Twitch Vocal Coach Reacts to Floor Jansen Cover "Alone" by Heart

[@CharlieCalottaReacts]

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[@nicod1361]

BBS the nod she gives at the end was "yes thats the take to go with " she has sung many times seated alla Hows the Heart

[@corneliusantonius3108]

Floor is Floor

[@Paul_C]

One thing, or rather, one name has to be mentioned: Joost van den Broek. Band: After Forever and key player in most of Arjen Lucassen's endeavours and the pianist in this.

[@jamesschwarz007]

And he's currently working together with Floor on her solo album. They have a long musical history together, more than 20 years.

[@JargonThD]

And whoever shot the video ... perhaps Floor's husband, whose name escapes me right now. It's a nicely worked video and editing.

[@richardwest6358]

Actually - as he was knighted in the Netherlands - he is Sir Joost van den Broek

[@572Btriode]

@@JargonThD Yep, I believe it is Hannes doing the video.

[@stevenhopwood8195]

On grand piano we have Joost van den Broek, great pianist. He was a member of one of Floor’s previous band After Forever and now collaborates with Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayreon) to mention one thing he does. ❤️🤘🇦🇺

[@richardwest6358]

Sir Joost van den Broek - he was knighted in the Netherlands

[@cvetageorgieva4312]

A little correction - he came to After Forever from Ayreon/Star One.

[@stevenhopwood8195]

@@cvetageorgieva4312 thanks for correction. In my defence, I wasn’t stating order of happening just that he was part of it.

[@zoeystar4668]

Floor's belts are out of this world crystal clear perfection. She took this classic to a new level, and it felt like I was hearing the song for the first time. Man, can her voice ring magical to the eardrum. Simply amazing..

[@happyjack6901]

Your reactions are outstanding, you are one of the few I follow, thank for these reactions!!!!!!!

[@CharlieCalottaReacts]

Thanks, Jack! I do my best!

[@SarahRichardsGraba]

Of the recent covers Floor has done, this is my favorite 😍 might be my favorite of all covers I've heard from her, including all of Beste Zangers. Just absolutely love how she interprets this song 💖✨

[@user-VeryoldGeezer]

Have you seen this one (Revamp Belgium 2010 Omio Babbino Cara) live .Its a Metal concert and Floor sings this in the middle of it all .

[@darrenhewitt2689]

Great reaction once again Floor killed it goosebumps wet eyes

[@billattercliffe8655]

About the audio and video tracks - I'm sure that what we're listening to here is the actual audio recording that is synced in post to the video track, via the in-camera audio track. There are a few small sync issues with the handheld shots, but the tripod mounted camera is synced with the audio, indicating that both are recorded at the same time. I believe they're only using one camera, so they probably did a second take with the camera handheld and then cut those clips into the timeline, resulting in some slight out-of-sync problems on the handheld shots. I'm pretty sure there's only one camera and more than one take as Hannes would have been tripping over the tripod on some of the handheld shots if it was also being used at the same time with another camera. Two cameras plus the audio recording of a single take, would really help to solve this.

[@clemenstremens1940]

Charlie, thanks for promoting this one from Twitch to YT! ( you sure are a busy man🤘)

[@CharlieCalottaReacts]

Gonna keep up 2 uploads a day to hopefully get EVERYTHING on the backlog up

[@Dianen65]

Thank you for explaining why Floor is such a great vocalist. Learning a lot!

[@CharlieCalottaReacts]

I'm glad!

[@Slick-ng5kf]

You know that “new drug” that Huey Lewis was talking about back in 84? Floor is that drug....although she does still keep me up at night watching reaction vids of her on KZbin. Love your informative lessons about vocals and technique. It’s really made me understand and appreciate how much muscular control and coordination it takes to perform at the level she does. 🤘🙏🏻

[@jscam4387]

Thanks for this analysis Charlie. I appreciated your insights into the breath control and support requirements and how Floor uses them so effortlessly. Additionally I liked how you described the way that the voice needs the resonant capabilities of not just the vocal chords, but also the internal vibrations of the head and mouth positions. I really am impressed with your artistic style to your reactions and look forward to many more. 👍😃

[@CharlieCalottaReacts]

What you're describing is the functionality of the vocal tract. It definitely is a helpful way to create sound. Floor mentions this in her master classes actually!

[@CharlieCalottaReacts]

Thank you for your kind words :)

[@sandy1653]

I love Joost's little piano solo. Makes me want to take up playing the Piano again.

[@ShadowhispersBand]

And so you should 😉

[@damianvc31]

I know how to play Alone but not that solo lol

[@kimfabritiusdetengnagel2038]

I think Floor loves this song, she can relate to it I believe. She has done it in After Forever, also with only Joost on piano, I believe I heard it too on a ReVamp concert, and she did it on the Nightwish Cruise, her solos in 19 - and now on her channel. And yes she is in a rocking chair, I believe it is the one that have followed her for many years. She talked about in an interview I believe, many the one from Dutch TV. This version, she is putting even more passion in, but also a smile in her eyes, playing with her voice. Incredible performance.

[@artonx4719]

Always love your analytical approach of these video's...!

[@pekkakarppinen1608]

Haha! Chills to my bone came early with the line "PITCH dark". Yes, she is an olympic caliber vocal athlete. ⛄👍

[@tsiouparoglou4493]

Yeah, me too.... OMG FLOOR❤

[@Kvasaari]

Very informative reaction, thank you.

[@balantic7226]

Floor is nailing it , and Joost van den Broek too , 2 Dutchies :D And Floor is sitting in a normal rockingchair

[@marcel021065]

Thanks, i did not now you didnt listen to this one, i think again great vocal performance from Floor, youre reaction ads what i need, great explanation of the song,the voice, thanks, keep safe,

[@dirkdorner701]

There is one thing I always wonder... What does the artist think, when Floor covers a song? A) Wow cool, Floor covered my song and amazingly so or B) S*** Floor covered my song, now I can never sing it again or C) Both Stay safe Dirk

[@marianvantol4989]

Yes, she is amazing!

[@erniedinda509]

Lovely cover, a lot of emotion and passion. Does the Heart version and Ann proud. Thanks for the reaction and analysis.

[@Drinckx2]

The rocking chair is very useful if she needs to change her distance from the mic.

[@Nickery1]

a great Floor again ! and it shows on your face !

[@gregjetnikoff7124]

Notice how Floor has sung all the paint off the walls! Note: Floor is doing the pre chorus "scream" SITTING DOWN!!!!

[@chryse]

Heart was one of my favorite bands growing up as a teenager in the 80s. Now Nightwish and Floor are my favorites and I adore her cover arrangement. A lot of people compare it against the album version Heart did, but that was a pretty bombastic, radio-friendly 80s power ballad arrangement. Later on, as Heart played smaller, more intimate venues, they rearranged it to be more of an acoustic song, which I think is what Floor was going for. Examples: Heart - "Alone" (Official Video) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3TaYqGdbJp-hpI Hear - "Alone" (Acoustic) kzbin.info/www/bejne/noubkpiKa5aogJI

[@eddiecreutzburg7375]

Great reaction, saw your video to late. Recommend "Bless the Child ". Sung in blood red lighting. Awesome.

[@haraldnijenhuis4697]

'I howl and roar 'cause i'm not afraid no more.' Strong statement from Floor.

[@bigg2988]

Appreciate your analysis. She does it so right no original is necessary. :)

[@thecaptainmarko]

Stop talking about the Floorhead vibrating man I'm getting confused on wich channel to get my kicks I'm watching. Brilliant cover Great reaction Keep on rocking in the free world ✌

[@Thorgrim247]

Loved your analysis as usual my friend. This cover is a very different one for Floor. Very stripped down. Heart's version is a hard rock/ Pop power ballad with a guitar solo as well. So of course Floor stripped it down and slowed it down to focus on the emotional lyrical content. Never imitate of copy another performer. Always find a way to make it your own! See you very soon! Peace. 😊😊😊🎶🎶🎶👑👆✌👍

[@menwithven8114]

She works out all the time. She seems to be in really good shape!

[@christinaalgate4899]

Love this I'm following Ann and Nancy on Facebook and Ann on KZbin.

[@gaelitos]

Definitely a rocking chair, you can see it move at 2:55 (this video)

[@SquishdSquirrel]

Have I watched the livestream? Yes. Will I be watching this video again? Also yes.

[@ericchapman1221]

It would be so cool to watch Ann Wilson react to this video for the first time. Same for Laura Fabian and Adagio. I wonder if these artists are aware of Floor's covers of their tunes? Anybody out there know?

[@CharlieCalottaReacts]

I'm sure they are :) it's a great form of compliment for one artist to take another's material and make it their own, at least in my opinion

[@seppomatilainen6048]

Floor Jansen is beautiful when she sings, an absolute beauty

[@ralfmeyer9086]

Hallo, one people tell, she do pre-reordings(Playpack). OMG,they know nothing about Floor. In an interview, she say, she never mime a Song. but this guys see to much American TV or Award shows..sorry friends forget Joost van den Broek 🤗

[@damianvc31]

She said she still sings when doing a video, but that doesn't mean that's the audio we are hearing. In this case it doesn't seem to me that the audio comes from the video but maybe I'm missing something. Anyhow she is perfectly capable to do it live if she wants to.

[@kammurabi2313]

👍❤ I feel like Floor has been flexing in each of these youtoob covers. Maybe I am wrong but I have had the impression she was doing this on purpose. Competitive swagger, even if it is just competing with herself. I love this song but it always gets in my head for a while..had to chill out on reactions but didn't want to miss yours. 👍❤

[@andraskovacs8959]

As far as I know Floor records the audio separately from the video, where she effectively lip-syncs to herself for the artistic effect, so there isn't really much flexing done here...

[@kammurabi2313]

@@andraskovacs8959 meh it is multiple takes for most of them but she isn't lip synching. I would question whether she even can do that convincingly. And she has absolutely no need for it anyway.

[@Fidel_L.Bousquet1970]

@@andraskovacs8959 She doesn't "lip-sync" to herself. That will be absurd. Obviously she doesn't do just a single take. She probably does several versions, choose the best one, and then the video is edited using the images from the different takes. That's editing a video, not lip-sync.

[@barjanweb1877]

Did someone say BELT! FABIAN!!!

[@cindycindy9793]

❤❤❤

[@Nrde]

The original i-Ten version is also really good, but of course Floor's version is my favorite though.

[@wallywest2360]

The sound quality is quite good, her voice is crystal clear and you don't hear anything else, other than the piano of course. So there is no way the video is the actual recording session. No studio capable of that track would have bare wood paneled walls. Just, no.

[@sarahwithstars]

Get over the fear of volume because the higher your belt the louder it needs to be to ensure you are not flat so confidence is key to accuracy... Fake it til you make it! Practice practice practice until it is second nature muscle memory and then you can focus on emotion of the performance and the storytelling 🤣

[@CharlieCalottaReacts]

Yes! She goes over that in her latest master class video. We watched it on stream together yesterday. Be well!

[@sarahwithstars]

@@CharlieCalottaReacts well there you go... It is in my "watch later educational" playlist... I need to stop getting distracted by other reaction videos... Nice to meet you though, kind Sir! Stay safe, be well, hope you are vaccinated soon {high- five socially distanced}

[@CharlieCalottaReacts]

Yes indeed!! Nice to meet you too

[@JargonThD]

Broadcast nerd says: If she were to sing live into that mic with sound monitors in hearing range, the recording would fail. Epic fail (feedback painful and even damaging to the ears). She could do this live on the mic if she had in-ear monitors, but she clearly has none. There WAS some sort of open-air playback device so she could sing along with the same tempo, but her mic was dead. Floor noteably sings most songs with identical, or nearly so, pacing and inflection, etc., so for the video she sat and sang along with herself, recalling exactly how she formed her vowels and consonants, etc. Yes, she sings live with playback monitors working (and in-ear monitors as well), but only her voice (not the monitors) is picked up by the mic. Yes. Microphones are that selective, depending on the specific design of the mic. So after the initial daze of her performance wore off (and as reactors and commenters began mentioning how impressive she is sitting in the rocking chair ... no offense, BBS) I looked and saw that she was not performing live for the video. Cheers! (EDIT: My remarks are based on TV broadcasting ... and from more than 10 years ago. Floor MAY have been singing live for the main run-through before additional footage (B-roll) was shot for editing, but I have trouble believing that. Why would she? Sing it to perfection standing at a hot mic ... then sing it again for the camera. And if she was singing that far from the mic, any monitors she used would clearly come through the mic. Just clarifying the limitation of my experience and chance to be mistaken.)

[@572Btriode]

I believe you're right, the XLR on the end of the lead to that $6,000 AKG C12VR mic doesn't go anywhere, she has done Q&A in that room and some of her interviews too, the hard walls give a lot of very fast reverberation. Sure, she sang it for her home recording, and she sang it here but the actual audio is from her home recording which was doubtless done in her acoustically dead studio, and I think this is the case for all of her recent covers. That said, they are all brilliant though. And perhaps see these guys (male) who did play and sing "Alone" live, on key too IIRC with the guitarist doing the high harmony. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmfbh4qcj5akms0

[@50original44]

hehe for me when you will show us the differnent its sounds always the same...hihi

[@CharlieCalottaReacts]

Try listening *closer*

[@MustaLaatta]

"human bones" well it's her bones thats true, LOL...

[@roykliffen9674]

This certainly isn't a bad cover, Floor does everything except bad...... I however still prefer the Heart version with the excellent Ann Wilson. It simply may be the preference for the familiar, but there you go.

[@Paul_C]

Ah well, both are covers from the Original I-Ten song from 1983.

[@janihaavisto79]

Man, Creaperty really needs to go for naughty corner because those Onset things... 👀🤣😶‍🌫️ Dude needs his rights revoked for 10 months or something. Sorry Creaperty, but sometimes you do that the most opportune moments.

[@mattgraham2835]

after an absolutely beautiful cover version of this song I'll bet she will be asked to join the wilson sisters onstage some intimate setting, and do i need to say this is one of the best versions and yes i glad she covered this particular song and putting her own spin on it a little and that is pretty cool that that piano player that the dude in the chat @stevenhopwood8195 said is Joost Van den Broek a member of after forever and is now collaborating with Ayreon damn i going to check that band to because this woman and everything she touches and everyone she puts herself around especially previous bands she was a part of she still has room for them and being as famous as she is and will continue to get if this keeps up, and she seems to be a strong woman and quite powerful beacon of light in the sometimes rather dark world of heavy metal music and of life itself but im sure after hearing the music she done so far that there may be a less darkness in our world. Amen ladies & gentlemen