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Music Teacher Reacts: POSTMODERN JUKEBOX ft Haley Reinhart – Creep

“Setting the record straight, Haley was tired, not sick. This is why Haley was tired: Haley took a red eye flight over the Atlantic to Berlin to join PMJ for her first ever professional tour. She went straight to the venue from the airport, did one song (“Habits” her debut w/ PMJ), participated in All About That Bass (Morgan, Arianna and Cristina Gatti were performing, Cristina brought her into the song to sing a line). Then PMJ toured every day different countries for a week, THEN had a day off to record Creep and All About That Bass in Switzerland. So flying in and immediately performed and toured on the road for a week straight. THAT was why she was tired. Scott DID NOT have to convince her to sing, in fact she wanted to try again because she thought she could do better, but Scott said it was perfect. They recorded Creep One week after Haley came on tour, no time to recover from jet lag. Please stop spreading this falsehood that she was sick and had to be convinced to sing, Haley lives to sing. It took Creep less than one year to become PMJ’s most viewed video. I made a summation video of the events when that happened, including Scott telling the story and some of Casey Abrams’ snapchats of them recording the songs in Switzerland: https://youtu.be/eVASTaIoTYw At the time, Haley wasn’t really a big social media person, but luckily her American Idol pal, Casey was, that’s how we got these updates, following Casey’s snapchats” Haleys Tusk

“I’m not sure I’ve ever said that a cover is better than the original before, let alone when it comes to my favorite song of my favorite band, but its just that good. Its like hearing it for the first time again. The band does a perfect job with the dynamics, getting real quiet at the start of each verse and building up to each chorus. The pianist squeezes in great little riffs in between the vocals without being repetitive or distracting. And Haley, obviously just blows the lid off; combining the stylistic jazz, the spirit and emotion of the original, and her own style then dialing it up to 11.“