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Quincy Jones emailed saying, ‘Hey man, I need to have a word’: how Jacob Collier made In My Room
‘Stevie Wonder and Prince played all the instruments on their albums, but in recording studios. I did it all in a back room at home – and then it won two Grammys’ I grew up as one of the YouTube generation, with the idea that you could create your own fanbase by making videos. So when I was about 17, I filmed myself in our family back room doing Stevie Wonder covers like Isn’t She Lovely , made up of six layered vocal parts sung by different versions of me, or Don’t You Worry ’Bout a Thing , where I played various instruments. Continue reading...
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‘Stevie Wonder and Prince played all the instruments on their albums, but in recording studios. I did it all in a back room at home – and then it won two Grammys’ I grew up as one of the YouTube generation, with the idea that you could create your own fanbase by making videos. So when I was about 17, I filmed myself in our family back room doing Stevie Wonder covers like Isn’t She Lovely , made up of six layered vocal parts sung by different versions of me, or Don’t You Worry ’Bout a Thing , where I played various instruments. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s linked item, Quincy Jones emailed saying, ‘Hey man, I need to have a word’: how Jacob Collier made In My Room, ‘Stevie Wonder and Prince played all the instruments on their albums, but in recording studios. I did it all in a back room at home – and then it won two Grammys’ I grew up as one of the YouTube generation, with the idea that you could create your own fanbase by making videos. So when I was about 17, I filmed myself in our family back room doing Stevie Wonder covers like Isn’t She Lovely , made up of six layered vocal parts sung by different versions of me, or Don’t You Worry ’Bout a Thing , where I played various instruments. Continue reading…
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