Jacob Collier is a one-man band and force of nature. In a dynamic, colorful performance, he recreates the magical room at his home in London where he produces music, performing three songs in which he sings every part and plays every instrument — accompanied by kaleidoscopic visuals that take cues from the music and grow in real time.
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Good music
This is brilliant.
The world needs more people like this.
Or the people of the world need to be more like this
Peace
liverrot The world is not the west, you not only need money to take advantage of your innate creative imagination, you need years of studying the instruments you play, instruments that your parents must buy for you or instruments you get to play at the place you are taking the lessons that your parents paid. The world is full of creative kids that would amaze anyone, had they been born on the right enviorement…
This guy is still very good, I’m not denying that, I enjoy the talents people have to share with the world.
the grooviest man I know.
This guy has a channel. Check out his Close to you (Carpenters) it made me feel fuzzy inside
Obviously his style is way out there but as a musician I can definitely appreciate what he just did. Really cool
Jack Oliver have u seen any of his other stuff? He definitely has a lot more melodic and emotional things out there
This half sounds like something that belongs on r/iamverysmart.
minshwan tang kinda lol but maybe cause I’ve been watching too much SorrowTV
To each his own I guess.
I never said that u had to (as you said to each his own) just imo you shouldn’t close your mind to some of his other stuff
JJax1417 just listened to a few. his “hideaway” sounds normal. good to know he makes something that sounds like music.
I’d recommend his version of “You and I” as well, he takes Stevie’s magic and adds a super rich a cappella element to it. But I agree that sometimes the musicality of his stuff gets lost in the technicality. His iHarmU series on YouTube is amazing though
agreed! i don’t like how people enforce their ideas or opinions on people, but to share their ideas and opinions should be welcomed and encouraged. i personally love jacob collier and his CRAZY musical abilities and understanding of jazz and music, but i think it’s best not to be affected by what other comments might “enforce” about how great he is and how we should all love him and his music. He’s great no doubt, for his age he’s really really talented and smart, but that doesn’t mean we should all love his music. to each his own is something everyone should remember.
It’s okay to not like his music, but wow Nana, how ignorant of you. “good to know he makes something that sounds like music”. You might be the most musically uneducated person, ever. Probably not, but jeez.
To each their own, but still dude. Learn about music before making some dumb comment about what is and isn’t music.
just love it so peaceful
Hold my beer!
You hold my beer. I’m going first.
What an icon. Jacob is so incredible
I like his dress
savage
dad
It’s easy to discard this and him just for how quirky this style is, but he is truly brilliant.
Thank you for sharing your gift, Jacob!
This is what happenes when you put Bon Iver, Yes, and Tears for Fears in a pot, drop in some Adderall and stir it with sufjan’s banjo, and then serve it up with Charlie Parker’s saxophone as a ladle
Eric Dutton dope mish mash of ideas
Truly amazing Jacob! Let me tell you why this is so incredible. Jacobs understanding of jazz music theory and phrasing while being technical is amazing and he is able to produce chords that truly express emotional context. The reason why many of you may not enjoy or appreciate this style and approach is because of how your ears have been trained with mainstream music, meaning basic chord sequences, simple melodies, etc.. And there’s nothing wrong with this, as music is a diverse art platform. Many are use to safe and familiar music choices in songs, and there’s nothing wrong with that. But to totally disregard Jacob Collier, a multiple grammy winner by the way (if you’re someone who basses success off material success) then you would see many professionals view Jacob as incredible. Disregarding him is silly and a loss. Even if you don’t think you would like the music he would make I highly suggest you familiarize yourself with his other music to diverse yourself in music culture. He’s incredible! Sometimes you need to feel a bit uncomfortable before you truly understand something. What he’s doing isn’t just random noise but a whole bunch of musical theory, something many musicians who study in college take years to grasp. He’s almost like a genius mathematician , because music and sound is essentially math. Each choice is intentional and thought out. What an amazing dude. Please take what I say into account , after a few listens you won’t regret 🙂
TheOldCNOnline settle down. He’s obviously amazing.
TheOldCNOnline I losten to classical music. Most modern songs today, I don’t understand their lyrics. I like instrumental music with no lyrics. Seriously.
Nice comment, i was kind of like “I know this dude is doing something amazing and he’s a genius, but the music is weird for me, and i can’t really appreciate the greatness of this performance”. Now i’m more curious to know and get into this kind of music, thank you sir.
+Nana the very basic point you missed is, that you don’t have to like it.
I for example highly dislike Schoenberg, yet his work is art.
The only rule there is for art, and that rule is highly debatable, is that art should serve no other purpose but art.
As long as the artist proclaims something is art, it simply is (as that fulfills the rule above).
Furthermore its the artists job, if he likes so, to sell the idea of his work or beauty of it.
You are simply not sold on the beauty of Jacobs music nor the idea.
Not an issue though, nothing you have to work for.
If apple cant sell me the idea and design of the iPhone, I am not buying it, as simple as that.
That doesn’t make the phone bad, or not a phone, it’s simply not the phone for me.
(Or put simple: Jacobs music is music for musicians, just like Snarky Puppy is and Steely Dan or Electric Prunes were. )
yup. i have no knowledge of musical theory but I really enjoy this and many other ” weird” music. the thing is, in the beggining I could only find this “other’ music weird, but also I would feel curious to know ” how come this weird music feels so weird and there are people praising it, while others totally ignore this?”. the first time i listened to ok computer, from radiohead i didn’t like it, but felt there was something unique there. by the 3rd time i listened to it i started getting it. same to all other ” weird, complicated music”. once you brain starts to get the more complicated sounds – because yes it often needs your brain to really listen to it, pay attention, takes some effort, which i think is the most fun, dicovering new relationships between the sound at every new listening – once you brain starts breaking this you will catch yourself searching for this kind of music. and the more you listen to it more easily your brain will decode those weird sounds, and enjoy it! mainstream/general music will not feel as fun as the “weird” one! its like any dissonant/out ot the “regular ocidental chord” is a bit of salt or bitterness or texture you add in you food so it doesn’t taste so sweet all the time and eventually becomes tasteless.
That was fucking amazing. Many do not understand because they are not jazz musicians. As a jazz muscian it’s all about the adventure the player takes you on. All my jazz musicians know what I’m talking about
Patrick Ruddell I actually love rick and morty lol, did they say that in the show or something?
`Lush Flex I think he’s referring to the ‘you have to have a very high intelligence to understand Rick and Morty’ joke
I’m not a jazz musician but I understand what you mean.
Alex A C’mon guys! Music is not about jazz or any genre, music is life! That’s all.
He probably also has an internet certified IQ of over 150
i refuse to believe this is a real person and not some sort of experimental jazz robot that escaped the factory
I totally agree.. I have seen “him” 4 times LIVE just to make sure it was NOT a robot. I am still not sure.
and the most hilarious comment award goes to…
Possibly one of the greatest musical minds alive at the moment, but his compositions do absolutely nothing for me. I’ll be interested to see if he has a more subtle aproach in ten years.
Seeing a lot of haters around. Well, Beethoven also had a lot in his time :^)
people feel uncomfortable around a genius, they are scared of different and new, and stuff that is way over their capabilities