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Dedicate Your Life To Music's avatar

The number of times I have drafted and deleted a post about Jacob Collier.

For me it boils down to this:

I don’t trust anyone whose entire brand is about being positive and good at stuff. That’s not a human story, that’s fake bullshit.

Like Dave Grohl. I always knew he was sus because honest people don’t smile that much.

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Lisa Davis's avatar

How about…he brings a light into the world…simply light and an opportunity to fall into new, open, harmonies that can send the heart sailing on open water…I am sure he suffers as we all suffer but I honestly find his music intriguing and healing. I understand that perfect is boring ( the reason I love Lotte Lenya, Nina Simone, singers a little rough around the edges) but I think Jacob Collier’s music is not perfect but more an exploration of what is possible in music, putting his enviable genius into his music. And, anyone who takes the time to get people to sing together in harmony (ethereal harmonies at that) gets points for creating beauty in this difficult world.

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