***New pinned comment, but there is one below where you can leave your recommendations*** Also watch this before making pitch shifter comments. twitter.com/niceviolinboy/status/1370300260300492801?s=21 SO, just to address a few things: 1) No this is not autotuned. I'm a Bass 2, my natural range goes down to D2-C2, depending on the day. For anything lower than that, I'll get up early in the morning, before drinking water (or ideally hungover..... [tbh it's very on-brand for the whole 'pirate thing']). 2) MORE IMPORTANTLY: ........... I have no idea why my tongue is blue in this. Maybe it's from the colour correction, but I am not half-cow, I promise. Thanks for stopping by (leave a recommendation in the comment reply-thread below)
@Aaron Anderson Thank you, mate! I have more trouble with the high stuff than the bass range. I was a bass in choir, but sang in bands for a few years and tried to work on expanding my range up from there. I use JST gain reduction for my compression. It's normally targeted at heavy metal vocals, but it doesn't change formants. Other than that, I'm using Raum reverb on my bus here. I would implore you to try add something like vocal synth 2 to a standard track and change the formants. It'll sound way more artificial than this. Sometimes, if I want to record lower than this song, for the SUPER bass stuff, I'll record hungover in the morning, which is absolutely 100% cheating. Undeniably. I'm a composer first, so the production is the main focus for me, but if I did use any sort of pitch correction, I'd be open about it. I love the attitude people like Post Malone have have being open with their use of autotune and I wouldn't be ashamed to admit it if I was. Thanks so much for listening!
You do realize this is a song about a Viking dying and sailing to Valhalla right? "Steady Course to The Haven." "Sail to Distant Shores." "Hew many foemen." :-/
What I really love is that this song is actually from Egil's Saga and is Egil's first "poem" that he composed after winning his first fight. Here everyone is, one thousand plus years later, singing beautiful renditions of one of the most famous Viking Sagas and that makes me so happy.
@@AndyRock1 it’s not an effect it’s a technique used by bass vocalists I can do it naturally as well all tho there may be slight auto tune on this I’m not sure
I remember playing this for my kids when they were babies and it helped sooth them (I think the rich, deep tones helped). I learned the lyrics and it's become my nightly lullaby for one of them (she literally won't sleep until I sing it). So thank you for the beautiful cover.
Not versed in singing, but you've got a special something to your voice/singing that makes these shanties hit the ears just right. Love your work, and I hope for the best in your musical career.
@@wailingentity It doesn't sound like an effect but rather a well-executed sub-harmonic technique to hit the lower notes. You should look up Geoff Castellucci's channel and you'll see some of his songs. One, in particular, is the holiday song he did with VoicePlay called "Oogie Boogie" and the last note he sings literally is the lowest note I have ever heard a human sing; zero effects, all talent.
I feel this in my soul. Such a deep connection, I know my ancestors will. I can feel it when you sing, and this song is enough to move my spirit to tears…thank you
This is my kids favorite lullaby, I've sung them both so many songs and this one stuck and is a regular requested one. I have this on repeat some days where I'm not feeling the singing and it's a fan favorite here in my household. Thank you for keeping me sane with a 4 year old and a newborn haha ❤️
Dude, if I actually had a decent mic I could start recording, my range is terrifying, I can go decently high, and I can go damned low, I just wish I had an actual decent mid I could use, but no I have to be poor LOL.
Well done! I'm also starting to appreciating the fact that by keeping your production simple, it allows those who wish to use this for home games of TTRPG's then it can be pure and easier to incorporate.
Beginning: Okay, I can dig this. It's missing a little something in the vowel qualities but that's just me. Clones appear: Woah, okay, never mind all that. If you have a bass voice like you can do whatever you well please and I'll enjoy it to no end.
ColmRMcGuinness You rock any vocal range! You are amazing! Keep up the phenomenal work! A role model to me for sure! I am a country woman, but I love this music and style too!
Wonderful - we owned a sailing yacht for 17 years and were liveaboards for 10 out of these 17. Now I live in a hidden village in the mountains, but listening to a shanty makes me a bit wistful for the the South Pacific and everything “seafary”. Keep up the great work, I think the “Shanty Craze” is great 👍
I am in awe of your talent. When my friend shared your video on Facebook and said "headphones on, volume on max" THIS was not what I was expecting. Looking forward to lots more wonderfulness and my 9 year old say "He's actually pretty good!" which is very high praise coming from him
Наткнулась на этот канал совершенно случайно. Но мне очень нравится. Красавчик. Только уважение к таким талантливым людям. Привет из Казахстана, Алматы 🇰🇿
Nah, I'm not a fan of autotune. It's my normal range. When I'm singing even lower than this, I'll record in the morning, when my voice is at its lowest. Definitely can't hit lower than a C2 afterwards. Thanks for listening!
My man, I just binged a bunch of your videos like these. You are incredible! Your voice sound great, but the track balancing and vocal range really take these over the top. Really great stuff! Thank you for sharing these for the rest of the world to hear.
I swear this is somehow edited with a cg double. I don't know why, I don't know how, but the way his facial muscles move seems so strange. For example the way his brow relaxes at 1:00 (middle guy, as soon as he starts singing "my") is super video-gamey.
So I've been listening to all of your shanties several times each. I love this one in particular so much, I've listened to a couple dozen times and I'm sure many to come. I would love to hear more viking shanties, if you know of any. It's the music I didn't realize how much I loved it. (For context 99% of what I listen to is death core)
Its cool to see how different he forms his mouth to say the words with the higher voice on the left and the bsss voice on the right , great job mr irish man
For some reason when I listen to multiple people singing together, regardless of the song, I get emotional. Your covers cause this to happen very easily.
So I watched this with subtitles on and the lines around 1:11 are great: Sail two distant shores Stand up on the prowl noble buckeye steers daddy Steady course to the haven
This song was a real viking song written by a seven year old. The translation is a little embelished, but makes a better song, as the old norse song, while sounding good in old norse, did not sound good directly translated. Also, do Randy Dandy O
Yeah, this song is from Egil’s Saga. The character (Egil) who sings it is 7, but the man who recorded the entire saga was probably Snorri Sturluson (who was also the man who recorded the Prose Edda)
Here I am sitting, listening to this. It seems like it’s just a song, but halfway through this piece I seemed to hear musical accompaniment. Wonderful singing.
Þat mælti mín móðir, at mér skyldi kaupa fley ok fagrar árar, fara á brott með víkingum, standa upp í stafni, stýra dýrum knerri, halda svá til hafnar hǫggva mann ok annan, hǫggva mann ok annan. I’m so happy he did a Old Norse version of this song. It takes on a completely different tone(granted he did add instruments) my point still stands. It doesn’t even sound like a Sea Shanty. Feels like I was teleported back 1500 years and it’s hauntingly beautiful.
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twitter.com/niceviolinboy/status/1370300260300492801?s=21
SO, just to address a few things:
1) No this is not autotuned. I'm a Bass 2, my natural range goes down to D2-C2, depending on the day. For anything lower than that, I'll get up early in the morning, before drinking water (or ideally hungover..... [tbh it's very on-brand for the whole 'pirate thing']).
2) MORE IMPORTANTLY: ........... I have no idea why my tongue is blue in this. Maybe it's from the colour correction, but I am not half-cow, I promise.
Thanks for stopping by (leave a recommendation in the comment reply-thread below)
Don't worry Colm the blue tongue makes your voice deeper
F'ing brilliant, wish I had 1% of your blue tongue lizard talent.
@Aaron Anderson Thank you, mate! I have more trouble with the high stuff than the bass range. I was a bass in choir, but sang in bands for a few years and tried to work on expanding my range up from there. I use JST gain reduction for my compression. It's normally targeted at heavy metal vocals, but it doesn't change formants. Other than that, I'm using Raum reverb on my bus here. I would implore you to try add something like vocal synth 2 to a standard track and change the formants. It'll sound way more artificial than this.
Sometimes, if I want to record lower than this song, for the SUPER bass stuff, I'll record hungover in the morning, which is absolutely 100% cheating. Undeniably. I'm a composer first, so the production is the main focus for me, but if I did use any sort of pitch correction, I'd be open about it. I love the attitude people like Post Malone have have being open with their use of autotune and I wouldn't be ashamed to admit it if I was.
Thanks so much for listening!
😀 I thought I was seeing things when I saw your 'blue' tongue! I didn't mention it because I was enjoying the eye and ear candy so much! 😘
Oh, nice tah know that y'ar not half-cow, sir! XD
Wow, you did a really great job with this song! Can’t wait to see your channel grow!
Eyy! Thanks, Rachel, can't wait to see your version, today! Love your stuff.
@@ColmRMcGuinness i just watched hers after this and bruh, i can only immagine your voices together
@@jamesramon2057 Saw it too, it's dope! The harmonies in this are no picnic to figure out. Absolutely killed it!
@@ColmRMcGuinness Ayyyy I would be down to collaborate any day
@@RachelHardy Mate, 100%! I'll message you on twitter
Everyone else: Hey Colm, what exactly is your vocal range?
Colm: Range? What's that?
FR
I have a vocal range of ~80-500 hz... this man has .0005 hz to 10000000 hz
What’s your range?
All of it.
i didn't have a beard before listening to this
Ah ah that’s a good one 🤣🤣🤣
I'm in I guess lmao
I'm 13 and now I also have a beard
I can wield Mjolnir after listening to this song
You win the Internet today!
It was nice, and then the fucking bass/baritone kicked in and holy shit did it sound heavenly
Yeah went kinda metal at that point could have followed up with drums and guitar.
Jesus loves you. Repent and be baptized
@@nikobryant5253 ?
@@nikobryant5253 And may God's love be with You too, brother.
@@nikobryant5253 😐
Good job!!!
Feckin' hell, cheers mate!
You did an amazing job on those witcher songs
I bet you get this super often, but you look like jacksepticeye. Like just like him! You also have a amazing voice.
@@bonkyouded Literally have never gotten that before, hahaha
@@ColmRMcGuinness it was more directed towards Dan Vasc xD
This song makes me wanna buy a gallie with good ores and sail to distant shores
But will you stand up high on the prow
On the noble barque you stear?
Take ma money 💰 💰
You do realize this is a song about a Viking dying and sailing to Valhalla right?
"Steady Course to The Haven."
"Sail to Distant Shores."
"Hew many foemen."
:-/
@@AflacMan13 Victory or Vallhalla
Galley, not gallie. Oars, not ores
It's a rare and MAGICAL thing when someone can just sing and you can almost feel the musical instruments 🎼 even though there isn't any!
What I really love is that this song is actually from Egil's Saga and is Egil's first "poem" that he composed after winning his first fight. Here everyone is, one thousand plus years later, singing beautiful renditions of one of the most famous Viking Sagas and that makes me so happy.
The deep voice did things to me and I’m not complaining at all
Kinda sounds like Kratos.
@ALph4
B O Y
It's a voice effect, but sounds cool
@@AndyRock1 it’s not an effect it’s a technique used by bass vocalists I can do it naturally as well all tho there may be slight auto tune on this I’m not sure
am I the only one who feels like raiding an English monastery now?
nope, im english and i’ll help you
I'll row the boat
I’m with ya, let’s go!!
Where we meeting up? I’m in!
Wait for me
I remember playing this for my kids when they were babies and it helped sooth them (I think the rich, deep tones helped). I learned the lyrics and it's become my nightly lullaby for one of them (she literally won't sleep until I sing it). So thank you for the beautiful cover.
Friars at Lindisfarne: "Why do I hear boss music?"
OH MY GOD 🤣🤣
Lindisfarne..793 AD...that intro
spotify
Leave a recommendation of what shanty you'd like to hear!
Saw this a while back: David Coffin - "Roll the Old Chariot", you can have some good fun with it surely!
Randy Dandy Oh would be amazing with your voice
@@hewhoisme4343 watch this space...
I'd love to hear you sing Sugar in the Hold, it's got such a cheerful rolling chorus.
Barnacle Bill the Sailor but the adult version is hilarious
Listened to this in the car. Got pulled over because I didn’t notice my car suddenly had sails and canons out the back windows
Not versed in singing, but you've got a special something to your voice/singing that makes these shanties hit the ears just right. Love your work, and I hope for the best in your musical career.
Thanks so much!
He sings them in the way they supposed to sound. But they aren't "shanties"
That bass voice is incredible, I have watched this so many times and I can’t get over that voice.
Wow, now this is a man with a voice deeper than Marianas trench.
not as deep as Corpse
It is a sound effect.
@@wailingentity It doesn't sound like an effect but rather a well-executed sub-harmonic technique to hit the lower notes. You should look up Geoff Castellucci's channel and you'll see some of his songs. One, in particular, is the holiday song he did with VoicePlay called "Oogie Boogie" and the last note he sings literally is the lowest note I have ever heard a human sing; zero effects, all talent.
@@christianchamp2002 Swear he had to sell something to get that voice though. XD That final note scared me the first time hearing it! lol
@@wailingentity He commented that it’s his actual vocal range.
I feel this in my soul. Such a deep connection, I know my ancestors will. I can feel it when you sing, and this song is enough to move my spirit to tears…thank you
Those minor harmonies on the "Hew many foe-men" lines are awesome
Best yt recommendation I ever got. It's almost midnight and here I'm, listening to this song again and again almost 30 mins. Amazing!
I'm amazed by the highs and lows that you can hit. Great job as always.
Called autotune
@Lucas Inglat Yeah, I was unable to listen to it for more than 30 seconds.
Brilliant cover! Really hits the heart, if you know what I mean?
Cheers, mate!!
I might, "If I Had a Heart".
Repent
Didnt expect to see a fellow ape but ya never mind this makes sense
This is my kids favorite lullaby, I've sung them both so many songs and this one stuck and is a regular requested one. I have this on repeat some days where I'm not feeling the singing and it's a fan favorite here in my household. Thank you for keeping me sane with a 4 year old and a newborn haha ❤️
It's kind of amazing how many gruesome dark songs actually make beautiful lullabies.
@@junbh2 absolutely hahahs
Same! They graduated to asking for the RUclips version now lol
Hooray for the Baritones; coming for the Tenors AND the Basses.
Dude, if I actually had a decent mic I could start recording, my range is terrifying, I can go decently high, and I can go damned low, I just wish I had an actual decent mid I could use, but no I have to be poor LOL.
cannot lie, listening to this has me almost in tears with chills up my spine. 100/10 major props to you my dude.
Wow that harmony! Unreal! I get goosebumps each time I listen to it. Well done.
I love the echo that he used. It makes me feel like I’m listening to a Viking chief singing in a large, torch lit cave
What a range!! Never heard this song before, I love it
Well done! I'm also starting to appreciating the fact that by keeping your production simple, it allows those who wish to use this for home games of TTRPG's then it can be pure and easier to incorporate.
I can't stop to hear your voice. It makes me dreaming about unknown countries and my mamories about my time in ireland. Thank you so much:-)
I have no idea what's going on with the harmonies in this.
I just know I love it.
Yeah, they took ages to pick out. Love the slight dissonances. Those Scandinavians don't mess around!
Just wonderful!!
Beginning: Okay, I can dig this. It's missing a little something in the vowel qualities but that's just me.
Clones appear: Woah, okay, never mind all that. If you have a bass voice like you can do whatever you well please and I'll enjoy it to no end.
ColmRMcGuinness You rock any vocal range! You are amazing! Keep up the phenomenal work! A role model to me for sure! I am a country woman, but I love this music and style too!
I’m addicted to listening to this!
I love your harmonies!!
1:29 that was a moment of pure musical bliss and genius!!!
Nice to see the bloke on the left being given his chance to shine!
*That one guy at the party who NEEDS to throw in a higher harmony, that no one asked for*
his voice is literally magical
Wonderful - we owned a sailing yacht for 17 years and were liveaboards for 10 out of these 17. Now I live in a hidden village in the mountains, but listening to a shanty makes me a bit wistful for the the South Pacific and everything “seafary”. Keep up the great work, I think the “Shanty Craze” is great 👍
The range this guy has is seriously incredible and so rare!!
Wow, the goosebumps really came - and I am grinning big time. The harmonies and dynamics packed into these two minutes are incredible 👏👏👏👍😁
Whenever I listen to anything like this, I get the shivers, it is so cool! Wish I was this talented.
I’d love a shot of just that super deep singing, It blows my mind
his voice didnt just give me goosebumps, nono, it made my head twitch. that was incredible
This is the best version of this song I have ever heard. I could listen to this all day.
Absolutely love your voice and pure vocal prowess ... your song choices are sublime
What a voice! Absolutely loved this!
You're doing a fantastic job Colm!
Such lush and complex harmonies, really well done!!!
Beautiful! What an incredible voice- a true instrument. I can imagine this inspiring Viking sailors.
This song and hoist the colors keeps sending chills down my spine.
You my friend have a perfect voice for shanties just want to congratulate ya
Thank you.... Good wishes from Australia... hailing back to my irish partronage .
I am in awe of your talent. When my friend shared your video on Facebook and said "headphones on, volume on max" THIS was not what I was expecting. Looking forward to lots more wonderfulness and my 9 year old say "He's actually pretty good!" which is very high praise coming from him
Наткнулась на этот канал совершенно случайно. Но мне очень нравится. Красавчик. Только уважение к таким талантливым людям. Привет из Казахстана, Алматы 🇰🇿
Forgive my ignorance, but is that deep voice altered or is that really within your range? Because if that's all you that's amazing!
Nah, I'm not a fan of autotune. It's my normal range. When I'm singing even lower than this, I'll record in the morning, when my voice is at its lowest. Definitely can't hit lower than a C2 afterwards. Thanks for listening!
@@ColmRMcGuinness Thanks for your reply! And color me impressed, you've got a great range. :)
@@ColmRMcGuinness C1 or C2 because C1 is basso profundo unless you use subharmonics or vocal-fry
This is absolutely gorgeous. Your vocal range is amazing! Found you by accident and glad I did :)
I need to hear the lower part by itself damn
My man, I just binged a bunch of your videos like these. You are incredible! Your voice sound great, but the track balancing and vocal range really take these over the top. Really great stuff! Thank you for sharing these for the rest of the world to hear.
This is such a powerful and beautiful rendition!
My son and I can't stop singing this.
THAT HARMONY IS AMAZING, I CANT!! Dude this is amazing and I’m in love…again (just watched “my mother told me”
This is the type of music I adore finding on RUclips
what a voice, i have never heard music sang so well, brilliant
Dude I literally got chills from the beginning of this video
This is something special, I'm not sure how many times I've listened to this now.
Ayo my man is a bass and a tenor. Impressive. You have my respect, friend.
I don’t know why-
But I really wanna know if his mouth is actually blue or the camera/my phone is just being weird-
I swear this is somehow edited with a cg double. I don't know why, I don't know how, but the way his facial muscles move seems so strange. For example the way his brow relaxes at 1:00 (middle guy, as soon as he starts singing "my") is super video-gamey.
@@benedictprove3937 the thought of this being a real guy whos micro movements just come across really CGI like thoroughly amuses me
I think it’s just the shadows but I definitely see it too lmao
@@LoverScratch You see it too, right? Am I crazy?
He had a Slurpee before making the video. 😂
I subscribed to you because of your music. She is so majestic and when you listen to her you feel like a smacking eagle🏔️🦅
That deep voice is awesome , you are a great singer ! keep it up .
Gives me chills everytime I hear this shanty.... Live for our Ancestors people they went through alot worse than we did and survived
Ok, I listen it all day long, with all your other sea shanty. But this one, is my favorite !
So I have listened to this about a zillion times and I can't stop. Someone help me...
So I've been listening to all of your shanties several times each. I love this one in particular so much, I've listened to a couple dozen times and I'm sure many to come. I would love to hear more viking shanties, if you know of any. It's the music I didn't realize how much I loved it.
(For context 99% of what I listen to is death core)
Thanks a lot mate! I’m going to fish into the AC Valhalla soundtrack and see if I can’t do some of the songs from that with some tagelharpa
Currently playing AC Valhalla and its amazing o can't wait to hear more and more. Thanks for all your hard work
Goosebumps fallowed by a lump in throat wow
I just.... wow, his low voice is fun to listen to. Very nice, very nice indeed.
Its cool to see how different he forms his mouth to say the words with the higher voice on the left and the bsss voice on the right , great job mr irish man
Wow!! That was fantastic!! I've loved sea shanties most of my life, and that was beautiful!! Please do more!!
Der beste Style deiner Songs ... Pur Du... Das ist beeindruckend.
For some reason when I listen to multiple people singing together, regardless of the song, I get emotional. Your covers cause this to happen very easily.
Christmas 2023 and I still adore this, helps to center the mind for the next year to come 😢
This sea shanty thing is really going huh?
Oh well, this is damn beautiful.
Not too shabby for my first ever Colm McGuinness experience.
Oh goodness I was waiting and hoping for this. Beautiful.
I love the rhythm with the rhymes. It sounds like it's in the wrong place but also moves so well
When you have 20 differnet personalities but a least 3 of them are musically talented 😅
So I watched this with subtitles on and the lines around 1:11 are great:
Sail two distant shores
Stand up on the prowl
noble buckeye steers daddy
Steady course to the haven
This stuff is seriously underrated. So good
Anyone else get chills? This was AMAZING! Thank you so much for posting your hard work!
Your voice sounds like how cold water feels on a hot summer day.
I already adore Viking,medieval,and pirate songs,but this is the best I’ve ever heard! Your vocals and range are stunning!
This song was a real viking song written by a seven year old. The translation is a little embelished, but makes a better song, as the old norse song, while sounding good in old norse, did not sound good directly translated. Also, do Randy Dandy O
Then we have heard different stories about the song but it doesn't matter its 1000 years old
Yeah, this song is from Egil’s Saga. The character (Egil) who sings it is 7, but the man who recorded the entire saga was probably Snorri Sturluson (who was also the man who recorded the Prose Edda)
@@haleywells7369 Yeah that's what I heard but ayy it isn't who wrote it it's the song that matters
@@Retro49 Absolutely! I just thought it was really cool (I’m a history nerd, so I love sharing random facts lol)
@@haleywells7369yeah yeah love song facts especially old songs like this
I'm absolutely amazed at that range.
My mother told me this is her favorite sea shanty cover. Props to you, mate ❤️
Here we see a one man orchestra - full octave singer, sound engineer, violinist. It's. Just. Unbelievable. Wish you good luck, sir!
This is fire! Love the vocal interpretation and harmonizations!
Here I am sitting, listening to this. It seems like it’s just a song, but halfway through this piece I seemed to hear musical accompaniment. Wonderful singing.
If this guy keeps doing this, in a year he will have a million subs!
Þat mælti mín móðir,
at mér skyldi kaupa
fley ok fagrar árar,
fara á brott með víkingum,
standa upp í stafni,
stýra dýrum knerri,
halda svá til hafnar
hǫggva mann ok annan,
hǫggva mann ok annan.
I’m so happy he did a Old Norse version of this song. It takes on a completely different tone(granted he did add instruments) my point still stands. It doesn’t even sound like a Sea Shanty. Feels like I was teleported back 1500 years and it’s hauntingly beautiful.
Soon as 1:00 hits, i got ALLLLL the gooseflesh going on
Because of this i've started to watch the series vikings.. love this❤❤❤
Dang I never realized how good this song was until I listened to this