Voice Teacher Reacts and Analyzes YEBBA

Voice Teacher Reacts and Analyzes YEBBA - My Mind, Live Vocal

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4 жыл бұрын

It is my hope this analysis and breakdown will help you better understand your own voice.
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@mikelombard21 4 жыл бұрын

To sing like that and then say "thats that one" afterwords is crazy. The humility.

@jacobmarley2417 4 жыл бұрын

I have probably watched 10 voice coach's react to this video and you are the only one who gets it. You seem like an amazing coach.

@tenadrummond8868 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I have watched so many reactions, from a few other coaches, and this is the first time anyone mentioned how difficult it is to express that type of emotion to the point of tears, yet keep it together. I learned a lot just from listening!

@ninewectawski1935 3 жыл бұрын

It’s refreshing to see a comment like yours, you couldn’t be more right. I’ve seen many vocal coaches critique her singing on this song by the things and notes she’s doing that is what draws us all in to this song, a song we all seem to come back to and watch repeatedly. Yes some of things she was doing isn’t the best of the vocal cords, isn’t perfect pitch, could hurt the jaw placement or the vocal nodes, etc. but she doesn’t sing like this every time. She sang the song the way she did so that we could feel every emotion, every sound that she was singing. This man really seemed to understand that, and see how gifted she really is, and how fantastic this song is, how fantastic she was playing off the emotions to make us feel it all. She’s incredible and I hope she continues to become more mainstream, in the sense that she puts out more music, because I know she will put out good, amazing quality music.

@jerrie2u 4 жыл бұрын

Acknowledgment should be paid for being this transparent with an audience full of complete strangers! Personally, I prefer a vocalist that's emotionally connected as opposed to a vocalist that's technically accurate. In my humble opinion, she's playing on an entirely different level!

@Trapezo1 3 жыл бұрын

YES!!

@lynnestelle1996 3 жыл бұрын

Agree

@MegaTinni Жыл бұрын

that audience needed a whooping ... are they deaf?? this was from another world and they act so tame

@ragtop63 Жыл бұрын

@@MegaTinni They were told to stay quiet so the production team could capture clean audio. It's important to not cast judgement. JS

@MegaTinni Жыл бұрын

@@ragtop63 I meant the applause at the end 🤦

@lxhobson 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, John Henry -- At times during this performance, you can SEE the emotion coming through -- her voice cracks, quavers, and I even noticed once or twice that her hands were trembling. The emotion is why this performance is so great. You almost NEVER see this level of emotion in a performance. She's a superstar!

@_Emily_S 4 жыл бұрын

This song helped me through one of the roughest parts of my life. So, I feel a lot of joy seeing people watch this video by Yebba for the first time. She is incredible!

@peace4111 4 жыл бұрын

you so fully understood this song and how Yebba communicates her music, awesome reaction!

@tokyoblu79 3 жыл бұрын

I love watching good vocal coaches react to this because they understand just how wonderfully nuanced this performance is. Great reaction video!

@mildredwilliams8107 3 жыл бұрын

The guitarist gets a lot of credit for playing the same melody throughout allowing Yebba to express her voice connecting with the sound of the strings. Beautiful! 🌹

@BattleTardigrade 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, you nailed it with "This is like a showcase of contemporary singing". That's exactly what it is, she paints with All the colors of the wind-pipe. Every vocal styling of note or interest, all in one gorgeous 6 minute chunk.

@smallblockchevyman 3 жыл бұрын

lol makes me cry, ive heard it dozens of times and it can still get me

@marelime1 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched many Vocal teachers critique this performance and your comments are absolutely fantastic...I say this because there are some that didn’t take the raw emotion in her voice as part of why she was making the sounds and notes that she did...thank you for taking the entire “package” into consideration 👍🏼😁

@shatinaeh 3 жыл бұрын

Best technical reaction to this video hands down! Wrong is right sometimes in music. Perfect performances are rarely interesting or memorable

@mikelombard21 3 жыл бұрын

"You can see it in her eyes" -John My god can you. Someone hurt her and you can feel and see it in her eyes. What a powerful performance.

@jaxwoodard542 3 жыл бұрын

He said “contemporary singing” chie this is southern black church front-back-and on the side lol she has the best control I’ve ever heard but I’ve heard these arrangements my whole life lol

@Deme509 3 жыл бұрын

This.

@inspectorgadget247 Жыл бұрын

❤❤ clearly. Yebba has given credit to her experience… which the runs and soul (the call & response) is 100 % black church!

@charliestellar5919 2 ай бұрын

‘It’s not about showing off the voice, it’s about communication’ Thank you for that nugget. ⚡️

@watchaby 4 жыл бұрын

Hi John, I've watched many reactions to that song, from those who are so shooked that they're speechless to commenting every crack and technical aspect. But yours is the most interesting one so far (with Sam Johnson's) because you manage to teach us while enjoying what's happening ❤

@madelaine6 3 жыл бұрын

So emotional... she brings tears to my eyes

@ragtop63 Жыл бұрын

For anyone who hasn't figured it out, YEBBA didn't show up to sing a song. She showed up to tell a story.

@Rosannasfriend 4 жыл бұрын

Great reaction. I'm glad you're back.

@avionterria7855 2 жыл бұрын

This was her breakout performance as a solo artist. Ed Sheeran's team signed her immediately after this song. This performance deserves a Grammy...but she vowed to never perform it again 😢

@veronicaue180 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my, I subbed so fast. Great analyze! I sent this video to my son (music college student in Sweden). Apparently he's already a subscriber. Sometimes the world isn't so big.

@JohnHennyVocalStudio 4 жыл бұрын

I love this!

@JeaniBeaniIsMine 2 жыл бұрын

I happened upon your channel because I think Yebba is amazing. Now, I think you are amazing, too. Looking forward to viewing more of your content. Thanks for this.

@JohnHennyVocalStudio 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@jameshenson7348 3 жыл бұрын

Buzzing so much at this reaction. We get it technically maybe she’s not protecting her voice but my god... the emotion.... the emotion.

@trentt5310 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the lovely reaction!

@gafcarden 2 жыл бұрын

A genius analysis John.

@JohnHennyVocalStudio 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@MissKimRose 3 жыл бұрын

Spot-on commentary. Loved your observations and appreciate your ability to articulate them so well.

@ftbailey773 Жыл бұрын

This is probably the best reaction vid to this performance. You get it.

@Gnomojo Жыл бұрын

You’re incredibly right. I’ve played music in front of thousands before but when my family asked me to play “in the arms of the angel” by Sarah mclachlan. I cried and had to end the song. I’ve done that same song a hundred times. But situation matters. The fact that abbey can keep up with the emotion and still sing like a champ is something.

@okay5045 3 жыл бұрын

Gospel background is key to her singing.

@yaritzatorres9153 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love Yebba! She's such a powerhouse with those vocals! I constantly look for new reactions to this song and it brought me here. Instantly subscribed! If you liked this, you'll absolutely love Pentatonix!

@stephaniechappelle1748 3 жыл бұрын

Dude I love you, and how you analyze her voice while enjoying her at the same time!!

@anita4869 4 жыл бұрын

I always enjoy discovering new music through these reactions, and get a nice dose of musical education in the process. Thank you!

@smeasy18 Жыл бұрын

More yebba reactions please!!

@Ministral517 4 жыл бұрын

Yaaas finally! Please react to more of her, her name is Abbey Smith

@mikelombard21 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly, you can see it in her eyes. She is not messing around with this song. Someone hurt her. You should react to evergreen. Unfortunately its about her mother passing away.

@kracine9582 4 жыл бұрын

Love your reaction. Love Yebba! Please do more!

@KajiVocals 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful reaction!! Thank you very much!!!

@brandylongan86 3 жыл бұрын

She can clearly sing cleanly but is using her voice to be a story teller and let it be like a true colorful painting.

@Angelbsong 3 жыл бұрын

This reaction was everything!!

@carolinegomes8194 4 жыл бұрын

Like always amazing reaction!! Yebba is awesome indeed! 🇧🇷✨

@LucasOliveira-uj7xc 4 жыл бұрын

Great reaction!

@carolynlindstrom7232 4 жыл бұрын

I love her voice

@joyhart3749 2 жыл бұрын

I SO ENJOYED your reaction & commentary...this was awesome

@danielordonez4308 3 жыл бұрын

This channel has such good vibes

@teeadvocate 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful & instructive,thank you ❤

@mj-cc1rn Жыл бұрын

Omg i love this reaction, pure joy ❤

@kellymacdermott5802 Жыл бұрын

You are awesome. :) Yebba is one of my new favorites. :)

@mikelombard21 4 жыл бұрын

We wont yell at you for stopping. Stop all you like and explain away. Thats why we( I at least) am here.

@richies_lens 2 жыл бұрын

New favorite react channel. You have so much love and provide so much depth with what you do.

@JohnHennyVocalStudio 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that

@orrmeli Жыл бұрын

What a great reaction!

@jimbrown424 4 жыл бұрын

Please react to Clark Beckham and Yebba singing Gravity. They are both amazing. Thanks

@msj-st9ig Жыл бұрын

John, great reaction, "you understand and hear" 👏💫

@bonitaderosa3134 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. Thank you

@mikeoliver5642 4 жыл бұрын

Love Yebba. Loved your reaction. As mentioned by a few others, check out Gravity, her duet with Clark Beckham. Less well known, but just as good is Smoke, her duet with Luke Levenson.

@ah2595 3 жыл бұрын

Smoke! 👏🏼

@ImThatSassyChic 6 ай бұрын

I'm new to Yebba and have been watching ALL the reaction videos. YOUR reaction made me instantly sub. 👏🏼 Thank you for appreciating her raw emotion!

@JohnHennyVocalStudio 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for subbing!

@twittertwice 3 жыл бұрын

Called singing her heart out!

@lxhobson 2 жыл бұрын

I have learned since first watching this that Yebba WROTE this song -- obviously from personal experience. It appeared during this performance that she was reliving or tapping into the emotion of that experience. Although this might be seen as a bit flawed by some vocal coaches (not you, though), she chose to tell the story (or sing the story) with all the emotion that goes along with betrayal by a loved one/partner.

@CentredTraining 11 ай бұрын

It is about her mother who had recently committed suicide .. reformatted little to be a relationship song

@angelheart5963 3 жыл бұрын

It's Amazing I love how she has managed to sing given all that she's been through and losing her mother to suicide ❤️

@Bryella831 3 жыл бұрын

Look into her song Evergreen. Also Gravity with Clark Beckham. Mind browning

@diananunez7 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a really good reaction to this wonder of a singer/songwriter (My mind is her composition, performed here for the first time a week before her Mother passed away from suicide. She has subsequently donated all the KZfaq income from this song to an organisation dedicated to helping people with mental health issues). I just discovered Yebba a few months ago (I must have been living under a rock!). I was so glad you mentioned Streisand when it comes to conveying pain and emotion while holding the vocals together. I think Yebba is a voice that comes along once in a generation. The only singers/songwriters I would compare her to are Jazmine Sullivan and Joni Mitchell. If you haven´t heard her Evergreen, or Distance, or the latest, October Sky, you should check them out. Also, her collaborations are equally amazing: Ed Sheeran, Clark Beckham, PJ Morton and Lucky Daye to name a few.

@grace2garden403 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, well said.

@cocinandoconlagringa1864 15 күн бұрын

I’m watching this in 2024 and loving your reactions!!

@JohnHennyVocalStudio 2 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@nalabatch 2 жыл бұрын

best vocal teacher on youtube hands down

@Thaidragon76 Жыл бұрын

i have seen many reaction of this and voice teacher, vocal coach´s and other speaking of technik´s and her tone´s, but no one seems to notice it, of course she has wailing tones, the story and the emotions she puts into it (heartache and anger) say it, what does a lovesick person do, cry, she has the sobs, the sighs, the whimpering, the bitter gasp and the pressed exhalation, transformed into tones of their singing. Or to put it another way "she cries the song in sorrow and anger" and the emotions she puts into it makes it so effective

@inspectorgadget247 Жыл бұрын

Exactly!! That’s why it resonates with listeners… who hasn’t gone thru a breakup or being jilted by a cheat?! To sing-wail cry with no tears is almost impossible…

@Chris-no5yi 3 жыл бұрын

god if i only had your ears 😭😭♥️

@bbwng54 4 жыл бұрын

Hi John. I would highly recommend that you react to and analyze a young Russian singer named Diana Ankudinova, who is a rising superstar. Many people (including vocal coaches) have never heard a voice like hers (she does more than manipulate her larynx). I think your analysis would be very instructional. Thanks.

@bbwng54 4 жыл бұрын

I suggest reacting to either "Wicked Game" (Chris Stapelton) or "Rechenka"

@slindilemkhwebane8863 2 жыл бұрын

Fav reaction

@DatBRejectz 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me so much of aretha franklin, simply amazing

@DC-op7wu 3 жыл бұрын

Didn't see it posted here, but it is pronounced "YEAH- BAH" It is "Abbey" spelled backwards which is her given first name. LOVED your review of this. I've heard it reacted to about 10 or so times and so far you have nailed it the best.

@sabrinascoggin559 4 жыл бұрын

Please please please listen to Chris Stapleton. Sometimes I cry Live.

@Spaffboy 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to see you react to Sigrid - Dynamite!

@tracienichole1497 4 жыл бұрын

Please react to Evergreen by her. Wow

@shuriken4852 4 жыл бұрын

Great reaction as per usual. Just one small comment, it would be even better if after pausing, you would go back a few seconds, as to not restart mid-note or section. Quick tip this can easily be done using the keyboard. Action Shortcut ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Toggle play/pause the video k or Spacebar Go back 5 seconds Left arrow Go back 10 seconds j Go forward 5 seconds Right arrow Go forward 10 seconds l Restart video 0 (not the keypad number) Go to Full Screen mode f Exit Full Screen mode Escape Increase volume 5% Up arrow Decrease volume 5% Down arrow Mute/unmute video m Shift+N Move to the next video Shift+P Move to the previous video

@JohnHennyVocalStudio 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the info.

@ashleylauren5934 7 ай бұрын

8:30 He had to jam with her!!! 😂 loved this analysis

@grace2garden403 3 жыл бұрын

New subbie

@MsMillz07 2 жыл бұрын

Shes so emotional as its for her Mum she sang it after her Mum passed through suicide

@jleighmarker698 2 жыл бұрын

He looks so overjoyed when she hits that passion at "satisfied"... Lol

@brandylongan86 3 жыл бұрын

I'm still waiting to see your reaction to Evergreen by yebba.

@imnotthatgirl8776 4 жыл бұрын

You should react to something from Sammy Rae (her cover of all i want or lonely town are great)

@robertover4059 3 жыл бұрын

❤️

@jeffmalloy8200 2 жыл бұрын

You need to react to the young Norwegian singer/songwriter/producer Aurora singing a song she wrote at the age of 13-14 called Murder Song (5,4,3,2,1) at the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize concert. She was 19 at the time. It is written from the perspective of a women who's mate kills her to end her suffering from a brutal vicious progressive incurable disease and how an unbelievably horrible situation affected both of them. Aurora is as vulnerable as finely spun glass and as strong as high carbon steel. Her art rips you apart and heals you at the same time. Who does that? Her art is almost too intense to bear, but you can't look away. She is a siren in the form of a wood nymph. Resistance is futile!

@montazmeahii6029 2 жыл бұрын

I find myself watching a lot of reaction videos lately. It's like my thing during covid. The more I watch and find great performances, I realize I tend to skip through the reactor's reactions when they pause, hitting that right-arrow until the performance resumes. Maybe I like feeling like we're reacting to it together. ? And we can talk about how it made us feel when it's over? (Self reflecting while typing.)

@DialyzedBlog 3 жыл бұрын

If you hear at her best please react to YEBBA: Evergreen [Official Video] | Beats 1 | Apple Music

@JAVYxGV 3 жыл бұрын

I LIKED and commented @ 6:20 - by then I KNEW you were suspending intellectual observation - and just FEELING at this point. (goes out for a cig) returns @ 8:23 - and SUBSCRIBES - you understand. Xavier

@Jamesjamessss 4 жыл бұрын

Please react to Morissette Amon's cover "Fly like a bird" by Mariah Carey or her own song "Akin ka nalang" live on Wish 107.5

@dlbwoodbury 2 ай бұрын

❤😢❤😊

@woodmart96 4 жыл бұрын

Sir, you should be experienced by voice of Diana Ankudinova River. I m sure you will be shocked seem since Dimash performance

@calebritchie1069 4 жыл бұрын

4 chords, but like the vid!

@BlakersReacts 3 жыл бұрын

React to Jessie J. Any of her performances on the singer. Purple rain, my heart will go on, and I have nothing are soooo good.

@livinglife8333 3 жыл бұрын

This was written by her about losing mom to mental illness, her mom committed suicide just a cpl weeks after she put this out. She was devastated by it.

@breynoso19 3 жыл бұрын

She wrote it about a relationship but then dedicated it to her mom since it connects to the topic of mental illness. Her mom died after this performance (I think 3 weeks later) so this song couldn’t have been about losing her mom. The song “Evergreen” is about her mom.

@regolf.d6519 4 жыл бұрын

The fact that this performance doesn’t have a Grammy award is a travesty

@MarilineGPinto 3 жыл бұрын

You need to listen Mariza - Gente Da Minha Terra ao vivo em Lisboa - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iZh5o5Cmus7Fn30.html I think you will love it!

@remi2829 3 жыл бұрын

good comments for sure but just less cuts pls

@sublow 2 жыл бұрын

Yebba is so amazing - its frustrating that the corporate music machine is putting her in a straightjacket

@lippypongstockings8356 2 жыл бұрын

Would have been nice to have a more musically technical analysis.

@beygkc8256 3 жыл бұрын

Please react to beyonce live

@KelvinLloydBennett 4 жыл бұрын

This singer sounds terrible!!

@trentt5310 4 жыл бұрын

Big oof bud. You’re plain wrong.

@KajiVocals 4 жыл бұрын

You could at least elaborate and not just spew hate.

@dannybloxster 4 жыл бұрын

Every single vocal coach whose done a reaction video to this song as well as every other person has been amazed. She’s amazing! Yebba is also a Grammy winner 😊

@knockknocknick 4 жыл бұрын

WTF??? Lol, she’s impeccable!

@Rosannasfriend 4 жыл бұрын

Well, a few have had some criticisms. Tara Simon comes to mind. But even she didn't think she sounded terrible, just not completely technically accurate.