@@tazizahsan2308 well good news and bad news haha. I reacted to it but it was sadly blocked, and whilst really tidy and impressive (Ed is amazing let's be clear on that), buuut still nothing crazy with regard to the actual looping! Great stops and and Ed's energy is awesome, however he keeps things very simple in regard to his loop work.
Damien Rice is who you’re thinking of. When Ed was much younger his Dad took him to see Damian Rice & that’s where Ed saw the loop pedal. He said Damian Rice is one of his idols. He refers to him in a few of his songs as well. You should hear “You Need Me I Don’t Need You” in the Live Room. You won’t be sorry
Hilarious that you are sitting with orange headphones, questioning an orange mic 🤣 👏 It’s nice to see someone focusing on playing the song first before concentrating on building loops. Great video as always David, thank you!
OMG SOMEBODY REACTED TO THIS I really enjoyed your reaction and analysis, thank you!! By the way, Ed Sheeran really is inspired by Damien Rice's music!! He said that! He also mentioned Damien in another song in the Live Room :')
You're welcome! Was fun doing this! Yeah.. I found out about Ed's Damien Rice inspiration after making this vid and just watched the 'You need me, I don't need you' video from there with Damien Rice getting a nice mention! Thanks!
I love the way this turns the usual “how long do we have to wait for the actual song” thing on its head. Instead he holds it back, then goes ham on the loop (possibly until he breaks the loop, but not here) before tying it all back together with a chorus.
@@davidshanhun Yeah. That breakdown at the end is just gorgeous; so much going on. Have you looked at ZenAud.io's ALK, which lets you set up trigger free arrangements in advance? It's kind of amazing (and if they'd just let me punch in and out of the first loop to set the whole song's tempo I would love it dearly)
The first time I saw Ed Sheeran live was in New York. November 2013 Madison Square Garden. I was blown away by his incredible talent to provide on his own a complete and unforgettable concert with only a small guitar and a looper.
@@davidshanhun exactly! Do you have any tips for my channel/releasing music? I just released my first single but barely any streams (Lovely Life on Spotify).
@@TheJasonJason congratulations! My tip with releasing would be to spend as much time and money on promoting as you did writing and recording the track. It's usually not what people want to hear, but that would be my suggestion!
@@TheJasonJason not specifically - have a read of this and it'll give you some good food for thought - aristake.com/500000-spotify-listeners. I would also write out for yourself what your story around the song/release is, why it might connect with other people and why they could relate. Imagine a 50 year old listening, a 20 year old listening and have a think what they might relate to. I find this helps with any sort of ad writing or creating. :)
Brilliant inspiring stuff. Thanks for sharing this, always admired him as one the finest loopers and vocalists, never mind what an incredible vocalist he is. 👍🏻👍🏻🎸👍🏻
Stumbled upon this video completely by accident, now you've earned a new sub! However, in exchange you just have to react to "Bloodstream" (Honda Stage or BBMAs version) and "You Need Me I Don't Need You" in the Live Room haha, I'll be very thankful for that. It's always nice to see someone appreciating his talent and looking a bit further than just "that Shape Of You guy" Thank you and good luck! :)
Ah cool! Welcome to the channel 😍 I've been working on a version of Bloodstream and watched those two vids a bunch of times... let's go with the 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You' 👌
I really love your genuine reaction sir. Please check out his song 'you need me, i don't need you' captured in the live room. It will showcase more of his looping skills for sure.
If you wanna check his looping and also one of his best tunes, definitely do "You need me, I don't need you" in the Live Room! Respect from The UK, 0121!🤘🏼
Good to see someone else in NZ appreciating what Ed does. He got the idea of looping from s band called Nislopy. You might like to read a book about Ed by Sean Smith, it tells you just about everything about his past. Also there is a film on youtube called songwriter. I think I see fire is his best. Good luck with your own career. 😼
The orange microphone is because of the album. The album is called "Plus" and it is orange and usually the plectrum is also orange. He also has always the sign of his album on the guitar 😉
So this was actually before he even had Chewie! Up to 2014 he was using a boss RC 20 in fact, only being a single track looper. In 2014 he got the Chewie 1 which ran mobius and was a four track looper. Then in 2017 he got Chewie 2 which is its own custom vst looper!
You should definitely check out his performance of "Bloodstream" at the BBMAs. It's really quite impressive how he basically destroys the loop, but it still sounds good! Also, he didn't use his Chewie until about 2014-2015, up until then it was the RC-30. Then the second version of the pedal was made for his 2017 tour (I know far too much about this 😂)
Hey Josh - yeah have watched that one a lot actually! It gets a bit crazy eh haha! ...hehe yep I was well wrong about this... haha! For some reason I never thought to check when it was actually filmed and thought it was recent ish! 🤦♂️
@@davidshanhun yeah the chewie is definitely cool though aye. I've been playing that version of bloodstream for a while now, and it's definitely a fun one, just gotta be careful not to smash your guitar as hard as he does 😂
@@jshmcguigan wow! That's pretty crazy eh! How long does a guitar last... "about 6 months" (imagine that response when buying a new baby at the store!)
Actualy, really loves building up so many loop levels like that. Using RC-30 and TC Forcefield compressor before it (not always on) - it makes massive build ups clearer. Then we are supposed to have compressor and limiter on mixer channel. Yea, it may be much louder then main part anyway, perhaps we need live remote control dude outside the scene, but its worth it. Anyway, im newbie at this. And sorry for bad english )
@@davidshanhun yeah Ed met him when he was about 11, and has his autograph tattooed onto his arm. Eric Clapton inspired Ed to learn to play the guitar though, and have now collaborated a couple of time. Gary Gunne taught Ed how to use the loop pedal as a young teenager.
Are you using the zoom L8 with the podmic here? did you use any mic lifter for podmic or just directly on L8? and lastly what AKG headphones are you using with L8? looking forward for dt770 pro 80ohms.. cuz my in ear monitor is a lil bit quite even i put the "monitor volume" on 12'oclock..
Aston Origin Mic directly into the L8. I use various different headphones with the L8, the headphone volume is a combination of the level you've set PLUS the master level, so if you're master volume is set low, you will need to turn up the headphones significantly and vice versa. Hope that helps. :)
I think if you're looking to find Ed's best looping songs, this definitely isn't one of them. This song is just very simple and straightforward. If you look up the other videos from this exact same recording session, they ALL are faster, with heavy loop pedal usage. "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" is super fast, tons of loop pedal, lots of rapping... "Be My Husband" is so damn good, even if you're not familiar with the original.
haha! Yes - it surprised me as I thought it was going to be/have much more looping in it. I did a reaction to 'you need me, I don't need you' but it was blocked so only available to the Patreon crew. ....haven't seen 'Be My Husband' though so i'll check it out! thanks 👌
He did a song I think it was called "My eyes are red" from same studio session that was pretty crazy, had a lot more looping in it. Check that out bud.
I'm not a massive Ed sheeran fan, I remember when his last album dropped and he was on 4 radio stations at the same time here. Just overplayed - he does seem know the "formula"? for a pop song though 😊
Yeah I think here for a while he was 4 or 5 out of the top 10 songs in the country - which would get played on each radio countdown etc. Much respect for the time he's put into his craft, and the songwriting skills though! (gotta be doing something well to be annoyingly overplayed on every radio channel 😂)
@@jamietaylor9303 haha thanks for the time mark... yep it's there! I reckon that's a truck reversing outside the room I was recording this in (other guesses welcome :P).
Oh, you want crazy? Alright, I’ll leave a link in a reply to this comment. Have to do that because usually people have their settings so comments with links go to the approval folder. So now you’ll know it’s there lol
Ed Sheeran, is a genius in many ways, but he does recycle songs, using structures of other songs, within his own. Listen to Perfect by Ed Sheeran and then listen to Stand By Me by Ben E king. (Just my views)
@@davidshanhun oh.yes these people are very talented there is no doubt, but re using structures and introducing them to audiences who potential have never heard the originals. Is upsetting, they all do it, maybe it's pressure from.record exects..
@@jasonmatthews6206 It's usually just based on what we listen to in my opinion. The smaller the range of music we grow up listening to, usually the smaller the range of styles and ideas we express when we write. At least that's what I think haha.
I keep waiting for the Ed Sheehan song that is catchy, interesting, listenable, not ridiculously repetitive, not pointlessly self-indulgent, not lyrically puerile--and I have yet to hear one. David, you're a more interesting looper.
You should really watch "You need me I don't need you" captured in the live room. No doubt my favorite of his live performances with looping!
Yep! this has been added to the list! 👌
Hahaha the man said "nothing crazy". Wait till u react to this!
@@tazizahsan2308 well good news and bad news haha. I reacted to it but it was sadly blocked, and whilst really tidy and impressive (Ed is amazing let's be clear on that), buuut still nothing crazy with regard to the actual looping! Great stops and and Ed's energy is awesome, however he keeps things very simple in regard to his loop work.
Exactly! That is amazing.. especially how he loops in that tune
Damien Rice is who you’re thinking of. When Ed was much younger his Dad took him to see Damian Rice & that’s where Ed saw the loop pedal. He said Damian Rice is one of his idols. He refers to him in a few of his songs as well. You should hear “You Need Me I Don’t Need You” in the Live Room. You won’t be sorry
ah yes!! I did a reaction to You Need Me but it was blocked sadly! Epic tune and recording eh!
Hilarious that you are sitting with orange headphones, questioning an orange mic 🤣 👏 It’s nice to see someone focusing on playing the song first before concentrating on building loops. Great video as always David, thank you!
Right?! 😂🤪 Yeah I liked this style of incorporating looping!
HOW DARE YOU? the orange microphone is iconic
hehe! my bad! I laughed when someone pointed out the irony of my orange headphones! 😜
Your right about Damien Rice, he is Eds inspiration, Ed went to his concert and thats where is love for looping and music began
Thanks Brandon! That'd be pretty cool realising you inspired Ed to become who he is in the world now eh?!
OMG SOMEBODY REACTED TO THIS
I really enjoyed your reaction and analysis, thank you!!
By the way, Ed Sheeran really is inspired by Damien Rice's music!!
He said that!
He also mentioned Damien in another song in the Live Room :')
You're welcome! Was fun doing this! Yeah.. I found out about Ed's Damien Rice inspiration after making this vid and just watched the 'You need me, I don't need you' video from there with Damien Rice getting a nice mention! Thanks!
I love the way this turns the usual “how long do we have to wait for the actual song” thing on its head. Instead he holds it back, then goes ham on the loop (possibly until he breaks the loop, but not here) before tying it all back together with a chorus.
yeah it's actually great eh! The fact that I was expecting the loop straight up and didn't get it was actually super refreshing 👌
@@davidshanhun Yeah. That breakdown at the end is just gorgeous; so much going on. Have you looked at ZenAud.io's ALK, which lets you set up trigger free arrangements in advance? It's kind of amazing (and if they'd just let me punch in and out of the first loop to set the whole song's tempo I would love it dearly)
The first time I saw Ed Sheeran live was in New York. November 2013 Madison Square Garden. I was blown away by his incredible talent to provide on his own a complete and unforgettable concert with only a small guitar and a looper.
That's so cool! I love how involved he gets in each piece eh!
Keep up the good work David, as a fellow songwriter I can relate to what you're doing. It's hard but in the end we do do what we love to do.
Cheers Jason! I'm learning a lot checking out all these artists in this format! 👌
@@davidshanhun exactly! Do you have any tips for my channel/releasing music? I just released my first single but barely any streams (Lovely Life on Spotify).
@@TheJasonJason congratulations! My tip with releasing would be to spend as much time and money on promoting as you did writing and recording the track. It's usually not what people want to hear, but that would be my suggestion!
@@davidshanhun Thank you! Great, will definitely do that. Any recommendations which paid promotions to do?
@@TheJasonJason not specifically - have a read of this and it'll give you some good food for thought - aristake.com/500000-spotify-listeners. I would also write out for yourself what your story around the song/release is, why it might connect with other people and why they could relate. Imagine a 50 year old listening, a 20 year old listening and have a think what they might relate to. I find this helps with any sort of ad writing or creating. :)
Brilliant inspiring stuff. Thanks for sharing this, always admired him as one the finest loopers and vocalists, never mind what an incredible vocalist he is. 👍🏻👍🏻🎸👍🏻
yep he's awesome eh! 👌
(Nice catch on the Damien Rice thing. He's one of Ed's biggest influences, along with Eminem.)
ah didn't know about Eminem in that list! Cheers!
I've been waiting for this one.
😎
Stumbled upon this video completely by accident, now you've earned a new sub!
However, in exchange you just have to react to "Bloodstream" (Honda Stage or BBMAs version) and "You Need Me I Don't Need You" in the Live Room haha, I'll be very thankful for that.
It's always nice to see someone appreciating his talent and looking a bit further than just "that Shape Of You guy"
Thank you and good luck! :)
Ah cool! Welcome to the channel 😍
I've been working on a version of Bloodstream and watched those two vids a bunch of times... let's go with the 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You' 👌
Yes!!! My favorite Ed performance ever!!!
I really love your genuine reaction sir. Please check out his song 'you need me, i don't need you' captured in the live room. It will showcase more of his looping skills for sure.
Thankyou! ..I did check out that song... this video explains what happened! 😂 th-cam.com/video/F5dhnAPJIGs/w-d-xo.html
It’s funny you mention Damien Rice, since I’m pretty sure he’s mentioned that he’s the one of the people that inspired him to start making music
yep discovered this after haha!
If you wanna check his looping and also one of his best tunes, definitely do "You need me, I don't need you" in the Live Room!
Respect from The UK, 0121!🤘🏼
aww I did that but it was blocked 😞- th-cam.com/video/F5dhnAPJIGs/w-d-xo.html
Good to see someone else in NZ appreciating what Ed does. He got the idea of looping from s band called Nislopy. You might like to read a book about Ed by Sean Smith, it tells you just about everything about his past. Also there is a film on youtube called songwriter. I think I see fire is his best. Good luck with your own career. 😼
Thanks Chris I'll check those out! I really enjoy 'I See Fire' as well. Thanks so much! 👌
I love these videos!!!
aww thanks Marko!
The orange microphone is because of the album. The album is called "Plus" and it is orange and usually the plectrum is also orange. He also has always the sign of his album on the guitar 😉
ah yep! Thanks... I had kinda forgotten about the orange Plus album when I did this haha. Great marketing combo really eh!
The guy is just amazing. Mesmerizing.
The closest thing to the Chewie 2 is the HeadRush Looperboard. Ace video.
yep it nearly got a mention haha! Thanks mate 😊
So this was actually before he even had Chewie! Up to 2014 he was using a boss RC 20 in fact, only being a single track looper. In 2014 he got the Chewie 1 which ran mobius and was a four track looper. Then in 2017 he got Chewie 2 which is its own custom vst looper!
hehe! For some reason I never checked the date, and just thought they were all recent 😂🤦♂️
@@davidshanhun he was only about 20 or 21 here. :-)
You should definitely check out his performance of "Bloodstream" at the BBMAs. It's really quite impressive how he basically destroys the loop, but it still sounds good! Also, he didn't use his Chewie until about 2014-2015, up until then it was the RC-30. Then the second version of the pedal was made for his 2017 tour (I know far too much about this 😂)
Hey Josh - yeah have watched that one a lot actually! It gets a bit crazy eh haha! ...hehe yep I was well wrong about this... haha! For some reason I never thought to check when it was actually filmed and thought it was recent ish! 🤦♂️
@@davidshanhun yeah the chewie is definitely cool though aye. I've been playing that version of bloodstream for a while now, and it's definitely a fun one, just gotta be careful not to smash your guitar as hard as he does 😂
@@jshmcguigan haha lol'ed at the guitar smashing comment! always nice when you can still use your guitar for the next show!
@@davidshanhun I think he said somewhere he goes through a guitar every 6 months or something ridiculous like that! If only i could afford it ;(
@@jshmcguigan wow! That's pretty crazy eh! How long does a guitar last... "about 6 months" (imagine that response when buying a new baby at the store!)
Actualy, really loves building up so many loop levels like that. Using RC-30 and TC Forcefield compressor before it (not always on) - it makes massive build ups clearer. Then we are supposed to have compressor and limiter on mixer channel.
Yea, it may be much louder then main part anyway, perhaps we need live remote control dude outside the scene, but its worth it.
Anyway, im newbie at this. And sorry for bad english )
😊 definitely having a live sound engineer is the best option! Have you just started looping yourself?
@@davidshanhun not actualy "just" started ) but goes with short steps towards )
@@vovabalykov6931 awesome! I hope you are enjoying all of the steps along the way! 😊
It made you think of Damien Rice because that is one of Ed's biggest influences
yep! 👌
Ed's debut era was orange, check out the cover of his Plus '+' album.Watching Damien Rice as a young boy, inspired Ed to become a songwriter
hehe yeah I'd forgotten that! 🤦♂️ Ooh never knew it was Damien Rice who inspired him to become a songwriter though!
@@davidshanhun yeah Ed met him when he was about 11, and has his autograph tattooed onto his arm. Eric Clapton inspired Ed to learn to play the guitar though, and have now collaborated a couple of time. Gary Gunne taught Ed how to use the loop pedal as a young teenager.
@@veronicam2935 wow that's super cool! Didn't know it was Eric Clapton that inspired the guitar playing either!
Are you using the zoom L8 with the podmic here? did you use any mic lifter for podmic or just directly on L8? and lastly what AKG headphones are you using with L8? looking forward for dt770 pro 80ohms.. cuz my in ear monitor is a lil bit quite even i put the "monitor volume" on 12'oclock..
Aston Origin Mic directly into the L8. I use various different headphones with the L8, the headphone volume is a combination of the level you've set PLUS the master level, so if you're master volume is set low, you will need to turn up the headphones significantly and vice versa. Hope that helps. :)
I think if you're looking to find Ed's best looping songs, this definitely isn't one of them. This song is just very simple and straightforward. If you look up the other videos from this exact same recording session, they ALL are faster, with heavy loop pedal usage. "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" is super fast, tons of loop pedal, lots of rapping... "Be My Husband" is so damn good, even if you're not familiar with the original.
haha! Yes - it surprised me as I thought it was going to be/have much more looping in it. I did a reaction to 'you need me, I don't need you' but it was blocked so only available to the Patreon crew. ....haven't seen 'Be My Husband' though so i'll check it out! thanks 👌
He did a song I think it was called "My eyes are red" from same studio session that was pretty crazy, had a lot more looping in it. Check that out bud.
th-cam.com/video/DV0TJZ7Kp40/w-d-xo.html
ooh thanks I'll check it out! Starting the Ed Sheeran watch marathon 😉
Funny you should say Damien Rice as Ed said he wouldnt be doing what hes doing had he never seen Damien Rice play live.
that's pretty epic eh!
I'm a year late but you have to listen to You Need Me I Don't Need You PLEASE PKEASE PLEASE has an incredible development with the Loop Pedal
hey isa! - yes I did listen to that one but the video is blocked sorry!
@@davidshanhun hollyyyy😭
ED is a Genius
AGREE AGREE AGREE
😊
I'm not a massive Ed sheeran fan, I remember when his last album dropped and he was on 4 radio stations at the same time here. Just overplayed - he does seem know the "formula"? for a pop song though 😊
Yeah I think here for a while he was 4 or 5 out of the top 10 songs in the country - which would get played on each radio countdown etc. Much respect for the time he's put into his craft, and the songwriting skills though! (gotta be doing something well to be annoyingly overplayed on every radio channel 😂)
You need me I don’t need you from this same set is amazing, and imo woulda been the much better example for looping
yep did a reaction to that one... here's the result 😂 th-cam.com/video/F5dhnAPJIGs/w-d-xo.html
David Shanhun damn man strange it got blocked though I’ll never understand TH-cam
@@coreyrees840 yeah just is what it is! It's a great tune and that vid is epic.
What is that beeping in the background in the beginning???
hey Jamie - at what time in the video... think I'm missing what you're hearing on this!
@@davidshanhun, it's starts at the 5 min mark... Beeping in the background? Maybe I'm losing it, but I still hear it. 😂
@@jamietaylor9303 haha thanks for the time mark... yep it's there! I reckon that's a truck reversing outside the room I was recording this in (other guesses welcome :P).
You should listen to Once When I Was Little by James Morrison if you havent already
ooh thanks i'll make a note of it!
Damien rice was an influence to ed he has mentioned it in many of his interviews. :)
ah awesome - thank you!
Damien Rice ist the Van Gogh of Music , Fans know why 🤗
haha yes!! ❤️
Oh, you want crazy? Alright, I’ll leave a link in a reply to this comment. Have to do that because usually people have their settings so comments with links go to the approval folder. So now you’ll know it’s there lol
th-cam.com/video/dck6m5guuIE/w-d-xo.html
love your stealth on this - got it saved in my list to do a reaction to!
@@davidshanhun wait I’m 4 months late to this reply! Lol! Fuckkk imma go look now!
Loop artist reacts? Are you saying you are a loop artist and some kind of loop expert? Sheesh.
Thanks for the love Greg ❤️
Can you please react to the Crash Test Dummies song called The ballad of Peter Pumpkin head
Please
Breathe louder and bin night..
are these songs I should look up....? 🤔
You need me I don't need you
ah I did that one and it was blocked sadly!
Bloodstream is a better example of his looping
coldplay.
react coldplay please.
coldplay! :)
This was as close as I got for you haha - th-cam.com/video/URL0nDlndrE/w-d-xo.html
Ed Sheeran, is a genius in many ways, but he does recycle songs, using structures of other songs, within his own. Listen to Perfect by Ed Sheeran and then listen to Stand By Me by Ben E king.
(Just my views)
yeah fully! Listen to how much Bruno Mars copies classic songs also - but then is that what genius is? 🤷♂️
@@davidshanhun oh.yes these people are very talented there is no doubt, but re using structures and introducing them to audiences who potential have never heard the originals. Is upsetting, they all do it, maybe it's pressure from.record exects..
@@jasonmatthews6206 It's usually just based on what we listen to in my opinion. The smaller the range of music we grow up listening to, usually the smaller the range of styles and ideas we express when we write. At least that's what I think haha.
I guess you've applied noise reduction to the song's audio as well as your microphone's audio because Ed sounds bad
no noise reduction applied to either, and nothing applied to Ed's audio. Shame it wasn't playing nicely for you though! 😊
I keep waiting for the Ed Sheehan song that is catchy, interesting, listenable, not ridiculously repetitive, not pointlessly self-indulgent, not lyrically puerile--and I have yet to hear one. David, you're a more interesting looper.
The illusive search 🤷♂️ hehe. Thank you David 😊