Secular Touring Musician Plays At Church For The First Time In Years

🎹😁 #ThereIsASound #OnThisWeekend #BlindingLights #RockStar

[@EbonyRivers1]

That’s called “I love Jesus, but my playlist ain’t saved yet.”

[@revelationluke3097]

Hahaha

[@ckextreme]

It's saved, just not sanctified. 😂

[@damarrowblake1276]

Lol 🤣

[@EbonyRivers1]

ckextreme 🤣🤣🤣

[@aaronbarber6238]

Yup! That’s one of those Romans 4 playlists.

[@sir118]

Snuck in the progressions for “Purple Rain” during the closing prayer a couple times... no one ever noticed except my bass player...

[@kevinlucas9905]

That’s how it always happens man. Musicians I grew up under treated like a game. Like how many song references can you sneak in without the congregation noticing. It’s like the international running joke of church musicians

[@zeefromitaly]

Hahahahahaha lol

[@crnkmnky]

I mean, that one’s already a gospel progression. 👍

[@AJEDDY97]

I snuck the climb in the solo to Fade to Black once during youth worship, and nobody noticed but one of the leaders who loves Metallica. As a follow up, I got the start of the solo to One into the next song. It was awesome, cause nobody knew it but the two of us. 😂😂

[@crnkmnky]

@@AJEDDY97 sneaking in Metallica solos? what kind of music were you playing?

[@kevinlucas9905]

I died when he whispered “ Kevon no that’s not the sound”

[@rickeyjones729]

Lol it's funny playing the organ and they say the sound and u still just playing like yeah the sound I'm about to give u. U ain't talking me a rift a key im flowing and giving u what I believe and God allows to come out.

[@timfrench7065]

That whisper gets me every time!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@somanysparkles]

The musicians at my church used to sneak in Tupac’s “I ain’t mad at cha” with a follow up of Ashanti’s “Foolish”. I would always look around like do y’all hear that? No... oh okay

[@sharonsmalls6846]

Lol! I would have been clueless because I don't know their music. My daughter might tell me after service.💜😂😅🤣

[@happytaffi2831]

LOL

[@Valentino-dd7lj]

😂😂😂

[@kwilliams8440]

My aunt plays circus tracks and Ray Charles songs

[@bertchelhardin5324]

I’m Chianta What’s really ironic is that a lot of millennials and generation z’ers don’t even know that both Tupac and Ashanti sampled each song that you mentioned from the 1980s R&B family group Debarge. The older generations passed down their knowledge and wisdom. That’s not happening so much anymore, and that’s why so many young people now know so little about history-period.

[@LordPaxr0312]

I once went to a church where the pianist played the Disney's Hercules movie theme "Go the distance" with a gospel progression. Lmao, no one even noticed except the musicians

[@ox4df5h6g5ff]

That song is a blessing so I’m not sure why it would be out place

[@Adronitis]

It could've been "I Will Worship You" by Matthew Ward. The verses are a little different but the choruses are nearly identical

[@LordPaxr0312]

@@Adronitis OMG you're right!! I didn't know that song

[@andrewbuchan2232]

The song was written to be sung by a gospel choir anyway :)

[@LordPaxr0312]

@@andrewbuchan2232 lmao ikr 😂

[@shanedinh4759]

Was at a wedding that was running very late. The pianist was a relative of the bride. He had to kill 2 hours while everyone waited at the chapel. He played the score from Final Fantasy 7. We all knew.

[@amandateoh1164]

Legend

[@Ed-rl2un]

how did ALL of you know?? Asia thing?

[@missy36644]

Not Sephiroth in church, hahahaha I can't!

[@lorealsiren715]

That’s amazing actually

[@alexbougiemusic]

Niiiiiiice!!!

[@roebuckmckinney]

A buddy of mine got hired to play a wedding at a little church in the middle of nowhere. Only one guy at the service was wearing a nice suit, he was somebody’s rich uncle. He came over to my friend at the piano, peeled off a hundred and said “play ‘Send in the Clowns’ when the grandmothers come in”.

[@NootalieWalf]

💀

[@alinacg3825]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 savage

[@alejandromaron5402]

And they say money doesn’t buy happiness🤣

[@Lapreghiera]

Oh no

[@AnneSaintFelixAMSF]

I love that song 😂💀 i wouldnt be mad

[@willfeen]

ok those chords u did for Blinded by the Light were really hittin

[@joeldiaz7294]

It was the bass line for me

[@stephensass7931]

This version of Blinding Lights is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard. Bruh.

[@sashadtv6183]

That "Ah" "Hmm" gets me everytime 😂😂😂😂

[@MidnightOracle8]

It hits lol 😂

[@ninobrown_2897]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@KV-mz8ro]

The gasping at Savage...hilarious😂😂😂! Just like it would be at church, with the strange looks.

[@chandlerw2100]

That gasp had me DYING

[@spinningbackkick6021]

Funny how they know what's being played. LOL

[@rickeyjones729]

So me and a brother from my church have talked about this and without the words it still a melody now the question is if u the listener can catch it tells me what u been listening too. Like musical charades alot of musicians dont listen for the words but only the music content. And I can name alot of songs that use worldly melodies which is so funny when Chopin Mozart Bach did all of these progressions and changes before us. Now its shhhhh

[@rickeyjones729]

@@spinningbackkick6021 that's the point the musician playlist aint saved yet yall know it.

[@gatfatf]

Just look at em and say "how yall recognize this huh? If its so bad why ya have it memorized? Who got the first stone then? Aight? Aight."

[@charlinecharleston4973]

ima savage, classy, boujee- I meant ima a Christian

[@IAmKevonCarter]

Lol

[@lawill3559]

Sis. I felt that!!!!

[@FutureFBI19]

😂😂

[@shawilliams9701]

@Charline, I ain't gonna lie, when that Savage song came out, I was trying my best to change the words to I'm a Christian, and even shout on some of the dance parts, lol

[@charlinecharleston4973]

Sha Williams me too😂😂

[@averyblalock6795]

“First Sunday of the weekend”

[@sigh_yuri]

i once played ariana grande's "right here" reaaalllllyyyyy slow and no one noticed cuz the chords are jazz so it sounds like slow gospel 😂

[@BlackWolf-ly4sq]

Nice 🎶🎵🎶🎵

[@JustMe-rl5ym]

🤣🤣

[@llIIIIlllIIIllI]

this never happened.

[@juttybear7024]

My keyboardist is always sneaking Snarky Puppy and Robert Glasper quotes in the music. He likes to drop Boo’d up by Ella Mae in as well.

[@knavar6314]

Guilty lol I be playing I be playing stakes is high during announcements. On top of that my pastor is a bassist so if he likes the groove he'll get up and solo

[@luxuriouslywin]

@@knavar6314 😂😂

[@mz.phatbaldkat7839]

I felt that secular ivory tickling😂😂

[@IAmKevonCarter]

😂

[@bernardb.4788]

Lol... I don't even know the songs he played. No one mentioned the titles here

[@bernardb.4788]

Oh...seen em

[@NeroAngeloThreePointO]

I used to play J Dilla cuts all the time during offering....it was cool till one of the deacons asked me if I was playing "Stakes Is High" lol

[@twallace6262]

Legendary 🏆

[@Alex-ox7fm]

Sounds like my kind of church 😂😂

[@mjamison2802]

Aye! Brother Deacon is hip 😅

[@_BlaXEr]

You dropped this, king👑

[@aspireandbuild]

Well this is legendary haha

[@karin8378]

I snuck in some pink floyd once. Had to stop cause I started imagining the congregation high and couldn’t stop giggling

[@FamousDotCom]

Comfortably numb is a good one to sneak in...

[@alaspooryorick9946]

Hahaha once in church at school played Have You Ever Been to Electric Ladyland... Father Jack knew exactly what I was doing. He loved it though.

[@gskinner7440]

im rollin at how he churched up blinding lights! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@arieluv615]

Right?! I felt that. 😂

[@anonymouse7773]

Those little giggles in between the notes are EVERYTHING

[@BM-is5ei]

Theres nothing more adorable than when musicians improvise and accidentally play a well known melody and just roll with it 😆

[@g0tst1ngs]

Probably one of the greatest things about music, just being able to remix and fit it in where you want

[@Zamar411]

Growing up in a “holiness” church, once the saints started shouting/dancing we would incorporate the melodies to “Green Acres,” and “Andy Griffith” to name a few.

[@ronruck]

🤣🤣🤣

[@cjgreen4331]

Lol

[@Toywins]

Hahah!!! 😂😂😂

[@realjohnlove]

This actually happens. Heard a pianist sneak in Isley Brothers into a service for the offering

[@coachwalt2614]

We did!!! Pastor looked at us like, meeting after church 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Toywins]

@@coachwalt2614 SIR!! 😩😂😂😂

[@coachwalt2614]

@@Toywins man we was dead locked in too 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DayyLati]

The musician at my church last week playing “Moment 4 Life” 💀

[@no-yj2cf]

I'm omw

[@havenofrest5970]

Facial expressions “Kevon no thats not the sound” 🤣🤣🤣

[@ShehxtesShawn]

When he played rockstar and savage I died 🤣🤣🤣🤣 how is he doin this an absolute legend teach me please

[@andrehumphrey3164]

I only problem 😂😂I have with this video is that it’s too short

[@davidortiz5085]

I played van Halen's jump really slow once during the end of the sermon, the only person who caught it was my brother in the congregation who knew immediately and we made eye contact and he shook his head smirking LOL

[@olumideomololu9793]

Jump always comes to mind whenever I hear the intro to Don Moen's "Celebrate Jesus" :)

[@ddynasty1984]

Same. All you needed was the hammond and a drummer. One time during offering, we were playing some radio rnb hits and the organist's mom caught us and gave us that look. After church I asked him, "Aye bruh, how you mom know these songs?" 😂 😂 😂

[@leanna.6410]

okay but the fact that he’s playing the piano without having to look at the actual instrument. a KING

[@sho_wil236]

And all of the saints who KNEW these tunes would’ve ran to the pastor & board to have this musician fired! BUT they could still come to worship even though they KNEW the songs. C’mo somebody! Am I right about it! 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

[@rickelvi]

Because these are popular songs playing all the time on TV and the internet, so even if they knew the songs is not like they actively listen to them. These saints are hypocrites but I don't think that's warranted in this case

[@itisnottaken4444]

If I heard 1:10 in church TRUST me I'm finding the spirit!

[@aelumn]

Which song is it?

[@itisnottaken4444]

@@aelumn Savage by Meagan thee Stallion

[@victall4360]

@@itisnottaken4444 whas tha gospel song he was playin before he transitioned?

[@williamjarrett3468]

Go Ahead Kevon be a savage lmao

[@IAmKevonCarter]

🤦🏽‍♂️😂

[@tshisevheipfindaa3016]

@@IAmKevonCarter help me with the name of that first song you played 😭

[@QwyattStorm]

@@tshisevheipfindaa3016 I think it was Star Boy by the Weekend if I'm not mistaken.

[@tshisevheipfindaa3016]

@@QwyattStormthank you

[@QwyattStorm]

@@tshisevheipfindaa3016 you're welcome.

[@CarbideSix]

Jesus was a SAVAGE when he raided the temple and chased out the money launderers, poachers, and trophy-hunting smugglers.

[@sully8I]

Not much different when Elijah called fire down from Heaven and killed 400 false ‘profits’ who were leading Israel to idolatry.

[@jimflys2]

@@sully8I Prophets bro.

[@sully8I]

@@jimflys2 yes, notice the quotation marks.... today’s “profits,” are not true prophets. They are false, seeking only to benefit themselves.

[@doktorhypebeast]

@@sully8I ahhhh yes you mean those televangelicals?

[@sully8I]

@@doktorhypebeast yes sir, but not limited to…. Some aren’t even on TV.

[@LernersEducation]

Our violinist spent a couple weeks sneaking Pachelbel’s Canon into every song to see if the other musicians noticed.

[@Loud_ISF]

Lmao, we did that for a lot of songs at our church too. I was a cellist, we had 3 violins as well for fun.

[@xFlyingFlip]

That gospel transition to Savage was crazy my friend. Flawless

[@Candyrock15]

I was bopping hard to it

[@israelbattle5997]

When the audience gasps when he started playing Savage and the laughs I couldn't!

[@princesslynnjackson3374]

When he played "Savage" and the congregation let out a collective groan..... then he followed up with the laugh and shout. Whewwwwwww!!! I'm in tears. His videos are the best 👌 lol

[@3KDrilla]

I just love the part when he starts playing "I'm a Savage" and you just hear, Kevon no, that's not the sound. 1:15

[@deejones177]

I'd be sitting there swaying to and being blessed cluelessly wondering what gospel song that was trying to find it on KZbin...lol

[@moon7752]

I love how he goes "ha!" When playing really sultry chords. That's legitimately me when asked to play in church on a Sunday service.

[@javengetenga1583]

Ur the best pianist I know who's never serious 😂😂

[@angelazee908]

Club on Saturday, Church on Sunday 😂😂😂

[@BetterKnownAsDK]

I'm literally replaying the video just to hear him chuckle and say ,"YES!" during "I'ma savage" 😂

[@mrwebbofficial]

This was me just last Sunday. I successfully played the majority of Bohemian Rhapsody without anyone noticing.

[@alyssablack3025]

1:12 was me when I figured out how to play Savage. I was too excited 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BlackWolf-ly4sq]

Last line, yeah!!!! IAM gonna,take my 🐎 down that old town road, no brother that's not the groove but keep right on playing lol

[@andrewkemp8677]

My friend will regularly slip the theme from "Up" into the background of child dedications

[@DeonTheMusician]

I ain’t a secular touring musician but this is so me on a Sunday 😂😭😂

[@9moneyomm]

That switch up was crazy tho. Cant even lie.

[@CharlesTurnerTheKing]

DAWG WHEN HE LAUGHED ON THE 2ND SONG 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 He was "Yeeeaahh Im Killin it"....lol

[@_02kaye]

This is literally me. I use the 7 years old and See you again melodies in most of my improv's or in slow worship Solo's. 00:22 Anybody notice He's using the same technique he just talked about in the previous tutorial?

[@ephraimm.1750]

Which Previous tutorial??, can you write the name or post a link to that, please?

[@leo_zhang14]

Bless you man, pray that any gift will be used in the way that God intended you to!

[@charlinecharleston4973]

I felt that!!

[@IAmKevonCarter]

🙌🏽😁

[@MrAdamloring1985]

As a joke, I used to put the guitar riff from Coldplay’s “fix you” into a bunch of songs.

[@dontplay6580]

Everyone coming from partying on Saturday night to get saved on Sunday morning would've recognized these beats. Guaranteed.

[@charlesdickson2857]

They ain't giving the attention u deserve 😂🔥🔥🔥

[@nasstardallen6417]

Da baby at the end tho 😭😭 BRAND NEW BIBLE AND IT HAS A STICKER 😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@farisimanrozandi2437]

Thats 'haaa' is beyond compare

[@davidlopan123]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I have done this when i was younger, and have heard other musicians do this countless of times........great vid bro! SUBSCRIBED!!!!

[@jesusisgreat3339]

That laugh when he started playing savage tho, lol! 🤣

[@mort2247]

"Devon! That's not the sound!" IM HSHSHSGHSGSSHHA

[@ApostledkWard]

I've endured "Baby Shark" and way too many Earth, Wind, and Fire tunes! LOL

[@JFantauzzi7]

I had a bassist who used to used to constantly sneak in the bass line from Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ but I loved it so I let him rock.

[@isaiahgere9283]

This is basically every Nigerian church musician. We even play very popular secular sounds and the congregation cheers🤣🤣🤣

[@deejones6446]

*This was so my church coming up lol all the musicians would be lit throwing little secular samples in* 😂😂😂

[@masterofmuppetz8000]

I managed to sneak in the intro riff from “Let Down” by Radiohead so many times 🤣🤣🤣

[@ExNihiloComesNothing]

If you listen to All the Poor And Powerless breakdown it’s the same. Haha

[@trahnettilhcs]

We used to sneak snippets of Killing in the Name Of into any song that was in Dmaj

[@chilledpenguins8381]

Oh my goodness i'm stealing that idea.

[@Smoovedude21CW]

Bruh this tore me up🤣. Boy the laugh during the savage part was evil sounding. Lol. But that switch back blend was nice tho. @kevonCarter

[@queenspenterprise7261]

I love what God is doing through you keep it up 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@fennecbesixdouze1794]

"First Sunday of the weekend" 😂

[@mathewmwania30]

Man, would you just play the last chord progressions of the video longer? In fact request that you do an instrumental with such chords. The exact ones you played there. I will be so happy to listen to that!

[@t.k.1319]

Yes! Idk that song, anybody know?

[@applecrumpies224]

Your almost making me want to go to church. I will only go to yours. 😂

[@PyroKP]

My first day in my old church’s “teen rock” worship bad, I snuck in a My Chemical Romance riff in the final song and nobody noticed.

[@terrykopke6099]

I once played John Legen all of me during a wedding service my church and some loved it

[@Personincrowd]

My new fave youtuber is you and I'm not even religious at all. Please please keep em coming

[@catalystguitarguy]

One of the guys for the college gospel group was an MI graduate, used to play a variation of the star wars theme buried in 9 and 11 chords on the keys during alter calls or communion. also did a few guns n roses, or mr. big songs on keys.

[@MalachiVereen]

The blinding lights took me away😭😭

[@FleetfootMike]

Running sound for a wedding here in a village church in the UK - couple had (unusually) provided their own musicians. Pianist playing while everyone was mulling around before the service was clearly well aware most people were ignoring him as he played a full instrumental version of Meatloaf’s “For Crying Out Loud”. And I was the only person to notice.

[@jadethornton2073]

Crazy thing is...it was so perfect...I felt it spiritually lmao

[@kiidz760]

Why you Always in the mood 🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@SirMagnus]

I neeeeddds more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@emilli5331]

My man Kevon always got the classy comedy😂

[@ADAngeloM]

I've heard everything from Eve's "What yawl want" down to the Andy Griffith theme song played at church. Each time just can't help but 🤣!

[@deebsooreal]

Lol our old keyboardist for our youth choir would always sneak something secular in for about 30 seconds and then go back to the song...I don’t remember what song we were singing one time but he slid in the beginning of Ego by Beyoncé once and we all were like 😯....😂😂😂...All the old people in the church were like “that sounds nice” All of us in the choir stand had the record scratch face like “we ain’t rehearse this...” lol

[@docnative328]

My dad had our piano player intro with Backstreet Boys “I need you tonight” and no one caught it except the girls in the congregation lmao

[@TheRoneZone]

0:30 I felt that!

[@danieltempotchinga626]

Heumm I felt that 😅. Wonderful

[@lavzitro8498]

the pastor said first Sunday of the WEEKEND then the pianist plays BLINDING LIGHTS hahahaha

[@kimtaehyung7472]

I once played BTS's Spring day 😂 everyone loved it

[@markherron1407]

Kevin, you played great! You may not remember me but my mom told you, you remind her of Webster the character on the TV show in the 1980s!We were members at Christ Temple Baptist Church in Markham! Your late father was the minister of music. I'm sorry for the loss of your wife. I hope you are shelter in place. May God bless you and keep you the Lord makes His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you, the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace! Blessings and hugs!

[@nvrgvnup4346]

lil feller, i just love u. u bring laughter n joy to my soul .

[@bardknight]

That “HA” always get me lol.

[@brandon23471]

As a kid, I basically went to church to study the drummer.

[@gelebryan760]

Every sunday without fail i play the chorus for How far i’ll go from Moana🤣

[@jameswhitley4101]

I remember once, a while before I started playing piano in church, the guitarist tried to sneak in a Pink Floyd riff in to one of the songs; my dad was the only guy who noticed xD

[@mosestevin2133]

Im from Atlanta where we do this every offering prayer and doxology

[@m.michaels]

Me and my brothers would constantly sneak in drum rolls, solos or melodies into praise and worship just to get their attention... Either to make them laugh or get their attention to turn my headphones up or down. Or whatnot

[@prophetichippo]

There’s a song called I’ve found love in you. It’s a gospel song but also heard it in r&b airwaves

[@elliot2533]

I once snuck persona theme living with determination in a middle of prayer