portal ABLETON LIVE LOOPING PERFORMANCE

~portal~
here's a song i wrote about that moment when you realize someone could change your life -- so you grab their hand and jump into another dimension.
performed using Ableton Live 9 and Ableton's Push 2 controller.
cameras used: GoPro Hero 5 Black, iPhone 6s, and QuickTime's screen recorder.
enjoy, and share with anyone else who might like this :)

[@EgoDeather]

Criminally Underrated. Pure talent and polished skill. Well done man. If I were a major label you woulda been signed 3 years ago.

[@ImprovforGodsglory]

My dad, who is in the songwriters Hall of Fame, told me in the 60s that you can’t make music with a synthesizer (think Moog). 98% of most Push performances I’ve heard confirm what he said… and then you came along. He also said, “You have to practice long and hard to discover you have no talent.“ You probably had to study until you were about five to rule that possibility out. I’ve been playing jazz guitar for 55 years… you’ve inspired me. Congratulations! You’re going places kid.(My father wrote for Sinatra and others your grandparents loved.) I play a nylon string (Carvin NS1), through an AER Compaq 60 and GR-55… got my eyes on the Push2. Bless you... Rick

[@yokrammusic]

Rick dude thank u so much I didn't see this till now -- your words mean more than you know! Feel free to drop me a line and ask anything about the tech stuff or music or whatever, anytime! [e-mail] Peace man🤘🤘🤘

[@yokrammusic]

Rick and btw man that guitar setup you described sounds way rad. Make some loops in Ableton with that thing, magic will happen for sure

[@d-trax-music]

Those who disliked this video should be forbidden to listen to music or watch a movie, for the rest of their miserable lives... This is so freakin' good man! It has been a while, since i dropped my jaw like that. Wish you all the best!! 🙏

[@yokrammusic]

omg I wouldn't wish that upon anyone lol but thank u for your kind words 👾

[@LuisLeguisamoArt]

@@yokrammusic you are friggin awesome.

[@dainiustrepekunas381]

Probably my favourite Ableton Live performance on KZbin!

[@bulekejomplang]

Can you do a tutorial about your ableton setup?

[@jacobsettlemyre4789]

For real; I would just love to know what his vocal chain is

[@JosephineAlexandra]

This is so good!

[@VoronovEv]

A perfect combination of everything around. And the musician, too ..

[@theodehaney-steven6521]

This is the exact sort of thing I'm trying to set up myself. Complete, bottom-up performances with one person. I'm really grateful that you used a screencap; being able to see what you were doing was super-helpful, and it's been really difficult to find someone to learn from. Thank you. The song was great too, I love those looped harmonies, and you can't go wrong with some decent percussion.

[@MapleAudio]

I'm always amazed how people don't mess it up with triggering the right clips and scenes in Ableton Live. The playing is awesome and as a "traditional" band musician performing on stage on multiple instruments, I can relate to it. But you absolutely aced the whole perfomance with the arrangement and everything. Really nice work, keep it up!

[@nateguyons]

This song is the best thing happened on this day for me .... It's was like a hope anthem, like "get up, work and all will be fine" thanks a lot my friend.. you saved me

[@yokrammusic]

I'm so happy to hear that Nate, you're very welcome :) you deserve to have a great week; go out there and get it!!

[@wolfgangkahl3376]

Hier wird neue Musikproduktion auf sehr professionelle Weise eindrucksvoll demonstriert! Ich bin begeistert und wünsche mir noch viel mehr Aktivitäten in dieser Richtung ... sehr, sehr schön!!!

[@maikrobin]

Simply amazing..!! This is by far the best (ableton) live - Performance I ´ve seen on youtube so far, and believe me - I´ve seen a lot..!!! Music and singing is perfect, and also that you cut in the ableton screen parts in the Video makes it even more interesting to watch! Congratulations!!!

[@rowanfirethorne4445]

Smooth layers, very good looping! Loved the synth solo.

[@georgefenning4844]

I like the way you pushed your obvious technological compretence into the background and delivered great vocals, bouncy percussion , intricate electric piano and tasty analogue brushes . A timeless classic jazzy feel. Good job. Great sound. Warm. Loved it.

[@AriadneJC]

Love the live Push playing (on fully chromatic, too!) at 4:33. It's fine and great pushing the buttons to trigger recording and playback, but the live playing of the Push like that really impressed me beyond anything else.

[@Arysticbeats]

This song is underrated to me. True work of art in its rarest form. It sounds like a song that could be in a game or something cinematic. It's an entire experience. Truly amazing.

[@DaveHbsK]

you are really a master of this ableton tool ! So musical.

[@Konzertheld]

I'll take this as an example to send to someone to show how I like live looping done. Also, I really liked the vocals.

[@chevyrupleix]

This dude is living the best during this performance after so many tries.

[@SerendipitousAgenda]

“...comment the first word that comes to mind...” TALENTED

[@SamHoyekGuitar]

I didn’t expect this to be so good

[@yokrammusic]

Lol thank u 🙏

[@katefairliemusic]

This is awesome!! Your voice is insanely good, perfect pitch and i love your tone. More people need to hear this

[@slackjaw9963]

abelton needs to put this video on thier channel amazing

[@hammockguy]

This video is a real portal to the world of good music. Congratulations ! This is another level for shure !

[@TokyoKnights3]

You make it look so easy but I know this takes A LOT of prep work and practice to get right.

[@pierrecosta3789]

Feeling this song , great talent 👍

[@CopperSound]

Thanks for posting this. I enjoyed watching the possibilities of your hybrid live/electronic setup come alive. Inspiring it is to all of us, with what you have done to show us your musical gift.

[@blue.sunset]

Absolutely Amazing! WOW

[@bmd14]

Amazing live performance. KZbin recommend it after 2+ years.

[@marinschaak1578]

Dude! This is just perfect.

[@simonvay]

ABSOLUTLY loving this, all your live loop sessions. Live instruments en great voice. THIS IS IT!

[@eliasfinney8892]

This sounds very much like Air, great chilled summery sounds. Brilliant.

[@poltad]

Wow, that’s awesome. Great composition, performance, and killer vocals. Looks like you really enjoyed jamming away on the push pad during the solo. Thanks for including the session screen as it is very instructional and informative.

[@loricarlson202]

You didn't nail it...You slayed it! Wish I could do just a third of that. Congrats I know you worked hard but you have a God given talent. God bless.

[@luistrejo2987]

This is exactly what I needed to see to start working on my new year's resolution, THANK YOU!

[@DrPepps-rv3id]

Shaggy making those Jams is pretty sick in my opinion

[@duncanjohnson712]

Oh man! This was super fun to watch! Especially more so with you showing everything you're doing because I am also trying to get into this type of performance setup., Thanks!

[@Mike_Rezo]

This is amazing! What a voice man 😄

[@gabrielgomes2054]

Please, you NEED to be in Spotify. Greetings from Brazil!

Dude, this is absolutely amazing.

[@chiragjain3524]

We want more!

[@JUHUable]

Great. Just great. You have a ton of talent.

[@austinbru]

Dude - you are a gem. Incredibly talented!! Such tight groove and musical awareness.

[@mykalesalad]

Dude this is amazing, I love everything about this

[@MesGuided]

This track took me through a portal! #dope

[@Greatkfunky]

This is awesome!

[@iRiccardoArpino]

Gotta pop this jam back on blast every now and then... The funk is too real!

[@lecosmique]

Oh my. You utterly killed it! Thanks for the portal kick! Definitely the kind of looping I'm working towards.

[@Tsicky]

Fine since no one else is saying it I will, Shaggy can really rock the bongos

[@ReinisJaunais]

This is very awesome!

[@kamelhajji3151]

Great.....!!! Beautiful voice !!! I love this track !!!! 👌❤❤❤😉

[@dr.dannyabaldo364]

Holy cow man. First I was in the pro music biz 30 years and 40 years later still doing it, but now all PC. So, I can say this is a brilliant song, great vox, perfect vox effects. A hit song I am old school I can not wrap my head around this way of recording man. wow young man go for it your young go for it take a leap of faith.

[@andyellem]

So good!

[@mrsbrandylove]

omg....so good future goals. : )

[@araberti1793]

Love the song, your voice and the way you are enjoying it. Brilliant!

[@Logicprostudios]

I have to say using the push in live looping is so much fun, love the harmony on the vocals. It sound so sick this live mix good job

[@rolandanderson1577]

There's a simplicity in your style. And, I couldn't move on.

[@keekeecomrie9292]

Beautiful, your inspiring

[@reaktiv1408]

Pure talent! So young and so talented. Great singing. Keep up the good vibes

[@Dev-rz2cp]

this is so good!! the bass and vocals 👌

[@Darkraver1978]

Awesome Greetz from Germany 🤗

[@roman018]

wow, very very nice! if you make a Single or Album i will buy it!

[@brudrbear6271]

Wow, absolutely incredible.

[@Allthingsambient]

This was definitely the soundtrack to the portal to my new world-Thank you very very much!

[@Low_Hill]

I'm not a big fan of this song but everything you do in this video is amazing man!

[@macross4880]

Please do us all a favor and put this fantastic song on Spotify.

[@yokrammusic]

Indy Skywalker that will eventually happen!! Haha i am going back to school for a semester and then will be able to finish this along with other songs for real :)

[@macross4880]

kleftmusic Awesome!

[@ydecimos]

Oh, man, this is out this world...out of this universe!!!!

[@iamkubic]

How soothing!! Definitely deserves to be heard by everyone

[@benrhoads8292]

Well done!

[@nickhydeviolin]

The ability to do this on a stage requires virtuosity. A modern type of virtuosity, where you're not only practicing your instruments, but practicing the technology and allowing it to work for you. As technology pushes music to new limits, people who study this craft and master it, as you have, are modern virtuosos. Currently building a similar type of show myself with an electric/MIDI violin. I know how HARD doing this stuff is. As I continue to work on it and get inspired by others ideas, I should let you know, that this video could be my portal to a new world ;)

[@jdshortfilmsofficial]

Pure perfection, absolutely fantastic work right here.

[@jaredthomas4131]

Dude this is amazing! Thank you for sharing!

[@wolfgangederer]

I keep coming back to this song every year or so. Still loving it! Are you planning on making more videos or are you producing songs on another channel?

[@place2charge_official]

You have so much talent and passion! Amazing work! Your channel seems not active anymore. Is there other places in the internet, where we can listen to your music?

[@foxipaul]

Wow, that smooth!!

[@danielwaeber3309]

Thank you for the inspiration, this is awesome! Love it

[@C1c4da]

Wow your voice I beautiful so silky smooth :O

[@Themadfranklin]

How do you harmonize so many voices? Multiple pre recorded voice tracks in Abelton? So creamy smooth and right on cue!

[@loopeelala]

Love this so much on loop always ! What a tune! Big love ❤️

[@TheGiggleBlaster]

Thanks for the beautiful song and inspiration. :)

[@Nilz4FR]

Please upload this song to amazon music and spotify so we can support you!

[@Vordrab]

Damn - that's sick! It's time to save some money to buy that controller. Unluckily they don't give a 'skill' package with that lol :D

[@michielvansteenhoven7255]

I'd rather recommend buying an Akai APC and a Midi Keyboard. The ableton push is pretty nice for production but I personally think that the ableton push is just not that nice for live performances. It may sound weird but I think you can do too much with it so it becomes unclear and confusing.

[@spicybearpuns]

This is great! Shoutout to KZbin’s algorithm for showing me this

[@renebris8690]

Absolutely Beautiful! Inspiring! Keep it up!

[@DocProphetMusic]

Nice job man, pretty clean. Would be willing to explain your routing for this?

[@osmaramirez]

The first words or first question that come to my mind is how long have you been doing this and how much time do you dedicate daily to reach that level? by the way the song is beautiful keep going you have a great talent.

[@luluberluc]

Just... incredible

[@Modeart.og.]

Dude the synth solo was beautiful

[@MrVrank]

nice man

[@neilscott9281]

Catchy! Beats what you expecting... what you expecting...beats I know someone who works for a company called Portal, could hook you up, could be used as a theme tune, they could pay, & could be a real opportunity, could open doors, could be a portal into a new world... 😎

[@yokrammusic]

Neil Scott Thank u bro! & that sounds very interesting, let's talk more...email me at [e-mail]

[@yokrammusic]

Neil Scott.

[@MatONeill]

Holy crap! That's amazing. Perfectly performed and mixed in real time with no mistakes (other than the ones only you know about)! Bravo!

[@trebuchetbeats]

That was amazing!

[@Spagaggum]

I never knew Shaggy was so talented.

[@eliafontana6916]

More than organized

[@vincentlantz4713]

Awesome.. I'm sitting here painting to the 🎶 keep it up brother, one of my go to songs right now

[@gmbydmit]

THAT WAS FRIGGIN AWESOME!

[@lucassobris]

OMG this is so sick! Teach me the ways to do it please

[@crodolpho]

121 people can't get their launchpad to work

[@yokrammusic]

hahah this is my favorite "throw shade at the dislikes" comment 🙏❤️

[@tomiekk6255]

or simply don't like the style

[@yokrammusic]

@@tomiekk6255 lol yup

[@tonydonnelly783]

Man....that was absolutely class.... brilliant vocals, fluid workflow.....loved it!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@russian.meteor]

I've just saved it for myself. Thank you again! You've made my evening today!