflame 4 года назад +697

    1.5 hours of secret chord trickery your music theory professors are too scared to teach you

    • @Relflow
      @Relflow 4 года назад +27

      Music Theorists hate him!
      Learn how to justly tune your chords...

    • @ipodanubis12
      @ipodanubis12 4 года назад

      M my. M MB Mann. Mnnnnm mmm man m mmmn

    • @Nowhy
      @Nowhy 4 года назад +7

      @@Relflow hate? Nah theorists don't hate, they envy who they admire.

    • @badoem5353
      @badoem5353 3 года назад +1

      @@Nowhy you mean pettynes? ☺️

    • @melaniejackson-cracchiolo356
      @melaniejackson-cracchiolo356 3 года назад

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @zsigmondkara
    @zsigmondkara 4 года назад +761

    Marvel: Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history.
    Jacob: Hold my moon.

  • @iidaemiliaa
    @iidaemiliaa 4 года назад +36

    I understand nothing about music and I am still so happy to listen to him all 1,5 hours :D This is so cool!

  • @SparklesNJazz
    @SparklesNJazz 2 года назад +23

    i do not even come close to being remotely in the same world of genius jacob is when he is simply sleeping, but i can relate to him. i love finding something that sounds cool randomly or through improv. i get that same sense of excitement. sometimes i get a weird high off making my own music. i’m glad there are other weirdos out there like me lmao. i just wish i was even remotely as intelligent theoretically as he is

  • @stukennedy195
    @stukennedy195 4 года назад +606

    “I was thinking the other day about chords ... and I realised a thing ...”: the entire musical world stops breathing in anticipation of learning something totally new.

    • @Nowhy
      @Nowhy 4 года назад +2

      The concept of something totally new has no place in music, it has its place in selling music ( about which a true artist never cares about).

    • @stukennedy195
      @stukennedy195 4 года назад +64

      Nowhy sorry I don’t agree, we can all learn something new. He wasn’t claiming he had invented something totally new. But something he has discovered, understood and is able to communicate to those of us willing to learn some tips and tricks when composing.
      However even saying that, composers are pushing the boundaries all the time and innovating new and fresh approaches to music, some will stick most won’t ... but the idea that we have arrived at musical completion and nothing can be learned is not a good place to be I would suggest.
      Additionally, our western music is learning from other cultures more and more adding more colour, texture and diversity to our western styles ... I believe these are all good things.

    • @troll7589
      @troll7589 4 года назад +5

      @@Nowhy words newer spoken by a great musician.

  • @michaelbayron
    @michaelbayron 4 года назад +131

    It's so refreshing to hear music taught in such a way that's not just theoretical, but to see it as a fabric, and art that flows and dances and something that's alive.

  • @danielcohn6884
    @danielcohn6884 4 года назад +83

    The whole crazy ascending end section starting at 1:11:17 is literally a DMT trip/the circle of existence as an organic lifeform captured in harmony. The "Huckleberry Fin" as familiar faces from across the seas of life, deja vu, finding yourself anew in a place you've been before, birth, rebirth... He uses words like these throughout to describe what's happening musically. Not saying Jacob smokes DMT, but his musical/harmonic genius has allowed him to stumble on equivalent realizations.

  • @kiverismusic
    @kiverismusic 5 месяцев назад +2

    first time I heard this arrangement was the first time I've ever been moved to tears by a song.

  • @newpianotutorials
    @newpianotutorials 4 года назад +1681

    Meanwhile mine struggles with 20 tracks ...

    • @brendenbaughman662
      @brendenbaughman662 3 года назад +126

      You know that mac is decked tf out with like 360 GB of RAM and a processor he got from an annunaki mothership

    • @omeismordaunt6224
      @omeismordaunt6224 3 года назад +28

      I get cpu issues with 7

    • @emanueld9295
      @emanueld9295 3 года назад +1

      @@omeismordaunt6224 hahahaha

    • @totigerus
      @totigerus 3 года назад +9

      Wow! I thought I had it bad with my 40 track studders!

    • @jacobolson9650
      @jacobolson9650 3 года назад +5

      @@brendenbaughman662
      Wait, seriously? 360 GB of RAM?
      That’s insane...
      Love the profile pic btw. Hiatus Kaiyote is dope.

  • @dylancleverdon486
    @dylancleverdon486 4 года назад +174

    "so somebody went and captured the notre dame, and i filled it with moons"
    -jacob collier discussing his recent jail sentence

    • @jessebout3093
      @jessebout3093 4 года назад +12

      Despicable Me 4: Collier’s Revenge

  • @shorty-music-123
    @shorty-music-123 3 года назад +23

    "The first thing you need to know about this chord is that it doesn't exist." the most Jacobian sentence I've heard all week

  • @chelfyn
    @chelfyn 2 года назад +16

    I've been playing music for 40 years, and I have just learned a dozen new things in the course of this video. JC is the best!

  • @vigilancebrandon3888
    @vigilancebrandon3888 4 года назад +169

    that idea of replacing a note in a chord with the adjacent notes is suuuuuuuper cool. Love it!

    • @ryanjackson5437
      @ryanjackson5437 4 года назад

      Vigilance Brandon when did he talk about this?

    • @vigilancebrandon3888
      @vigilancebrandon3888 4 года назад +9

      @@ryanjackson5437 30:27

    • @torreyyyy
      @torreyyyy 4 года назад

      it really is i never thought abt it!

    • @patdagon2446
      @patdagon2446 4 года назад +2

      Definitely a great tool to help flavor some of my old boring white bread chords. Bring some much needed tension and movement. Thanks Jacob! Now, how to get out of the tension.....well that’s a different story altogether. 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🍌

  • @zp2536
    @zp2536 4 года назад +534

    it took me 3 hours to watch this because i had to stop it every 5 min. to close my eyes, grab my forehead and try to calm myself down.

    • @mackhomie6
      @mackhomie6 4 года назад +31

      did you try whackin' off?

    • @zt3853
      @zt3853 4 года назад +2

      @@mackhomie6 um.

    • @coleozaeta6344
      @coleozaeta6344 4 года назад +3

      ZTAso Well, the OG comment was a bit headass. But still mad respeck on Jacob’s name

    • @zt3853
      @zt3853 4 года назад +1

      Cole Allen fr he’s a genius

    • @jeremy8473
      @jeremy8473 3 года назад +1

      Well, did you try whackin off?

  • @daryl0063
    @daryl0063 9 месяцев назад +5

    To see someone give so much detail to harmonies......it's wonderful. I focus on harmonies as well. You don't hear enough of them and the support of certain chords and such that you pay attention to. This is amazing. Your mind must run a milllion miles a second. It's really hard to sleep but the result is something you feel in your soul.

  • @myemploymentpassport1186
    @myemploymentpassport1186 2 года назад +7

    I knew Danny Williams quite well in the last six years of his life. He had the number one hit in the UK in 1963 of Moon River and always sang it in the original key Eflat. I think he's watching this video from heaven with the other angels and thanking Jacob with his smile of joy.

  • @dundoderdumme3044
    @dundoderdumme3044 4 года назад +488

    If this does not win the grammy I will be in the streets, protesting!

    • @daviddotorg
      @daviddotorg 4 года назад +7

      amen

    • @ramyakil9283
      @ramyakil9283 4 года назад +6

      I'll be joining

    • @tmjohnson12051989
      @tmjohnson12051989 4 года назад +17

      I’ll be simply amazed if he doesn’t win for best arrangement. You And I (deservedly) won in the same category and Moon River feels an entire level beyond in terms of virtuosity.

    • @dundoderdumme3044
      @dundoderdumme3044 4 года назад

      @Sam Yaza I agree. Then I shall protest the institution "Grammys" itself!

    • @josephinelee9270
      @josephinelee9270 4 года назад +9

      well you don't have to protest now!!

  • @Jamminn555
    @Jamminn555 4 года назад +96

    "I can't play those notes cuz they don't exist."
    Mind-blowing walkthrough of Jacob's absolutely unbelievable PhD-in-Soul-AND-Music-Physics arrangement of Moon River.

  • @homeofcreation
    @homeofcreation 6 месяцев назад +2

    Everything in this video is great but the talk about the (harmonic series in the) organ tones did it for me. Excellent stuff.

  • @singit3630
    @singit3630 4 года назад +8

    So stinking satisfying to hear you break down every deliberate pyramid, swell, breath, that causes me to weep uncontrollably every time I hear this darned song...of COURSE I'd end up here...

  • @cookiemonster3518
    @cookiemonster3518 4 года назад +236

    No one is gonna talk about how he just sends text asking for a moon from hans zimmer and Celine Deion??

    • @isiahbuda9479
      @isiahbuda9479 4 года назад +10

      Cookie Monster I appreciate your Powdered Toast Man profile picture. And no, no one is going to talk about it because we're all "mad jelly" of him.

    • @cookiemonster3518
      @cookiemonster3518 4 года назад +3

      Isiah Buda thank you! I appreciate your acknowledgement of him.

  • @bnf82
    @bnf82 4 года назад +360

    44:41 "I'm not very good at that kind of stuff, you're probably much better."
    No. No. No, we're not...unfortunately.

    • @fatguy338
      @fatguy338 4 года назад +18

      Lol I've actually gotten pretty good at overtones, but I have a bad habit of practicing when my mind wanders and I get funny looks, which is a great way to start conversations so it's not so bad.

    • @NITAMUSIC
      @NITAMUSIC 3 года назад

      Lol exactly🤣

    • @manfredwurst8769
      @manfredwurst8769 3 года назад

      @@fatguy338 Perfect Pitch must be nice
      I wish I had it :(

    • @AcediaIX
      @AcediaIX 3 года назад

      @@manfredwurst8769 same

    • @Magere-Kwark
      @Magere-Kwark 3 года назад +6

      @@manfredwurst8769
      Luckily you don't need perfect pitch to do overtones.
      It's a singing technique that's not too hard to learn but very difficult to master. There are a lot of great videos on how to learn the technique.
      So, good luck I guess.

  • @kang4706
    @kang4706 4 года назад +8

    best part is how much you actually enjoy doing these; you're literally pushing me into one of your sparkling ponds of imaginations

  • @pedrovasconcelosdias8538
    @pedrovasconcelosdias8538 4 года назад +444

    "god knows what this chord is"
    *Plays chord*
    "Of course! It's a classic"
    Proof that Jacob is god

    • @tsg_frank5829
      @tsg_frank5829 3 года назад +5

      Jacob is indeed god

    • @harukomeyers7073
      @harukomeyers7073 3 года назад +19

      It's the secret chord that pleased the lord

    • @luscao8444
      @luscao8444 3 года назад +1

      @@harukomeyers7073 HAHAHA

    • @mytruthslays1303
      @mytruthslays1303 2 года назад +2

      Calm down. Jacob is a master at his craft, he's no God.

    • @minuspi8372
      @minuspi8372 Год назад +5

      @@mytruthslays1303 ever heard of hyperbole?

  • @liamsrussell
    @liamsrussell 4 года назад +51

    found the quote of the year to describe Jacob's magic @1:11:15
    "it's all possible thanks to some very careful Skull-duggery and a lot of heart and soul" -JC

  • @Graufuchs911
    @Graufuchs911 4 года назад +96

    "There is Chris Martin, my friend. He's in a band called Coldplay"
    Yeah... That's a thing I usually say too

  • @dt10825
    @dt10825 4 года назад +14

    The amount of detail you put into this is incredibly inspiring, which is a total understatement and does not do your work enough justice. Thank you Jacob for all that you do!

  • @mattheworam2346
    @mattheworam2346 4 года назад +41

    Jacob: gets Grammy for best acapella
    Also Jacob: this bit isn't acapella

  • @arneperschel
    @arneperschel 4 года назад +144

    I want the internet and Jacob to know that this video is the thing that's got me most excited during the past decade. A 96 minute smile, chills running up and down my spine (dissonant, in contrary motion), laughing out loud, my heart jumping out of my chest.
    And yes, I understand what you mean and it's such a shame that roughly 7.7 billion people cannot delectate this as profoundly as I can. (But at a current human population of 7.75bn, that still leaves 50 million potential profound delectaters, which is more than Bach ever had...)
    I'm so grateful to be alive at the same time as you, Jacob!

    • @kennethyee5161
      @kennethyee5161 4 года назад +14

      Paul Mina Storm Just smoked some Jacob Collier and now my spine is delectating

    • @mackhomie6
      @mackhomie6 4 года назад +5

      you know, Arne actually translates to 'He who enjoys sniffing his own farts more than average'

    • @Niqisax
      @Niqisax 4 года назад

      AMEN

    • @therainman7777
      @therainman7777 Год назад

      @@mackhomie6 😂

    • @therainman7777
      @therainman7777 Год назад

      If you ever catch yourself typing (or saying) “7.7 billion people cannot delectate this as profoundly as I can,” you need to stop and ask yourself, “Am I being a huge tool right now?”

  • @williamrice5607
    @williamrice5607 4 года назад +197

    This man works way too damn hard NOT to get Grammy's every year.

    • @wilberforce95
      @wilberforce95 4 года назад +9

      and then he gets nominated and just goes, "the Grammy's don't mean much." smh

    • @dylandecker_music
      @dylandecker_music 4 года назад +3

      @@wilberforce95 They do when he gets them because he deserves them more than anyone else.

  • @MrMischelito
    @MrMischelito 2 года назад +3

    Someone captured the Notre Dame as a space and I filled it with Moons.
    Lovely

  • @nicovilches8225
    @nicovilches8225 4 года назад +5

    I’ve learned so much about composition, arranging, and production from watching these break downs. Thank you for sharing your process. You are MASSIVELY inspirational

  • @kais-music
    @kais-music 4 года назад +149

    so you mean to tell me I just got mooned by 151 different artists?

  • @FilipeSalgueiroo
    @FilipeSalgueiroo 4 года назад +35

    The fact that he is playing G half sharp while singing a perfectly intonated B and then showing that the B on a piano is 14 cents off just blows my mind!

  • @wearethegraes
    @wearethegraes 3 года назад +11

    if I had this mans mind, I’d literally never finish any music, whatsoever. the “ideas” are endless. how does he just ✨PICK ONE✨

  • @Ted783
    @Ted783 4 года назад +11

    What a lesson in e-music. Worth at least 2 semester credits. Rock on, JC!

  • @AustinSchargorodski
    @AustinSchargorodski 4 года назад +20

    "I went through and just breathed...everywhere. Wherever there was a silence to be breathed in, I breathed in it."
    Jacob Collier, 2019

  • @ParisChristianne
    @ParisChristianne 4 года назад +51

    "we are now entering into the key of D half sharp" I laughed out loud at that one

  • @bdstudios6088
    @bdstudios6088 2 года назад +5

    no words. just so glad jacob could share something he had so much fun making with the world

  • @jerrick.warren
    @jerrick.warren 4 года назад +6

    I love watching this... as an oakwood alum.. I'm super proud of my school and colleagues.

  • @acapellascience
    @acapellascience 4 года назад +232

    What a gift. Thanks Jacob!

    • @WilliamAiken
      @WilliamAiken 4 года назад

      acapellascience I keep finding your comments on videos I watch! Glad someone has my taste in music. You also commented on a barbershop arrangement

    • @isolation2k913
      @isolation2k913 Год назад

      44:27 44:33 44:42

    • @isolation2k913
      @isolation2k913 Год назад

      @@WilliamAiken 1:18:04 1:18:13

    • @isolation2k913
      @isolation2k913 Год назад

      1:19:30

    • @isolation2k913
      @isolation2k913 Год назад

      @@WilliamAiken 1:26:02

  • @DwindleDwellandDwarf
    @DwindleDwellandDwarf 4 года назад +23

    “If you ever send a moon to someone, make sure you cross fade.” That one was my favorite.

  • @Vidyut_Gore
    @Vidyut_Gore 3 года назад +7

    Jacob Collier is insane in the best possible way. I don't understand Western music much and zero of theory and I watched the whole thing with fascination, understanding nothing, marvelling at everything. So amazing. It FEELS so perfect. This guy resonates with everyone and everything he comes across. His music is an extension of that acceptance...

  • @utha2665
    @utha2665 2 года назад +6

    Jacob is one of those poignant people in our history that changes the way we think, he's a ground breaker and glass ceiling breaker at the same time. Some of the concepts he is exploring is just mind blowing, I haven't seen anyone like him before... and those harmonies, just amazingly beautiful.