{"id":467,"date":"2015-03-29T12:11:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T12:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bbs.studio-revolution.net\/magazine\/?p=467"},"modified":"2015-03-29T12:19:12","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T12:19:12","slug":"fan-work-reviews-insaneintherains-jazz-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/?p=467","title":{"rendered":"Fan Work Reviews: insaneintherain&#8217;s Jazz Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A while back we started this segment on <em>Wynaut?<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/bbs.studio-revolution.net\/magazine\/?p=399\" target=\"_blank\">by reviewing a fanmade manga featuring a cool Golduck in the DPPt story<\/a>. This time around we have a more musical feature for these Fan Work Reviews. In these articles we\u2019ll feature a piece of Pok\u00e9mon-themed work (be it writing, art, music, a nuzlocke, or anything else creatively inclined) that we feel is worth more attention. If you know of any pieces of work that you feel would qualify, feel free to suggest it, or even join the forums to write up a review yourself! You can even suggest one of your own pieces of work\u2026 but note that we\u2019d still need to agree that it\u2019s worth showing off here.<\/p>\n<p>insaneintherain is a Youtube member who makes covers for a variety of video game music, a large chunk of tune from the Pok\u00e9mon franchise. He sticks to the jazz style, and impressively does all the music himself. And he\u2019s not just playing one instrument or just using a computer program \u2013 he does it all himself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sunyshore City - Pok\u00e9mon Diamond\/Pearl\/Platinum | Jazz Cover\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kwfbj41aeEg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>And personally this sounds better than the original tune from the DPPt games.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>insaneintherain\u2019s Youtube channel<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/insaneintherainmusic\" target=\"_blank\">Channel<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/insaneintherainmusic\/playlists\" target=\"_blank\">Playlists<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>What is it?<\/h3>\n<p>insaneintherain\u2019s channel is nearly completely made up of covers of video game tunes. There\u2019s a large variety of them, although the majority of games he draws from are Nintendo titles. You have the bigger franchises such as Donkey Kong, Mario, the Legend of Zelda&#8230; and of course Pok\u00e9mon. There is the odd song from smaller titles such as Cave Story, and a few other sources of songs he covers such as Skyrim and Billy Joel&#8217;s Piano Man (not a video game). The remainder of videos are announcements about projects or guides about how he records and creates his covers.<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of the covers are in the jazz style, even if the original tunes are not of that genre. He records himself playing the tune with individual instruments such as the saxophone and piano (complete with video), then mixes them together through computer programs. These are then regularly uploaded to his youtube channel &#8211; he tends to put out a new video every week or two.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aryll&#039;s Theme (Outset Island) - Wind Waker | Jazz Cover\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PiDq5-aVyBE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>So chill.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>So what makes it so good?<\/h3>\n<p>The main reason is that it sounds great. And that\u2019s the important part of any video game tune cover \u2013 it has to sound enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p>This is no easy task. As said before, a lot of these songs in their original form are not of the jazz format. It takes some talent to be able to convert tunes into a different style, and simultaneously make it sound good and be reasonably true to the source material. It requires some filler at times to help transition between different parts of the song, or different songs in the cases where he creates a medley.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"National Park - Pok\u00e9mon GSC | Jazz Cover\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M5Ee6eGppic?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>One wonders if the Bug types there would have good hearing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the impressive parts about insaneintherain is the large array of instruments he can play, and his good handle on mixing the different recordings into a song. Granted, some trial and error must have been involved, but he\u2019s been around youtube for a few years now and there\u2019s been a clear improvement with his work.<\/p>\n<p>Which leads to the next point \u2013 this guy is fairly young. We\u2019re talking a person who is 16, and started his youtube channel a few years ago. A lot of well known video game cover artists are well into adulthood, e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/kylelandry\" target=\"_blank\">kylelandry<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SmoothMcGroove\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">SmoothMcGroove<\/a>. He still has a lot ahead of him if he keeps this up, and that\u2019s exciting.<\/p>\n<p>And let\u2019s face it, anyone who can play the sax gets coolness points. And I\u2019m very approving of the covers he has made of the spinoff Pok\u00e9mon titles as well, including Pok\u00e9mon Colosseum and XD.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Miror B Battle Theme - Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness | Band Cover\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tUMQCXzMD4w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>That\u2019s right, a Miror B battle theme cover.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;Back to your Littleroots&#8217;\u00a0Album<\/h3>\n<p>insaneintherain has also created an album of remixes of RSE music that came out before ORAS was released. It\u2019s made up of ten tracks, each covering a route or area, or a mixture of tunes, even including the likes of trainer themes (the tunes that play for a different type of trainer, e.g. a Psychic trainer, before they start to battle you). Each track again makes use of the combination of piano and saxophone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"05 Spinda&#039;s Lament (Route 113) - Back to Your Littleroots [Pok\u00e9mon Jazz Album]\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ryueeaPHXeo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>People who collect the volcanic ash in this route will know this tune well.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And while it is an album that is on sale, he still kindly put every single track on his youtube channel, which is a great way to check out what it is like before buying. It is worth noting that for most of his other videos he offers a free mp3 download of the track in the video description text.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"03 Sunken Mysteries (Abandoned Ship) - Back to Your Littleroots [Pok\u00e9mon Jazz Album]\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sl1SXsD0K_Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>Also known as Sea Mauville\u2019s theme, for those who only played ORAS.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Summer of Covers<\/h3>\n<p>The other main exception to this offer of free mp3 downloads is a period in the (northern hemisphere) summer of \u201813, where insaneintherain took on an ambitious fundraiser effort. Every weekday he released a new cover of a song, and only gave access to the song downloads to those who donated to the Child&#8217;s Play Charity. Some of the covers were fairly simple (for instance, just a piano solo played along to the actual tune), but given the trouble that would come with coming up with and playing a new song every day, along with recording and putting up on youtube, there\u2019s not much to fairly complain about. Some turned out pretty good too! He tended to stick to a theme for each week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pyrite Town \/ The Under - Pokemon Colosseum | Band Cover\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/36cvGdDWabk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>Click, click, click&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And he managed to hit his target of raising $1000 as well. Good effort!<\/p>\n<p>Every so often insaneinetherain has done some collaborations with other youtube artists. These are also enjoyable to listen to, and show his eagerness in working with others. He also has a habit of throwing in bits of other tunes into his covers &#8211; for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kFa6bx1F8Is\" target=\"_blank\">in this cover of Dolphin Shores from Mario Kart 8<\/a>, you can hear part of Dire Dire Docks from Super Mario 64.<\/p>\n<h3>Are there any issues?<\/h3>\n<p>Not every song may sound &#8216;right&#8217; \u2013 after all, he does apply a different style to many of these tunes, and sometimes it may work out for some people but not for others. For instance, one collaboration cover is of one of my personal favourite tunes across all video games, City Escape from Sonic Adventure 2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=57CRq2hEMFE\" target=\"_blank\">While the cover here is still nice to listen to<\/a>, the pace is for myself all too slow and chill considering the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uyUBuCfg5vA\" target=\"_blank\">more upbeat and frantic pace of the original song<\/a>. But this is minor, and the advantage of being able to download the mp3 version of the cover means that I can play it at a faster tempo from VLC Player or the like. This doesn&#8217;t mean the cover is badly done, just that the original may just sound better for yourself at times.<\/p>\n<p>His earlier videos are rawer, with lower quality recording equipment and perhaps some mistakes being more noticeable, but this is not at all surprising &#8211; even now you can excuse some mistakes just because insaneintherain is still in his teens and already playing a range of instruments. It\u2019s a difficult art and it takes time and practice to improve. Luckily as the number of videos show this has been certainly the case here. The odd contribution in the Summer of Covers project was rushed as well, but it is quite understandable given the ambitious aim of five songs a week for three months.<\/p>\n<p>The aforementioned quirk of insaneintherain inserting bits of other tunes in the middle of covers can also be a downside, if you view it as a distraction from the piece itself. For instance, he does integrate a small part of Song of Storms from the Legend of Zelda <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NU9KCsTSILU&amp;t=8m07s\" target=\"_blank\">into a recent Yoshi medley<\/a>, but it does sound a bit too distinctive from the tone of the parts around it and bring one out of the immersion. It\u2019s not something I mind too much myself \u2013 again, with something like music it is down to individual tastes.<\/p>\n<p>It should be emphasised that some of these points are subjective, and that&#8217;s the nature of music &#8211; you can&#8217;t please everyone. And even if they all count as negatives for yourself, these do not do enough to take away from the number of great songs put out by insaneintherain, especially if you like the jazz genre as well. The main features of control of instruments, ability to construct tunes into a new style, and the simple fact that these are generally great tunes from video games to begin with outweigh any infrequent mistake or a segment that could maybe sound better done another way. And you can only improve on your art by experimenting and challenging yourself, something insaneintherain certainly does.<\/p>\n<p>So while there are some early song covers that maybe are a bit rough, he\u2019s a fairly consistent artist that keeps on improving, and releases work roughly on a weekly\/biweekly basis. If any of these videos sounded nice to you, we suggest you visit his channel and check out more of his work! We also have an interview lined up as a follow-up article with insaneintherain, so keep an eye out!<\/p>\n<p><em>Written by bobandbill<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Edited by Dramatic Melody<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back we started this segment on Wynaut? by reviewing a fanmade manga featuring a cool Golduck in the DPPt story. This time around we have a more musical feature for these Fan Work Reviews. In these articles we\u2019ll feature a piece of Pok\u00e9mon-themed work (be it writing, art, music, a nuzlocke, or anything &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/?p=467\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fan Work Reviews: insaneintherain&#8217;s Jazz Covers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,209,11],"tags":[305,44,304,197,301,302,308,30,309,303,307,12,306],"class_list":["post-467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-fan-work-reviews","category-fan-works","tag-back-to-your-littleroots","tag-bbs-magazine","tag-covers","tag-hoenn","tag-insaneintherane","tag-jazz","tag-jazz-genre","tag-pokemon","tag-summer-of-covers","tag-vg-music","tag-videos","tag-wynaut","tag-youtube"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3SwsJ-7x","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10,"url":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/?p=10","url_meta":{"origin":467,"position":0},"title":"Welcome!","author":"An-chan","date":"April 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to the BBS Magazine, Wynaut?! Why did we call it that? Well...wynaut? Wynaut? is a blog magazine dedicated to the more creative side of the wonderfully immense and confusing world of Pok\u00e9mon. Nothing on here is official, of course; it's all run by fans, for fans. This is most\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Start here!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Start here!","link":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/?cat=10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":472,"url":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/?p=472","url_meta":{"origin":467,"position":1},"title":"Interview &#8211; insaneintherain","author":"bobandbill","date":"April 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"As a follow-up to the Fan Work Review article we made of insaneintherain's Jazz Covers, today we have an interview with the man himself! As a reminder, insaneintherain is a youtuber who produces jazz covers of various video game tunes, many from the Pokemon games. See the previous article for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20,"url":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/?p=20","url_meta":{"origin":467,"position":2},"title":"Pokemon Analysis: Wynaut and Wobbuffet!","author":"bobandbill","date":"April 21, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Pokemon Analysis: Wynaut and Wobbuffet! They sure look excited. Because what better set of Pokemon could one possibly use for the first magazine analysis than these? Other Pokemon to grab the spotlight later on shall be chosen by a random number generator, but these two get the exception solely because\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":399,"url":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/?p=399","url_meta":{"origin":467,"position":3},"title":"Fan Work Reviews: toufu&#8217;s Manga","author":"bobandbill","date":"September 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A new segment we're starting on Wynaut? is Fan Work Reviews! The general idea is that here we'll feature a piece of Pok\u00e9mon-themed work (be it writing, art, music, a nuzlocke, or anything else creatively inclined) that we feel is worth more attention. If you know of any pieces of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":406,"url":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/?p=406","url_meta":{"origin":467,"position":4},"title":"New games, new articles!","author":"bobandbill","date":"November 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"With the gradual arrival of the new Pokemon ORAS games around the world over the next week, you can look forward to some new activity here on the Wynaut? Magazine. We'll review the features that we would have liked to have seen - which made it in, which didn't, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":65,"url":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/?p=65","url_meta":{"origin":467,"position":5},"title":"The Magazine Mascot Needs a Name!","author":"bobandbill","date":"July 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Current readers will notice a change to the site; the banner at the top has changed to show off the mascot! Courtesy of An-chan for the\u00a0Wynaut and Bay Alexison for the snazzy banner. The mascot\u00a0may not be surprising, but\u00a0it's not just a Wynaut, it's a journalist Wynaut, at your service!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Competition&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Competition","link":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/?cat=21"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn3.google.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRhLInwmpTEfCr08FcyU_K7NNice2saDTXs8uDEQDqgqHIhb2Nf","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=467"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470,"href":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467\/revisions\/470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbs.thecoldstorage.uk\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}