Collier's Revenge
I wasn't an instant Jacob Collier fan. Of course I wasn't, why would I be, I'm in my mid 50s and my songwriting and general musical skills have been on the wane for a good few years now; the last thing I need is some 20 year old fresh faced perfect pitched git grinning at me like 10 Cheshire cats as he effortlessly glides and glisses his way through a beautifully ornamented vocal rendition of my Dad's fave Xmas carol - In The Bleak Midwinter. Nah, I thought, you're alright. Definitely more of a Stones man that day. Talented, yes. My cup of tea, no. Then, a few days ago, while doing that thing that has, sadly, taken the place in my life that noodling about on a piano used to occupy - surfing YouTube - I saw a critique of the Collier piece that completely turned me around. Can't believe I didn't see it before. If you've seen it, you'll be way ahead of me, I'm referring to that insane key change that occurs about 2/3 of the way through, where he mod...