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This Singer Great and next up is Bruno Mars. Before we get started if you
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In fact I've done some Bruno stuff, I could put that in the description
particularly "When I Was Your Man", that's one of the pieces I'm gonna cover here
now but when I think of Bruno Mars what do I think of. I think of just a great
singer and a great performer. I think of high range and some really cool, golden
throat tone, gritty vocals. I sort of think of him as being like the 21st
century or reincarnation version of Michael Jackson. Maybe 20 or 22nd
version but anyway I think of him growing up being an Elvis impersonator
in Hawaii when he was younger. No kidding check it out. I think of him
surrounding himself with really great songwriters, I know that he works with
guys like Mark Ronson. I know Mark has done everything from "Uptown Funk" for
him, "Shallow". I know he did "Hurt" for Christina Aguilera Mark Ronson did,
"Million Reasons", "Back To Black". I know he did that for Amy Winehouse, "Cold Shoulder"
by Adele, like all kinds of stuff so he's worked with great songwriters. I know
he's short that doesn't necessarily make him great
but it can right and then I, like I said I just think of just his ability to
deliver and execute songs. So a lot of times when artists buy songs, whether
it's Cher or Celine Dion or whoever it is, they they kind of, the songs become
somewhat androgynous to me personally. I don't, I don't think that they're like
really personal or they take full ownership of this song like it's really
their own where I actually think that Bruno does, like whenever he gets a song
he really he owns it and it's really Bruno Mars. Like I don't think of "Uptown
Funk" being a Mark Ronson song. I think of "Uptown Funk" being
a Bruno Mars song that Mark Ronson wrote though I know Mark's name is on it for
example right. That's true for "When I Was Your Man" and some other stuff so. Let's
dive into some of his, and he plays piano of course we know that. So let's let's check
this out, here we go.
Make some comments along the way.
Makes high rate singing sound so effortless.
Great pitch and intonation.
Good sensitivity.
Here the Michael Jackson influence.
Can you here that.
Now close your eyes and think of Michael Jackson.
Right.
Interesting.
Great song. Hard to be on piano by yourself
and pull this off like this. Be captivating
Little improvisation there.
Changing it up a little bit, that's cool.
I've never heard this.
Seems like he's just kind of improving a lot of this.
Doesn't seem rehearsed to me.
And in some ways like he hits certain notes, I know
he has a lot of nasality in his sound too but he sounds a little like Stevie Wonder right
like think about that a little bit, like not crazy but even on that little
passage here. Let me like, right here right, can you hear a little Stevie in that
with the keys and the way he's pulling off.
Doesn't that kind of have some Stevie in there, like a young Stevie.
See what I mean.
Some Stevie. Right. Some Michael, some Stevie.
Cool okay so I mean that, that
personifies I think kind of where he's coming from course you have the "Uptown
Funk" thing too and then I want to fire up this one, just kind of another another
side to him so check this out.
A lot of songs about girls, that's another thing I think of. Look at how young
those girls are.
Nice stab phrasing. I like his pocket phrasing.
Good live performer man.
That's what comes to my mind, great live vocals.
I don't think I saw a single guy in that audience, that's pretty funny.
Anyway that, you get the point of that right, you get the point comes across. Just a great
all-around performer, great high range vocals, great songs, great tone, good piano
player, funky, intimate, really tells the story well, just all-around great
performer. I remember actually seeing him at the halftime thing they did it for the
Superbowl too, that was just like phenomenal, playing the drums all that. So
you know multi-instrumentalist, really, really talented guy, really great to see
good talent, you know there's not a lot of talent out there like this guy so
I want to give credit or credits due and praise and promote this stuff as I see
it come in so. If there's something else that you think of when you think of
Bruno Mars, if you've seen him live or you've seen a performance. Please put that
in the comments section let me know what you think makes him great. Most of this
is done by request so if you got an artist you want to do, put that in the
comments section as well and definitely check out my next video.