Jacob Collier | Taking the Leap with USC Professor David Belasco

Jacob Collier shares his music and creative mindset with 500 USC students as part of Professor David Belasco's class, Taking the Leap. Fix You at; 0:00:08; In My Room at 1:13:54; Creating a song from scratch in Logic at Logic 0:21:00.

[@cmtso7409]

He will be the only man ever who wears a pyjamas in a masterclass, love this dude

[@hombacom]

@Paul Mina Storm Which obviously make him successful, don't limit yourself to please other people.

[@dropit43]

crocodile pyjamas, no less!

[@collinmccookcomposer]

The professor fangirling over Jacob is all I need.

[@TheLeapTV]

Can't help it. In the presence of genius and sharing it with students.

[@mekan0001]

@@TheLeapTV It was honestly adorable. Your students are very lucky.

[@emilandarroz]

He knows the true extents of Colliers talent. One of a kind this generation.

[@Julianjazzaaaaa]

I love that song.

[@sleepsmilemusic]

“All I Need” 😏

[@lovemercygrace]

I don't understand what is happening to me: I'm not even a music student & don't have the faintest desire to learn, BUT I just can't get enough of listening to Jacob play, sing & explain everything he does. It's been captivating me since I discovered him LAST WEEK! So glad there's an entire library of videos out there for me to skip & frolic & laze in. Mesmerising!

[@joleeen]

I’m experiencing the exact same and I am just thankful to witness his growth in our world. I’m 10 years younger than him and on the edge of adulthood and he gives me certainty that I will find passion when I follow my intuition and curiosity. There’s just authentic people that teach us that we can be our present selves at any moment too. accepting change and the nonsense that life provides

[@thomastepfer9861]

​@@joleeen well, i'm _quite_ a bit older than you, and a mediocre musician even... Yes. Jacob is a very humanly great Artist in this time. Good for all of us now and then... :-)

[@byggloket2590]

Thats music. You have all the means, tools and reasons to learn😊

[@nickhumphreys2638]

Me too 😊

[@azadehfa]

the world is a little brighter because of him

[@Taco_Burrito39]

The whole world is his coloring book

[@elinemay]

@@Taco_Burrito39 underrated comment. Love it!

[@Taco_Burrito39]

(｡’▽’｡)♡

[@hezekiahdaggett2179]

The world becomes bright as the sun because if him

[@bonusgonus429]

Ya but when he voices his chords in 4ths the world gets a little dimmer.

[@Squilly4]

Not only is his music one of a kind, but he's such a genuinely likeable person. Hanging out with Jacob would be a blast.

[@ifusubtomepewdiepiewillgiv1569]

dude i wish i could do that

[@TheLeapTV]

It is. You feel like you are learning from someone who sees music and the world differently.

[@superblondeDotOrg]

I find him really really highlly annoying because of his belief system, not likeable at all, and I bet many others feel the same but don't express that, he seems overwhelmingly emotionally idealistically naive in his art and expressions.

[@verysad2400]

@@superblondeDotOrg wait then why are you here do you like his music but not him or something

[@superblondeDotOrg]

@@verysad2400 always HOPING that he will freshly say he has discovered thrash metal.. but.. nope not yet..

[@UTubeJunky]

Jacob is not talking about music... He is talking about how to open up one's creative mind. I hate how people bow down and worship Jacob, because he is clearly trying to help anyone who is willing to listen and to open up their creativity. And to me, even though he loves talking about music and sharing, I can see how he maybe gets annoyed by people who look at him as some sort of god. Chill. Jacob is a blessing for a lot of us, but he is trying to impart his lessons to all of us to make the creative world much much much more interesting for creatives AND those who partake in culture. Treat the man like a man and not like a god or alien. He is human like all of us. We just have a hard time recognizing the extreme passion he has for music like an open minded child has to a brand new world and getting hooked into something. God Bless Collier and his willingness to share his imagination with all of us.

[@hvanmegen]

He taught me that even a sour note can become a nice one when played with enough conviction.. and Adam Neely taught me that repetition legitimizes, so I just play my sour notes with conviction, and this repetition legitimizes the sour notes played with conviction, turned into nice ones through repetitive legitimization.. thanks, Adam and thank you Jacob :)

[@Johnwilkinsonofficial]

very rare to have a moderator who is not a hindrance to this kind of thing, huge kudos !

[@TheLeapTV]

Thank you for noticing. Screened and ordered the questions and let the genius of Jacob shine through. Did you see him create a song in Logic on the fly?

[@larryjones3436]

@@TheLeapTV I really like how he uses a slightly exaggerated example to get his point across (the growls on Hey Jude!). very memorable way to get across the idea!

[@Johnwilkinsonofficial]

@@TheLeapTV oh yeah loved it ! ive been trying my own hand at pyramid building with somewhat ambivalent results 😅

[@TheLeapTV]

@@rodrigogfmusic Too good not to share.

[@juanalejofernandez43]

the version of fix u with which jacob opens this masterclass is seriously one of the best and most moving performances of all time

[@KaylaL98]

mans did NOT just sing FIX YOU jesus christ i love this man

[@eggprantful]

His energy is so addicting. He might be better than the morning coffee.

[@brandonfreeman6517]

he's on stuff stronger than your morning coffee.

[@mariussolbakken5043]

...And there, right before our eyes in a Dinosaur One Piece, sits one of the brightest musical minds of our time...Everytime Collier reharmonizes something, it's like opening a portal to another musical dimension.

[@MFMcNulty]

Of our time or of all time.

[@nymbusDeveloper86]

@@MFMcNulty You are probably right.

[@Taco_Burrito39]

This guy is litterally my hero His harmony heals all of my depression

[@brandonterrill3260]

i feel ya man, cat done nearly saved my life

[@Taco_Burrito39]

Idk why this wholesome guy colors our monochromatic lives with the prettiest color pallet called harmony

[@Taco_Burrito39]

@@brandonterrill3260 nearly?

[@brandonterrill3260]

@@Taco_Burrito39 hmm. lol. I guess I was never in real danger. Or maybe I am dead now? shucks

[@Taco_Burrito39]

Well we will never be in danger cuz we will all die anyways

[@samhoste1342]

dude just wears a dino onesie during a USC masterclass and i love it

[@4acesproductions341]

Jacob Collier doesn't create music, he defines it.

[@tamafeet7447]

The dinosaur onesie he wears as he performs incredible feats of music in front of his 4 grammies perfectly encapsulates Jacob Collier as a person.

[@GuitarFeels]

Jacob playing FIX YOU?? I'm not crying, you're crying!

[@thunder23JOE]

One of the rarest lecture where almost all participants were tearful, grateful, and very positive in the end. Thanks Jacob

[@TheLeapTV]

You captured it. Inspiring, moving, and not what the students expected when we told them a musician was teaching us about creative mindset.

[@StephenAku]

Jacob Is Music Being True!

[@AllanKoayTC]

1:08:03 He gave Quincy the greenlight. Let that sink in. If Quincy lets you determine when the light is green, you must have mad respect from the man.

[@superblondeDotOrg]

The #1 question to ask a musical prodigy would be this: "Have you thought about re-writing the FUNCTIONAL music theory analysis system such as Rameau and roman numeral notation, or how would you approach notating music from an analysis standpoint?"

[@christineshoemaker9736]

Jacob: "I've honestly never played this (Coldplay Fix You) song before on piano" ............ (Me thinking), "WHAT?! This is the most beautiful song I've ever heard!! How?!"

[@jan861]

Haha, Jacob is such a character. Humble, intelligent, gifted, passionate. Someone asks him to go through a Logic composition and he just composes a nice song. Cool! Hahaha, the ending!

[@bruin4937]

There are just no limitations with Jacob. He just keeps evolving, expanding, and growing. An amazing and truly blessed young man. The future of music looks so much brighter when you listen to his music, and him as a person. I love and admire his honesty and integrity as a composer, musician, and human being.

[@PokeWaffles]

man i would give anything to attend one his masterclasses live

[@TheLeapTV]

There were 500 students on the zoom session. We had him live at USC a couple years ago and it was unforgettable.

[@Taco_Burrito39]

Would give everything for this guy to add color to my life

[@ringoze]

@@Taco_Burrito39 You can start by looking within yourself, you'll be surprised what you'll find.

[@deco977]

"Jacob, you're my dad" one of the greatest parts of this

[@dazzid]

45:30 those modulations were so well cooked. Genius

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

This kind of level of education is rather rare elsewhere in the world. I do not know one single person in The Netherlands who can talk in this intelligent way about himself and others. Jacob has been extremely well educated, not just in music but in a general sense as well. It must be the combination that makes him stand out. If he would have been born in my country, he would not have stood a chance to become anything near to what he has become in England. Culture takes rank over just talent. To make my point, imagine a talent like this born in Iran.

[@Dude65432]

You have to be really talented to wear that hoodie with such class. Way to go Jacob.

[@brandonterrill3260]

i think its a onesie lol

[@sowmsxa301]

Paul Mina Storm its cute when you’re jacob tbf

[@blueeyedsoulman]

It's all about childrens programming and appealing to the inner child in all of us. I think it's genius. Since no genius is "normal" but sheer definition I would not judge.

[@blueeyedsoulman]

(by sheer definition...)

[@nateo7045]

@Paul Mina Storm I agree. Stay within the bounds of typical social standards or risk being insulted by us boring people! Muah!!

[@rollandlim9036]

Jacob really love music that he want to really share it with anybody with everything he knows how with out holding back anything. You can feel his word is true, coming from his heart.

[@niemand262]

His first significant solo trip away from home was to invent a new technology to use while sitting in for Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea at Montreux Jazz. =O

[@gaetanodepaola2ndchannel179]

Yeah seriously... a hell of a first trip, haha... However, even if it may seem far from many of us, that creativity and inspiration can be found in all of us, we just have to find it, and find the courage to be honest whenever it's possible

[@thunder23JOE]

Now I longer wonder why I'm so fascinated, even to a point of being mesmerized, by JC's masterclasses and explanations even though I understand very little about music theory and only dabble in piano. This madly effervescent lad is indeed a thinker--a philosopher--which is an obvious notion when he's talking about "inversing the choices" and emotions. "How one's behaviour is always how one feels about others." And to get a deeper understanding of human emotions as well as liberate our limited perspective and choices, one could think of and carry out the opposite; immerse oneself in the antithesis of what's considered correct and proper. Although the result might be discordant, this process opens up a new territory, an untrodden path which will definitely lead to a revelation.

[@ReeseCraven]

40:02 I will return here many times.

[@shagerg2238]

5:53 Imagine Jacob Collier saying a song made by you is one of his favs

[@KC2022]

This beautiful, humble human with special gift makes me cry

[@MRSoefeldt]

23:50 to 27:55 ... only four minutes to create that!! Goodness gracious

[@wisewumman]

NOW I understand where it all comes from--not just the music but the aura and the unbridled joy. Bless you for capturing this for us to be able to come back to when the world just isn't working right and we need to be reminded of where our power comes from and how to use it for all the right reasons in all the right ways...

[@greylove7688]

it's very interesting because he's perceived as this musical genius, (for primarily marketing purposes) but he's literally explaining what's going through his head and his thought process. Forgive me if this sounds crazy but it doesn't sound that "hard" per say and if we take a moment to see this man as a human, not a god, there's a lot of beautiful information that any musician can take

[@larryjones3436]

My goodness, I really cannot thank you enough for uploading this. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

[@TheLeapTV]

Too special not to share with the world . It was 3:00-4:30 a.m. his time and it felt like we were alone inside his room .

[@mattheworam2346]

@@TheLeapTV how does he know wake up his family?!

[@hellatoasted2897]

Brought me to tears with that "in my room" performance.

[@Bladavia]

39:24 in other words... R E P E T I T I O N L E G I T I M I Z E S

[@illustrious-jaco]

"i'm in my monkey onesie" *in a dinosaur onesie*

[@anthonygardner400]

One of the most uplifting things I’ve seen in ages. I needed this. Thank you.

[@ethan5273]

"Fix you" got me good

[@Proghead88]

Amazing. Wow.

[@aaronseeks]

Thank you so much for posting this.

[@noahbajec]

1:17:05 His soul inspires me to shine bright

[@justinmichaeltarot]

So beautiful

[@alexakalennon]

This was so damn fascinating, listening to how he explains his ideas

[@gregoiredesclee9292]

Incredible

[@neilldehaan2522]

Wonderful! Thank you so much.

[@abztractboxingandstuff8384]

I love the humility of a statement like “people seemed interested and I couldn’t quite figure out why”....maybe because you’re a genius and virtuoso on multiple instruments. It’s not that unusual to find people who play more than one instrument but not usually playing all of those instruments really well...

[@benperschall6648]

Wow! Such a talented musician. Great to hear all this advice from him too! Thanks for posting!

[@mybiggrin]

So much love in this video. Almost brought tears to my eyes at the end.

[@yellostallion]

So wise and gifted being

[@frasergray5380]

Wow. Best hour and a half ever

[@ermanevcil]

What an inspiration you are Jacob !

[@jodycrawford2639]

Great version of a beautiful song. I love how you made it your own! Amazing Talent!

[@andersonmingas8476]

There’s no other human being like you on planet heart... worlds greatest...

[@mainakbhattacharyya8988]

The most harmony ever.... Most microtone and more soul than ever .

[@christinesullivan1229]

Fascinated for a living X

[@foodspoon88]

I heard some James Taylor vibes in that last minute of "Fix You". Loved it!

[@SharigramaOfficial]

It is a beauty of a musician, how incredible and wonderful to be able to enjoy life in this way, making beautiful music...

[@alexribes11]

Mindblowing! We love you guy!

[@waynemiller6070]

Very engaging. Thank you.

[@madbebopper]

Thank you Jacob, for your music and your wide open imagination is a healing force in this chaotic world. God Bless you and thank you for all of your incredible musical gifts and contributions!!

[@jonrussellreacts5821]

If aliens come and they want the best human we have. Jacob Collier is the person for the job

[@DrewWillson]

I would be overjoyed by a collaboration between Imogen Heap and Jacob.

[@kuruptid]

42:14 blew my mind at how fast he played those 12 notes. So simple but the way he did it was so masterful. The piano is like a part of his body. I’m literally going to buy a piano right now. I’m so inspired to play music. Thank you for this content!!

[@blooming6806]

Did you buy the piano??

[@ThomasSantosCanal1]

how's your music learning experience rn? Please don't give up in the "plateau of learning"(when you know all of the basics and essentials, hand positions, chords, music sheet reading, etc) that's the most important part, you need time and practice to evolve past that!

[@mackenlyparmelee5440]

Four grammys, nonchalantly chilling on the wurly

[@TheLeapTV]

Nice backdrop for any music room

[@SolarMumuns]

Fantastic conversation. Thank you so much to all involved! Peace and strength to all

[@TheLeapTV]

Thank you for the feedback. Jacob was a joy to present and a genius to behold.

[@sebamusica100]

Gracias!!!

[@directedbymohith1396]

Jacob Collier has really inspired me to make music ❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶

[@UnfurlWithYu]

I feel like a very crucial part that jacob has grown up with is the somatic and embodied felt sense of how the sounds feel like, which can’t be grasped by the mind. The mind can only point towards what he’s doing and assist by describing what’s kinda going on. So to learn the way he’s creating, I’m now starting to understand, it’s to learn to feel and be embodied in ourselfs. Tuned into how we experience our inner and outer world on a somatic level and not mind based. And i feel like this approach has been kinda lost by the very mind and rational based society we’ve been moving in over a long time 🙈 My Point is: He’s such an embodied musician. Embodiment is a different practice than practicing techniques or whatever in the fields of music. Embodiment moves more in the field of mental health and awareness… 😁

[@IsraelWokoh]

He hits the "better" at 27:51 so damn PURE.

[@baptisteabarnou9725]

1:30 to 1:35 beautiful colors !

[@rafaelatugores4821]

Thanks for your video :)

[@lagathy]

Dude at 1.22.17 is totally floored !...(as was i) by In my room....spell binding perfomance...

[@BestFitSquareChannel]

Brilliant… unique human being… 🔥 🎶 🖖🏼

[@KrystofDreamJourney]

1:01:30 The most important observation of all. This is a complete contradiction of (almost) entire music education, what we all are taught in Conservatories, preparing for instrumental competitions etc. Mastering and re-creating note-by-note EXACTLY the same way notated legitimate music is something that is 180 degrees opposite from what improvised music is about and what Jacob tries to say. There’s no “best way” for music to happen. If it’s composed by Masters and carefully notated, and than re-created in certain ways (interpretation) by professional performers is one way of doing it, which is great in its own right ! Combination of both - that’s what love personally : notated passages plus improv sections. I think to some degree Jacob is also using both methods, since there are pieces that he performs, carefully notated with long improv sections, then back to notated...

[@ellenmccool2043]

I might be in love with him he is so cool

[@achenarmyst2156]

JS Bach Vierstimmige Choralgesänge Breitkopf und Härtel Leipzig Love Jacob, also for this.....

[@fatimaWr2]

I love his jokes 😄

[@CDMESD]

Groups like Gang Starr, A Teibe Called Quest, Eric B and Rakim, CL Smooth and Pete Rock, Main Source are the ones that brought Jazz into HipHop

[@JaysonTsebe]

watching from south africa time is 04:23am

[@unnafoss6957]

Jacob Collier is a flipping genius!

[@Penguin-Goat]

Most of the things about the vid are satisfying. Professor, Jacob and audience, it’s great! But just one thing: if the video is 11 seconds longer, it would be 1:23:45 😶

[@billr55]

12:23 ??

[@basielu]

watching the part where he says it's 3:35 am at 3:33 am... this is dope.

[@tiaaflotic4231]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@brandonterrill3260]

did he.... bite the gong?

[@Piano-Love]

This composition is making me think of Mr Sandman.

[@tomlarosa6647]

Please post the link to where I can play like that once. Lovely

[@conlee_1164]

( {《💜》) } the echidna is feeling so much Joy 😊

[@OrignialDublix]

ace. can anybody explain to me what degrees & voicings jacob plays 45:45 in the key of D?

[@BassInSpaceIsThePlace]

I want to say I love the music but this video made me realize that we hear the 963hz frequency when the power supply is an issue. it could be a little different with EU power but that is what I heard. It is a little off with the 60 hz we hear in the US, but after listening to this Im thinking its more in the range of 900hz

[@BassInSpaceIsThePlace]

a de-esser would help

[@RAEN74]

came just to hear Fix You..."Oh yeah never played that before...." GET OUT!! HAHA

[@gopalarao4783]

Wow!!!! and how old is he??? Brilliant!!!!

[@Proghead88]

26

[@simoneanzani5298]

What about a beardytron 5000 for Montreux fest?

[@daveking3494]

Why the 4 voice choir pieces by Bach?

[@brandonterrill3260]

1:17:05

[@MusicbyCiaran]

What keyboard is Jacob using to record in Hey Jude?

[@kgs501]

Some sort of Rhodes sound. I'd guess Rhodes Mk III

[@studioonetutorials]

​@@kgs501 I suspect he meant the master keyboard, not the used sound. It's the NI Komplete Kontrol S Mk1.