Jonathan Young: Covered In Metal (Vocal Arts with Peter Barber)

[@PeterBarber]

Wow, what an honor to talk shop with one of the OG, most iconic KZbinrs out there, Jonathan Young. I know you guys are going to love this conversation -- who else would you like me to interview?

[@toddmaliepaard9777]

Still waiting on you and Colm to have a synced up schedule. This was a great one though

[@PeterBarber]

@@toddmaliepaard9777 You and me both! I'm tempted to ask my entire Discord server to spam his comment section 🤣

[@emmanuelanyiwo6]

Eric Holloway,Matt spriggs,Peter hollens, Kirstin malanado,avi Kaplan,marwan awyan

[@danielbeshers1689]

Gotta get Caleb Hyles!

[@DubiousDubs]

Sam Ramey, and Peter Hollens would be at the top of my list

[@SparcsFlying]

Quite eye-opening! I really appreciated hearing his perspective as a creator who had to contend with the balance between artistic fulfillment and putting bread on the table.

[@ladyarabellamalfoy]

This was just such a wholesome experience. Such a pleasure to hear Jonathan talk in his natural voice. I do not even remember if I ever heard him not in character.

[@jankates1274]

I feel so privileged that he really thought about my question. And I so did not see that answer coming. Incredible. Thanks Peter xx

[@ademers03]

MY BOY MR YOUNG!!!!!!! I've been following Jonathan since his very beginnings!

[@isaacstain7784]

Thanks! This was my FAVORITE episode of Vocal Arts with Peter Barber! Johnathan Young provided so many valuable tips and lessons for beginner content creators! These were words they absolutely needed to hear! I was so ecstatic to hear Johnathan Young mention my name! I was not expecting that at all! And now it's on the Internet forever! LOL Another fantastic interview, as always! I look forward to seeing the next one!

[@PeterBarber]

So glad you enjoyed, Isaac! Thanks for the support, as always :]

[@robertofiend1264]

Awesome interview! Great timing considering he has a new album coming out in 2 days, which I am incredibly excited for!

[@lkayh]

What a great interview! Thanks, guys! And Jonathan, if you ever do get a musical, I’d be there for it. Thanks for answering my question!

[@PeterBarber]

Absolutely!

[@Eileen_in_Vegas]

Truly another great interview! Mr Young was so nice, and day-um... he knows his stuff! Listening to you two geek out about music production was great!

[@Holobrine]

Ideas to get Opera in front of people: Singing contests unmiced (dramatically throw the mic away before you start singing) and karaoke also without a mic

[@bunnyhollingsworth5954]

I’m not musical or a singer but I sure enjoyed listening and learning. ❤️🐇

[@deniblackmore2179]

That was fantastic! Really interesting from both of you. First time I heard Jonathan was actually with The Bass Gang doing "Centuries" and after I had to check out his channel. The variety of genres he's covered is quite astounding! You mentioned Caleb Hyles, it would be interesting to hear you interview him as well.

[@nereol9165]

Oh damn, no time to watch this now/tonight - but I'm so looking forward to it!

[@ArleneAdkinsZell]

Such a lovely interview!

[@DubiousDubs]

Finally got around to watching this and my god am I glad I did. Great stuff here!

[@ernestmac13]

So much great advice wether your craft is music and or singing, the visual arts, etc.

[@nathanrood865]

Ill never forget "BE BATMAN!" In your Mulan cover Jonathan! That cracked me up so it doesnt matter how good or bad it was. Love how far youve come. Congrats on your Children of Night Album, keep making music

[@ernestmac13]

This interview shows how important it us for an artist to know the production side of creating music projects, it's much how smart artists understand the audio engineering side for live performances, so vocals, soecific instruments, etc, don't get lost due to drums and or guitar being aranged too loudly and or the mics and other instruments being set too low. Of course; this requires not letting your ego blind you to your weaknesses, so you can improve on thise areas.

[@ghostlypiano69]

i love watching interviews like this with people i've watched and sub'd to. this one and the one with 331Erock are 2 of my favorites. 🤘😎

[@michaeldalzell6670]

Totally interesting 🧐 to hear an learn about the KZbin craziness an the vocal side of what he does… Thanks to ya both

[@ernestmac13]

When Johnathan soeaks about hiw complex does a production have to be; it remended me of someone I knew who fancied themselves a writer, who convinced themselves they needed a computer, a expensive tablet, when pen and paper surfice, not to mention a phone, cheap tablet, a cheap chromebook or windows laptop being sufficient. Sometimes it's easy to make things more complicated than they need to be; there are still folks building social media channels with nothing more tham a cellphone, and for some a stand for their phone to hold the camera while they are soeaking to the camera.

[@lilymercy]

i liked listening to the shop talk behind the scenes despite me not being musical in the slightest with no desire to enter his career. but its fascinating. also i felt that as he started describing his audience and went oops thats my listening habit.

[@katthor7311]

Great interview, Peter. Jonathan truly is a font of knowledge. Oh and I love your enemy cover. I was surprised to hear you say it flopped, statistically speaking of course. I'm going to keep listening to it though. 😆

[@matthewmoore8270]

I can say that I've become someone who finds it weird listening to the original song on the radio compared to the covers that I've heard...

[@kathymchugh689]

❤

[@PeterBarber]

:}

[@Holobrine]

1:01:30 That’s Valhalla Calling, isn’t it? Gavin is Miracle of Sound?

[@Froggyh63]

Very cool and talented dude!

[@kaspianocz6330]

It's driving me crazy that he's not looking into the camera xd, but other than that it was pleasure to hear his opinion, skills and experience

[@michaeldalzell6670]

Looks an sounds like he’s had long day, hopefully he gets some rest

[@heliotropeskies5918]

1:08:17 jonathan is 100% a baritone. he would probably be a heldenbaritone because his tessitura is on the lower end of the bari spectrum but his passagi seem to sit at Bb3 and Eb4. he refers to himself as a bass-baritone in the segment though which is fair enough he's not too far from that area

[@PeterBarber]

Jonathan is definitely not a baritone (both according to himself, and according to me, as heard in this interview). He only calls himself a bass-baritone because he's a natural bass that has extended his upper range. He has also never trained as an opera singer, so it makes no sense to give him a specific operatic fach like heldenbaritone.

[@heliotropeskies5918]

@@PeterBarber hence why i didn't directly call him a heldenbaritone. i was postulating what he could be moreso. i agree in the very least it doesn't matter, but also outside of voice teachers (not coaches, teachers) the opinions of other singers and the singers themselves are largely inconsequential. thomas sanders calls himself a bass-baritone when he clearly is bordering on being a tenor. you yourself call marwan ayman a high bass when his passagi clearly sit higher than even baritone passagi typically do. though given im not a voice teacher ive essentially already given you license to disregard everything ive just said if u so choose, which i imagine ur going to do. ill put it this way: in my mind avi kaplan is about as high as a bass can be while maintaining the classification of "true bass" and jonathan clearly has a higher voice in every sense than avi does, but if u disagree with me i don't care it makes no difference

[@вероникаиванова-в3в]

Привет, Питер! Джонатан супер!🤩😋💞💙💜💥👍👍👍

[@DanLowBaritone]

I bet this must feel like one of the most rewarding interviews on your channel... The vocal production and distortion part was really exciting, especially for some of us who are (at least in part) classically trained. I have found what seems to me an excellent video on the production of vocal distortion, in different degrees and with various nuances (!), without creating the usual damage to the vocal folds. Just a little taste, but it truly feels meaningful and exciting to further explore: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3i2n5V-p8Z0qrM.

[@TiconDeRuger]

Just my first time noticing that Jon has the Skyrim Thieves' Guild logo on his arm.

[@robertstewartjr4104]

I wonder about his opinions on dan vasc. When it comes to musical theater on youtube

[@karenm5681]

Jonathan Young’s opinion or Peter Barber’s opinion?

[@robertstewartjr4104]

@@karenm5681 Jonathan's and Peter actually

[@karenm5681]

Cool, yeah! Both would be interesting to know. Have you seen Jonathan Young’s cameo on Dan Vasc’s cover of “I’ll make a Man Out of You” and Peter’s reaction video to Dan’s “Amazing Grace”?

[@umarae27]

Dan's so awesome. He's been at it on YT for about 10-13 years yet he never hit my wall until this spring. Needless to say, I'm still so addicted to his music that I can't climb out of the rabbit hole. Jonathan still hasn't hit my wall either, except through other channels that bring him up, which is how I've been discovering lots of artists lately. I really respect these 50 dollar garage studio artists!!

[@robertstewartjr4104]

@@karenm5681 I have. It just seems to me that Dan metalizes musical theater productions perfectly to what Jonathan's musical KZbin show idea. Almost

[@pandaman1559]

This interview leaves me with one question, what Overwatch hero does Jonathan main?

[@ernestmac13]

A good example of what Jonathan is saying about unlolished content; is Ren's latest video in responce to another rapper dissing him, as the video has no music, transitions or other editing, it is simply a one take video of Ren rapping.

[@maudglazbrooke1287]

I haven't fed the algo yet, whoops. Here math, have a cookie.

[@umarae27]

Opera? Broadway? Choir? Talk to Dan Vasc, guys.

[@PeterBarber]

Dan does sing in all those styles on his channel, but to my knowledge he doesn't sing on Broadway or sing opera or in choirs professionally. Please correct me if I'm wrong

[@umarae27]

@PeterBarber Not on Broadway stage itself, but he has performed Gethsemane on video from his garage studio. Combine that performance ability with his editing skills where he compiles 24 himselves singing Handel's Hallelujah. Plus other stuff.

[@umarae27]

@PeterBarber oh, but now I see. You don't want to be writing or producing your own Broadway or Opera shows for video. You want to watch YT videos of Stage Shows already in production or on deck. Sorry.

[@umarae27]

Even Sabaton's newest animations suck compared to their usual exhilerating ones. WTH?