Jazz Musician REACTS | Dance Gavin Dance "Die Another Day" | MUSIC SHED EP301

[@jakemorse7232]

Fun fact. Andrew wrote the guitar parts and did lead guitar for this song. That's why the instrumental feel has more of an Eidola vibe than a DGD vibe. Brought a fresh feel to their music

[@solsticehaze641]

Jon's voice has evolved so much since the first album its insane. Hands down best scream vocalist in the game in terms of sound/clarity and it isn't even a competition

[@victorkreig6089]

Eh, wouldn't say he's evolved too much from when he hit stride with Secret Band

[@Blesses.]

jon is awesome but i give mike hranica from tdwp the trophy. love both tho

[@IImYourAtlas]

If you like the swancore style you should listen to Royal Coda their newer song "We Slowly Lose Hope For Things To Come" is phenomenal and features purely Kurt Travis one of the earlier DGD leads

[@selenzr6339]

Yes, please do some Royal Coda! Will Swan is one of the guitar players and DGD's old singer, Kurt Travis is the front man. Their newest record is INCREDIBLE and I'm sure you would love it

[@Virus-nw4rq]

Either this or as we fall into deep waters

[@sp00g37]

Once clinging to reeds is a classic song of 2022 for me

[@zechs5079]

Kurt Travis sounds great in Royal coda and gold necklace but my God I hated him in Dance Gavin Dance

[@licoricetheowl4174]

@@zechs5079same, man. Same.

[@austinkane3366]

Would love to see you react to Feels Bad Man. It’s a bit more pop than their usual, but it’s some of Tims best base playing on the album IMO. Love all you guys do here - you’ve re-ignited my drive to learn music (and music theory specifically)

[@edcasey52]

My jam of the summer!

[@Chuberino]

Song does in fact go hard

[@miikro]

on this same thread, going back in time and reacting to Summertime Gladness, which is probably one of their absolute weirdest song/video combos but a ton of fun

[@laethe230]

Just came out, excited to see that one next

[@dtdino3559]

There was shoutouts to the band members, but let’s not forget the late, great Tim Feerick on bass. He brought so much groove to this album, even if it’s a little less prominent in the mix of this song. He brought so much to the band.

[@bruhvenant]

I'm not sure if it's auto-tuned but Tilian's vocals are definitely processed on the album and he uses a lot of layering. However he can definitely hit all the same notes live so I think it's mainly for effect, gives it a very "poppy" sound a lot of the time. Also in the future it'd be cool if you checked out one of their songs like "Nothing Shameful" or "For The Jeers" which have prominent vocal spots by the 2nd guitarist Andrew, he's a phenomenal singer in his own right. Or you could check out his own band Eidola, their song "Mutual Fear" has a good music video as well as a feature from Jon Mess so it'd be pretty familiar territory I think.

[@Zogun_85]

What this guy said, 100 %!

[@plagueseason]

I think that's my problem with Tillian's vocals on a lot of the DGD albums. They always sound very processed. I liked how his vocals sounded a lot more on Dreamhouse by Tides of Man, for example. He's a great vocalist, I just wish they'd dial it back a bit on the production side to let him shine through more.

[@Br0tat0eCh1p]

100% all of this! I cannot recommend Eidola enough. Still Post Hardcore/Swancore and Andrew's voice is incredible.

[@petersquatch]

For the Jeers and Mutual Fear are both amazing songs

[@akmetalhead95]

Most producers of modern music do use pitch correction. Even if a vocalist is fairly close in pitch, it just helps give vocal tracks a more polished sound.

[@edcasey52]

Do "Feels Bad Man" off their new album. Such a groovy tune and you get to see Tim Feerick in his element one last time.

[@SmoofDizzle]

Jon's outfit and dances are so iconic in that music video.

[@edcasey52]

@@SmoofDizzle Jons strut is legendary

[@kelseymorgan9945]

I don’t know about auto tune but I saw them live last year and tillian hits all these notes live.

[@Orithous]

They manipulate Tilian’s voice lmao. The vocals on strawberry wake are impossible lmao

[@JohnDoe-mv2be]

@@Orithous true there is some studio trickery going on but Tilian tends to be stronger at the beginning of tour then gets flatter bc he's always at the top of his range and blows his voice out

[@kingvarien]

@@Orithous pitch correction is used all the time, it's nothing new. But to insinuate Tilian can't hit those highs live is just factually wrong. He doesn't hit it perfectly every single time, but he's still getting there

[@kelseymorgan9945]

All I was saying was that I was not sure about auto tune or not because I don’t really know anything about it. I’m sure it’s used for the albums, But I have heard him in person and he does hit the high notes.

[@kelseymorgan9945]

Also if you think it is impossible for him to hit the highest notes then you have not seen him in person. Yes sometimes it’s shaky and you can tell his voice gets tired but he can definitely sing it.

[@iambecomejeff]

You introduced me to this band way back when and MAN it was of the pivotal points of my music listening enjoyment lol

[@Atticus428]

More DGD! Feels Bad Man, Cream of the Crop, Ember, One Man’s Cringe. Always enjoy your reactions.

[@Swollen_Goat]

now you gotta do Feels Bad Man. :) Thank you for more DGD though.

[@_tokii__]

I think Andrew actually wrote most if not all of the guitar parts on this song.

[@GreenRavenGoods]

He did! We love Andrew🤘🏽

[@youngdrowsy_]

Watch “uneasy hearts live” it has all 3 of the clean singers from throughout the years

[@itsthekyle8841]

If you love Tilian’s vocals here than you HAVE to react to Here Comes The Winner. His vocals are unbelievable

[@fonzaguilar9809]

Finally the trilogy is completed! Die Another Day was a solid DGD song, not to much of anything, not too little, and covered all the bases (kinda like a bowl of plain oatmeal, then dumping an ass load of maple syrup, but only from "cage-free" TREES). I love your reviews, especially the fundamental breakdowns of the individual instruments/vocals that go unnoticed! There is still alot more DGD to cover! Alot of their best songs dont have music videos but there are still some gems!

[@DrDoom7117]

I think you meant honey.... maple syrup comes from trees....

[@fonzaguilar9809]

Lol, thanks champ

[@oshke5225]

ahh finally! now do the rest of the album

[@hudsonhaupt9548]

Industry standard is to use auto-tune, but not in the way of fixing anything. You can usually tell when it’s a good/bad singer. With a bad singer, you’ll use it to fix their vocals, but most producers and mixers only use auto-tune to shape the already good vocal, and trim things, more than fixing a bad take or anything.

[@DrewIsARealBoy]

Glad you did this one. It's easily my favorite of the 3 released singles

[@SmoofDizzle]

Heck yeah this whole album is super dope. Jon absolutely crushed it as usual, and the instrumentals are some of my favorites from DGD. The song "pray to god for your mother" is really groovy.

[@queserasera87]

I already love listening to DGD, and Tilian is not from this world, but listening to them along with your reactions totally tickles me and adds a whole other vibe to the experience. Glad to have come across your channel - thanks for being you!

[@smokeman-yc1pr]

FLOYA is a band I think youd love! Love the videos!

[@Colonelstutters]

53?! You dont look a day over 43! Love your reviews man, been getting into bands I've ignored in my teen years.

[@colefraire]

I love that you ask the same questions me and my musician friends also ask like "how did they discover their voice" how did they figure out this sound that isn't often taught. Love your videos

[@cloud72315]

So couple of notes to some questions you asked and a request! 1) Kris Crummet has mixed, recorded, and produced every one of their albums 2) normally Will does all the writing but this song in particular was written by Andrew! 3) While everything has auto tune nowadays, I’ve seen them like 5-6 times and depending on when you catch em on your, Tilian can either definitely hit these notes or he’ll avoid/hit lower register to probably save his voice. 4) Andrew is the vocalist of Eidola, who you should definitely do a reaction to!! Perennial Philosophy or Mutual Fear ft. Jon Mess being some suggestions!

[@Pulpxx]

How do I request you reacting to the band "Gold Necklace"?? Especially the song Vibe with Me. The lead singer is ex lead vocalist for Dance Gavin Dance Kurt Travis and the band seems to have perfected the Soul Rock style. Knowing just how much you enjoy jazz and dance gavin dance, I think this would be something you'd love!

[@jxy3]

Jon Mess' vocal progression has been amazing. If you haven't already, you should react to "And I Told Them I Invented Times New Roman" which is off their first full length album. It is without Tilian, but Jon Mess is there and sounds so different to what he sounds like today

[@arturotorres4092]

You need to give dayseeker a chance! I think you’d love Rory’s voice!

[@dallasyarbrough]

Their new song is AMAZING!!!!

[@arturotorres4092]

@@dallasyarbrough yes!!! Already preordered my cd from them!! I’m soo excited for this new album. Now to get Dave to listen to them!!

[@SneakyBeaky430]

I absolutely love when you cover DGD here, they're phenomenal and I love seeing the reactions.

[@g1mysterio682]

I'd love to hear your reaction to One Man's Cringe, there's this really cool part where Tilian and Andrew go back and forth with vocals, it's beautiful

[@kevinaccettulla]

Gotta do the whole album. It's incredible.

[@Blesses.]

was waiting for this for forever!!!!

[@graytheidiot7620]

Every artist ever in the past 20+ years uses autotune however I’ve heard tillian hit notes live and god damn that man is talented

[@The96drummerboy]

Jon's stocchato screams in this song are just excellent

[@ricardoguajardo5343]

I've been waiting for this reaction!! Let's gooo

[@SirEmCeeCoy]

If you want to hear how Jon Mess sounded early on, you should check out And I Told Them I Invented Times New Roman from Downtown Battle Mountain. You also get to experience Johnny Craig era DGD

[@ashmototherapy]

Bands to check out for amazing musicianship: - Zeal & Ardor - while she sleeps - dresden dolls - bury tomorrow

[@JJScrotus]

I saw Dresden Dolls open for Panic! wayyyyy back in the day. They were amazing to watch live. I still vividly remember their cover of "War Pigs"

[@ashmototherapy]

@@JJScrotus yes! Black sabbath is my favorite band and that is a hell of a cover they did.

[@driftking5582]

Been waiting for this 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@j_juice]

Everytime I see a Dance Gavin Dance reaction I turn into an excited child

[@JJScrotus]

I'd be super curious to hear what you think of the Jonny Craig era of DGD Play some Elder Goose!

[@HYDN150]

Adding to the Feels Bad Man request train that seems to be going on. My favorite song on the entire album.

[@bradleyade9592]

Fun fact! Andrew wells was the one who wrote the instrumentals for this song!

[@JamesJohnson-kl1eu]

In my experience, Tilian sounds pretty similar live so IDK how much if any auto tune is used.

[@colleenmahony8803]

When my son started playing DGD around the house, I also said that they sounded like Yes - minus the "unclean" vocals. Really impressive musicianship.

[@Mister_Joker94]

Been waiting for you to do this album

[@drewaponte2707]

Please please PLEASE react to “Ember” and “For the Jeers”. Honestly…. probably the best (which I’m sure will be debated) songs on the album!!!!!! Please please please! POR FAVOR!!!!!!

[@Zaay93]

Been waiting for another dgd.

[@andrewgulley5056]

Fun fact about Die Another Day! Andrew Wells (second guitar and vocals) wrote and performs the guitar lead. He also did the writing with Martin Bianchi in Bloodsucker and Will had no parts.

[@dannydorito7998]

I see a lot of people getting mad about the auto tune vocals question; but I do know that they used a lot more vocal layering on this album!

[@RayWelpott]

Have a Great Life to me is such a fun song by them from the new album, not as popular but the trio singing together made it for me

[@loganvanantwerp3659]

That's a great video idea to go in on how both vocalists developed their voices. You could do Tree City Sessions to compare Jon on current versions vs original few albums, and tides of Man tilian

[@pyromajor1]

dang man i wouldve never guessed u were in your 50s.. late 30s to mid 40s at most. whatever ur doing you look great

[@ATG209]

Tim will forever be missed❤

[@GreenRavenGoods]

They do very minor correction, but Tilian is also a perfectionist and he is really really great at his layering and self-correction. Their song One in a Million off of Afterburner, I believe Tilian did 17 or so layers at the end? Created his own choir. Fuckin nuts. Andrew is also incredibly versatile in his singing too! Would love love love to hear you react to a song that Andrew has leads on! Their closer off of the new album, Have a Great Life really shows off their back and forth. As well as Swallowed By Eternity. Your videos are always so awesome. Really hope you can catch them live some time

[@KittenMittons06]

I know someone has said this before, but I think the highest note he hits is in "Here Comes The Winner". He goes absolutely hypersonic.

[@flaco0482]

Back on deck is amazing. Check that one out plz.

[@McYates24]

More DGD! Also check out the adjacent swancore band Royal Coda!

[@Brandon-qn5rn]

They'll use some post processing on the vocals from what I can tell but not really what I'd call auto-tune. Tillian can hit those notes live if you wanted to do a live reaction from them there's some good ones out there from warped tour a few years back.

[@archer6646]

Their last 3 music vids "Synergy", "Pop-Off", and "Die Another Day" are connected

[@cracyzero777rat]

53 i thought you where younger 😄, your a cool dude btw, the piano demonstration is what made me sub, yeah he hits some really difficult notes

[@silverwhisper86]

Don’t sleep on Eidola. Andrew’s vocals are supreme.

[@ZachAtticus611]

FEELS BAD MAN. YOU GOTTA REACT 10000%

[@camisado92]

DGD are considered to be in the post-hardcore genre, which is sometimes referred to as "screamo". I guess you could say it's somewhat a 'sub-genre' of emo, mixing melodic elements of "emo" or pop-punk with the heavier tendencies of hardcore [punk] music

[@natedog8281]

Post-hardcore is defined as follows: is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been applied to a broad constellation of groups

[@mitchplaysriffs]

I can’t believe you paused it at one of the best transpositions at 4:18

[@MusicShed]

I pause at those times

[@777RAD777]

For the auto-tune question you asked: No matter how great a singer's pitch is while recording, a pitch correction plugin is often applied during mixing, because frankly, our ears expect it. The sonic artifacts that a plugin like melodyne or autotune have can act as a sort of "glue" to help the vocals sit in the rest of the mix. A lot of mixers even run screams through pitch correction software. These plugins aren't only used to correct bad vocal takes anymore. Without the the software, it would still sound good. However, if you heard a mix of this song without pitch correction, you'd notice that something sounds a bit off. You just probably wouldn't be able to put your finger on it. For bands with really good vocalists, autotune is used more as an effect than an actual correction of pitch. I went to school for music production and audio engineering, along with being a musician myself. It's often a subtle but necessary step in the mixing process.

[@Happybox59]

Pretty sure they add some reverb that cuts off really quickly and layer his vocals so it could be mistaken for auto tune.

[@bandittree]

Would love to see you react to "Into Your Arms" by The Maine Live with Sydney Sprague! or perhaps their song "Never Loved You a Little"

[@jakemorse7232]

Also, the engineer for all of their music as well as a lot fo others within the genre is named Chris Crummett. And he is a genius

[@JordyFern]

Current Events. One of my favorites on the album

[@MechaVXGaming]

as much as I respect your knowledge, that intro of the slower cover of the song on piano killed my vibe. best of luck, you can do it!

[@MusicShed]

It wasn’t a cover at all! It was me just being a complete goofball, which I love doing

[@JohnDoe-mv2be]

Man you'd really enjoy Tilian's old band Tides of Man, Dreamhouse and Empire Theory are GREAT albums.

[@Dryyskull]

6:24 Of course there’s pitch correction. Auto tune isn’t really the right term to use. Any professional recording that doesn’t use some form of pitch correction is pretty obvious. Most artists use it to make the record sound better. I have seen this band live and Tilian sounds great without pitch correction. If you listen to their tree city session records it doesn’t use pitch correction because they’re live recordings.

[@vacantcubicle7]

Check out Andrew Wells' band, Eidola. Check out the song "Counterfeit Shrines".

[@juantaburger]

You should listen to their older stuff with Jon. His progression is incredible, he gets better every album. There was also an album here Will did the unclean vocals. Pleas do a react to Feels Bad Man

[@merpandderp2504]

you need to hear thee whole album

[@lasgun4]

YOUVE GOT TO CHECK OUT THE ALBUM!

[@adamjc9167]

Just found your channel and I'm loving your reactions. DGD is one of my favorite bands, Tillian is a great singer but have you heard or reacted to any of Jonny Craigs songs when he was in DGD, or even Emarosa or SLAVES?

[@SkyCityMusicAZ]

Probably not auto tune, but they definitely use Melodyne in the studio.

[@lessur]

i'd say probably 95% of bands and artists nowadays use some form of pitch correction in recordings, whether it's drastically noticeable or not

[@tyrantmind]

Now we just need Feelsbadman video reaction and we got the whole album! 👌

[@lizsturtridge3436]

You should react to “Waiting on you” or “cutting it close” or “talk to myself” by The band Rain City Drive!

[@BxWordz]

Hail the Sun! Glass half empty :)

[@miikro]

i don't know if you've checked out Andrew Wells' band Eidola, but they're also fantastic. They have a video up for the song Counterfeit Shrines

[@roasty3164]

When I had dgd on my mother also said it reminded her of YES

[@MusicShed]

The voice

[@vinnyspence8814]

Love your analysis! Stumbled upon a reaction to Spiritbox a while back and has been one of my favourite subs in the last while. Would love if you did some Deftones! Keep up the killer content, cheers!

[@TheBlackfishTully]

So mixing and mastering is done by Kris Crummett who is essentially an additional element of the band. He mixed all of their albums except Acceptance Speech, which is a good album but it says something when they released a better version of it a few years ago. Crummett is a big part of why their albums sound so good

[@ohswrestler124]

The voice scheme started with Mess and Johnny Craig. Mess left and will swan took over rough vocals then mess came back with tillian

[@Hello-vq4tn]

You should check out Badflower!

[@gelb598]

I've waited so long for this video... Please do Feels Bad Man. You'll like it

[@JordyFern]

That's a great question. How has your vocals style developed over time? I would love to know that about them too.

[@Kaleb35]

judging based on the young robot unboxing video, Id say if they use autotune its extremely little, and the mixer and masterer is kris crummett and he's been the same mixer since they started which i believe also gives the consistency the band gives.

[@antonionovoa1592]

kris crummet produced all their albums also Tilians earliest bands is tides of man, also reccomend listening to whatever i say is royal ocean. one of the first dgd albums

[@DarkVeilGaming]

Swancore, a sub-genre? of Post-hardcore ;)

[@linkgobrrr3358]

A lot of people will put bands in the “swan-core” sub genre of post hardcore. It’s a mess but my guess is it stems from DGD members being in like 3-4 different bands lol

[@DarkVeilGaming]

@@linkgobrrr3358 that and will has his own record label lol, blue swan records

[@stewartjaquess287]

I’ve heard Tilian and Andrew hit those high notes live.

[@darcywhitty1207]

tides of man knowing is a good song to see tilians earlier voice. from 2009. im pretty sure john mess has been in dgd since 05 i think? so some older dgd stuff u might hear jon?

[@goldenox2424]

I know youre past the DGD videos, but you have to check out War Machine. Their last single with Tilian and it showcases their talent for sure

[@michaelclark7456]

You gotta watch Synergy, then Pop Off and then this (Die Another Day) to get the whole video scheme.

[@diego.mata99]

Do a 5 by of the new DGD album! But if you want to see how Tillian evolved? His first song with DGD is Robot with the Human Hair pt 4

[@edcasey52]

Goddamn finally David!!! Making us wait like this....not cool!

[@jasonnovo6296]

Something similar to this that I think would be cool to check out is a new song from The Dooo, GBSN, and John Silkie called _but I pretend i'ma beginner. They are all musicians on KZbin that came together to put out a song.

[@undertheredhood0323]

You should definitely check out Eidola (lead singer is Andrew Wells) and Royal Coda (Kurt Travis, who was DGD’s 2nd frontman)