Imagine - John Lennon (Cover by Jordan Keyes)

[R4MMS]

ThisWeekInLinux Idol ??? xDD

[telemetry9]

yep - i'm in love. :)



[TwilPlays]

@telemetry9 lol, thanks. :)

[telemetry9]

you're welcome - couldn't stop myself.:)

[BinaryLinux]

American Idol?

[bartjoboy]

This makes me think of that episode from Britain Got Talent where Paul Potts is doing that opera... I don't know why.. xP

[myaccount140]

Edited on windows =D

If Ubuntu... please tell me what u used =/

[TwilPlays]

@myaccount140 Edited entirely in Linux, thank you very much.

Arch Linux, with Audacity to capture/edit the audio, and Kdenlive to do all of the video work.

[Aeriok]

Hey, huge fan of your three channels, I was just wondering whether or not you would mind this being downloaded. I'd completely understand if you did and so I thought I'd ask.

[TwilPlays]

@Aeriok Sorry, delayed reply here. I don't really mind if you download either of the two videos I have on this channel right now, as long as you don't redistribute them.

[MicroHelper]

This is goood!

Excellent :D

[insanepenguinjohn]

you have a really good voice

[KabaHiroshi]

Accrate rhythms and good singing,plaese keep singing for everyone!

[VesterDude]

Whats your recording setup, and do you do it in Linux?

[TwilPlays]

@VesterDude I do all my work in Linux. :) In this case, I recorded the piano with Audacity (headphone line out of the piano into the line-in of the computer), then sang into my USB microphone (Blue Snowball) while playing back the piano track in Audacity and capturing using it.

I added a little reverb for my voice (not much), synced it all up with the videos in Kdenlive using some additional stock video footage, and I was done! :)

[emiel1976ep]

When comes the next song and what are you going to sing than?

With only 2 songs I can't fill a cd ;-)

[TwilPlays]

@emiel1976ep still trying to figure out all the licensing stuff. I love doing this, but without licensing the covers, I run the risk of getting my videos pulled down by YouTube and/or my account getting deleted.

[emiel1976ep]

@TwilPlays Ok. That won't be good as that happens.

[miggdrasil]

Curiosity here: Do you belive in a god?

[H4x0r18]

Good job man

[Laoch111]

Superb piano play.

[origamiartist2]

very impressive :D

[Sansui350A]

nice, might need to get that keyboard to do more of a "stereo" effect though.. it's too "digital" sounding.. and the mix is wrong.. but you play and sound AWESOME! cheers mate, I'd buy ya a pint, hell, you NEED one at this point..

[ekimsantos3000]

nice voice

[05pricej]

very nice rendition as usual :)

[jayleesan]

With all respect for all you do wich I enjoy...

But you're like;

... easy if you tryHYY

... above us only skyHY

... no religion toHO

Try to get the tone right on TRY, SKY and TO without adding an extra HY or HO at the end of the last word... :)

Keep up the good work!

[renegade8164]

Next American Idol? :P

[renegade8164]

You forgot the autotune plugin lol :D

[PaulRayIsMe]

Very good voice. Nice range, you surprised me with some of the high notes.

I'm with some of the others, I think you'll be great once you loosen up a bit.

A little reverb in your mix wouldn't hurt.

Keep it up and thanks for sharing!

[3ombieautopilot]

You know hippies are just like linux guys they are all about freedom!

[avalanche8700]

nice work..question here: are there any legal issues that may face you from covering songs..I mean do you look for approval before covering a song???????????

[TwilPlays]

@avalanche8700 I haven't been so far, and I have a feeling it's going to come back to bite me... I'm researching now, and won't upload another cover until I nail down exactly what I need to be doing.

[jamxz19]

such a lovely song. You did awesome man!! hope you take time to check out mine too.

[bamdadkhan]

you have a great voice, no doubts there, but you're overworking it a tad. i think you should try to sing in a more calm, lightsome way, especially with this song. just putting it out there.. ;) all in all it's a great cover.

[mrDLSable]

genious

[bartjoboy]

Amazing! :D

[JacobLukeWood]

Uhhhh DOWNLOAD LINKS NEEDED!

[Ninja13odDoom]

yup I'm about to bang my wife to this happy valentines day!!!

[TwilPlays]

@Ninja13odDoom overshare? :P

[bamdadkhan]

@TwilPlays i think you should take this as a huge compliment, lol.

[Ninja13odDoom]

@TwilPlays lol it was a joke anyways like I want a video of another dude in the background .... my wife already gets made when I slip weather girls into the love making mix .... ^_^ lol

[TheLinuxWizard]

@Ninja13odDoom

LoL you just made my day sir Jordan you're voice is very amazing I wish my voice could sound like yours -Darkanonymous

[pedrojaviero]

Good voice.

[davexunit]

This is awesome. Just awesome. I really really love these lyrics (just to get perspective, my usual cup of tea is death metal). I recently bought a giant poster with these lyrics on it so I could see them every day. I really think this is one of the most profound songs I have ever heard. You're the man, man.

[TwilPlays]

@davexunit I have to admit, I love me some death metal as well, though i don't see myself ever doing any. :P

[davexunit]

@TwilPlays As a drummer I don't see myself ever doing any either. It's just too hard!

[MattDurden]

great cover man

[LGN12tv]

Great! This is one of my favorite songs, and your cover was great.

[Whizard72]

Good, a little bit robotronic tho.. loosen up with a little booze first.

[TwilPlays]

@Whizard72 you're absolutely right, though I'm not a fan of the booze.

[Metal404Head]

@Whizard72 ACID.

DO IT JORDAN, DO IT

[0frecel0]

Sounds nice. You do sound like one of those people who can sing well but don't sound so good recorded though. Or maybe it's just the editing, idk.

[TwilPlays]

@0frecel0 perhaps a bit of both. I have a LOT to learn about audio editing, and I need to start using something other than Audacity.

[0frecel0]

@TwilPlays If you are going for more advanced software good luck with setting up JACK on Arch :D

[thejoesteiger]

Nice stock footage.

[TwilPlays]

@thejoesteiger :) I've been collecting for a while, and used most of what I had in this video.

[thejoesteiger]

@TwilPlays I was wondering that. I was like...he's going to use up all his footage and he won't have any for other videos...or he'll have to repeat.

[TWILisawesome]

Dude, why are you so awesome.

You piss awesomeness every morning.

[TwilPlays]

@TWILisawesome and I fart rainbows. :P lol

[TWILisawesome]

@TwilPlays LMAO

[Grundoko]

Jordan, as corny as it sounds, you are one of my idols/role models.

You use and preach Linux, along with Freedom. You play the Piano, which is my favorite instrument, I am also trying to learn it.

And you're a really good singer to boot, when you find something you can't do, let me know. Until then, would you do a tutorial of this song? It looks fairly simple, and sounds amazing.

[TwilPlays]

@Grundoko thanks, man. :) not sure how a tutorial for the piano part would go for this. a lot of it was improvised. I have sheet music for it, but it has the melody built into the right hand, so it doesn't sound good if you're singing over it.

[Shwanp]

This gave me chills. Keep it up man!

[MalcolmLC]

WHAT THE HELL YOU CAN SING TO.... WHATS NEXT A FUDGING MAGIC SHOW WERE YOU PULL OBAMA OUT OF A HAT.. Loved it

[TwilPlays]

@MalcolmLC haha, lol, man. :)

perhaps I should juggle? :P

[SuperKittyPancake]

Jordan, You're a nerd, and singer.

You're a hybrid, to say the least.

[TwilPlays]

@SuperKittyPancake indeed I am, though I prefer to think of myself as a geek.

[non91]

@TwilPlays geek defiantly greater than nerd and again great work your voice sounds awesome no joke :D

[TwilPlays]

@non91 agreed. Geek just feels more "cool" to me (if you can apply that word to someone who is a geek/nerd) :P and thanks again! :)

[commodore256]

Wow, that was nice!

Was John Lennon right about Love?

[TwilPlays]

@commodore256 what did he say about it? (sorry, missing a lot tonight)

[commodore256]

@TwilPlays "All you need is love"-John Lennon

[TwilPlays]

@commodore256 indeed, he was right.:) some reason I thought that was paul...

[ElderSnake90]

What an awesome additional string to your bow you have here :)

Fantastic work man!

[TwilPlays]

@ElderSnake90 additional string? Sorry, misunderstanding. :)

[ElderSnake90]

@TwilPlays Sorry, I think it's even meant to be "extra string" :P I probably have it wrong but it's a saying and I basically mean it's another awesome talent/skill for you to have, as you can really sing

[TwilPlays]

@ElderSnake90 oh, well thank you so much! :)

[Gatorman32656]

Excellent! Looking forward to new efforts.

[27aBe27]

Awesome! :D

[RyukoHere]

it was really nice :)

I only wish there was more passion on the keyboard like there was in your voice on the chorus.

good job :)

[TwilPlays]

@RyukoHere you're absolutely right, and thanks for the constructive criticism. :)

[someguy001001]

Hopefully one day something like the venus project will be a reality.

[TwilPlays]

@someguy001001 Reading up on it now. Looks interesting...

[NordicPenguin]

Very nice!

[froyoca]

All I can say is wow! Keep up the good work! :)

[TwilPlays]

@froyoca Thanks, Alex!

[Phoenix81690]

I'm impressed. =O

[NikosIbanezRG]

Just watched this and now I' going to sleep (it's 1:30 am here)... you just made my day! (or my night, to be more correct XD)

BTW today was the last day of exams at the universiy, and the subject was operating systems, i hope i made you proud :-D

As for the song cover, you were amazing ;-)

[TwilPlays]

@NikosIbanezRG thanks a lot, and congrats on finishing up exams!

[ilightbite]

You've talent! I love the "pictures" too :)

[TwilPlays]

@ilightbite thanks! I've been collecting footage from pond5.com since I started making videos, and now I've finally got something I can use some of it for. :)

[DirtyMidgetStudios]

Awesome job.

[swathepocalypse]

I like the video work :D

[SahLehron]

Amazing, awsome work! :D Now lets hear some metalica XDXD lol

[TwilPlays]

@SahLehron Wow, that's a bit of a jump. :P Of course the first song I ever learned on the guitar was Enter Sandman.... ;)