Hide and Seek -- One Man A Cappella Imogen Heap Cover

[abicarey]

Goosebumps...

[ZachMaximus]

Their voices go so well together!

[Thecrazydot97]

@ZachMaximus It's just one person ;D :)

[jeffduncan24]

I'm pretty sure I've watched this 20+ times. LIKEx 100

[extremathon]

new favorite thirty-two-et artist.

[codrawz2007]

thank you for the chills <3

[OvershadowedDestiny]

Holy cow. shock and awe. I first saw the thumbnail with all of the headshots and had to listen. This is definitely the first time I've listened to an Acappella with so many... layers. I was nothing but impressed. The range you can hit is absolutely outstanding. Keep up the fantastic work!

[WORLDOFOUTLAWSPRINTS]

May I ask what kind of software you use regarding the video part? If its a secret that's totally fine. Great video, LOVE IT!

[danwright32]

@WORLDOFOUTLAWSPRINTS no secret, for the video editing I use Final Cut Pro. thanks for watching!

[CrazyIW]

Awesome!

[pepedeuchi]

Woooooooooooooooooowwwww amazing voice!!!!!!



[Thecrazydot97]

Coool!!! :D

[arappfan]

yes, Yes, YES!!! Absolute perfection!

[mrtodd3620]

I think it would add a lot of if you connected more with the camera.

[Musikherr]

Dan,

Can I purchase the sheet music (Joesph Bates arr.) as well as the vocal learning tracks of Hide and Seek from you somehow? My 12 man a cappella group would like to sing it for our Spring Show.

[garthnix8]

dude, i'm downloading all you stuff asap, you sir have a new fan :D this absolutely amazing and i love it

[danwright32]

@garthnix8 thank you!

[Kaiza101010]

Omg!Awesome!!:D

[xxAaliyahMichellexx]

This is on my iPod now :)

[danwright32]

@xxAaliyahMichellexx yay! :D

[frostell86]

you have a amazing voice

[fkbart92]

What a master of your voice, im maybe playing to much skyrim but I really enjoyed your work.

[TheTrenchsoul]

Beautifully done. 

[baileywalatka]

Do you edit your voice at all to get that high?

[danwright32]

@baileywalatka nope

[chairmanwario]

Beautiful, just... beautiful.

[MORTONRICK]

Congratulations. Absolutely perfect.

[rincewind93]

cool video, how many times did you have to sing that song, or are they all copies?

[danwright32]

@rincewind93 I sang it 40 times

[pennie94]

absolutely amazing! I espicially love the eric whitacre pieces you've done. seal lullaby is a great one. and by tides of ocean by matthew orlovich would be a great on to do! very impressed though!!

[justinandjordie]

Can you do Across the Universe by the beatles? please!

[justinandjordie]

In love right now



[mankind66]

Favourited!!!

[DMTLG55]

You have an amazing range :D i cant even reach that high singing..and of course i cant go that low either haha. Great singing, keep it up man :]

[tehgent]

You, sir, have an amazing range. I hope you continue your singing and take it far. Have you seen or sung on the Virtual Choir that Eric Whittacre does?

[danwright32]

@tehgent thank you! yes I have. I didn't do the first one because I didn't know about it, and I had to sit out of the second one for heath reasons. but this time, even though i still wasn't feeling that great I managed to record a bass 1 track before the deadline. So I'll be in this video

[BlazeNfreestyle]

oh my god...

[MsKittycatgoMEOW]

Oh gawsh! I got the shivers down my spine! : O : D

It’s beautiful !

[samppa199]

dude... you should be way more popular!

[danwright32]

@samppa199 maybe more people should share my videos.. ;)

[TheRealChrisAllen]

This video makes me feel unworthy to post on YouTube. Great job.

[thegirlinaw26]

NICEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KianofRoughDivide]

So... I had a horrible day, today. I just went through a horrible breakup, and then thing after thing happened. I listened to this song, and I just started crying... It's so beautiful, man... And everything seemed right, again. Thank you so much. Keep on doing what you're doing.

[danwright32]

@KianofRoughDivide I'm so sorry for your bad day. I'm glad that I could help. Feel better :)

[KianofRoughDivide]

@danwright32 Haha, thanks, man. :-) It helps so much.

[danwright32]

@KianofRoughDivide anytime :) I like making people happy

[MrBundeezy]

what the hell is going on? am i dead

[MrBundeezy]

good job man. good job

[MadelynDune]

This is the best thing I have ever heard....

[domhart123]

damn this is rich

[LiquidOmega]

This. Is. FRACKING. BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shinyichuah]

it's giving me shivers... ;) good job! absolutely LOVED it! :D

[DoesentFitIn]

THIS. I AM IN TEARS. IT IS SO AMAZING THAT I CAN'T EVEN START TO IMAGINE ONE PERSON LIVING WITHOUT HEARING THIS IN THEIR LIFE. HUNDREDS OF TIMES. YOU, GOOD SIR, HAVE BROKEN MY HEART AND MENDED IT PERFECTLY TO GLOW BRIGHTLY WITH EVERY NOTE YOU SUNG. IS HE AN ANGEL OR WHAT!?

[danwright32]

@DoesentFitIn wow thank you! that means so much. I'm glad that you liked it :)

[azdb5659]

@danwright32 I love this song. I do this kind of stuff my self. It's hard. Great work! Keep on doing this kind of stuff. If you haven't already, go into the music business! It's never to late to do what you want :)

[danwright32]

@azdb5659 thank you! and I'm on the way.. I'm studying to be a chorus teacher. I'm a freshman in college right now.

[Shaybay2484]

This is incredible, man! Great job

[KianofRoughDivide]

Dude, that was freaking amazing. I really want to do something like this. Maybe a collab sometime? :-)

[gherkinfantastic]

Will you marry me?

[RogueApril]

i think someone got shot at 3:07

[danwright32]

@RogueApril what?

[2112Primus]

@danwright32 someone's out of the loop...

[danwright32]

@2112Primus ... I'm confused?

[TheDruView]

@danwright32 hehehe

[TheDruView]

@danwright32 OK this is very well done so just wanna let you know RogueApril didn't comment on your performance. Think if you search for something along the lines of: Hide and Seek SNL spoof the OC (the departed, 300 and so on but there are many out there)... you'll get the comment :)

[danwright32]

@TheDruView I didn't think he was.. but ok, thanks. I don't watch SNL so I didn't understand

[2112Primus]

@danwright32 Look up the SNL sketch Dear Sister. Don't bother trying to find it on youtube, there's only hundreds and hundreds of fakes, but it's somewhere on the internet.

[thisiswater314]

Damn. Imogen Heap really liked dissonance. These harmonies must have been hell. PS. @danwright32 Do you have perfect pitch?

[danwright32]

@thisiswater314 nope, no perfect pitch :)

[Fratello047]

Very inspiring. Beautifully sung, wish I had you equipment… My work is still in progress! Nicely done though.

[scootergreen3]

Incredible that you can do so many voices and sing with yourself. This shows Great Talent. What Video editing do you use. Do you use Sony Vegas? If so which version is the best?

scootergreen3

[danwright32]

@scootergreen3 Thank you! I don't, I use final cut pro

[monicaxix]

WHY ARE THERE NOT MORE VIEWWWS

[danwright32]

@monicaxix I don't know! maybe if more people shared it ;)

[sayamenontonn]

INSANELY AWESOME

[horseluver2509]

This is so great. I'm a huuuuge Imogen Heap fan. This really captures what the the song is I think :)

[conansastalker]

the great thing about this is that you don't have to worry about blending with anyone but yourself. enya uses the same technique. and it sounds fa-nominal!!!

[nutello84]

Wow it's astonishing!!! Beatiful and full of genius. Very nice work dude!

[pleasecallmerose]

awesome.

what reverb do you have on this?

[danwright32]

@pleasecallmerose One of the stock reverb settings in logic. Platinumverb, or something like that.

[pleasecallmerose]

@danwright32 hmm. did you play around with the like wet/dry balance or crossover or room shape settings/size that come up when you do the options for platinum or did you just click it and leave it? I always mess with the settings and set reverb time to the shortest one, I think it's like .5 secs or something, but I wonder if it would be better for me to just leave well enough alone lol because this sounds fantastic. also did you mess with the eq at all? (lol sorry to pester)

[danwright32]

@pleasecallmerose Yeah, I changed the wet/dry balance. I didn't change crossover, but I might've changed room shape (I'm not sure, but I do that a lot). and probably changed the reverb time as well.. I don't really remember

and yes there's EQ. I mixed all the voices in each voice part together. like all the altos are one audio file, etc. And then I gave each track a different EQ so that it would sound more like each section had a different voice

[Fragilitee]

that was incredible. did you arrange the parts yourself? ...my choir teacher would fall apart for this... haha or for just one of you. new fan right here. :)

[danwright32]

@Fragilitee haha thank you. no I didn't, it was arranged by Joseph Bates

[xxxblindsk8trxxx]

beautiful... gave me chills :p

[faustopola]

Good work! All of your songs. (Fantastic whitacre!!! Would you like to try geographical fugue by ernst toch?)

[johngeetar]

FAKE

[danwright32]

@johngeetar fake in what way?

[johngeetar]

@danwright32 Ehh, don't mind me. Just a little random generic trolling.

[danwright32]

@johngeetar ummm ok... please keep your trolling away from my videos.

[3dg2310]

good job dude. As a singer, I know how hard this had to be for you (or maybe not if you're a musical genius). I consider myself a decent singer, but I could never do this, and it was perfectly executed. Virtual epic high five to you sir.

[danwright32]

@3dg2310 haha nope, I'm no musical genius. This was a lot of hard work. I'm glad you liked it :)

[193614]

someone get this man a beer!

[danwright32]

@193614 I'm not old enough yet ;)

[blackmii]

I thought this was John Williams' Hide and Seek from A.I.-Artificial Intelligence. Darn...

[danwright32]

@blackmii I'm sorry I've disappointed you...

[blackmii]

@danwright32 It's not bad, don't get me wrong :D It just wasn't the melody I expected. But it's good anyway :D

[danwright32]

@blackmii haha thanks

[kimchiphilii]

I heard the first little bit and was squeeling. Oh my goodness. This is wonderful. You sure did one of my favorite songs justice :3

[Bambooshootsanime]

that was so good I was blown away, this is better then the original and you're only one person, I tip my hat to you good sir, beautiful job!

[justinsharrison]

I take my hat off to you, sir. Amazing work.

[skittles10001000]

wow. this is cool

[MrBrandonJonez]

@danwright32: just saying ^^

obviously i don't have prejudice against other people's sexuality :)

[danwright32]

@MrBrandonJonez haha ok :)

[Tugksethfinley]

good

[dmen92]

This is absolutely phenomenal! I have always wanted to do something like this, and you just nailed it. Amazing range.. Your falsetto is very impressive. And those low notes! Great job. What is your typical natural singing range??

[danwright32]

@dmen92 when I'm in choir and just singing one part, I usually sing tenor 1

[TheStreamsideMusic]

It takes a whole lot to impress me with acapella music, but sir, you have done it. Thank you for the shivers i just got

[danwright32]

@TheStreamsideMusic thank you!

[ryanbearcat24]

@danwright32 do you have a list of what part each video is singing?

[danwright32]

@ryanbearcat24 It goes by 4s. the top 4 on the left are singing soprano 1, the one below soprano 2, then tenor then baritone. on the right side its alto 1, alto 2, bass 1, bass 2

[MrBrandonJonez]

Seriously man, I cried listening to this. and I'm straight.

[danwright32]

@MrBrandonJonez thank you! I'm really glad you liked it! I don't understand what your sexuality has to do with anything though...

[evilponse]

very beautiful, how did u make and edit it? did you use a special music programme?

[danwright32]

@evilponse I used final cut pro for the video and logic pro for the audio

[PrjRAPTOR]

wow this is so amazing!

[flames321654987]

PLEASE PLEASE DO MORE WHITACRE:)

[Fuzzyfezz]

Favorited favorited favorited!!! i hope you become famous!

[danwright32]

@Fuzzyfezz me too! :D

[bookchick08]

This is amazing. Holy. Crap.

[EffingRoadMusic]

That was freaking awesome. xD

[YummehFluff]

I <3 this (:

[lazycrazybum]

great blend



[findingnvrland21]

this almost sounds Holy...

[TheRealSpammie]

This is absolutely beautiful! And so meticulously done :) I'm blown away by this, so much work must have gone into it. How did you work out all the separate vocal lines? Was it purely by ear? I'll stop gushing now, but really amazing job :D

[emothebandgeek]

This...is just gorgeous.

[Chronos540]

Beautiful

[HPLChronicles]

Hate living in a world where Justin beiber gets millions of views and Dollars for what he does and this guy only gets 54,645 views this guy is amazing!

[EP0CH14N]

It is comforting to know the beauty of autotune can be outshown by one man, a magnificent voice, and a plethora of careful planning. Way to go Mr. Dan.

[Curmic189]

great cover, sounds more natural without the sound effects. and you cover the bass and high range well, where the bass lacked in a girl acapella group who did this song

[ollyl85]

@danwright32 you are a lagend. this is brilliant!!!! well impressed

[danwright32]

@ollyl85 thanks! don't forget to share :)

[runesmDK]

Like like like like!



[PeterHendo2011]

love this dude! keep it up :)

[wowzerzzz]

Beautiful. Very VERY well done. <3333

[wizard4204]

LoL i was directed to this by someone on facebook cause he looks like me when im clean shaven and cut hair its a lil eerie but i have to agree

with that out of the way good job man and this is one of my favorite songs good rendition

^.^ b

[oxoxtina]

is this autotoned?..

[danwright32]

@oxoxtina no

[Komodo2555]

@danwright32 but it is pitched isn´t ti? ansonst ises sau gut! OO

[danwright32]

@Komodo2555 do you mean autotune? if so, it's not

[Komodo2555]

@danwright32 no i mean you bass voice, is it an octave lower than you originaly sang?

[Komodo2555]

@danwright32 ps.: the beginning is tehe best

[ellokillox]

jesus christ fucking awesome

[MrYauyin]

i tried to match all of them lol

[kaneslittlebrother]

Damn, man...so good. Impressive that this actually just you. Keep kicking musical ass, my friend!

[GinaTaylor10]

this was one of the most beautiful arrangements of this song i've ever heard. Bravo :)

[danwright32]

@GinaTaylor10 thanks! feel free to share :)

[NoAmmoX]

Amazing.

[drumhead89]

I'm enjoying beautiful videos like this as much as I can before SOPA makes it illegal.

[Isingforlyrics]

wow what a range of a voice you have, im jealous! I wish I could be my own bass section !

[FromMusictoMusic]

Oh c' mon how 10 person can dislike that??so if you don't like the song itself don't listen to it because that version is PERFECT,i sing too on my channel so i know how it's difficult to arrange expeacially a song like that,sincerely compliment,i will try to cover it soon!(but with vocoder:more easier!)

[magicdudegary]

Beautiful...auto-tune right?

[danwright32]

@magicdudegary nope!

[somewhatmyself]

@danwright32 another one I have to listen to regularly to reassure myself I didn't imagine it. No autotune - I could tell that it was just great singing and great mixing.

[danwright32]

@somewhatmyself haha wow thank you!

[SebastianHug]

awesome man! listening to it every day!

[ahziiz]

Who needs a vocoder anyway...... this rendition is SOOOO DAMN GOOD. I love it man!!!! =)

[Maestro2500]

Excellent job, Dan. Seriously. Very well-performed and blended. And I would kill for a vocal range like that.

Would it end successfully if I were to beg you for the sheet music for this?

[danwright32]

@Maestro2500 thanks!

haha sorry, I don't think it would :p I don't give out my sheet music, it' copyrighted so that would be illegal. The arranger is Joseph Bates though, if that helps.

[SuperSquid55]

amazing job man! Being a singer myself I know how hard this song is :O especially the bass part!! It's funny that you woke up and did the bass part, I do that sometimes too, like when I'm sick I can totally hit low C sometimes and it is sick xD Once again, well done!

[danwright32]

@SuperSquid55 thank you! feel free to share!

[AlexSpectacular]

I've gotta say...when all of your...heads looked at the camera in unison, I felt really violated.

[AlloftheUniverse]

Can I marry you please? ps. I played this on my radio show today, jsyk

[danwright32]

@AlloftheUniverse haha this is like the 5th marriage proposal I've gotten in the past week :p

and thank you so much! it means a lot that you think I'm good enough to play on your show

[OffendReason]

I can't imagine the time it took you to learn and then record all the different parts but wow, totally worth it. This was beautiful.

[JustBeingMys3lf]

look, dont doubt his amazing singing capabilities because you cant go that high/low .. like seriously, great job :D

[ICYKroniK]

Great Job! However I like the A Capella version by "Transit" you should look them up :D

[TCURox56]

those ten dislikes must not know talent. ;)

[Haplo123]

there is no way your singing those lows acapella...prove it

[Haplo123]

@Haplo123 but still...awesome cover

[danwright32]

@Haplo123 and how do you propose I do that?

[ayudear85]

this is.....wow..i have no words