Nationality American Record label Chase Holfelder Genres Dance/electronic, Pop | Website chaseholfelder.com Albums Major to Minor, Vol.1 | |
Occupation Singer, Songwriter, Music Producer, YouTuber Similar Le Shuuk, Manuccii, Kurt Hugo Schneider, Neon Trees, The Mile After Profiles | ||
Adele hello cover by chase holfelder
Chase Holfelder is a singer, songwriter and music producer residing in Raleigh, NC. He is best known for his "Major to Minor" series of YouTube videos in which he performs minor-key renditions of popular major-key songs. As of October 2016, his channel has amassed over 16 million views and 200,000 subscribers.
Contents
- Adele hello cover by chase holfelder
- Sam smith stay with me vocal processor cover by chase holfelder
- Major to Minor Vol 1
- Past Projects
- Songs
- References
Holfelder first began his YouTube channel along with his popular "Major to Minor" series in April 2014 when he uploaded an A cappella minor-key rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner. Holfelder has since created over 20 videos for the series.
On August 5, 2014, Holfelder's minor-key version of Amazing Grace was featured during the intro to the season 10 finale of the popular The Discovery Channel show, Deadliest Catch.
On October 19, 2014, Taylor Swift praised Holfelder's cover of her song, "Out of the Woods," in a tweet.
On May 2, 2015 Richard Marx tweeted his approval of Holfelder's cover of his hit song, "Right Here Waiting."
During the 2015 NFL season, several of Holfelder's minor key covers were featured on ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown.
In December 2015, popular YouTuber Kurt Hugo Schneider directed a music video for Holfelder's minor-key version of Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You." Within a week of being uploaded, the video received over 3.5 million views and social media shares from various celebrities, including Ashton Kutcher, George Takei, and Lil Wayne.
Sam smith stay with me vocal processor cover by chase holfelder
Major to Minor (Vol 1.)
On September 8, 2015, Chase compiled all of his major-to-minor renditions up to that point in an album called Major to Minor (Vol. 1).
During the week of January 2, 2016, Major to Minor (Vol. 1) reached #13 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.
Past Projects
From 2005 to 2008, Holfelder toured in the pop-rock band The Mile After (of which he was a founding member). Holfelder was the lead singer, guitarist and primary songwriter. The Mile After was briefly signed to Rushmore Records, a subsidiary of the now defunct Drive-Thru Records, although the band never released an album on the label. In a statement on AbsolutePunk.net, the band cites its departure from the label was "due to disagreements in the direction of the band." The band broke up in 2008.
Songs
AnimalMajor to Minor - Vol1 ยท 2015
All I Want for Christmas is You2014
Kiss the Girl2016