Sweet Lorraine - Vocal Jazz Multitrack Feat. Rob McLaren and Alanna J Brown

[ensemblelaurasoave]

Fantastic! Thanks for your good taste...

[livingeternity]

wait so youre telling us you transcribed 6-8 part harmony? Get out

[perrybotkin]

I spent about 15 minutes in another life doing this stuff with Gene, Don shelton, Ian Freebairnn Smith, etc. etc.. Doesn't sound dissonant to me. Thanks for keeping this vocal art form alive. Not to many young people understand this groove and I really appreciate what you're up to.

[daniscool99]

@perrybotkin Thanks so much. And might I add how jealous I am that you had such an opportunity.

[0BleuFever0]

She has a wonderful voice!

[loscadu]

I liked Rob the most on the melody, but amazing altogether. :)

[j0rdthel0rd]

is that your sm7b? love that mic!

[daniscool99]

@j0rdthel0rd Sure is!

[3rdImpression]

Where could one obtain sheet music?

[daniscool99]

@3rdImpression One can obtain it by transcribing it because this arrangement is not published, like many amazing Gene Puerling charts. However, transcribing is an important skill for improving your ears and it means then when you sing unpublished charts you don't have a million other groups singing the same song, like... say... Go The Distance?

[3rdImpression]

Thank you for answering. I couldn't even imagine that you transcribed it yourself. Great work!

[GutpileCharlie]

OUTSTANDING! Is that a Gene Purling chart?

[daniscool99]

@GutpileCharlie Sure is.

[militantbro]

I loved the voice of the girl..............

[Mom2twoboys22]

Puts me in the mind of Manhattan Transfer..loved that group. You guys sound great! Just became a fan of Danny Fong, just subscribed to his page!! Keep it up!!

[LoFiLime]

Good cover of an amazing song, brings back memories

[SuperMrPercy]

Can't keep the melody out of my mind... Great job, bravo !!

[MrManologrande]

Where can I find more of Alanna J Brown ?

[daniscool99]

@MrManologrande AlannaJBrown(dot)com or the other collab video I did with her "Not Like This"

[HaukJRoesten]

Cool arrangement , loved the step by step part!

[Pehc90]

I'm gonna keep this short.

I love it. Would give it 10 thumbs up if I could.

[8stygz8]

So Dan.. what's on your sheet music?

Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da

[daniscool99]

@8stygz8 Yep, surprisingly enough, nothing else. Just the word "da" written a thousand times. We just made up the notes as we went along!

[oiznas]

Beautiful job a usual... whose is the arrangement? Puerling stuff? At 0:49 there's a glitch on Alanna's top part...

[daniscool99]

@oiznas Yes Puerling! I noticed that little thing and made myself a new track which came out fine. I think the general public doesn't mind too much :)

[oiznas]

Beautiful job a usual... whose is the arrangement? Puerling stuff?

[daniscool99]

@oiznas You bet!

[Rubano5428]

This is AWESOME!

[TheThx1138]

Really nice guys! Musta been studying Singers Unlimited charts a bunch when putting this one together. Awesome!

[momusmomus]

oh god this is great! shared faved and all .. do more jazzzz!!!

[anonymomification]

Wow. Great job, all!

[MatthewBiller]

....more people ripping off Mike Tompkins... UGGGHHHHH

[daniscool99]

@MatthewBiller LOL are you kidding me?

[MatthewBiller]

@daniscool99 Haha totally, I was just giving you shit.

[daniscool99]

@MatthewBiller I don't not take no shit from nobody. Never.

[trudbol]

@MatthewBiller Wow you really are serious. You posted the exact same comment on my last video.

Haven't you ever heard people sing? And listen carefully to Mike Tompkins, because:

1) what you see isn't what you hear

2) it's not a cappella at all: it's vocal samples autotuned and compressed like mad.

It's too bad you can't appreciate such a difference because the video you just watched here was extremely difficult to ACTUALLY sing (and do it well) without cheating, like Mike Tompkins does.

[daniscool99]

@trudbol What I find quite funny, is that his favorite include your recent video. That video seems to be a bit more compressed than some of your others, but still, NOTHING like Thompkins.

[trudbol]

@daniscool99 Funnier still: Mike Tompkins is in your channel box. o_O

[daniscool99]

@trudbol I never said I dislike what he does, I like it. I just never said that what I do isn't trying to be like him in any way.

[MatthewBiller]

@trudbol I was totally kidding. I didn't think people would take the comment seriously. I've just seen people make the same sort of comments about other multi-trackers "ripping off" or "copying" Mike Tompkins. In a sense I feel some people are trying to give him too much credit for making music with his voice and mouth. While in reality people have been doing it for years, not to mention without auto-tune. Though Mike is helping boost the popularity of a cappella music. Even if it's auto tuned.

[qwertyzz7]

@MatthewBiller MFW Danny Fong has been doing this for longer than Mike Tompkins. Danny's first video was on February 1st 2007. Mike's was on July 25th 2007. Look at the upload dates on their first videos. Next time, do your research.

[kianopela]

Woooow!!! Please please... more Gene!!! hugs from brazil!

[BarbeeAnne]

Bravo! Brava! What's the plural? Wonderful.

[BrighamHB]

1:16 holy shit Rob has a great voice! Well, you all do, but I hadn't really heard him apart from the others before. Fantastic performance by all, really impressive song

[daniscool99]

@BrighamHB He sure does!

[kpunkt]

Boah, that's unbelievable!!! The "How we made this tune" is simply crazy genious!

[loydsheryl]

@michaelcadilhac and @daniscool99 So sorry. I'm clueless. I'll just keep my mouth shut in future, and please know that I did NOT intend to offend.

[BryanLewisMusic]

I always enjoy your videos, but I think this is one of my favorite ones so far. Excellent work!

PS - Let's hear some more collaborations with Alanna - what a voice!

[Spintown9]

You should include links to the collaborators sites. Well done everyone.

[trudbol]

I'm impressed by your ability to sight read and sing apparently comfortably with such dissonance. This genre of music is still beyond my tastes, but I can appreciate the level of difficulty.

To me, dissonance creates a certain tension which has to be released every now & then, the goal being emphasize the story and underlying emotions. Your performance was a bit too dissonant for me and for too long, so it felt sometimes like a vocal exercise more than a performance. But maybe it's just me. ;-)

[daniscool99]

@trudbol I can appreciate your opinion, perhaps it's more of an acquired taste. The voicings used are often similar to that of a big band, which together always sounds awesome. Singers unlimited stuff is similar to the brass section of the big band. The melody sits on top with the lead trumpet, and then wider intervals for the other trumpets (alanna and my alto), And some guide tones (3rds and 7ths) in the trombones plus a couple other extensions that give the mid section some body,

[trudbol]

@daniscool99 Sorry, I really have no clue about all these notions, though I'm sure it must be quite interesting. It's just my immediate impression as a passive viewer with a mild experience for vocal harmonies.

I don't like posting feedback because it sounds so serious. I always enjoy your stuff and want to give you my impressions when I can. Well, you know that. ;-)

The decomposition at the end was very interesting, though I don't really grasp the underlying complexity and construction.

[TheEstevan11]

Superb job, guys! :)

[creamyfilling102]

both the girl, and two guys are in love with this "Loraine"....meaning that A---- Loraine must be bisexual, and B----Loraine must be into 4some's.

[TheVerandure]

The title is very accurate; this is a Vocal Jazz Multitrack feat period.

[baribassviolin]

wow great work. vocal jazz is the best! Alanna has a really sweet voice, and it's a sick arrangment as well. Who arranged it?

[parkthatcardropthat]

@baribassviolin thanks!

[daniscool99]

@baribassviolin Gene Puerling!!

[eveecooper]

This is beautiful! I love all the jazzy crunchy chords! ;) That's a technical term! =P Really smooth!

[beyourselfth]

can you do a version of Baby it's cold outside?!?!

[baribassviolin]

@beyourselfth there's a neat 8-part version out there.. i think it was done by nightlife

[parkthatcardropthat]

@beyourselfth yes danny!!!!! can we?????

[Drigoroth]

@beyourselfth That would be amazing! Especially with this eason!

[ClaySpork]

3:10 ....... let me have your babies?

[daniscool99]

@ClaySpork Sorry, I think I'm going to keep them for myself.

[Dutchhomepage]

I'm already tired only thinking of all the work you had with this brilliant piece of work! Great!

[qwertyzz7]

The end part was the coolest. I LOVE how it demonstrated that none of the parts sound as good as the whole. I also love the educational-esque spirit of it.

And then there is the actual song, which is just totally mind blowing.

[daniscool99]

@qwertyzz7 So happy you enjoyed it :). I love this arrangement so much.

[bookhouseboy15]

Wow, positively brilliant. You three could put Singers Unlimited out of business. :) Thanks for brightening up my Monday!

[ToXicX1994]

I think the wrong Canadian Singer is famous.

Good Job and all of you have Beautiful voices. Hats off!!

[jbcraipeau]

Gene Puerling rules !

[SuperCulby]

Awesome job! Awaiting the next one :D

[michaelcadilhac]

Can totally see that you're reading from a music sheet. Obvious. :)

[daniscool99]

@michaelcadilhac It's a really difficult piece, I sure didn't memorize 3 different parts to it!

[loydsheryl]

@michaelcadilhac I don't usually make snide comments, but I'll make an exception by asking michaelcadilhac--what exactly is your point? Who CARES if they're reading music? It's a wonderful rendering of this piece, whether they're reading or not, whether they're standing on their heads or not, whether they're wearing chicken suits or not. Can you do as good a job under ANY circumstances? If this offends you, close your eyes and just listen. @Daniscool--you gave a classy response.

[michaelcadilhac]

@loydsheryl Err... I was obviously kidding :-) Though I guess you are too.  We're masters of irony, aren't we! :-)

[daniscool99]

@loydsheryl I think he/she was joking. I am interpreting the ":)" at the end of the message to be a "Tee-hee it's no big deal that you're reading music" rather than an "I am smiling because I see through your lies".

[MaddieA94]

Love love LOVE this :)

[iforgothowtospell]

amazing as always =)

[imanewguybastard]

You have one of the best Tenor ranges I've heard in a LONG time.

I love hearing your work.

[daniscool99]

@imanewguybastard Thanks!

[11Sylvia]

Superbe !! J'adoooooooore !!

[DavisBelgium]

Superbe !! J'adooooooore !!

[joeslickback]

The guy on the left reminds me of Al Borland.

[retsamys]

Perfect. I envy all of you.