I think Avi writes beautifully. You can read his lyrics as poetry and they stand alone. His vocals are always sensitive to those lyrics and combined with the music he writes the whole composition and performance seem effortless.

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! You can hear it as well - both emotion and technique combined is a powerful force in music.

@deborahhardin4383

Жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree, it's Avi's gifted poetic writing that i enjoy the most. ❤

As someone who has seen Avi sing this in concert, I would say that this song is even more emotional in a live setting. I love your interpretation and commentary. His "text painting" is less word-specific, but it really grabs hold of your emotions, which I love about his songwriting style.

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, brother! There is nothing else like a live performance, that's for sure. 🔥

Thank you this was fascinating for someone who knows very little about music but enjoys it. For me, this song radiates light and happiness. Avi has been through some very dark times and I believe this is a sort of closure and him finally arriving at a good place. For more of his music I would suggest “When I’m A Fool”, also from the Sunset recordings, and “Change On The Rise”.

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome and thank you for the insight!

Love to hear you go so in depth with your analysis, very interesting. This is actually the third version he’s done of this song. The “official” one, the one released on his album Floating on a dream, is a duet with lots of harmonies. The secon one is a live recording for 7Layers, just him and a guitar in a church (absolutely gorgeous!) and this third one was part of the Sunset Live series, four of the songs from the album was rearranged and performed with the full band. Would be fun to see you react to and compare the different versions! I hope you do more of Avi’s work, he’s brilliant and use a lot of harmonies and layers!

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have seen the other versions floating around and felt drawn to this one since it was specifically recorded live - it would be interesting to compare the versions, possibly in a shorter format since it would be more of a compare/contrast instead of a full analysis of the entire piece. Thanks!

AVIII IS PURE TALENTTT

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

🔥

Subscribed today hoping for more Avi Kaplan!

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🔥

It's very interesting listening to you break down a song I love. This song and Avi's songwriting in general always calms and transports me to another place. You add in his velvet voice and it is a stellar combination! I look forward to hearing you break down more of his work, thanks!

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I look forward to doing more 👍

Fascinating reaction. Really liked your focus on the musicality. I love Avi’s solo music. Thank you for this.

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

This was a refreshing reaction/evaluation of this song, coming from a person whose musical knowledge gives new perspective on my personal favorite singer/songwriter. While I'm sure Avi had the biggest hand in this arrangement, there was also the influence of the album's producer, Shooter Jennings (seen in the video on the organ). Avi did have composition and arranging as his minor in college (opera and classical voice being his major), and subsequently he's worked with arrangers like Ben Bram and Rob Dietz (with whom he co-founded the A Cappella Academy in 2014 (the annual 10-day intensive Summer music camp for 12 to 18-year-olds from around the world)). Add to all of that his self-ascribed perfectionism, and you have this piece. (I would recommend you check out my favorite version of "All Is Well" (7 Layers Sessions) which was filmed in a church in Utrecht, Netherlands during his European tour in early 2022. Just him, his guitar, and the acoustics of the building. It's a very different take on the song, which Avi loves to do, often having 1 or 2 "covers" of his own music.

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this insight - I appreciate it 🙏

Thank you - your analysis and breakdown was fascinating. I look forward to more.

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Love your format. A "reaction" is okay, but when the creator adds information, it helps me "hear" things differently. I do think it's true...you can often get more attention with a whisper than a shout. He didn't need to beat us over the head, the softness makes us listen harder. And what a great description: "floating", considering the name of the album is Floating on a Dream. Would love to see more Avi :)

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Thank you for this new insight into my favorite artist's music ~ Newly subbed hoping for more Avi reaction/evaluation from you! And I must add to the many other's comments here, Avi Kaplan, All Is Well, 7 Layers Session # 126 is at the top of my Avi List!

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome! Thanks for watching 🔥

Next stop, 10K!! Congrats, Thou! And great pick-anything by Avi. His vocal timbre is so unique and beautiful. I just want to soak it up.

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

Thank you - I appreciate it! Yes, I have been seeing other versions/duets/etc floating around social media and wanted to take a good look at his live studio recording.

@lkayh

Жыл бұрын

@@bass2yang I’m sure you’ve heard Peter’s (with Bobby on one of them) covers of Avi’s music, as well as Tomi and Efe’s. Avi actually posted a comment on that, and I think he did on at least one of Peter’s as well.

First time I'm hearing a reaction from you, so glad you're doing Avi Kaplan. I like the term "tender & intimate" re-this song. Such great technical musical analysis, I really enjoyed it. Avi is a master writing his lyrics, poetic yet very personal. I'd love to hear more reaction to Avi's music. ❤

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome! I'll see what I can do. Thanks!

o, I really liked your reaction video. lots of content about musicality. Some have even commented on reacting to When I'm a fool, but react specifically in Fender artist check in. I say this because avi is at his house singing without mixing and stuff. And more, in a lower, deeper tone. I think you will like it. Peace of Brazil

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'll see what I can do - lots of videos but I'll get through them. Thanks again!

Avi's dad raised him on Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor and some John Denver.

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

I love your format. Im so interested in how and why music is created by an actual singer/songwriter. I've been listening to some students using soundtrap and just plugging in pre recorded sounds. I hope that at some point they begin to understand how much more music can be.

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

Very cool! I used Soundtrap for my students as well and it's a great way to talk about musical ideas, phrases, keys, tempo, etc. Thank you!

Thank you - this was brilliant. I understand the feeling of hearing small bits of music on social media and being captivated/drawn by a voice, by lyrics, by the emotional delivery and the overwhelming need to hear more. Your explanations of how and why were clear, concise and brilliant. And for me Avi's has the ability to draw me in with voice, lyrics and emotional delivery. Thank you again - I look forward to more.

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

Thank you for this learned explanation of the musicality of this song. But isn't music ultimately about what it makes you feel? Avi writes his songs from the heart not the brain and that's how they are best heard.

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

The heart and brain must work together, which is why Avi is able to write the songs in such a way that moves us. Consequently, this is what I feel when I listen to the music - it's just how my mind functions when I listen to music. Ask a contractor how a house makes them feel when they walk in it and they'll talk to you about the structure, the walls, the material, the shape, and the color/materials before they see the furnishings. Both are important, of course. Thanks!

@Lookinforrealmusic

Жыл бұрын

@@bass2yang I love to dissect music as well. It thrills me to see a beautifully crafted piece . When an artist has the skills and experience to add something out of the ordinary that adds to the beauty it increases my respect as well as my enjoyment.

Learning lots from your videos. Thanks Thou!!

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome - thanks for watching!

This was very interesting. I am not a professional musician, but have a history in piano, trumpet and voice. What I don't have is music theory, so this is interesting to me. My favorite of the Sunset Sound recordings is When I'm a Fool. It has more of the instruments, so might not be fitting for your format, but it's definitely worth a listen on your own.

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

I usually try to go with what the audience wants me to take a look at as time permits so really, anything goes so long as it is music 👍 Thanks!

Wonderful to get some insight on song structure for a person just knows they like what they are hearing. Avi is the only artist I know of that can record a song and you think it is perfect, then change a few things record it again and again it is perfect can't imagine any better, then record it again differently and once again it is perfect! Each version of this song is beautiful in it's own right. Subscribing in hopes of more Avi!

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome! Thanks for sharing. 👍

Another magnificent reaction to another magnificent artist! Your in-depth analysis is just out of this world, providing so many details on so many factors of a song like this! Thank you so much! Very glad to be subscribed to you! Thank you again!

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'll try to keep bringing more content as my channel evolves. 👍

Thank you! Your analysis made me love the song even more.

Intent? A journey of healing after loss? (I dove into the dark and I swore I almost drowned ) Trauma in the past, but now ... All is well? I can relate. Healing is not linear. All is well (for the time being?) Thank you Avi. 🌸 Nobody speaks to the soul like you do.

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing!

@nikijay9635

Жыл бұрын

@@bass2yang ... btw, I REALLY enjoyed your explanation of the technical aspects of the song. What a broad field. I had no idea. 👏

Well I do say "arpeggioing" to translate "arpeggiando" (just we italians do not pronounce that "i" in arpeggio since it's just a diacritic sign meaning the "gg" is to be pronounced like badge-judge and not like bag-gear)

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

Also bad habit of mine to say "jee oh". My apologies lol 😆

could listen to you all day man! Question, are phone app tuners decent enough to get a rough estimate on my vocal range? trying to find the bottom of my register, but i'm not a singer so I dont wanna go out and buy a real tuner. thanks!

captivating analysis! when you have a moment, may I ask what 'voice leading' refers to? thanks for making this; as someone who recently began development as a bass vocalist, I found it to be a timely cue to shift towards also focusing on these more compositional elements. :)

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

Sure thing! Voice leading is where the line of the melody either moves up or down, or stays on the same note based on the chord (and sometimes moving away from the chord). Typically, you find it in harmonies, even though it is present in the melody. If it moves up, there will be an inclination to move back down and vice versa. Or, if it stays the same, it will eventually need to move (up or down) or it will lose part of its "melody" and feel like harmony, bass part, etc. Though, even with one note, the "melody" can still be maintained if there are interesting rhythmic ideas (check out One Note Samba). Thanks!

@mogaldeatasugubeata

Жыл бұрын

@@bass2yang cool, I'll have to experiment with this soon over a chord. i read this as though melody has its own laws of gravity and physics acting upon it as it 'flies'. thanks!

If you know much about Avi, you know he has had a real issue with anxiety and depression. Adding to that, he took a lot of ridicule in school for being Jewish. Heaven means his good days and Hell means his bad days. He co-wrote this song with Joy Williams and the first recording of it was with the two of them. I personally did not like that as Joy no longer has strength of voice and Avi had to make his voice much gentler and while I love when his voice is tender, I thought he had to hold back too much. Then, in his spring/early summer European tour, he recorded this in an ancient church chapel and it was as if the acoustics of that 100's of years old chapel were made just for His voice. That recording is my favorite. Later he and Shooter Jennings, (son of Waylon and Jessie Coulter) met and Shooter came to Avi's cabin to discuss "reimagining." the song and a few others at Shooters Studio. He recently returned to his cabin in Tennessee from spending time at his childhood home with his family holiday get togethers. He said he is already writing again and all of his fans are anxiously awaiting releases of words in sections until the recording is read to release. Great reaction!

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing 🙏

So when your voice first changed at age 14, what was your lowest note in chest voice back then?

@bass2yang

Жыл бұрын

I think it was right around Ab1. I remember bring able to sing the song Amazing Grace where Wes McKenzie sings down to that low note. I don't think it has changed much besides morning voice being able to get lower from time to time. Thanks!

Sir I need you to read a book I can fall asleep to, please. I love your voice 😊