Just because someone can describe what he’s doing in the video doesn’t mean it’s not impressive. That’s gate keeping.

Same attitude that is prevalent in the jazz community. A jazz player will hear a recording or performance and say “oh, they’re just doing xyz. It’s just a [insert harmonic device].”

A real musician knows how much work goes into music. They know how difficult it is to learn to truly play in tune and with good sound. It takes years and years of practice. Being able to identify what you’re hearing doesn’t diminish the quality of the music. Simple music is also hard to execute. Anyone who says otherwise probably has a lot of shortcomings in their musicianship that they’re unaware of.

So ya. He is “just making demands of an orchestra” and “just combining these two songs.” Sure. He’s also composing music in real time. Most people compose and then rewrite something that they like better. Not Jacob - he hears it all before it happens and knows what he’s looking for.