Jacob Collier: A one-man musical phenomenon
Џејкоб Колијер (Jacob Collier): Музичка изведба једног човека
In his videos and performances, Jacob Collier sings every part, plays every instrument and visualizes every component with a captivating vision. Full bio
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and walkin' it one step at a time.
and sing you a song,
и отпевати ти песму
for a kind of shelter.
walking down the line."
You feeling good?
singing with me for just one second?
да са мном певате на секунду?
Could you sing a D?
ако бисте могли да отпевате „о-о-о.“
That's beautiful. Thank you.
as part of that motion,
тог померања испод површине?
је апсолутно посебан.
is an absolutely extraordinary one.
емоционалним оквирима неке особе,
one's emotional frameworks,
да се ствари преточе у речи,
to put things into words,
као и код многих других језика,
as with many other languages,
you know about a language.
можете да изговорите, колико фраза знате.
how many words you can say,
које доносите овим језиком.
you make with this language.
ову идеју као заједница,
this idea as a community,
може да нас учини ближима
may grow us towards
од своје човечности.
searching for all along.
I'm on my way to my hideaway.
на путу сам до мог скровишта.
do it right, don't look back,
учинићу то како треба, нећу се освртати,
all the places I've been
сва су места на којима сам био,
that you're making me guess
да ме тераш да мислим
that I wanted to know all along.
да треба познајем све време.
that makes me complete,
која ме заокружује,
that I want you to know I belong.
да знаш да припадам.
JC: OK.
ЏК: У реду.
visualizations we just saw,
or something, if that's a word,
које су чувљиве, ако се уопште тако каже,
that you saw grow,
које сте видели да расте,
that it takes low long notes
ниске, дуге ноте
and then it grows thin, small branches.
да му израсту танке, мале гране.
JC: Yes, indeed.
all of that by yourself.
and how did this all evolve?
и како се све ово развило?
which is, like, over there.
I mean, this is my family home.
то је моја породична кућа.
filled with musical instruments,
препуној музичких инструмената,
to invest in my own imagination,
да улажем у своју машту,
were good things to be building
биле добре за стварање
and I think that's such an important idea.
а мислим да је то веома важна идеја.
my paradise, essentially,
свој албум под називом „Моја соба“,
which is called "In My Room,"
the room on the road,
представим ту собу на путу,
али је нешто на чему радим пар година
working on for a couple of years,
to be inside the circle.
like the setup in your room, here.
је заправо твоја соба, овде.
It's similar to the room
да створим ствари на лицу места
generate things on the spot
у музици и у свим најбољим идејама.
and all of the best ideas are all about.
in your room by yourself.
направио у својој соби.
We couldn't have done that,
није могло десити пре пет година.
five years ago even.
in the hands of the creator,
record company executive
велике издавачке куће
вама који то већ знате,
to you guys who know this already,
може да засади семе.
who can sow that seed.
the torch into the world.
completely on my own
албум потпуно сам.“
make an album on your own."
и није ме се тицало шта људи мисле,
and I didn't mind what people thought,
JC: Thanks, Kelly. Thanks so much.
ЏК: Хвала, Кели. Хвала вам пуно.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jacob Collier - Musician, artistIn his videos and performances, Jacob Collier sings every part, plays every instrument and visualizes every component with a captivating vision.
Why you should listen
Jacob Collier is nothing short of prodigious. A two-time Grammy-winning singer, arranger, composer and multi-instrumentalist, he combines everything from jazz and a cappella to folk, electronic and classical music. In 2014, he was discovered by the legendary producer Quincy Jones. Shortly after, Collier began working on his audio-visual live performance vehicle designed and built by Ben Bloomberg at the MIT Media Lab.
Since his first video in 2011, Collier has amassed hundreds of thousands of international followers and more than 15 million YouTube views, which includes his astounding cover of Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing." In July 2016, Collier released his chart-topping debut album, In My Room, which he solely recorded, performed and produced by himself. Most recently, he has toured his unique one-man show to more than 150 locations around the world; helped to score the newest Dreamworks release with Hans Zimmer; is currently collaborating on Herbie Hancock's upcoming album; and shares his vast knowledge of music theory with everyone from Wired Magazine to universities across the globe.
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