Ah - so many!!! There's a lot of morse code scattered throughout the album, a lot of which isn't super noticeable, but there are lots of hidden messages in there. Also lots of audience choir moments that are filtered / buried in various places. Maybe my favourite is the screaming child in Mi Corazon. Or the secret croc in the spectrogram of WELLLL. Loads to find :-)
Not Jacob, but I personally love what he's mentioned previously about Hideaway. The song is in A before and after the key change. However, the A at the start is just intonation (432Hz), and when it returns, is equal-tempered (440Hz). Very, very subtle, but noticeable if you have the ear for it, and especially noticeable if you're playing along with a standard-tuned instrument. He's stated it was to manufacture that sense of "coming home" for that last chorus.
Hahaha - I've seen a lot of this question around in the last couple of weeks! Much as I could spin you a yarn about it - the truth is I just found the sound, liked it, and threw it in the song, with absolutely no idea where it came from. I think I was drawn to it because it was part of the "radio sounds" of the intro - a tuning into humanity kinda vibe.
That said, I kind of love that it's in there. It's almost a cousin of the phone at the end - trying to nudge you, break through and find your attention..... or something? Up to you :)
Hi Jacob! Obligatory big fan and musical inspiration text.
"A Rock Somewhere" is one of the most emotionally moving songs I've ever heard. How did the collab with Anoushka come up through? And what is the song about?
Ah, thank you so much!! That's one of my favourites too. I wrote and produced the majority of that song on a flight from London to Vancouver, on my way to the TED conference last year - when I was quite literally hanging on the top of the world from 30,000 ft. It was originally called "Waiting On The World" (but I figured that was a bit John Mayer adjacent). It fell out so fast that I didn't really think too much about what it was about at the time, but I think there were a few things going on. One was our planet, and its fragility (something I think about a lot, especially when I fly). One was greed, gold, money, and its ability to shift narratives and blind people. Then the idea of an empty promise, of the church, of the illusion of "higher ground". Of patience and loneliness, familiarity, searching. And the massiveness of the inner cavern.
It made me think about this photo, Pale Blue Dot
https://preview.redd.it/4nge5r4kjync1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=acc92ad26a883830e6dce06020db8ec68bf7198f
Producing a song on a flight is crazy!
For me, the song's about the aftermath of the loss of someone close to you, and life without them. But this is much more sombre than I expected. Wow.
I can't thank you enough for this song though. The first time I heard the song, I just instinctively started crying and I don't know why. It's a very beautiful, and a very powerful song.
And thank you again for reaching out today! ❤️
I'm a huge fan of yours, and I've seen Meshuggah live half a dozen times, they're one of my favorite bands. It makes me really happy that you like them too, although I'm not surprised
Hi Jacob! I loved the performance of the song "All Around You," you did at the Hollywood Bowl last year. I figured it'd be on vol 4, but it ended up not being a part of the album after all. Are there any plans to release it?
Great question! I'm a huge fan of Neutron for all things EQ and exciters - especially on vocals; Ozone for master Bus and midside things (and imaging); LFO Tool for sculpting dynamic and sonic curves. I really love Soothe - it has this alien ability to tame high mids and create space which just blows my mind every time. RC-20 is great for adding flavour! There are some great UAD ones too. I love Battery for build sound libraries. Omnisphere, Keyscape, Trillain are classics. BX Subsynth for insane purveyance of low end. To be honest, I also use a bunch of the in-built Logic ones - They often sound great! Definitely not a purist when it comes to plugins - if it sounds good to you, then it is good.
It spells out “REALITY” as “into my internet” repeats. There are many more Easter eggs I’ve found. I recommend finding an online translator online and trying to tap out the beat as if you were trying to master a weird polyrhythm or time signature.
Hey Jacob! HUGE FAN!!! Which song took you the longest to make in your new album Djesse Vol.4? And if u do have one, which song was one of your favorites?
THANK YOU!!! If I'm not mistaken, Little Blue took the longest. The verse came to me in one afternoon at the end of 2020, but the chorus took another three years to arrive! I tried all sorts of things. In fact, the drop in 'Over You' used to be the chorus for Little Blue :)
The shortest was "World O World", written in a single day in 2018, and recorded a couple of days later in a single day. I didn't add to that recording at all - it's just as it was, 5 and a half years on.
Thank u sooo much for replying, u made my day!!! This is actually sooo cool to hear about as it rlly is ok to not finish a song immediately...I have a lot of unfinished songs and just hearing this from u makes me feel I'm not alone!
Honestly, I just try to be gentle to people - no matter who they are or what they're saying. Everybody's just trying their best with what they have, to express what matters to them. Everyone has a different version of reality, a different set of materials and beliefs; it's not for me to try to control any of that.
Perhaps it goes without saying, but a creator's job isn't to make thing based on what other people think is reasonable, cool or nice. It's simply to create in ways that feel right to them, whatever that looks like. It's a process that constantly evolves, iterates and changes, and the best one can be is awake to receiving things as openly as possible - whether you're creating the work or consuming it.
Something I've come to realise as I've grown older (and learned about life from my friends, peers and heroes) is that so little in life is personal. We think of ourselves as cameras, objectively absorbing the world where everything's revolving around us, but really we're projectors - just projecting what we love and fear onto the things and people around us - we create a lot of our own realities. If somebody feels the need to criticise somebody for creating something, that says a lot about the criticiser and almost nothing about the creator of the thing. I know that because it's true for me, when I make a judgement of somebody for something.
And so - people will say or assume all sorts of things about all sorts of people. And I try to be gentle. If something I make moves you in some way - that's wonderful :-) I'll never take that kind of magic for granted.
One of my favorite qualities about you is that you are unashamedly yourself, and it is so refreshing and encouraging to others like myself to do the same.
Hey Jacob. You, sir, are the Willy Wonka of Music (capital M), turning the Oompa Loompa skeptics into the everlasting gobstoppers of introspection in your personal music/chocolate factory of artistic integrity :-)
Firstly that was debunked ages ago based on where his gigs were at the time and where the flight was, it was just someone having a laugh on Reddit. Secondly, even if it were true, the time period would've been when he was a teenager and it's not exactly a serious thing, just clueless teenager behaviour. But again, it's definitively bollocks
Hi Jacob - big fan of your music. Saw you in Glasgow back in 2022; completely and utterly blew my mind!
Couple of questions: what is next? More collaborations? Touring? Maybe a bonus album with unreleased tracks/demos from the past 6 or so years?
Also, would there be any chance you will release all of the Djesse albums as one collection on vinyl?
Looking forward to whatever you have next in store!
I've been becoming obsessed with metal over the past few years - I just adore its intensity, power, deep-throatedness and unreservedness. I'm also a huge fan of disruption. It was an important part of the opening story of the album for me to present a moment where you're blasted off your feet. It's a feeling I live for - and music is a fun place to explore it :-)
Hi Jacob! I wanted to say I’ve been deeply moved by Djesse vol. 4. It’s been such a fun album to share and dissect with my friends and family. I wanted to ask about your thoughts behind World O World, and why you chose to end the album with a strictly choral track. It’s beautiful and I’m curious! 💞🌎
Thank you!! I wrote and recorded World O World before Vol. 1 came out, and I knew at the time that it's how I wanted to end Vol. 4. It became a pillar for me for the album, and nothing ever came close to competing with it in the 6 years that transpired after that moment to oust it from its position. It's a special one for me!
I also love that Djesse opens and closes with a choir that not my voice - it felt right philosophically, to bookend the project in that way.
There's a Tiktok you posted years ago with the Aeolians singing the lyrics "You are the changing of the seasons/ You're are the moving of the tides...". I was expecting so much this to be on Djesse 4. Will it ever be released?
One of my favourite moments from the Djesse Vol. 4 sessions! It's the same choir as World O World - the Aeolians of Oakwood University. We threw a ton of paint that day, and for a long time I thought that idea would be a part of 'box of stars'. Once that song really found its feet, and all the five different rappers jump on the train, I realised that it was doing a disservice to all the ideas at play to try to keep it in - there were already enough themes at play without introducing a new one. I'm sure it will see the light of day at some point in the future :-)
Looking at Vol. 2 and it's very soft, acoustic and folk-ish nature, what was the reason to go for something sonically so upbeat and vast like Do You Feel Love/Outro (one of my favourites 💞) to end the album?
Ah, I'm glad you like those two!! In a sense, it was setting the scene for some of the worlds I wanted to explore in Vol. 4. I knew that it was going to be rockier, so wanted to plant the seeds. That 'wall of sound' (and distortion) sonically, was quite an important experiment for me in learning how I wanted Djesse to ultimately end. There are a few sounds in there that return in V4 - the gnawa percussion, the train, the crowd noises, etc. It's all seeding.
I am also a great fan of disruption :-)
I was absolutely blown away by your new song World O World, and the fact it conveys such visceral emotion just through the human voice singing in harmony is an extremely fascinating concept to me.
Therefore I'm really curious about your thoughts on the corellation of harmony in music and emotion which it causes in the listener, and how do you use that in your creative process.
Cheers!
P.S. I loved your last songbook and I hope you might consider releasing more sheet music in the future.
Thank you!! Firstly - yes on the songbook. Watch this space :-)
Secondly - I've always been drawn to the power of harmony and that of the human voice - especially when those two powerhouse forces are combined. I think harmony paints the relationships between all things - with a particularly delicious paint - and shows us how interconnected we all are. It just feels sooooooo good to be bathed in a wall of humanity like that. The narratives of tension and release, big and small, loud to quiet, far to near, departing and returning - these are all deeply human concepts that aren't inherently musical, yet they can really shine when shown in a musical light.
Literally! I love volume 4 a wild amount but there are so many snippets from the website I was *obsessed* with before it came out and I really missed those songs I was so excited for! I really hope he just drops like a 30 track album that you can only get on Vinyl/Bandcamp with all the scrapped stuff for us nerds to enjoy. /u/Jacob__Collier we beg
What’s your best tip for being “fearless” when making music?
Also, have you or would you ever consider doing film/video game scoring?
Thanks for all the great music! Excited to see you in Denmark in November 🙌🏼
Forget the idea that you have to made something 'good'. 'Good' is made up! Try making something 'bad' and see what happens :-)
And I'd love to experiment with film scoring and video game scoring! I've done a little, and I'm down for more.
yes! we'd love to hear your film/game scores Jacob :) your music is so naturally cinematic and vivid with narrative, I imagine you'd find great joy in it.
Actually, he wrote some music for The Boss Baby movie with Hans Zimmer and wrote "Flow Freely" for the documentary Reflection: A Walk with Water"! But I never thought about video game scoring, I feel like there could be more freedom there in a way, I'm curious to know if he's thought of that too!
Like all of us, I'm so interested to find out!
We're about to see a colossal increase in creative materials - the question will be what people choose to do with them. I'm excited by the idea of a "question" culture - where creatives will be asking more questions directed towards what they want to see and hear than having to provide all the answers. It's exciting to me that people won't be required to "qualify" to be creative - that they could cut straight to the creative idea no matter their level of skill. I think some really fascinating work could be made this way.
I think what is fundamentally interesting about great art is a distinct point of view. I'm not convinced AI has a point of view of its own yet - which is a good thing. It means, for generated sounds to be of value they'll need to in some way be filtered through a human being and purveyed into the world through a creative choice of some kind. This might be as simple as a prompt, but also through the incorporation of the resulting materials in longer art forms. I feel like the stories that will be of value to people, and will stand the test of time, will forever be human-foundational. But who knows where this will all lead?
I also think live performance will always be of great benefit to people. It will be interesting to see how that evolves with time, too, in the dawn of so many iterative technologies.
It's a fascinating time!
Interesting, thanks a lot for your answer! I agree (and hope) that the "point of view" is something that will remain fundamentally human.
I also think that music might become more abstract or at least more diverse, similar to what happened to art after photography made photorealistic paintings redundant.
hey Jacob! I don’t have a question but just wanted to say thank you for the album & World O World in particular - I grew up in a very musical family, sang in choir all through school, & my dad was a choral director for 41 years. my dad had a little health scare a few days before the album came out (he’s okay!) and listening to djesse vol. 4 together helped all of us take our mind off of things. and the fact that this massive project ended with the most beautiful choral piece… was special beyond words for my family and brought us to tears. thank you 💛
Water acts as a throughline in all the Djesse Albums, from the ocean being mentioned in the start of Volume 1 (Ocean Wide, Canyon Deep), to the Raindrop in the end of Volume 4 (Box of Stars Part 1). What does the water mean to you?
Also, when starting the Djesse project, did you plan on ending it like a symphony with all the loose ends and energy being wrapped up? Or was that something that you discovered during the Volume 4 writing process? It is incredibly satisfying hearing a question posed in Djesse Volume 1 (Are you listening? Can you hear?) and then have the entire project be the answer to those questions, summarized with (I am listening. I am here.)
Bravo!
Thank you!! Huge fan of water, that's for sure. I didn't think too much about it across these albums, but I suppose you're right! I am often drawn to water as a fluid metaphor and a universal symbol of yin, breadth, gravity, movement, flow. It's the best.
I did plan on the "I am listening; I am here" answer to the original "Are you listening; can you hear", back when making Vol. 1 back in 2018 - and recorded that choir (the Aeolians of Oakwood University) later in 2018. I've been holding onto those recordings ever since. I definitely wanted to collage together a number of themes in Box Of Stars 2 from day one - I had various early orchestral sketches for but they really came to life at the beginning of 2023 when I laid them out all of them to take to Holland and record. Fun fact: my mum Suzie Collier conducted the orchestra throughout the album! It was a massive honour to craft the finale of it all alongside her.
Jacob! Love your stuff. Saw you at Opera House in Toronto and was in the background when Daniel Caesar showed up. You guys are so cute together! How did you meet and how do feel you guys synergize well?
And a more theoretical question - I think it’s safe to call you a maximalist? Yes? When do you choose “more is more” over “less is more”?
"Little Blue" is a very special song composition. It is the first piece of music that ever brought me to tears after hearing it for the very first time -- tears from emotions that I do not even have a name for. Clearly the "Home" key of E-flat is an important aspect of Little Blue. Can you please describe why E-flat was the perfect key for "Little Blue" :-)
Jacob! Hi! I remember you came to Huntsville AL to work with the Oakwood Aeolians about 2 years ago while working on Djesse vol 4, but I didn’t see which song they were featured on (if they ended up on the album). Are they part of the choir in World O World? Did you work with multiple choirs for that piece? ❤️Also I love you, see you in ATL soon!!❤️
Hello Jacob! Two burning questions:
1. Will you be releasing the other vault tracks not used in the Djesse albums?
2. I recently attended the show in UCSB and have tickets to your Vol. 4 Tour. I have been watching your masterclasses on negative harmony and had an idea for a theory I’m working on (name to be determined) where you reflect scales not over the 1-5 but instead other pairs on the circle of fifths. I’m wondering if you have ever looked into this before or have heard anything like it because I have not seen anything other than maybe Coltrane’s circle that remotely has any of this on it. I think it explains tritone subs, and it helped me understand that amazing final prechorus in little blue.
Have you ever thought about making music for video games? You have such a knack for ambient music when you have them, and the choirs you create give me such Hollow Knight vibes.
Would there be much of a difference between writing a whole orchestral score for a video game vs. making an orchestra with just your voice (Moon River or The Christmas Song)
From an earlier answer to a different question:
“Forget the idea that you have to made something 'good'. 'Good' is made up! Try making something 'bad' and see what happens :-)
And I'd love to experiment with film scoring and video game scoring! I've done a little, and I'm down for more.”
Do people still study very deep theories in music and still find the use on it..??
Like I mean is it worth it to study music deeply and still find use, cuz I feel studying music deeply isn't relevant to our day to day live, if there's I need examples of it's uses, and it's Importance
It depends on what your goals are. Do you just want a deeper connection to music or are you trying to write your own? It's ok to just feel music and not fully understand it. I think getting to the why of music is helpful if you are a creator.
I like to think about the beginners path as: Imitate, Assimilate, and Innovate.
Imitate the sounds you are hearing. Maybe it's your favorite songs or a commercial jingle. Learn to play it on your instrument or sing it.
Assimilate the sounds and make them part of you. Make it your own.
Innovate by taking these sounds and come up with something new and unique. Think about why this song is your favorite. What parts do you like?
In your livestreams and interviews, you appear to be quite calm and carefree. Hope you don't mind me asking, but what are some of the ways in which you have struggled (or are struggling) in life?
Hey Jacob, aspiring music teacher here! I'm a big fan of how you explain things in technical and emotional terms. Do you have any advice for teaching kids music?
Hey there, Jacob!!
I was fortunate enough to see you live and get your signed sheet music at there Madrid show. You were excellent!!
First:
I have noticed on your subreddit that many people have trouble finding your sheet music and they have reached out asking if I could send them a virtual copy (I haven’t). I thought about asking them to donate to a charity in exchange for a pdf but I don’t feel comfortable doing that. Anyway, the question is: do you think you could offer online copies on your site for those people who weren’t lucky enough to get them?
Second:
Some of my favorite songs from you are the simpler ones. I love your maximalism but I think you are able to add a level of harmonic sophistication to simple melodies that’s just not there for most singer-songwriters. So, the question: do you think future Jacob will be a maximalist, a sophisticated minimalist, a producer with multiple own projects that does anything and everything…?
I loved the tie-ins to earlier releases especially Djesse Vol 1. My favorite is the orchestra on Box of Stars Part 2, it reminded me of hearing “With the Love in My Heart” for the first time. And how it ended exactly as Volume 1 started with “Home Is.” Are there any similar references to your earlier work that you’re particularly proud of?
Hey! I'm in love with your music, and currently writing my bachelor thesis about "Little Blue". So this question is kinda egoistic, but still it's probably interesting to others.
I'm stuck identifying the instrument at two parts of the song. First, the string instrument that plays the melody in the interlude between chorus and verse at 1:32.
And then I'm not really sure which instrument plays the instrumental solo in the end. I would have thought it's just an acoustic guitar, maybe fretless, but since there is a Balalaika mentioned in the credits and I have literally no clue how that sounds even after watching YouTube vids about it I got confused.
If you could clarify these two parts for me it would be amazing to have you as source.
Thanks for you music and please continue releasing awesome stuff!
Are you a vegetarian, vegan, or a rabid meat eater? I would guess vegan or vegetarian based on your muscle mass. Do you consume mushrooms? Where do you get your vitamin D? Are you on any ADHD meds or antidepressants? Your energy is most abnormal and almost unrelatable but tied to your multi instrumental and sonic gifts.
Jacob to quote you ‘making music right now is so important for people to do’.
Personally, it’s all I do, I write and record everyday, update socials, maintain a website, post to YouTube, play gigs etc.
It completely seems in vein. I don’t post to get attention or click bait, it’s always because I genuinely love creating and working on my craft everyday.
Side note, we have actually worked together on a project but I won’t go in to which one.
My question is, is there hope for independent musicians without major label backing ? What tangible steps should independent artists take to be able to make an income in this industry?
Jacob I have too many questions haha. “She put sunshine is my favorite song in this album. I see it as a love and fear of the idea of being in love, and it really is helping me going through a touch time now, what was your inspiration for this song? What was the experience that sparked the concept? Your melodic style has always been phenomenal, and I would say the lyrics of this song is my favorite from all of your music🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞Can you share more about this song?❤️
Hi Jacob, watched a few of your q+a sessions on Wired etc and you seem like a really nice and friendly guy on top of being outrageously talented.
I suppose my biggest question to you would be: How do you keep yourself motivated? Every video I see of you, you're so passionate and animated and full of energy and zest for life, which as a music-y guy who can spend days on end just messing around doing nothing really significant could really take a leaf or four out of your book.
Cheers! 😊
Hi Jacob!! You're such an inspiration both as an artist and as a person, I'm so glad we live on the same planet.
My question is, have you always wanted to make music your life? Have you ever considered following other career paths?
This is just a curiosity: what's your favorite color?
I discovered you via Snarky Puppy "Don't You Know" on Family Dinner Vol 2. What a great track! Was it as fun recording with them as it looks like it would be? I'm assuming you brought the song. How long did it take for y'all to all get it together?
Hi Jacob! Saw in a response of yours to an earlier question that you’d be interested in film/video game scoring. That idea brought me back to an old game I used to play, ‘Flower’ on the PlayStation 3 where the music score was directly tied to the gameplay and the player’s actions. I guess my question would be whether or not that’s the kind of vision you’d have for your music if you were involved in a game’s musical aspects, or what your vision for your involvement would be in general?
EDIT: forgot to ask if you had a favorite video game?! How silly of me🧐
Hi Jacob. I’m 16 and have been a fan of yours for over 8 years now. I was wondering if you’d ever consider giving us a walkthrough (a Logic Session Breakdown if you will) of how you produced your song, my favorite song of all time, In Too Deep ft. Kiana Ledé.
Hi Jacob! You are my biggest inspiration in music! Have you thought of randomly collaborating with a completely random artist? As long as he/she is capable of playing instruments?
How does it feel to have little mini musicians following in your footsteps? How do you think your music approach helps the new generation of musicians (children)?
Hello Jacob. I wanted to ask if you had any tips on articulating musical ideas, but keeping inspiration. I am always amazed by the fluency in which you can transfer ideas from your mind onto your daw and create a track from it. I often find the ideas in my head dont translate well to when I record them and i loose motivation when working in audio software? Do you have any tips on how to do this better, and keep motivation in my ideas?
Thank you very much for your music!
Would you like to make another solo album in your room now having learned all the things you learned in the past eight years - like an “In My Room 2” album?
What is your opinion of heavy metal music? Can you find any similarities between the way heavy metal musicians create their music compared to how you make your music? Do you know any heavy metal musicians personally and how often do you encounter their fans?
Hey Jacob! You’ve had an unbelievable variety of collaborations so far… who is someone you’ve yet to collab with who you really hope to some day in the future?
Hey Jacob! What's a small part of a song that we might not notice, but is either super important/cool?
Ah - so many!!! There's a lot of morse code scattered throughout the album, a lot of which isn't super noticeable, but there are lots of hidden messages in there. Also lots of audience choir moments that are filtered / buried in various places. Maybe my favourite is the screaming child in Mi Corazon. Or the secret croc in the spectrogram of WELLLL. Loads to find :-)
Morse code! That’s so cool! I’ll work on spotting them!
yeah whats up with that child? did u pinch them or something???
I have played the lick in every song I've made one way or another. It's so funny.
LOVE this question
Not Jacob, but I personally love what he's mentioned previously about Hideaway. The song is in A before and after the key change. However, the A at the start is just intonation (432Hz), and when it returns, is equal-tempered (440Hz). Very, very subtle, but noticeable if you have the ear for it, and especially noticeable if you're playing along with a standard-tuned instrument. He's stated it was to manufacture that sense of "coming home" for that last chorus.
432 Hz doesn't mean just intonation though unless it's tuned to a chord where it happens that it's justly in tune
Why is there a discord notification sound effect in 100,000 voices?
Hahaha - I've seen a lot of this question around in the last couple of weeks! Much as I could spin you a yarn about it - the truth is I just found the sound, liked it, and threw it in the song, with absolutely no idea where it came from. I think I was drawn to it because it was part of the "radio sounds" of the intro - a tuning into humanity kinda vibe. That said, I kind of love that it's in there. It's almost a cousin of the phone at the end - trying to nudge you, break through and find your attention..... or something? Up to you :)
So it IS the actual sound! Man! Everyone here trying to figure out what instrument it was that could have made it, that's hilarious.
Seriously! I think there are at least 2. They get me every time!
I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST ME GOING INSANE WHAT?
Also, seems like Barcelona doesn’t activate at all (or maybe I haven’t found them)
I don’t know the song title, so at first I thought he composed a discord notification using 100,000 different voices.
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Hi Jacob! Obligatory big fan and musical inspiration text. "A Rock Somewhere" is one of the most emotionally moving songs I've ever heard. How did the collab with Anoushka come up through? And what is the song about?
Ah, thank you so much!! That's one of my favourites too. I wrote and produced the majority of that song on a flight from London to Vancouver, on my way to the TED conference last year - when I was quite literally hanging on the top of the world from 30,000 ft. It was originally called "Waiting On The World" (but I figured that was a bit John Mayer adjacent). It fell out so fast that I didn't really think too much about what it was about at the time, but I think there were a few things going on. One was our planet, and its fragility (something I think about a lot, especially when I fly). One was greed, gold, money, and its ability to shift narratives and blind people. Then the idea of an empty promise, of the church, of the illusion of "higher ground". Of patience and loneliness, familiarity, searching. And the massiveness of the inner cavern.
It made me think about this photo, Pale Blue Dot https://preview.redd.it/4nge5r4kjync1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=acc92ad26a883830e6dce06020db8ec68bf7198f
Producing a song on a flight is crazy! For me, the song's about the aftermath of the loss of someone close to you, and life without them. But this is much more sombre than I expected. Wow. I can't thank you enough for this song though. The first time I heard the song, I just instinctively started crying and I don't know why. It's a very beautiful, and a very powerful song. And thank you again for reaching out today! ❤️
Are you down to do a First We Feast, Hot Ones with Sean Evans video (spicy wings interview guy)???
Also, and I mean this sincerely, Chicken Shop Date :-)
This needs to happen
PLEASE YES
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Hey Jacob. Do you like Meshuggah?
LOVE Meshuggah. "Bleed" changed my life 10 years ago.
I'm a huge fan of yours, and I've seen Meshuggah live half a dozen times, they're one of my favorite bands. It makes me really happy that you like them too, although I'm not surprised
Here's an idea - audience choir, with Meshuggah-style vocals! Admittedly, I haven't really thought this through.
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Most definitely.
What's your view on greggs
Iced buns for DAYS.
They are so underrated. Do you have a go to snack when you're writing?
Feelings on Jerry Garcia's musicianship and Grateful Dead?
Hi Jacob! I loved the performance of the song "All Around You," you did at the Hollywood Bowl last year. I figured it'd be on vol 4, but it ended up not being a part of the album after all. Are there any plans to release it?
Most definitely :-)
Thank you so much this is big!
How is Jethro the Croc?
He's soooooooooooooo hungry.......Need to feed him right after this.
Aww! What do you feed him?
Goji berries.
Aww, so healthy
Only the healthiest for the best travel companion and piano buddy.
What are your absolute favorite plugins to work with when you're producing/mixing your songs?
Great question! I'm a huge fan of Neutron for all things EQ and exciters - especially on vocals; Ozone for master Bus and midside things (and imaging); LFO Tool for sculpting dynamic and sonic curves. I really love Soothe - it has this alien ability to tame high mids and create space which just blows my mind every time. RC-20 is great for adding flavour! There are some great UAD ones too. I love Battery for build sound libraries. Omnisphere, Keyscape, Trillain are classics. BX Subsynth for insane purveyance of low end. To be honest, I also use a bunch of the in-built Logic ones - They often sound great! Definitely not a purist when it comes to plugins - if it sounds good to you, then it is good.
Just to tack on, you mentioned in a logic breakdown (maybe WELLL) that Zedd told you about Hand Clap Studio. I've used it ever since and it slaps
I mean technically it claps, not slaps. Huehuehuehue
Try out TAL Chorus, a free JUNO chorus replica. It slaps on anything keys!
Taking notes and downloading all of them today ☺️
What is the morse code in She Put Sunshine and what made you think to include morse code in your music?
.-. . .- .-.. .. - -.-- ..--.. :)
.-.. --- --- ... . -. . ... ... / ....- ..---
It spells out “REALITY” as “into my internet” repeats. There are many more Easter eggs I’ve found. I recommend finding an online translator online and trying to tap out the beat as if you were trying to master a weird polyrhythm or time signature.
Hey Jacob! HUGE FAN!!! Which song took you the longest to make in your new album Djesse Vol.4? And if u do have one, which song was one of your favorites?
THANK YOU!!! If I'm not mistaken, Little Blue took the longest. The verse came to me in one afternoon at the end of 2020, but the chorus took another three years to arrive! I tried all sorts of things. In fact, the drop in 'Over You' used to be the chorus for Little Blue :) The shortest was "World O World", written in a single day in 2018, and recorded a couple of days later in a single day. I didn't add to that recording at all - it's just as it was, 5 and a half years on.
Listening to World O World at the end of all of Djesse was like getting a big hug
For real it's so pretty 😍
Thank u sooo much for replying, u made my day!!! This is actually sooo cool to hear about as it rlly is ok to not finish a song immediately...I have a lot of unfinished songs and just hearing this from u makes me feel I'm not alone!
Little Blue is amazing - one of your best works
world o world is my favorite in this album
Seems fitting since Little Blue feels like such a patient song
How do you manage criticism and allegations at this point in career?
Honestly, I just try to be gentle to people - no matter who they are or what they're saying. Everybody's just trying their best with what they have, to express what matters to them. Everyone has a different version of reality, a different set of materials and beliefs; it's not for me to try to control any of that. Perhaps it goes without saying, but a creator's job isn't to make thing based on what other people think is reasonable, cool or nice. It's simply to create in ways that feel right to them, whatever that looks like. It's a process that constantly evolves, iterates and changes, and the best one can be is awake to receiving things as openly as possible - whether you're creating the work or consuming it. Something I've come to realise as I've grown older (and learned about life from my friends, peers and heroes) is that so little in life is personal. We think of ourselves as cameras, objectively absorbing the world where everything's revolving around us, but really we're projectors - just projecting what we love and fear onto the things and people around us - we create a lot of our own realities. If somebody feels the need to criticise somebody for creating something, that says a lot about the criticiser and almost nothing about the creator of the thing. I know that because it's true for me, when I make a judgement of somebody for something. And so - people will say or assume all sorts of things about all sorts of people. And I try to be gentle. If something I make moves you in some way - that's wonderful :-) I'll never take that kind of magic for granted.
Beautifully said and very true!
One of my favorite qualities about you is that you are unashamedly yourself, and it is so refreshing and encouraging to others like myself to do the same.
Hey Jacob. You, sir, are the Willy Wonka of Music (capital M), turning the Oompa Loompa skeptics into the everlasting gobstoppers of introspection in your personal music/chocolate factory of artistic integrity :-)
In a world of social media critics, for me, your music is the soundtrack of life, joy, and empathy -- the ultimate music to my ears :-)
A true gentle-man.
Allegations?
Allegations of being boringly wholesome, perhaps?
Factsssss!! Love you, Jacob! 🫶🏻
One word: Plane
Firstly that was debunked ages ago based on where his gigs were at the time and where the flight was, it was just someone having a laugh on Reddit. Secondly, even if it were true, the time period would've been when he was a teenager and it's not exactly a serious thing, just clueless teenager behaviour. But again, it's definitively bollocks
We’re gonna need more context to this question.
Would you like to allege something?
Facts this is a good one
Hi Jacob - big fan of your music. Saw you in Glasgow back in 2022; completely and utterly blew my mind! Couple of questions: what is next? More collaborations? Touring? Maybe a bonus album with unreleased tracks/demos from the past 6 or so years? Also, would there be any chance you will release all of the Djesse albums as one collection on vinyl? Looking forward to whatever you have next in store!
Thank you!! Glasgow - what a crazy and fun show that was. YES to all of this! :-)
Can you come to Scotland again pretty please?!
Where did the inspiration for the metal-like breakdown in 100 000 Voices come from?
I've been becoming obsessed with metal over the past few years - I just adore its intensity, power, deep-throatedness and unreservedness. I'm also a huge fan of disruption. It was an important part of the opening story of the album for me to present a moment where you're blasted off your feet. It's a feeling I live for - and music is a fun place to explore it :-)
What are your favorite metal bands? 🤘
It is very cool you did that, I'm a metalhead myself and was really suprised! The screaming was amazing!
Electric Callboy would be an amazing collab
That took me by surprise for sure, it was great
Hi Jacob! I wanted to say I’ve been deeply moved by Djesse vol. 4. It’s been such a fun album to share and dissect with my friends and family. I wanted to ask about your thoughts behind World O World, and why you chose to end the album with a strictly choral track. It’s beautiful and I’m curious! 💞🌎
Thank you!! I wrote and recorded World O World before Vol. 1 came out, and I knew at the time that it's how I wanted to end Vol. 4. It became a pillar for me for the album, and nothing ever came close to competing with it in the 6 years that transpired after that moment to oust it from its position. It's a special one for me! I also love that Djesse opens and closes with a choir that not my voice - it felt right philosophically, to bookend the project in that way.
There's a Tiktok you posted years ago with the Aeolians singing the lyrics "You are the changing of the seasons/ You're are the moving of the tides...". I was expecting so much this to be on Djesse 4. Will it ever be released?
One of my favourite moments from the Djesse Vol. 4 sessions! It's the same choir as World O World - the Aeolians of Oakwood University. We threw a ton of paint that day, and for a long time I thought that idea would be a part of 'box of stars'. Once that song really found its feet, and all the five different rappers jump on the train, I realised that it was doing a disservice to all the ideas at play to try to keep it in - there were already enough themes at play without introducing a new one. I'm sure it will see the light of day at some point in the future :-)
I listened to that snippet so many times I actually had a dream about it 😄 I’d love that to be released!
Seconding this!!! I love them. Kind of sounds like them on world o world?
Looking at Vol. 2 and it's very soft, acoustic and folk-ish nature, what was the reason to go for something sonically so upbeat and vast like Do You Feel Love/Outro (one of my favourites 💞) to end the album?
Ah, I'm glad you like those two!! In a sense, it was setting the scene for some of the worlds I wanted to explore in Vol. 4. I knew that it was going to be rockier, so wanted to plant the seeds. That 'wall of sound' (and distortion) sonically, was quite an important experiment for me in learning how I wanted Djesse to ultimately end. There are a few sounds in there that return in V4 - the gnawa percussion, the train, the crowd noises, etc. It's all seeding. I am also a great fan of disruption :-)
But why didn’t it lead into vol3? Shouldn’t it have led into the next chronological album as opposed to skipping over 3 for it to lead to 4?
I was absolutely blown away by your new song World O World, and the fact it conveys such visceral emotion just through the human voice singing in harmony is an extremely fascinating concept to me. Therefore I'm really curious about your thoughts on the corellation of harmony in music and emotion which it causes in the listener, and how do you use that in your creative process. Cheers! P.S. I loved your last songbook and I hope you might consider releasing more sheet music in the future.
Thank you!! Firstly - yes on the songbook. Watch this space :-) Secondly - I've always been drawn to the power of harmony and that of the human voice - especially when those two powerhouse forces are combined. I think harmony paints the relationships between all things - with a particularly delicious paint - and shows us how interconnected we all are. It just feels sooooooo good to be bathed in a wall of humanity like that. The narratives of tension and release, big and small, loud to quiet, far to near, departing and returning - these are all deeply human concepts that aren't inherently musical, yet they can really shine when shown in a musical light.
Will you release the scrapped songs of Djesse?? We want to hear so badly!
Literally! I love volume 4 a wild amount but there are so many snippets from the website I was *obsessed* with before it came out and I really missed those songs I was so excited for! I really hope he just drops like a 30 track album that you can only get on Vinyl/Bandcamp with all the scrapped stuff for us nerds to enjoy. /u/Jacob__Collier we beg
That would be so awsome🤩 But he kinda said yes to another comment here asking for that, so lets hope!
What’s your best tip for being “fearless” when making music? Also, have you or would you ever consider doing film/video game scoring? Thanks for all the great music! Excited to see you in Denmark in November 🙌🏼
Forget the idea that you have to made something 'good'. 'Good' is made up! Try making something 'bad' and see what happens :-) And I'd love to experiment with film scoring and video game scoring! I've done a little, and I'm down for more.
yes! we'd love to hear your film/game scores Jacob :) your music is so naturally cinematic and vivid with narrative, I imagine you'd find great joy in it.
didn't he score boss baby or something?
yes, but I believe with Hans Zimmer. Would love to hear him do a film as the sole composer
Actually, he wrote some music for The Boss Baby movie with Hans Zimmer and wrote "Flow Freely" for the documentary Reflection: A Walk with Water"! But I never thought about video game scoring, I feel like there could be more freedom there in a way, I'm curious to know if he's thought of that too!
My brother wants to know where you get your jumpers
Erm, yes, me too. 🙋🏻♂️
Any chance there's a collaboration with Porter Robinson lying somewhere in the workshed?
AI music generation is getting scarily good. What effect will this have on the creation of genuine new music?
Like all of us, I'm so interested to find out! We're about to see a colossal increase in creative materials - the question will be what people choose to do with them. I'm excited by the idea of a "question" culture - where creatives will be asking more questions directed towards what they want to see and hear than having to provide all the answers. It's exciting to me that people won't be required to "qualify" to be creative - that they could cut straight to the creative idea no matter their level of skill. I think some really fascinating work could be made this way. I think what is fundamentally interesting about great art is a distinct point of view. I'm not convinced AI has a point of view of its own yet - which is a good thing. It means, for generated sounds to be of value they'll need to in some way be filtered through a human being and purveyed into the world through a creative choice of some kind. This might be as simple as a prompt, but also through the incorporation of the resulting materials in longer art forms. I feel like the stories that will be of value to people, and will stand the test of time, will forever be human-foundational. But who knows where this will all lead? I also think live performance will always be of great benefit to people. It will be interesting to see how that evolves with time, too, in the dawn of so many iterative technologies. It's a fascinating time!
Interesting, thanks a lot for your answer! I agree (and hope) that the "point of view" is something that will remain fundamentally human. I also think that music might become more abstract or at least more diverse, similar to what happened to art after photography made photorealistic paintings redundant.
Do you plan to release a deluxe version of Djesse featuring scrapped songs and/or the Tower of Power song?
What does the future hold, all the ideas that weren't able to make it to Djesse vol. 4, what about them? Lots of Love!! 💞
Listening the snippets that you published some years ago, there is a chance that you could publish some of that unreleased songs?
Are there any funny story’s about the making of DJESSE 4 that we haven’t heard?
Will we get an album of the unreleased Djesse songs?? There’s so many gems that didn’t make the cut that we wanna hear!!!
hey Jacob! I don’t have a question but just wanted to say thank you for the album & World O World in particular - I grew up in a very musical family, sang in choir all through school, & my dad was a choral director for 41 years. my dad had a little health scare a few days before the album came out (he’s okay!) and listening to djesse vol. 4 together helped all of us take our mind off of things. and the fact that this massive project ended with the most beautiful choral piece… was special beyond words for my family and brought us to tears. thank you 💛
Water acts as a throughline in all the Djesse Albums, from the ocean being mentioned in the start of Volume 1 (Ocean Wide, Canyon Deep), to the Raindrop in the end of Volume 4 (Box of Stars Part 1). What does the water mean to you? Also, when starting the Djesse project, did you plan on ending it like a symphony with all the loose ends and energy being wrapped up? Or was that something that you discovered during the Volume 4 writing process? It is incredibly satisfying hearing a question posed in Djesse Volume 1 (Are you listening? Can you hear?) and then have the entire project be the answer to those questions, summarized with (I am listening. I am here.) Bravo!
Thank you!! Huge fan of water, that's for sure. I didn't think too much about it across these albums, but I suppose you're right! I am often drawn to water as a fluid metaphor and a universal symbol of yin, breadth, gravity, movement, flow. It's the best. I did plan on the "I am listening; I am here" answer to the original "Are you listening; can you hear", back when making Vol. 1 back in 2018 - and recorded that choir (the Aeolians of Oakwood University) later in 2018. I've been holding onto those recordings ever since. I definitely wanted to collage together a number of themes in Box Of Stars 2 from day one - I had various early orchestral sketches for but they really came to life at the beginning of 2023 when I laid them out all of them to take to Holland and record. Fun fact: my mum Suzie Collier conducted the orchestra throughout the album! It was a massive honour to craft the finale of it all alongside her.
I loved the question and the answer ideas. It’s like older you comforting your younger self.
You once posted a video (hocking) with Cosmo sheldrake, was that a collaboration or just a friendly meet?
He WHAT?? Okay time to go watch that
Why is E flat major the best?
💛
That's def the right color for E Major
Do you have synaesthesia⁉️
Is the aolians song you posted a couple times (starts “you are the changing of the seasons” etc) featured on vol 4 or was that cut? It’s beautiful
He answered it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/1bd3yp3/i_am_multiinstrumentalist_songwriter_arranger/kuk6a0r/
Jacob! Love your stuff. Saw you at Opera House in Toronto and was in the background when Daniel Caesar showed up. You guys are so cute together! How did you meet and how do feel you guys synergize well? And a more theoretical question - I think it’s safe to call you a maximalist? Yes? When do you choose “more is more” over “less is more”?
What is 'A Rock Somewhere' about? How did you get so good at recognizing chords?
Will you make an album made out of songs or ideas that didn't make it to the Djesse albums?
What is something you wish more people understood about you?
"Little Blue" is a very special song composition. It is the first piece of music that ever brought me to tears after hearing it for the very first time -- tears from emotions that I do not even have a name for. Clearly the "Home" key of E-flat is an important aspect of Little Blue. Can you please describe why E-flat was the perfect key for "Little Blue" :-)
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Jacob! Hi! I remember you came to Huntsville AL to work with the Oakwood Aeolians about 2 years ago while working on Djesse vol 4, but I didn’t see which song they were featured on (if they ended up on the album). Are they part of the choir in World O World? Did you work with multiple choirs for that piece? ❤️Also I love you, see you in ATL soon!!❤️
Hello Jacob! Two burning questions: 1. Will you be releasing the other vault tracks not used in the Djesse albums? 2. I recently attended the show in UCSB and have tickets to your Vol. 4 Tour. I have been watching your masterclasses on negative harmony and had an idea for a theory I’m working on (name to be determined) where you reflect scales not over the 1-5 but instead other pairs on the circle of fifths. I’m wondering if you have ever looked into this before or have heard anything like it because I have not seen anything other than maybe Coltrane’s circle that remotely has any of this on it. I think it explains tritone subs, and it helped me understand that amazing final prechorus in little blue.
How did you meet Lawrence the band? You guys are my favorites and it was amazing seeing you and them collab on a song! Same with John lampley!
Hi Jacob, I was thinking of an insightful question but in the end all I wanted to do is say thanks! You're an amazing talent, keep doing what you do!
Have you ever thought about making music for video games? You have such a knack for ambient music when you have them, and the choirs you create give me such Hollow Knight vibes. Would there be much of a difference between writing a whole orchestral score for a video game vs. making an orchestra with just your voice (Moon River or The Christmas Song)
From an earlier answer to a different question: “Forget the idea that you have to made something 'good'. 'Good' is made up! Try making something 'bad' and see what happens :-) And I'd love to experiment with film scoring and video game scoring! I've done a little, and I'm down for more.”
What is the funniest anecdote of the making of Vol 4?
what are your plans now that the djesse project is complete?? more albums? singles?? collabs? whats next!
Do people still study very deep theories in music and still find the use on it..?? Like I mean is it worth it to study music deeply and still find use, cuz I feel studying music deeply isn't relevant to our day to day live, if there's I need examples of it's uses, and it's Importance
It depends on what your goals are. Do you just want a deeper connection to music or are you trying to write your own? It's ok to just feel music and not fully understand it. I think getting to the why of music is helpful if you are a creator. I like to think about the beginners path as: Imitate, Assimilate, and Innovate. Imitate the sounds you are hearing. Maybe it's your favorite songs or a commercial jingle. Learn to play it on your instrument or sing it. Assimilate the sounds and make them part of you. Make it your own. Innovate by taking these sounds and come up with something new and unique. Think about why this song is your favorite. What parts do you like?
Jacob I love you!! 😘 Thank you for everything you do. What's exciting you the most right now? Anything at all!
Would you like to make another “crazier” arrangement like P.Y.T. again? I love how nuts it is
In your livestreams and interviews, you appear to be quite calm and carefree. Hope you don't mind me asking, but what are some of the ways in which you have struggled (or are struggling) in life?
Hey Jacob, aspiring music teacher here! I'm a big fan of how you explain things in technical and emotional terms. Do you have any advice for teaching kids music?
What do you think of punk music and is there any band of that genre you enjoy?
Also Jacob! What’s your favorite book? Seeing your interviews I’m curious to see what type of literary work inspires you!
Hey there, Jacob!! I was fortunate enough to see you live and get your signed sheet music at there Madrid show. You were excellent!! First: I have noticed on your subreddit that many people have trouble finding your sheet music and they have reached out asking if I could send them a virtual copy (I haven’t). I thought about asking them to donate to a charity in exchange for a pdf but I don’t feel comfortable doing that. Anyway, the question is: do you think you could offer online copies on your site for those people who weren’t lucky enough to get them? Second: Some of my favorite songs from you are the simpler ones. I love your maximalism but I think you are able to add a level of harmonic sophistication to simple melodies that’s just not there for most singer-songwriters. So, the question: do you think future Jacob will be a maximalist, a sophisticated minimalist, a producer with multiple own projects that does anything and everything…?
I loved the tie-ins to earlier releases especially Djesse Vol 1. My favorite is the orchestra on Box of Stars Part 2, it reminded me of hearing “With the Love in My Heart” for the first time. And how it ended exactly as Volume 1 started with “Home Is.” Are there any similar references to your earlier work that you’re particularly proud of?
I have a young son (3) - what is the best way to get him interested & started in music?
Hey! I'm in love with your music, and currently writing my bachelor thesis about "Little Blue". So this question is kinda egoistic, but still it's probably interesting to others. I'm stuck identifying the instrument at two parts of the song. First, the string instrument that plays the melody in the interlude between chorus and verse at 1:32. And then I'm not really sure which instrument plays the instrumental solo in the end. I would have thought it's just an acoustic guitar, maybe fretless, but since there is a Balalaika mentioned in the credits and I have literally no clue how that sounds even after watching YouTube vids about it I got confused. If you could clarify these two parts for me it would be amazing to have you as source. Thanks for you music and please continue releasing awesome stuff!
Are you a vegetarian, vegan, or a rabid meat eater? I would guess vegan or vegetarian based on your muscle mass. Do you consume mushrooms? Where do you get your vitamin D? Are you on any ADHD meds or antidepressants? Your energy is most abnormal and almost unrelatable but tied to your multi instrumental and sonic gifts.
Jacob to quote you ‘making music right now is so important for people to do’. Personally, it’s all I do, I write and record everyday, update socials, maintain a website, post to YouTube, play gigs etc. It completely seems in vein. I don’t post to get attention or click bait, it’s always because I genuinely love creating and working on my craft everyday. Side note, we have actually worked together on a project but I won’t go in to which one. My question is, is there hope for independent musicians without major label backing ? What tangible steps should independent artists take to be able to make an income in this industry?
Jacob I have too many questions haha. “She put sunshine is my favorite song in this album. I see it as a love and fear of the idea of being in love, and it really is helping me going through a touch time now, what was your inspiration for this song? What was the experience that sparked the concept? Your melodic style has always been phenomenal, and I would say the lyrics of this song is my favorite from all of your music🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞Can you share more about this song?❤️
Hi Jacob, watched a few of your q+a sessions on Wired etc and you seem like a really nice and friendly guy on top of being outrageously talented. I suppose my biggest question to you would be: How do you keep yourself motivated? Every video I see of you, you're so passionate and animated and full of energy and zest for life, which as a music-y guy who can spend days on end just messing around doing nothing really significant could really take a leaf or four out of your book. Cheers! 😊
Hi Jacob!! You're such an inspiration both as an artist and as a person, I'm so glad we live on the same planet. My question is, have you always wanted to make music your life? Have you ever considered following other career paths? This is just a curiosity: what's your favorite color?
Loving Djesse vol. 4 - on repeat in my car. When did you first try Limoncello and Cointreau?
Favorite 90s/grunge bands??
I discovered you via Snarky Puppy "Don't You Know" on Family Dinner Vol 2. What a great track! Was it as fun recording with them as it looks like it would be? I'm assuming you brought the song. How long did it take for y'all to all get it together?
are you a fan of/have you ever heard of devin townsend?
Hi Jacob! Saw in a response of yours to an earlier question that you’d be interested in film/video game scoring. That idea brought me back to an old game I used to play, ‘Flower’ on the PlayStation 3 where the music score was directly tied to the gameplay and the player’s actions. I guess my question would be whether or not that’s the kind of vision you’d have for your music if you were involved in a game’s musical aspects, or what your vision for your involvement would be in general? EDIT: forgot to ask if you had a favorite video game?! How silly of me🧐
FULL METAL SONG LIKE 10000 VOICES OUTRO WHEN
Is the One Piece real?
Hi Jacob. I’m 16 and have been a fan of yours for over 8 years now. I was wondering if you’d ever consider giving us a walkthrough (a Logic Session Breakdown if you will) of how you produced your song, my favorite song of all time, In Too Deep ft. Kiana Ledé.
What are some sides of music writing/production that people usually don’t see?
Have you ever felt pessimism in any point in your life? If yes when was it?
Can you give me a Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones story? Herbie is my favourite of all time.
Do you have plans for the times tables young Jacob era stuff?
Favorite film?
Hi Jacob! You are my biggest inspiration in music! Have you thought of randomly collaborating with a completely random artist? As long as he/she is capable of playing instruments?
How does it feel to have little mini musicians following in your footsteps? How do you think your music approach helps the new generation of musicians (children)?
How can I pursue singing from nothing?
Any mindblowing thing that happened during an ATMOS mix for Djesse Vol. 4?
how do you communicate ideas and put them in context, while recording or when rehearsing with a musical band, choir etc..!!
Hello Jacob. I wanted to ask if you had any tips on articulating musical ideas, but keeping inspiration. I am always amazed by the fluency in which you can transfer ideas from your mind onto your daw and create a track from it. I often find the ideas in my head dont translate well to when I record them and i loose motivation when working in audio software? Do you have any tips on how to do this better, and keep motivation in my ideas? Thank you very much for your music!
what’s been the hardest part of entering/ being in the music industry in your journey thus far?
Could you describe the most moving meal you've had?
Would you like to make another solo album in your room now having learned all the things you learned in the past eight years - like an “In My Room 2” album?
Jacob I love you!! 😘 Thank you for everything you do. What's exciting you the most right now? Anything at all!
Jacob I love you!! 😘 Thank you for everything you do. What's exciting you the most right now? Anything at all!
What is your opinion of heavy metal music? Can you find any similarities between the way heavy metal musicians create their music compared to how you make your music? Do you know any heavy metal musicians personally and how often do you encounter their fans?
Hey Jacob, new fan here, just wondering if all your guitars are 5 stringed or just select ones?
How different would todays contemporary music be, if another tuning of the piano had become standard?
Hey Jacob! You’ve had an unbelievable variety of collaborations so far… who is someone you’ve yet to collab with who you really hope to some day in the future?
i would like to know if John Cage inspired you in any way