Channel Showcase – Kurt Hugo Schneider

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Cover videos are incredibly popular on Youtube, from kid’s frozen covers to talented professional vocalists covering songs for a living. Still, most of them are the same; a person sitting, sometimes with a piano or a guitar, singing the song of their choice. There are some exceptions, and one of those exceptions is Kurt Hugo Schneider, an excellent musician and Youtuber who creates some of the best cover videos out there.

Whereas most Youtube music stars are vocalists, and they sing their own covers, Kurt Hugo Schneider runs things a bit differently. Although he can sing, and has sung in a couple videos, he is mainly an instrumentalist. He can play the piano extraordinarily well, along with the bass guitar, percussion, regular guitar, beatboxing, and is great at using a drum machine, and he uses all his talent to back up the other singers he collaborates with in every video.

Although he does create amazing music, and has a couple albums on iTunes which you can purchase, the thing that really sets his channel apart is the incredibly create filming and just videos in general. First of all, in almost every video, Kurt switches back and forth from playing a couple different instruments all in the same song. Also, he has created a couple very inventive way of performing the covers, including while riding segways and while running through hotel lobbies.

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For example, one of my favorite videos he has every created is his collaboration with Gentle Bones and Tiffany Alvord, covering the song Bright by Echosmith, which you can watch above. Not only is the video featuring two great singers singing a great song, but it has some interesting videography as well. Kurt and his crew have a way of filming that always surprises you, like the multiple times in the video when you expect one of the performers to be on one side of the room and they suddenly pop up on the other side due to some clever camera work. Not only that, but the video also nicely displays not only Kurt’s musical talent. Overall, a great and entertaining video.

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Victoria Justice in the Maroon 5 medley video described above.

 

Another perfect example of Kurt Hugo Schneider’s great directing and music is his video titled Maroon 5 Medley!, featuring Victoria Justice and Max Schneider. This video also features the incredible directing skills of Kurt, as it is essentially the coolest, most complex live lyric video ever. All over a house, Kurt and his team have placed and written a bunch of lyrics to Maroon 5 songs, which Victoria and Max then spin into a mindbogglingly complex one-take music video. Again, not only are the vocals very good, and match Maroon 5 surprisingly well, but the instrumental music made by Kurt is great as well. You can watch it HERE.

Not only that, but Kurt writes his own original songs too! He has a playlist of them HERE, and I can tell you that they are all just as great as the covers. Kurt Schneider brings to his videos something not many people can consistently: great music, great vocals, and novelty. Every one of his videos is different from the next, and they are all so much more than just plain old cover videos. Whether the style of the video is different, or it is performed differently, Kurt Hugo Schneider brings it all; he is truly one of my favorite musicians on Youtube.

 

 

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