@@imstankface Dude!!! The part that blew me away in Jacob's "Moon River" - amongst other harmonic insanities - starts @ 8:06 of your reaction video where Jacob slowly bends upward the pitch of the entire "choir"!!!! Listen to it again and you'll hear it!!
You seem to have a handle on some music theory so you should definitely check out the Harmonic Analysis video by Listening In. This song uses something that is called microtonality and alternative tuning. It is not tuned in equal temperament like a piano. It starts off in A=440 (what most instruments are typically tuned to) but throughout the song, it changes to other tunings like A=332 and then A=453. Most don't even notice it is happening because of the way he is layering the chords. This kid is literally on a whole other level.
just discovered microtonal frets for bass and guitar ... always hated the fight between a decent G and D chord ... looking at the frets ...thats where they have the most extreme angles ... and it sounds amazing
7:51 Is arguably the most impressive part of the whole song, as that note that extends across the whole section actually rises microtonally extremely slowly so that the chord progression can work properly. It’s a tiny tiny detail that is necessary to the entire final stretch of the song, and once you notice it it blows your mind!
His ability to actually sing that is mind-blowing, in and of itself. It's one thing to be brilliant enough to write something like that, but to actually sing a note held that long, while moving so slowly and precisely to keep "in tune" with the surrounding music is something else entirely.
Wow. I've heard Jacob's version of "Moon River" many times... And today, listening with you, I have tears flowing...! Gratitude for the beauty that is possible on this earth through our shared experience and love of music! Thank you!
Subscribed! I love seeing reactions to this song! Here's my Jacob Collier Moon River experience... The first time I heard it, I immediately listened to it several times with awe & joy & wonder! Then my brain kinda metaphorically exploded, reassembled, & latched onto the Huckleberry Finn part towards the end that I call "The Jacob Collier Moon River Cave" & repeated it incessantly for weeks in a round. Over & over. I felt like I was sucked into that psychedelic cave in Willy Wonka with Gene Wilder in the boat, except instead, JC was the captain. I mean for weeks there was no silence in my brain, only Jacob Collier voices echoing... when I woke up, when I tried to sleep, every moment this part was playing in my head like a stuck record. I even tweeted @ JC something like "Help! I'm stuck in JC's Moon River cave!" Mind you this was a purely musical non drug-induced trip. I am a huge music fan, but not a musician, so I could not begin to analyze the harmonies here. But it was an insane, blissful ride. The thing that snapped me out of it? Freddie Mercury's ad-libs & vocal riff at the end of Another One Bites The Dust. Out of the blue, I was stuck with that in my head for weeks as well. I guess something in my brain is... shall we say... askew. God help whomever has to take care of me in my old age, if my brain gets stuck on musical phrases like this in my 50s! Madness!
Oh the clusters! And the way he seamlessly moves from really grounded chords into insanity in a flash (for example at 7:02 onwards) is just mindboggling.
@4:58 welcome to an audio acid trip. (I know you noticed it immediately based on your facial expresssion, lol.) The same microtuning commences again after the 6 minute mark, continuing to the end of the piece. It's not your hearing, and relax...you haven't had a stroke, lol.
Hey, love your reactions :-) You might enjoy his video on his Logic sessions for this one. The 5000 tracks are mind blowing, but I think it's how fast he does it is even crazier. I always feel words don't adequately do it justice!
I havent actually, but i've been getting a certain video recommended where the audience doesn't want to sing :D :D gotta see that :d. Also I'll make sure to do reactions of those.
Getting spoiled, everyday a new Stank Face reacts. Thanks, just don't burn yourself out. As a small indication of Jacob's dedication. After the song was recorded he sang through the song 93 times to get all the shirt changes and vocal footage he'd need to make the final video (which he did with a video production company in CA). When you might feel like yet another Jacob change of pace try "Don't stop til you get enough" th-cam.com/video/KC3GrzoQG9U/w-d-xo.html He is using a very advanced, very expensive Yamaha programable piano which he then jams along with while singing. I always find it extraordinary how he interacts with what he has programmed, plus it just looks like magic. Check it out. And thanks again.
Maan, as long as you guys keep sending me these out of this world songs, there's nothing to get burnt out on. :D I listen to music everyday anyway, plus my daily job at the moment is also "somewhat" connected to music. - Also yeah... wack wack job with the music video. :D So much work. It amazes me how simple he makes it look because it just feels like that to him in the first place. Ive added that one to the list!
@@imstankface I think in one sense it does just flow out of him, but! He also works incredibly hard and seemingly constantly on bringing his ideas to life. Looking forward to "Don't Stop" I have always found it amazing and it doesn't seem to get as much attention as some of his other videos. Which is a shame, as you'll no doubt experience. Looking forward to it. Thanks.
The way he uses microtonality doesn't really affect me too much since there's no reference point to hear it clearly. And with such tight clusters it's not really audible. I guess it would have sounded just as amazing in a "normal" 440. But it's cool to know that he's able to do that as well.
You think this is good? Ha! I drive to work and film... well I record.. it's the commute. Nothing really happens. 😕 I'm kidding of course. This is beyond excellent. Jacob makes me want to both quit music and sell all my belongings to pursue music at the same time. 😵😎!
:D :D its weird how something can motivate and demotivate you at the same time :D I'll be getting a keyboard soon hopefully, Id be releasing the urge to play during these sessions :D
He literally won a Grammy for that song.
Shoulda won 2 :D
@@imstankface Dude!!! The part that blew me away in Jacob's "Moon River" - amongst other harmonic insanities - starts @ 8:06 of your reaction video where Jacob slowly bends upward the pitch of the entire "choir"!!!! Listen to it again and you'll hear it!!
@@CribNotes I nearly passed out the first time I heard that section - it was sooooooo goooooood
You seem to have a handle on some music theory so you should definitely check out the Harmonic Analysis video by Listening In. This song uses something that is called microtonality and alternative tuning. It is not tuned in equal temperament like a piano. It starts off in A=440 (what most instruments are typically tuned to) but throughout the song, it changes to other tunings like A=332 and then A=453. Most don't even notice it is happening because of the way he is layering the chords.
This kid is literally on a whole other level.
Hooly music sheets, that sounds like it's gonna be an insane trip. IM ON IT, added it to the list!
just discovered microtonal frets for bass and guitar ... always hated the fight between a decent G and D chord ... looking at the frets ...thats where they have the most extreme angles ... and it sounds amazing
glad you found JC. I'm still speechless after a few years.
You and me both!
7:51 Is arguably the most impressive part of the whole song, as that note that extends across the whole section actually rises microtonally extremely slowly so that the chord progression can work properly. It’s a tiny tiny detail that is necessary to the entire final stretch of the song, and once you notice it it blows your mind!
His ability to actually sing that is mind-blowing, in and of itself. It's one thing to be brilliant enough to write something like that, but to actually sing a note held that long, while moving so slowly and precisely to keep "in tune" with the surrounding music is something else entirely.
Just intonation does that
We just hit 100 subs baby! WOOHOO!!!
Yay! Congrats!
I tear up. Every Single Time. JC is a genius.
Wow. I've heard Jacob's version of "Moon River" many times... And today, listening with you, I have tears flowing...! Gratitude for the beauty that is possible on this earth through our shared experience and love of music! Thank you!
Subscribed! I love seeing reactions to this song! Here's my Jacob Collier Moon River experience...
The first time I heard it, I immediately listened to it several times with awe & joy & wonder! Then my brain kinda metaphorically exploded, reassembled, & latched onto the Huckleberry Finn part towards the end that I call "The Jacob Collier Moon River Cave" & repeated it incessantly for weeks in a round. Over & over. I felt like I was sucked into that psychedelic cave in Willy Wonka with Gene Wilder in the boat, except instead, JC was the captain. I mean for weeks there was no silence in my brain, only Jacob Collier voices echoing... when I woke up, when I tried to sleep, every moment this part was playing in my head like a stuck record. I even tweeted @ JC something like "Help! I'm stuck in JC's Moon River cave!"
Mind you this was a purely musical non drug-induced trip. I am a huge music fan, but not a musician, so I could not begin to analyze the harmonies here. But it was an insane, blissful ride. The thing that snapped me out of it? Freddie Mercury's ad-libs & vocal riff at the end of Another One Bites The Dust. Out of the blue, I was stuck with that in my head for weeks as well. I guess something in my brain is... shall we say... askew. God help whomever has to take care of me in my old age, if my brain gets stuck on musical phrases like this in my 50s! Madness!
Bro that sounds like a hell of a journey :D :D glad i was here for it :D
Oh the clusters! And the way he seamlessly moves from really grounded chords into insanity in a flash (for example at 7:02 onwards) is just mindboggling.
CHOO CHOO, everybody aboard the Jacob Collier train!
Great job. Love reactions to Jacob. On to Dirty Loops I guess? Subbed and can't wait for each vid. Thank you.
Loops are out baby!!! :D And maaan it was insane! Thanks for the awesome support bro! :D
@4:58 welcome to an audio acid trip. (I know you noticed it immediately based on your facial expresssion, lol.) The same microtuning commences again after the 6 minute mark, continuing to the end of the piece. It's not your hearing, and relax...you haven't had a stroke, lol.
Hey, love your reactions :-) You might enjoy his video on his Logic sessions for this one. The 5000 tracks are mind blowing, but I think it's how fast he does it is even crazier. I always feel words don't adequately do it justice!
Thanks for the support! I've added the logic sessions to the list. Oh man its gonna be dope!!! :o
Have you heard any of his new songs which he creates live on stage with the audience from on tour it’s from his album piano ballads
I havent actually, but i've been getting a certain video recommended where the audience doesn't want to sing :D :D gotta see that :d. Also I'll make sure to do reactions of those.
Could one hope for some more Collier / Loops stank faces this weekend? Really enjoying your channel man!
I think someone should do a Moon River JC cover creatively using a mod wheel. I’ll do it in like five years if you don’t :>
lol that would be out of space :D
Getting spoiled, everyday a new Stank Face reacts. Thanks, just don't burn yourself out. As a small indication of Jacob's dedication. After the song was recorded he sang through the song 93 times to get all the shirt changes and vocal footage he'd need to make the final video (which he did with a video production company in CA). When you might feel like yet another Jacob change of pace try "Don't stop til you get enough" th-cam.com/video/KC3GrzoQG9U/w-d-xo.html He is using a very advanced, very expensive Yamaha programable piano which he then jams along with while singing. I always find it extraordinary how he interacts with what he has programmed, plus it just looks like magic. Check it out. And thanks again.
Maan, as long as you guys keep sending me these out of this world songs, there's nothing to get burnt out on. :D I listen to music everyday anyway, plus my daily job at the moment is also "somewhat" connected to music.
- Also yeah... wack wack job with the music video. :D So much work. It amazes me how simple he makes it look because it just feels like that to him in the first place.
Ive added that one to the list!
@@imstankface I think in one sense it does just flow out of him, but! He also works incredibly hard and seemingly constantly on bringing his ideas to life. Looking forward to "Don't Stop" I have always found it amazing and it doesn't seem to get as much attention as some of his other videos. Which is a shame, as you'll no doubt experience. Looking forward to it. Thanks.
Amazing 👏
You don’t want to know this but it took him about a week 🤯
Thats just insane....
The way he uses microtonality doesn't really affect me too much since there's no reference point to hear it clearly. And with such tight clusters it's not really audible. I guess it would have sounded just as amazing in a "normal" 440. But it's cool to know that he's able to do that as well.
DIRTY LOOPS DIRTY LOOPS DIRTY LOOPS DIRTY LOOPS (please?)
COMIN UP NEXT! I promise! :D
@@imstankface I can't get enough of Snarky Puppy, Jacob and DL. The trifecta of contemporary fusion IMO.
You think this is good? Ha! I drive to work and film... well I record.. it's the commute. Nothing really happens. 😕
I'm kidding of course. This is beyond excellent. Jacob makes me want to both quit music and sell all my belongings to pursue music at the same time. 😵😎!
:D :D its weird how something can motivate and demotivate you at the same time :D I'll be getting a keyboard soon hopefully, Id be releasing the urge to play during these sessions :D
Who?