When one starts to study music, learning about harmony, rhythm , and all the other facets of music theory... when one spends 8 hours a day in the practice room trying to become perfect in your instrument,... when one begins to compete with other musicians for jobs and accolades .... one can lose that initial love and joy that's present prior to all the training. When one listens to music, it then becomes something to be analysed, quantified and judged. When I listen to Jacob's music, I simply enjoy it and I'm transported to a time when I loved music just because it was music. I didn't understand anything, I didn't try to understand anything. I just... listened to it. Thank you so much Jacob for giving me this again. It means the absolute world to me... it means everything. Everything.
+Anthony C Your comment made my tear up. As a fellow musician, I completely relate. I often contemplate if over working to become proficient at my primary instrument is the wrong way about going about it, simply out of fear of possibly resenting the thing I love. Regardless, Jacobs piece truly sparked that memory of a more innocent time, which I absolutely needed.
+thatperson11111 Lovely, I resonate highly. After dedicating years of my life to intense guitar technique training, I hate seeing anyone play something challenging for me. I'd practice so often only to see another person come out on top out of nowhere, which can be discouraging as my instrument becomes a chore, another thing to master. I see where you're coming from, I've been playing much less often the past few months and it's taken so much stress off me. I find it necessary for my mental sanity. I wonder if taking breaks are vital to growth.
I tried to learn saxophone for a few decades, got involved in other stuff so neglected it but now when I play I find a simpler pleasure in playing the instrument as just a nice sound maker, scales and chords are more apparent because I'm not complicating my approach with advanced ideas. Taking a longish break can refresh the basic pleasure in doing music.
I don't know if you've watched the two part interview where he goes into theory. But he goes into this insane description of what he's doing musically then comes right back to "but it's how this chord or melody makes me feel that's really important..." Sometimes I get lost in the music theory weeds and this is a great reminder that if I can make people feel something, I've done my job as a musician.
LOL Paint, when I was watching Jacobs videos I was thinking of you 'Paint, you have now a really good competitor'! :-p You should stick together and make a duo song :-p
This level of prodigy is so rare. It's really a staggering amalgamation of so many different finely tuned talents and disciplines - not to mention beautiful on the ears and captivatingly shot/produced. And he's 21. I think Collier is going to catch a very big wave...
+Douglas James I dislike the word 'talented.' In my view it suggests that the individual was born with the ability, ignoring the hours upon hour of work and self that it took to get them there. The doubting voice in our heads that make us think that we could never achieve something similar. The same voice makes it easier to believe that our destiny is guided by fate then to come to terms with the fact that we hold the reins. TH-cam is great for explaining this, go back an watch his older videos and see how hard work has progressed his understanding.
Bro, his voice is genuinely so perplexing!! He's making his vowels tall, which usually creates a darker, hidden sound. But his sound is so bright!!! How??? What is he doing with his voice?!???
@@benjaminperez4570 Well I'm from Chicago and I don't sing with a Chicago accent, also it doesn't matter his nationality, your singing voice sounds way different from your speaking voice
So many people have big houses or flats but just banal stuff all over the place. Jacob has a mental universe in 15 sqm. May he be an inspiration to all of us.
I have played, taught and even produced music for almost 50 years. I have worked with a lot artists during my time at Sony Music. Not important who, but they were the biggest. I have never seen or expected to see anything like this. I am stunned, delighted, almost in tears, and still shaking from the chills. You are some kind of miracle.
@Dapdoi Ardon It's fine to think something's shit, but it's worth putting a reason as to why you think it's shit. There's a good chance this music just wasn't aimed at the demographic you fall into.
@Dapdoi Ardon music is entirely subjective, and listening to challenging and cerebral material is exciting for some people, in the same way some people call the video game Dark Souls shit because it's hard. It's not about enjoying music to appear indie and hipster, it's just about different tastes. You may not like this song and that's totally fine, but if you dislike Ocean Wide, Canyon Deep by him at the Mahogany session for the same reasons that you dislike this one then I don't see much more point continuing this discussion, as that's basically the same as the older generation always hating younger generation's music.MiHearing someone say "Asians never made great musicians" is kinda weird. We haven't heard about them in the west because we're western, that kind of music doesn't come over here very often, not much of the asian population will know the works of Mozart, and we don't know the artists who created the foundation of Asian music.
Dapdoi Ardon Shut up and stop shoving your opinions into this comment section. We Asians think Asian music is good just as y’all love your western music. There is no right answer in music, if there was there would be no room for creativity, so stop saying this song is trash like it’s a fact. If it’s not your taste then at least respect it, or at the very least just ignore it. U sound like you’re jealous that this guy is so talented
I closed my eyes listening to this song and really listened to the instruments. They took me to Italy, Paris, Hawaii, a rainforest, a beach- i love this song
Normally when I watch stuff like this, I feel despair, because much as i love music, and have great songs I hear in my soul, i cannot play the beauty i hear within. I struggle not to envy such beauty and skill. but having seen the sheer musical magic people like Cory Henry and Jacob Collier pour into our aching hearts, i have learned a valuable wisdom. Music transcends ego. And i have learnt to let their talent inspire me to keep hearing my inner voices and keep pushing my outer boundaries. I have learnt to just receive their freely given treasure and simply say #ThankYou.
@@bille77 The song starts with A=432 and as the song progresses, the whole friggin' tuning changes to A=440, creating a sense of returning to home :) Mind boggling stuff
Well, it's been 3 years since I "discovered" Jacob, and I am reminded of the first day. After wiping the tears from my eyes for having had my ENTIRE musical vocabulary of 40 years turned on its head, I was starting to wonder whether I had gone mad, or indeed I had stumbled across the next Great Leap Forward. My 3 young kids (despite my advanced age, I'm still knocking 'em out) were in the midst of an enormous argument. One was 4 years old, one 8 and the eldest was only 9 years old - all rambunctious, noisy, very different from each other, and all with varying degrees of musical ability. So I couldn't calm them down, so I just sat them on the sofa, fired-up my screen and told them to just "watch" - not listen. From the get-go all 3 of them froze. I mean TOTALLY. I didn't hear a squeak out of either one of them, all 3 being transfixed by what they were hearing and seeing. And THAT is when I realised that we were dealing with something quite exceptional. And the freakiest thing of all - this guy literally lives 2 streets behind where I used to live!! I can't believe dthe lost opportunity. If only I had known!!!!
This literally has to be one of the GREATEST PIECES OF MUSIC I've ever heard in my life. EVER. It's an absolute MASTERPIECE on every possible level of musicianship and production. My God....there are no words...tears, yes....just, take the time to listen to the entire thing on the best system possible. And just think, this is the FIRST STEP in Jacob's journey. A true Artist: defying genre, breaking ground, fully aware. Remember...he's only 20. We still get 50-60 more years of this guy! We are now all fortunate to be living in the "Time of Jacob Collier".
It's like playing 8th notes with your left foot and playing a kick drum rhythm with you right foot and playing a ride pattern with your right hand and playing a snare with your left hand with some ghost notes It's called practice!
Once you discover Jacob Collier's music, it's like that scene from Rick and Morty where Morty steps onto "true level" ground and ends up having to get his mind erased because he can't go back to normal ground after experiencing perfection.
I just learned by watching June Lee's second interview with Jacob that this song starts out in the tuning of A=432 and ends in the standard tuning of A=440! I'm pretty sure that's never been done before, but I could be wrong. Jacob you are inspiring so many people with your incredible knowledge of music theory, your level of musicianship, your genuine enthusiasm for music, and most of all your willingness to push the boundaries of conventional music. You've introduced this soon to be 44 year-old drummer/pianist to a world of ideas, both in harmony and in rhythm. Keep doing what you're doing, including educating the rest of us, and I bet your name will eventually be up there alongside the names of the artists you've covered. I'll be watching from the cheap seats.
@@mrgreendot4784 the change happens at 5:30, as far as I can tell. You can really hear the difference if you listen to the very end of the song (the mandolin finger-picking thing) and then jump back to the start. The beginning feels darker with the 432 Hz, and the ending brighter.
You know that music that feels kind of sacred so you have to make sure absolutely no sound follows after it finishes and you hold your breath and just bathe in the feeling it gives you? Well to me, this is one such song
Don't lose hope :) i found myself thinking the same when I first discovered him. But Jacob had to put in work to acquire his skill, much like how we must as well. If you work hard, I'm sure you could be just as great. Maybe it might take a little more time and effort as compared to Jacob because he definitely has a gift, but it's definitely not impossible for us.
I truly think that Jacob will become one of the great composers of our era, i'm blown away everytime he releases new song. Great voice, great playing, and most importantly that super-complex harmony... Now that's how music in 2016 should be!
Thanks for being here JC.... Just had the thought that listening to this, is like getting into music as a teenager for the first time again... You're a beautiful and pure channel for creativity #blessings #peace #somuchlove 🤍
As an 'ex-composer' (now I seem to be de-composing!) I've gotta say the gift that you have inspires and implodes me and tears come to my eyes. Thank you and may the Universe protect you.
Jacob proves that we are not made of matter, but of a symphony of complex harmonies. I have never heard better music or a better composer in 66 years. (R.N. Board of directors- Metropolitan Opera Auditions)
Because it's too good. That's not meant as a joke. There's a certain sweet spot of complexity / artistic seriousness that works best for the masses. It's near but not at the bottom. This is pretty near the top as far as I'm concerned. Too hip for the masses.
"Sir, we've genetically engineered the greatest musician of all time." "Fantastic, agent! Did you use the bio-schematics we based on all the members from the Mahavishnu Orchestra?" "Not quite, sir. We took DNA from Herbie Hancock's hair, David Bowie's skin, Prince's nails, Tigran Hamasyan's eyeball, Flying Lotus' taint, Stevie Wonder's left nut, and used data from the medical histories of all participants of Sly and the Family Stone." "Genius! Are we keeping him in cyro-stasis?" "No, we locked him in a recording studio." "Shit, check the testing monitors. He's probably already begun Phase IV" *The military members see the Hideaway video on the CCTV feed* "How is he multiplying? We didn't test for that! What's with that smile? Does he know we're watching him?" "As an entity of this magnitude, he must be psychically aware of any audience of his at all times." "Sir, what's happening? Why can't I stop my limbs from convulsing in a 5:3 polymetric pattern?" "Oh no, the inspirational funk has already infected us. He must have used those lovely songwriting chops to trojan-horse the mental toxin into us without us knowing. We were so close to crafting the perfect military weapon; if only we could contain it. Help! If anyone out there is listening, please tell my wife that the soundtrack to my death was somehow simultaneously complex and tasteful." *Their brains then melt as they try to theorize the chord voicings."
Thank you Jacob for showing us how incredible a human being can actually be when finding purpose and giving all to it at every second of the "ride". Your music belongs to the universe!
Seven minutes ago I wanted to be a musician but now I'm not so sure... you've made me so helpless HOW CAN SOMEONE COMPOSE SOMETHING SO CRAZILY ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT SOMEHOW MAKE IT WORK??? a genius
Take me Anywhere you want to go You know that my love is strong In my hideaway Softly Like the calm that follows storm Find what I've been searching for, all along In my hideaway Even when I close my eyes Darling, I will always stay Wide awake In my hideaway Touch me Like I've never loved before In a place that I adore In my hideaway I know Whichever way the wind may blow There will be a place for me to go In my hideaway Whether you be lost of found Darling, if you've gone astray I'm on my way To my hideaway My hideaway Down going down Down falling down Down goin' down Follow down When the rain falls Falling down to the sea Flow that river To the depth of me Let me Feel the sky and feel the Moon Let me sing an honest tune To my hideaway Trusting Wherever I go wandering I'll find a home in everything In my hideaway Maybe you can come to stay And I will meet you here someday Far away In my hideaway
I just wasted an hour of my life trying to figure out exactly what he does in the polyrhythm section (2:26). I notated it to prove to myself I understood. I'm about to study a doctorate in music. That was humbling.
What exactly is going on? I hear septuplets? maybe? It's good to know even someone who's about to study a doctorate in music finds it difficult too. :)
It changes to 5/8 time. The fundamental pulse stays the same since the minim (half-note) of the previous bar has the same duration as the 5/8 bar. The thing that gives it the extra kick is the shaker and ukulele play groups of threes against the 5. The melody stays in 4 over the top (the 5/8 bars are in larger groups of 4), making is seem seamless. So essentially you have 3 against 4 against 5.
This song sounds like what waking up just as the sun rises, walking around the house, opening the windows to air out the space, journaling, spiced tea, prayer, meditation and yoga would sound like... those few moments to oneself before the rest of the world starts to move. This song, sounds like an awakening.
I discovered you only last night and I'm gone sleep at 2 a.m listening your art... This morning, while driving at work, I listened again this song, and I found my eyes crying for the massive amount of emotions. I listen to a lot of genre, from metal to funk, from classical to punk. From David David Sylvian to Sonic Youth, Ravel, Slipknot, Kool and the Gang, Nine Inch Nails, Brian Eno, Giacomo Puccini, Fishbone, Mr. Bungle, Chemical Brothers... Well, Jacob... from now I know that one day I will say "I lived when Jacob Collier came on the Earth". I am a lucky man, thank you.
I always come back to this whenever I want to feel grounded and centered. I can tap into his essence and his universe which are filled with joy, beauty, freedom, and egolessness.
Dear Lord Jacob, I hope you read this... You are an awesome musician, Jacob. Oh man, I love you! Your music is just beautiful, it fills my heart with joy and peace and... just I don't know what to say, there are no words that describe what I feel when I listen to your music. Thank you for sharing all this and doing what you do. You are an inspiration for me, I am 15 years old now, and music is what I love, what I do and will do for life and I am so proud and excited about it. You are always drawing a smile on my face.
I can't stop listening to this song. All of those beautiful chords, the interesting syncopation, the diverse instrumentation, and I can't forget to mention your vocal layering...this song is musical heaven. If the rest of the album is like this, I may not have to get any more music for the rest of my life. This is incredible, and I'm chomping at the bit for more.
It's very clever! I think the main reason it feels so smooth is the shaker pattern, which is playing groupings of three 8th notes starting on the second beat. That creates a polyrhythm that only lines up with the 5/8 every three bars, preventing the "jerky" feeling you can encounter in odd time when the bar violently restarts. Can I analyse it? Yeah. Could I compose anything using that technique that sounds 1/1000th as good as this? No way.
I think it's important also to note that it's not really 5/8 but 4/2 with each minim divided into 5 quavers instead of 4 (in the shaker part at least), so it still has the '4/4' backbone our ears are used to.
i love singing along to songs but when it comes to jacob i can’t help but listen in awe to his sheer talent and beautiful understanding of music. it’s like he speaks the same language as the instruments and they’re singing a duet together. i missed loving music this much. thank you, jacob.
If music were a painting of a star, other artists finger paint a star that everyone can see. Collier (and very few others) hashes out the entire night sky with millions of precise strokes.
I have immense respect for someone who doesn't so much as write and perform music, as someone who intuits and simply feels it flow through him. I sense that it's not just upbringing, not just access and support at home, it's buried within the id, below the self. I'm moved by this, which is rare given how much I've experienced in my own unusual connection to music. Thank you for sharing yourself.
I cannot begin to explain Jacob Collier. But I will try. He is the feeling when you are texting your SO at 2:36 am and realize that 2 hours have passed since you started talking. He is running along a beach just past sunset while the sun is down but the sky stays bright as it bathes you in pink and orange, listening to the waves against the sand. He is seeing an old friend by complete coincidence and sparking a conversation over coffee. He is feeling the sun bathe your face as you wake up to a perfect morning. He makes me feel all the things. Haunting.
He plants the notion that complex = good in his listeners minds which is very flawed and makes people think they’re smarter than they are listening to his ‘’music” aka what just sounds like a bunch of band kids tuning up
Guys I had a lucid dream last night that my friend was playing this song, sang the first two lines, and then Crab rave played and worked so well with it. For some reason. It was like 15 seconds and I woke up in disbelief.
I can't honestly remember the last time I heard music so true, and I can't really find any other word to describe it. The complexity and all the technique which is implemented here completely disappears in light of its artistic value, all of it matters of course but it's all in service of the artistic expression this man wanted to achieve. And this is truly something to value.
I absolutely love the wooden drum sound that starts at 0:44. It pans into the center from both left and right and just adds so much... depth, or whatever that feel is.
That was me the first time I heard the track, this wonderment then increased after I watched this video .. such a talent, I love that he does everything himself, another Stevie Wonder in that regard.
I just want to meet this boy, hold his hands, and then hug him for a million years and say thank you thank you thank you. Jacob, you are wonderful! Thank you for your music! So full of heart. It's not just "impressive", it is GOOD. music.Even on my darkest days, I cannot stop smiling when I listen to your music! Amazing stuff, Jacob. Keep on. :) xo
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When it come to being classified as “genius “ …there would be very few modern day musical artists that would fall into such a category… once in a generation artists are so few and far between that it can be easy to miss them… Jacob Collier is one of these artists… His talent, musicianship, compassion and understanding of his art form is without question..genius… Having myself played music for the last 46 years of my life…in multiple instruments and multiple genres..…I have never seen, nor heard…such an extraordinary talent such as Jacob Collier… If the entire mainstream music industry as a collective could do us all a favour, and begin to recognise the great musical art forms from non mainstream musical artists like Jacob Collier, Louis Cole, etc, etc… then the world would be a better place… These “new” artists need air time…. Let’s pay respect and give these artist the credit where it is due!!
Idk how to explain but Jacob here just looks so pure and joyful. Him in-front of the mic with a glowing face. He looks like innocent in a sense, not saying he wasn’t before but again, Idk how to explain it…
I don't think there is any other musician on this planet that can do the stuff Jacob does. And I can't imagine what he will be playing in 10 years from now. Absolutely genius!
I've listened to this hundreds of times, already feels like an old musical friend like something out of the Real Book. And it was only released this month. Beautiful work.
At 0:09 he plays a D chord, but in D = 432Hz which makes it feel close and personal and slightly melancholy, this chord can’t be played on an instrument with normal tuning, but at 6:34 he plays the same D chord, but in D=440Hz which feels warmer and like you’ve arrived (edit: got this from one of Colliers videos)
![Jacob Collier - Lua (feat. MARO) [live]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/4PIMR_oGRcU/mqdefault.jpg)
When one starts to study music, learning about harmony, rhythm , and all the other facets of music theory... when one spends 8 hours a day in the practice room trying to become perfect in your instrument,... when one begins to compete with other musicians for jobs and accolades .... one can lose that initial love and joy that's present prior to all the training. When one listens to music, it then becomes something to be analysed, quantified and judged. When I listen to Jacob's music, I simply enjoy it and I'm transported to a time when I loved music just because it was music. I didn't understand anything, I didn't try to understand anything. I just... listened to it. Thank you so much Jacob for giving me this again. It means the absolute world to me... it means everything. Everything.
+Anthony C Your comment made my tear up. As a fellow musician, I completely relate. I often contemplate if over working to become proficient at my primary instrument is the wrong way about going about it, simply out of fear of possibly resenting the thing I love. Regardless, Jacobs piece truly sparked that memory of a more innocent time, which I absolutely needed.
+thatperson11111 Lovely, I resonate highly. After dedicating years of my life to intense guitar technique training, I hate seeing anyone play something challenging for me. I'd practice so often only to see another person come out on top out of nowhere, which can be discouraging as my instrument becomes a chore, another thing to master. I see where you're coming from, I've been playing much less often the past few months and it's taken so much stress off me. I find it necessary for my mental sanity. I wonder if taking breaks are vital to growth.
I tried to learn saxophone for a few decades, got involved in other stuff so neglected it but now when I play I find a simpler pleasure in playing the instrument as just a nice sound maker, scales and chords are more apparent because I'm not complicating my approach with advanced ideas. Taking a longish break can refresh the basic pleasure in doing music.
You sir are a truly soulful being. #SoGladYouTouchedInnerBeautyYetAgain.
I don't know if you've watched the two part interview where he goes into theory. But he goes into this insane description of what he's doing musically then comes right back to "but it's how this chord or melody makes me feel that's really important..." Sometimes I get lost in the music theory weeds and this is a great reminder that if I can make people feel something, I've done my job as a musician.
This is considered his "humble beginnings" later in his career. Let that sink in for a second...🤯
Haha we are watching the same thing on the same day!
Chacorinco we areeee😍
he doesnt have as many different shirts yet
@@jordan_private ah thats why
Don't worry, It's just intonation.
This is still my go-to song to test headphones.
Ha. Never thought of this. But you're right. It's nice to test headphones and iems with this.
Just tested some studio/monitor headphones, works well
I use it to test my iems as well
haha nice. i use the first song of that album, woke up this morning
Funny, I'm literally doing that right now lmao. It's a good base line!
This is a ridiculous display of talent. wonderful sounds
Oh, you here
Paint couldn't agree more :)
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LOL Paint, when I was watching Jacobs videos I was thinking of you 'Paint, you have now a really good competitor'! :-p You should stick together and make a duo song :-p
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This level of prodigy is so rare. It's really a staggering amalgamation of so many different finely tuned talents and disciplines - not to mention beautiful on the ears and captivatingly shot/produced. And he's 21. I think Collier is going to catch a very big wave...
+Douglas James he IS the big wave.
INDEED!
+Douglas James :D
+Play My String THANG he is the ocean
+Douglas James I dislike the word 'talented.' In my view it suggests that the individual was born with the ability, ignoring the hours upon hour of work and self that it took to get them there. The doubting voice in our heads that make us think that we could never achieve something similar. The same voice makes it easier to believe that our destiny is guided by fate then to come to terms with the fact that we hold the reins. TH-cam is great for explaining this, go back an watch his older videos and see how hard work has progressed his understanding.
Opening: A=432 Hz
2 minutes in: A=~435 Hz
5 mins: A=~438 Hz
By the end: A=440 Hz
How does that work, does he tune his instruments down throughout the piece??
I'd have done it afterwards electronically. it seems gradual.
I was about to say, if he managed to do that live, he is a demi god
LOL TRUE
He would have to tune his instruments up, not down
Bro, his voice is genuinely so perplexing!! He's making his vowels tall, which usually creates a darker, hidden sound. But his sound is so bright!!! How??? What is he doing with his voice?!???
michelle badalov he’s English
I imagine that he sings more or less how he speaks
@@benjaminperez4570 Well I'm from Chicago and I don't sing with a Chicago accent, also it doesn't matter his nationality, your singing voice sounds way different from your speaking voice
michelle badalov I get that, but I’m saying that, although you might not, he does sing how he speaks
michelle badalov literally listen to any video with him speaking and then hear his singing voice and you’ll get what I mean
I want a love that makes me feel the way this song does
you will have it)
@@phyxgard950 You are both so cute!
Same here 🥺
Me too 🤩
Make someone else feel the way this music makes you feel.
I don't think I've ever been so emotionally connected to a song before
RIGHT!
+Alex Sammy Listen to more music maybe? :D
+Yadeehoo go slap yourself.
Rainbow Sam lol
let her express herself without feeling the urge to comment some assholeness cause you liked her profile pic, maybye?
Mansplaining at it's best
He stays in one room but I was shown the galaxy.
Nice. Very poetic description.
that's exactly the point. Same here, like being awaken even with opened eyes
So many people have big houses or flats but just banal stuff all over the place. Jacob has a mental universe in 15 sqm. May he be an inspiration to all of us.
This has become much more a prayer for me rather than a song.
same
This and "In The Real Early Morning" both do that for me
me too!
I am 72 and this young man has got me as exited about music again as I was about the Beatles in the 1960s!!
I have played, taught and even produced music for almost 50 years. I have worked with a lot artists during my time at Sony Music. Not important who, but they were the biggest. I have never seen or expected to see anything like this. I am stunned, delighted, almost in tears, and still shaking from the chills. You are some kind of miracle.
Dapdoi Ardon how is this shit
@Dapdoi Ardon It's fine to think something's shit, but it's worth putting a reason as to why you think it's shit. There's a good chance this music just wasn't aimed at the demographic you fall into.
@Dapdoi Ardon music is entirely subjective, and listening to challenging and cerebral material is exciting for some people, in the same way some people call the video game Dark Souls shit because it's hard. It's not about enjoying music to appear indie and hipster, it's just about different tastes. You may not like this song and that's totally fine, but if you dislike Ocean Wide, Canyon Deep by him at the Mahogany session for the same reasons that you dislike this one then I don't see much more point continuing this discussion, as that's basically the same as the older generation always hating younger generation's music.MiHearing someone say "Asians never made great musicians" is kinda weird. We haven't heard about them in the west because we're western, that kind of music doesn't come over here very often, not much of the asian population will know the works of Mozart, and we don't know the artists who created the foundation of Asian music.
Dapdoi Ardon Shut up and stop shoving your opinions into this comment section. We Asians think Asian music is good just as y’all love your western music. There is no right answer in music, if there was there would be no room for creativity, so stop saying this song is trash like it’s a fact. If it’s not your taste then at least respect it, or at the very least just ignore it. U sound like you’re jealous that this guy is so talented
@Dapdoi Ardon preachhhhh
Everyone in his band looks the same
Adam DeBard lol
+* LoveDontLoveNobody * I'm pretty sure that it's just himself edited in different takes.
+Luke Ellis, dude really... :| I doubt editing could look so real
+Luke Ellis, it's usually worth the risk... For the love of the comedy 😏
I hope that you're high or something
I closed my eyes listening to this song and really listened to the instruments. They took me to Italy, Paris, Hawaii, a rainforest, a beach- i love this song
Maybe that is it.
Is it.
The place where unconditional love is,
The hideaway,
No unloving impact, just the way it has been
It’s the world
Aa I started to read this comment Jacob dang "I closed my eyes"
Bruh
somewhere is South Asia, too. :D
It is literally an outbursting of the imaginative faculties....I went everything too
This makes me love being alive.
He's a wizard. It's the only way.
I listen to this in my room with my eyes closed every time I need to recharge. I swear this song feels like floating on pure light.
Amazing right
In My Room....I see what you did there 😁
@@siphosekonyane4388 Right! My room is my hideaway too!!!
Normally when I watch stuff like this, I feel despair, because much as i love music, and have great songs I hear in my soul, i cannot play the beauty i hear within. I struggle not to envy such beauty and skill. but having seen the sheer musical magic people like Cory Henry and Jacob Collier pour into our aching hearts, i have learned a valuable wisdom. Music transcends ego. And i have learnt to let their talent inspire me to keep hearing my inner voices and keep pushing my outer boundaries. I have learnt to just receive their freely given treasure and simply say #ThankYou.
saaammeee
Growth mindset > Fixed mindset
Amen brother.
holy shit
beautiful
thoughts and feelings bro!
music: (is in a key)
jazz musicians: how about a key change?
jacob: how about a *tuning* change?
haha!!!
Finding myself unable to laugh about this inside joke. So please enlighten!
Horst Jedlika instead of changing the key of the song he literally retuned his instruments so they would sound like the way they do
@@bille77 The song starts with A=432 and as the song progresses, the whole friggin' tuning changes to A=440, creating a sense of returning to home :) Mind boggling stuff
@@villiamaxtelius1170 Thanks!
Well, it's been 3 years since I "discovered" Jacob, and I am reminded of the first day. After wiping the tears from my eyes for having had my ENTIRE musical vocabulary of 40 years turned on its head, I was starting to wonder whether I had gone mad, or indeed I had stumbled across the next Great Leap Forward. My 3 young kids (despite my advanced age, I'm still knocking 'em out) were in the midst of an enormous argument. One was 4 years old, one 8 and the eldest was only 9 years old - all rambunctious, noisy, very different from each other, and all with varying degrees of musical ability. So I couldn't calm them down, so I just sat them on the sofa, fired-up my screen and told them to just "watch" - not listen. From the get-go all 3 of them froze. I mean TOTALLY. I didn't hear a squeak out of either one of them, all 3 being transfixed by what they were hearing and seeing. And THAT is when I realised that we were dealing with something quite exceptional. And the freakiest thing of all - this guy literally lives 2 streets behind where I used to live!! I can't believe dthe lost opportunity. If only I had known!!!!
This literally has to be one of the GREATEST PIECES OF MUSIC I've ever heard in my life. EVER. It's an absolute MASTERPIECE on every possible level of musicianship and production. My God....there are no words...tears, yes....just, take the time to listen to the entire thing on the best system possible. And just think, this is the FIRST STEP in Jacob's journey. A true Artist: defying genre, breaking ground, fully aware. Remember...he's only 20. We still get 50-60 more years of this guy! We are now all fortunate to be living in the "Time of Jacob Collier".
3:40 also I don't know how many people realize how hard it is to keep that beat on a cowbell and sing an ad lib freely at the same time
John Baxter I just did it... It wasn't that hard
Trueee! I have been trying to both at the same time since this video came out. Still struggling. He is a freakin genius 😱😱😭😭
@@architgupta4433 vids or it didn't happen.
It's like playing 8th notes with your left foot and playing a kick drum rhythm with you right foot and playing a ride pattern with your right hand and playing a snare with your left hand with some ghost notes
It's called practice!
Nope.
Once you discover Jacob Collier's music, it's like that scene from Rick and Morty where Morty steps onto "true level" ground and ends up having to get his mind erased because he can't go back to normal ground after experiencing perfection.
if you think thats what "True level" is go peep his albums on TIdal (free 30 day trial :3)
That’s so accurate hahaha
It’s so true
@@Hillgrov ugh thank you. I felt insane. He's talented, but it gave me a headache. And I really tried, but I cannot stand his voice.
@@d3rrick10493 Damn fair enough . personally i love it.
I just learned by watching June Lee's second interview with Jacob that this song starts out in the tuning of A=432 and ends in the standard tuning of A=440! I'm pretty sure that's never been done before, but I could be wrong. Jacob you are inspiring so many people with your incredible knowledge of music theory, your level of musicianship, your genuine enthusiasm for music, and most of all your willingness to push the boundaries of conventional music. You've introduced this soon to be 44 year-old drummer/pianist to a world of ideas, both in harmony and in rhythm. Keep doing what you're doing, including educating the rest of us, and I bet your name will eventually be up there alongside the names of the artists you've covered. I'll be watching from the cheap seats.
Oh my god what? Really!?!?
@@mrgreendot4784 the change happens at 5:30, as far as I can tell. You can really hear the difference if you listen to the very end of the song (the mandolin finger-picking thing) and then jump back to the start. The beginning feels darker with the 432 Hz, and the ending brighter.
@@hazzmando Nope, it happens at 2:00. What you thought as tuning up is actually a modulation up a semitone.
@@MrKeiyaku It is less than half a semitone, so it is actually a tuning up imo
Cheering you on...from the cheap seats=) The thing I love best about music is that is always enough to go around for everyone!
Young Man you are not on a level,
you are the level, and so far there is none other above.
God has anointed you.
This song…makes life worth living.
You know that music that feels kind of sacred so you have to make sure absolutely no sound follows after it finishes and you hold your breath and just bathe in the feeling it gives you? Well to me, this is one such song
Well being a musician was fun while it lasted. No point even trying after watching this. Absolutely incredible Jacob.
Don't lose hope :) i found myself thinking the same when I first discovered him. But Jacob had to put in work to acquire his skill, much like how we must as well. If you work hard, I'm sure you could be just as great. Maybe it might take a little more time and effort as compared to Jacob because he definitely has a gift, but it's definitely not impossible for us.
Jovianne Tabraham thanks, I was only kidding of course :)
well there's always edm if you need a pickmeup
It's only made me want to try harder
This is why I no longer do anything but leave youtube comm... wait... you just left a better comment than mine... thanks a lot. Goodbye cruel world.
Along with the change from 432 to 440, the lights in the room also get brighter to emphasize 'opening up'. Incredible.
I truly think that Jacob will become one of the great composers of our era, i'm blown away everytime he releases new song. Great voice, great playing, and most importantly that super-complex harmony... Now that's how music in 2016 should be!
Wow 好和弦
This came on my Discover Weekly playlist on Spotify while I was walking to class, and I had to sit down.
Beyond words amazing.
Julianne McLaughlin And it's not till you see the video that you realize he is playing ALL the instruments
Thanks for being here JC.... Just had the thought that listening to this, is like getting into music as a teenager for the first time again... You're a beautiful and pure channel for creativity #blessings #peace #somuchlove 🤍
As an 'ex-composer' (now I seem to be de-composing!) I've gotta say the gift that you have inspires and implodes me and tears come to my eyes.
Thank you and may the Universe protect you.
Beautiful of you 😊
He is the Universe. A part of it. How just astounduing are the cases when there is human born with the talent most can't comprehend.
me - jacob, what instruments do you play?
jacob- yes
He is an Instrument
😂👌🏾✋🏽💯💥🔥
'all of them'
Love it
spoons
Jacob proves that we are not made of matter, but of a symphony of complex harmonies. I have never heard better music or a better composer in 66 years. (R.N. Board of directors- Metropolitan Opera Auditions)
Why does this not have a billion views???
Because it's good enough not to be in the mainstream...seriously though, it deserves to be viewed by all human beings in existence.
Because it's too good.
That's not meant as a joke. There's a certain sweet spot of complexity / artistic seriousness that works best for the masses. It's near but not at the bottom. This is pretty near the top as far as I'm concerned. Too hip for the masses.
i've never heard a 5/8 section (2:26) sound so freaking natural. its unbelievable musical genius
Revisiting this masterpiece after 8 years. I'm addicted to Djessie 4 right now in 2024. Thank you, Jacob! God be with your soul. Peace!
I like the part with the music
"Sir, we've genetically engineered the greatest musician of all time."
"Fantastic, agent! Did you use the bio-schematics we based on all the members from the Mahavishnu Orchestra?"
"Not quite, sir. We took DNA from Herbie Hancock's hair, David Bowie's skin, Prince's nails, Tigran Hamasyan's eyeball, Flying Lotus' taint, Stevie Wonder's left nut, and used data from the medical histories of all participants of Sly and the Family Stone."
"Genius! Are we keeping him in cyro-stasis?"
"No, we locked him in a recording studio."
"Shit, check the testing monitors. He's probably already begun Phase IV"
*The military members see the Hideaway video on the CCTV feed*
"How is he multiplying? We didn't test for that! What's with that smile? Does he know we're watching him?"
"As an entity of this magnitude, he must be psychically aware of any audience of his at all times."
"Sir, what's happening? Why can't I stop my limbs from convulsing in a 5:3 polymetric pattern?"
"Oh no, the inspirational funk has already infected us. He must have used those lovely songwriting chops to trojan-horse the mental toxin into us without us knowing. We were so close to crafting the perfect military weapon; if only we could contain it. Help! If anyone out there is listening, please tell my wife that the soundtrack to my death was somehow simultaneously complex and tasteful."
*Their brains then melt as they try to theorize the chord voicings."
prosthesis_ most underrated comment i've ever seen. You deserve 299384849292 likes
absolutely love this
Kwin gives this comment an 11.5/10
Your humble comment gets...
purple/10
My mom thinks I'm crazy because I shouted
"I can't stop convulsing in a 5/3 pattern"
😂😂😂 rip me
Me: * see's the thumbnail *
Oh, he has a band!
Me: * see's the video *
Oh, he is the band!
Love this. Hilarious mate
I have a band you foolish mortal
WE HAVE JACOB
One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
Hey you should listen to this song again because you probably haven’t in a while and I am here to remind you how beautiful and pure it is🪵😇🕊🌎🌿🌱🐴
It replaced Rachmaninov's Second Sonata OP36 for me as the #1 piece of music I have ever experienced.
If Mozart were alive today, he'd be a fan of Jacob. This kid is a genius. Wow.
No, he wouldn't
Thank you Jacob for showing us how incredible a human being can actually be when finding purpose and giving all to it at every second of the "ride". Your music belongs to the universe!
Holy shit... this is what I want to be someday
+insaneintherainmusic You're getting there!
my man carlos, look at you in 2021
So you just leave comments on all of the best music on youtube, huh? It's great to see you here!
Holy shit... this is what you are now
Except for that you and Jacob are very different musicians but both incredible in different ways
ikr
Seven minutes ago I wanted to be a musician but now I'm not so sure... you've made me so helpless HOW CAN SOMEONE COMPOSE SOMETHING SO CRAZILY ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT SOMEHOW MAKE IT WORK??? a genius
Find your unique voice. We all have them..but yes, this kid is pretty badass
Audrey Rouge ye he is a modern day Wolfgang Mozart of sorts.
you dont need all these crazy tricks, look at some of the beatles songs, just a guitar and a voice.
Go listen to some zappa. Please.
Find what you want to play and dedicate as much healthy time you can into it. Thats about it. Its all about how much effort you put in to it.
I have a feeling that he just scratches a surface of a new wonderful world of infinite micro-tonal music melodies, chords and transitions.
Take me
Anywhere you want to go
You know that my love is strong
In my hideaway
Softly
Like the calm that follows storm
Find what I've been searching for, all along
In my hideaway
Even when I close my eyes
Darling, I will always stay
Wide awake
In my hideaway
Touch me
Like I've never loved before
In a place that I adore
In my hideaway
I know
Whichever way the wind may blow
There will be a place for me to go
In my hideaway
Whether you be lost of found
Darling, if you've gone astray
I'm on my way
To my hideaway
My hideaway
Down going down
Down falling down
Down goin' down
Follow down
When the rain falls
Falling down to the sea
Flow that river
To the depth of me
Let me
Feel the sky and feel the Moon
Let me sing an honest tune
To my hideaway
Trusting
Wherever I go wandering
I'll find a home in everything
In my hideaway
Maybe you can come to stay
And I will meet you here someday
Far away
In my hideaway
Ariel Pedernera +
let me sing an honest tune to my hideaway
Yayyy thank you ! I was searching for the lyrics 😄
I just wasted an hour of my life trying to figure out exactly what he does in the polyrhythm section (2:26). I notated it to prove to myself I understood. I'm about to study a doctorate in music. That was humbling.
What exactly is going on? I hear septuplets? maybe?
It's good to know even someone who's about to study a doctorate in music finds it difficult too. :)
Wait, 9tuplets?
It changes to 5/8 time. The fundamental pulse stays the same since the minim (half-note) of the previous bar has the same duration as the 5/8 bar. The thing that gives it the extra kick is the shaker and ukulele play groups of threes against the 5. The melody stays in 4 over the top (the 5/8 bars are in larger groups of 4), making is seem seamless. So essentially you have 3 against 4 against 5.
Try to count in fives with the ukulele. You'll hear it!
Ah right cool! I hear it now, thank you!
You can always trust Jacob to remind you just how far you still have to go
about twice a year I come back and spend 7 minutes here.
| Next stop: Jacobs Room |
a pilgrimage
I'm back.
@@samplayssaxtwice a day, I come back and spend about 7 minutes here
ONLY TWICE A YEAR!?!?!
how can be the whole universe in a boy
You know shit's about to get grooved when bear hat Jacobs show up...
+Adam Marshall "Bear Hats"
I know right??? Like bear hat appears and there's a smug ass smile and then your world gets rocked haha
This song sounds like what waking up just as the sun rises, walking around the house, opening the windows to air out the space, journaling, spiced tea, prayer, meditation and yoga would sound like... those few moments to oneself before the rest of the world starts to move. This song, sounds like an awakening.
I discovered you only last night and I'm gone sleep at 2 a.m listening your art... This morning, while driving at work, I listened again this song, and I found my eyes crying for the massive amount of emotions. I listen to a lot of genre, from metal to funk, from classical to punk. From David David Sylvian to Sonic Youth, Ravel, Slipknot, Kool and the Gang, Nine Inch Nails, Brian Eno, Giacomo Puccini, Fishbone, Mr. Bungle, Chemical Brothers...
Well, Jacob... from now I know that one day I will say "I lived when Jacob Collier came on the Earth".
I am a lucky man, thank you.
Incredible. Absolutely phenomenal. Felt like a well needed hug that couldn't have come at a better time.
I always come back to this whenever I want to feel grounded and centered. I can tap into his essence and his universe which are filled with joy, beauty, freedom, and egolessness.
Well said, man.
That's some of the descriptions of God!!!
Dear Lord Jacob, I hope you read this... You are an awesome musician, Jacob. Oh man, I love you! Your music is just beautiful, it fills my heart with joy and peace and... just I don't know what to say, there are no words that describe what I feel when I listen to your music. Thank you for sharing all this and doing what you do. You are an inspiration for me, I am 15 years old now, and music is what I love, what I do and will do for life and I am so proud and excited about it. You are always drawing a smile on my face.
The last "hideaway" always gives me chills, so beautiful...
Email' s SAME its the most warm and hugging chord ive ever heard
I feel so bad for those not using high-quality headphones. it just brings this song from a 10/10 to a 15/10. truly amazing!
I can't stop listening to this song. All of those beautiful chords, the interesting syncopation, the diverse instrumentation, and I can't forget to mention your vocal layering...this song is musical heaven.
If the rest of the album is like this, I may not have to get any more music for the rest of my life. This is incredible, and I'm chomping at the bit for more.
i've never heard a 5/8 time signature (2:26) sound so freaking natural. its unbelievable musical genius
It's very clever! I think the main reason it feels so smooth is the shaker pattern, which is playing groupings of three 8th notes starting on the second beat. That creates a polyrhythm that only lines up with the 5/8 every three bars, preventing the "jerky" feeling you can encounter in odd time when the bar violently restarts.
Can I analyse it? Yeah. Could I compose anything using that technique that sounds 1/1000th as good as this? No way.
I think it's important also to note that it's not really 5/8 but 4/2 with each minim divided into 5 quavers instead of 4 (in the shaker part at least), so it still has the '4/4' backbone our ears are used to.
I'd call it more of a sustained quintuplet feel, but still I agree it's so natural and amazing
Jacob describes it as a very slow 4/4 (bpm = 49), with each beat subdivided in 5. You can hear a very slow kick and snare on 4/4's beats 1 and 3.
You either get it, or you don’t. I’m with you Jacob!
Goshhhh yess this is the comment I've been finding
Well, this just made my morning.
I feel like i'm coming home while i'm hearing this.
Ramos Janoah Mad thing? That’s by design.
the magic of the tonic :)
The song starts at A4 = 432Hz tuning, then ends on a A4 = 440Hz tuning which creates the feeling of resolution or “coming home”.
I want my children to listen to Jacob Collier and be in love with his music for them to know what kind of love standard they must seek in life
best example of: "If you want it to be done just right, do it all by yourself" :D
Man, all I can say is I'M A FAN and this could be one of the most brilliant songs I've ever heard.
i love singing along to songs but when it comes to jacob i can’t help but listen in awe to his sheer talent and beautiful understanding of music. it’s like he speaks the same language as the instruments and they’re singing a duet together. i missed loving music this much. thank you, jacob.
It’s such a gorgeous piece. Every time I have a panic attack/ when my depression gets really bad, I always come watch this. Helps out a lot. 💙
There is so much healing power coming from a happy, supporting and secure childhood.
Dont even know anymore - to be more amazed by hes writing skills or size of wardrobe?
If music were a painting of a star, other artists finger paint a star that everyone can see. Collier (and very few others) hashes out the entire night sky with millions of precise strokes.
2:00 love it how he nearly forgets a beat on the udu lol - he is human!
I have immense respect for someone who doesn't so much as write and perform music, as someone who intuits and simply feels it flow through him. I sense that it's not just upbringing, not just access and support at home, it's buried within the id, below the self. I'm moved by this, which is rare given how much I've experienced in my own unusual connection to music. Thank you for sharing yourself.
I cannot begin to explain Jacob Collier. But I will try.
He is the feeling when you are texting your SO at 2:36 am and realize that 2 hours have passed since you started talking.
He is running along a beach just past sunset while the sun is down but the sky stays bright as it bathes you in pink and orange, listening to the waves against the sand.
He is seeing an old friend by complete coincidence and sparking a conversation over coffee.
He is feeling the sun bathe your face as you wake up to a perfect morning.
He makes me feel all the things.
Haunting.
He plants the notion that complex = good in his listeners minds which is very flawed and makes people think they’re smarter than they are listening to his ‘’music” aka what just sounds like a bunch of band kids tuning up
OH MY GOSH This description is so perfect!
A perfect blanket of harmony and polyrhythm. Complexity in the form of simplicity. Pure coziness.
How do I even after watching this?
+Ehh flat I think you missed a word out dude. Looks like it was a verb,
+Jason Evans knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-can-t-even
+flamingspinach demolished
Yeah, Internet "memes" are no excuse for poor grammer.
lol
Guys I had a lucid dream last night that my friend was playing this song, sang the first two lines, and then Crab rave played and worked so well with it. For some reason. It was like 15 seconds and I woke up in disbelief.
I can't honestly remember the last time I heard music so true, and I can't really find any other word to describe it. The complexity and all the technique which is implemented here completely disappears in light of its artistic value, all of it matters of course but it's all in service of the artistic expression this man wanted to achieve. And this is truly something to value.
Not all earthlings are actually from here. This guy came from heaven to remind us of our divinity. Thank you Jacob...
I absolutely love the wooden drum sound that starts at 0:44. It pans into the center from both left and right and just adds so much... depth, or whatever that feel is.
Same, I still can’t find out what that percussion instrument is called
@@ADHDandD it's an udu
@@play3r.wav. thank you so much!
Disbelief every time I watch this. You are my favourite musician. Jacob, you inspire me.
Same, mate
Same here.what a blessed guy
I know right he is soo inspiring
WHAT!!?? THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!!
Dude. Completely blown away. Insane.
Can't wait for the album!
I finally found you in the youtube comment section you ratbag!
PS It's Mr Wong. Catch you soon bruh
That was me the first time I heard the track, this wonderment then increased after I watched this video .. such a talent, I love that he does everything himself, another Stevie Wonder in that regard.
A miracle in our genuis musician, God is real. Go, go Jacob! We love the love you share. Thank you.
I just want to meet this boy, hold his hands, and then hug him for a million years and say thank you thank you thank you. Jacob, you are wonderful! Thank you for your music! So full of heart. It's not just "impressive", it is GOOD. music.Even on my darkest days, I cannot stop smiling when I listen to your music! Amazing stuff, Jacob. Keep on. :) xo
When one of your fave musicians is a fan of another of your fave musicians
There's a Jacob Collier discord server now! Join us for pages of memes, theory, theory-memes, heartfelt discussions, and lots of smiles and laughs :) We've even got some Jacob and June emojis!! Enter the community @ discord.gg/Q63TcYV
Haha you have the mega gay
no u
no Yew
A collierian soundscape is always a pleasure
When it come to being classified as “genius “ …there would be very few modern day musical artists that would fall into such a category…
once in a generation artists are so few and far between that it can be easy to miss them…
Jacob Collier is one of these artists…
His talent, musicianship, compassion and understanding of his art form is without question..genius…
Having myself played music for the last 46 years of my life…in multiple instruments and multiple genres..…I have never seen, nor heard…such an extraordinary talent such as Jacob Collier…
If the entire mainstream music industry as a collective could do us all a favour, and begin to recognise the great musical art forms from non mainstream musical artists like Jacob Collier, Louis Cole, etc, etc… then the world would be a better place…
These “new” artists need air time….
Let’s pay respect and give these artist the credit where it is due!!
Glad you mentioned Louis too! They are both dynamite
Composition 10/10
Arrangement 10/10
Harmonies 10/10
Voice 10/10
Instrumental 9/10
Emotion 10/10
Video editing 10/10 (definite signs of masochism)
This is utterly breathtaking. Your music is a blessing to all who are lucky enough to hear it. Thank you, truly.
Idk how to explain but Jacob here just looks so pure and joyful. Him in-front of the mic with a glowing face. He looks like innocent in a sense, not saying he wasn’t before but again, Idk how to explain it…
Awesome. The build from 3:30 onward is perfect.
+Adam Marshall I agree
I feel like a bard just cast a spell on me.
Sl1pg8r - Daily Stuff and Things! Woah! Hi Slip!
Hey sl1p. Fancy seein' you here.
Simple: he is a bard; he did.
what is a bard?
@@birdseye2239 what-
Jacob, you and your boy band were wonderful and you made me smile from the inside out 😊
Proof that it's not about what kind of mic you have but about what you sing into it
It's 2am and I'm literally crying cus this is so beautiful. So amazing how music can do this to you. Thank you Jacob Collier.
I don't think there is any other musician on this planet that can do the stuff Jacob does. And I can't imagine what he will be playing in 10 years from now. Absolutely genius!
I've listened to this hundreds of times, already feels like an old musical friend like something out of the Real Book. And it was only released this month. Beautiful work.
At 0:09 he plays a D chord, but in D = 432Hz which makes it feel close and personal and slightly melancholy, this chord can’t be played on an instrument with normal tuning, but at 6:34 he plays the same D chord, but in D=440Hz which feels warmer and like you’ve arrived
(edit: got this from one of Colliers videos)
Yes we did watch the June Lee video thanks
@@atomics1356 lmao
Why would you expose yourself like this... Feels pathetic, man...
@@atomics1356 Bruh im dead lmao
Jonathan Steele He really said it like he discovered it lolol
I can't even describe what feelings this song caused on me. I had tears on my eyes since the beggining, and I have never cried for a song before.
You make me want to be extraordinary Jacob Collier. You beautiful soul.