NINE INCH NAILS - La Mer [piano cover]

[@jiujitsujoints]

I can't even comprehend how you played this.

[@SequoiaSounds]

@Joel Vogler Thanks Joel!

[@texastaurus9271]

Practiced prolly

[@CEMORYM]

The "brain separation " to do that is WOW. I'm good.. you are great

[@SequoiaSounds]

Thank you! But once written down I think it's not as complicated as it might sound!

[@Kyle3LB]

This truly took me on a journey. I think Trent would be proud of this.

[@SequoiaSounds]

Thank you so much!

[@qwertyuiip9132]

When I first watched it I thought that he looped some parts.........

[@vatican2397]

@@qwertyuiip9132 :)

[@ClintonGlasener-jx3yw]

Definitely

[@ClintonGlasener-jx3yw]

Agreed

[@Mia........]

As a fellow pianist, I love how you were able to jump down to play the bass line while doing everything else! I can barely play the two top parts together!

[@SequoiaSounds]

Many thanks!

[@Lady-Lilith]

Realizing they're not using a loop to keep the consistent part going is just crazy.

[@jasoneaton4520]

Of all the classic composers, all the genius of radiohead, nirvana, all the grunge and rock bands that came after...all the metal, jazz, pop and everything in between...nothing comes close...Nothing reaches this piece...

[@BloodyArmourKnight]

Thom Yorke has reach a good level as a composer... you should hear his solo career and his most recent song "Daily Battles". But of course, Reznor is brilliant.

[@dumpygoodness4086]

this piece is LITERALLY ripped off from YES's "South Side Of The Sky"...of the album FRAGILE. (While NIN's piece is off their album THE FRAGILE, hmmmm!) THE GREAT PIANO MIDDLE SECTION: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnOkkqh8jtSXbpI

[@icydec3346]

@@dumpygoodness4086 I don't hear what you hear, it's just a similar key.

[@skeladud3913]

@@dumpygoodness4086 Even if it was, I'm glad it was because this is much better.

[@JiveKernel]

@@dumpygoodness4086 There are only 12 notes for fucking god knows how long now. There are only so many ways you can arrange them. I can guarantee you Trent has put them together in more unique ways than Yes.

[@ofmine08]

This is by far the most creative and amazing cover on KZbin

[@SequoiaSounds]

Thank you so much, Frank!!! I more recently upload a revised recording: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKPLkoWPrJ2ppKM

[@mattyoung6690]

Wow. Really impressed with how you juggle the 3 parts in the first phrase, and then I can't even begin to imagine how you do the polyrhythmic/polymetric stuff after the second bass line enters. Subscribed to your channel for the Dillinger songs, but stuck around for the Radiohead and NIN!

[@SequoiaSounds]

Matt Young Thanks Matt!! I really appreciate your comment!

[@nescrespo4388]

Chills as soon as you touched the keys. Perfection. Thank you for sharing.

[@angeladornbos]

I love how you jumped from the intro bass to the middle and up, from there hopped around. This sounds incredible

[@SequoiaSounds]

@Angela Dornbos Thank you so much, Angela!

[@DigitalViscosity]

Great dynamic bringing out the melody without overpowering it with the harmony

[@DigitalViscosity]

I must also mention your pedal technique is great, I enjoy the fact you don't let dissonant chords run together except where they should.

[@SequoiaSounds]

@Torei M Thank you, Torei! I really appreciate your comments!

[@Kimbie]

Thank you. This is one of the most emotional pieces I've heard. I've viewed La Mer as one of the most beautiful things to come out of any musical project ever, and this has breathed so much new life into it. If I had to describe La Mer, it'd be "Not know 'how' to feel, beyond the simple fact that you do feel, intensely." Listening to this made me feel that way, as I did the first times hearing the original and I can't thank you enough for that.

[@aleksandra553]

I have been depressed and desensitised for a very long time... Watching this made me feel some form of suspended in a dream serenity. Thank you.

[@SequoiaSounds]

Thank you for sharing, Alex. I hope that this year will be healing for you. I've uploaded a revised recording of this piece here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKPLkoWPrJ2ppKM

[@vaughnnewman8903]

Love this. And it only illustrates what a great composer and musician Trent is. Beautifully interpreted and brought to life by a likewise amazingly talented composer/musician.

[@SequoiaSounds]

Thank you so much, Vaughn!

[@DavidDiLillo]

Your own physicality brings out the soothing/manic dynamics of the original piece. Amazing.

[@SequoiaSounds]

Many thanks, David!

[@ninetynine39]

Amazing performance...You really captured the drowning in this song ..from the hope.. the despair.. . sinking under...the running out of air... When the repeating E-flat & D come in ... they really hit with time is running out... giving up... and finally ...peacefulness ripples thru...

[@MikahTheMan]

I love everything about this!! The build up, the chaos, then the peacefulness at the end. Really feels like “The Sea”. I’m sure Trent Reznor would love this if he’s not already seen it. Subscribed!

[@SequoiaSounds]

@MrMikahT Many, many thanks!

[@AlexEXF2]

I'm learning piano and I remembered this song, so I looked for a video on how to play it... but honestly, you just blew my mind with your skills. This is impressive and beautiful. Thank you so much for this cover!

[@SequoiaSounds]

@Dario Cedillo Thank you so much for such a lovely comment!!

[@dmaifred]

This song has been cherished and with me for so many years. Thank you for the wonderful cover.

[@hpjarvis]

Absolutely brilliant. Thank you - to watch one of my favourite songs being played like this is something I would never expect to see.

[@SequoiaSounds]

@hpjarvis Thank you so, so much!!! I really appreciate what you wrote!

[@mikegloady]

Ok that floored me. The timing and the chaos - you nailed it. Bravo!

[@SequoiaSounds]

Thank you so much, Mike!

[@3AmigosMustang]

Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck. Everything about this is the rush of emotions, like the tides. I can't say enough how beautiful this is.

[@SequoiaSounds]

@btunink1986 Thank you so, so much for such a beautiful comment

[@AceofAces777]

This is amazing! The sound of the violin part in the outro in piano form especially hits me right in the feels.

[@CriticalTechReviews]

This is thoroughly impressive as a performance, and musically it's everything a cover should be. Thank you for doing such a service to one of my favorite songs.

[@SequoiaSounds]

@bobwinslow Thank you so much, Bob! I'm glad that you felt I did it justice!

[@krzysztofkrawczyk6320]

Dude, you have literally nine-inch-nailed it! I can't remember being that impressed with anything I saw on YT recently. Chapeau fucking bas!

[@mikegividen3236]

Just Wow! Truly amazing.

[@jrdata2k]

The ending of this playing the quiet parts is absolutely incredible, the technicality of the layered melodies is amazing, but that ending you played was flawless and for a moment I forgot I wasn't listening to the original song, wow!

[@404natnotfound]

I think this is one the most beautiful cover I have ever heard. Your skills are on another level. Sublime job! ♥️

[@SequoiaSounds]

Thank you so much!! I actually made a re-recording of it here (kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKPLkoWPrJ2ppKM) if you'd like to listen.

[@suspendedanimation2269]

Genuinely made me cry. This was so beautiful.

[@bkpalos]

Amazing.... I love the fade out at the end and how the progression barely resolves and keeps circling -well done!

[@SequoiaSounds]

Thank you!!

[@GC853lbs]

You just blew my mind with how good you played this! I'm actually wanting to get into doing covers myself but I'm nowhere near as good as you are, thank you for sharing this awesome cover with us!

[@SequoiaSounds]

@JCISME It's a pleasure!! Thank you so much!!!

[@algo2957]

Et il est un jour arrivé Marteler le ciel Et marteler la mer Et la mer avait embrassé moi Et la délivré moi de ma caille À rien ne peut m'arrêter maintenant

[@cowboypenguin]

Amazing skills to a beautiful song

[@fossetti8216]

with it all on one instrument you can really hear the clashing notes

[@NoBodyToDanceWithMe]

holy shit dude! isnt this supposed to be a duet?

[@SequoiaSounds]

@No Body Thanks!

[@Tanguae]

Sequoia Sounds uh you didn’t answer the question

[@crisspycritic]

Its not a duet. These people are juat that awesome hahaha

[@kingsportcal]

This is the coolest thing Ive see on YT in past few days. I did the synths in my head. Nice playing.

[@nathanielball365]

HOLY SHIT!!? HOW AM I JUST NOW COMING ACROSS THIS!!!?? THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!!!! DAMN!!!??? YEAH I BELIEVE TRENT WOULD BE MAD PROUD!!!!

[@Jay_kaying]

Amazing!

[@RSSUX]

You’re nothing short of amazing!!!! Well done sir.

[@SequoiaSounds]

@RSSUX Thank you so much!!!!

[@RSSUX]

You’re so very welcome!!!

[@Matt-km1ek]

Yooooooooo! This is so sick! Incredible arrangement and mind blowing performance. Excellent job dude!

[@ClintonGlasener-jx3yw]

You are so f****** wonderful. I am such a fan of how freaking awesome your talent is. For at least a year almost everyday!

[@shockrocker976]

I just bought my first piano yesterday after years of not playing. I hope to get this good by the end of the summer. (7/21/19)

[@SequoiaSounds]

Sending wishes for your piano fingers!

[@VladimirGluten47]

Hope you're progressing!

[@renaldasa9344]

Bruh, where are you now with your playing?

[@CharlotteBarker1989]

Hey! How are you doing with your playing???

[@andrewscheu3934]

Marvelous much appreciated actually seeing the piano aspect of the song beautiful song

[@SequoiaSounds]

@Andrew Scheu Many thanks, Andrew!

[@andrewscheu3934]

Sequoia Sounds do you know if there is anymore similar piano songs like this song? i know the way its played is so rare and unique

[@andrewscheu3934]

Again bravo on nailing this polyrhythmic great

[@xavierrussell105]

I think it takes another musician to fully appreciate your talent. Very very good.

[@LemurOnALedge]

From the Mr Bungle, Jeff Buckley, Radiohead, Nine in Nails….i can’t believe I get to listen to your insane covers of my favorite artists

[@MrsS3lfDestruct]

Hey I was listening to a Piano rendition of Tool's Fear Inoculum and this is what came up after on Autoplay. In case no one has told you this in a while, this is beautiful. Thank you.

[@ピース-p1c]

Wow man! This is one of the best covers I ever heard

[@SequoiaSounds]

@Silver Machine Thank you so, so much for such a lovely comment!

[@ElysiumKeeper]

You are a legend. Beautiful piece of a soul, wonderful brain. Bravo. 👏🏻

[@steampump9531]

Wow, this is truly amazing... You've got it so well! Thanks for sharing and showing your hands on the top of it!

[@charlycharz]

My favorite instrumental ever, thank you so much for this!

[@SequoiaSounds]

Thank you, Charly!

[@zeeeOgre]

Brilliant. I love.your playing. Made.my day.

[@gaelhumbert4797]

This cover is simply amazing

[@SequoiaSounds]

Many thanks, Gael!

[@CEMORYM]

Awesome. Thank you

[@dustinstrong702]

All I can say is that is effing incredible.

[@sheetsack3179]

My god, how come this still does not have a millon views? Such a great job) btw this video was one of the reasons I started to play the piano last year

[@SequoiaSounds]

Thank you so much for sharing that!

[@sarajuanaict]

Beautiful!!! Very good job!! Bravo for real 💜

[@joannecalash7032]

Quickly becoming my favorite pianist (if not already)!

[@SequoiaSounds]

Awww, thank you so much, Joanne! I'm very appreciative of your support!

[@AmineKabour]

Absolument magnifique.

[@edhartwell8036]

The single most incredible thing i've ever seen/heard

[@SequoiaSounds]

Thank you so much, Ed!

[@philb.954]

A Lesson in MANUAL Looping. Great stuff

[@d011p4rtz]

love this song. the timing is so interesting

[@alexg2083]

Amazing. Doing 3 parts at once!

[@SequoiaSounds]

Alex G Thanks, Alex!

[@MrJebbjebb]

Unbelievable

[@SequoiaSounds]

Thanks, Jeff!

[@SimonSaySimonDo]

I tip my hat to you sir! Very impressive performance. Love it!

[@jefflwadfordjr.1128]

I play guitar and clarinet.That was Fantastic. Speechless. I remember the song well when done originally. 🎶🎶🎶💪

[@seikitomomi8413]

An absolutely gorgeous cover. Wonderful job. :D

[@SequoiaSounds]

Many, many thanks Samantha!!

[@jasminesbloom]

just amazing.

[@SequoiaSounds]

Thank you so much!

[@CrickeyNyan]

GENIUS! ❤

[@SequoiaSounds]

Thank you!!

[@MimosaPapi]

Without the drums tho, crazy how you keep that tempo, excellent man!

[@SequoiaSounds]

Thanks, Estevan!

[@hughiedavies6069]

What a fantastic talent.

[@SequoiaSounds]

Many thanks, Hughie!!

[@MrRoylicious]

Wow, that was beautiful. Amazing work!

[@SequoiaSounds]

Many thanks!!

[@fredsargenesis]

I've come to watch your videos after I found EST Golwrap, which is already excellent, but that version is just awesome. You probably have more brain hemispheres than the usual guy to render 5 patterns mixed together. Bravo

[@SequoiaSounds]

@Frederic Sargos Thank you, Frederic! However, I think that it probably sounds far harder to play that it really does (once all scored in 4/4 it's pretty easy to play it all together)

[@PatFromHell]

You have a real good taste in music ;)! Keep it up!

[@SequoiaSounds]

@PatFromHell Thank you! And I will! :)

[@HMan2828]

That song is so unconventional but at the same time so classical in its arrangement... I love NIN for this, Trent is a master composer. And that was an insane rendition... I feel like the arrangement could be corrected a tiny bit to eliminate the "false" sounding notes in the middle section though. In the original it doesn't sound dissonant because both notes are heard independently on opposite sides, but I think there could be a happy compromise by replacing maybe 5-10 notes in the single piano arrangement...

[@SequoiaSounds]

@HMan Thank you for such a lovely and thoughtful comment. I actually like the dissonance, but I think I made things messy by using a combination of too much reverb & pedal. A cleaner performance would go some way to clarify the harmony....

[@HMan2828]

@@SequoiaSounds You should seriously send this cover to Trent via nin.com once your'e satisfied with it, he often picks fan-made remixes and he promotes the best of them, some even get a track on a remix album (Fixed, Further Down the Spiral, Year Zero Remixed, etc...)

[@OscarRLuna]

the best version! PURE HEART

[@SequoiaSounds]

@Oscar Luna Huge thanks, Oscar!

[@ngc4260]

beautiful

[@thebronzesky557]

Really the best Cover i was listening to. Thank you for this. 👏

[@BipolarSmile]

Beautiful cover

[@SequoiaSounds]

@Bipolar Smile Thank you so much!!

[@mitchcumstein142]

Unbelievably good.

[@SequoiaSounds]

Thank you, Mitch!

[@yawattahnivag6947]

This performance is fantastic. I would love to get my hands on all of NIN catalog transcribed to sheet music. I want to be on your level.

[@funkyjimbob]

This is pretty damn good. Bravo

[@tm9184]

Good job! It’s such a neat song.

[@flugesang]

Extraordinary!

[@SequoiaSounds]

Many thanks!

[@quack420]

incredible dexterity...

[@SequoiaSounds]

Thank you!

[@lolamodic]

This is awesome man good job.

[@stephensmith3184]

Wow!! Impressive!!!!!

[@payforever]

Stunning cover!

[@SequoiaSounds]

Many thanks, Alif!

[@Ullish1989]

I've always loved the AATCHB version of this with the large synth bass notes

[@xavierrussell105]

Really good job, i was wondering if this could be played by one person. Really amazing

[@stephensmith3184]

Perfect!

[@estellah]

Everything at once, which of course is….as it really really is❤❤❤

[@andresaguilar327]

God Bless you for this.

[@SequoiaSounds]

Many thanks!

[@JonMinaj]

That was incredible

[@musicologyfacts]

Excellent!

[@kristian6937]

Bravo!!!!

[@eugenianotedigomiapellido3541]

Hermoso. Me muero de amor escuchando ésto.

[@SequoiaSounds]

Gracias por un comentario tan encantador!

[@rodger1nin]

awesome

[@dryaplesbrokentelevision656]

A very difficult song to play single handedly, well done sir

[@SequoiaSounds]

Many thanks, Zach!

[@CEMORYM]

After further review: I subscribed. Well played

[@SequoiaSounds]

Many thanks, Charles!

[@gctones]

good job sir, this is awesome!

[@SequoiaSounds]

Many thanks!!