His voice was actually an instrument.

@surfdigby

2 жыл бұрын

His voice was almost an orchestra.

@elove2.038

2 жыл бұрын

You noticed too?

@netzajack

2 жыл бұрын

All these years I thought those notes were an instrument #Genius

@clarisafarley8194

2 жыл бұрын

That was his instructment

@lukesoares7117

2 жыл бұрын

everyones voice is an instrument

Those stacked harmonies are sick! MJ knew his intervals well...You can tell that he was really fast in the studio too...No appearance of any struggling.

@stevenponte6655

2 жыл бұрын

Bruce Swedien said in an interview MJ had perfect pitch.

@alexandergedeon409

2 жыл бұрын

Let’s not forget the greatest arranger of the 20th century was in the room with him.

@CCI320

9 ай бұрын

@@alexandergedeon409 Bullshit.

@rhoca_sings

3 ай бұрын

@@stevenponte6655 really? Cuz true perfect pitch is the ability to recognize the "pitch" or name of a note without aid of an instrument (Michael, I'm hearing an A-flat, but the note should be an A natural" ) Otherwise, MJ's vocal TONE is very pure and I've read that he could match any tone when he was a child and perfectly sing back a song he'd never heard before on the first try.

@stevenponte6655

3 ай бұрын

@@rhoca_sings yes that’s what Swedien said. Maybe he was referring to insanely good relative pitch. Perfect pitch is a funny thing . My piano teacher had it, but always named the notes 1 semitone off. She thinks the piano she grew up playing was out of tune! She also said she lost it when she turned 40!!

You can hear the huge influence he's had on Brandy and Beyonce and of course his sister Janet. Some of the best vocal stacks in the WORLD!

@okeythegoat2332

2 жыл бұрын

Ong

@Wowitzkay

2 жыл бұрын

Janet has some great harmonies also

@Ilovechicago100

Жыл бұрын

Facts.

@ericadial8801

Жыл бұрын

He was the king of vocal stacks....👑

@factsoverfeelings421

Жыл бұрын

@@Wowitzkay Janet’s harmonies are far better.

He’s voice was so insane.pure magic.

He truly deserved his “King of Pop” title

@andythespider

10 ай бұрын

And he still deserves it.

his vibrato is INSANE, i got major operatic vibes from the harmonies and the fact that they are harmonies and not vocals themselves just shows how great he was

The last chorus is literally giving me goosebumps. And these are PRE-AUTOTUNE. Legendary.....

@berlinsfivehead

2 жыл бұрын

michael used auto tune?

@NYCKZ360

2 жыл бұрын

@@berlinsfivehead nope

@cmixer108

2 жыл бұрын

@@berlinsfivehead Not at all.

@Sttephy30

2 жыл бұрын

Auto Tune sounds ugly anyways. Raw voice is better, even if the raw voice isn't all that good lol

@trop7478

2 жыл бұрын

@@NYCKZ360 he had used autotune within invincible session.

And this is exactly why I think that the Off The Wall album was better then Thriller in my opinion. Thriller is a close second for me. This is how a master singer does the craft of making a fantastic album that even by today’s standards is still far ahead of it’s time! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@Michaelraymondonkeys

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@ericlessousa5164

2 жыл бұрын

For me too!

@TheRotorious13b

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/X2GHtqtrcrbToc4.html

@AR-ii3ly

2 жыл бұрын

OTW is a far better album than Thriller.

@Unknown-hy1ud

2 жыл бұрын

Every MJ album is unique in its own way

pre-autotune......voice control is insane as well to sound like this without compression...he is an audio engineer's dream Can't help but to ponder what I could do with his voice if I had him in the studio. truly amazing

@lundsweden

2 жыл бұрын

I think in those days they would've compressed it a little AS they recorded. Analog tape itself also compresses slightly. I'm sure Micheal did'nt need a lot of compression, but I think they would've added a touch.

@adam-hp6qt

2 жыл бұрын

@@lundswedenMJs engineer, Bruce Swedien had a rule to not use compression, but I don't remember if it was about the vocals or instrumental parts

@lundsweden

2 жыл бұрын

@@adam-hp6qt That's really interesting! I did'nt know that. Maybe Micheal "compressed" the vocal part purely with mic technique, like skilled vocalists often do. Like in a loud part, you move away from the mic, softer parts you get right on top of it. Michael was a seasoned pro by 1979 after all!

@adam-hp6qt

2 жыл бұрын

@@lundsweden yup the different distances from the mic is definitely a technique Bruce swedien often used to create depth with choirs, so probably with MJs background vocals too

@JRosevelt

2 жыл бұрын

@METAINVERSO I don't think so. A glance at the actual wave forms above and you can notice too much discrepency in volume for it to be compressed. The sizes of the waveforms vary more than a decent compression would allow. Impressive still for a human voice to have such control, but not controlled enough as to pass for compression.

I would pay good money for the full uncut stems of his vocal recording sessions. I love that kind of stuff, and when it's an artist as legendary as Michael, it holds that much more significance.

@stevenponte6655

2 жыл бұрын

i dont know how they get them. Someone has the stems for Human Nature too i heard on his youtube channel. amazing.

@zxxczczczcz

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenponte6655 ye i wanna know too where they get them

@diegopereze98

2 жыл бұрын

I have the complete multitracks of this session and other hits from Michael.

@nicolasgonzalez4643

2 жыл бұрын

@@diegopereze98 seriously you have the complete multitrack of this song but when you say complete there are also the voices of siedah garrett

@kxnnnnn

Жыл бұрын

ive got some young micheal

I didn't realize that much work went into recording a song when you do all the vocals yourself. Like, that's crazy difficult to hit those different notes. Amazingly impressive.

@Michelle_Schu-blacka

2 ай бұрын

People don't realise just how laborious recording a song is. The recording isn't so bad although it can take a while to get a take you're happy with. But most of it is hours upon hours of listening to the same song over and over again until every sound is just right and you'd be surprised how many sounds there are. There's plenty that people don't even notice but they all help the track. For example, nobody notices the multiple layers of beatboxing Michael put into some of his songs.

So what intrigued me about Michael Jackson was his vocals. Everyone is always talking about his Dancing. This was the reason why I got into Michael and wanted to pursue a career in the music industry. At least in Production. It was the Off The Wall Album that really did it for me back then in my early teens. Quincy Jones and his engineer Bruce Swedien did a fantastic job capturing the essence of Michael back in 1979. I would listen to the Off The Wall album intensely and read the credits. It said he did all his vocals. I was fascinated by that. I used to listen real intense particular to the song title of the album. Now you can hear it right on You tube years later. You can hear the process of how he laid them beautiful vocals. Off The Wall is a classic solo album debut for an Artist of his caliber at that time. It was a homerun.

@jojodancer0072

2 жыл бұрын

Ok, from what I can remember when this album dropped, I recalled reading the credits on the back of this album, I saw “Patti Austin” as part of the background shadow vocals. Where does “Patti Austin” comes in as a background vocal in this project? Humm?

@garfieldharrison510

2 жыл бұрын

@@jojodancer0072 the song. It's the Falling in Love. She sings actually a duett there with him.

@jojodancer0072

2 жыл бұрын

@@garfieldharrison510 also MJ does support some of her (Patti Austin) songs as her shadow vocals too such as on Quincy Jones “The Dude” (Bet’cha wouldn’t hurt me),so do your research 🔬 please.

his precise timing is insane. the length of the notes in the harmonies are the exact same. i know, ha was a dancer, he must have had an inner metronome, but this is beyond perfect. thanks for posting this deconstructed harmonies, simply amazing!

@stevenponte6655

2 жыл бұрын

apparently he danced when he sung, and even recorded. Maybe he used his body for the length of notes. Cos as you said, its amazingly accurate. My drum teacher once told me to watch MJ when he dances, every part of the body is doing a rhythm like a latin salsa band!

Damn! He did all the background singing! WOW!!! ALL VOCALS SOUNDS AMAZING

@yolandaemery5355

Жыл бұрын

Yes

His vocal layering 🤯🤯🤯

The fact that this was “just another day at work” for Mike is fucking insane🤦🏾‍♂️🐐

He had such amazing pitch .....what beautiful harmonies.... Michael was such a good singer

I don’t know why this made me emotional. I grew up in Gary, IN in the 70s and 80s, attending a school 4 blocks from their house. MJJ was a lifeline for me. I had a very hard childhood and I would escape through music, especially his. He became my best friend and confidant, even if only in my head. His heart was beautiful and his soul was innocent. He was talented and a genius musically. I miss him so much.

@SeverancePay500

2 жыл бұрын

Been to that neighborhood took some pics , Rochester, NY here

I always had a suspicion that MJ used his voice like that in the intro of this song, it's partly what makes it sound so beautiful

MJ was a pure genius! His work ethic was untouchable, he never cheated us with music!!

he resembles Mozart, this one was able to compose an entire work in his mind before committing the piece to the paper... both geniuses in their own field!!!

@richardkovacs2006

2 жыл бұрын

The great composers all did/do that. Bach, Beethoven... Quincy, Mj. Beethoven wrote his most known work (the 9th) when he was already deaf... he never heard his simphony in reality.

@Jamesharveycomics

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm

@alby2643

2 жыл бұрын

MJ could picture it in his mine without even hearing it.

@Jamesharveycomics

2 жыл бұрын

Song was written by Rod Temperton and produced by Quincy Jones.

@itdobelikedattho8112

2 жыл бұрын

You understand that he didn't do this alone

This man was gifted beyond comprehension!

@yolandaemery5355

Жыл бұрын

I swear. Scary talented.

The most rythmic human being that ever lived

I would hear MJ vocalize instrumentals in other songs but seeing it like this is crazy! I thought that the intro was a keyboard 🎹😂 this comes to show how extremely talented he was and how much dedication, hard work and passion he put into his music 🎶🔥

The word genius is thrown around WAY too much these days this is a genius

I enjoyed this. There is childhood, teenhood, and adulthood memories attached to that man's voice. 😥

That fact that you can enjoy just his voice without a single drum, guitar, etc, just proves how incredible his vocals and harmonies really were! Outstanding!👍🏽

To this day this is still my favorite Michael Jackson song. When I first heard it as a kid I just couldn't get enough, it made me so excited for life. The freedom, the energy, the excitement, I wanted to grow up so I could live life off the wall! And amazingly, this was the first full album I ever bought, and as I was walking home from the mall, I was so excited by the purchase that I ran across the street without looking and was hit by a car. Everything went in slow motion as I tumbled over the roof of the car and saw the album flying out of my hand like a Frisbee. I wasn't worried about myself, all I could think of was _'Oh No! My album!'_ - fortunately the album was fine, I was bruised up and in pain but recovered.

He himself was pure music; the voice, the instruments, in every aspect. Can’t be denied at all. 🙏🏾🔥❤️

I've already watched the thriller one a million times, and i've actually really hoped to see something like this for off the wall!!! i love these videos :)) his backing vocals were always extremely well done

@angelomorales1932

2 жыл бұрын

Sameeeeeeee lol

@pmixx2000

2 жыл бұрын

understatement if ever i heard one

The only other stacking of vocal harmonies video I’ve seen and heard that’s on par with the mastery in this one was Marvin Gaye’s harmonies for the song “I Want You”.

@SharonMonique

2 жыл бұрын

I’m sure that was insane. I saw Marvin sing that lying down. This is my favorite Michael song ever, and I already knew this would be amazing… it did not disappoint 🥰

@petertrotman7708

2 жыл бұрын

Marvin was the most underrated background vocal arranger. I'd love to hear those backing tracks.

@AntwhaleNearfar

2 жыл бұрын

@@petertrotman7708 Ask and you shall receive. Starts at 0:50 kzread.info/dash/bejne/X3l91KmQl7eTaco.html

@moondoggy02116

2 жыл бұрын

I Want You is one of the best songs ever to me because I can’t listen to it and miss the fact that the vocals are insane. Layers upon layers of genius. If I had been a DJ back then, they would have had to MAKE me play other songs.

@gingteng9803

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard Mariah’s “close my eyes” and “outside” and the background vocals are exeptional too

Michael Joseph Jackson. Greatest Of All Time. Legendary. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

Please make more harmonies that haven’t been heard like this one ❤️

that was my guy! mj rip MJJ

This has ALWAYS been my favorite song for the richest harmonies I've ever heard, let alone from ONE PERSON. I wasn't even 5 years old when this came out, and I remember being blown away when I first heard it, and even more and more as my ear developed. Thank you for this breakdown.

This was so beautiful I never realized what sounded like background singers were all layers of just him.

@EnchantedJewelzEmpire

2 жыл бұрын

1:00 2:10

@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484

2 жыл бұрын

You sound kind of slow

This is gold to me. I love figuring out harmonies to help me construct my own.

@ishawoolery7570

2 жыл бұрын

same

@BiancaMosala

2 жыл бұрын

Same.

Always thought OTW was easily his top 3 albums . This was a young MJ just having fun experimenting with his voice. And thats why imo deserved more recognition back in those days.

Being your own barbershop quartet is incredibly difficult . Mike was otherworldly with this!

Just beautiful, even just his phrasing... the way that he says 'tonight' gives me shivers

Shows how important stacking is. Hear how full everything sound. This is amazing

That’s why he is the greatest freaking amazing

Ho…ly….crap!!! 🤯🤯 man I love these videos!!! 🙌🏾🔥his voice is magic! @ 2:10

@daprincebeats2128

2 жыл бұрын

Chills

3:49 Just blew mind. The man was a genius and the greatest musician I’ve known during my lifetime.

The stacking of these vocals and the harmonies 🔥even the adlibs were in perfect tune🙏🐐 words can’t describe the level of talent Mj had. Mj, R. Kelly, and Marvin Gaye had the best ears for Melodies ever created in music.

@Danilo8208SS

2 жыл бұрын

Michael Jackson had perfect pitch so it was nothing to him.

@shonmosley4215

2 жыл бұрын

@@Danilo8208SS He was great but not perfect pitch lol there been times he has hit off notes during live performances due to dancing yet still that doesn’t qualify him to have perfect pitch.

@chickfilamami

2 жыл бұрын

that’s not what perfect pitch means

@OfficialG5Tv

2 жыл бұрын

@Nymphia it doesn’t matter we just here to Promote real talent!

@Danilo8208SS

2 жыл бұрын

@@shonmosley4215 perfect pitch means he had a special ability that about 1 in 10,000 people have where they can just recognize pitches the same way you can recognize colors. So they’ve got a really good internal reference of what is in tune. Of course there are times when people with perfect pitch miss notes but they definitely know it.

I’m begging you to do Liberian girl

Thanks it's so good to have that point of view of Michael's work with his team👌

Even though I know and love this song a lot. It being one of my fav MJ songs, 0:56 gave me a jump scare 💀💀💀

@danieladpd11

2 жыл бұрын

Me too !

Now that's how you stack some vocals!!! What an amazing musical treasure to learn from!! I love me some Michael Jackson!!

@yolandaemery5355

Жыл бұрын

Treasure indeed

Insane, to see the process and the amount of work and skill invested there…. 🙏 MJ

“Off The Wall” was a music industry game changer. At the time because of the rebellion against Disco/ Dance music many record executives didn’t know what direction to go in. This album helped change that. MJ and Quincy had a clear vision and accomplished it. “Thriller” benefited from the emergence of MTV and MJ’s performance on the Motown 25 special. As well as obviously more of a “Pop” or even commercial feel. Both incredible albums!

Background vocals are my favorite parts of songs lol this is PERFECT!!!

This man was made of out of music! Peace!

Oh My God he is Amazing with the Harmonies 💯❤

@mrkitty777

2 жыл бұрын

Nowadays kids consider Justin Bieber his computer voice better🥺

@onlyangcl

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrkitty777 don’t disrespect JB like that 💀 he can actually sing, bully someone else

@mrkitty777

2 жыл бұрын

@@onlyangcl JB is a great artist, and i hope he recovers and regarding his voice i hope he learns to not rely at autotune, or vocoder, it would require Justin Bieber to so the same lyric in a song in different tone scale like Michael Jackson but I am sure Justin Bieber can do that. For now let's praying 🙏 for his condition to recover from. Ed Sheeran did a autotune song too but like Justin and Ed Sheeran there real voice is better to the human ear, with to much technology it's becoming unbearable to me. All autotune songs sounds the same, why using it.

We want more mj harmonies! Thanks for uploading! 🙌

Micheal Jackson was a showman and wanted to create a total experience with his dancing and singing so his vocal abilities usually weren't the focus of his adult solo career when it came to critics, but if you listen to songs like "Got to Be There" you can hear how stunningly powerful his voice was! Later, he would be focused on bringing a complete vision to his audience via short-form films (dubbed music videos), but he still made sure his finished vocal recordings were polished to perfection. I'm so amazed and blissed out by the acapella and backing vocal videos that I've found on _KZread_ of his songs. *It's almost like I never really heard them before!*

Love your Videos they show how talented Michael was.

THE MASTER !

I've been composing/performing/singing most of my life and MJ is a true rare natural talent. He didn't play in instrument. I doubt he knew anything about chords or music theory. He just knew "if I sing this note it's going to fit." This song has an interesting chord progression. A lot of 7ths, bass root changes, and one key change. It's not an easy song to harmonize with. I'd probably have to write out the harmonies on piano first. MJ didn't need to do that. I could sit down at a piano and score something out for an orchestra, which MJ could never do, but I'd never be able to come up with something half as good as what he can do just by singing the parts without any real knowledge of what he's actually singing. It's almost depressing that someone can be THAT freaking talented.

Speechless.. and this is my favorite sone from him... He was one of one... mastered the studio and then mastered the performance.. He really was meticulous in all aspects of his craft

How did you get Michael Jackson tracked out vocals?! 🤯

@blackwolfdavinci575

2 жыл бұрын

Right?!

@crnkmnky

2 жыл бұрын

Make friends with the right Los Angeles audio engineers… 🤫

@kensmechanicalaffair

2 жыл бұрын

@@crnkmnky Yea, the weeby lookin ones.

@captcorajus

2 жыл бұрын

Getting Acapellas for dj tracks is quite common, and available for just about every popular song. There are quite a few deejay services that you pay a monthly fee to and can download them for use in your own mixes.

@KeizeShow

2 жыл бұрын

@@captcorajus - Accapellas, yes are common. Tracked out Michael Jackson session vocals, not common.

That’s crazy he sounds like a violin smh amazing

Unbelievable Magic at it's BEST.... Love and miss you MJ

That was absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!!

A musical Genius knowing his craft! We miss you Michael Jackson one of a kind!

Man's voice was insane..

My favorite Michael Jackson song

Michael Jackson era e sempre será o artista perfeito

Now imagine doing that with reels of tape on a machine

@kensmechanicalaffair

2 жыл бұрын

Yikes, it's on my bucket list to actually be involved in the cut and splice process. Can't be that hard..right?

The arranging and production value of this album is TOP TIER!

The perfect pitch and vibrato is just insane! No auto tune here, just natural God given talent!

This is more than amazing! No words to describe this perfection

I love this song so much. It is one of my favorite Michael's songs, and when you listen to something like that it's impossible to not see how wonderful artist this man was. Seriously.

“ GROOVE LET THE MADNESS IN THE MUSIC GET TO YOU” 🔥 REST IN PEACE MICHAEL!

You know a vocal arrangement is dope when it works by itself

Greatest artist of all time.

AINT NOBODY F@$king with MICHAEL JACKSON!🗣️🎶🎶🎶

The 'Boss' Rod Temperton doing his best Heatwave harmonies for Michael. Top Draw.

@darrellmfume3513

2 жыл бұрын

Back in the LATE 70's. Heatwave and Karen Carpenter. Turned down, ROCK WITH YOU.

@crnkmnky

2 жыл бұрын

*Rod the Man.* 🌹

His talent had no match.. There’s no one like Michael Jackson and never will be.. ♥️

This is unbelievable how you break his voice down to different tracks. Fascinating!

Possibly one of the best uploads to YT... superb! MJ is a different gravy.. 10/10

Wow...Sounds like an Angel..😇😇😇

Wow... I always thought it was background singers on the songs with him... I never knew he did all the harmonizing in layers.

Tis my all time favorite of Michael's. True musician and artist. 79 was his year.

Amazing. I always liked his background vocals in the chorus. This post was really enjoyable. Nice to hear each harmony separately then all together.

never stop uploading these

This is what putting in the work sounds like

This is insane R.I.P M.J 💎

Amazing, like 8 diffrent voices and of course the best main lead vocal voice. And thats not all of it, the performance, dancing, the crew, the teaching, the setup, movie making and ALOT more... rest in peace MJ

Exquisite! 💗

THIS WAS FREAKING INCREDIBLE!!!!

Dang we really would never have anyone like him ever again 😪

Genius. Simply genius

amazing!! please make more of these

The stacking of MJs vocals never cease to leave me awe. Also Marvin Gaye.

thank you so much for uploading this! 🧡

I saw Michael live in the Dangerour tour! He sounded amazing as the albums!

That time Mike became the choir.

The absolute master of utilizing harmony! 🙏🎶

Brought to tears. Incredible.