WHY Do Pop Records ALWAYS Do This?? 

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hi babes

Hey, it would be awesome if you checked out the hollow knight soundtrack if you haven't already, it's one of my favourite OST's and his highly revered as one of the best! Also keep up the great work, your videos make me happy every single time I watch them, whether it was the first time or the 10th time (The one where you talked about Jacob Collier, my favourite one to date). You're such a huge role model for me, and there are so many things I have personally learned from your videos that have my piano journey much more enjoyable! Keep doing you man!

If you’re a fan of this kind of this can you please have a look at the album Dawn by Yebba! I just have to know what’s going on and it’s one of my favourite albums to binge atm. Thanks!

Charles you getting excited in the music gets me excited 😂

People still listen to radio?

Rick Beato did an interview with Sting and the man said that, basically, the artists need to have a ‘flagship’ song to assure marketability, then they can whoopie with the whole other stuffs in the rest of the album. So yea, hoped that I was able to clear some of your concerns :D

@@ErebosGR surprisingly they do... And, lately, in some countries the radio audience raised a bit (maybe one of the pandemic's effect)

@@ErebosGR most people do in their cars

It's not pop music, is People that are basic as hell and only listen to one song per artist

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Can't get behind this. Clickbait is a form of lying and thus is wrong, and deliberately trying to piss people off is trolling, which shows a lack of empathy. These arent a good thing. That said, I also don't agree that this video is designed to make people angry. It does bug me how he cut it to not give us the answer to the title.

*pop soul

@@ZipplyZane The answer is at the last section. I was about to be grumpy about not getting an answer to the clickable question, but we got it, so it's fine. And I agree with it.

@@ZipplyZane this video is not dishonest. Its exactly put.

From what i understand, radio stations play what music studios give em. They have basically no say at all, that's why most stations dont have that many songs on rotation at any given time. If you've ever listened to the radio for more than a few hours at a time, you'll notice they just play the same 12 or so songs on repeat, because that's all the studios give em, and that's all they have the means to pay the rights to.

It's so weird though because at the same time who's listening? I don't know anyone who listens to the radio anymore, so why do they keep playing the same 10 songs over and over if no ones interested? You think that'd be enough for them to switch it up. If the radio was actually good for finding new music I'd listen, but it's just a bunch of old tik tok songs. At that point tik tok is a better place for discovery so why not just go there?

If it's a commercial radio station (and though the percentage may vary country to country - most of them are), they play what keeps people from tuning out. Which is to say, easily digestible stuff - because most people who listen to the radio are not actively listening, but primarily doing something else. Public radio might be able to take chances (if it fits in the format allotted to them by whatever federal telecommunications commission), but in that case people can just tune out and still not hear new stuff.

@@rfldss89 I think you're thinking of record labels - I run a studio. Which just means I make recordings, and afterward hand those over to the relevant parties (artist/label). Commercial radio stations can play whatever they want, but will play what keeps people from tuning out (bc they sell ads and they're a business). That can make the music very samey, they wait until a song's a proven hit before they run with it. Public radio can take more of a chance on the stuff they program (since the budget doesn't directly come from ad sales), as long as it fits within the format usually allotted to them by higher powers. Doesn't mean the public won't just tune out though. Also, radio does NOT buy the rights to individual songs. They broadcast songs for free and for every song they play a portion of revenue (ads) is funneled to the relevant rights organization (who then pays the authors royalties) - the amount is usually tied to the amount of listeners the station has at that very hour. If you mean that major labels essentially strong-arm radio stations into playing their music, I'm not gonna tell you that it doesn't happen bc I'm sure it does; although from my experience it's more of an old-boys-club thing, they just discuss whatever's the new thing over lunch and do eachother favors. The 'regular' way of getting a song on the radio is to hire a radio promotor; who has pre-existing familiarity with the station managers/DJs etc, can spin a nice story on the song to get them excited, and keep pushing until they check it out.

​@@Thesierrashow while radio's relevance to the pop sphere is absolutely dwindling, with almost zero new young listeners coming in (the avg audience age is climbing rapidly), it's still a more proven method to be able to break an artist (even if there are diminishing returns). Hoping you go viral online is just not a viable business strategy, for anyone. The internet moves SO fast that nothing's ever a hype for more than 2 weeks; on top of that it's ridiculously fragmented. Radio moves way slower (so once you're on, you don't fall off instantly), which makes it actually viable to build on previous successes and build a career. Internet's faster, bigger, more current; but through all that even more of a lottery, which does NOT work if people's livelihoods (be they artist, label etc.) depend on steady commercial success.

There's many female vocalists outside of mainstream American music that aren't your regular pop singers, like Eivør or Susanne Sundfør. Also, this is only in pop music, they aren't reviving anything that doesn't already exist outside of pop music, with all due respect to both Adele and Billie Eilish. The American music market is *extremely* insular, to a disgusting degree.

Powerful vocalists in many countries around the world. I agree.

What are you talking about? If female vocalists left your playlists, that's entirely on you.

lianne la havas

I agree

This is pop soul with jazz influences

early 2010s pop music industry was an absolute hellscape lol especially when everyone found out edm was the big thing and shoved the edm structure into every mainstream pop song

I had lost absolute all faith in mainstream music, as it was intentionally entirely derivative of whatever happend to sell at the time. It still is but it does seem like artists are taking more risks, and the music industry has gotten somewhat out of their own .. buttocks. Silksonic on it's own is enough to restore some faith, I'm not a fan of Adele or her music old or new, but I can respect it.

@@grantmalone I didn't intend to talk only and specifically about this song, I was thinking also about Jacob Collier, Billie Eilish or Bruno Mars, who are also making pretty original experimentations eventhough this song has a classic feeling.

@@grantmalone I think to some degree pop will always be at bare minimum somewhat self referential, but the difference with Adele or Billie eillish or silk sonic is that the influences are a bit out of the bog standard and are also much more significant. Pop is once again just becoming the term for music that is popular instead of the typical 4 chord song with some sort of catchy hook, and that makes me excited. Considering that music genres in general have loosened in definition in the past decade or so it will be interesting to see where it leads. So many incredible up and coming artists that have developed solid followings, whether it’s Jacob collier and his incredible compositions, jordan rakei with his electronic infused sound, Tom misch with his John Mayer influenced funk soul mixture, jakub zytecki and his unique guitar tone paired with some great non diatonic work, plini with his surprisingly melodic and complex progressive metal, Cory wong and for that matter vulfpeck as well becoming borderline mainstream, Tennyson with high effort production techno jazz, Anatole muster making accordion jazz a thing, eriksson kaner with some great jazz infused compositions, Michael mayo changing the vocal jazz landscape, James Francies with his incredible polyrhythm work, Lizzy mcalpine stretching the definition of the typical singer songwriter, quickly, quickly making very nice electronic music after a start in lo-fi, the olllam making Irish fusion a thing, Alfa mist with his hip hop infused jazz work, and so many others young and old that have really changed the landscape in ways we did not expect. Collier started with a RU-vid video for example, and Tom misch started posting beats on SoundCloud when he was in high school. The way to success is now very open and the expansion of the studio to just your own bedroom will be wonderful for the world of music for decades to come.

Adele is pop soul billie is alternative pop olivia is teen pop silk sonic is soul funk

Artists that dove deep in what this pandemic represented are showing in these works all their depths. Since the start I was waiting for this moment, and the Brazilian artists (where I'm from) are not disappointing either, having matured in so many ways

I like that perspective on the pandemic and the substance!

Production has also been brought to forefront too. Kanye releasing that “stem player” for Donda was very interesting. Maybe a few years from now, albums will be released with the projects for each track.

Silk Sonic with high quality videos as well. Very classy and tasteful - some humor as well.

I know Childish Gambino/Donald Glover worked with him for multiple albums and I also believe he orchestrated a lot of the Black Panther movie score as well. Legend.

Ludwig is goated

And most will never know who he is, one of my biggest problems with modern music is most of the time we dont know the names of the people who actually WROTE the music.

It is done similar chords as the mandolarions tunes

How much of this song did Adele write? How many/much of her songs does she write?

Yes, Frank would’ve been awesome too! Maybe Jamie Cullum would be a good candidate as well.

With this thought in mind- can someone get in touch with Michael Bublé? Ive always thought he has the right sound to be a spiritual successor

@@OtakuChefAD why does it have to be someone already famous? Let's find that next Sinatra.

The first thing I thought when I heard this song was “Wow, this sounds like a standard.”

@@OtakuChefAD i prefer frank sinatra

hmmm.....

@@CharlesCornellStudios hmm indeed

as long as I hear mario screaming on those juicy chords

@@CharlesCornellStudios, I'd like to hear that as well!

@@piercejenkins13 I had died when they edited that in 😂

This or an evening with silk sonic should win

Knowing the unfairness of the Grammies it’ll probably go to Olivia Rodrigo or some other overrated artist 🙄

@@blayd_ We can praise how genius this is without putting down other artists

@@danielrebora1350 most of us.

Pff the Grammys sucks,

I thought the exact same thing

Jacob Collier’s music is so deep but so accessible, I just love everything about it.

Me too.

That's right. Go say hello to an old friend. Good luck to you.

good luck!!!!

We’re all so proud of you for making that decision that I’m sure was very difficult, you have fun my friend :)

Yeah for you! He does it to me, too. 12 tone, also. I love finding musicall knowledge in things im already listening to! Especially 30 years after ive been in school of any kind.

Hallelujah

Yes, absolutely! I also hear a similarity to Christmastime is Here by Vince Guaraldi from the Charlie Brown Christmas special of all things; I'm not sure if it's maybe in the same key or has a similar chord structure? Wistful and nostalgic and just a little sad.

@@MiklaneTrane its that flat 6 that he keeps pointing out. Idk if vox did it but Adam Neely did a video in why that is 😅

“Tell me you’re a fan of all music without telling me you’re a fan of all music”

i also thought it sounded a bit like the outro of gimme love by joji

i’ve seen people praise fly as me and put on a smile quite often but i get you

That’s my favorite off that album, and it’s gold the whole way through

I think it's because they're not as good for casual listening. It's kind of odd if you're on a road trip with friends and a super slow song comes on that doesn't fit the vibe. It'll probably cause you to turn the station. Completely agree about put on a smile though. Great track!

Amazing video its the people like this who inspired me to create my own channel for piano and it would mean the world if you subscribed :) happy christmas

After last night is also amazing

Wow didn’t expect to see this album in this comment section but agreed, rate that album!!

Yes yes yes

Ayy. You mean the tally hall guys?

Definitely. Wonderful tunes and continued musical exploration by former Tally Hall members-maybe a Rob Cantor: Not a Trampoline is in the works!

Yeah, I got that vibe as well.

I love Charles' enthusiasm - so infectious!

Amazing video its the people like this who inspired me to create my own channel for piano and it would mean the world if you subscribed :) happy christmas

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I came here to say this lol

If you want you can download the video and then rotate it 180 in a editing program because you can see all his keys. Plus learning to use your ear since his hand covers some of the notes is good training.

@Ryandal Gilmore english isnt my first language, so help me understand your frustration. Which word(s) she didnt pronounce correctly? And if she did wouldnt she sounded more like Siri/Google Assistant/Alexa?

@Ryandal Gilmore I very rarely pay much attention to the pronunciation of words in singing.

@Ryandal Gilmore tell me you're not a singer without telling me you're a singer.

@Ryandal Gilmore diction, meaning that you’re able to understand the words, is all that matters. If you’re understanding the words enough to say she’s not pronouncing them correctly, then the diction is fine and there isn’t an issue. Changing the way you pronounce something is a stylistic choice that is fine as long as it’s still understandable, which it still is. Celine Dion does that quite often. Very clear diction but she pronounces words differently for stylistic reasons.

Amazing video its the people like this who inspired me to create my own channel for piano and it would mean the world if you subscribed :) happy christmas

Amazing video its the people like this who inspired me to create my own channel for piano and it would mean the world if you subscribed :) happy christmas

They really use jazz chords to create an emotionally charged soundtrack. Especially the city ruins theme.

Ah no wonder this song is reminiscent of Ghibli too

the soundtracks studio behind Nier series is Monaca, they are amazing. imo in some more comedic anime series they flex their jazz muscles more, like ... just listen to the theme song of Hanayamata and Anne Happy.

Y E S. The Nier series soundtrack would be great!!

this guy is so inspirational, it was people like this who encouraged me to make my own piano channel and it would mean the world if you subscribed also happy christmas :D

i adooooore the harmonic writing of the diamonds music !! incredible chord writing for such a small group

hahahahaha underrated comment

He became one of my favorite youtubers so quickly

That’s because he’s not a music snob that just sticks to one genre and judges other genres. He appreciates things that have a good sound good regardless who or what it comes from

So that explains part of why it sounds so good! Ludwig Göransson is a master of sound design and production, in addition to being a genius composer.

@@InventorZahran yep. damn straight.

Amazing video its the people like this who inspired me to create my own channel for piano and it would mean the world if you subscribed :) happy christmas

I've just been scrolling to see if anyone else has said this. I ABSOLUTELY get the La La Land feel from this song and yeah, it might have been the instrumentation but it really does seem reminiscent.

Amazing video its the people like this who inspired me to create my own channel for piano and it would mean the world if you subscribed :) happy christmas

The Beatles were known for taking inspiration from the Underground scene. It's possible Adele just lifted Gardot's style and hoped nobody noticed.

Nice

Not just that, but he co-wrote the song too. Dude was using his scoring skillz.

Steven Universe! Thank you!! I couldn't place where I've heard similar music and it was bothering me.

Steven Universe has incredible music. I wanna see Charles review it’s music. Rebecca sugar is incredible.

Check out Weyes Blood. Her album titanic rising is gorgeous

fr the song. I instantly thought of La La Land.

I immediately thought of La La Land when I heard this!

Amazing video its the people like this who inspired me to create my own channel for piano and it would mean the world if you subscribed :) happy christmas