Creating Song in Logic | Jacob Collier | USC Performance Science Institute

Jacob Collier demonstrates in real time how he builds a song with layers with Logic software. Masterful.

[nolan]

jacob: so we'll take the opposite of sad
everyone; ah, happ-
jacob: magic, of course

[aldenwalker]

It’s like the man is speedrunning Logic Pro x

[Notdeepakchopra]

Jacob always sounds like he just finished eating something delicious

[kpdelaney]

This feels like a Bob Ross episode but with music instead of painting.
Jacob Collier- The Joy of Logic

[Catoetel]

What Jacob told about the Opera is what I learned at theatre school. When you say something sad and then also act sad, that is called: red on red. (painting the red roses red). And red on red is flat. It pushes the emotion too much and gives nothing more than just sadness. But when you say your sad lines happy, or angry, or something else contrary to the sad emotion, it gives an edge. The viewer can feel that there is more to the scene than the happy emotion that is shown, because the actor is telling al these sad things. It makes you think: can't the actor show sad emotions? is he trying to pretend everything is fine? Is he fighting his emotions? what is going on? Rather than thinking: oh this is just a sad scene.

I find it very interesting to see that Jacob is using this technique in music. I never realized that that was also possible!

[Barncore]

My big takeaway from this is to not judge your ideas as they come out

[joshduffy]

I have never learned more about music in my life than in this 18 minute video

[gxdhabakkagw]

“This note here is sharp”


It’s okay Jacob, I don’t think any of us noticed

[sharingnotes]

“It’s not math. It’s music. It’s a language. It’s ever-changing and ever-spoken”.

[billklemm]

"Let's record a gong..." (leaves and gets gong).

[ArtDrumz]

Not only is this dude one of the best musicians, he's probably one of the best teachers.

[UliLozano]

his biggest advantage is not even his vast musical knowledge and skill but rather the approach he has to freely explore possibilities. Fascinating guy.

[nomandad]

Absolute genius. Only negative critique I have for Jacob is that he can sometimes become a victim of his own creativity, in the sense that he doesn’t often utilize negative space in his music. Often I feel that he tends to drown in that giant smorgasbord of layers, but that’s how he rolls, and it’s been a very successful approach for him. There’s beauty in simplicity too, and I feel that he has slept on that concept a bit. Even this example here, “Hey Jude”. He said that if he were given the time, he would “add 500 layers” to it. I’m sure we would be in awe of it, and it would be amazing to hear a run or 2 of it. But in the end, I’m gonna go back to the original version and enjoy the simplicity and power of the original. One aspect that makes negative space so important in music is that it leaves the mind of the listener ample opportunity to fill in the gaps with its own musical musings, and it is almost like the listener is an active participant of the creation while listening to it, if that makes sense...An example is to listen to an old blues master working his magic on an old scratchy recording: one man, a couple of chords, and the truth...

[_Looft]

“I found some chimes in my sample pack”

*literally has chimes sitting next to him*

[HalloMrFrog]

Some people play counter strike. Jacob plays Logic.

[philippequesnel]

hehe came here to learn about Logic Pro .. and got as a nice bonus a superb reminder of how beautiful and rich being a human being can be !
thx Jacob

[theq]

I love how his instructions don’t make any sense, but at the same time they make total sense

[giochambamusic]

Damn his voice is insane. He was flying through those vocal tracks

[Tonyravioly]

"We're in B flat"...nails pitch without playing one note.

[kjelldanao]

Oh to be inside, even at a tiny bit, of the mind of Jacob Collier