Jacob Collier on the joy of music and improvisation | ReThinking with Adam Grant

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  @illuminatrixer1 · 10 months ago

  I love Jacob’s simple, understandable way of explaining how music works on a deeper level without needing to know any music theory terms beforehand

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• MO

  @Mommaslew · 7 months ago

  He is almost unbearably modest. What a cool human. ❤

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• DE

  @deffer1856 · 9 months ago

  He’s like a future that forgot to wait and just showed up early, grinning and already playing! 😁 🎶 ✨

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• CA

  @catatonicbug7522 · 10 months ago

  The beauty of Jacob Collier is that he speaks English as a second language. His first language, and the way he communicates most effectively, is through music. This so so rare, yet sparks a universal curiosity in the rest of us who only learned the basic structures of music later in life.

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• EL

  @elisabethpearl9790 · 10 months ago

  Jacob has a key role in the awakening of remembrance in humanity. There's so much joy in him. Unlimited blessings to everyone ❤

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• SO

  @songstermusic1 · 9 months ago

  He puts into words what I have always felt with music. Jacob is a beautiful human with wonderful introspective thoughts.

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• YO

  @youssefsmaali3044 · 10 months ago

  Understanding music to this level is one of the ways to find peace in this cruel weird world

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• TO

  @tomkane5173 · 2 months ago

  The way Jacob tears apart known works in order to subvert it but still keep it recognisable and at the same time show his skill and virtuosity is reminiscent of Picasso's early paintings with classic but subverted visual motifs before he went totally...Picasso!  You have to show the world your skills using language they already understand before you can show them something totally new.

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• AR

  @ArtLaboratoryBerlin · 10 months ago (edited)

  "Everyone in the world is a musician." - Finally, I am hearing this again! Yes, I absolutely agree with this approach.

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• JO

  @josh_7569 · 10 months ago

  Jacob is a blessing for us all!

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• EV

  @evgenykonolev6108 · 10 months ago

  I think we need to praise the host as well for letting such an Interesting discussion happen. Thanks for the question about joy as well as for all other. Good work. Thank you!

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  @NotesofImpact · 10 months ago

  I'm in my 50's and I've always been a WIGGLER, but it wasn't accepted ... still isn't. But now I have a mobile music nonprofit (I brought Jacob a "sunflower violin" in Nashville) & Jacob constantly inspires me to be authentic, wiggle, & go for my ideas without fear of judgement. THANK YOU! I am also bringing people/ communities together by singing, playing color-coded handbells, & trying instruments they've never played. I'm now training staff for children's advocacy orgs, healthcare, first responders, homeless, children, etc. MUSIC FOR MENTAL HEALTH! Love it & have big plans!!!😂🎶

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