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the one thing he isn’t is smug
i DONT alike his music / albums much (I’ve given them a hear) but his effervescence and desire to learn new things, and why and what he can do with them is highly catching at least to me.
its an apparent shame that some, to me at least, that his accent as part of the judgement.
I am extremely pleased that we have Jacob Colliers in the word.
Or is there...
Ah I’m pleased, maybe everything I read about him is untrue then ?
Seriously though, I was in a cafe a few weeks ago, and ranted to my wife about these crap, slowed down covers of songs which seem to be being played everywhere lately - TV ads, cafes, even my Turkish barber was playing this shit. Is there a huge demand for, lets say, Bowie's Let's Dance played at 3/4 speed and sung in a mournful fashion? It's really getting to me!
Airy piano plays..::
Breathily : Agado-Ee-owwww
Poignant pause…
Even more breathily: pwersh poinappow….shayayayayak a troi …
Someone must like it because it’s everywhere.
If you go to the Michelin Restaurant and say "I liked the presentation but the food was not what I expected, so I don't like it" that's fair but if you go "This restaurant is shit, I eat better in the fish and chips at the corner" that sounds abrupt.
but again I am more into the "For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you"
I guess it is a cultural thing maybe if I see a successful person who has accomplished a lot, especially in music and it is a fellow countryman, that makes me happy in a way, even if it doesn't change anything in particular in my life.
It is popular though - i've got a couple of bookings this year doing it, one wants a selection of Panic and Fall Out Boy and the other just general pop songs, and often get sent playlists of that kind of things for the piano playing part (the main deal) of my side hustle for the kinds of vibes people want.
I even won a Fretboard Cover Challenge vote doing it a couple of months back!
I never listen to Radio 1, or 6 Music, but I do listen to 5 Live and although it's a sport/talk station some shows occasionally have musical guests. Whenever they say "So-and-so will be doing an exclusive live performance for us!" it is always, always a cover version sung in a whiny, breathy voice with a basic piano or acoustic guitar accompaniment. No offence, but I fucking HATE it.
You seem to have picked a clear side.
It's like the old boomer bollocks about playing with "feel", which seems to disregard any emotion that isn't brought on by a slow whole-step bend meant to make you miss when you weren't old and grumpy.
And a quick look at live footage suggests his audiences are a) leaning on the younger side and b) getting very excited and emotionally invested in the music.
The music is not at fault just because you don't like it. It's okay to not like things but recognise that they can still have merit for others. Your experience is not universal.
Alas I'm a bear of little brain, and what little there is packed only with EADGBE shapes and can't let go. Good that there are people like you and Collier going off piste.