Little Blue - Jacob Collier [Multi-Instrumental Cover]
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- Опубликовано: 8 окт 2024
- Multi-instrumental cover of "Little Blue," feat. vocals, guitar, mandolin, saxophone, cittern, bodhrán, levitation, and a large wooden hammer. 🙂
This is my first cover, and also my first song with such exposed vocals. I'm pretty new to singing but am really enjoying it. Jacob's been a great inspiration to me on that front (and many others). Such an empowering human!
I grew up in a luthier household filled with bizarre instruments. My main musical influences are film soundtracks (LOTR & Miyazaki), jazz, and Celtic folk music.
While you wouldn't know it from this video, saxophone is by far by best instrument. I played jazz saxophone intensively through high school, and the only instrument I've formally studied. I've picked up these other instruments with lots of help from wonderful RUclips educators. 😁
I feel called to make music that helps reconnect folks with the Earth, and am hatching an album project along those lines. As I was sitting here figuring out how start a music career after many years doing other random things, this beautiful song dropped out of the sky!
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I'm so glad you're here! 👋 ❤️
(The video was filmed by me on a Pixel 4a phone & Macbook Pro webcam, and edited in Resolve.)
Devin - I am blown away! This is absolutely MAGNIFICENT! Loads of love from London ♥
Thanks Jacob, it means so much to hear these words from you!! You hit on a super powerful song here, many thanks for your beautiful heart work lifting so many up. Love back to you!
High praise from the man himself. Well deserved Devin. This rendition is truly beautiful
Keep inspiring us ❤
The flute bit was exceptional
The flute was heavenly 🙂!!
This might be the best cover of a JC song I've ever heard... Amazing work ! Thanks for sharing your work with us
Thanks for this Enzo, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching! ❤
Dear Devin, stumbled upon your cover in my RUclips recommendation. The original by Jacob is really a special song, and I was mildly surprised by what a beautiful and competent rendition of the song you made. You captured the essence of the song beautifully you sang exceptionally well and your multiinstrumentalism in combination with your editing skills made this a true gem. How do you not have many more subscribers, you singing woodlogger? Made my morning. Thanks for putting that out to the world, you have one more subscriber. I send you hugs and wish that you successfully continue the journey whose first step I was blessed to witness here. I can't wait to hear more from you. May your channel ever grow. Love from Germany.
Wow thank you for these glowing words, it's so great to have your support! I've been lurking for many years, tried to get into film & game composing, had kids, tried to start a low-tech intentional community (with lots of wood splitting hah), but have finally come full circle back to music and really want to make a go of it! Thanks for watching and subscribing! (From a fellow soundtrack nut)
Agree with everything you said! Gorgeous! Jacob needs to see this!
I agree! This man deserves more subscribers!! so beautiful!
Agreed!
I am so glad that Jacob recognized your rendition and gave it such glowing praise. You must be grinning from ear to ear. I know it can be hard sometimes to venture down an untrodden path and face your insecurities and doubts. Staying put in the comfort of your every day may seem ever so tempting. May you find the affirmation and strength through your audience's support to venture further on the path you have begun. I can't wait to see what wonders we might find on your journey. Glad you took the first step onto a hopeful wonderful musical adventure, we gladly take the journey with you.
How clever of Jacob to make backups
Dude you nailed it. I refused to believe you just started singing. Please create more videos. Jacob has a counterpart now. This music sharing talent are gifts to the world. Keep going!
Wow thanks!! I used to sing around the campfire growing up and stuff, but never seriously paid much attention to it, just focused on instrumentals, and so my voice was always really limited in range, confidence, and depth/quality. I started doing vocal exercises intensely about 6 months ago and it's made a massive difference, to the point where I finally felt ready to go public with it on this song! :D More videos coming up 👍
OMG Dave your as we say in the music business a MONSTER! Please keep posting, you're not only talented but sooo creative. The way you froze yourself in the yogi position toward the end is brilliant! Are you in the states?@@DevinMooers
@@ctomusicartists4302 Thanks much!! Had fun making that slow-mo lotus shot :) Yep, based in Maine, near Belfast 👍
Devin, would you care sharing some of the vocal exercises you’ve worked with? Thank you
@yannick3184 For sure! I made a quick video on vocal exercises I've been using, hope this helps: ruclips.net/video/qHTrphPF9Xo/видео.html
This is what musicians do when inspired by Jacob.
Great job!
This literally deserves a grammy and millions of views like what???
Great sound! Your voice sounds strikingly simular to Jacob's voice. Interesting!
Wow thanks Alexander! Jacob has been a huge inspiration to me in singing, and I've been listening to his stuff a lot lately - definitely rubbed off! :D
Yes it does! I was thinking the same thing
Jacob should definitely see this
That would be so rad if he did!
Looks like he has now! :)
I can only hope this will be the first of many, many more like this, Devin. Stellar performance--keep singing!
Thanks Rich, that means a lot! Lots of music coming up soon!
You , like Jacob, are a very rare breed. This was insane. It blows my mind how so many instruments are played and all played VERY well. I love the jump into Lotus position. That was super cool to watch. Edit: day2 watching/listening to this. I actually like this interpretation better than the original. This needs one of those hour loop videos. Wow, never been at the start of anyone's musical journey. SUBSCRiBED! Cannot wait to see what is in store.
Ah dang, thanks for your kind words here! Love the day2 edit. :) I'm super glad to have such great feedback from folks like you at the start of this journey for me! Haha love the loop video idea
Truly, this is astounding in its vision and execution, arrangement, performance and editing! And I've played guitar for 30+ years, as well as some piano and EWI. Listening to the fills he uses on each instrument to adorn the melody reveals his tremendous taste and skill. Not to take a thing away from the modern genius that Jacob is, but compared at the same 400 subscriber point back in his past, this is a WAY larger realization than Jacob was having at that time, BUT, we benefit from standing on the shoulders of giants!
If Devin stays steadfastly TRUE to this path, he will not only build a massive following, but most likely open his own doors to realize his own music and become a touring artist.
I'm sure Quincy Jones would appreciate listening to this arrangement in a similar zone to when he first heard Jacob. It's clear that Devin has put a LOT of heart and effort into learning so many instruments and in arranging this to say nothing of the video editing and aura applied to his vision for it.
Just wanted to thank you again for your words of encouragement here! I was super lucky to have amazing jazz educators in middle school and high school and a culture of excellence that I really thrived in during that time. Funny coincidence - I went to Quincy Jones' same high school in Seattle! Same school as Jimi Hendrix too O.o
@@DevinMooers Thanks Devin! Now back to work on that next video! ;)
Oh my god. incredible. Vocals, composition, execution. Masterful!!!
3:35 Holy shit! He learned how to levitate!! Just floating away in the forest..... Nice cover Devin
At last - a cover version which uses the complex modulations of key which happen about 2/3rds of the way through Jacob's own version of his own song. Hats off to Devin, who demonstrates a rare ability as a super-talented multi-instrumentalist.
Hey thanks Tim! Loved the challenge of figuring out all those chords. I also did a cover of Jacob's Hideaway recently if you like that song! ruclips.net/video/KvLcWmTJ1Tk/видео.html&ab_channel=DevinMooers
I hope Jacob sees this and comments; I think he'll like it. Nicely done.
Those creepy never blinking saxophone eyes, tho :D
Love your work! At times it reminded me of the Fleet Foxes, one of my favourite bands growing up 🙂
Hey thanks Sam! It's funny, I've had my head in the sand musically for my whole life outside of jazz, folk, electronic, and film scores, and I don't know their music at all but will definitely dive in!
This kinda feels like the third installment in the Little Blue releases following on from the mahogany sessions, only with the instrumentation turned up to 11. Incredible stuff, completely blown away and I'm sure this video is going to blow up before long! :)
Thanks for your thoughts here, much appreciated! Already feels like it's getting a lot of traction, at least for being my first video, but always happy to reach more folks with my music :D
Extremely well done. Had I closed my eyes I would have thought this was Jacob himself.
Wow dang, that means such a very a lot to me! Thank you! 🙏
Jacob Collier have to see this😍🎶🎵
That jump tho
Beeeautiful bro! That flute. So good. And you didn't fall into the lake. You have twice my respect. 😁
Glad you liked the flute! Came veeeery close to falling in a couple other times haha 😆
What a wonderful cover. Kudos to you for figuring out all of those harmonies!
Haha spoken like someone who spends all day trying to figure out harmonies by ear! Thanks! 🙌 Your Hyrule in Half-Light album sounds amazing, Marcus, looking forward to diving in more. I transcribed a full orchestral Zelda cue a few years back as an exercise, and dang was it challenging. I was building up the full orchestral template setup with Cubase, VEP5, East West HS and HB, Spitfire Perc, Berlin Woodwinds, etc. and was trying to get into film & game composing. I really struggled with RAM issues and buggy software (this was 8 years or so ago) - I'm hoping you're having an easier time of it than I did. Mad respect for what you do!
@@DevinMooers ah you're too kind. Thanks for checking out my stuff! Yeah the tech has come a long way in the last 8 years. I've just been able to move from an iMac to a Macbook Pro that can handle my big orchestral sessions which wasn't an option even 3 years ago. Never too late ;)
Right on! MacBook Pro user here too. My recent single had 270 tracks with multiple effects on many of those tracks. Pretty mind blowing what the tech can do now. I think when Performance Samples Vista II comes out, I might get back into the orchestral sampling world! 🙂
Devon!! What a surprise to find you here. Pure delight!
Paula! That's amazing and wonderful that you found my video - I'm really glad you enjoyed it!
Grossartig!
Es ist toll zu sehen dass der wunderbare Jakob zu so einer
Phantasievollen
Eigenschöpfung inspiriert!
Awesome, please continue...
Man great cover - I thought it was parody at first, you have incorporated a lot of 'jacobisms' into this, makes sense if he's a big influence. But be yourself and make it your own. Great job keep it up.
Thanks a lot! Just curious to clarify - were you thinking more about jacobisms in the video, or the song itself?
Wow. Please never stop making music!
At this point I'm going all in. Or as all in as I can, with no plans to stop! Helps to have support like this!
Like Jacob, I’m blown away. This is absolutely magnificent. You stayed true to the original while adding your unique flavor of voice, instruments, video and artistic fun. I love your creativity and what it’s sparked by.
The last few min of your flute harmonies went deep under my skin. Thank You.
Thanks for your kind words, Richard! I'm got some more flute on my next song, really want to dive into that instrument more! 🪈
This was so fun to watch. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙌
oh my, this sounds cute too... Much love from Rwanda
This is stellar. Take my sub
oh my GOD !!!!!!!!!!!! YES PLEASE more of this!!!!!!
Bravo!
1:35 This part is one of the best arrangement I've ever heard.
Glad you liked that part! Took me a long time to figure out what to do there, haha
Extraordinary!! I don’t usually comment on RUclips videos, much less covers, but you have something special to cultivate and share with the rest of us. Thank you.
Wow that flute solo is something else
Mindblowing piece of work and art!
You perfectly captured Jacob's style of video! Great sound 😊🎶🎵
Congrats!
I'm going to call it now: You are going places! Wow, excellent work Devin
Thanks for the spot-on mix advice! I'm thinking of putting this out to Spotify and other DSPs, and will definitely tighten up these issues before doing that. It's great to have you here!
Fascinating how you are actually the first person to reach his standards in many ways... Didn´t think that could be possible. Your voice even sounds much like his. And your creative spirit and craziness is quite similar. You guys should totally collaborate!! He's gonna meet his brother for the first time.
That would be so cool to collaborate with him someday! Thanks for your kind words 🙏
JC HAS TO SEE THIS
How is it possible this is your first video on RUclips? Where were you?! This is really beautiful!
Wow sir. As a fellow musician what you have done is spectacular and super ballsy to cover Jacob
Thanks Joe! It stretched me a lot to do this, haha (you should see my massive folder of vocal takes 🤪), but learned so much!
Please, someone send this to Jacob. He needs to see this! Great work!
Dude, Devin. This song by Jacob hits me on so many levels already, but your new, fresh, marvelous version really crushed me on a new level. I adore your creativity, I adore your absurd TALENT and I adore your vision for reimagining this masterpiece so breathtakingly. You really made this piece your own. I've watched this at least 20 times by now and it still manages to make me cry. One of the reason your version really touches me is because I think I see myself in this work, or the version of self that I would like to become at one point. It is not even the sheer brilliance in your performance or the technical versatility in your playing as many different musical instruments, I think it's more the courage that speaks out of your cover, the courage to express yourself, your feelings and your identity in such an honest, WARM and inspiring cover. Thank you so much for what you did with this piece. PLEASE continue to make music. You already left a deep impact on me and - if I'm not mistaken after reading a lot of comments - also on the lives of many other listeners.
I would love to give you a virtual hug!!!! THANK YOU, Devin, really, from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!!!!
Lukas!! Thanks so much for your beautiful comment, and I'm so glad my music touched your heart! That's a wonderful thing to hear. 😊 It definitely felt vulnerable putting my voice out there in this way, but it has given me the courage to work on more such intimate-vocal songs, of which I have many, but haven't had the combination of sufficient vocal skill and bravery/confidence to actually record them until just now. Very excited to share more with you and the world! Virtual hug back to you!!
Yep. Nailed it. Fun, well done, different, own ideas, you are... Love it!
I'm a big JC fan and this video was recommended to me at least five times by the algorithm. I think you've really done something here! Congrats, hope to see more creative videos like this.
That's a persistent algorithm! I'm glad you liked it! Just finished up the next song, now it's time to start the video :D
Man... This is the best cover on youtube
Wow Devin! You've earned my subscription to your channel! I look forward to hearing more from you.
Thanks for the sub, Robert! I hope to have the next video out fairly soon!
Thank you Devin. That flute hits strong in the feels.
Yay so glad to hear it, Loren! I'm going to aim to add more flute in my new music :)
Simply wonderful!!!
Very special in a tough day.
Dawn bro... this is a great creation bro.. good job, thanks to Jacob collier for this amazing songs
That my Jacob is really teaching is amazing... we are listening. Learning. Thanking.
Wow! We thoroughly enjoyed this beautifully done song, clean, lovely, sweet! Thank you! David & Hilary
Thanks so much, it's so great to hear from you both! Wishing you good health and fulfilled spirit, with love from Maine ❤️
A lot of work in this cover and video… loved it
This is fantastic! Thanks RUclips for sending me your way... Hope to see more of your work soon :)
What an amazing cover, it could literally be a jacob version if we don't see the video. Great job !
Holy crap dude absolutely killed it! Look forward to more from you!!!!
Thanks Kevin, figuring out how to follow it up, it's such a great song!!
Absolutely superb cover!!! Very entertaining! Your cover does real justice to Jacobs original 👍👍🏴 loved it😊
Thanks Jeremy! I'm really glad you liked it! 😁
This is incredible, love the mediation jump moment. Great idea and execution!
Can’t wait for more
Thanks Eli, glad you liked that jump! I've been waiting 15 years to recreate that shot in video form after taking a photo of it back in high school :D Next video out in a couple days, thanks for the sub!
nice video dude! greets from Germany
This is really amazing! You've exceeded all my expectations 😮👏👏 especially when we have to "compete" against Jacob Collier. I'm looking forward for more from you for sure 🎉
After reading quite a few comments it seems like this one post will grow your channel exponentially my friend!!! By the end of the year I’m gonna bet you’ll reach 10,000 or more!!!
I love that thought!! Didn't quite make that number haha, but I did just hit 2,000! Happy new year 😁
Stunning, Devin! I'm absolutely floored. You've done exactly what Jacob himself has done with so many of his own covers. Brilliant work!
Thanks Jason, I really appreciate your thoughts! 🙏
You've done GREAT justice to the cover of this out-of-the-world song.
I can't believe you're new to singing! Devin, you really have an amazing voice!!!
And everything about this video is ART ❤ every instrument and every shot is PERFECT and full of soul.
Much love!
Thanks Aishwarya, I really appreciate you! I'm loving singing and and it helps to hear supportive words like these. I love your soundtrack taste on your "Fav Soundtracks" playlist too!! Big LOTR and Miyazaki and all around film score fan here :)
Wonderful... Wonderful... Wonderful...
Hey Devin, thanks for being on my algorithm today. I like Jacob's music, but I tend to find his stuff through covers before I hear the original.
I love the magic feel that you've got. Keep up with the outstanding work :)
Thanks for your kind words! I think I discovered Jacob's music a year or so ago from a solo piano + vocal version he did of Hideaway. I still haven't listened to his whole catalog yet! It's nice to be adding to the cover scene of his music 😁
Next video should be out in a couple days!
Second time ever hearing this song... glad that it was your version. Love from South Africa.
This is awesome
Wow!!!! 1:38 fits so well and doesn't stick out--as it shouldn't! But it's so technically hard. Wonderful job, Devin!
Thanks!! I initially recorded it with two hands, but when making the video I had to hold the camera with one hand so... yeah that was hard! :P
shiiit man, good job! loce the song too
The flute sounds absolutely magical!!
delightful.... and that the orginal writer gives you props, dude!
Thanks Colleen! It was pretty validating to hear from Jacob 😁
Man, this sounds like if Little Blue and Hideaway had a baby. My two favorite Jacob Collier songs in one. Incredibly gorgeous cover!
Thanks so much Connor, that means a lot to me - Hideaway is also my other favorite JC song! I was thinking of attempting a cover soon 😁
Devin, this was just wonderful.
Keep it up and grow big.
Thanks for your kind words, Tony!
This is ridiculously good! From all the instruments to the video itself, you truly did an amazing job 🙌
Loved it!!!
Thanks Dan, super glad you enjoyed it!
gorgeous!!!!!!
So good! So creative! Consider me inspired. Thanks for sharing your talents 🙏
Excellent version Devin. Looking forward to hearing more. :)
Thanks much! I hope to be putting out more soon! :)
that was equaly beautiful and entertaining, im looking forward to ur originals very much 🥳
thank you Sebastian! I'm hoping to get some vocal originals out soon!
oh my God, you's AMAZING man!
This almost sounded more like Jacob Collier than the original. Usually not a fan of people modifying their voice to sound like someone else, but it also worked here. Well done!
Thanks! This is not me trying to sound like Jacob btw - I can do a pretty good impression if I drop my larynx a bit and adopt a British accent though!
Wow, really nice version!! It strikes the right balance between staying true to the original and still giving it your own touch. I also really like how close you got the the original sound of the song. (And gotta love the visuals lol)
Thanks Tobit, I appreciate you!! Glad you like the visuals, I'm an armchair visual nut :)
Well played, man. Well played.
I love how you’re singing like him
Stunned. Absolutely phenomenal. 🙏🔥🤍
Far out, insane talent bro, and your voice sounds so similar to Jacob’s it's uncanny! Yet you have imparted your own special flavour to a beautiful song!
WOW ! What a masterpiece ! Keep it going man ! Cheers from Brazil !
Obrigado Guilherme!
This is an amazing cover. When the saxes come in, I lost it. Good job, man.
I can't wait to see what else you create, Devin! This has been my favorite song over the last few weeks and I absolutely adore your version. I think you capture the essence of JC in your own magical way and I'm amazed. Thank you for this piece!
Thanks Kai! I'm right with you on this being my fave song recently! I'm so glad you enjoyed my version of it 😊 Stay tuned for upcoming originals!
Excellent! Musically perfect. 👍👍👍And I know how much work is needed to create such video. Bravo!🙂
Wow. Absolutely incredible performance. The technical proficiency displayed here is OUTSTANDING!
Thanks much!! ✌
I cant imagine your effort in putting this together, and the best is to have Jacob's comment here, so so so so nice! Congratulations and God bless you!
Thanks David, much appreciated!! It was great to get Jacob's comment. All told it was about 20 hours of work for the song and another 20 for the video!
same awesome song. new awesome feel
Very very creative, I really wanted the last guy to fall in the water for dramatic effect but you can’t get everything in this life
Hey Robbie! Sorry, I thought I replied to this right after you sent it but I must not have finished doing that. Haha, I came SUPER close to falling in in another outtake, it was dicey for a minute! All iced over now :P Thanks for watching, and happy new year to you!
AMAZING AS IT SHOULD BE. keep it up to the stars. You can do it 🔥❤
This is so beautiful and balanced!!! Very much looking forward to what’s to come for you!!!
I love you bro. Thanks for making me cry like this. You're are not from this planet . I'm on tears. Lol ❤
wow, it just got better and better
Of course nobody touches the magnificent Jacob.. and this is one of his finest songs ever... But you are a WONDER, Devin.. I was most blown away by how, as a 'newer singer' (per your admission) you were able to mimic Jacob's haunting vocal tone. Nice work.. I know how much production time this was.. as a producer/arranger/performer/one-man-band myself. Nice work!!!
Thanks for your thoughts, I really appreciate it! I think it was around 40-50 hours to do both the recording and the video. Haha you should see how many vocal takes I had to do! At first I was REALLY mimicking Jacob, British accent and all, vowel pronunciation and all, which was largely on purpose b/c I've never had a vocal lesson and used it as an educational experience, but that didn't sound anything like me so I dialed that back. But yeah I really like his resonant almost operatic leaning vocal tone, as well as his expansive range, and that has been an inspiration! 👋