Vocal Coach/Musician Reacts: FLOOR JANSEN 'Alone' Cover - In Depth Analysis!

[@ninaschofield]

This really put a smile on my face! Hope you’re all having a fabulous Wednesday ❤

[@marchendrickson2382]

Your mascot there, it's a rabbick. Just wait till you get around to her Frozen covers, Adagio by Laura Fabian, Oblivion by M83...they're all a special listen

[@Kelsea-2002]

@@marchendrickson2382 Good thing you've already listed it. I agree with you 100%! And every Floor cover is far better than the original.

[@sleeepwalk]

Wait until Adagio... My favorite cover...

[@jewfish68]

I'm glad Floor was able to brighten your day. Your reaction to this great performance has brightened mine 😊

[@Kri13395]

Floor always does put a smile on my face. Or a tear in my eye. She's great if you want to smile and great if you need to cry a little and get it out!! By far my favorite voice on Earth!!

[@keithharris3734]

Floor is my theapy several times a week. She always makes me feel better. Always. Thanks for posting.

[@chriso6719]

The piano is being played by Sir Joost van den Broek. He's played with her in After Forever, played and produced her band ReVamp, does a lot of work with Ayreon, and has produced the last 3 EPICA albums. This was in her home studio. I think her husband,Sabaton drummer Hannes van Dahl, is behind the camera. Heart's version is a cover itself, original by i-Ten in 1983.

[@TheMateriaalkunde]

Indeed he is with all sorts of recordings in the symphonic metal scene and always present at a rare Ayreon live concert, where he is musical direcctor. Singer Dianne van Giersbergen (not related to Anneke) has him on her recent solo album. All know each other from the Ayreon opera's like Into the Electric Castle by Arjen Lucassen. Many international and Dutch singers appear there and this opera was recorded in 2019. Joost is a genius on the piano but also on all kinds of keyboards, organs and synthesizers. If he plays on a live Ayreon concert he always has a complete battery around him. Apart from a genius in building up emotions in tight co-creation with the singer(s) Joost is also unbeatable in the creation of complex rhytmic structures. If Joost directs the rhytmics everyone is pitch on.

[@noneofyerbeeswax8194]

LUL 🤣

[@TheMateriaalkunde]

@@noneofyerbeeswax8194 I still wonder why he has that '#name# lol.. Guess it comes from Arjen, but why? Is it because he always outplays Arjen, or is fooling around with riffs while they still fit clockwork in the theme? Inform us, please...

[@noneofyerbeeswax8194]

@@TheMateriaalkunde No idea. But they "hate" each other, everybody knows that... lol.

[@TheMateriaalkunde]

@@noneofyerbeeswax8194 Haha, nor at all, after them working together for decades. I remember, about 54 years ago, adressing my keyboardplayer likewise if he stole my new baseline for his left hand play. That wry grin of him... But I got him back starting to play off-beats.... Then he called me Lul.. But smiling. Great times we had, in 1969.

[@pekkakarppinen1608]

This is probably my favorite of Floor's pandemic time covers. For many reasons, some of them personal in nature. ⛄❄👍

[@uueyeam6398]

The pianist is Joost van den Broek, the keyboardist from floor's former band After Forever and Ayreon! he is a brilliant producer and arranger!

[@okiejohn3925]

SIR Joost....😜

[@okiejohn3925]

SIR Joost....😜

[@ninaschofield]

He’s amazing! Thank you for commenting 😊

[@uueyeam6398]

@@okiejohn3925 Actually not, there is no "Sir" title in the Netherlands.

[@eTraxx]

Pianist is Joost Van Den Broek. He is Dutch and played keys for After Forever, Floor's first band, Ayreon and long time friend of Floor

[@billattercliffe8655]

"Adagio" should be next as Floor pulls another technique out of her toolbox that we normally don't hear her use.

[@cobra427me]

Floored by Floor's covers. There's a few but one of my favs is Oblivion - M83 (cover by Floor Jansen). Stunning performance. I loved the original but Floor smashed it out of the park, so to speak. Our Queen can even sing the Phonebook and blow you away. Cheers. Keep up the great reactions Nina, such fun to watch.

[@grantharriman284]

As a pianist I LOVE how Floor's vocal fits in as another layer into the many layers of the piano in this arrangement. There are moments where piano arpeggios climb up above the vocal dynamically, but only on sustained notes in the vocal. It's a vocal feature, but the piano still gets to shine.

[@ninaschofield]

Absolutely!

[@Thorgrim247]

Well done Nina! Hope you feel better soon. Floor does have a knack for putting a beautiful smile on your face, as well as ours. There are loads more from Floor during the C time. See you again very soon!

[@FromG2eminor]

Thank you for giving the to the accompaniment as much as Floor's greatest voice. I teach piano so naturally I was drawn in by it.

[@nwlondonmetaller3427]

A really great cover by Floor Jansen of a fantastic Heart song. An iconic 80's track. I just received Floor Jansen's solo album today called Paragon.

[@gene6690]

Imagine the undisputed Metal Queen Floor singing in honor of the all time greatest female rock singer Ann Wilson. ❤

[@LuisBurke]

Beautiful!!! thank you Nina, have a wonderful Wednesday

[@benbermusics]

That was fun, seeing you enjoy the piano embellishments and patterns under the first half of the song. I guess many of us were thinking: just wait for the instrumental interlude! 😊

[@ninaschofield]

Yes! I loved it, that interlude was so so good 😊 thanks for watching.

[@marcojander1862]

Always the best reaction send you always all support and love and good vibes 🥰🥰

[@stpetie7686]

It's pretty cool getting to hear one the very favorite singers of my 60's cover one of the favorite singers of my 20's. Especially on such an awesome song.

[@jcd57]

It out a smile on our face too. 😁😁, Great reaction, pls keep digging in Floor's covers.🤘🙏

[@rnowak85]

Great reaction. Knew you would love Sir Joost's piano playing. Floor originally sang Alone with her first band After Forever. Love this performance. One of her earliest pandemic cover songs.

[@capstan50g]

I'm low-key a Heart fan from way back. This was an interesting take on the song. Floor has stylized it heavily here in a way that reminds me of Diva Dance from The Fifth Element. Her technique has transformed the song from power ballad to classical repertoire. Enjoyable! Great reaction, Nina!

[@silverblack5475]

I dont know if you ever heard this version of alone by Floor kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJPai2WwjLuNmpY

[@ninaschofield]

Thanks for watching!

[@agustinkintanar8518]

Love your reaction, Nina. This is definitely my favorite cover of this song. Floor's voice and the piano arrangement are sublime.

[@humphreyterveer1338]

Great reaction your a real pro !

[@TimoArula]

Perfect song for Floor !!!! As for the piano, it was done by Sir Joost van den Broek (legit Knight for writing music for Dutch King). Her friend and bandmate from "After Forever" and "ReVamp". The Netherlands-based, Sir Joost van den Broek has produced, arranged, and mixed albums for over 10 years with great international success. Working for clients like Epica, Ayreon, Powerwolf and Blind Guardian, he has build up an impressive portfolio, received multiple gold and platinum awards and gained a reputation in the metal scene by consistently delivering the highest standard in modern, epic productions. NWSU/FloorFan 🤘😎🤘.

[@jeffk1482]

I didn’t know Joost had been knighted. Huh. Very cool.

[@jasonmarshall7572]

What even better is when Floor first covered this song was when she was in After forever and got a reply Thanking her by Nancy Wilson herself so what an honour.

[@jasonmarshall7572]

P.s. That's Joost Van den Broek playing the piano who's best friends with Floor and was in her first band After forever, and now he's in Ayreon but also helped Floor with her new solo album Paragon.

[@Beus38]

With Floor performing this song, I always remember her 2015 Nightwish Cruise version, when Marko taunted her: "She's gonna do it, she's gonna do it!" 😀 A hilarious moment :) And she didn't get derailed and managed to "do it" flawlessly ;) Or floorlessly? Well, more like, floorfully 😀

[@Donna-C]

Ahh Floor, the emotion 💜

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

Hi Nina, great and fun reaction. You can't really go wrong with the solo performances of Floor. They are all great. Also great are her performances at Beste Zangers 2019 of song like Shallow, Mama, Phantom of the Opera (with Henk Poort) etc.etc. And as others said: the piano player on this recording is Joost van den Broek (pronunciation: Yoast vanden Brook). He is a great piano player and allround musician and producer, who worked with Floor in her previous bands, and also in "Ayreon". Now this Ayreon is a project by Arjen Lucassen that both Joost and Floor regularly work with. And they have lots of great musicians and singers(!). Here are some examples of great performances of Ayreon with Joost van den Broek on piano. - The day that the world breaks down (with 11 great singers, amongst whom Floor, and great piano work by Joost, in the second part of the song) - The theory of everything, live from "Ayreon Universe", an a great piano solo by Joost and great singing by Michael Mills and Marcella Bovio - Everybody dies, live from "Ayreon Universe", with Joost and Floor and many other great singers - Amazing Flight live from "Electric Castle", with Joost and many other great musicians and singers - Cosmic Fusion live - etc. - etc.

[@ninaschofield]

Thanks so much for this info and for watching!

[@TerryVogelaar]

Her cover of "Is dit nou later" is also amazing! (Original by Stef Bos). You'll probably need a translation of the lyrics if you don't speak Dutch, but knowing what the song is about sure helps.

[@k.l.7788]

I love the Nightwish cruise version. “She’s gonna do it! She’s gonna do it!”

[@mdudley52]

Always a fun reaction by you.

[@Woody_Hart]

Hi Nina. Great reaction as usual. Just FYI, Floor’s piano player here and a great friend of hers is Joost Van Den Broek. You can also see him recording and live with the collab “Ayreon” by Arjen Anthony Lucassen.

[@BracchiAlessandroFineArt]

Hail to the Queen !

[@diedzjeeoudshoorn7726]

I love the fact that you give much credits to the piano player Joost van den Broek. The guy is underrated in most reaction video's . Never ever underestimate Joost van den Broek. The guy is a musical genius and the power behind a lot of big projects and highly successful bands. And him combining with Floor.. .Yes, we indeed are in heaven. No matter how many times I listen to this. Her cry let me cry. No escaping from it. 100% pure emotion driven straight into my heart. That's what Floor does. Whether it's a solo project, or Nightwish, or Ayreon, or Northward, or her former bands... It's her beautiful mind radiating outward. You can't fake that. It's genuine. A gift to mankind.

[@wimg.2377]

Your mascotte is a 'chunny' 😄 .... Thank you for this reaction, I loved it, as always with your reactions. I am a big Nightwish and Floor fan .... Warmest regards, Wim

[@christopherchick6419]

Anne Wilson also did an incredible version of Unchained Melody. Her vocals brought tears to my eyes! I'd love to hear Miss Floor cover this old iconic song.

[@humphreyterveer1338]

Great reaction as Always!

[@ninaschofield]

Thank you!

[@jeffk1482]

The keys are obviously your home Nina! It’s so beautiful when you join in to play along, add these little flourishes and such. And with this song, with THAT voice singing??? ❤

[@ninaschofield]

So glad you enjoyed it Jeff!

[@UnitedRedDevils]

Fantastically entertaining reaction and breakdown, as always 🤘

[@rbreu]

Floor's recent solo tour is also a great treasure. Personal favourite is "Face Your Demons", which is a song from her former band After Forever. It's also on her channel.

[@smavtmb2196]

Love this cover. Floor is incredible as expected. She's like a force of nature.

[@hollandduck79]

this is from before the Nightwish period. this is a song from Floor's old band After Forever. Floor Jansen & The Red Limo String Quartet - Energize Me . Acoustic , No mic , no audio amplification , no audio tricks simply 100% PURE Floor-Power . link : kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6u6Yp16dtlpb7M .

[@jamescoleman8954]

One of my absolute favorite songs by heart always crank it when it comes on never knew that she did a cover of it. I’ll definitely have to look deeper and see what covers she actually has done because as a vocalist I love her so much.

[@eddiecreutzburg7375]

Great reaction, try Oblivion. It's a great one 😊😊😊

[@Ireksojkowski]

Beautiful🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@randymarple9830]

I heard that Joost had played the guitar solo, note for note, As Heart had played it. He really is quite brilliant.

[@JoakimDrakoga]

Great reaction. Name? Ester(Easter, you know the drill) Meaning:myrtle leaf; star. Ester is a feminine name of Persian and Slavic origins. A variant of Esther, this vintage-sounding name translates to “myrtle leaf,” a plant that's been used for a variety of medicines.

[@oldmanjimh3165]

This song show cases her range.

[@eTraxx]

Ok Nina. I am hitting the like even before watching the reaction .. if for no other reason than your beautiful face looking back at me :)

[@ivanveljkovic6242]

I adore you Nina♥️

[@jeffreyphipps1507]

Ann Wilson approved... As for the cry, have you never heard Heart perform this song before???

[@danmartin3402]

Impressive review and I have seen too many to count by others on YT. SUBSCRIBED

[@ЛюбомирРодзінський]

👍👍👍👋👋👋Like reaction. And great coments 😍

[@torbjornsjooander5625]

You must react to My Paragon with Floor from hers soloalbum And you gonna get a lot of energi I'm promice 👍💯💥

[@BrendonChase_2015]

Hi Nina. Since that innocent looking chabbit is an obvious distant relative to the airborne Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog, your companion shall henceforth be known by the name of "Tim.." 😁 For more Floor, I'd recommend her "Beste Zangers" 2019 performances. Seek out the English subbed ones with the lovely before/after conversations for the whole experience. Check the channel "Floor op TV" for the full playlist (tried to provide the link but YT wouldn't have it, might be in your "held for review" box). Cheers from Amsterdam!

[@DavidSaunders-jh4rk]

Hi Nina, Love watching your reactions … I’m watching the version of Alone with Floor Janson singing. I think you’ll love the version of Alone by The Band Geeks … not only are the Lead vocals superb but I think you’ll be amazed with the backing vocals and especially by the person singing them !!! Have a look at this band they have many great covers on there channel. David

[@jeroens9160]

The mascotte is cute but somewhat disturbing.... How about naming it "Gizmo"? 🙂 Gorgeous reaction btw. Please take a look at the album "Paragon" that Floor just released. Lots of good stuff there, right from her heart

[@LuiWallentinGttler]

When you 'recreated' the ending piano, it got me thinking of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonata no.14 mov 3 ... The one Rowan Atkinson used in his piano player bit.

[@fearisachoiceyouembrace]

If you want to see young Floor please listen to her band After Forever live at Pinkpop 2003 "My Pledge of Allegiance" or live at Progpower 2007 "Dreamflight" Her Band Revamp was quite heavy . 2010 live at Progpower singing Disdain is a real amazing trip

[@davemcsorley]

Hi, Loved your reaction as always. She does loads of covers on Beste Zangers 2019 that you might want to look at. BTW, her name is pronounced "Yan-sen" not Jansen.

[@ninaschofield]

I always get that wrong, oops! Thanks for reminding me 😊

[@paultreadaway9950]

check out her phantom of the opera ..... with Henk Poort.

[@andrewswift7917]

Great reaction nina to the amazing floor jansen. knowing your a lover of the keys may i suggest reacting to the awesome band that is Lovebites and their live version of the swan song with the chopin intro. you will be blown away

[@Skotty1899]

Quackers!

[@bobfendt9266]

Enjoyed your reaction to Floor's cover of Alone Nina. Can I also recommend you listen to her cover of Lara Fabian's Adagio 🎶🥰

[@masterrubyan2976]

Just one remark, the Heart version of Alone is also a cover.....

[@PittDaddy]

Such a lovely review of Floor's amazing version of this song. Seeing as how you love the piano, I have to tell you about a song that begins with Chopin's Revolutionary Etude. The song is Swan Song (with the Chopin Prelude Live) by Lovebites. Their one guitarist is a world-class pianist as well. And their singer is excellent. Please listen to that great song.

[@birdbranch]

joost van den broek is a wonderful piano player. ❤❤❤

[@jamescurfman3284]

If I remember correctly, this was after Floor had suffered a bout of C-19. She was still recovering a little bit here but at least she still had her voice at all (some people are not so lucky). She did not have all the power here that I was used to hearing from her and she seemed a little bit too 'tight'. She has since recovered from it fully, not to worry.

[@sebastianschrader2822]

Great reaction. Your enthusiasm is inspiring as always. A name for your lovely companion? A fitting name for a rabbit-duck-mix could be Rabbuck 😉

[@ninaschofield]

Haha love that name, thanks for the suggestion!

[@yrlsonjykgoucz2215]

Coach Nina it's time to see nor view DAVID FOSTER and friends during their concert here in the Philippines in manila just a week ago, MORISSSETTE sang never enough with David in piano and PIA TOSCANO sang KAILANGAN KITA (I NEED YOU) originally sang by Regine Velasquez Alcasid written and composed by Ogie Alcasid . 💖 from 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@monksuu]

Chinny. And, J for Dutch is pronounced like Y in English. Floor's first solo album just got out last week, too.

[@renetv124]

Hi Nina, love your reactions of Nightwish and especially Floor. Indeed her covers are also amazing. Could react to her cover of Adagio of Laura Fabian? It's something completely different. THNX! René

[@Duskwind_]

🤗's

[@clauslarsen8971]

I just watched your Sohyang reactions again. Why not combine my favourite vocal coach/reactor with my favourite singer, right? Did I miss it or did you really never react to Sohyang sing "Everyone"? If you didn't, then you're missing out. It's up there with Arrirang Alone for me as her two best performances. If I'm right and you haven't already seen it, and if you decide to do so, remember subtitles :)

[@joshaker2753]

Would love to see you react to Marcus Veltri with you being a pianist nerd!

[@ianthompson5746]

Thanks Nina for that intimate reaction, that performance is so powerful & beautiful at the same time, reminds me a lot of another beautiful piano/solo performance, one you might like a lot (Poets of the fall, Angel, Alexander Theatre Sessions).

[@Mars-is4un]

🤗🍒🤘🏻😘

[@Meine.Postma]

Joost van den Broek is a really good arranger on piano

[@TheVirtualWatcher]

So how about a 'compare and contrast' Disney Frozen 2 cover fest? The original "Into The Unknown", Floor's cover and then Aurora's cover (just in case you don't know, Aurora is the ethereal voice of the North Wind in the original version). Original : kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXqyqnVvj72hbtU Floor : kzbin.info/www/bejne/mp2zoHabaqiqqac Aurora : kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKmkaJVpeciBkNE You could follow with Aurora's behind the scenes plus the 2020 Oscars with all of the different nationality singers. Behind the scenes : kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJCbc4pjaruCftU Oscars : kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4jXdoOrhZaMfpY

[@jokuku3669]

My favourite version of Alone sung by Floor is this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJPai2WwjLuNmpY It's absolutely beautiful!

[@ecthelion1735]

Watch the 2013 Christmas Metal Symphony version, too. Very different, but she absolutely nails it. Unfortunately not great recording quality.

[@shirazzza]

I always love your reactions! Now that Floor is pretty pregnant I would really like to know how it affects your voice cos legit it seems to not bother her at all. And maybe other body changes like tonsils vs no tonsils, taller vs more petite people. I'm curious. I'm 6'1 & my lungs need a top & bottom X-ray to get them all in. I also have my tonsils & know when I'm growling that they move. Cheers from Oz 🇦🇺

[@xbubbahotep]

my vote is on bucky

[@duncanwyer2460]

🇬🇧 Norfolk reports in , Floor during lockdown was so cool 😊

[@jussikuusisto9737]

That is Stephan

[@torsten.breswald]

ah, i like your reactions, you seem to enjoy music for the sake of it and on a level that's beyond my own, so satisfying. may i recommend you another song i think you will love: 'Sleep Token - Bloodsport (from the room below)' you may have recognized their song 'the summoning' is trending right now, but i bet this reduced version of an older song is more down your alley, just piano and vocals. have a nice weekend

[@markclements7767]

Hi Nina, greetings from Reading, UK Another nice reaction, thank you 😊 You cut this short and just missed Floor nodding to the pianist (Joost van den Broek) If you do a reaction to Ayreon - "The Day That The World Breaks Down" you will see Joost featured here, along with other musicians and 11 singers kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXfYfn6ap9-Dp7c (It is important to do no research beforehand or you will spoil any surprises which might await you....) Ayreon is a project. Arjen Anthony Lucassen composes the music and lyrics then invites singers and musicians from all over the world to perform the piece

[@George-ux6zz]

You should listen to Charice and Arnel Pineda singing, ALONE. They were very young, maybe in their teens. They had a friendly rivalry while singing it. They both belted it out. Thank you Nina. 😊

[@AmosCheek]

"Bunken" for the mascot name

[@kevingunning7569]

Hi Nina, great reaction as ever. I always enjoy your commentary and fantastic piano-work. Do you think you could learn to pronounce Floor's surname correctly please? It is Yansen. The J is not hard and is pronounced as a 'Y'. A small thing I know, but it is just respectful to the artist. Kindest regards etc

[@kristinparrish3203]

React to Céline’s version of alone from taking chances tour in Boston please

[@petterrix3144]

And now Tommy Johansson som 'alone'🇸🇪

[@jilloneill71]

Please react to Ariana grandes cover of emotions by Mariah Carey please?! It’s mind blowing 😍

[@jzundert]

do you want to hear a pure version look at floor jansen and joost van den broek stationsplein roermond 1-6-08 alone

[@bobirvine]

Bugs Ducky

[@roy19491]

recorded in her home studio, in the hayloft of her horse barn

[@kentk2215]

How about Flopsy Waddles? 🐰🐥

[@562goodguy]

Great reaction, and how about Quackenbunny for your little friends name?

[@LuiWallentinGttler]

Bonnie McQuack

[@nw3015]

Plz react to Louis York ft. Jessie J - "Heaven Bound" ❤‍🔥This song is underrated!!!

[@keithteaser]

call the mascot Percy