Jacob Collier

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Re: Jacob Collier

Post by OneWorld »

marumbra wrote:Do any of you wonderful people know how I should begin on grasping music theory, to eventually reach that of the godsend Jacob Collier

It is more to do with having the time, connections and £o££y to sustain a massive publicity campaign.

Learning the harmony is one of those issues where the results are directly proportional to the effort put in. But start with 'The Rudiments of Music' and if really obsessive move onto 'Harmony' by Walter Piston, and then listen to classical, jazz, and all of the classic pop songwriters, but listen analytically - see yo in about 2 years. By the way, many musical geniuses have a few things in common, coming from musical supportive families, they usually started learning music around the same time they started potty training
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Re: Jacob Collier

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job wrote:I don't really like jazz, but i've mostly assumed that's because i lack the understanding to appreciate it.

Something for your ears......

Paquito R'Rivera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fujT0sjSq94

Scott Bradley and Post Modern JukeBox - Habits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hHZnvjCbVw

Fox Capture Plan - The Butterfly Effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cMhQ_teEoY

Avalon Jazz Band - Ménilmontant (Charles Trenet) - this is a gem of a tune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4zOi8h-Uds
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Re: Jacob Collier

Post by eromain »

Quincy Jones has been mentoring him and a handful of other young musicians hadn selected from around the world. So Q obviously rates him highly.

Apparantly Jacob even as a baby was exposed to the sounds of his mother teaching music at home. Rick Beato has a few amazing youtube videos of how he helped his son retain perfect pitch as a toddler. It may be that Jacobs mother inadvertantly did the same thing.
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